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episode 129: They Don't Allow Dragons in Here (The Cross-Time Caper, Part 1)
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which "Cross-Time Caper" is something of a misnomer; Excalibur is an awful lot of fun to summarize; none of us will ever live up to Oscar Wilde's expectations; Captain Britain secretly derives his powers from genre; sometimes things turn out to be simple; Kitty Pryde is better at everything than you; manipulation and murder are the new flowers and candy; context may or may not ruin everything; Meggan gets a new outfit; Technet takes Brighton; and some universes are just too silly to survive. X-PLAINED: Rick Jones, Sidekick Supreme The Cross-Time Caper Excalibur #12-15 Three love triangles Jay's mom's late iguana Captain Marshall, Lord Champion of the Realm Prince William Butch the ogre Princess Kate Fisticuffs Instant air conditioning, Excalibur-style Bagpipe Vader An anticlimactic solution to a protracted problem Sorcery 101 Several profoundly unethical ways to initiate a relationship Arrested Excalibur The Campsite Rule of relationships The logistics and social history of tarring and feathering A protracted parody A very large number and several names for it A theoretical team-up Ultimate Hunger An unidentified comic that is not Ultimate Hunger Some less-than-ideal creative choices A multiversal montage Jamie Braddock (more) (again) A duck The unenviable fate of Doctor Crocodile Pairing mutants with metal genres Inconsistent flight safety measures NEXT EPISODE: Killing the X-Men, with Charles Soule You can find a 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 prints of this week’s illustration at our shop, or contact David Wynne for the original!