Bleeding Cool Ask: What if Kieron Gillen remained on the X-men titles ?

[Harpsikord]

It probably would've happened sooner without Bendis, right?

Likely, at least based on the idea of Gillen making Emma a villain.

[RAWRlrus]

Anything sounds better than what we would have got. No o5 return, no Bendis, no Matthew Malloy or Dark Beast or Shield or Inhumans.

It maybe doesn’t sound perfect but I think Gillen proved himself to be a fantastic writer of the X-Men so I would have loved to see his direction.

Apparently the O5 aren't Bendis' decision, but editorials, so there might nit have changed anything.

From the sounds of this I wonder if it was editorial that decided "oh, Emma needs to be a villain again." Especially with Jean's return. Could this have been on the horizon for five or six years?

How long has this X-office been in charge? I wouldn't put it past them, although it's still a really bad story.

[Harpsikord]

How long has this X-office been in charge? I wouldn't put it past them, although it's still a really bad story.

It's been the same larger group of people since around this time, though the main editor has changed a few times.

[RAWRlrus]

It's been the same larger group of people since around this time, though the main editor has changed a few times.

Ugggh. That's what I thought. We really need a new set.

[DurararaFTW]

Sounds like he left at the right time to me.

[silence.]

Why must you open up this wound for me? I wasn't ready for this today.

[RAWRlrus]

Sounds like he left at the right time to me.

In the end it doesn't sound that different from what we've got already.

[Frontier]

In the end it doesn't sound that different from what we've got already.

The only difference it seems to me is that Emma keeps a little more dignity by not going crazy over the death of her ex-boyfriend and Scott gets a more decisive "win" over Logan.

[lurkerforyears]

it would have been better

sane evil Emma with her own school is better than crazy-widow evil Emma without her own school
and the O5 thing may not have ever happened, the Bendis years wouldnt have been wasted time.

[Sam Robards, Comic Fan]

Interesting that the writing would've been on the wall for Emma and Scott regardless of the creative team. I don't imagine that Scemma fans are happy to hear that.

But still, I would've preferred this approach to what we got, which is the understatement of the year.

[Frontier]

Interesting that the writing would've been on the wall for Emma and Scott regardless of the creative team. I don't imagine that Scemma fans are happy to hear that.

But still, I would've preferred this approach to what we got, which is the understatement of the year.

Not to mention Emma still ends up a villain again, but probably with a lot more grace and sense then we got from IvX.

[nandes]

Foreshadowing!!!1

[spirit2011]

Foreshadowing!!!1

He def would deserve the betrayal.

Seems like Emma was destined to becaome a villain again haha

[Weather]

Jesus Lord, I hated Gillen's run. But, if the O5 kids wouldn't be a thing, I'd rather deal with him for 1 more year or so, than having to stand this crazy alternative universe characters plot until this day.

I used to hate smug Scott in his run, the Colossus and Magik plot made me angry, the villians were terrible and the rest of the characters were just bland.

[mbm721]

I love hearing about these potential x-stories from creators, especially good ones. Gillen's run was fab.

I had Gillen, and mckelvie, sign two books for me at New York Comic con back in 2014 or 2015. I asked him if he had plans for the x-books and if he'd write x-books again. (Context: this was post AvX and he was just writing darth Vader for marvel). He said he had ideas and to never say never to coming back to the x-men. It gave me hope for him to come back. Seemed like he enjoyed writing the x characters and he'd return.