Recent discussions have me thinking about what the ultimate objective and endgame is for the O5. I'd be interested to get people's theories and discuss it. I know I've certainly been one to criticize the book for sure.The lack of detail and dare I say logic in the premise coupled with the lack of direction of the book and what I would call weak execution has been a big turn off for me. Really though, reading the post of fellow viners is a whole helluva lot better than the actual comic itself. This idea could have been so much better if done right. But all that said, i still can't escape from feeling that this book can't just be disregarded in terms of importance. It almost feels as if this book is just moving along with different adventures in small but similar way to the wide range of capers that the old Excalibur had, but all this is a way of treading water until some major and monumental event. I've really been thinking lately about what all this is leading up to.
1. A Reboot- I mean they have to reboot right? How could the o5 go back with the knowledge of their future/ present and things not change somehow? If not then this whole thing has been an exercise in futility and a complete waste of time for them to just end up being mind wiped by Xavier upon returning with nothing affected and no consequences. I happen to think and am actually afraid that they eventually go back with all their memories of the current timeline and erase it or change it in someway, thus a reboot.
I realize its hard to see since it seems that everything is about Jean, but really all of them have to be affected by what they see in the present. Scott is off on a bonding off-world trip with his father and has seen his future self and seems to want no part of it. Also he's seeing that there's more to life than Jean Grey. How does this affect him going back? Would be so apt to leave the Xmen if something happened to Jean or be attracted to Maddie and treat her the same way as before? What about seeing how Xavier's dream has still not worked? Jean knowing about her dismal future. How does this change her. Now she's being tutored by the very woman who had a hand in turning her into Dark phoenix in the 1st place? Plus without Xavier's influence and safeguards does she become amoral and reckless when it comes to her psychic powers? Will she abuse them? Maybe Im reaching a little bit here. But what if Emma in being sick and tired of the reverence that Jean Grey gets from the Xmen and possibly feeling that she's never really accepted because of Jean, implants something in teenie's mind, possibly a subtle suggestion about power that causes Jean to be more power mad and less good girlish thus making her an antagonist for the other o5ers. Maybe the burn away what doesn't work concept being pushed to the fore in Jean's mind or at the very least turning things into an age of the phoenix type deal. Beast can see what a screw up his older self is as far as his own personal experimentation, damage to the timeline and arrogance. Angel can see what has happened to him in that he's now basically a mindless bird who's arguably had the most horrible life of all the originals. Iceman basically being a caricature and never being taken seriously and ultimately rejected in every instance. To me all this is underlying and not really discussed in the book but just has to logically be there at least in their minds. They've got to be thinking this has to change. So either they go back and do things differently or Jean does the "burn away what doesn't work" thing that all xmen stories fall into with yet another Phoenix story. ( Funny enough I had a fan-fic idea along those lines with Jean returning from the White Hot Room to help her fellow Xmen because the other Phoenix avatars want to burn away what doesnt work)
2. The creation of an alternate universe- if its not a reboot, then could it possibly be the jumping off point for a new universe somewhat similar to the existence of the Ultimate universe. Given the teasers about Ultimate ending and of course I'd have to factor in Bendis' seeming affinity for changing everything and time-travel/alternate reality stuff, another universe could be likely at least by some stretch of the imagination. Of course we have the silly and really ridiculous attempt by Bendis to go against every point of logic and say these are not alternates and that it really is the 616 characters. That's another discussion i don't really want to get into, suffice it to say that Bendis should pick up a dictionary and a Marvel universe handbook on this subject.
I think the O5 going back and changing things could/should/would create an alternate timeline or universe. This way all the old stories could be retold or revamped in whatever way they want and Bendis would have a field day with ultimate control of his own whole universe. This way we don't destroy everything that's been built up and the character development that has occurred over time.
Of course maybe there is the possibility of neither one of these drastic measures and things just being a lead up to another event or maybe even a soft reboot in which certain stories are erased or whatever but that's a whole new can of worms.
Given my current and most likely well and overly-stated dislike and distrust of the way things currently are, the possible implications of this whole O5 thing scares me somewhat. I've said before that a separate Xmen universe or even a reboot is not as distasteful as it's been previously. But completely wiping out everything would be difficult to accept and who's to say with the current lack of creativity a reboot would be for the better. The lack of direction in All new has been aggravating but I wonder if I've been somewhat distracted by the nuances of the book and maybe could be missing the big picture. Maybe the story seems to be dragging and directionless for a reason. Maybe the new crop of readers are just being introduced to the O5 in different settings and they are having a larger presence in the Marvel U through crossovers with GOTG and Avengers and whoever else because it's leading to something big that they will do. I really don't know what to think about this anymore and I hate to be conspiracy guy but really.... WTF!!!
Thoughts?
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