I prefer Jean without the Phoenix Force because of the Phoenix arcs after the original.. JEan is my FAVORITE marvel character, and probably the X-man with the second most amount of fans(behind only Wolverine.)  Jean takes ALOT of hate because of the size of her fanbase, and the Phoenix, which, in turn with its namesake, allows Jean to rise from her ashes. Though I'm not a comic reader, I have seen ALOT of pictures here on Comicvine that are bad-ass. 

Jean is one of my favorite characters, i grew up with reading and watching her awesomeness on tv. She is one really skilled character, and has some of the best costumes i've seen. But if she were to come back in 616, i would like to see her without the phoenix for a good while, cause i find her more interesting as a person, when she is just Jean Grey.

I used to really dislike Jean Grey, back when I first got into comics. She just seemed so perfect, with the Phoenix Force's level of power and everyone falling in love with her and being trusted by everyone. I just didn't feel I could relate to her and that she was basically written to be the dream girl.  
But when I read the Claremont run and saw her before she had those powers and seeing her relationship as it developed with Cyclops and with the other X-Men as well as reading how she was handling the Phoenix Force and how it changed her, and how she was affected by it, for better and for worse, I came to respect her. It's awesome that she has these god like powers but what really makes me a Jean Grey Fan flag waver is how she retained her humanity despite what she went though and kept from being drunk on power and from abusing it. She stays true to herself and to the X-Men even though she's now more powerful than them all and could just go off and create chaos or a new utopia.

" i heard shes coming back soon because the phoenix force left the cuckooos   then again she'll prob just die again "

i like jean grey tho her relationship with cyclops and wolverine kinda made both men look douchey ie. wolverine constantly trying to get between her and scott even after they got married, and scott dumping the mother of his child without a second thought for her and then cheating on her with emma

This thread was bound to happen I guess. 

She's pretty cool

i was just hearing about hope and the second coming in march,and the some comments on comicvine want jean to stay dead. i have no idea why they say that knowing that she is part of the resurrection force. its just haters being haters and saying she's weak but they haven't read xmen revolutions and how badass she was. its the writers and their inept abilitiy to write a good jean story. i want something like a joss whedon character like illyria or willow people who have vast powers and are learning to be or stay human while interacting and fighting with others. sorry for the rant but had to be said. discuss your thoughts.

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I fell in love with Jeannie during X-Men: TAS.  Of course, it was the Phoenix Saga that did it. 
She was so sacrificing, and there was such a human element to the way she fought to contain the Phoenix's hunger. 
And she never gives up.  So, in my mind, Jean has some amazing qualities - she's definitely one of my faves (I'm one of those rare Jean AND Storm lovers).  
 
I've been reading Jean-centric comics ever since.
 
My favorite moment?  Can't say for sure, but a hilarious moment was when she made the U-Men sh!t themselves.  True TK bada$$ness! 
 
Why does she gets so much hate? My thought is this: people don't hate Jean, they hate the way she's been portrayed. When most people think Jean, they think the Phoenix Force, or they think Scott Summers (and the whole Summers' family tree).  I don't think those are bad things to be associated with, but there's got to be more than just those storylines.  At least, I want to see more in Jean's development than that.  And I won't even get started on how damn near everybody in the Marvel U has been a PF host at sometime or in some alternate universe, or What If? issue.
 

Back to respecting Jean... there is SO much more to explore in Jean, & there are a thousand different stories that have NOTHING TO DO with the Phoenix, Scott, or Wolverine.   
 
I'd like to see her come into her own & then deal w/the force, & deal w/all the dudes that wanna bang her. 

They need to show her more in the present cartoons, like her being there in Wolverine and the x-men for one episode, and only about 20 flashbacks didn't sit well with me :P

I don't mind her, but the deaths are kinda redundant. ...Seriously, there has to be a final death.

@KumoriKunoichi:
lol no character has a final death in Marvel :P they just need to bring her back and keep her

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Jean has he milestone in Comic Book History as the first ever superhero to die.. Back in those days, superheroes are always winners.. they may be punched and knocked out a few times but they will still win in the end.. Jean Grey changed that perspective.. she proved that superheroes are still humans.. that like any other human, she is flawed.. like the immortal words, "Power corrupts.. and Absolute Power corrupts absolutely.." 
 
she is the first superhero to display the weakness and fragility of being human, and on her last moments, showed everyone the strength of of that flawed human heart.. she showed everyone that true power is not with omnipotence or strength.. but rather, with love and sacrifice if it meant saving the ones you love most..
 
with with respect to Jean Grey, i would like to repeat the words of the Watcher during the last pages of the Dark Phoenix Saga.. words that are immortalized in my heart and soul..
 

I remember reading that last bit with the Watcher and Recorder but I didn't really get it back then...I was pretty young and all I knew was that one of my favorite comicbook characters had just died and, needless to say, I was very upset...It wasn't until I did a re-read a few years later that I truly understood what they were trying to say...
 
great pull, lord_oraculous016...

i hate jean....but i love the PHOENIX FORCE

the most awkward/weirdest picture ever !!!!! although scott looks happy, while jean looks shocked