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LINKS & FURTHER READING:
- Follow Connor on Twitter
- Cerebro
- The essay Connor referenced, which introduces the idea of reading like a prosecutor.
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367 – Jay and Connor X-Plain X-Casting
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In which Jay and guest X-Pert Connor Goldsmith explore approaches to podcasting about X-Men; difficult characters; costume preferences; our mutual mistrust of horses; owning our perspectives; and good on-ramps.
X-PLAINED:
- The ghost of Madelyne Pryor
- Cerebro (podcast)
- Good Selene stories
- Potential vs. payoff
- Costume opinions
- Fashion in comics
- Horse problems
- The Maple Hill Farm books
- Science vs. magic
- Learning to love X-Force
- Speaking ~as~ vs. speaking ~for~
- The (fairly uncomplicated) ethics of liking things
- Reading as a prosecutor
- Catching up to the modern X-Men
- Critical perspective
NEXT EPISODE: Generation X
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As Mentioned in Episode 269 – Double Dactyl
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LINKS & FURTHER VILLAINY
- See Jay’s Halloween 2013 Quentin Quire costume.
- We never miss an opportunity to link to Sigrid Ellis’s excellent essay, “Kitty Queer”!
- Support the Bish & Jubez Kickstarter for a collected edition of one of our favorite fanworks!
SEANAN MCGUIRE IS COOL AS HELL
- Hear her talk Emma Frost in last year’s NYCC Sofa Special, and story and legacy in our ECCC 2019 live episode!
- Here’s her website!
- You can also follow her on Twitter and Tumblr!
269 – NYCC 2019 Sofa Special: Double Dactyl, feat. Seanan McGuire
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In which Seanan and Jay break down their favorite X-Villains; technically everyone is always cosplaying Mystique; Magneto remains the gold standard; and we have some concerns about Eye Boy.
X-PLAINED:
- Candy Corn, and our official stance thereon
- Halloween candy economy
- Which X-Character to dress as for your office Halloween party
- X-Villains
- What makes Magneto tick
- Magneto as a Holocaust survivor
- What makes a villain redeemable
- Face turns
- The last DDR machine in New York, and denizens thereof
- An X-Villain musical
- Mystique
- How to make Daken work
- Avengers as antagonists
- Sinister’s goals
- Bringing back Cameron Hodge
- Meggan vs. Brexit
- Heel turns
NEXT EPISODE: Stokes + Stokes!
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As Mentioned in Episode 250 – Minding the DNA, feat. Fabian Nicieza
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- Here’s Fabian on Twitter!
- You can read Outrage here!
- Special thanks to Shatterstarologist Charlie of The Young Ones for lending their X-Pertise to the cold open!
250 – Minding the DNA, feat. Fabian Nicieza
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In which writer Fabian Nicieza joins us to talk ‘90s crossovers, narrative legacies, and what Adam X’s word balloons really sound like!
Special thanks to Shatterstarologist Charlie of The Young Ones for lending their X-Pertise to the cold open!
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