Is it possible that those two chains/coin could functionally coexist?
I do not see (as a noobie) why ETC could not be legit coin, with some different features from ETH.
Is it possible that with new (and/or some old) developers on board some ideas could be implemented and flourish that could not be realized (for any reason) on ETH? It looks to me that some new jobs/field has opened up...