So, for a while, it was painfully obvious that Cyclops was going to die.

Which Phoenix host hasn't died?

The AvX series was making Cyclops and his allies outright villains. The series was hinting, if not explicitly stating, that when all of the other hosts went rogue, which they were, he would be the one to have to stop them, and save the Avengers. Could he die in the process? Namor will invade Wakanda, in upcoming issues, and Emma will battle Scott. There is also a problem with Colossus and the force, but that could be it's own thread. And if that doesn't happen, then teasers have revealed that later in the series, there will be only one host. Who would be a better host than the series' main antagonist?

Later, when Marvel NOW was unveiled, along with this image for the upcoming Uncanny Avengers series, people began to think that Cyclops would manage to survive, despite being propped up as Public Enemy #1 by the writers.

As you can see, Cyclops will join a racially-diverse (mutants) team of Avengers.

But, my theory is that the Cyclops who you see in the Avengers up there, is not this Cyclops

but this Cyclops

I love visual aids <3

Anyway, Marvel NOW is also bringing another ongoing to the table. All-New X-Men. No, I'm serious, that's the title.

This team will consist of the Original Five X-Men, who will, for some reason, settle in our timeline. Permanently? Maybe. Nonetheless, they'll be here, and as you can see, at least one of them is on the team. Jean Grey is in the top right corner. I believe that the Avengers' Cyclops will be the 60's version, who has traveled to the present, only to discover that he is dead in the future. Because Cyclops will die at the end, or near the end, of AvX.

@Dman1366: Young Cyclops could be an Avenger. He hasn't seen what our Cyclops has. He isn't as cynical. He still believes in mankind. Even if he doesn't, he might join the team to protect Jean.

@Osian2 said:

Havok (who is going to become one of Marvels big players).

He'll be like a replacement Cyclops now that Scott will end up being vilified.

I don't see Scott dying from this event though possible, but he'll probably be emotionally crippled for a while or physically damaged.

I can see Pax Utopia not being what it is now at the end of the event and Cyke still there looking at what he built and worked for gone destroyed maybe in light of this event become a villain for the UA down the road. Who knows what remender has down the road.

@Osian2 said:

The cover for Uncanny Avengers. Looks like Cyke won't be a member but don't worry Havok seems to be doing his best Cyclops impression he even looks a bit like Bullseye. Does this mean Rogue will leave Legacy and Hvok will leave X-factor? I'm really not a fan of this roster.

God I hate that art.

@Osian2 said:

The cover for Uncanny Avengers. Looks like Cyke won't be a member but don't worry Havok seems to be doing his best Cyclops impression he even looks a bit like Bullseye. Does this mean Rogue will leave Legacy and Hvok will leave X-factor? I'm really not a fan of this roster.

Yeah. Sorry again, Rogue. How the hell is Rogue supposed to be "the Wolverine of the team" when he's standing right infront of her ? And in that hideous costume no less ? I'll wait for the rest of the roster, but so far, this doesn't look good. I also suppose that Wolverine is immune to character redesigns ? >.>

@Osian2 said:

@AgeofHurricane:I don't unerstand why Rogue is going back to an older costume, I thought she was done with her angst phase? Wolverine only really changes the colour on his costume really I don't know how they could change it. Scarlet Witch has lost the cape and now looks a bit like a red "Black Widow", Thor looks a bit "Darker" and Cap looks more like the Cap from the movies. Cyclops + Bullseye = Havoks new costume

They look silly.

• I've been reading AvX so far and I've havn't seen Scott do anything remotely evil , so how the hell can he be called a Villain.
•  Plus he isn't going to die there still a monthly comic called Uncanny X-men, one of Marvel top selling titles,  which he is a lead character.  

  
  

I didn't think this theory was all that uncommon? Still, I doubt they are gonna kill Scott. I doubt they will even make him a villain after this, especially if Cap is forming an X-Men/Avengers team because Scott was right.

How much you wanna bet that this is being done because Fox won't give up the X-men movie rights.

