Episode 184 - Sweetcakes

== Episode Description ==
In which the 616 was inside Age of X all along; everyone is very sassy; an attempt at political commentary falls very flat; Wolfsbane kills a straw man; everything is better with Larry Stroman; the Rule of Cool is not transitive; X-Factor Quicksilver is the best Quicksilver; and some allegories are subtler than others.
== X-Plained: ==
* How to hide a universe
* Bees
* “War and Pieces”
* X-Factor #76-78
* The Incredible Hulk #390-392
* Open-ended vs. trade pacing
* Rick Jones, professional tag-along
* Trans-Sabal
* The Eisenhower Doctrine
* The Reagan Doctrine
* The ethics of cannibalism
* Fictional pigeon aficionados
* As story that isn’t about abortion but is definitely about abortion
* X-Factor vs. due process
* A very hazardous game of tug-of-war
* Gratuitous X-planation
* An unnecessary but well-intended rescue attempt
* The death of Vic Chalker
* Irresponsible parenting
* The second generation of mutants
== Listener Questions ==
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