Q and his Relationships

Q's relationship with Lll has a beautiful start, but then his arrogance causes the relationship to go wrong. When Q meets Lll, he is in love at first sight, "When you looked at her smooth skin, you felt that scales had never existed" (pg.75). Q is definitely in love but then he decides to hide his Uncle N'Ba N'Ga and anything else about him that he finds embarassing. First he is upset about her meeting Uncle N'Ba N'Ga,, thinking he was boring. Then when she spends his time with Uncle N'Ba N'Ga, Q gets very arrogant and jealous, "Stop repeating that old fool's nonsense," (pg.81). This shows Q's jealousy and he didn't want Lll paying more attention to Uncle N'Ba N'Ga than him. Unfortunately, Q's arrogance didn't make things better when Lll left him for Uncle N'Ba N'Ga. If it wasn't for Q's arrogance and quick jealousy, things would have worked out for him.

After Lll left him, Q stayed the same but this time became harsh and a little desperate. In the story, "The Dinosaurs", Q meets Fern-Flower,who is weird but attractive. Fern-Flower tells Q her dreams- dreams that are about horrible situations , but to Q, he doesn't worry,

"That dream should have made me understand many things and especially one thing: that Fern- Flower desired nothing more than to be assaulted. This was the moment for me to embrace her," (101).

Q sounds more like he wanted to do something romantice and not comfort her. Other than his love life, Q struggles by trying to find out who he is. He is called the "Ugly One" to the New Ones; he becomes very shallow when his history of Dinosuars is talked about; and becomes leader to the New Ones. His arrogant pride is shown when he is persuaded to command the New Ones in a possible war,

"In short, I wanted nothing more than to do with either side: let them rip each other apart in turn! I didn't give a damn about any of them. I had to escape as fast as possible, let them stew in their own juice, having nothing more to do with these old stories," (pg. 106).

Since Q was their leader, he felt that he didn't need to do anything for them. He was also being selfish to his own species and to Fern- Flower. Q's mistakes make him wonder and he becomes alone.

Many of the mistakes Q makes in his relationship in the story "The Aquatic Uncle" are similiar to how he is in "The Dinosuars". In "The Aquatic Uncle", Q was busy trying to keep her from meeting his embarassing uncle  and proving that he's strong, he never realized that he was pushing her away. Uncle N'Ba N'Ga taught Lll things that Q was not able to. When he meets Fern- Flower in "The Dinosaurs", he acts very similar. He becomes arrogant because his seen as a strong character, which he couldn't show to Uncle N'Ba N'Ga. Since he has more control, he does not know how to act towards female characters. He becomes desperate when he discovers that he has feelings for a young half breed. Q eventually yells at Fern- Flower and realizes he doesn't care becuase he was arrogant. Q's arrogance and embarassment gets in the way of his true feelings for the one he cares about and always keeps it to himself.