It would also be very interesting from a character perspective to have Evil Morty put a Morty in the Omega Device - especially since Rick literally references this in Unmortricken:
Rick: The weapon, Morty. He knows a thing that wipes someone out across all dimensions could wipe him out across all dimensions.
Evil Morty struggles to believe that Ricks can care about Mortys, so if he used the threat of erasing all Mortys with the Omega Device as leverage against Rick it would show him literally putting his existence in Rick's hands. Maybe the threat to C-137 would be losing Morty Prime specifically, but by using the Omega Device he would demonstrate that he was willing to stake his life on a Rick caring about a Morty - even if it wasn't technically a Rick caring about him particularly. It would be an interesting parallel to Rest and Ricklaxation as well, since Healthy Rick uses Toxic Morty as leverage to force Toxic Rick to re-merge with him.
Two other lines that stand out to me are the following:
Morty: So Rick’s right? You’re afraid of the weapon?
Evil Morty: What happens if Rick actually kills this guy? You ever think about that? Maybe he’ll kill himself next.
Evil Morty: How’s it feel? Better? No? Exactly the same? Yeah, it always does.
Evil Morty relates to Rick not feeling better after killing Prime, which is presumably because of him not feeling better after killing all the Ricks he did (and possibly even after escaping the curve). Additionally, Evil Morty is very very similar to Rick, so I wonder if his line about Rick killing himself could potentially relate to him? C-137 has achieved his goal of killing Prime, and Evil Morty has achieved his goal of escaping the CFC. Both of them went to extremes and completely sacrificed their integrity and morals in order to achieve their goals, and both of them now have a sense of emptiness. The sequence we saw with Evil Morty outside of the curve didn't suggest dissatisfaction, but it did seem to be the final piece of his puzzle - finally creating a visual barrier to block out the chaos outside. How long can he stay happy after that, when he presumably has nothing left to aim for? How long until his 'paradise' becomes stale and boring and it's no longer enough to block out his trauma? I can definitely see him wanting to die rather than process that trauma, and why not deliver a final, devastating blow and 'fuck you' to all the Ricks he hates by erasing every Morty from existence in the process? I also think that Evil Morty would consider erasing Mortys from existence as a kindness, the only true way to end Morty suffering - especially since he stated that erasing Ricks from existence isn't desirable as it won't get him left alone.
Of course, I don't think that all Mortys would actually get erased from existence, but it would be an interesting idea to explore in the show.
The character who I think is likely to actually get erased from existence who's emotionally significant to us? Home Beth.
I know a lot of people speculate Space Beth because of the way the show is making an effort to include her more in the family/main cast, but I think that erasing Home Beth would actually be much more interesting in terms of character exploration/development and having a bigger emotional impact on the audience. I think all of us have a tendency to think of Home Beth as the Beth to some extent, and Rick definitely does. Additionally, Home Beth has been going to therapy and has gone through a lot of growth in terms of trying to be a better mother (trying to protect Morty in Edge of Tomorty: Rick Die Repeat and A RIckconvenient Mort, actually being upset about Morty selling drugs in The Jerrick Trap, and even calling herself out for terrible parenting in That's Amorte). Even though she's still deeply flawed, she has been a lot of progress, just like Rick, and I think having Space Beth come back and try to fill in that niche would really show that. Home Beth is the one who made the choice to be there for her family - she's chosen to try and be a better mother, she's chosen Jerry. Space Beth has chosen herself - literally. She chose to pursue her dreams, and she chose Home Beth. She's spending more time with the family, and her relationship with Home Beth and Jerry does seem to be becoming about more than just sex/narcissism/pleasure. However, Home Beth has always been present for this, and Space Beth's focus is mainly on her. Without Home Beth there, Space Beth would have to make the decision whether she cared about her family when Home Beth was no longer there. We would also finally get a decision from Beth about if she wanted to be there for her family or if she wanted to leave and have space adventures, rather than it being Rick's decision.
Also, Space Beth has very obvious visual differences from Home Beth - the hair and piercings, but also the scar, which she presumably can't get rid of or hide permanently, so there would be a constant visual reminder of the fact that she wasn't the mother that stayed with them and raised them, she was the one who abandoned them, just like Rick did to her, just like she swore she'd never do to her own kids. There would also be very obvious differences in personality and parenting style, and it would be a very interesting way to explore Beth's character.
Of course I don't want either of them to be erased, but one of the Beths is the obvious narrative choice since they can erase one of them without erasing Beth as a whole from the show (unless of course clones would also be erased by the Omega Device, in which case this entire theory falls apart 😅), and I think that Space Beth would be both too obvious and less impactful. Erasing Home Beth instead of Space Beth would be a cool little twist on those expectations and would have a much bigger impact on the show and audience, as well as providing much deeper character exploration in my opinion.
Everything here is just ideas about where the show could go with the Omega Device and what I think has the potential to be interesting from a narrative/character perspective!
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