@god_spawn said:

I didn't think this theory was all that uncommon? Still, I doubt they are gonna kill Scott. I doubt they will even make him a villain after this, especially if Cap is forming an X-Men/Avengers team because Scott was right.

To a degree scott was right, but we haven't seen the end of the event yet.

@Hareil0079: The whole point of Cap making the Uncanny Avengers team is cause after walking a mile in Cyclops' shoes he feels like making a team of Avengers and X-Men to try and bridge the gap and ease tension so to speak.

@Hareil0079:

"Back in 'AvX' #1, Captain America and Cyclops had a pointed conversation before fists started flying about how, whenever a threat to mutants has arisen, the Avengers have seemed pretty remote. Cap articulated his position -- but in the fallout from 'AVX,' Cap and the Avengers, having gone through a bunch of stuff and having walked a mile in the X-Men's shoes, are feeling like there's some truth in what Cyclops had to say," Brevoort told CBR News. "So the Uncanny Avengers squad is being put together as a direct response to that, as a proactive attempt to provide support of the civil rights of the world's mutant citizens, and to provide physical and superhuman aid in those circumstances where either mutants are threatened by non-mutants, regular humans are threatened by mutants, and every other iteration in-between.

It would make sense that with AvX, Marvel has written themselves into a corner, pretty much portraying mutants as "outside the law." Once that gauntlet is thrown, you don't shake hands and say "Good game" at the end of the day. Someone has to take the fall. If Cyke has become the vilified leader in AvX, he is the logical choice to sacrifice himself in some manner, so that both sides can come out as heroes.

I'll venture a guess that after having to fight the rest of the Phoenix 5, Cyclops, having all of the Phoenix Force, will have a moment of clarity. He'll see that the dream of peace and mutant equality that the X-Men started out with has gone horribly wrong, and do something drastic to restore it. Something like, say, bringing the younger, more idealistic X-Men from the past into the present, in order to effect more positive change.

Enter: Marvel NOW.

I can't see Cyclops getting killed off and I really hate the way he is being made into the villian. As for Marvel/Disney combining Avengers and X-Men together to prevent Fox from using any new storylines in movies probable has some truth to it,
though I do see the formation of the Uncanny Avengers as a outgrowth of the current story line. Also lets face it many time the X-Men have assisted the Avengers but have the Avengers ever been there for the X-Men, No.

@god_spawn said:

@Hareil0079: The whole point of Cap making the Uncanny Avengers team is cause after walking a mile in Cyclops' shoes he feels like making a team of Avengers and X-Men to try and bridge the gap and ease tension so to speak.

I know what it's for and I read the news, I'm saying to a degree but also to a degree Capt. America is also right! but holding out to see the ending of this Event cause it seems the X-men are gonna lose big and come to a realization themselves!

@Hareil0079: Of course they will. The whole cosmic deity and perfect utopia that crashes is so cliched.

@lorex said:

I can't see Cyclops getting killed off and I really hate the way he is being made into the villian. As for Marvel/Disney combining Avengers and X-Men together to prevent Fox from using any new storylines in movies probable has some truth to it, though I do see the formation of the Uncanny Avengers as a outgrowth of the current story line. Also lets face it many time the X-Men have assisted the Avengers but have the Avengers ever been there for the X-Men, No.

If it has anything to do with the movies, it probably has more to do with having a legitimate reason to have X-characters show up in the phenomenally successful Avengers franchise.

@god_spawn said:

@Hareil0079: Of course they will. The whole cosmic deity and perfect utopia that crashes is so cliched.

Exactly, both sides are gonna learn a lesson! so even though cap is forming a new team doesn't mean that the X-men are totally correct, the avengers are correct to a degree themselves.

As others said, that promo is formed with members of different teams. 
 
And that's regular Cyclops. You can see classic Jean with the classic costume on that promo. If she maintains the classic costume, her team will maintain it, normally teams change costumes at the same time. 
 
