Spider-man
Spider-man was another one of my early special interests, first blossoming during my time in the group home/treatment center.
I used to have some shirts and a hat with Spider-man on it but I became an idiot sometime in 2022 and decided to get rid of them. I did this for two reasons:
- I thought I was over superheroes and that it wouldn't return
- I thought I was developing the ability to commit to a goth style, but alas, I am actually quite tired and broke.
- Styling takes both effort and money, both of which I possess very little of.
Also, I love to see Peter go feral.
Spidey Comics
Here are some of my reccomendations.
- Spider-verse: Not actually much like the movies but it's still pretty good. (Reading order⍆)
- Spider-Man Noir: The Complete Collection: takes a darker tone than other Spidey comics. ... Graphic Nazi shit. Lobotomies.
Bi-der-man
In my heart, Peter Parker is bisexual. I don’t care about evidence. He’s bi. I literally will not stand for anything else. Also, autistic and jewish... also genderqueer. There's been a lot of different versions of Peter over the years. He's been written by so many different people which means it can be hard to pin down his character.
Anyway, here’s a list of random articles and a video.
- Out article about Andrew Garfield and bisexual Spider-man
- Bowie article about queer baiting and representation in MCU
- Disability in Comics by By Erin Hatcher
- : Spider-Man Legally Cannot Be Bi | Superheroes and Bi Erasure by Anthony Gramuglia Spider-man not allowed to be bi only makes him more bi in my book. Super mega closeted to the point where he doesn't even realize it. Which kinda fits his character I think ngl. But is there a rule against Ben Reilly (his clone) being queer? Oh what's this? Ben being able to accept things about himself that Peter can't? Interesting you should mention that...
Spiderverse
Spiderverse is a fucking masterpiece. alas. The current labour laws are not a masterpiece.
My favorite things about Spiderverse characters!
- Miles is so cute and I love his venom blasts! I love his art style and the style of his suits. He's a very good person and I relate to his anxiety. He's so silly and pleasant and cool also!
- I like the sombreness of Gwen, I relate to her isolation and queerness. I like her shoes.
- Peter is just my all time favorite I can't help it. I have a really special connection to og Spidey since my early teen years.
- Peni Parker! I love Neon Genisis so of course I'm going to like a NGE inspired Spidey story. Robot Mecha!
- Peter Porker! A spider bitten by a radioactive pig!! My personal headcanon is that his name isn't actually Peter Porker, but the first Web Warrior he ever met was Peter Parker and he was like: "You know what would be so fucking funny?" I'm glad they redesigned him for the movie because comic Spider Pig is an atrocity...
- I like Spider-Noir very much! He's so silly and he punches N*zis! His design is so cool I love his coat and mask.
Clone Saga
I have not read the entire clone saga. I blame it being impossible to find arcs in comics the older they are. I have since read most of the clone saga. Anyway, I love the clones maybe more than I like Peter Parker. Great Googleymoogley! My introduction to Kaine was reading the Spider-verse comics. Kaine plays a special role in my heart because look at him. I would recommend reading the Scarlet Spider runs over reading clone saga, tbh. Scarlet Spider runs are great.
One of my fave Kaine fanfics: How big, how blue, how beautiful by softgrungeprophet on AO3.
Video Reccomendations
It's all Youtube sorry...
- THE SPIDER WITHIN: A SPIDER-VERSE STORY | Official Short Film (Full) please watch this masterpiece
- Marvel's Spider-Man (Full Dub) | Real-Time Fandub Games - by SnapCube silly :3
- Missing a Punch Across the Spider-Verse (Animation) - by Finn Tran fan animation
- The Day Spider-man Died - by alex lennen
- The Entire History of Spider-Man in 70 Minutes - by alex lennen
- Tony Stark recruits Bully Maguire - by The Human Spider a quality YTP
- best of peter parker - by observations
- Spider-Man 2 All Cutscenes Full Movie (2023) 4K ULTRA HD
- The Disrespect Against Hobie Brown (Spider-Punk) - by think pieces talks about anti-blackness in the fandom.
- Spider-Man calls Doc Ock a MF (mod) - by Mophead Very cathartic.
- If Spider-Man quit saving people for free ( Beyond the Spider-Verse edition ) @LongBeachGriffy - by Berry is alright
- Donald Glover Talks #Donald4Spiderman - from Yahoo Entertainment "...the thing I liked about Spider-Man the most was... he felt like, misunderstood like completely always misunderstood. The thing that always drew me to Spider-Man. That I always dealt with and I feel like that's something in high schools. Like, but that's not like you. He read the newspapers like that's not what I was doing. That's not me like you know like that's not me" -D. Glover