439 – Fishfic

In which we reach the beginning of an end; Jay totally forgot Gambit was there; we’re all living in the Mary Purcelliverse; the X-Men split the party; and we explore The Bay Area’s Bohemian Hotbed of Student Anarchy.

X-PLAINED:

Mary Purcell (sort of)

The re-defaulting of the X-Men

Uncanny X-Men #362-323

X-Men #82

Nebraska

Pyro (Saint John Allerdyce) and his endless illness

Legacy Virus variations

Going home again

Running back and forth in quarries

Marrow, who’s come a long way

The two forms of fire: skeleton monsters and sexy ladies

Cerebro (the evil one)

San Francisco and Tajikinistan

Asphalt ball pits

A topsy-turvy nonsensical impossible hell

Nina the Mannite

Desire, love, loss, and fear

Skulls and spines

The New (New) Brotherhood of Mutants

Cerebrites Alpha and Beta

A lost, smelly fish

Ambiguous art

Blood, sweat, and fears

Which mutants would cause the most chaos at holiday gatherings

Hopes for post-Fall society

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