238 – Meet Them Where They Are

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which X-Force is the new New Mutants; Professor is what Cable has instead of a burn book; Cable develops emotional literacy; Jay has a lot of feelings about Shatterstar; Cowboys can be wizards, too; you really shouldn’t call adult people “child”; privilege is truly the greatest superpower; Cameron Hodge remains improbably difficult to kill; Candy Southern gets to write the ending to her own story; and Emerald City Comic Con is coming up REALLY fast! X-PLAINED: Reignfire Jay & Miles at Emerald City Comic Con Some new merch X-Force #26 Uncanny X-Men #305-306 The evolution of Tabitha Smith’s code name X-Force and its members (more) (again) Professor’s narrative function A sudden mustache and its potential implications A lot of things about Shatterstar Cable as a leader Armor full of skin Louis St. Croix and/or Mark Twain An inappropriate nickname The first Xavier school prom Inflatable erotic accessory semantics The return of Candy Southern The return of Cameron Hodge Moral event horizons and how to handle them in comics Pros and cons of dating telepaths NEXT EPISODE: A Maximoffstravaganza, feat. Max Carleton Check out the visual companion to this episode on our blog! Come see us at Emerald City Comic Con! 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! Buy rad swag at our TeePublic shop!