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Bump.
Also, strangely, this quivery only showed up in the list after I bumped it. :/
Edited by Aazkaal
I don't know if we have anything for this, though.
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As I thought I had already replied (but was apparently wrong), the first cover was likely the result of Executive Meddling.
Perhaps the shift to art more in line with the creator's description of the characters indicates the creator got more control, thus averting the above trope. But aversions don't generally get noted.
^ It guess it may work; trivia can't be listed as "averted", but nothing prevents from just saying that it only applies to first edition, while second had saner people making decisions.
Covers Always Lie for the first edition cover.
^ Thanks, I'd use that one instead then, even though it's even harder to write.
So, the situation. On original release, whoever designed the book series' covers, thought it's a good idea to make character appear "cool" and "punky" (possibly thinking it would appeal to the target audience, the teenagers), which doesn't even fit their personalities, or series' morale... as well as draw a visible breast to female lead (which only gets more noticeable due to outfit choices), despite it being made pretty clear that by the start of the series, she's thirteen (if convert into human years; she's celestial); she only starts ageing up at normal speed later, as she starts turning into human.
When the series got republished, covers were redesigned to both give characters more chaste outfits, and make them actually look their age.
I'm looking for something to reflect that design has changed significantly between first and second editions.