This is a collection of my posts from X, my main social and the first place I post everything. You’ll find video game guides, comics, fiction, my writing and author updates, and other topics I cover.
4,845 posts are available here. Each entry keeps the original wording and links back to X.
4,845 posts.
· Comics / Marvel / X-Men
GIANT-SIZE X-MEN #1: THE RESCUE TEAM The 1975 X-Men relaunch starts with a rescue. Cyclops has returned from Krakoa, but Jean Grey, Angel, Iceman, Havok and Polaris are still missing. Xavier needs people who can go back with Scott and bring...
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Professor X / Charles Xavier Founder and mentor The original five are the students. Charles Xavier is the person who brings them together, explains the mission and decides when they're ready to go outside and carry it out. In X-Men #1, his...
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Iceman / Bobby Drake Bobby Drake is the youngest student, and he's already tired of being treated that way in X-Men #1. When Xavier gives him time to play, Bobby turns his snowy appearance into a full snowman joke, complete with props. Bobb...
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Angel / Warren Worthington III Angel gets an early lesson in overconfidence. During the training in X-Men #1, Warren thinks he's ready for what Xavier will throw at him. A surprise disrupts his flight, and staying in the air suddenly takes...
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Beast / Hank McCoy Hank McCoy's first appearance is built around movement. In X-Men #1, he works through an obstacle course using his feet to grip a wire. He needs strength, balance and precise timing. This Beast has a human-looking face an...
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Marvel Girl / Jean Grey Jean Grey walks into X-Men #1 with questions. She's been told to keep the school private, but she still needs Xavier to explain what she's joining. She's asking the questions as we meet the team alongside her. Her de...
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Cyclops Cyclops is already taking responsibility in X-Men #1. He's the one who approaches the military at Cape Citadel and asks them to give the team a chance. He takes that on before anyone hands him a formal title. Scott Summers is called...
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The team The X-Men start with five teenagers, one teacher and a school in Westchester. Cyclops, Beast, Angel and Iceman are already there when Jean Grey arrives in X-Men #1. Her first day gives us a way into the place: meet the students, se...
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I love this show. I saw it a long while back and it was entertaining from beginning to end. Amazing storylines, great actor, and great characters. My only complaint was near the end. They were in a situation where the company had terminated...
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I’ve been reading comics on and off for about 40 years, and I got much more serious about it around 15 or 20 years ago. I’ve spent a lot of time with these stories, and I want to start turning more of that reading experience into content he...
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SCP-007: Abdominal Planet SCP-007 is a miniature planet suspended inside a man’s abdomen. A large section of the flesh and organs that should be there is missing. The planet is about 60 centimetres across, doesn’t touch his body, and appare...
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SCP-006: Fountain of Youth SCP-006 is a small spring near Astrakhan, Russia, hidden behind a chemical factory. Its water looks chemically ordinary, but drinking it improves DNA repair, cell replication, tissue healing and immune function. H...
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Prompt Version Diff v1.1.2 is out, and this one is now Gold too. It compares local prompt files and shows categorized line changes, with optional context around them. You can export JSON or Markdown reports, and it makes no API calls. This...
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I've released Reading Pace Reality Calculator v1.1.3, and I'm marking it Gold. It uses the reading sessions you give it to estimate how much reading time you have left. You can compare different session lengths and breaks, then save a local...
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10/10 · 64. Life of Josephus Josephus’s Life, written in the late first or early second century CE, is an autobiographical defense with a particular focus on his actions in Galilee before his capture by Rome. He answers critics and gives hi...
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9/10 · 63. Josephus’s Against Apion Written after Antiquities, toward the end of the first century CE, Against Apion defends the antiquity and traditions of the Jewish people against hostile claims. Josephus draws on earlier writers, challe...
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8/10 · 62. Josephus’s Jewish War Written in Greek around 75–79 CE, The Jewish War recounts the conflict that culminated in Jerusalem’s destruction in 70 CE. Josephus had fought against Rome before becoming a Roman captive and then living un...
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7/10 · 61. Josephus’s Antiquities of the Jews Completed around 93–94 CE, Antiquities of the Jews is Josephus’s twenty-book account of Jewish history, written in Greek under Roman rule. It begins with creation and continues through biblical...
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6/10 · 60. Shepherd of Hermas Composed in second-century Rome, the Shepherd of Hermas explores repentance through visions, commands and symbolic stories. A tower under construction becomes an image of the church, while other scenes examine...
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5/10 · 59. Seven Ignatian Letters The seven letters of Ignatius of Antioch are usually dated to the early second century CE. Written in the setting of his journey toward martyrdom in Rome, they address church unity, leadership and beliefs a...
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