Tag: Leech
481 – Chekhov’s Butt-Gun
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X-PLAINED:
- Several potential origins of Havok’s stupid hat
- Generation X #67-70
- Revolution (more) (again)
- Shockwave (more) (again)
- Adrienne Frost (more) (again)
- The New Xavier School and/or Massachusetts Academy (more) (again)
- Possible necrophilia
- Dorm life
- How not to draw clothing
- Rules of entry to Jubilee’s dorm room
- The Rich Person Store
- How to say the word “consigliere”
- The ‘90s
- Blackmail
- Limits of telepathy
- Arson
- Ninja Boogie
- Panic
- How to keep Synch safe
- Adultification
- Failure to keep Synch safe
- Where to pick up to follow along with us
- Plot threads we’d like to see picked back up
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As Mentioned in Episode 476 – The Moppets Take Manhattan
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476 – The Moppets Take Manhattan
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In which we remain adamant pro-POG advocates; Artie and Leech have adventures; Firestar and Emma Frost get some resolution; Santa Claus may or may not be the avatar of Cyttorak; Black Tom Cassidy exceeds expectations; and Monet has vampire problems.
X-PLAINED:
- Marvel’s Revolution line
- POGs (somewhat) (again)
- Who’s on Generation X these days
- Generation X #59-62
- Artie and Leech’s adventures in NYC
- Holidays at the Massachusetts Academy
- Cordelia Frost (more) (again)
- Mondo (the real one)
- Santa Claus / Juggernaut disambiguation
- An overly convoluted plot
- Parenting?
- St. Croix family problems
- Vampire problems
- Legacies of Generation X
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As Mentioned in Episode 460 – Setting Sons
460 – Setting Sons
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In which Synch is better with your powers than you are; Generation X gets some actual training; Artie and Leech are fully feral; everyone gets the hots for Paladin; Zeus has probably fucked a motorcycle at some point; many countries have valleys; and Adrienne Frost is terrible.
X-PLAINED:
- Generation X #52-54
- Tristan Brawn (more) (again)
- Grant Morrison on suspension of disbelief in superhero media
- Honor vs. privilege
- School dance themes
- Artie and Leech’s habitat
- Spider-Ham
- Ducktor Doom
- Role models
- What Gaia is probably definitely up to
- Paladin
- The Rising Sons
- Rollerblades
- Dragon problems
- Power emulation vs. reproduction
- Pokémans
- Cosplaying Emma Frost with a beard
- Diamond Patch
- Muir Island vs. Muir Isle
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453 – X-Men ’97, Part 1
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In which we put the comics on hold to take a look at X-Men ’97; it is still always Inferno in here; Wolverine is best used sparingly; a Marvel show finally embraces politics; Wolverine is best in small doses; Madeylne Pryor still always deserves better; Jubilee grows up; and we are all in on this series.
X-PLAINED:
- “Beyond Good and Evil”
- X-Men: The Animated Series and our respective feelings about it
- X-Men ’97, episodes 1-5
- Watching X-Men ’97 with and without context
- Making animated Cyclops work
- The Magneto’s-hair-length morality index
- Politics
- Voices
- Adaptation pacing
- Agency
- Abcissa
- Foreshadowing
- Time compression
- Horniest Rogue
- Death in cartoons
- A metaphor
- Nonbinary identity in 1997
- Character evolution
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As Mentioned in Episode 380 – Arbor Day
380 – Arbor Day
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In which no one wants to be compared to Chris Bachalo; it’s always a holiday for Generation X; you may already be a Guthrie; M is a fascinating mystery; and Black Tom Cassidy (finally) makes his move.
X-PLAINED:
- What Black Tom Cassidy is up to these days
- Generation X #23-25
- Generation X (again)
- Seasons
- Visual representations of Banshee’s powers
- Several holidays
- The Blue Ridge Mountains
- A slumber party
- Emplate (somewhat)
- Bad times with Black Tom Cassidy
- The apparent death of Emma Frost
- What we do and don’t cover when
- Leech on Krakoa
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