Just had some lemon pie, so am running on a sugar high!!
No figments, and no more... speculative riddles, 'cause I have li'l doubt left now, and am all but convinced that...
this is it... EXACTLY!
After going back & rereading the last half-dozen or so pgs. of AoXM Omega earlier today, and I strongly encourage y'all to do the same, EVERYthing fell into place & my THEORY just... SNOWBALLED!!!
So yes, as Jwat guesstimated, Erik/Mags = MaX/FK. BUT, that's just the tip of the ICEBERG, 'cause...
Okkara ='d the AoXM world... as a WHOLE. Then when it was SPLIT...
Krakoa = those that left & reentered the modern MU, while...
Arrako = what was left behind, i.e., Nate's conjured mutants.
And this entire "era" will end up being a reflection on Magneto and his... ideology.
What would MaX sacrifice, IDK... his mutant, EM powers, maybe? And what happened to those left in the AoXM world, that led to the tragic fate of it being trapped in Amenth? And there's so, SO MUCH MORE, from Apocalypse to Legion, to Nature Girl. From the current allocation of certain players to the not-so-mysterious Project BlackboX, but I'll save that for the X-Men 13's preview thread.