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I think it's a much more interesting story if the gang of fuck-ups aren't turned into proper superheroes by authorial fiat in one issue - an ongoing awkwardness would keep me vastly more interesting.
I absolutely agree Crunchy - if the Special Class were turned into, say, the Cuckoos I would be bored within seconds. Their whole appeal comes from their slapdash approach and the fact that they would make pretty amateurish heroes right now.
I think though that their adventure has given them a chance to bond in a way that they wouldn’t have done previously and that No-Girl does in some way mirror this bonding process (the final shot of them beneath the x-copter, and Xorn saying “Welcome to the Special Class” ) And while I don’t think that they have been turned into super-heroes in one night, I think that they have realised at least some of their potential and will become superior mutants because of it (arf – groan).
It was the way that it was done that interested me, ie Xorn’s comments that “sometimes the teacher must leave to make room for learning”, which is kind of what you said about Xavier’s more subtle methods with QQ and not teaching through imposition.
QQ’s dream – yeah, it is trite to say that he is unambiguous, after all he used to be Xavier’s prize student, and this book practically thrives on complexity. I suppose that as Xavier’s dream of utopia gets more and more complex, any adversary would have to be just as multifaceted to be any kind of real threat.
In QQ’s case it seems to come down to the teacher’s meeting in last issue where he was painted variously as a political agitator, a vengeful super-villain in the making, a violent, whacked-out drug fiend or a punk-kid pushing the boundaries through questioning authority and defiance. Again this is what keeps this title fresh and involving, so that rather then being a straight out case of rigood vs evil the boundaries are again blurred and you end up questioning your conclusions (or having someone else do it for you - cheers Crunchy).
Hell you could easily apply the same discussion to Xavier; a philosopher-king battling bigotry and hatred at every turn to create a safe new world, a hopeless idealist endlessly debating an unworkable dream, or a hypocrite bending the rules of his “charter” to perform questionable acts of superiority over those he wishes to protect/ integrate.
Despite his complexities however I still believe that Quentin is pushing an unquestionably dualistic anti-human agenda, and whether his gang (whose ranks seem to be expanding) are responding to his manifesto, the violence, the fashion, the drugs, the slogans, his mutant power or a combination of all of these, he is certainly imposing his principles on those around him to disobey, revolt, and destroy. But perhaps that’s just homicidal telepaths on dope for ya – it’s all destroy this, inhale that, do-my-evil-bidding the other.
In fact the one problem that I have with QQ is that he still defines himself in opposition to Xavier rather than trying to define his own path, but as Crunchy mentions above, he may simply prove to be another catalyst for the X-Men to evolve again, a la Cassandra Nova.
I really cannot wait to see how this riot will develops and what the fallout wil be. When it comes to the crunch (pardon) it will be interesting to see if anyone will be willing to dish out mutant style justice to one of their own, as Xorn did to the U-Men this issue. |
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