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rachelmanija) wrote2023-08-16 09:00 am
rachelmanija) wrote2023-08-16 09:00 am
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Cute Mutants # 1: Mutant Pride, by S. J. Whitby
Imagine the X-Men, but Tumblr. Or rather, as is explicitly textual, imagine the New Mutants, but Tumblr.
My new morning routine involves me googling superpowers in general, and my ability in particular. Nothing new ever shows up. The closest thing I found is psychometry, which is a psychic thing where you get 'readings' from objects, like you touch a wallet and know 'oh this person prefers dubs to subs i.e. is wrong' or 'the woman who owns this writes Dramione fanfic i.e. is kinda yikes.'
Four teenage girls and a trans boy get powers after kissing the same girl at a party. The girl, Emma, is just as confused by this as they are. Inspired by Dylan, who can talk to objects and is a huge fan of X-Men comics, they start exploring their powers and having teen drama.
I don't know my sexuality. I've read so much stuff on the Internet about it and I just get more fucking confused. My God, the hours I spent on AVENwiki. I used to think I was some kind of ace but then this thing with Lou started. He was the closest I had to a friend before the kissing part of our relationship started and now it's – well, it's different. Putting a label on it is complicated.
I've mostly managed to get my school uniform on while musing on gray-aces and demisexuals and the like...
But things get serious when they learn that while they all kissed Emma consensually (she created a spin-the-bottle app to see if she was really ace or not), a local 20-something incel transphobe forced a kiss on her and got powers which he's using to commit crimes and terrorize people. He must be stopped!
The powers are really cool - Alyse's ability to transform her own body based on the emotions she's feeling is creative and beautifully described, and Dylan's talking objects are delightful. I love the general idea of "updated New Mutants." I was extremely charmed by the reading list of X-Men comics at the end of the book, excellent choices all.
Unfortunately, I can only enjoy Dylan's narrative style for the length of a Tumblr post. Overall, the book was way too Tumblr-twee for me. But I bet some of you would enjoy it a lot. It's a five-book series, and the first three are 99 cents.
My new morning routine involves me googling superpowers in general, and my ability in particular. Nothing new ever shows up. The closest thing I found is psychometry, which is a psychic thing where you get 'readings' from objects, like you touch a wallet and know 'oh this person prefers dubs to subs i.e. is wrong' or 'the woman who owns this writes Dramione fanfic i.e. is kinda yikes.'
Four teenage girls and a trans boy get powers after kissing the same girl at a party. The girl, Emma, is just as confused by this as they are. Inspired by Dylan, who can talk to objects and is a huge fan of X-Men comics, they start exploring their powers and having teen drama.
I don't know my sexuality. I've read so much stuff on the Internet about it and I just get more fucking confused. My God, the hours I spent on AVENwiki. I used to think I was some kind of ace but then this thing with Lou started. He was the closest I had to a friend before the kissing part of our relationship started and now it's – well, it's different. Putting a label on it is complicated.
I've mostly managed to get my school uniform on while musing on gray-aces and demisexuals and the like...
But things get serious when they learn that while they all kissed Emma consensually (she created a spin-the-bottle app to see if she was really ace or not), a local 20-something incel transphobe forced a kiss on her and got powers which he's using to commit crimes and terrorize people. He must be stopped!
The powers are really cool - Alyse's ability to transform her own body based on the emotions she's feeling is creative and beautifully described, and Dylan's talking objects are delightful. I love the general idea of "updated New Mutants." I was extremely charmed by the reading list of X-Men comics at the end of the book, excellent choices all.
Unfortunately, I can only enjoy Dylan's narrative style for the length of a Tumblr post. Overall, the book was way too Tumblr-twee for me. But I bet some of you would enjoy it a lot. It's a five-book series, and the first three are 99 cents.
