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...Claremont is able to plainly establish how terrifying–and inhuman–Logan is throughout the issue.
To make Kurt animalistic, Claremont had him howl at the moon.
To make Logan the same, he had Katie Power look on in fear.
Katie's other function in issue is to serve...
...the distinction between Logan's animal and human halves after he's rendered bestial by our earlier seen assassin's attacks.
The decision to feature Katie Power as UXM #205's viewpoint character is a clever one; in immersing us in an observer's perspective (esp. a child's)...
...to Amanda, the subjectivity of trust (which would have surely been earned between the two sibling-lovers by now) playing a role in his understanding of the captive's reluctance.
Some Arcade genderplay later, Kurt's interference foils the assassin's plot, even as he appears...
...time is award to the woman who escapes by merit of her own wit and strength a number of Arcade's traps.
More than capable (in true Claremontian fashion) of surviving Arcade is quite the skill to list on the resumé, but the woman is ultimately rescued by Kurt.
As gloomy...
...Kurt takes more after his appearance than affect.
Recently Claremont used Arcade to shake Piotr out of a funk, a trope he returns to in UXM #204 as the mad assassin makes a grand reappearance torturing a new and yet to be named captive.
A fairly significant amount of page...
...but the venom he spits at Amanda, suggesting that his love of her is more manufactured than genuine is perhaps the cruelest Kurt has ever been written to be.
Claremont leans heavily into Kurt's demonic appearance to buttress Kurt's emotional turn, even going as far as...
...loomed over my head as Kurt slowly began to spiral out of control in the issue's opening.
Guest penciller June Brigman really captures the physicality of Kurt's depression–his balcony perch rendering him more gargoyle than man.
Kurt has rarely, if ever, been a "mean" man...