The ONLY way that AvX redeems itself Bishop/Cable/Cyclops/Rachel/Jean/X-Men is if Hope steps up and absorbs the Phoenix Force. Then she MUST give Rachel back her piece, revive Jean, restore the mutant x-gene and then does something like murder a bunch of people in the process.
It's the only thing that makes sense at this point. It makes Cyclops right all along, the Avengers wrong in that she restores mutantdom and can control it; right in that she still does something destructive (Marvel can be happy). It makes Cable right for saving her, Bishop right for wanting to kill her. Rachel wins and gains part of her power back and Jean is back which turns everyone's world upside down. Drama in the X-Men is always a must.
c/s. something along those lines would have to happen to justify the bullshyt. A massive power upgrade (i.e. phoenix force) followed by either some polarizing actions that may put civiliation at risk while seeming beneficial to mutankind... or just a complete 180 heel turn with only a slim chance of redemption...
only problem with them ideas tho... is that they just DID that angle with the phoenix five
take the 5 outta that spot and give it to Hope like everyone figured would happen, or have a different group for the P5 with her playing the role they gave to Cyclops (and have Cyclops play the role Magneto had towards the end) and a lot of shyt would have been wrapped up fairly well.
issue 12 would have had Bishop coming in with the "i told you so's" and Cable coming in to ultimately have that last father/daughter moment with a phoenix possed Hope before she gets beat/killed. Cyclops would have avoided character assassination since he would've came to his senses in the 11th hour and notified xavier and the Avengers.. it all would have come to an end.