WHAT A CHUMP. but yeah, as far as quentin goes, long story short, he's been battling depression his entire life. his family has tried really hard to support him but toward the end of high school, he really just kind of gave up and his parents didn't know what else to do but admit him to an in-patient facility. he's been on medication on/off since then, trying to find his purpose. has gravitated toward fantasy for as long as he can remember because he just wanted to escape as often as possible. he's obsessed with magic and has studied close up magic for years, is obsessed with going to (and dragging her to) magic shows. he's a straight up NERD and it's hard to hide how excited he gets about things. still puts posters on his wall even though he's in charge of shaping young minds as a teacher. he went to ucla after undergrad at columbia and, if she had already moved out here, he would've come out here to follow her without a second thought. but otherwise, he just kinda chose it because they were paying for it and he needed a change of scenery.