Episode 126: Marius St. Croix (feat. Anthony Oliveira & Khaliden Nas) — Part One: Les Fleurs du Mal

In Episode 126 of CEREBRO, the SEASON FIVE PREMIERE, Connor and returning guests Anthony Oliveira (Avengers Academy) and Khaliden Nas (Referential) drink deep of mutant marrow with Marius St. Croix, the execrable Emplate! Created by Scott Lobdell and Chris Bachalo for the 90s series Generation X, Emplate is a grotesque mutant vampire who uses the mouths in the palms of his hands to drain living things of their bone marrow, which he must consume to survive. Only the marrow of fellow mutants is capable of sustaining him for long — and keeping him in our dimension, as he is typically imprisoned in an extradimensional hell.

The character was deeply complicated by retcons; first, one establishing him as the brother of Generation X member Monet St. Croix, and then a series of very confusing retcons about the nature of Monet herself. Perhaps as a result, Emplate never managed to be the big bad of the book as he was initially conceived, and after the end of Gen X the character has rarely appeared again. Most recently, the character was revived and somewhat reimagined by Anthony in the long-running digital comic Avengers Academy.

The CEREBRO character file on Emplate begins at 1:45:36.

This is Part One of Two. The second half is coming soon! When it drops, Patreon subscribers will also get exclusive access to the combined Extended Journal du Voleur Mix.

(Content Advisory: Marius is a deeply fraught character whose story metaphorically alludes to subjects like incest, sexual violence including child sex abuse, and torture. His story also features homophobia, racism, and Islamophobia. Proceed with caution!)

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