S3E57 - Issue 57 - Survivor Guilt

Our second thematic episode focuses on survivor guilt! How does Emma Frost cope with all of the horrible things she's encountered? What impact does being the Last Son of Krypton have on Superman? Anthony & Doc break it all down - listen now! SHOW NOTES: IntroShoutout to And a Bag of Chips, the podcast that's all things late 90s/early 2000s – hosted by Lisa Foiles of All That and DrewBackground (2:20)Survivor guilt is the idea that a survivor of a traumatic event feels guilty for surviving when others have diedFirst identified in the 1960s, and was featured among several Holocaust survivors – also common among armed forces personnel, victims of natural disasters, and survivors of terrorist attacksCan take several forms: guilt over things they didn't do or could've done, guilt over things they did to survive, and mere guilt over living when others diedCan manifest in anxiety, depression, suicidality, nightmares, mood swingsExamplesEmma Frost - New X-Men 138-139, Astonishing X-Men vol. 3 13-18, X-Men: Manifest Destiny 2First, Jean and Emma have a psychic battle after Jean discovers Emma's psychic affair with Scott, and drags her through everything she's done wrongThen Cassandra Nova manipulates Emma into helping Cassandra destroy the X-Men, and is aware of what she's doing – brings up her survival of Genosha's destructionThen, even when she's headmistress of the school and in the good graces of the team, she still feels that she doesn't belong, and that her past will be rubbed in her face at any momentCyclops (18:22)After Avengers vs. X-Men, feels guilt over killing Xavier, and is basically on a suicide mission to redeem himselfSuperman (25:50) Last Son of Krypton says it allBatman (30:28)Guilt for not being able to save his parents – so much of what he does & who he is centers around thatWalking Dead (35:13)Rick feels guilty abandoning Lori and Judith murdered by the Governor's crewTreatment (45:04)EndingNext episode – Hawkeye (Fraction run), Roy HarperListener surveyDiscordLive episode coming in October at Rogue ComicsLive at NYCC References: I, Robot - Anthony (4:00)Triple H - Doc (5:32)Scott is a dick - Anthony (6:20)Stepford Cuckoos episode - Anthony (6:41)Inception - Anthony (7:42)Led Zeppelin - "Hats Off to (Roy) Harper" - Anthony (55:32) Apple Podcasts: here Google Play: here Stitcher: here TuneIn: here iHeartRadio: here Spotify: hereTwitterFacebookE-mailPatreonTeePublicDiscord Listener Survey