User blog:Gipdac/The End of X-Factor

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I am incredibly sad about the new of the impending finale of Peter David's X-Factor. I respect PAD's decision and desire to move on with his work, and his feelings that X-Factor has come to it's natural conclusion. However, X-Factor has been my only mainstay comic over the past 4 years (I came into the series around issue #39), and it's presence will be sorely missed.



PAD was mentioned that the "End of X-Factor" storyline will feature smaller stories about an individual character (or pair). So far:
 * Part 1 (#257): Layla & Madrox
 * Part 2 (#258): Wolfsbane
 * Part 3 (#259): Shatterstar & Longshot or Rictor (maybe all three???)
 * Part 4 (#260): Polaris & Quicksilver
 * Part 5 (#261): ??? (likely Monet: maybe Monet & Strong Guy, or Monet & Darwin, or Monet & Pip, or maybe all of them)
 * Part 6 (#262): Everybody???

But I think we still have SO many unanswered questions: will Madrox be de-demonized? Who did Pip call at the end of #213? Why did Madrox's powers start working so differently? Will adult Layla ever confront active Avenger Quicksilver? Tryp...WTF? What was Jezebel's plan with the Isolationist? What are the origins of the Isolationist? What are the origins of Clay? Will Cortex ever return? What ever happened to the abandon gay teen suicide story originally solicited in #214? Will we see Banshee (Terry) again? Where's Vanora? And why is Vanora seemingly immortal though Tier was killed? And what will happen to all these characters once PAD leaves them?

What are your thoughts and feelings about the End of X-Factor?