I’m really sorry, but after spending a weekend with deadra, I didn’t get to write this post yesterday (first, there was deadra, and then there were over 300 items in my reader which needed to be read and which made me forget time).

Anyway, you don’t have to miss your weekly dose of weird, that’s why I’m writing now. [Unfortunately, I’m a little pressed for time, therefore, this entry will be a shorter one.]

Okay, start now.

I guess, we all know the X-Men. I mean, even I do, although Marvel‘s not my cup of tea, usually (thank you, movie adaptations).

Well and one of the biggest themes, probably even a leitmotif of the whole series, is the acceptance of mutants into the society. That’s what they fight for; that someday mutants will be equal to humans. That their humanity will be recognised.

Well, cue Marvel to destroy what the X-Men fought for.

In the US, there’s the distinction between toys and dolls. Dolls represent human figures. Toys non-human. So, the Sigmund Freud Action Figure is a doll. We can argue about Barbie being human/a doll. Finding Nemo Figures are toys.

Now, the thing is, for toys, you have to pay less taxes than for dolls. That’s why Marvel thought it would be great to claim that the X-Men weren’t human after all. And they won.

Their explanations to the shocked fans?

“our heroes are living, breathing human beings— but humans who have extraordinary abilities … A decision that the X-Men figures indeed do have ‘nonhuman’ characteristics further proves our characters have special, out-of-this world powers.”

Well done, Marvel, well done…