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Wow! Those are a lot of really cool ideas, Electric. I especially like how the Phase 4 cosmic stories all seem to be put into motion as a result of Secret Wars. Turning Sakaar into Battleworld for the CMCU is really clever actually. Jean destroying the Pantheon and setting Hulk off the edge is once again, a great way to have the two big cosmic conflicts connect to each other in a meaningful way. I didn't outright say it on the Forum but Dark Phoenix and World War Hulk just happening coincidentally wasn't really sitting right with me. In cinematic universes when similar events happen really close to each other just because reasons it's always really kind of bothered me for some reason, so I'm totally on board with Secret Wars-Dark Phoenix-World War Hulk all acting as parts to one big space saga.

Your Dark Phoenix pitch giving Moira her own subplot with Jean is excellent and I'd totally be willing to adapt that. Now I know you suggested Banshee find her to introduce the character, but that's the one thing I'd have to disagree with. Though I do agree he'd be cool to bring into the CMCU someday, I think it would be cooler if Wolverine was the one with Moira who finds Jean. Logan's crush on Jean is going to develop a lot more in X-Men: Apocalypse (possibly Secret Wars too if you'd be interested in that) so the idea of him finding out she's alive, but not being able to tell anyone would be a really interesting position to put him in because of his already complicated feelings for her.

While Moira could stay on Muir Island to care for Jean, Wolverine would go with the team to the Savage Land and have to keep the secret to himself despite being around Scott and everyone else the whole time. Creating a lot of tension in an already crazy environment giving complexity to Cyclops and Wolverine's relationship.

As for Part 2, I plan on going fairly cosmic with it. I don't have a super detailed idea right now but what I see it like is after Jean gets the Phoenix Force she goes into space and begins destroying planets (like you said in your pitch) and Beast reverse-engineers the X-Jet into an space craft that they use to try and contain her. In space though Jean gets captured by the Shi'ar Empire who invite the X-Men into their domain to learn more about the Earth while using their advanced technology to try and contain/cure Jean. But of course, nothing can go right for the X-Men and Deathbird starts a coup overthrowing her sister and releasing the Dark Phoenix to enforce her will across the empire. Eventually though, Jean gets too powerful and turns on Deathbird getting to the point no one even in the Shi'ar can control her and the X-Men are left with only one choice to end the nightmare... killing Jean.

A good analogy for it would be pretty much the plot of Captain America: Civil War meets the aesthetics and stakes of Infinity War. With Jean being like Bucky, Wolverine/Cyclops like Captain America/Iron Man, and Deathbird like Zemo.

What do you think about it?