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Speaking of imagination, I've been amusing myself picturing the reactions from some quarters should this actually become a real series, published by Marvel. Even setting aside the "fact" that I am the Great Satan, I suspect we can look forward to some of this kind of chatter:• Your old stuff was better! (Well, how could they resist? It's been the go-to move for decades, no matter what the actual quality of the work!) • It needs Terry Austin! (Even if Terry was interested, which I doubt, our styles have diverged too much in the forty years since UNCANNY.) • It needs Chris Claremont! (Sure, like I need my toenails pulled out one by one.) • It's not Historically Accurate! (No matter how many times I say this is not MEANT to be a literal "alternate history", there will be those who will compare it, panel by panel, to what was actually published, and cry foul if it doesn't match up. Since I want this to be accessible to everyone, not just the archeologists, well, no "homework" will be needed!) • The characters are being portrayed incorrectly! (Darn tootin'! Cyclops is not a dick, and Magneto is a full-on badguy. And I'm not even going to THINK about some of the twists and turns the other X-Men went thru!) • Kitty's power is being used incorrectly! (Well, it's being used as I, the creator of the character, intended. Is that "incorrect"?) • You're doing stuff with Jean that you couldn't possibly have done in 1980! (Again, darn tootin'! Although I am mostly ignoring what happened to the characters after I left the book, there is at least one element introduced later that is irresistible!) • You're not showing how this changed timeline impacts on the rest of the Marvel Universe! (Again, accessibility!!)
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