245 – Natural Causes

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Rogue flouts air traffic regulations; Jay is very sorry for how badly he butchers Gambit’s accent; stealth is directly proportionate to how loudly you dress; Rogue and Gambit win the gold in Pairs Punchin’; Candra is a big jerk; you should ABSOLUTELY NOT remove an impaled object; Rogue busts through some tropes; and we have complicated feelings about the Ultimate universe. X-PLAINED: Rogue’s biological parents Marvel New Orleans Brood Trouble in the Big Easy Rogue/rogue disambiguation Rogue #1-4 Bella Donna Boudreaux What may or may not happen if Rogue kisses a Transformer Cody Robbins (again) Natural causes Supervillain funeral crashers (again) Inverse Ninja Law (Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu) The Bill the Pony incident Relative culpability Nature vs. nurture Tante Mattie (Mattie Baptiste) Candra’s new threads How long it takes to drive from Westchester, NY, to Caledcott, MI How Jay learned to love Gambit (but not to stop worrying) Gris-Gris Lapin Fifolet Punching hallucinations Questa Knives as superpowers Inversions of several gendered superhero tropes Closure The limits of intent Magnetos’ (sometimes) kids’ hair Whether we’ll cover Ultimate X-Men NEXT EPISODE: Spiky boys, yelling! 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! Buy rad swag at our TeePublic shop!