From: bbeakley@dante.nmsu.edu (BEAKLEY)
Subject: X-Force's Future (long-ish)
Organization: New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 07:54:34 GMT

Well now that the X-cruciating Song is over (we shall all now pause
5 seconds to give thanks for this...), what's going to happen to 
X-Force?  Last time we saw them, all but two of their members were
sitting in make-shift jail cells in the Danger Room.  More to the
point, when Sam went down to 'talk' to them, none of them seemed
too happy to see Sam.  
After reading the first 18 issues tonight, I've managed to find
a few million danglers that maybe Fabian and Co. might want to
clear up for us.  There's no particular order to these and certainly
not all the ones I can remember off the top of my head.

1)  Domino.  We've found the real one.  Now is she going to find
	the team?  If so, is she going to join them?
2)  Rusty Collins and Skids.  Are they going to be UNbrainwashed
	and join up too, or were they just there for a little
	comic relief?
3)  Is there going to be any more of this crap related to the
	"Highlord" business?  We've all seen the tombstone in
	X-Force #8 where it says "Gideon" and -993 on it.  Maybe
	Gideon's going to go to the great Marvel Death (tm) in
	the sky.......
4)  Is X-Force still going to be chased by SHIELD/Dept. K?  Or
	do those two agencies have other things to do with their
	time besides watching their operatives getting their
	collective butts kicked?
5)  *IS* Cable going to show his face again?  And are he and Sam
	going to sit down and have that talk finally?  
6)  Since we saw Sauron/Toad/etc in X-Factor, are the Brotherhood
	going to come looking to enact a little revenge on X-Force?
	As I recall, X-Force sorta kicked their asses rather well.
	If nothing else, Sauron might like to have another chance
	at impaling Sam.
7)  At the end of one of the issues, there was a blurb about the
	return of Juggernaut and of the 'new' Black Tom.  Any word
	on them popping up in any other titles?

OK....now here are a few of *MY* theories as to what's going to 
happen.  I have no way of knowing as to whether or not they're
right, but they're my ideas.  Flame me if you wish, they'll be
happily dumped in the garbage.

1)  Domino is going to join back up with Sam and Co.  She'll be
	the co-leader along with Sam.  Her expertise, general
	knowledge of the world situation, and kick-some-ass 
	attitude will be very useful.
2)  Rusty and Skids will join up too.  But not right away.  They've
	got to be counseled, de-briefed, etc after their involvement
	with Stryfe.
3)  Cable, OF COURSE, is going to be rearing his ugly head from time
	to time, mainly in x-overs with his new series.  He and Sam
	are going to have a nice long talk about everything and Sam
	will leave even more confused/frustrated than before.  Cable
	in the meantime, is going to re-form the Wild Pack with Bridge
	and Kane.  We don't know if Grizzly survived from X-Force 14,
	but I get the feeling he'll be there as well.  Cable will also
	find a way for Hammer to walk again (check Cable #2 for details
	about Hammer's condition) and Hammer will add his name to the
	roster.
4)  The Brotherhood will make the usual cameo appearances and eventually
	have a large fight with X-Force, maybe for issue #25 or something
	like that.  They'll get their tails kicked again and leave 
	wondering why they keep coming back for more and more punishment.
5)  Gideon WILL die in 1993.  Roberto is none too happy about the things
	that Gideon did to him and will be looking for revenge.  But it
	won't be Roberto or any of the X-Forcers who kill Gideon.  He
	will be killed by Crule, under orders from Saul.  There will be
	a huge internal Highlord war and they'll all be killed, 'cept
	for Sam of course.
6)  Sam and Tabitha will start openly showing their affection for each
	other.  As will Rusty and Skids once they join up (maybe around
	issue 25 or so).  Roberto will end up with Siryn, while Feral,
	Warpath, and Shatterstar just continue on with their happy
	single lives.
7)  After about 10 issues, Domino will leave to re-join the Wild Pack
	and they'll go romping around the world kicking ass and taking
	name.
8)  There of course will be the manditory x-over with other X-Titles
	once a year.  The next big one will revolve around something
	so large, that not only are the X-titles involved, but also
	the Avengers (east and west), Thor, Wonder Man, Iron Man, and
	Captain America are used as well.  What could this crisis be?
	Only one thing that it COULD be.  Invasion from another world.
	Maybe there will be a large scale attack by the Brood or
	something as nice as that.  Of course, all the fan boys will 
	be buying them up while the rest of us sit back and wonder
	"How much will it cost to convince Chris to come back and
	write the books again?".
9)  And the enigmatic Tolliver will once again grace us with his
	unseen visage.  In a x-over with Cable, X-Force and the Wild
	Pack track him down for one last confrontation where we'll
	finally learn who he is.  (I'm not even going to speculate
	as to who he is)
10)  The Dark Riders will show up from time to time to harass poor ol'
	X-Force.  They'll of course be accompanied by cameo appearances
	by Apocalypse himself (all those who believe he's dead should
	now start reading the next article....:).

A now a personal note if you will....

	X-Force HAS a lot of potential.  A lot of cleaning up has to
be done after Rob (why couldn't he just stick to art work?) Liefeld
got in there and fucked them all to hell.  I do have faith in Fabian
though.  He did pretty well with setting the scene up for the fight
between Weapon: Prime and X-Force.  While it's going to take a lot
of time and effort, I think he can start to undo the colossal shafting
that Liefeld did to the characters.  Hopefully within two or three
years, X-Force will be a title that we don't ridicule on a constant
basis.

da Will-meister
please email any replies to the addresses below....thanx

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