Get ready to craft some bloodstones and summon your soulswords, students! For this lecture, your professors are deep diving into Ilyana Rasputina, aka Magik, specifically through her original 1983 miniseries.

Topics of this lecture include: What does this miniseries do so well with Claremont's own tendencies? How does the allegories of this tale work in context of then and now? How has Magik changed as a character since this miniseries, and specifically after her resurrection? And how can we connect this to Twin Peaks?

Content Warning: this episode contains discussions of grooming, sexual violence towards children, and removal of bodily autonomy.

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