Isn't the idea gonna be that wolverine time traveling is what woke up apocalypse? I swear that was mentioned somewhere
Wasn't it the same idea with cable in the comics? I might be wrong
I believe that was part of our discussion on one of my thread.
I do feel that it is important to think on what each faction has likely been doing these past 10 years.
For example, we know that Xavier should have been preparing his school and trying to find them and bring them to Xavier's. In many ways I wish we never saw Xavier seeing all of those mutants using Cerebro back in 1963. It should have just been a couple here and there, showing that mutants are just starting to pop up (like in the comics).
But, let's say between 1974 and 1983 he (and Beast) have fixed up Xavier's, installed the Danger Room, invented some stuff, become accredited as a school, and found at least a couple of these mutants. It does make sense that at least some of the mutants would already be at the school. IMO, at least Scott and Jean, and maybe someone like Quicksilver, should already be there learning. I like the idea of keeping Storm out at this point, and them finding her, since she has (per canon) a connection to egypt, which is where APocalypse likely is.
I think we also have to assume that Mystique has continued to lead the fight in protecting mutants. Just because she prevented Erik from killing the President (and Trask) doesn't mean that the government would no longer find mutants a threat. Yes, maybe it led to the Sentinal program no longer being funded, but come on... Our government would most definitely still be going after mutants to try to track them and/or use them for their own purpose. That means that Mystique is likely out there still fighting the good fight, mostly against the government. There are really two (maybe three) paths that I can see for her over this decade. One, she has been fighting for her mutant brethern, and possibly formed her own team of mutants to do so. Let's call them her "Brotherhood"... Second, I could see the government trying to use her to form a team that works for and answers to the government. Let's call this team... X-Force or Frredom Force. Lastly, she may have joined back up with Erik, but I think this one is the least likely.
Now for Magneto, where was he left at the end of DoFP? Why is it I don't remember? I remember Erik was about to kill the President, and Mystique stopped him, and that she was convinced not to kill Trask, but what happened after that? I remember Mystique limping off, but I can't recall what happened to Erik. I guess he must have been allowed to escape as well...
Anyway, assuming he did get away, then what has he been doing these past 10 years?
For Erik I see a couple of different path.
One, is that he stayed true to what we've seen of him previously in that he continued to fight against the government. But isn't this one a bit been there, done that? Unless Mystique joined back up with him and he restarted his Brotherhood, which seems unlikely after he tried to kill her, and she shot him (didn't she).
The other choice, which has multiple ways to do this, is that he has since decided that separating himself and his fellow mutants from the other governments is the best path. That instead of trying to rule over the humans, he will instead lead any mutants who want to be part of his free society. This has mutliple paths.
One is that he creates Genosha. I always thought it would be amazingly cool for him to use his powers to pull gold from the ground, and then use that wealth to legally purchase his own effective country (Genosha). He could invite any mutants who wish to live free to become part of his society. Of course the governments of the world would have concerns, which could lead to a good part of the story.
Another is that he has been preparing to leave earth by creating Asteroid M. Imagine that he has created an underground (under mountain) realm for his followers. It just seems to fit with how some of the mutants were watching his statements. I could see them going to "worship" him, or at least look to have him lead them. This one is kind of the Alcolytes story. How amazing would it be to see Erik use his powers to rip this city from the earth and propel it into space. Now imagine we see Magneto sitting on his throne and we then see Cortez saying something like "My Lord, you have pushd yourself too far once again. Here, let me help you."
I guess I could see Magneto going into isolation after the events of DoFP, but what's the fun in that?
One thing I can't see is him joining with someone like Sinister or Apocalypse! I truly hope they don't go that route...
