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by **SuperginraiX** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:46 pm

The mutant race will be restored to it's pre-"No More Mutants" levels and a relieved Cyclops will step down from his role as "Leader of the mutant race."

I'd bet money Summers turns himself into the authorities for some of his past actions... maybe his involvement in X-Force. He will do this without a fight and part of the deal will be to not charge any other mutants for their involvement.

My less than enlightened prediction.

by **MistaT** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:49 pm

I don't see the mutant population being returned to their previous numbers, but an increase in births would be understandable. Not a bad theory though with Cyke stepping down to face charges in defense of his race.

by **Amoebas** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:05 pm

I want it to end with every X-Man and X-Lady dying horrible.

(I know it won't but a guy can still dream :-D

)

by **mrorangesoda** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:33 pm

I agree in part. The Phoenix Force will join with Scarlet Witch, not Hope. She uses its power to restart the x-gene. Scott will step down, but will not be arrested (rings too close to the end of Civil War for me).

by **habitual** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:28 pm

Since Hope can use Wanda's powers anyway it would make more sense if she did it.

Hab

by **HNutz** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:07 am

The Phoenix reignites the mutant gene, burning itself out in the process.

Cyclops is hailed as the savior of mutantkind.

by **sdsichero** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:50 am

Phoenix takes over Scott. He then gets red hair and boobs.

by **Amoebas** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:48 am

Unless this reignites X-gene also includes accelerated aging, all these new mutants won't be in play for another 13 years our time (which is about 258 years Marvel time).

by **Victorian Squid** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:52 am

SuperginraiX wrote:The mutant race will be restored to it's pre-"No More Mutants" levels and a relieved Cyclops will step down from his role as "Leader of the mutant race."

I'd bet money Summers turns himself into the authorities for some of his past actions... maybe his involvement in X-Force. He will do this without a fight and part of the deal will be to not charge any other mutants for their involvement.

My less than enlightened prediction.

That would lend so much credence to claims of it being Civil War Redux--it would be a very lazy ending, too.

by **mrorangesoda** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 10:51 am

Amoebas wrote:Unless this reignites X-gene also includes accelerated aging, all these new mutants won't be in play for another 13 years our time (which is about 258 years Marvel time).

I think the reignition will include the dormant ones in those depowered by m-day.

by **nietoperz** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:29 pm

The Avengers win. Cyclops is captured as a war criminal and finally finishes the transition he has been making into the new Magneto while Mags himself takes over as leader of the Utopia X-Men. Wolverine chooses a side and severs his relationship with the Avengers, while Storm moves in the opposite direction. Mutants are now even more feared and hated than ever before, especially as the non-Mutant heroes are no longer willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.

by **Log-Man** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:58 pm

sdsichero wrote:Phoenix takes over Scott. He then gets red hair and boobs.

I'd read that.

by **Timbales** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:39 pm

Do the Avengers face charges of allowing mass murder to occur under their noses?

by **SuperginraiX** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:54 pm

Victorian Squid wrote:
That would lend so much credence to claims of it being Civil War Redux--it would be a very lazy ending, too.

So it will totally happen. :smt026

I think there are definitely similarities but the difference is in what the decisions mean. Cap needed a bunch of emergency workers tackling him to make him "come to his senses" or whatever. He went to jail reluctantly and he never really believed that his side was wrong because... well, they weren't.

Cyclops has already shown that his past decisions weigh heavily on him. I'm not as up on my X-Men reading as the Avengers so I don't know how most of post-Schism plays out (though RU tells me it has been very, very crappy) but I'm pretty sure he still isn't entirely comfortable with his part in X-Force. He's been leading a diminishing population of mutants for far too long and they keep on getting wittled down. It should be wearing him down. If that hasn't been shown since Schism, then I don't know how he's REALLY feeling about all of this.

But if the mutant race was restored. If all (or many) depowered mutants got their powers/ abilities/ mutantness back, I can seem him believing that he know longer has to hold the line. He's done what he needed to do to keep the mutants alive and I can see him taking a well deserved vacation from those responsibilies. He could believe he has too much blood on his hands to continue as the self appointed mutant leader.

The going to prison this would be a further extension of that. While I don't think Cyclops is going down the path to becoming Magneto, he's made some decisions that, while safeguarding the remaining mutant race, were much less than heroic. Someone has to take the fall for his mutant death squad and we all know that the current leader isn't going to be the one to do it because he has too many books that need his support. No, Scott started it and I can see him hitting the big house in penance and as a beginning to his "path to redemption." He will go willingly, weighed down by his regrets. He won't be murdered ten seconds after being placed in SHIELD custody, either.

They have ten issues to get him to this point and numerous tie-ins. It leaves the mutants without a leader which means many other mutants can vy for power. Things with get factional again just because there are too many mutants to all live on an artificial island off the coast of San Francisco. Jean Grey's School will get more students. The remaining X-Men will be hard pressed to police the restored mutant population... many of which will be damn angry for getting their powers back, losing their powers in the first place, and/or being treated like second class citizens by both the humanity and humans alike.

But the fallout can't just be a restored mutant population (which I GUARANTEE), Cyclops stepping down (PRETTY certain), and him being incarcerated (also pretty certain). There needs to be some Avengers fallout as well. I'm betting that the Avengers will be left more fractioned by the event as various team members start to question Captain America's leadership. Captain America won't be America's Top Cop when this event is finished. I'm pretty sure Nick Fury Jr. is being positioned to take over but if Black Fury stays as a field agent, then another top agent will step up to fill the role. We'll get line-up changes for the two main Avengers books with the new writer taking over but I can't really think of anything else. Definitely nothing as major as what I imagine will happen to the X-Men.

Eh. I'm having a lot of fun with this event so far.

by **Starlord** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:07 pm

SuperginraiX wrote:The mutant race will be restored to it's pre-"No More Mutants" levels and a relieved Cyclops will step down from his role as "Leader of the mutant race."

I'd bet money Summers turns himself into the authorities for some of his past actions... maybe his involvement in X-Force. He will do this without a fight and part of the deal will be to not charge any other mutants for their involvement.

My less than enlightened prediction.

I can see this. Nice way to finish it actually; except you left out the rebirth of Jean Grey...