Anonymous asked:

few years ago there was an x-men story where they had to fight the sentry and a piece of the void got stuck in emma frosts brain, which then ended up in cyclops mind... is that long forgotten, or can we expect to see more of that storyline in the future?

brevoortformspring answered:

Is this about that ridiculous 4chan piece?

[the-cat-who-walks-through-walls]

[SCENE: The rec room of the old Weapon X facility. CYCLOPS and MAGNETO going through a bottle of whiskey left behind by the racist mad scientists who used to live there]

MAGNETO: Say Scott, is it true that you had to extract a sliver of the mind of the Void from Emma Frost’s head and then hide it in your head by being emotionally subdued at it?

CYCLOPS: Oh yes it is.

MAGNETO: Well, shouldn’t we prepare counter-measures against it coming back? I mean, who knows when or if we’ll have to face the fragmented mind of a dark reality-warper who –

CYCLOPS: No we won’t, because I ate him.

[BEAT. CYCLOPS SWIGS]

MAGNETO: Wait, what?

CYCLOPS: I killed and ate the mind of the Void, Max.

MAGNETO: I – The – When?

CYCLOPS: Remember that time a bunch of us got Phoenix powers?

MAGNETO: Graphically.

CYCLOPS: And then we destroyed the subterranean clone empire of Mister Sinister?

MAGNETO: Yes.

CYCLOPS: And we went out for burgers in that vegan place on Mission Hill?

MAGNETO: Yes.

CYCLOPS: And I was kind of distracted when the server came, but I was fine when he arrived with the burgers?

MAGNETO: Yes.

CYCLOPS: Well, that’s when.

MAGNETO: …Why didn’t you mention it?

CYCLOPS: I honestly never thought it was going to come up.

[BEAT. CYCLOPS SWIGS]

MAGNETO: But… But what if it does? Doesn’t it worry you?

[BEAT. MAGNETO SWIGS]

CYCLOPS: …OK, I’ve briefly been a terrorist. I’ve been alive and dead at various points. My friends have been broken apart and put back together by mad scientists, government agencies, and immortal despots. I’ve travelled in time and space. I’ve watched people I still know and trust try to take over or blow up the world. I have been possessed by the Void, the Dark Phoenix, and Apocalypse. I have outlived the universe –

MAGNETO: What?

CYCLOPS: During that Secret Wars thing. I outlived the universe by like eight hours.

MAGNETO: Eight hours.

CYCLOPS: Eight hours.

MAGNETO: That doesn’t seem like it should count.

CYCLOPS: Well, I’m counting it.

[BEAT. BOTH MEN SWIG]

CYCLOPS: I was making a point. What was I saying?

MAGNETO: Several things –

CYCLOPS: Wait, no, I remember. My point is. I have survived a lot. My friends have survived a lot. The world has survived a lot. Should the Void come back, I think we can wing it. And if I can’t? I think the rest of the world will be OK.

[BEAT. BOTH MEN SWIG]

MAGNETO: We should go hang-gliding.

CYCLOPS: We totally should.

[THEY GO HANG-GLIDING WHILE DRUNK. BOTH DIE]