Lucy and Robin record their final X episode…at least for now.
CW: child abuse, self-harm, blood, gore, death, assault, and other grisly things. Also a potentially glib/dark humor approach to grim subjects. If it came up before…it probably comes up again here.
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Lucy and Robin discuss X volume 17. Yuzuriha and Arashi fend off an attack while Kamui questions some of their intel, and we’ve only got one book after this one, folks…
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CW: dismemberment, blood, gore, death, assault, and other grisly things. Also a potentially glib/dark humor approach to grim subjects. We joke about death a lot (it’s one of those laugh-so-you-don’t-cry things).
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Lucy and Robin work their way through X volume 15, where we finally learn about Kakyo’s past…and see a familiar face.
CW: suicidal ideation, blood, gore, death, assault, and other grisly things. Also a potentially glib/dark humor approach to grim subjects. We joke about death a lot (it’s one of those laugh-so-you-don’t-cry things).
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Lucy and Robin tackle volume 2 of X, as things get darker and gorier in the span of just a few quick hours of story-time.
CW: blood, gore, death, and other grisly things. Also a potentially glib/dark humor approach to grim subjects. We joke about death periodically, specifically familial death (it’s one of those laugh-so-you-don’t-cry things).
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At long last, our heroes make it to one of their favorite CLAMP series: X! They’ll laugh, they’ll cry…well, mostly they’ll reminisce about high school and talk about the end of the world. Join Lucy and Robin this week as they begin their X discussion with volume 1.
CW: blood, gore, death, and other grisly things. Also a potentially glib/dark humor approach to grim subjects.
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Here’s the interview we mention in the episode, made available on Chibi Yuuto’s wonderful website!
Here’s a link to the podcast Headlong: Surviving Y2K on Spotify, which Robin recommends if you want to know more about panic in the leadup to the millennium.
And finally, follow Robin’s twitter account to cheer her on as she finished the last pages of her graphic novel! (You can also follow Lucy for occasional rambling about pop culture and being back in school)
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Continue readingThis transcript has been lightly edited for clarity and readability, which basically just means I cut out some “ums” and some of the many, many, many times we say “yeah” while the other person is talking. I tried to keep the flavor and personality of the episode intact, without making it too annoying to read. Hope you enjoy it!
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