253 – Autumn in the Uncanny Valley

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In which an engagement begins; Jean Grey’s Walden Puddle counterpart is definitely Nicole; Cyclops is the telepathic equivalent of a pit trap with spikes at the bottom; Charles Xavier’s subconscious is very dialogue-heavy; nobody ever has appropriate professional boundaries; Cable dabbles in passive aggression; and the best is yet to come.

X-PLAINED:

• Some of Blaquesmith’s recent activities
• Uncanny X-Men #308-310
• A very sweet retcon
• Thanksgiving “traditions”
• How to scare crows
• Emplates
• Feelings and telepathy
• A proposal
• A misprint
• Thanksgiving at the Xavier School
• A somewhat alarming manifestation of a conscience
• The lies Charles Xavier tells himself
• Xavier’s depression beard
• The evolution of Amelia Voght
• Angry Claremontean Narrator: The Movie
• The anticlimactic return of Carl “X-Cutioner” Denti
• An unexpected resolution
• Foreshadowing
• Trans voices in the larger comics conversation

NEXT EPISODE: The wedding!

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