Originally posted by ExodusCloak
Emma recognized the Phoenix Force not Jean Grey. The girl has been alive for 17 years. She was alive when Jean Grey came to Emma Frost in a vision.
The girl also shares the same powers as the Scarlet Witch. The Scarlet Witch has the power to undo her own spell.The PF's role is to burn away what doesn't work. She is the spitting image of her adoptive mother Hope Summers I.
Hope is just nature fixing itself. The miracle is that she was born to normal people. The Phoenix Force's role is to burn away what doesn't work.
The Phoenix was Jean but Jean wasn't the Phoenix according to Fraction pen anyway.
If we take x-men forever and the fate of mutants into consideration, the PF doesnt just burn away what doesnt work, she would be ensuring mutant surivval to guarantee the continuation fo teh abstracts.
It's true she was already born when jean came to emma in the dream, but the phoenix force was still shattered and spread throughout the 616 when that happened. It only gathered back when the girl returned, but she still carried a fragment with her into future, probably born with it. So the remainder of a fragment of jean (assuming she's one with the pf) in the 616 to interact with emma while another portion was within hope is still consistant with the girl being or eventually becoming jean.
I'm going by phoenix endsong and warsong here. She might not be or have been jean since birth, but jean is still one with the PF right now, so I see an eventual mergere or reintegration of the whole thing as jean grey/hope/phoenix. Ill admit the consistancy of how one and the same jean and phoenix are is problematic though.