I guess what Blue Phoenix wanted to do though was make it so all were even to start with, and as it progresses, the characters gain more. This way we all started off on teh same playing grounds with the 3 materias of the same element. No advantages.

As for my "Cure" materia Blue Phoenix, after looking through the list of materia's able to obtain, I'll have the "Manipulate" one instead; not the Cure. That is my final answer.