Will this idea work?

It could work, of course, why not. But I think the adventures of Xavier's original team, set in the 1950's or something would be faaaaaaar more intersting. You have a much more prejudiced society, civil-rights still a long way of, WW2 fresh in everybody's memmories, the cold-war heating up over those few mutants, maybe. That could have serious legs!

I agree with JanO in that the 50s team would be more interesting.

If your sole question is "Will this idea work?" I don't think anyone can answer that. If you'll allow me to answer "Can this idea work?" instead: Yes, it could.

Whether it works or not though depends on more than just your cast. School titles seem to be quite popular in fanfiction though, so you'll likely need some ideas that set yours apart from the others if you want people to have genuine enthusiasm when reading. At the moment the majority of your cast is not in roles we haven't seen before. We've seen Xavier, Beast and Storm as teachers in X-Men Evolution. We've seen Banshee as a teacher in Generation X. We've seen Iceman, Sunspot, Tabitha, Monet and Nightcrawler as students (some canonically, Iceman perhaps most notably in the movies and Nightcrawler perhaps most notably in Evolution). There is a surprise or two in there, the notion that Jubilee could be teaching a young Emma Frost, perhaps the most exciting one. So, yes it could work, if nothing else you could retread old ground with much of the cast, but I think most people would rather see something new like the team you suggested for Xavier's first group or Jubilee teaching Emma. We don't need more opportunities for Xavier/Storm/Angel to tell Iceman to behave or stop pulling pranks, we've seen that sort of thing.

Here's an idea, why not just mess around with everyone's ages? Have Xavier as the really young, powerful guy, but still keep him acting like he would grow up to be the Xavier we all know. Have Storm and Beast be among the younger students and have Jay Guthrie, eldest of the Guthrie clan, as headmaster. Now that is almost guaranteed to be a winner, at least in the originality stakes. Maybe call it 'The House that Jay Built'? Hmm, no need to work on the name.

Basically though, your cast and idea could 'work', it's mostly tried and tested. There's no argument about whether it could work. It could be a little more original though. Maybe focusing on the unusually placed characters as main characters could give it a feel much more different than the idea actually is. Mostly though it depends on your plot and writing style. You can get away with a tried and tested cast doing new things, or you can have an experimental cast doing the same old and get away with it. More likely though, if you fiddle with the casting you will have ideas come to you naturally - that's what I found.

Originally posted by Laudo Also, it is Amelia, rather than Charles that re-gathers the team. Xavier himself is still rather restless, and does not like the prospect of being a teacher (any suggestions on a name for the school would be appreciated).

Vought's school for gifted youngsters?

I don't really know what to say now. I think those last changes to the cast have instantly transformed it into a much more interesting premise that I'm now actually excited to read, but have I forced your hand? Does anyone else agree with my suggestions? If I had to guess, I think most of us on this site will find that cast near irresistable. You've had some good ideas in there. I wouldn't have thought of putting Mystique and Leech in, at least I don't think I would.

Well, I'm interested in reading it now. Let's see if anyone else has been won over.

Cool. I really like this storyline that you have going for you, Laudo. =]