Vessbot, I like your explanations a lot.
I think this subject causes confusion, as you rightly point out, if someone doesn’t have a complete understanding of static vs. dynamic, primary and secondary effects of controls, flight envelopes, AoA, performance limitations, energy management and path constraints. Quite a list and it helps to be at least slightly mathematically minded.
As someone who started flying in gliders then went into power, when introduced to the “power” method of getting out of a stall I was
. Later, we changed to the more sensible option of reducing AoA before doing anything else.
Going back to the original thread title, understanding what each FMA annunciation implies and how the systems interact in various phases of flight is essential knowledge but generally buried deep in multiple sections of the FCOM. Well worth reading and digesting at a time of low workload...