And yeah, Cyclops is NOT going to be a villian after the event, they're OBVIOUSLY (it screams development on that direction) making him the most noble and stable of the Phoenix 5 so at the end when the others go wild, Cyclops is the one realizing what's wrong and helping to stop them with his own Phoenix Powers, which would redeem him from whatever he does (and he hasn't done anything evil, he even prevented Hawkeye from dying or even getting a single burnning scar) on the eyes of the Avengers to the point of Cap admiting he could be right in some points like Avengers working for the mutant cause in the future (Uncanny Avengers). And even the others can take the "I was possesed" card to maintain their hero status after this. If Wolverine can use it 2193781237899012 times, the Phoenix 5 can.

Some C list character with a long history of comics will die. When there's an event, it's always the C-list characters with a long history that dies. Some examples are Wasp,sentry, and night-crawler.

@Lokheit said:

As others said, that promo is formed with members of different teams. And that's regular Cyclops. You can see classic Jean with the classic costume on that promo. If she maintains the classic costume, her team will maintain it, normally teams change costumes at the same time. And yeah, Cyclops is NOT going to be a villian after the event, they're OBVIOUSLY (it screams development on that direction) making him the most noble and stable of the Phoenix 5 so at the end when the others go wild, Cyclops is the one realizing what's wrong and helping to stop them with his own Phoenix Powers, which would redeem him from whatever he does (and he hasn't done anything evil, he even prevented Hawkeye from dying or even getting a single burnning scar) on the eyes of the Avengers to the point of Cap admiting he could be right in some points like Avengers working for the mutant cause in the future (Uncanny Avengers). And even the others can take the "I was possesed" card to maintain their hero status after this. If Wolverine can use it 2193781237899012 times, the Phoenix 5 can.

It's been 7 vol. things are changing, last issue people were batting back and forth on his character this issue he showed some redemption for earlier of this event, who knows what act 3 holds, especially since it says "there can only be one" and you have an UXM vol. where him and emma are seemingly battling along with AvX#11 again I'm holding out to see if he ends up cracking or he changes tone and attack emma cause she is corrupted which in effect helps the Avengers, but who knows.

One thing i'm surprised no one has said this but I wouldn't be surprised if Cyke get's a some additional powersets after this event.

Flashpoint all over again would be an easy fix.

@Lokheit said:

As others said, that promo is formed with members of different teams. And that's regular Cyclops. You can see classic Jean with the classic costume on that promo. If she maintains the classic costume, her team will maintain it, normally teams change costumes at the same time. And yeah, Cyclops is NOT going to be a villian after the event, they're OBVIOUSLY (it screams development on that direction) making him the most noble and stable of the Phoenix 5 so at the end when the others go wild, Cyclops is the one realizing what's wrong and helping to stop them with his own Phoenix Powers, which would redeem him from whatever he does (and he hasn't done anything evil, he even prevented Hawkeye from dying or even getting a single burnning scar) on the eyes of the Avengers to the point of Cap admiting he could be right in some points like Avengers working for the mutant cause in the future (Uncanny Avengers). And even the others can take the "I was possesed" card to maintain their hero status after this. If Wolverine can use it 2193781237899012 times, the Phoenix 5 can.

It's been 7 vol. things are changing, last issue people were batting back and forth on his character this issue he showed some redemption for earlier of this event, who knows what act 3 holds, especially since it says "there can only be one" and you have an UXM vol. where him and emma are seemingly battling along with AvX#11 again I'm holding out to see if he ends up cracking or he changes tone and attack emma cause she is corrupted which in effect helps the Avengers, but who knows.

One thing i'm surprised no one has said this but I wouldn't be surprised if Cyke get's a some additional powersets after this event.

@Osian2 said:

@Dman1366 said:

i feel bad for Cyke. His woman is cheating on him w/ Namor....

He's probably used to the women in his life kissing other men by now.

Yea, how many times in the past has wolverine kissed jean boldly infront of Scott, Inferno arc, Xtinction Agenda.. I'm sure theres more.