Imma ask a dumb question here, and I know it’s stupid, but I am very confused

I was watching Ultimate Spider-Man, and in the episodes where Uncle Ben is talked about or shown, it’s kinda implied that Peter…had nothing to do with his death? Like, the most Peter says is that “he couldn’t save him” but there’s no talk of GUILT guilt. Specifically, when he’s talking to White Tiger and it flashes back to when he cornered the guy who killed Ben, all Pete says is that he had him cornered and could’ve killed him but he didn’t because he would’ve been as bad as him. I know it wouldn’t fit the scene to talk about his guilt, but that REALLY feels like they dropped the “he died BECAUSE of me” thing. Not saying it’s true, but that is what Pete believes. And they never mention it I don’t think. Moreover, in the same White Tiger scene, Peter says Ben was killed for no reason. I feel like any other Peter would NOT say that.

Idk if this is an Ultimate Spider-Man change (I didn’t read the comics), but all I’m wondering is if the show dropped the whole “it’s my fault” thing.

Like, did I miss a scene where Pete straight up talks about it being his fault? Because even in the Nightmare episode, all he says is he couldn’t save him. He can’t save people every day. That is 100% not the same thing as “I could’ve stopped his murderer and I didn’t cause I was angry”

If you’re writing about Spider-man and you make him say “get it?” After more than one quip, you aren’t writing him correctly

Dude, nothing could’ve prepared me for when I read Superior Spider-man (2019), the first comic run I’ve genuinely loved in YEARS, only to get fucking BLASTED with that idiotic OMD ending

Like I’m gonna rip my hair out

Why the FUCK did the writers think that was a good idea

“I liked the idea of Otto being too petty to admit his heroics came from Peter”

SO YOU JUST THROW AWAY 7 YEARS OF CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IN A SINGLE ISSUE

OK

THATS COOL. NOT LIKE IT COULDVE BEEN A LITTLE STRUGGLE ARC HE HAD BEFORE HE REALIZED HE ALWAYS HAD IT IN HIM, PETER’S MIND JUST SHOWED IT TO HIM

NOPE. IT JUST HAAAAD TO BE THE FINAL CHAPTER AND ENDING TO SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN. BECAUSE SPIDER-MAN WRITERS CANT UNDERSTAND THAT ITS OK TO LET SOME SHIT STICK SOMETIMES

Like, words can’t describe how unfathomably angry I am, because if you’ve followed me for long enough, you know One More Day is the comic runs I despise the most

The writer who made the decision even ADMITTED he liked a One More Day style ending for Otto (yknow, the comic book that’s widely regarded as one of the worst things produced by Spider-Man writers)

How out of touch can you be?

I did this in two hours so forgive the sloppiness but I’ve come to the realization that the reason people don’t make agent venom fanart is because it’s a pain in the goddamn ass✨✨

Anyway here is Chloe Bourgeois as Agent Venom because I’ve been thinking of one of the many Spider-Man AUs of miraculous, and Flash Thompson is basically the character arc everybody wanted for Chloe before Astruc cast her character to hell❤️

Y’all, if you want to possibly get a drawing of two similar stories swapping clothes and shit, there is a possibility I will draw it if I think it’s cool enough.

I’ve got so many I’m doing rn I fucking LOVE CROSSOVER AUS. Ive got them planned out to like specific plot points too which is weird cause I’m never gonna write a fanfic about them lol.

I’ve got tmnt and voltron, one piece and dragon ball, Ben 10 and Spider-Man, and more in my fucked up mind. It’s so fun to be skrunkly and make things that don’t make sense.

I just realized the Ben 10 and Spider-man logic are kinda opposites

“Anyone can wear the mask (be the hero), I just got bit”

Vs

“Anyone can wear the watch, I’m the one that can make it work (be the hero)”

Really interesting, especially when you look at the alternate versions of each character. There are many different people who take the mantle of Spider-Man, but most “Ben 10s” are Ben, excluding the odd Gwen or Ken, who are still Tennysons.

Me, thinking of a crossover with Ben 10 and a Spider-Man Ben 10 Au where Ben’s parents died when he was five so he was adopted by his aunt(may) and uncle(ben) on his mothers side who had the last name parker and resulted in Ben going by his middle name Peter because having two Ben’s in the house would be confusing:

Apparently in the comics Peter Parker’s IQ is 250 and Tony Stark’s is 186?

Bro?

Fun fact about spider-man’s ability to swing from webs and climb! He can use that strength to tear the flesh off your body :D

It ticks me off when people say the Spider-man and Peter Parker are never supposed to win. They say things like:

“Peter Parker is supposed to be a pathetic no good broke guy, while Spider-man is supposed to be an amazing hero who always knows what to do and saves the day. They’re opposites”

That pisses me off.

So. Much.

No, “Peter Parker” is not supposed to be a no name penniless loser.

He’s supposed to be a normal guy.

That’s what new writers don’t understand anymore. Peter Parker was created, not to be a hopeless man who everyone takes pity on at one point, then turns around and becomes amazing at another; he was created to be the everyday person. A person who had money troubles. A random guy who just happened to get powers. Someone who could be any one of us.

Stan Lee wanted Peter Parker to be relatable; at least, as relatable as a super hero could be. He was no Superman or Batman. He was supposed to be, in some form, the reader.

