>>96201164The endgame was Emerald Twilight 2.0
Sam was supposed to beat the shit out of Steve and send him to prison, still irreversibly evil.
Secret Empire #10 was rewritten to have Steve be the one who actually BEATS Hydra Steve but the entire ending we got was what Nick originally intended.
Similarly, Secret Empire Omega was supposed to be Sam and Steve, not Steve/Steve.
The whole thing was supposed to be the death of the real Marvel Universe in terms of removing all of the original heroes from the playing field, and the dawning of the SJW Marvel with only the SJW heroes running around from that point on.
