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Date: 2017-03-29 10:08 pm (UTC)To me, this story is, like, just barely more subtle than the Civil Wars, where about all Tony and Carol didn't do to telegraph that they were becoming the bad guys was grow Dirk Dastardly moustaches, start Sieg Heiling when they walked into rooms, and cup their hands to their mouths and shout "I'M THE BAD GUY NOW."
Here's the interpretation that I sometimes can't believe isn't the only interpretation: the Phoenix Five were imbued a fifth each of the Phoenix's power and a fifth each of its corrupting influence... you know, the corrupting influence that turned Jean from a classic never-kill-anybody hero into a destroyer of worlds? Of course, that didn't happen to Jean overnight, and 20% is 20%. But it was always going to happen to the Five, sooner or later. Always always always, whether there was any Avengers opposition or not.
Sure, they did some great stuff before then! But it really only matters so much what wonderful things you do if your coup de gras is to purge the whole planet in a big ball of fire.