I’m stoked about Schism. There has never been a definitive battle between Cyclops and Wolverine. We can argue about Cyclops punching Wolverine or blasting him through a wall. Or Wolverine as Death putting the pain on Cyclops and his team of Astonishing X-Men. Still, a real battle between the two hasn’t happened, not on 616. Who’s going to win is mute point, my question is what’s the reason behind Schism?

There’s always X-Force. Wolverine and Archangel have gone behind Cyclops’ all seeing eye, continuing the black ops work for mutant kind. This shows that both Wolverine and Archangel are both willing to step out of ranks and do what they feel is necessary. The revelation of Cyclops X-Force in Second Coming caused a huge riff between Cyclops and the rest of the X-Men. For Wolverine to go and continue his missions on his own agenda, well you can see how that would affect Cyclops and his role of Mutant Leader.

The biggest reason I can think of is that both end up with different views. Not so much an Xavier vs. Magneto debate, but something along those lines. Ever since Cyclops bonded with Apocalypse, we’ve seen an edge to the man. To the point where his character started to “evolve” as many fans say. He’s been more aggressive, taken chances, and abandoned certain beliefs for what he deems necessary survival. Wolverine on the other hand, has always been a failed samurai, his innate killer instinct always becomes a hurdle to his righteous attempts of life. An animal, trained to be a killer, with the soul of a man. He’s also gone out of his way to integrate into society. That’s why he’s on the Avengers (both of them), working side by side with men such as Steve Rogers and Tony Stark. Wolverine may be the heaviest believer in Xavier’s old dream, not because he wants to, but because he has to.

Something big is going to happen, where Cyclops is going to put his foot down. Either your with us or against us. Maybe he finds out about Wolverines X-Force, tells him to fall in line or fall out. This might even lead to Cyclops given Wolverine another ultimatum. Fall back to Utopia under my thumb, or head back to your Avenger pals. Anything can happen, at the end of the day though, I’m pretty sure Cyclops will stay with Utopia and San Fran, while Wolverine takes his team to New York, where his ties with the Avengers will come in handy. Who knows, he might even rebuild the Xavier Institute. Either way, I’m sold on Schism.