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In which “wolves” proves a remarkably broad category in the 616; we at least nominally wrap up X-Cutioner’s Song; Stryfe could really use a style guide; we issue our first-ever music challenge; Jubilee is an agent of chaos; Gambit’s powers are a metaphor; Charles Xavier has a complicated relationship to disability; the quality of Jay’s penmanship is a matter of official record; Boom Boom is a remarkably good costume designer; Cannonball comes into his own as a leader; and every “WHAT?!” you hear on this show is fresh and original.

X-PLAINED:

• Wolves, to a very limited extent
• Jay & Miles (kinda) at NYCC
• Transcripts
• X-Cutioner’s Song
• Stryfe’s Strike File
• Uncanny X-Men #297
• X-Force #19
• A gentle bird caught in a swirling tornado of lust and desperation
• Shades of me
• Shades of you
• Shades of them
• Our first-ever music challenge
• Some foreshadowing
• Nostalgia
• A very nice hug
• The one good side effect of Stryfe’s technoorganic virus
• Charles Xavier vs. disability politics
• Several practical jokes in very poor taste
• Teacher-student bonding
• An excellent epithet
• Some lettering choices
• An extended Hail Caesar riff
• The Clooney Scale
• An enduring mystery
• Clone powers
• Exclamatory logistics

NEXT EPISODE: Hey, remember Excalibur?

MUSIC CHALLENGE: Write and record a song based on or using text from Stryfe’s Strike File (or any of his rants from X-Cutioner’s Song)! Send your masterpieces (or links to ’em) to xplainthexmen(at)gmail(dot)com, with the subject STRYFE SONG!

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