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It will be very nice. Just do it :-)
Every university has its own rules and budget cut usually translate in more teaching for professors and PhD students. Do not try to take action alone (just my 2 cents). If you think that what they are proposing is not acceptable get in touch with the rest of the PhD students and discuss a join and shared line of action.
You may want to check with the student office or a similar office at your university. In general if the external member like the idea and is willing to take some actions that should be possible.
First of all: drop the pride. Moments of difficulty are perfectly normal. You have gone so far in your master program that you reached the point of doing the thesis. Just do it and move forward to the next chapter of your life!
As for a good way to kick start a possible meeting with your supervisor you may want to consider this set or articles:
Tips and Ideas on how to do a good thesis
This is usually what I recommend to my students in various phases of the thesis. Just figure out where you are. Pick up a few relevant tips and discuss them with your supervisor.
I do not know about your domain so is not exactly easy to say. However, from a cross domain point of view, this is what I recommend to all my master students in their related work part of their thesis:
Define a Proper Categorization for the Literature Review
It will not solve your "novelty is not up to the level of our journal". However, is an ever green for improving the related work part of your paper. Practically speaking you want to categorize the papers that you believe are relevant a set of categories and build one or more table that summarize your categorization technique.
I do not see it as creepy
No, it is not inappropriate. It is usually welcome.
