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475 – Cross-Time Crisis
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In which we wrap up John Francis Moore’s run on X-Force; the Demon Bear returns (kinda); four Moonstars are not in fact better than one; the Queen of Star Swords is an extremely rad villain; and X-Force takes a very contained multiversal tour.
X-PLAINED:
- Multiversal canon
- X-Force #99-100
- The Demon Bear (more) (again)
- Arcadia DeVille (more) (again)
- Mary Weather
- Fenwick
- Meridian
- The Queen of Star Swords
- The Cathedral
- Cable (but not that Cable)
- The X-Forces of several universes
- Earth-3100
- Earth-10003
- Earth-130000
- Earth-8280
- Earth-23100
- Non-mutants on the X-Men
- The provenance of the Brood X-men
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As Mentioned in Episode 448 – Skamageddon
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448 – Skamageddon
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In which timeline math is almost never worth it; Tarot comes back from the dead (kind of) (maybe); Magma makes a heel turn; “King Bedlam” would be a great name for a ska band; not every nude man can turn into a bear; and you don’t have to talk to your supervillain relatives.
X-PLAINED:
- The Triune Understanding
- Birthday party follow-up
- X-Force #87-90
- Legacy and continuity
- Bedlam (Jesse Aaronson)
- Tarot (Marie-Ange Colbert)
- Goat Simulator
- King Bedlam (Christopher Aaronson)
- The New Hellions
- Perils of body-swapping
- Linear time
- Science
- Armageddon Man
- Paradigm
- Senator Owen Danville
- Family
- A fancy hat
- Madame Web
- Many natural disasters
- Early Genoshan history
- Longshot as a villain
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As Mentioned in Episode 444 – Damnit, Magnus
444 – Damnit, Magnus
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In which it’s difficult to flee with soup; Miles may or may not be haunting the X-Men; Colossus collaborates involuntarily; Marrow is full of surprises; Magneto is a dick; Jay continues to carry a torch for Secret Wars: Siege; and you should totally come to our birthday party.
X-PLAINED:
- Several rather pointed allusions
- X-Force #86
- Uncanny X-Men #365
- X-Men #85
- Almost Reno, NM
- Where mutants come from
- The Aguilar Institute (more) (again)
- Abandoned towns
- Mary the telepathic moppet (more) (again)
- Odysseus Indigo
- The Damocles Foundation
- Sibling names
- The Fundamental Attribution Error
- A haunting
- Christmas beer
- Christmas ghost exquisite corpse
- Bill Jones
- A rescue mission
- Essential stories of the ‘90s
- Our weird favorites
- Siege
- Our upcoming 10th birthday party (more) (again)
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As Mentioned in Episode 437 – Dismember the Titans
437 – Dismember the Titans
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In which the overlap between Rocky Horror and ‘90s X-Force fans is probably pretty significant; Pandemonia has priorities; the warehouse gets an evil, sexy glowup; swears are great; Johnny Blaze’s motorcycle probably shouldn’t still be on fire; and there is no single definitive X-Men experience.
X-PLAINED:
- Master Pandemonium
- X-Force #85
- X-Force/Champions Annual 1998
- What X-Force has been up to lately
- The regrettable absence of Doctor Doom
- Possession
- Community
- Cougars (euphemistic)
- The thrift cycle
- Rusty Collins on Krakoa
- Fashion
- An eons-old accord between the Houses of Chaos and the Lord of Valhalla
- Jennifer Kale
- The list
- Swears
- A statue of Hades
- Various appendages sticking out of the earth
- Hercules
- The mystic power of sarcasm
- The greatest fear of a Titan
- Monet St. Croix vs. the Count of Monte Cristo
- Good X-books for your fifteen-year-old niece
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As Mentioned in Episode 432 – Weird Little Adventures
432 – Weird Little Adventures
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In which we reach the end of Larry Hama’s run on Generation X; Gaia remains remarkably normal for someone who has spent millennia chained up alone in a citadel; Synch practices radical forgiveness; we ponder the nature of Emma Frost and Sean Cassidy’s relationship; and Forge is extra unqualified to lecture on ethics.
X-PLAINED:
- How Jubilee stopped being a vampire
- The Draco, kinda
- Generation X #44-47
- Bianca LaNeige (again)
- Polaroid cameras
- Gaia (more) (again)
- Reality warping
- Woody and Arlo Guthrie
- Iceland
- Several continuity errors
- Psi War fallout
- Paul Weller
- New school uniforms
- Accreditation
- Miss Pickwick
- Penance’s nationality
- Guthrie manifestation
- Teamwork
- Forge’s decision-making skills
- Paradox
- Indoor/outdoor moppets
- Four theoretical horsemen of Apocalypse
- Awkward family holidays
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