it's a separate coin. it has nothing to do with 2x or not, but that's the theory at least.

in practice maybe miners could threaten to switch if 2x doesn't activate but we'll get a much better idea of how much bcash is worth before then.

i don't think 2x will activate in november no matter what happens. anyone rational would not trust an entire network to something that doesn't really exist yet. similarly the bitcoin cash code will be shit so no one will want to switch to that either.