A short and highly selective chronicle of Scott/Emma, inspired by the style of Icelandic sagas, focusing on the overlap between political and family history, and between the roles of parent/child and mentor/student.
The Summers family plane crash; Scott’s mother, Katherine Summers, is captured and killed by the Shi’Ar, and the unborn Gabriel is extracted from her womb. (established across multiple stories; see especially Uncanny X-Men vol. 1 #144 (1981) and Deadly Genesis (2005–2006))
High-school Emma sees the debut of the original X-Men on television. (Emma Frost vol. 1 #6 (2003)) Note: She actually sees them in graduation costumes, which means this should be placed after point 4. However, it’s hard to imagine Emma returning to her family after her experience at the clinic, so maybe it’s better to treat this as an art inconsistency.
Emma’s mutant abilities awaken; she rejects Xavier’s recruitment and is subsequently sent to a psychiatric clinic. (Generation X vol. 1 #24 (1996), X-Men Origins: Emma Frost (2010))
The X-Men set out to rescue Emma, but Scott and Emma narrowly miss each other. Facing the threat of the Evolutionary, Scott agrees to become the leader of mutantkind. Emma finally arrives at Xavier’s school, though not as a student, and learns that she is not human. She is forced to judge Magneto’s dream but reaches no decision. Immediately afterwards, both have their memories of the entire experience erased by the Evolutionary. (X-Men vol. 3: Giant-Size; X-Men vol. 3 #12–15 (2011), “First to Last”)
Emma enters the Hellfire Club and becomes a telepathic stripper. Meanwhile, when the X-Men are endangered on Krakoa, Xavier takes on Gabriel as a new student. Xavier brings Gabriel along in another attempt to recruit Emma, but after encountering interference, he wipes her memory. Gabriel then leads a team to rescue the O5, resulting in heavy casualties, prompting Xavier to erase Scott’s memories of Gabriel entirely. (Deadly Genesis (2005–2006))
Emma becomes the White Queen of the Hellfire Club, positioning herself as an enemy of the new generation of X-Men led by Scott. (Dark Phoenix Saga (1980))
Emma becomes the mentor of the Hellions and officially works alongside Magneto. The Hellions are slaughtered by Fitzroy, leaving Emma comatose. (Uncanny X-Men vol. 1 #281 (1991)) Note: See point 13 for the Möbius strip.
Emma is exploited by Weapon X, which harvest her ova to create the Stepford Cuckoos. (Phoenix – Warsong (2006–2007))
Scott and Cable encounter the comatose Emma. Scott decides to spare her life; Emma eventually awakens and joins the X-Men. (Uncanny X-Men vol. 1 #310, #314 (1994))
Emma finally parts ways with Magneto; Scott and Emma officially become a romantic couple. (New X-Men (2001–2004))
Magneto’s dream collapses in a family tragedy; in the aftermath of global mutant depowerment, Scott opens the school to any mutant in need. (House of M (2005), Decimation: House of M – The Day After #1 (2006))
Scott discovers Xavier’s deception and orders him to leave the school. (Deadly Genesis (2005–2006))
Following the birth of Hope Summers, the timeline diverges. On Earth-1191, Scott and Emma have a daughter named Ruby, though Emma subsequently dies from unknown causes. Ruby falls in love with Trevor Fitzroy. After Fitzroy sacrifices himself, Ruby demands that Layla Miller forcibly resurrect him, leaving Fitzroy soulless. He becomes a villain, travels back into the past, and kills the Hellions. (Messiah Complex (2007–2008), X-Factor Special: Layla Miller #1 (2008), X-Factor #41–50 (2009)) Note: Since Earth-1191 did not exist prior to Messiah Complex, it can be inferred that there are not two coexisting Fitzroys.
Utopia is created, and Magneto submits to the new authority. When the Evolutionary returns, Scott and Emma remember their first encounter with him and reaffirm their beliefs. (Utopia (2009), Uncanny X-Men vol. 1 #516, X-Men vol. 3: Giant-Size; X-Men vol. 3 #12–15 (2011), “First to Last”)
