Originally Posted by
xiyon
Ugh, I don't know what's worse, to be honest.
Bringing the O5 to the present or bringing them to the present AND not have any lasting consequences beyond, what, Cyke being friends with Kamala and Iceman being openly gay? Nothing quite universe-altering with lasting consequences?
Is Wifi even still here or was he put back in his box already in favor of the OG? Did Wifi even get to have (mis)adventures with Hope????
Granted, I've dropped the X-Books completely a few issues into Hickman's X-Men run-- after I realized this was a whole load of shite waiting to be gone / rebooted in a few years' time, so what do I know.
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Honestly, the more I think about the upcoming X-Men run with Cyke in a leadership role..... the less interested I'm becoming. It might be because of it using the end of Krakoa as a set-up / starting point. It might be because, Magik aside, the line-up doesn't really feel interesting. It might be because I just don't have any faith in comic book writers now.
In any case, I'm just hoping to be surprised-- the way '97 surprised me, certain rushed storylines aside.
Pretty much. At certain points, I actually wanted Cyke to be proven wrong. I think the only one that managed to make it convincing was Si Spurrier's Legion, but my memory is hazy now of why, exactly. And Gillen, funnily enough: Gillen actually showed the consequences of Cyke focusing too much on Hope / thwarting extinction over his own personal relationships, that he ignored Emma when she needed him the most (Fear Itself) and thus opened the door for Namor to enter. In a twist of irony, Emma -- unlike Jean -- was shown to have enough self-control to not progress things with their side-man despite having all the reason to do so (Cyke literally prioritizing Hope over her), that it took both Unit's manipulation and the cosmic fire turkey to make those urges reality was all sorts of bonkers, and only served to feed the Scemma fans, who appreciated Emma's loyalty, divine intervention notwithstanding.
But I digress. All the other writers really fumbled the "Cyke is a villain!" and/or "Cyke wasn't right!" angle bad, to the point that the X-Office even had to write Cyke calling himself out in front of Wifi to try to drive home the stake.