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IhatethisCPU posted...

Mega Mana vs. MegamanX. ...I dislike how vague the pitch is, and the illogical part of me thinks it's partially a way to justify Cable, who I have a bit of a personal grudge against, and I stongly dislike Daken's existence. The team itself works well together, however, the roles you set for them make sense, and that... actually made me interested in the series.

Just extraneous commentary because I really had fun in the draft:

1. The vagueness of the pitch is something I'll work on for next round. I spent quite a while trying to incorporate everything into something succinct, but it got bloated so I scrapped a whole ton of stuff to try and put forth something I'd see on one of those pages in the middle of book from the nineties with a quick blurb for why you should pick up the next issue of one of several different titles. Next time, I'm gonna take out a full-page ad instead of a blurb among eight other titles. Booyah!

2. Time travel didn't even come to mind until the fourth round of drafts! I don't really remember who was on my shortlist at the time, but families were the big thing I was thinking about, Northstar wouldn't work were my third round drafts, I think someone I was looking at hard just got grabbed up, but then I kind of paused on Widget for a bit and started thinking about it, and how she is Kate Pryde, and an Excalibur kind of book paired with the stories in Powers of X, and how all the pieces could work together... I ramble, but it was all Widget for time travel.

3. There's definitely an Exiles element that's unavoidable, but I think the core difference of that book and this one is that, for the most part, those were all "What If?" characters. What if Mimic was the best X-Man? What if Magneto was the good guy and Professor X the bad guy? What if Thunderbird was... whatever Thunderbird was? The team could be anyone and the situations they go to could be anything? There's a fun quality to the sheer creative potential of it, but there's not a starting immediacy or weight to things even with an 'anyone can die at any time and get replaced by a new toy' premise.

Future of X is using the lived-in characters of the 616 canon with their histories, biases, opinions, goals, and dynamics where what they do and where they go show the impact of choices and possibilities made in the present. They are 'What Ifs?' but seen and interacted with by the people that can still prevent it, unlike the Watchers who just narrate these altered stories or the Exiles who jump in and out completing objectives. They go in, they interact, they learn, they have to figure out what makes things go wrong and why, and grapple with predestination and butterfly effect and their own selfishness. I would hope it's not just a doom and gloom ride, but I'd say... if Team Arrow was doing the Legends of Tomorrow missions. There's a good chunk of seriousness about the mission and hard choices and making decisions along the way, but there's a great camaraderie and a level of levity that keeps it entertaining as a book without going overboard into a sitcom.

4. I am not a fan of Daken either. Was angling towards Jimmy Hudson, possibly Honey Badger, originally, but in the wait for Johnbobb... Daken just seemed to make more sense with who was already drafted. I don't think I'd want Cable being Jimmy Hudson's mentor, but someone who wouldn't put up with Daken's ****? Sure. Storm had a wild streak back in the day and can relate and temper Daken and join him in meditation and not judge him for the sins of his father or his past. Likewise, I think Prestige and Daken could have a really good friendship and don't if that's happened in the comics. Also, Shatterstar/Daken? An interesting possible ship. He also adds a good recklessness and intrigue of misdeed to the missions.
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