
specksdude
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Alright so before you all say ‘your really not supposed to think about it this much’ trust me i know but obsessing over the X-Men timeline has become something of a hobby at this point. You can check out the previous version of this i made a few years ago here if you want https://imgur.com/gallery/TyrQIi5
*Deadpool & Wolverine Spoilers Ahead*
So basically, in D&W which is set in 2024 its somehow suggested that it takes place after Logan in the same timeline which is set in 2029 which makes so little sense it makes my head hurt, however, I think I’ve come up with an explanation that at least comes close to making sense of it all.
At the beginning of D&W it’s said to take place on Earth #10005 but for this to work I’m going to say that this designation represents all the alternate timelines within that universe not just the specific deadpool timeline. So in D&W they introduce this concept of an anchor being who, when they die, the whole universe dies. I’ve expanded this logic to say that the anchor being lives in the anchor timeline which links together the various tangent timelines. So when the anchor being dies, the anchor timeline and all linked timelines die with it. So D&W does not take place in the exact same literal timeline of Logan but it’s in the same ‘branch’ of timelines if you like.
However this begs the question of why would Mr. Paradox place his time ripper device in a tangent timeline instead the Logan anchor timeline. We’ll have to assume thats because of deadpool’s multiversal importance and that activating the device in a tangent timeline would also retroactively destroy the entire branch of timelines.
After the events of D&W both Deadpool and Wolverine become anchor beings making that tangent timeline the new Earth #10005 main anchor timeline.
Ive also came up with this idea of a ‘multiversal time matrix’ which is just the year each movie was made but it’s basically a timeline for the TVA and the void. I know they’re supposed to exist ‘outside of time’ but theres clearly still a ‘before loki S1&2’ and an ‘after’ so they are running on some sort of timeframe. Basically this is just to explain how characters from multiple different time periods all end up in the void having aged as much as they have done in real life since their movies were made. Also to explain why when deadpool goes to the Logan timeline he shows up what is presumably 7 years later instead of in 2024 before logan even died. Sure he still could’ve went to 2024 in the logan timeline to try and stop him from dying but we’ll just say Logan’s death is a fixed point or some Doctor Who type explanation like that.
So with all that in mind I’ve placed the original X-Men trilogy and the wolverine trilogy in the main anchor timeline as none of these movies contradict each other in any major way. Sure x-men origins is a little contradictory but nothing that cant be explained.
The 4 prequel era X-Men movies I’ve placed in a separate timeline that branches off some point in the early 20th century because theres just too much continuity errors in these movies to be explained by just the DOFP time travelling alone.
Lastly the Deadpool movies get their own branch off timeline mainly because of the X-Men cameos in DP2 but also because they always just kinda felt like their own thing. Ive also stuck New Mutants into this timeline, i know it has loose ties to Logan but it could really just be placed in any one of these timelines.
So there you have it, not sure if this completely fixes everything but it’s the best i can do. If you’ve got any questions just ask.
allenvasher3000
Idk man, we are out of first stringers in the MCU now we are trying to shoe horn mutants in, after shoe horning magic, & most likely about to get another disappointing Fantastic Four. They should just completely reboot, start from scratch but with all of it, & stay truer to the comics especially if they are going to claim it is the 616 universe.
SereneCyan
Of course you're supposed to think about it this much. Or else, what's the point? Thanks you for your work.
Maultasche
Where would you fit "The Gifted" into that timeline?
specksdude
Well it was never really supposed to connect to the movies but from what i can remember it was set in the 2010’s and could probably fit in the post dark phoenix timeline. Theres probably some contradictions though