Episode 101 – Not Bad, Just Drawn That Way

==Episode Description== __NOTOC__
In which it’s pretty much always terrible to be Magik; Y is a sometimes vowel; Wolfsbane is a secret Disney Princess; feelings ruin everything; and Gossamyr may or may not be an allegory (but is pretty interesting either way).
==X-plained==
*What Lila Cheney is up to these days
*-70
*Gratuitous space spelling
*Gossamyr
*Spyder
*The Accountants
*Magneto’s ongoing slide into supervillainy
*A few fairly specific elements of teen-girl social dynamics
*Wolfsbane’s greatest desire
*Practical logistics of teleporting aliens into a sun
*Approaching the X-books as a new writer
*Who we’d put on an all-X-Men trivia team
==Note==
Special thanks to Kieron Gillen for the X-pert consult; and to Arvin Bautista for the use of “I Will Steal Your Heart.”
==InfernoWatch==
*Illyana’s descent continues
*S’ym gains near-complete control of Limbo
*First instances of possessed machinery and architecture
== Listener Questions ==
* How does a new writer onboard onto an X-book? It seems like there is a ridiculous amount of prior knowledge needed to write an X-Men character well. I can't imagine they're required to read 60 years of backstory as a pre-req, so is there like a character boot camp or something Marvel puts them through to bring them up to speed? Or is it all on the editor make sure the plot/references/character traits make sense in the big picture?
* If you were to choose 4 X-Men for your trivia team, who would they be?
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