191 – Unconscionably Sexy (feat. Kelly Thompson)

In which writer Kelly Thompson joins us to talk Rogue and Gambit; Antarctica is Earth’s answer to the Blue Area of the Moon; Kelly unfreezes one of the great X-romances; Rogue has walked a mile in everyone’s shoes; you should probably not take romantic cues from fictional characters; Gambit should always wear hot pink; and continuity is fundamentally messy. X-PLAINED: What happened in Antarctica The Trial of Gambit Rogue and Gambit Narrative tension vs. growth Dueling accents Kelly’s defining Rogue and Gambit stories The cool-versus-creepy line Making deep cuts accessible The evolution of Rogue The future of the X-line Favorite costumes Equal-opportunity objectification Fundamental contradictions of continuity Hawkeye team-ups Date night with Rogue and Gambit MTV’s Are You the One RomCom hybrids NEXT EPISODE: Meet the N-Men! Check out the visual companion to this episode on our blog! Find us on iTunes or Stitcher! Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do that right here! We’re in the process of migrating our official shop to TeePublic! Click over to check it out! (You can still find the designs we haven’t moved yet at Redbubble.)