I really don't get why so many people are "Rachel haters" on this board. Do just as many people hate Donna Troy? Her origin from "that timeline" is hinky, but Ray has become part and parcel of the X-verse.

The only reason I can think of is confusion...you can't have Jean and Rachel both running around claiming to be Phoenix and accessing the PF. "So, like, are you the Phoenix who saved Pittsburgh or are you the Phoenix I saw getting a mullet trim at Hair Cuttery last month?"

Rachel as Jean's "daughter" has an inheritance from Jean and that includes the PF.

That said...if Rachel were left without her Phoenix powers, just a regular mutant psi...where's the harm? She's supposed to have all of Jean's powers plus the temporal projection. She's incredibly powerful on her own. It might be nice to see Rachel away from the PF.