Tag: White Queen
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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As Mentioned in Episode 447 – Minor Altercation of the Mutants
447 – Minor Altercation of the Mutants
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In which everything is an event these days; Skin may or may not have a skeleton; everyone has a crush on Synch; we are intrigued by Integer; and it’s hard to be Emma Frost.
X-PLAINED:
- War of the Mutants
- Generation X #50
- X-Man #50
- Nate Grey (again)
- Adrienne Frost
- Science
- Dark Beast (again)
- Gene Nation
- Vessel
- Hemingway
- Membrain
- Fever Pitch
- Dark Opsidian
- Iron Maiden
- Wynter
- Tattoos
- More science
- Integer
- Trauma
- Multiversal designations
- The Morlock Tunnels
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As Mentioned in Episode 441 – Dracu-tastic
441 – Dracu-tastic
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In which Banshee should eat the rich; the real Monet is way more of a jerk than the fake one; the Marvel Universe is the world inside your brain-case; Maggott joins and quits Generation X at almost the speed of Sunfire; Dracula gives Chamber the D; and if Jay and Miles die in this episode, they die in real life.
X-PLAINED:
- Dracula as a universal standard
- Earth-441
- Generation X #48-49
- The missed potential of 13,000-year-old teenager Gaia
- The Jay Faerber run of Generation X
- Emma and Banshee’s forgotten X-friendship
- That time that Moira ripped off Banshee’s skin and wore it like a Halloween costume (again)
- Cordelia Frost, Emma’s younger sister
- Adrienne Frost, Emma’s older sister
- Interpersonal arguments by way of Asgardian combat scenarios
- Jubilee, fox; versus M, scorpion
- Alaska, moping capital of the Marvel Universe
- Clever scene transitions
- Constantine Francis Slaughter IV and his mustache
- Puberty as body horror
- Husk’s breakup haircut
- Slug emulation
- Generation X / Dracula Annual 1998
- The Council of Cross-Time Draculas
- Chamber’s goofy face
- Vampire fonts
- Jubilee’s bunny slippers
- Charlie Brown in Snow Valley
- Count von Count (again)
- Monsters as class metaphor
- What would happen if Synch synced with Legion
- Who would pronounce Cable like Britta Perry pronounces bagel
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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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As Mentioned in Episode 419 – Stuff Happens
419 – Stuff Happens
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In which the St. Croix family is constructed largely of retcons; Generation X adjusts surprisingly quickly to a massive status quo shift; Psi-War is coming soon to a podcast near you; Snow White – I mean, Bianca LaNeige – has an intriguing but exceptionally minimal backstory; and if you die in this podcast episode, you die in real life.
X-PLAINED:
- Hellfire Club history
- Generation X #40-43
- MillXnials
- Mercy General Hospital vs Our Mother of Mercy Hospital
- Ambiguous psionic overlap
- Nicole & Claudette & Monet & Marius St. Croix
- The Downtown Stomp
- Synch, agreeable and bland (for now)
- Vincent Adultman
- The nature of Penance
- A glacial but effective pace
- Bianca LaNeige, evil Snow White from space
- Warpy, Stinky, Spiky, Windy, Greasy, Brainy, and Blurry
- The Enchanted Forest of Oregon
- Claremont:Body Swaps::Hama:Getting Stuck In Other Dimensions
- Jay vs. Accents
- Terminal Dream Syndrome
- A surprisingly gruesome fill-in
- An underrated era for Emma Frost
- Betty & Veronica, presenting like mandrills
- Zak the Neutrino
- Albert & Elsie-Dee (briefly)
- The Dodsons vs Mike Allred
- Dr. Bronner’s uncredited Marvel career
- Our coverage of Ultimate X-Men (or lack thereof)
- Dr. Phil Zimbardo’s xplainthexmen study
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