Episode 123: Quentin Quire (feat. Scott Platton) — Part Two: You Were Never My Age

CEREBRO

Connor Goldsmith

Science Fiction, Arts, Books, Visual Arts, Fiction

4.8 • 815 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 264 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 123 of CEREBRO, Connor and lawyer Scott Platton (a.k.a. cosplayer and podcaster Scott Free) disrespect their elders with Quentin Quire, the cavalier Kid Omega! Created by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, Quentin is one of the most iconic figures from Morrison's then-polarizing and now-legendary run on New X-Men — Charles Xavier's young protégé, an omega-level telepath who becomes a threat to friend and foe alike when he's radicalized by the destruction of Genosha. Quentin's ill-fated scheme, the Riot at Xavier's, is one of Morrison's most memorable story arcs.

Years later, Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo's Wolverine & The X-Men dramatically reimagined Quentin as an antihero on a begrudging quest for redemption, a new kind of sidekick for Logan. This version of the character became enormously popular, ascending to A-list status in the franchise as a member of the X-Men and, on Krakoa, X-Force. It is difficult to square these two very distinct versions of the character.

We're going to do our best.

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(Content Advisory: Quentin's story is about the radicalization of a teenager into a violent extremist, and thereafter a process of deradicalization. Lots of heavy topics discussed here.)

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0:00.0	Do you remember when House of X made a joke about the lost decade?
0:03.8	Yes.
0:05.4	X-Men, X-Men.
0:08.6	In the 21st century, people mutants led by Magneto aimed to destroy the world.
0:17.5	Only hope is X-Men. Welcome to Part X-Men.
0:23.6	Welcome to Part 2 of Cerebro Episode 123, Quentin Quinequire, featuring Scott Platton.
0:30.0	If you're looking for part one, look again.
0:33.3	If you'd like to play the full eight- a half hour extended hostile strength mix, that is available
0:38.5	exclusively at patreon.com slash cerebrocast because the file is too big for my regular podcast host.
0:45.9	Before we get into part two, I do have two quick notes I'd like to make about part one.
0:52.2	We covered a lot of material. the Morrison run is a complex affair.
0:57.4	First of all, I do want to grant to the Glob Herman stands that Glob did not, in fact, kill those gay guys during the riot at Xavier's.
1:09.7	But only because Wolverine saved them at the last minute.
1:14.0	Glob absolutely tried to kill those gay guys, and I was 15 when I read that, and it was
1:20.7	horrifying, and in my memory, I do just always think he killed them.
1:26.0	But I must grant that they survived. Another note in the
1:31.4	Here Comes Tomorrow timeline, Cassandra Nova does refer to Martha Johansson as No-Girl, but she's making
1:38.8	an inside joke about their time together in the special class. In the present, when Martha and no girl, allegedly,
1:46.4	are in the special class, they're not referring to Martha when they say no girl. This was vociferously
1:51.4	debated when here comes tomorrow, dropped. I will get into that, perhaps someday, in a Martha
1:58.0	episode. Present day Martha is not referred to as no girl until the
2:02.3	Utopia story that we mentioned. With that out of the way, we now return to episode 123,
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