I heart you Quentin Quire. Just goes to show I have bad tastes in men.
Yes, this latest issue of WatX is about getting Wolverine’s brother, Dog, on the scene and setting up for some brotherly butt-kicking, but really, Quentin is the star of WatX #25.
The whole concept of the story arc is Wolverine decides to take a ‘tough love’ approach to some of the problematic and soft students (seemingly proving Mystique’s point from All-New X-Men and being a bit hypocritical towards disagreeing with old Cyclops view of child-rearing). Logan decides that instead of doing one of those weekend camping trips, he’d just drop him into the middle of the Savage Land and let them find their way back to the Blackbird.
Quentin, for his part, tried to be responsible, but his tact was definitely lacking. He’s not an inherently bad person. He acts like a rebel and anarchist but in reality, if he truly wanted to leave then he could have already done so, or destroyed the school. He’s shown on more than one occasion that when it comes down to the wire, he’ll do the right thing… or a close proximity there of.
Logan says it’s because Quentin likes being the big fish in the little pond of the Jean Grey School… but I think it’s more of Quentin not really knowing how else to be. Plus being the rebel is pretty fun.
Quentin Quire really could be the next great Anti-Hero in the X-Men franchise… if he can survive the Jean Grey School.
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