So when these new comics are coming out where Peter Parker is constantly the victim, where the writers continuously say he’s a “bad person” and that his life has to suck for the sake of the story, it understandably makes the reader frustrated. Reading these comics, so many of us put ourselves into these characters shoes; but we aren’t them. We’re not content with their lives being shitty as long as people are safe. We’re not as holy as Spider-Man. Sometimes, we want him to be treated fairly. We want him to have a family. We want him to go a day without worrying about his relationships or jobs. Sometimes we just want everything to be alright in the end. Why? Because we want this for ourselves.

Reading comics that take this route; it makes a lot of the readers annoyed, and many just flat out realize:

“This is making me sad and frustrated, I’m gonna stop reading” because at that point it’s the healthy thing to do.

It’s not a sin for Peter Parker to have a good life every once in a while. Spider-Man and Peter Parker’s lives do not have to be inversely proportional at every moment.

But here’s the thing:

Peter Parker and Spider-man are supposed to be opposites. But they aren’t supposed to be “no good broke randy who can’t hold a job” vs “holier than thou hero who only wants to save people”

It’s supposed to be:

Peter Parker is ordinary

Spider-man is extraordinary

That’s it. It doesn’t have to be that deep. It never was.

Sorry y’all but it’s 2 am and I’ve been ranting in my head while trying to go to sleep and now I have to post it somewhere

Thinkin bout a Ben 10 spiderman au and am surprised it hasn’t been written about more than it is, it’s seems like an interesting concept; Ben gets Spider-Man’s powers instead of the omnitrix. Idk, seems cool to me tho

The What if trailer just dropped and I’m ashamed to say the thing that got me most hyped was the split second of Spider-Man

So I just finished spectacular Spider-Man and I’m legit thinking of making a fanfic successor for it, like same feel, as if it were a kid/teen show. No swearing, mild talk of violence and death, canon typical violence, nothing inappropriate, exactly the same feel as the original show.

LMAO WHYD HE BEND LIKE THAT

Apparently a Spider-Man 3 teaser is supposed to drop on Christmas

I am now more excited for that than actual Christmas

I feel like I have to say this because I’ve been on a Spider-Man fanfic binge where Peter tells others about or mentions Uncle Ben because he’s literally nowhere in the MCU (except for the briefcase, I know) and I’ve seen a lot of people say one thing that I just don’t understand. It’s usually fanfics about Tony or anyone learning about Ben’s death and comforting Peter, but I don’t think people understand

Ben’s death was Peter’s fault

(Btw, I’m gonna base the rest of this post off the movies. What happened in the comics is slightly different. Still Pete’s fault, but a little different)

Sure, not directly, but indirectly, YES, it was Peter’s fault Ben was shot. In the fics Ive read it’s always the people comforting Peter, saying it wasn’t his fault, and it always strikes a nerve for some odd reason. The whole point of Ben’s death was that it WAS Peter’s fault! Because Peter looked the other way, because Peter didn’t use his powers to stop the criminal, Uncle Ben died. Uncle Ben’s death is the REASON Peter Parker became the Spider-Man we know, because the person who he used to be didn’t think he was obligated to use his powers to save those who he could save.

It’s a statement in every Spider-Man movie. A statement everyone knows. It’s been changed, sneered at, made fun of, but by God, is it important:

With great power, comes great responsibility

If you have the power to stop something from happening, if you have the ability to stop evil from happening, and you don’t, and then something evil happens, it happens because of you.

That might sound familiar because that’s basically what Peter said in Civil War. That’s Peter saying that Ben’s death happened because of him. It was his fault.

“But Peter didn’t know that the criminal was gonna shoot Ben. He had every right to be mad!”

You’re right. Peter didn’t know that guy was gonna shoot Ben. And yes, he was allowed to be mad. If what happened to me happened to him then ya, I’d let the robber go too. I’d be pissed, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that it was still his fault. Peter didn’t know the criminal was going to shoot Ben, but he did know he was a criminal, and he knew what he was capable of because the police officer called out for him to stop the guy. He had every right to be mad, but that doesn’t mean what he did was justified. He could have taken that guy down with literally a flick of his finger. “All [he] hadda do was trip him, or hold him just for a minute!” (Amazing fantasy #15)

But he chose not to

If you take Peter out of the equation(in the movies at least), Ben wouldn’t have been out looking for Peter, and the criminal wouldn’t have shot him.

But in the comics, if Peter didn’t have a chance to stop the criminal, Uncle Ben still would have been shot. Some of the blame just wouldn’t be on Peter’s shoulders.

But Peter did have a chance to stop the criminal

He had a chance to take him down, but he didn’t. He didn’t think of the consequences. And that’s why Unlce Ben’s death is so monumental to Peter’s story. To Spider-Man.

Peter saves people because he couldn’t save Ben. He saves people because if he didn’t, if he chose to not be Spider-Man, if he chose to not use the powers he was given to stop the things he could, then their deaths would be on him. Every person he saves, every life he protects, is one less orphan or grieving parent; one less widow or widower:

One less Spider-Man or Uncle Ben

Thank you for coming to my TED talk

(Btw in the comics Peter literally says multiple times it’s his fault but I digress)