Hi guys! It's been a very long time since I've posted. But a while back I made a post about what I would do given the chance to restructure the Avengers(which I have since heavily revised and updated and will presumably post in the near future). Anyway, that post got a good conversation going so I thought I would do it again with the X-Men. Basically, the gist is this is what I would want to do if Marvel asked me to reset the X-Franchise.. The slate is wiped clean and everything starts at #1. Disclaimer: These are my ideas. This is nothing that i'm saying should or will happen, it's just what I would do given the chance. Feel free to leave your opinion and share your ideas, but if you're going to be a jerk about it, please take your negativity elsewhere. So here's what I would do:

The premise of the reboot comes out of an event, during which the following occurs: the return of the real Jean Grey from the White Hot Room, in complete and total control of the Phoenix Force; Angel regaining all his former memories; the return of all the various time-travelling X-Men to their home timelines; and, ultimately, the death of Cyclops. Feeling he has failed Xavier as his successor, Wolverine quits the X-men indefinitely, leaving the team in the hands of Jean, who Logan believes to be the true heir to Professor X's legacy. Jean then sets out to reunite the two factions of X-men, bringing all of Cyclops' students who will come back to Westchester and the renamed Xavier Institute for Higher Learning. It is at this point that all X-titles would end until the franchise starts anew the next month.

We pick up a few months after the end of the preceding event with X-Men #1. Jean is now the headmistress of the Xavier Institute. This would be the flagship title of the new X-Franchise, and it is out of this book that any in-house events would occur, and it would be the staging ground for my eventual take on the X-Men space opera and/or time travel epic. This book would also focus primarily on the X-Men's internal conflicts. It's principal cast would be the original X-Men- Jean, Beast, Angel, and Iceman, and one of the primary story lines would be about the four of them trying to repair what might seem like irreparable damage done to their friendships, and doing their best as the founding X-Men to carry on Charles's legacy. The other principal story lines would feature Havok as he discovers that he has inherited Cyclops's powers since his death, spurring him to search through history and solve the mystery of the Summers bloodline; and we would see Hope return to the Institute, where she would then confront Jean for not reaching out to her and the two would eventually be forced to find out how exactly they are connected.

Following the first arc of X-Men, two sister titles would launch simultaneously, seeing Jean return the active X-men to a blue/gold team dynamic. Both teams would feature a mix of "classic" members and newer ones who were students from the Academy X days. These two titles would be Uncanny X-Men and Astonishing X-Men. One team each would be led by Storm and Nightcrawler. The Uncanny team's primary mission would be to locate and recruit emerging mutants across the globe for the Institute. Along the way, they would get involved in worldwide mutant-related incidents and threats. The first arc would probably deal with the re-emergence of Weapon X as they kidnap many of the young mutants the Uncanny team tries to help. The Astonishing team would follow the "X-Men as super heroes" mold, and it would be the public face of the organization, so it would probably feature the less controversial members of the X-Men. The Astonishing team's primary mission would be to increase public support for the X-Men and mutant kind as a whole by getting back into the super hero game in Manhattan. To be honest I have no idea who I would put onto these teams because I have too many options so please feel free to give suggestions!

The final series I have planned right now would be a new volume of New Mutants. This, much like the second volume of the title, would be about new mutants at the Institute. We would see the remnants of Generation Hope and the students from Cyclops's school be joined by a new cast of students, and it would see the return of the squad system. I want this series to be more light-hearted than its predecessor. Characters that would get carried over would probably be Oya, Genesis, maybe Indra, and some of Cylops's students(who I don't know very much about). They would again be mentored by senior X-men, with former students like Armor and Quentin Quire taking up teaching roles with the younger students. I think the main squad of students would be lead by Genesis, but other than him would consist of new characters. I go back and forth on who I want to mentor them. Kitty Pryde seems like a solid choice.

After that the franchise would branch out even more to include X-Force, X-Factor, and the like, but this is what I have for now. So don't be shy(but don't be mean!) and tell me what you think!