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288 – Cape Citadel Remix

March 15, 2020 Jay 20 comments

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In which Magneto is a drama llama in any universe (but a remarkably decent parent in at least one); the soap opera hits the Age of Apocalypse; Weapon X is a man made of red flags; Gambit has an OT3; the better man wins; some blanks are better left unfilled; and we would probably not fare too well on Earth-295.

X-PLAINED:

The other Magnus
Synchronicity
Earth-295 (more) (again)
X-Men Chronicles #1-2
Selective backstory
Magneto’s hair
Wundagore Mountain
Aesthetics of the Age of Apocalypse
The X-Men of Earth-295
Magneto’s pedagogy
More miscellaneous horsemen
Weapon X (Logan)
Cape Citadel, revisited
The death of the Scarlet Witch
Disaster Bisexual Gambit
Wolverine (but not that one)
Punks who may or may not also be scrimshanders
Emotionally well-adjusted Quicksilver
Further miracles of magnetism
The narrative power of evocation
Age of Somebody Else
Jay and Miles of Earth-295

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As Mentioned in Episode 287 – Welcome to the Age of Apocalypse

March 8, 2020 Jay 6 comments

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Peter Nguyen updated the show cover art for the glammest timeline!

Not your mama’s X-Men (unless she’s from Earth-295). (X-Men: Alpha)

Clearly in Earth-295 they didn’t reschedule this year’s ECCC. (X-Men: Alpha)

All-New, All-Glam! (X-Men: Alpha)

Ouch. (X-Men: Alpha)

Magneto’s edging awfully close to moppethood here. (X-Men: Alpha)

It’s been a rough timeline for Bishop. (X-Men: Alpha)

Meet the New Beast, somewhat different from the Old Beast. (X-Men: Alpha)

Still ABD, though. (X-Men: Alpha)

The hair is definitely better than the outfit. (X-Men: Alpha)

You absolutely have not. (X-Men: Alpha)

The Weimar Republic of Apocalypse. (X-Men: Alpha)

That’s not… y’know, never mind. (X-Men: Alpha)

WE HAVE QUESTIONS. (X-Men: Alpha)

Heh. “Truant officer of the damned.” (X-Men: Alpha)

His forearms are really weird, right? Or is that just me? (X-Men: Alpha)

The Human Council! (X-Men: Alpha)

Her hair is so good! (X-Men: Alpha)

I really want to edit this with all the most potentially embarrassing moments of Magneto’s 616 life. (X-Men: Alpha)

AND THAT’S WHY YOU ALWAYS LEAVE A NOTE (X-Men: Alpha)

NEXT EPISODE: Previously on Earth-295…

LINKS & FURTHER UNIVERSES:

Guest X-Pert Logan Bonner DM’d our tabletop X-games in Giant-Size Special #2 and Giant-Size Special #4!

287 – Welcome to the Age of Apocalypse

March 8, 2020 Jay 29 comments

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In which we enter the Age of Apocalypse!

X-PLAINED:

One way to solve a problem
The story so far
Earth-295
X-Men: Alpha
Age of Apocalypse Collector’s Preview
What makes Age of Apocalypse a surprisingly good jumping-on point to the X-Men
The story so far
AoA vs. the Clone Saga
An Age of Apocalypse that might have been
AoA vs. Earth Askani
The X-Men of Earth-295
Fashion motifs
A dubious hairstyle
Facial tattoos
Wild Child
Blink (but a different Blink)
Morph
Character designs as storytelling
Baby Charles
Magic of magnetism
Dark Beast
The Prelates Summers
The Horsemen of Earth-295
The Bobby Newport of the Age of Apocalypse
Heaven
The Human Council
What’s coming
Characters we’d like to retroactively import to AoA
Tabletop X-Men

NEXT EPISODE: Previously on Earth-295…

Special thanks to Logan Bonner for the X-Men roleplaying assist!

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As Mentioned in Episode 285 – Immediately if Not Sooner

February 16, 2020 Jay Leave a comment

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Wait, what if Bobby just misuses slang all the time to mess with Bishop? (Uncanny X-Men #320)

What the hell, Legion? (Uncanny X-Men #320)

So, that happened. (Uncanny X-Men #320)

Have fairly normal toes ever seemed as creepy as they do on this cover? I would argue that they have not. (X-Men #40)

If this were fanfic they would immediately have to fake being married to, I dunno, something. (X-Men #40)

Seriously, did ANY readers who didn’t already know recognize this dude as Legion? (X-Men #40)

That shadow! THAT ANGST! (X-Men #40)

“I had always hoped I might find others like us, but I never imagined the continuity would be this impenetrable!” (X-Men #40)

Meanwhile in a sitcom… (X-Men #40)

