481 – Chekhov’s Butt-Gun

Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes

Arts, Books, Visual Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In which Adrienne Frost is absolutely terrible (and so was Ronald Reagan); you should not put guns in your butt; Synch deserved better; and Jay and Miles inventory their favorite dangling plot threads of the ‘90s. X-PLAINED: Several potential origins of Havok’s stupid hat Generation X #67-70 Revolution (more) (again) Shockwave (more) (again) Adrienne Frost (more) (again) The New Xavier School and/or Massachusetts Academy (more) (again) Possible necrophilia Dorm life How not to draw clothing Rules of entry to Jubilee’s dorm room The Rich Person Store How to say the word “consigliere” The ‘90s Blackmail Limits of telepathy Arson Ninja Boogie Panic How to keep Synch safe Adultification Failure to keep Synch safe Where to pick up to follow along with us Plot threads we’d like to see picked back up NEXT EPISODE: X-Force goes Counter-X! Check out the visual companion to this episode on our blog. Find us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! 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 rad swag at our Dashery shop!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	So, Jay, what's the deal with Havoc's hat? I mean, anything that silly has to have some
0:05.6	practical function, right?
0:07.6	That is a complicated question, Miles.
0:11.8	Of course it is.
0:13.7	See, originally, Havoc's unique headpiece was a component of a costume designed to control his powers.
0:21.1	Right, I remember that.
0:22.4	The circles on the costume's chest were an indicator of how charged up he was.
0:26.6	But much later, it was revealed that Havoc had been the nexus of all realities.
0:31.4	The what now?
0:33.0	He was joined subspacially with every other Alex Summers in the multiverse, apparently.
0:38.0	Okay, but this relates to the hat. How?
0:41.4	Well, apparently the design of the headpiece was relatively similar across most universes,
0:46.4	specifically because it was a result of Alex tapping subconsciously into his multiversal nature.
0:53.2	Okay.
0:54.9	Except here's the problem.
0:56.4	That still doesn't explain why it has that design on Earth 616.
1:01.3	Because Havoc from Earth 616 wasn't aware of his nexus of all realities deal?
1:06.7	Well, no, but more significantly, because Havoc of Earth 616 didn't design his own headpiece.
1:13.7	Then who did?
1:15.7	Okay. So remember Bolivar Trask?
1:18.8	The creator of the Sentinels designed Havik's hat?
1:22.8	No, his son Larry did.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.