rotiart
Stan Lee Stole my name
I don't see how the hell anyone thinks current Ion is as powerful as classic. Besides a few statements by the guardians which "could" equate him to being as powerful (not more so) as classic, he hasn't really done anything. No multirepresentation. No stoppage of time, or warping of space. So far its a bunch of guys, who said that the power of classic was put into jade, it was mutated, and then put back into Kyle.
As for the statements.
The power that Rayner gave to Alan Scott's daughter has been returned to him.
But subtly changed, transmuted by her spirit while it dwelt within her.
The mutated power is now the catalyst for greater change. And Rayner is out crucible.
The first of a new breed. The next step in the evolution of our cause.
But such power within a single being? Power unlike that wielded by any lantern? Is such an experiment wise at this time?
Once before Rayner held such power. He used it well.
Indeed. Moreover, this time, we are here to monitor him.
And this time, as before, we have no choice.
Not if our great purpose is to be fulfilled.
The only thing I got from that is that the power of Ion has been changed.
The guardians were questioning the facts that a lantern had a type of power different than the ones granted them. They acknowledge that Rayner had a different power type before, and that he used it well. They neither dismiss nor acknowledge Hal Jordan's usage of the same power. They even mention him as the next in a new breed. lanterns/starhearst.s..