Okay Immortal X-Men was not everything I wanted. But was everything I needed!!!
Honestly while I absolutely think Hope should be on the Council, Selene deserves it too.
Especially since her reasoning was honestly perfect "My Coven is dead forever to make the External Gate, and you need someone who knows Magic."
I did love the Genosha argument too. Necrosha is one of my favorite stories as well so that helps.
Kick Colossus (or honestly Storm, she technically has divided loyalties right now considering her status) off the Council and give that seat to Hope.
Also if Selene sat at the Autumn table it would have a new Balance to it.
Originally it had the three most prevalent philosophies about what mutant kind should do: Domination, Coexistence and Survival:
Magneto, Professor X and -|A|-
Put Selene in Magneto's seat and you have a new balance. Past, Present, Future:
Black Priestess represents the Past, she's older than -|A|- and represents an Era of Swords and Sorcery, she's from the Hyborian age after all. Where the witch born would be viewed as Gods.
Professor X represents the Present. The current face of mutantkind. Where coexistence isn't off the table but the realization that mutantkind needs a stronger position first. Krakoa after all is partially his idea.
Destiny represents the Future. She's a mutant who shouldn't even be here if the original powers-that-be had their way. And as she even states in this comic, she doesn't see the future so much as she sees the possibilities. A perfect counter to the now revealed fact that "We always lose"
Heck, if Storm left the Summer table and was replaced by Hope it would work for balance as well there.
The Original table was Storm, Marvel Woman and Nightcrawler. The Heart, the Mind and the Soul of the X-Men and now all mutantkind.
Replace Storm with Hope and it changes somewhat. It becomes the Anima, the Conflict and the Faith.
Hope becomes the Anima, the very soul of mutantkind as the defacto leader of the Five and the literal mutant messiah (love how that means soooo much more now than back then)
Colossus becomes the Conflict. The literal embodiment of a mutants loyalty to Krakoa and there ties to other nations, families, etc.
Nightcrawler becomes the Faith. The understand and belief that we are more than the Anima and Conflict. That mutantkind is worth believing in despite it all.
Needless to say, I'm extremely interested in what comes next.
Also the ending revealed one thing. DON'T FUCK WITH SELENE!
