I think by the time this is all said and done, some of your theories will become true.

I think a reunion is inevitable, Axl has let GN'R drift on for too long, and that it'll take a reunion to make GN'R relevant again.

So what might be a better idea is some sort of low-priced Christmas-priced box set containing three full CD albums, a 4th & 5th disc called "2000 Intentions" that feature unreleased demos, abandoned songs for a 'CD IV' and early finished versions of of the main three albums, and possibly a 6th disc called "Appetite For Reconstruction" which features the more techno-themed re-record of AFD that was recorded in 1999/2000 with the first incarnation of the new band.

Launch a reunion at the same time of the release, which will fuel sales even more.

Then just FORGET this nightmare that has been Chinese Democracy. Axl needs to LET GO of the past, start meeting the old guys in the middle, and vice versa, they need to understand him as an artist, and the old Guns N' Roses needs to work the follow up to Illusion II.