Is it just me or have the writers forgotten that Beast is supposed to be one of the funniest X-Men? Maybe it's the general doom and gloom feel the X-Men have these days or maybe they think that Hank should still be angsty about his feline form, but he hasn't felt like himself for awhile now. He still gets the occasional witty line, but I miss the bouncy, happy-go-lucky Hank. It's like when Nightcrawler went through his "priest-phase" and everyone ignored the fun-loving swashbuckler side of his personality.