It's the Sunday morning after, and baby, who the hell are you?

[lithiumlaughter]

So, in my grand adventures yesterday (a few errands that would normally have taken an hour to run that ended up requiring ALL DAY to accomplish due to Translink dependency), I had to stop by the bookstore in order to clear a couple things up with my manager. She was out for a bit, so I had time to kill.

An X-Men manga entitled “X-Men: Misfits” was

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[kelly1_watxm]

:: twitches and weeps a little :: Why does this exist?!? I have, admittably, read some magical girl shojo in my time, but this... this is an abomination on the universe. (worse, even than POWER PACHYDERMS )

Also...

:: is afraid to ask ::

So... uhhh... which one is supposed to be Quicksilver in that first picture?

[lithiumlaughter]

Sweetie, don't worry. I think we ALL did the magical girl shojo bit. I remember watching a lot of Sailor Moon as a girl, and I was fairly into the culture. I drifted away from it, but I'm still fairly aware of what's going on in it. This sort of thing makes good mangakas (*cough* Kaori Yuki *cough* Matsuri Hino *cough*) cry.

Quicksilver, I think is the one with the long hair and the dress thingie on the hangar. Though they all look quite similar, so it's hard to tell. :)

I WOULD READ POWER PACHYDERMS. I AM JUST GOING TO SAY.

[moonys_autumn]

This sounds completely horrifying... o.o
Comics Alliance posted The Seven Most Amazingly Shojo Moments In "X-Men: Misfits". It is utterly ridiculous and looking at the pictures makes me die a little inside. e.e

[lithiumlaughter]

Yep. It was.

And that Comics Alliance post pretty much sums it all up incredibly well. You've seen those pictures, you've pretty much read the damn thing...which, really, is kind of sad. A manga adaptation of the X-Men could work really well, but I think by fluffying it up like this, and deciding they were going to go with an over-the-top shojo feel, they ruined a decent premise.