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268 – Disquettes
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In which Excalibur addresses a number of dangling plot threads, Britanic finally gets (somewhat) interesting, Kitty really wants Douglock to be Doug, Professor Xavier and Moira MacTaggert are the best exes, and the future has peculiar priorities.
X-PLAINED:
- The life and death of Jamie Braddock
- Excalibur #81
- Douglock (more) (again)
- Inker ambiguity
- Britanic and Meggan’s Christmas costumes
- The Excalibur Lighthouse’s sudden and inexplicable resurrection
- Mo’ time travel, mo’ problems
- 20,097 rocks on a shoreline
- Douglock: overly literal, dryly funny, or just plain thirsty?
- The Emotional Beat of Damocles
- The problems with crunch time
- Princess Diana: Excalibur vs. X-Statix
- Language and time
- Excalibur Annual #2
- Appropriately bombastic narration
- Fashions of the future
- Psychic psychotherapy
- Sibling rivalry
- Mr. Poo
- Braddock moppets
- Oversimplification vs. ambiguity
- Spooling chambers (more)
- Excalibur as an X-leftovers book
- Air travel: leg-room vs. sorcerous doom
- Hannibal King: vampire detective and/or penciler
- Shadowcat and the pain of hope
- A Doug’s-eye view of New Mutants
- Emma Frost and aging
- Dazzler and roller derby
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As Mentioned in Episode 267 – The Saddest Joyride
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LINKS & FURTHER ACTION POINTS
- Here’s where to send your strongly worded letter about why Marvel should give us Earth-441:
- Marvel Entertainment, LLC
135 W. 50th Street
New York, NY 10020 - You can also tweet at them with the hashtag #EarthXPlain!
- Or e-mail the X-office directly at [email protected]!
- Marvel Entertainment, LLC
- For more in-depth discussion of Emma Frost, check out Episode 219 – Brutal Hearts: An Appreciation of Emma Frost (feat. Seanan McGuire, Leah Williams, Tea Fougner, Kel McDonald, and Diana Fox)!
- Yes, SoftPaws are a real thing.
267 – The Saddest Joyride
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In which Emma Frost is a better Iceman than Bobby Drake; Generation X is aggressively foreshadowed; Malcolm and Randall are the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to Bishop’s Hamlet; and we launch a campaign for our own Multiversal designation.
X-PLAINED:
- The first time the X-Men met Emma Frost
- Uncanny X-Men 314-315
- X-Men Annual #18
- A game show nobody should ever under any circumstances actually make
- Emma Frost’s recruitment tactics
- Previously unexplored ice powers
- The direct prelude to Generation X
- Caliban (more) (again)
- SoftPaws(TM)
- The giant squids of New York
- The neophyte
- A trial, kind of
- X-Men power fantasies
- Earth-X-Plain
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Game show music by MusicManiac301; used with permission.
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As Mentioned in Episode 266 – They’re Good Dogs, Miles
266 – They’re Good Dogs, Miles
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In which Havok goes surfing; Malice eats a poodle; Strong Guy’s ex is a big jerk; Sinister’s gotta Sinister; and Miles learns about a meme.
X-PLAINED:
- The Puppet Master
- X-Factor #103-105
- Comparative Summers brooding
- Perks of being a mutant geologist and/or geophysicist
- Malice and Polaris’s complicated history
- A somewhat convoluted plan
- Several reasons to go to Rhinebeck, NY
- Friendship
- The extended Carosella family
- Candy stripers
- Mary, who is a big jerk
- A Sinister entrance
- The Nasty Boys (more) (again)
- Karate pants
- 14-year-old Chris Gethard’s feelings about Jamie Madrox
- Ionic vampirism
- Misguided vengeance
- Pushing back against whitewashing in comics
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As Mentioned in Episode 265 – Rude Awakenings
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FURTHER LISTENING
- We covered The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix in Episode 229 – Giant-Size Special #7!
265 – Rude Awakenings
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In which Glen Danzig was the most popular Wolverine fancast for a weirdly long time; breasts have physical mass; the Shi’ar empire is not your friend; Deathbird should not be left in charge of anything alive; Jubilee learns about privilege; Sinister is not subtle; plasma is the new magnetism; Scott and Jean return from the future; and Nick Fury probably sews his name into the waistband of all his underpants.
X-PLAINED:
- Some guy from Earth-1610
- X-Men: Unlimited #5
- X-Men #34-35
- Shi’ar sexting
- A rude awakening (literal)
- Rococo Stryfe
- Some uncomfortable fashion choices
- X-pajamas
- Definitely nude Charles Xavier
- Breasts
- Shi’ar imperial bullshit
- A very impressive headdress
- Reality TV… in space!
- A rude awakening (metaphorical)
- Shi’ar childhood
- Negotiation
- A total dick move
- Another total dick move
- Beast’s brief tenure as field leader of the X-Men
- The return of Threnody
- The titles of several sex tapes
- High-tech spelunking
- Sinister’s secret DNA library
- Controversial outfits
- Nick Fury’s stuff
- Sunset Grace
- The racism inherent to Evan Sabahnur’s background
- A question we’ve answered before and will probably answer again
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As Mentioned in Episode 264 – Autotune the Phalanx
264 – Autotune the Phalanx
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In which we celebrate our 100th episode with producer Matt Hunter; you should always be kind to robots; Stryfe has a lot of very petty contingency plans; Britanic is bad at helping; we explore a peculiar pairing of book and arc; Charles Xavier has his moments; and Zero and Douglock defiy destiny.
X-PLAINED:
- The current occupant of Fantomex’s body
- Excalibur #78-80
- The Douglock “chronicles”
- Zero
- Douglock
- Several feelings
- Britanic (again)
- Camping fonts
- Drones
- Radio Shack
- Helping
- Pentagon-sense
- What being human is all about
- Charles Xavier, hero of the beach
- Rory Campbell’s voice
- Technoorganic vs. transmode viruses
- Kymera
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