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As Mentioned in Episode 462 – Angst and Continuity

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Oh, that can’t be good. (Generation X #55)
Well, shit. (Generation X #55)
Cold, Emma. (Generation X #55)
Ew, but also awesome. (Generation X #56)
FUCK YEAH EMMA FROST (Generation X #56)
Aw. (Generation X #56)
She’s evil, but damn does she have an eye for fashion. (Generation X #56)
Propellor beanie! (Generation X #57)
You really, really can’t. (Generation X #57)
Bobert Drake, straight heterosexual. (Generation X #57)
The queen of the goths! (Generation X #57)
We did not describe Skin’s outfit in the podcast because frankly, words do not do it justice. (Generation X #57)
TBH, this is how most of our school dances ended, too. (Generation X #57)
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462 – Angst and Continuity

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In which the 1990s were very long; if you die in the simulation, you die in real life; Adrienne Frost is a bad person with good clothes; we judge the number 57; things just keep happening; and Penance somehow gets even more complicated.

X-PLAINED:

  • Bevatron
  • Generation X #55-57
  • The Hellions and their untimely demise (again)
  • Uncanny X-Men #281
  • A continuity conundrum
  • Many allusions and references
  • Cognitive dissonance
  • Dancing between the raindrops of continuity
  • Resolution
  • Emma Frost, triumphant
  • Fashion
  • Emplate (more) (again)
  • Propeller beanies
  • Feelings
  • Explosions
  • One way to solve a problem
  • Whether you should read Dazzler: The Movie
  • The worst possible power swaps

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185 – Becoming Wolverine (feat. Tom Taylor)

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In which All-New Wolverine and X-Men Red writer Tom Taylor joins us to talk friendship, heroism, pelican statues, and how to build on legacy without being bogged down by it.

X-PLAINED

  • The epic awesomeness of Gabrielle Kinney
  • All-New Wolverine
  • The evolution of Best Wolverine
  • Character-first story
  • Family
  • X-Men Red
  • Finding Jean Grey’s voice
  • Gentle (Nezhno Abidemi)
  • Transcending the Silver Age
  • Laura Kinney in Logan
  • Wolverine-style brain surgery
  • Editing down to the bones
  • Tom’s comfort reads
  • Secret origins of Tom Taylor
  • Writing like a street performer
  • Koalas vs. reavers

NEXT EPISODE: The Boringest Rasputin

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