184 Sweetcakes

Published: Feb. 12, 2018, 4:36 a.m.

b'David is still on vacation. Please enjoy this reasonable gentleman and his fancy accoutrements!\\n\\nIn which the 616 was inside Age of X all along; everyone is very sassy; an attempt at political commentary falls very flat; Wolfsbane kills a straw man; everything is better with Larry Stroman; the Rule of Cool is not transitive; X-Factor Quicksilver is the best Quicksilver; and some allegories are subtler than others.\\n\\nX-PLAINED:\\n\\n \\tHow to hide a universe\\n \\tBees\\n \\t"War and Pieces"\\n \\tX-Factor #76-78\\n \\tThe Incredible Hulk #390-392\\n \\tOpen-ended vs. trade pacing\\n \\tRick Jones, professional tag-along\\n \\tTrans-Sabal\\n \\tThe Eisenhower Doctrine\\n \\tThe Reagan Doctrine\\n \\tThe ethics of cannibalism\\n \\tFictional pigeon aficionados\\n \\tAs story that isn\'t about abortion but is definitely about abortion\\n \\tX-Factor vs. due process\\n \\tA very hazardous game of tug-of-war\\n \\tGratuitous X-planation\\n \\tAn unnecessary but well-intended rescue attempt\\n \\tThe death of Vic Chalker\\n \\tIrresponsible parenting\\n \\tThe second generation of mutants\\n\\nNEXT EPISODE: Tom Taylor talks X-Men Red and All-New Wolverine!\\n\\n\\n\\nCheck out the visual companion to this episode\\xa0on our blog!\\n\\nFind us on\\xa0iTunes\\xa0or\\xa0Stitcher!\\n\\nJay\\xa0and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to\\xa0help support the podcast\\u2013and unlock more cool stuff\\u2013you can do that\\xa0right here!\\n\\nWe\\u2019re in the process of migrating our\\xa0official shop to TeePublic!\\xa0Click over to check it out!\\xa0(You can still find the designs we haven\\u2019t moved yet\\xa0at Redbubble.)'