Tag: Monet St. Croix
485 – The House of Correction
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In which we go back to the future of Generation X; Jay once again gets pedantic about lettering; Generation X takes on the carceral state; we take a deep dive into the late ‘90s; Jubilee does her best Nick Fury; and superpowers should be noisier.
X-PLAINED:
- Earth-14042
- Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers
- Generation X #63-66
- Revolution and Counter X (more) (again)
- An evil Oyster
- Warden Coffin
- The Decency Defecit
- Some shit we wish was fictional
- Underpants
- Souped up powers
- Newsgroups
- The Columbine school shooting
- The Grid
- Cable vs. ISDN Internet
- Jonathan Somers
- Generation X’s new costumes
- The House of Correction
- Hacking
- Trophies
- Baxter
- ‘90s X-Men outside of comics
- How superpowers sound
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As Mentioned in Episode 481 – Chekhov’s Butt-Gun
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
NEXT EPISODE: X-Force goes Counter-X!
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As Mentioned in Episode 476 – The Moppets Take Manhattan
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Links & Further Conflagrations:
- Hear the tragic tale of Butter Rum in Episode 42 – A Firestar Is Born!
- And for more discussion, head on to Episode 225 – Class Reunion (feat. Austin Gorton)!
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
NEXT EPISODE: Ages of Apocalypse!
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As Mentioned in Episode 468 – Sasquatch Road Trip
468 – Sasquatch Road Trip
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X-PLAINED:
- Apocalypse’s influence
- The Big House (about which we are confused)
- Generation X #58
- Cartier and/or Louis St. Croix
- Our college’s Dean, naked jogger
- Things that are sharp in the woods
- HUMP
- Penance (Hollow)
- Emplate, spoiled teenager
- Generation X Annual 1999
- Epistolary fonts
- Jubilee’s pre-X past
- Round Wolverine
- Hunter Brawn (again, sigh)
- Recognizing random dudes from pictures
- Dad Things and Dad Pipes
- Juggernaut and Black Tom as a relationship model
- Jubilee, competent veteran
- A murder mystery
- Legault, cosplaying bodyguard
- Taking notes on comics
- Magneto’s telepathy-blocking (or not) helmet
NEXT EPISODE: Wolverine’s dead! And Wolverine’s back!
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As Mentioned in Episode 462 – Angst and Continuity
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
NEXT EPISODE: The secret origins of Gambit’s fart ghost girlfriend!
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