Finally Read Exceptional X-Men #1, And Followed It Right Up With #2, And I Rather Enjoyed It. Aimless

Finally read Exceptional X-Men #1, and followed it right up with #2, and I rather enjoyed it. Aimless Kitty avoiding things is very relatable to me right now, but I digress.

I have two main random thoughts.

Weird recurring trope of people messaging Kitty apologising about being a stalker.

Kitty is talking to herself A LOT.

Which isn't in and of itself a problem, but when it's being used as narration and exposition, it comes off as REALLY awkward. Writers do it from time to time to deliver information, and while it can be a bit weird, when it's done sparingly, it's fine.

There's this one page in issue two, where she's walking along, and talking out loud to NO ONE about her date she has to keep rescheduling. Which I could run with as someone muttering about something, but when she says out loud "Her name is Nina".

Um....I hope you would know that? Who are you telling this to besides the reader?? It is SUCH a clunky way to deliver exposition, and it's not made any better if it's revealed later on she's talking to a telepath.

I was just describing liking a character because of "spoiled rich girl solidarity".

I mean it in the sense of "I like a lot of that character type". But I know it can be read as "I like the characters just like me," which is SO funny to me.

Because in reality I am the least rich and least spoiled person you will meet.

But who am I to dispel your illusions?

Existential Christmas.

Is this a thing?

There are three of them that we know of. Esme, Sophie and Phoebe.

Grace Gown by Vivienne Westwood

You know what I think would be a genuinely interesting What If...? story, that doesn't have world ending consequences (or at least doesn't HAVE to have them) and isn't tied to some big event?

What if Kitty Pryde went to the Massachusetts Academy instead of joining the X-Men?