274 – The Red Shoe Prophecies (feat. Chris Eddleman)

In which Chris Eddleman joins us for a close look at House of X and Powers of X; Doug Ramsey is highly relevant; resurrection is problematic in a universe with a documented afterlife; there is no reasonable in-continuity justification for the lack of trans Marvel characters; and your OT3 is canon.
X-PLAINED:

* The Phalanx (more) (again) (retconned)
* House of X
* Powers of X
* Krakoa (more) (again) (retconned)
* Moira MacTaggert (retconned)
* Bar Sinister
* Sinister Secrets
* Portentous red shoes
* The Man-Machine Ascendancy
* Chimeras
* North
* Cardinal
* Rasputin
* Homo Novissima
* Transhumanism in the Marvel Universe
* The metaphysics of Krakoan resurrection
* The Five
* The true nature of Goldballs’ powers
* Trans representation and its absence
* Retroactive foreshadowing

NEXT EPISODE: Still not quite Generation X

CORRECTION: The story Jay referred to as “Everything Burns” is in fact titled “Time Runs Out,” although a good many things do burn over its course.

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