Posts Tagged ‘Quentin Quire’

Review: Wolverine and the X-Men #30

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , , , , on June 5, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Woverine and the X-Men #30Okay, now we’re back on form. Clever quips, great characterizations, and fun twists. Spoilers ahead!

Truly, I have no idea what’s going on and that’s exactly how I like it. There are so many characters with questionable motivations that it just makes your head spin. Is Quire really just going after Idie? Is Broo really lost, personality wise? Just what the hell is up with Paige?

And who let Herman on twitter? Seriously… him updating the Hellfire Club’s status reminds me of the fan fic The Beautiful Mind of Katherine Pryde. If the Club gets defeated because Herman tweeted an instagram picture of the group’s next diabolical plan…

But I think the best moment was this simple exchange between Quire and Toad.

Quire: Why’d you do it, Toad? Because they made you mop the floors? You’re smarter than half the teachers here, aren’t you?

Toad: You wouldn’t understand why I did it. You’re too good-looking. And too young to have ever been in love.

That is possibly the saddest and truest moment I have seen in comics for a long time. It’s true though, heroes are always ‘dashing’, or ruggedly handsome in some way. Toad is surrounded by beautiful people who are constantly hooking up with each other randomly as highlighted in the Date Night issue. In one small exchange, you’re made to realize just how lonely and possibly depressed Toad is. After all the way he’s come from being a villain in the Brotherhood… he still can’t get ahead because he’s not one of the ‘beautiful people’.

Then we get the part that just rips my freaking heart out.

Toad: I did what you wanted, Paige. I did everything they asked. Please tell me we can be together now, honey?

Paige: We will be, Mortimer. Forever, baby, just like I promised.

Not only do we have wonderful gender reversal, but if Paige is just using Toad I will never, ever, forgive her. Seriously… I never thought one moment about Toad beyond just another side character and then in two panels I just want to snatch him up and hold him tight and tell him everything is going to be okay.

Well played Jason Aaron… well played.

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Review: Wolverine & the X-Men #25

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , , on February 15, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Wolverine & and the X-Men #25I 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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