Yeah, it either has to be post-CC or AU and both of those are kind of complicated. (I'm really not liking Uncanny Avengers for example.)

It's like Victor decided that he would show Reed how much better he is and he would do it while looking bette in green than Reed ever dreamed off. Another thing that's interesting is how easily Reed and Victor could swap hero/villain places. hell, you could argue that Victor is colour-coded as the hero (primary colours) while reed is coded as the villain (secondary colours). (This issue is apparently unfindable. :( )

Oh, I like your headcanon!