191 – Unconscionably Sexy (feat. Kelly Thompson) - a podcast by Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes

In which writer Kelly Thompson joins us to talk Rogue and Gambit; Antarctica is Earth's answer to the Blue Area of the Moon; Kelly unfreezes one of the great X-romances; Rogue has walked a mile in everyone's shoes; you should probably not take romantic cues from fictional characters; Gambit should always wear hot pink; and continuity is fundamentally messy.



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What happened in Antarctica

The Trial of Gambit

Rogue and Gambit

Narrative tension vs. growth

Dueling accents

Kelly's defining Rogue and Gambit stories

The cool-versus-creepy line

Making deep cuts accessible

The evolution of Rogue

The future of the X-line

Favorite costumes

Equal-opportunity objectification

Fundamental contradictions of continuity

Hawkeye team-ups

Date night with Rogue and Gambit

MTV's Are You the One

RomCom hybrids



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