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"That combination of elements... represents a legitimate challenge to the fabric of reality." That seems like her power. And the statement of "Knowing that to choose the Phoenix is to pave the road for a potentially cataclysmic advancement of the human species." that further supports the statements of Phoenix being the growth that evolves into Eternity and her rivaling the abstracts.
That is not the way that I think that it was intended. I think that it was about humanity itself somehow having infinite potential for growth within this story which was engineered by the abstract entities.
That... doesn't seem to be what's portrayed at all. With how much the story talks about causing the abstracts fear, the growth that evolves into Eternity, being able to control Eternity, evolving to become greater than the abstracts, it seems pretty clear cut that it wants the Phoenix to have abstract level power, which is consistent with things like Galactus revering her, Phoenix having the power of all creation, etc.
Well, with all due respect, your interpretation doesn't seem to fit with the numerous points in the story that put Jean at abstract level as the Phoenix. It being entirely engineered by the abstracts doesn't make much sense, as Phoenix, the embodiment of this growth, was able to cause the abstracts more fear than even Dormammu and IG Thanos, she is stated to be capable of controlling Eternity, and the growth that she embodies would surpass the abstracts.
Again, it wasn't referring to her raw power in relation to Thanos, and it was the potential of humanity that would supposedly eventually exceed the abstracts, or restart their cycle, or become Eternity. It was left a bit unclear.
The Phoenix, quite literally, embodies the evolution of life and lifeforce as a whole, hence why the Stranger wanted to inherit the Phoenix Force for himself, as he would have become the most powerful of the abstracts by that.
I think that seems too vague and speculative. The Stranger seemed to wish to somehow hijack the sum totality of human potential, but the Phoenix was not stated to be the embodiment of it in conjunction as far as I know.
Jean literally mentions controlling human evolution and the response she gets is; "The end... and the beginning. You control Eternity." She is explicitly stated to capable of controlling this stuff, it should very much be applicable to her AP.
Well, The Stranger was not granted immortality by The Phoenix. He had it on his own, due to being a castoff aspect of the Living Tribunal.
Anyway, I suppose that the two of you may be correct about the Phoenix. I just prefer to get things more matter of fact spelled out before declaring that it embodies human potential.
Like I said earlier though, I still think WPOTC should be High 1-B as she isn't just a regular host of the Phoenix, and I know Hykuu could argue that as well.
The Nexus has a direct statement of encompassing all levels of creation, and Matthew agreed with High 1-B Nexus in my first thread in this wiki iirc, due to chaos wave scaling or something
I think that your new justifications seem fine, with the exception of that "Caused greater fear in the abstracts than Dormammu and The Infinity Gauntlet" happened before Grant Morrison's X-Men run with the WPotC, and it did not seem to refer to her raw power being automatically greater, which also wouldn't make any sense. Regular Phoenix was comparable to Galactus, who is weaker than the Infinity Gauntlet.
Well, everyone I've asked has either not responded or didn't want to give input. 2-A Jean doesn't seem to be that big of a point of contention, and Kepekley agreed with her being 2-A.