Episode 175 - Lady Windemere's Fanclub

==Episode Description==
In which Gambit is transatlantically terrible; Rick Leonardi is the poor man’s Alan Davis (but in a good way); we try and fail to care about British royals; Miles should probably read some Oscar Wilde already; Jay has a lot of feelings about The Rocketeer; Shadowcat gets a genuinely stylish costume; and we would read the hell out of a series about Destiny, Mystique, and Wolverine’s WWII adventures.
== X-Plained ==
* Why Gambit isn’t welcome in the United Kingdom
* -3
* The poor man’s Alan Davis
* Trad night
* Laird Alasdhair Kinross and his nonthreatening but convenient heterosexuality
* Inexplicably absent familial relationships
* Queen Lilibet the Second
* Lady Regina Windermere
* Several notable British fascists of the 1930s
* A snazzy airplane
* Several nefarious plots
* Formal pajamas
* The mystery of the Hypercolor™ kilt
* A large number of strong feelings about The Rocketeer
* Kitty Pryde’s best costumes
* Weaponized cosmic queerness (again)
* Power, agency, and the Dark Phoenix Saga
* How characters end up with their specific mutations.
== Listener Questions ==
*Hi! I've been thinking about the Dark Phoenix Saga and how a lot of its themes are dependent, at least from my perspective, on the idea that women with power and agency are bad. Since it's still an incredibly well told story I'd like to know if you have any other personal interpretations of the story that aren't rooted in that sexist idea. 
*Is there ever any discussion as to why mutants end up with their specific mutations? Some are obviously hereditary (Magneto and Polaris) while others seem random (Magneto and Wanda and Pietro, but maybe the Maximoffs aren't the best family for this question) and what about mutant kids of human parents? Blame Sinister?
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