Tower of Telepaths never really caught on as a board game. (Uncanny X-Men #321)

Just kiss already. (Uncanny X-Men #321)

Greatest caption, or GREATEST CAPTION? (Uncanny X-Men #321)

Wait, has Bishop DISGUISED HIMSELF AS A PIRATE? If the answer is no, I don’t want to know; let me keep this dream. (Uncanny X-Men #321)

JUST KISS ALREADY (Uncanny X-Men #321)

Oh, no. (Uncanny X-Men #321)

Legion, NO. (Uncanny X-Men #321)

You’ve made it to Bishop’s ill-fitting trousers, Cable: just where you needed to be. (Uncanny X-Men #321)

“I knew that someday our future son would travel back in time to kill my best friend.” (X-Men #41)

AND THAT’S WHY YOU ALWAYS LEAVE A NOTE (X-Men #41)

Ouch. (X-Men #41)

Jubilee gives good advice. (X-Men #41)

The best kiss in X-Men. (X-Men #41)

Okay, but, that first panel. (X-Men #41)

NEXT EPISODE: The end of the world, more, again.

LINKS & FURTHER READING:

Here’s where you can find more on some of the key figures in Legion Quest:
- Legion / David Haller
  - Episode 44 – Assembling Legion, with Si Spurrier
  - Episodes 172–173 – The Muir Island Saga
  - Episode 283 – Legion Quest Quest
- The M’Kraan Crystal and Jahf
  - Episode 9 – Leprechaun Surprise Party
The Apocalypse Triptych is a very cool series of anthologies set before, during, and after various ends of the world.
- (Jay reviewed the first volume when it came out.)

285 – Immediately if Not Sooner

February 16, 2020 Jay 10 comments

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In which Goldballs is still a better name than Egg; we continue our progress towards Earth-295; Legion pulls a Stryfe; we’re still pretty shaky on how to pronounce “M’Kraan”; Xavier and Magneto were absolutely and unquestionably doing sex in the 1970s; it’s time time; the Watcher is watching you masturbate; and what happens immediately before the end of the world is often as important as what happens immediately after.

X-PLAINED:

Balls
Legion (more) (again)
Uncanny X-Men 320-321
X-Men #40
Establishing stakes
Slang of the mid-1990s
Time travel as a dick move
Issues vs. episodes
The M’Kraan Crystal (more) (again)
Hebrew vowels
Latent time travel abilities
Charles Xavier’s “first” bar fight
An exceptional caption
A very bad narrative choice
The death of Charles Francis Xavier
A load-bearing moment in time
Jahf the Guardian
Waiting for the end of the world
The best-drawn kiss in X-Men, ever
The many Krakoas
Integrating Legion into Dawn of X

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As Mentioned in Episode 284 – Precious Baubles

February 9, 2020 Jay One comment

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LINKS & FURTHER CROSSOVERS

We talked about the original Fantastic Four vs. the X-Men series in Episode 74 – This Dumb Rumpus…
…and Dawn of X in Episode 274 – The Red Shoe Prophecies, feat. Chris Eddleman!
Friend of the show Stephanie Burt is annotating this series alongside Andrea Ayres over at Xavier Files!
Follow Chip on the Twitters!
Peruse his website!

284 – Precious Baubles, feat. Chip Zdarsky

February 9, 2020 Jay 6 comments

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In which we sit down with writer Chip Zdarsky to talk crossovers, continuity, metaphors, and X-Men/Fantastic Four!

X-PLAINED:

X-Men/Fantastic Four
A reunion
Richards kids
The state of Franklin Richards’ powers
Balancing characters in team books
Superhero teams as families
Several metaphors
Chip’s definitive X-Men
Reed Richards vs. Charles Xavier
Doom
Krakoan fashion
Switching gears
An exchange of portraits
Whether Garfield is a mutant
Evolution

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As Mentioned in Episode 269 – Double Dactyl

October 20, 2019 Jay 3 comments

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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

October 20, 2019 Jay 16 comments

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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 253 – Autumn in the Uncanny Valley

June 23, 2019 Jay 2 comments

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Aw, these kids. (Uncanny X-Men #208)

THEY’RE SO BAD AT BEING PEOPLE AND I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. (Uncanny X-Men #208)

I also love them. (Uncanny X-Men #208)

Really, this is one of those issues that just makes me want the X-Men to always be happy and never have to do any superhero stuff. (Uncanny X-Men #208)

Fucking hawks, always poaching passes on the gridiron. (Uncanny X-Men #208)

Jean “Grab fate by the throat and hold on until it stops moving” Grey. (Uncanny X-Men #208)

What do YOU think Jean is saying here? Fill in her word balloon for a chance to, I dunno, I guess we could publish a gallery of them? (Uncanny X-Men #208)