<p><a href="https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/X514.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-23706" src="https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/X514.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="737" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/X514.jpg?w=1024&#38;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/X514.jpg?resize=300%2C216&#38;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/X514.jpg?resize=768%2C553&#38;ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></p> <p>In which we provide some inroads to resisting fascism in your community; pacifism has amazing abs; Cyclops and Wolverine play revolutionary chicken; Amelia Voght fails to live up to her narrative potential; Jean Grey continues to make spectacularly bad choices; Polaris deserves better; and Wolverine <em>finally</em> gets to stab Magneto.</p> <p>X-PLAINED:</p> <ul> <li>Community action and aid</li> <li><em>X-Men</em> #112-113</li> <li><em>Uncanny X-Men</em> #393</li> <li>Genosha (more) (again)</li> <li>Northstar (more) (again)</li> <li>Dazzler (more) (again)</li> <li>Sunpyre (more) (again)</li> <li>Hector Rendoza (more) (again)</li> <li>Paulie Provenzano (more) (again)</li> <li>Frenzy (more) (again)</li> <li>Amelia Voght (more) (again)</li> <li>St. Sebastian thirst traps</li> <li>Sewer adventures</li> <li>Post-Apocalypse Cyclops (more) (again)</li> <li>Awkward conversations about feelings</li> <li>Implausible knitting</li> <li>The Age of Apocalypse X-Babies</li> <li>A protracted confrontation</li> <li>Bad strategy</li> <li>A confusing ruse</li> <li>Some stabbing</li> <li>What happens to the unlikeliest X-Men</li> <li>Jean Grey as Charles Xavier’s heir</li> <li>Best potential uses of Hector Rendoza</li> </ul> <p>NEXT EPISODE: The secret (retconned) origin of Wolverine!</p> <hr /> <p>Check out the visual companion to this episode <a href="https://www.xplainthexmen.com/2026/02/as-mentioned-in-episode-514/">on our blog</a>.</p> <p>Find us on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jay-miles-x-plain-the-x-men/id862258051">Apple Podcasts</a> or <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3dB4KyeOeylfiIVImshFY2?si=ee5e912a53114820">Spotify</a>!</p> <p>Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do that <a href="https://www.patreon.com/xplainthexmen">right here</a>!</p> <p>Buy rad swag at <a href="https://xplainthexmen.dashery.com/">our Dashery shop</a>!</p>