Tag: the Watcher
487 – The Only Well-Adjusted Cyclops in the Multiverse (Mutant X May, Part 2)
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In which Mutant X May continues; the X-Men return from space; it’s okay not to fill in every detail of a world; Havok leans into parenthood; we meet the only well-adjusted Cyclops in the multiverse; in any universe, Forge has terrible judgment; and the Six get some new members.
X-PLAINED:
- Several notable upcoming events in Mutant X
- What’s happened so far
- Mutant X #9-18
- Mutant X Annual 2000
- The Morlocks of Earth-1298
- The Mole Man of Earth-1298
- The Yancy Street Underground
- Magneto of Earth-1298
- Superhero costume color theory
- Polaris of Earth-1298
- The X-Men of Earth-1298
- Magneto
- Polaris
- Nightcrawler
- Rogue
- Mystique
- Quicksilver
- The Goblin Entity
- Doctor Doom of Earth-1298
- Namor of Earth-1298
- The origin of Bloodstorm
- Dracula’s fellas
- The Starjammers of Earth-1298
- Cyclops
- Binary
- Nova
- Lockheed
- Silver Surfer
- Space alien problems
- A fairly literal deus ex machina
- Captain America of Earth-1298
- A terrible idea
- The United Guild of Thieves and Assassins
- Gambit of Earth-1298
- Raven LeBeau
- The origin of Vampire Gambit
- Mister Sinister of Earth-1298
- Jean Grey of Earth-1298
- Where Scott Summers of Earth-1298 ranks on the Cyclops Has a Good Day scale
- Where to put X-logos on a costume
NEXT EPISODE: Mutant X May concludes!
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453 – X-Men ’97, Part 1
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In which we put the comics on hold to take a look at X-Men ’97; it is still always Inferno in here; Wolverine is best used sparingly; a Marvel show finally embraces politics; Wolverine is best in small doses; Madeylne Pryor still always deserves better; Jubilee grows up; and we are all in on this series.
X-PLAINED:
- “Beyond Good and Evil”
- X-Men: The Animated Series and our respective feelings about it
- X-Men ’97, episodes 1-5
- Watching X-Men ’97 with and without context
- Making animated Cyclops work
- The Magneto’s-hair-length morality index
- Politics
- Voices
- Adaptation pacing
- Agency
- Abcissa
- Foreshadowing
- Time compression
- Horniest Rogue
- Death in cartoons
- A metaphor
- Nonbinary identity in 1997
- Character evolution
NEXT EPISODE: Episodes 6-10
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As Mentioned in Episode 351 – His Mighty Hand
351 – His Mighty Hand
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In which we enter Phase 2 of Onslaught; Cable is a man of many purposes; Onslaught gets a makeover; Intentions only matter if you’re Longshot; and Sue Richards will pull over this crossover event right now if you don’t behave.
X-PLAINED:
- Red Onslaught
- Onslaught Phase 1
- Uncanny X-Men #336
- Cable #35
- X-Man #19
- X-Force #58
- A large number of team-ups
- Onslaught, but make it a seder
- Watcher undercarriage
- Onslaught’s second form
- Cable and Apocalypse vs. Onslaught
- Nate Grey vs. Sinister
- A trap
- Several flashbacks and fantasies
- Symbolic roles within X-Force
- What Banshee’s sonic scream sounds like
- Pecs as envisioned by Franklin Richards
NEXT EPISODE: Onslaught, of course.
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As Mentioned in Episode 299 – Toaster Ovens of the Gods
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LINKS & FURTHER HYPOTHETICALS
- You can hear all about Be X-Tra Safe With the X-Men in Episode 177 – The Less You Know.
- Read Teen Vogue. Seriously.
- You can see the Havok Care Bear–along with the Cyclops one that Jay made–over here.
- Waiting for the Trade Magneto is the One True Magneto, now and forever.
299 – Toaster Ovens of the Gods
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In which some universes are more pleasant than others; Havok is basically a Care Bear; Wolverine is a P.R. nightmare; Nate Grey tries; stealth is not among the Silver Surfer’s strengths; Night Thrasher ascends to godhood; Jay and Miles dive down the What If rabbit hole.
X-PLAINED:
- Earth-200500 (again)
- Earth-42409
- What If? vol. 2 #77
- What If? Featuring X-Men: Age of Apocalypse
- What If? vol. 2 #81
- Earth-77995
- Fashion editorials
- One of the worse versions of Forge
- Superheroes x fashion
- Care Bears vs. X-Men
- The Hellfire Club of Earth-77995
- A surprisingly normal Grey-Summers family
- Several uses for the Phoenix Force
- Worst-case scenarios
- Earth-93074
- Savage Land home ec
- Bad choices
- The Defenders of Earth-93074
- How to manipulate Nate Grey
- Narrative benefits of omnipotence
- A time loop
- Earth-9601
- A meeting on the moon
- What the Watcher watches
- Galactus
- The Silver Surfer
- Grandpa Magneto
- Some remarkable technology
- A heavy-handed metaphor
- Our takes on What If scenarios
- The Corbeau-Grey scale of decision making
- Storm’s eyes
- Our character voices
NEXT EPISODE: X-Men Omega
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