121 – Two Sides of a Narcissistic Coin (feat. Ben Acker)
Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes
4.7 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2016
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
In which Jay may or may not have sold their voice to a sea witch; Gambit and Deadpool are somewhat lackadaisical superheroes; everything Fat Cobra does is amazing; Miles is a prepared gentleman; Gambit is there to look pretty and throw something; and there is now a Ben Acker vocaloid hovering around the studio.
X-PLAINED:
- Acker & Blacker
- Thrilling Adventure Hour
- X-Men #214, but not the real one
- Deadpool v. Gambit
- As-needed approach to continuity
- The ontology of Deadpool
- The time the Absorbing Man turned into cocaine
- Wolverine Season One
- What makes Gambit creepy
- The roadtrip miniseries you didn’t know you needed
- A theoretical poker game and its theoretical outcome
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Jay I was thinking about the M-Plate stuff that's been going on an uncanny and I have some questions. |
| 0:04.4 | What? Is that a dry erase board? |
| 0:08.0 | Jay, did Fairy Tale Monster steal your voice? |
| 0:11.0 | Did you trade it to a sea witch for a new Cyclops ongoing? Is it by Greg Raka? |
| 0:14.3 | Oh, you have laryngitis. So no new Cyclops ongoing? |
| 0:18.0 | Hmm, bummer. Okay, well I guess we could just double record next week or you got me a guest. |
| 0:23.2 | Jay I'm not sure if it's Ben Acre the thrilling adventure hour guy? |
| 0:27.2 | Jay did you sell your voice to a see witch to get the thrilling adventure hour guy on our |
| 0:30.3 | show? |
| 0:31.3 | Oh well what am I supposed to talk to him about then? |
| 0:35.4 | Gambit? Okay yeah I can do that. I mean we're still a ways out from his first |
| 0:39.6 | appearance but there's certainly plenty to dive into and I've just dug up a |
| 0:42.1 | bunch of the old miniseries. |
| 0:43.7 | Sure, let's do this. |
| 0:45.6 | Wait, Gambit and... |
| 0:47.0 | Jay, what are you writing? |
| 0:49.2 | D-E-A-D, P, O. What? |
| 0:54.0 | My... My milestone. I'm Miles Stokes. |
| 1:05.0 | Jay Eddin may or may not have sold their voice to a sea witch this week, but never fear, |
| 1:09.0 | I am here to explain the X-Men because it's about time someone did. |
| 1:12.0 | Welcome to episode 121 of Jay and Miles. the X-Men because it's about time someone did. |
| 1:12.8 | Welcome to episode 121 of Jane Miles Explain the X-Men |
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