So now we've shown that the purple universe was conclusively NOT the amputated Here Comes Tomorrow future. (Although anyone with common sense would have realised that from the offset. Since when do you amputate something you want? 😕 )
Let’s look at why the universe she held was 616.
Well for a start, by amputating HCT future, Jean would have trimmed time back to 616.
616 Jean talks of how her friends deserve a better future than the HCT one.
The Phoenix Consciousness then tells Jean to go to the White Hot Room to grow a better future to replace the one she cut away(therefore obviously referring to 616 because not only is that where Jeans from, but its also the reality she cut HCT from)
Jean materializes a universe within the White Hot Room and gazing into it she hears "Gus was a good dog" "Every diamond has a flaw" "Are these words from the future?"
Where were those statements from? 😕
Allow me to reveal:
New X-men 119
"Every diamond has a flaw"
New X-men 123
"Gus was a good dog"
New X-men 128
"Are these words from the future"
All of these 616 statements coming from the reality Jean holds in her hands 😖hifty: