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hellzyeahthewebwieldingavenger · 5 years ago

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Marvel Team-Up Volume 4 #1 Thoughts

Marvel Team Up as a title has had a long history and for the vaaaaaast majority of that history it’s been....bad.

Does the latest iteration break the trend.

...um...

Let’s get the positives out of the way.

The art is really nice in this issue.

The Kamala/Peter sections jive together well enough.

The way the characters come together is organically done, it’s very classic superheroics.

From what little I know of Kamala Khan Ewing does a decent job with her character.

The Jackal wanting to obtain tech that could upload people’s minds and download them again makes a certain amount of sense, provided they expand upon it logically.

And that...is kind of where the positives end.

The single biggest problem with this book is that...it lies.

It straight up lies to you on the cover.

It claims that you can read the comic from either side.

I was intrigued by this because I’ve long thought that to be an interesting way of tell a story, the idea being that both stories climax at the same point at the centre of the issue.

However the problem with this issue is that it absolutely doesn’t do that.

It’s patently obvious that the best/proper way of experiencing the story is to start with Kamala’s half then go back to read Peter’s.

This isn’t just obvious from the fact that all the ads on Peter’s half are upside down but that when you reach the ending you’d need to flip the book to read it, whereas you wouldn’t have to do that reading Kamala’s half.

It goes beyond that though because I started with Peter’s half and inevitably I felt like I was missing something, that I was Marty McFly from Back to the future Part II when he was in the 1950s observing the events from the first movie off to the side. It really dampens your emersion into the story.

The Jackal is just there rather than getting a big entrance. Kamala is just there rather than getting a big entrance. Out of the blue Kamala has information from Dr. Rosario that her device is going to explode. When Peter debates whether to save Rosario, fight Jackal, or get the crowd out, no crowd is in sight.

In contrast none of these issues plague Kamala’s half. Spider-Man isn’t focussed upon all that much, but he feels very much like a guest star in her story, he gets something of a big entrance, we see Rosario telling Kamala her device is primed to blow up, etc.

Rather than two self contained stories that expand your experience when read together, Spider-Man’s half feels like an untold tale to Kamala’s half, something intended to fit between the gaps of the larger framework.

Now this isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

A lot of team ups have served one character over another and since this iteration of MTU is Kamala’s title making her story the ‘main’ one is right and proper (and unfortunately not as commonly practiced when Spidey was the lead in MTU).

My problem is the false advertising, not just on principle but also because I made the reading experience less enjoyable by starting with Spider-Man’s half rather than Kamala’s.

In fact reading Kamala’s half alleviated some of my problems with Peter’s half.

Because this is Kamala’s book, Spidey kind of has to ‘contort’ creatively in order to fit the narrative and serve the story which is ultimately leaning more towards Kamala than him.

My biggest examples is Peter’s never before mentioned friendship with Dr. Rosario and his griping about ‘adulting’ and desire to go back to when things were simpler in his younger days.

When looked at through the lens of Peter’s character this raises a few eyebrows, not just because he doesn’t use obnoxiously ‘modern’ lingo like ‘adulting’ (which itself sounds childish).

Peter in my recollection when in character hasn’t exactly pined for his college days when life was simpler.

More poignantly Peter’s life wasn’t all that simpler in college. Okay sure he had a scholarship and didn’t have an adult relationship but his relationship problems were still there. His financial problems were as ever rife and he still had to earn a living. Because whilst not truly an adult in body or mind even Peter Parker had to step up to adult responsibilities pretty much the moment Uncle Ben died. He was ‘adulting’ from age 15, he just didn’t get better at it until later.

Perhaps the most obnoxious example of Ewing writing Peter this way stems from his indecision over whether to protect Rosario, steal back her device from the Jackal or save the crowd. He talks about this choice as a difficult adult decision, but Peter even in college was making decisions like that and doing so with little hesitancy that I can recall. What’s worse is that the issue is a non-starter. If Peter uses the element of surprise he could defeat the Jackal and thereby killing 3 birds with one stone. *

Again though, this can arguably be forgiven because Peter’s character in this story is in a sense orientated towards serving a story rooted in Kamala Khan. He’s complaining about adult decisions not because it’s in character for him to do so but rather because Kamala is complaining about wanting to be an adult, and thus the heroes are made reflections of one another and we have the premise for this arc.

Similarly whilst Ewing could do better it’s forgivable that in the context of Kamala’s narrative she forgets/ignores Peter’s second chance with ESU established back in ASM v5 #1, instead treating his mere presence at ESU as a result of his (again never before mentioned) friendship with Dr. Rosario. The same goes for bringing up Parker industries which should be forgotten and every mention of which is a testament to how brain dead asinine it was to ever commit to an arc like that.

This being said there are still problems with the issue even if one reads it correctly by checking out Kamala’s half first and treating Peter’s as a back-up story.

There is a gag that gets called back to about Peter burning himself due to his coffee. This is a pretty stupid instance of ignoring the Spider Sense. It’s arguably even worse than ignoring it during fight scenes because at least there the writer wants some tension and the spider sense sometimes can enable Spidey to auto-win. I’m not saying writers are free to ignore it for the sake of tension, I’m just saying...do better Ewing.

It gets worse when one considers the recap segment for Spidey CAPITALIZES the fact he has Spider Sense and shows it during battle at key moments.

The Kamala side though, maybe there are problems there I can’t recognise owing to not following her series too closely (though I’ve enjoyed what I’ve read of it), but the only problem I spotted was 2 points where the art and dialogue don’t jive together.

When Dr. Rosario gets on stage and begins her speech Kamala praises her but the placement of the word balloon would’ve made more sense after her next piece of dialogue when she began explaining her invention. Similarly in both versions of the story Kamala tells Spidey to cover his eyes because she’s breaking the glass ceiling. After she does this Spidey tires and fails to diffuse Rosario’s device and after it detonates he (in Kamala’s body) makes a comment about breaking the glass ceiling literally. This doesn’t make sense as it implies she broke the glass ceiling via the device’s explosion when she broke it earlier. What gives?

My final two criticisms are that

a) The story acts as though Kamala and Peter have only met once (presumably in reference to ASM v3 #7-8) but if memory serves they’ve met more than that owing to crossovers and event stories

b) Part of the tension in the story is Rosario’s device being destroyed. It’s revolutionary tech and her life’s work how horrifying that it should go up in smoke. But the problem with milking tension from that is...couldn’t she just make another one.

The day I read the issue by coincidence I was watching Terminator 2: Judgment Day and the film made a point of mentioning the protagonists needed to destroy both the prototypes of the future Skynet as well as the files for them and by extension the man who created said files.

Dr. Rosario destroying her device rather than seeing it fall into the wrong hands adds up but why is it played as a sacrifice and a tragedy when surely she has notes and could make another one. If this device was a fluke she made whilst tinkering, like Cap’s shield or something, that should’ve been mentioned in the story.

Over all...not unenjoyable but it has problems.

I guess if you like Kamala, like Spidey, like the idea of them teaming up, like the idea of a Freaky Friday dynamic going on, check it out, but don’t expect too much from the story.

And if you aren’t into most of that save your money.

P.S. I dislike the implication that Peter has wasted his life since college because he’s not a success like Dr. Rosario. But again it’s Kamala’s narrative so Peter is contorted to serve it.

*Even if he didn’t do that, the Jackal was alone and possessed no long range weaponry, so why not swing Rosario out of harm’s way, yell for everyone to evacuate then tackle Jackal.

Unless I missed something the Jackal of modern stories isn’t the genetically re-engineered half man/half jackal from the 1990s Clone Saga. He’s just a middle aged man in a suit. So how dangerous one on one could he be for most people even with his claws? It also raises the question of how he’s giving Spider-Man a hard time. granted he did that in the 1970s Clone Saga, but it didn’t make sense then either and you’d think we’d be doing better 40 years later.

#mtu #marvel team-up #Spider-Man #Ms Marvel #Ms. Marvel #Kamala Khan #Peter Parker #the jackal #jackal #miles warren #clone saga #Eve L. Ewing #Joey Vazquez

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mamgt · 6 years ago

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There’s No Way

Chapter 3

Note: ALRIGHT THIS IS IT MORE CHEESY STUFF BUT WHATEVER. Click here to read chapter 2.

The decision to watch Back to the Future was met with no resistance. The trio all agreed and were all pretty excited to watch the adventures of Marty McFly and Doc Brown. Ned was sitting in between Peter and Michelle, squished together on Peter’s bed because it faced the TV directly. After the first few scenes of the movie, Ned felt a little tight until it was unbearable. It was like MJ and Peter were two magnets pulling on each other and Ned just so happened to be the patty in between buns.

“I’m just going to stay on my bed,” he proposed as he got up and moved there.

“Aw! Come on dude! We fit!” Peter whined.

“Yeah, loser! You won’t see the movie theater style, you’d have to crane your neck” MJ showed him by craning her neck that bumped into Peter’s head. “Ow”

“Ow” Peter said softly, rubbing his head. He waited for MJ to scold him but it never came.

“You see! We barely fit there! I’ll be fine here,” Ned squinted at the screen, craning his neck, “ It looks the same.”

“A-are you sure, man?”

“Yeah. I’ll be fine.”

Peter turned to MJ whose eyes were glued to the screen but was hugging herself.

“You...you okay, MJ?”

“Hm? What?” Her eyes were still on the TV and it lingered there for awhile before she turned to Peter.

“Are you cold?”

“Hm. A little.” She shimmied up the blanket up to her neck. Peter looked at Ned and then at the space that he had left on his bed. The arms on his hair stood up. He was cold too and the blanket wasn’t enough. He needed body-heat. He slowly inched his way closer to MJ.

“Uhm. What are you doing?” MJ turned to him, one eyebrow up.

“W-what? It’s my bed…” his voice coming close to a whisper.

MJ shook her head. “Whatever, loser.” She went back to watching the movie.

It was still cold and Peter couldn’t concentrate on the movie. For some reason, the idea that he was was inches away from MJ made him nervous. He kept watching her from his peripheral vision, hoping against all hope she won’t turn and catch him at it. The room was dark enough, he guessed. It was well past midnight and the temperature only went lower. He looked again at the space between him and MJ.

Shaking his head. He got up.

“Where are you going?” MJ called out.

“Uhm...I’m just turning up the heater.”

“Oh. Okay…” MJ watched him as he clicked the buttons to an incompetent heater that was already turned all the way up three hours ago. Peter slips back into his bed, just when the movie ends. He looks at the clock beside his bed and realizes he should have gone out by now to find more information about his unknown rival. But MJ was still in the room. What would be his excuse to go out?

“So. Are...are you, uhm...sleepy?” Peter asked, stammering from the cold or from MJ being inches away, he couldn’t tell.

“Nope.”

“Oh.”

The room was dark and Ned had fallen asleep. His slow breaths were calming, like a small little tempo played in the background of coffee shops. The room was dark and the only lights were coming from the TV and some from the lights outside. Peter was going through several excuses from asking her to go back to her room to I need to buy milk but the more he thought the more absurd his ideas became.

“Are you sleepy?” MJ asked. Maybe he could tell her he needed to sleep. But what would that do? She was still in the room and his spidey-suit was tucked inside the dresser underneath the TV. He needed to get out now.

“No.” He replied. He turned to the television and saw the next movie coming up. “Do you want...to uhm, watch?” he nodded towards the movie: Roman Holiday. It was a black and white movie. Maybe this would lull MJ to sleep. He could wait a few more minutes.

“Fine.” She hugged herself again and Peter saw her violently shake from the cold. He poked her shoulder.

“You can...you can move closer, you know?”

MJ looked at him skeptically.

“Body heat…” he explained.

“Ew.” She laughed. “Don’t call it that!” She scrunched up her nose and Peter’s stomach did a little flip.

“Suit yourself. I’ve got all the body heat to give…” he laughed it off and held his stomach.

“You’re so gross, Peter. You know that right?”

“Yeah…” he shrugged, turning his attention to a black and white Audrey Hepburn. MJ shook from the cold again and Peter caught it from his peripheral vision. He sighed and moved closer to her. MJ bent away when his arm brushed hers. “Don’t be a baby” Peter teased.

“I’m not a baby. You’re the baby.” She slowly eased back to her previous position. Her arm tucked beneath Peter’s arm. She shifted a little and Peter felt her whole leg pressed unto his. He swallowed.

The movie rolled on and Peter could barely breathe. What was happening? He kept glancing at MJ in the dark. When he got brave enough to turn his whole head he caught her looking at him and immediately turned back to the television. Peter’s gaze moved to Ned’s slow breathing, his chest rising and falling. Peter took a deep breath.

“What?” MJ asked.

“No-nothing...sorry...just breathing…”

“Even your breathing is annoying…”

“Hm” he smiled to himself. His body relaxed. Every tense muscle in his body loosened. He remembered who MJ was. She was snarky, intelligent, beautiful...She was...a friend. He fixed his gaze at the movie, trying to run away from his thoughts. Thoughts he’s had since forever but he’s been pushing aside because it had no basis before. Now with everything he’s experienced, his thoughts were starting invade more and more. They felt more...tangible. A weight on his shoulders so physical it felt real...and it was because MJ’s head had fallen on his shoulder. He watched her like this, the light of the television flickering on her golden brown skin. Peter smiled to himself. He slowly moved her curls from her face.

That’s it. You’re just removing her hair for better...sleep. He thought. Leave, Peter. The mission…

Peter cleared his thoughts and slowly moved out of the bed. He tucked MJ in as she curled into a little ball. His heart thundered just by looking at her. He justified it was the adrenaline because he was about embark on another adventure as Spider-man but inside, he knew...he’s always know.

“Good morning, Peter,” Karen chimed in as he put on his suit.

“Hey, Karen! Is-is it morning already?”

“Yes. It’s exactly twenty-three minutes past four in the morning.”

“Oh. Well, then. Let’s go!” Peter released a web unto one of the building beside his hotel but just when he was about to swing off, Karen chimed in again:

“Incoming call from Liz Allens.” Peter groaned.

“Accept it Karen, “ Peter rubbed his neck and sat back down on the roof.

“Hey! Sorry, did I wake you?” Liz’ soft voice came through his suit.

“No, it’s fine haha, I couldn’t sleep.”

“Me too…”

“What’s wrong?” Peter asked, worried.

“Nothing! I just… I didn’t think you would pick up, “ she laughed lightly. “I just miss you…” she sounded sad.

“I miss you too.”

“Today’s our last day, ladies and gents! It has been a pleasure to chaperone NYU’s brightest stars in this year’s innovation convention. I hope this experience has opened you up to the challenges and endless possibilities science has to offer. So, if you can turn your attention to our itinerary planned by the event organizers, Italy is the last stop before we head back to the concrete jungle.”

Mr. McCallaghan’s enthusiastic voice rang through the lobby of the hotel where fifteen of NYU’s “brightest stars” fought sleepiness, some already losing the battle without even trying. Their bags were rolled out with them, backpacks stuffed with dirty clothes, books, and souvenirs. They were packed and ready to go except, Peter Parker, who was nowhere to be seen. Mr. McCallaghan quickly noticed his absence as it has become an incessant habit over the last few days.

“Ms. Jones, where is Mr. Parker?”

MJ whipped her head to Mr. McCallaghan, “Why are you asking me?”

“Is he, not, your friend Ms. Jones? I suspect since the last time you were willing to ‘wait’ for him that you are good chums?”

MJ rolled her eyes. Why did her professor still use old fashioned terms. It was 2018. Even her grandma had better colloquial terms.

“Ask Ned,” she pointed at Ned who was hugging one of the pillows on the hotel lobby’s couch. His snoring was gradually getting louder.

“Mr. Leeds!” Mr. McMcCallaghan shouted but Ned didn’t budge. “Mister! Leeds!” He tried again to no avail.

Betty poked at his side, and Ned jumped out of his seat. “Hey! You know I’m ticklish ther--” Betty gave him a pointed look at then nodded towards Mr. McCallaghan. Ned swallowed.

“Where is Mr. Parker?”

“Uhhhh…..” Ned was still confused from having been woken up so abruptly. He swallowed again and search the room for Peter. Of course he wasn’t here. He was still out being Spider-man. Ned looked at MJ who wouldn’t meet his gaze, instead was staring too intently in her Great Expectations book.

“Diarrhea?” Ned shrugged at the professor, hoping that excuse could still pass.

“You mean to tell me Mr. Parker is still in your room?”

“Yes, sir.”

“Then, let’s go ahead and check on him. If I don’t find Mr. Parker in your room, what will I do to you?” Mr. McCallaghan held his hands together and had a serious stance. A chill went through Ned’s spine. He was so sure Peter wasn’t in the room. That, or Peter could come in while the professor was inside and see him the Spider-man suit.

“Uhm…,” Ned said.

“He just texted me!” MJ shouted a little too loudly. “He-...uhm..He said he just woke up now and will be down in 10 minutes.”

“Okay, great. We can all wait for Mr. Parker then. Tell him we are ALL waiting for him.”

The class groaned.

Ned leaned into MJ and whispered, “How come he texted you? He didn’t text me--”

“SH! Ned be quiet. He didn’t text me.”

“So…?” Ned looked at MJ in disbelief. Another lie. For Peter. MJ nodded to confirm his thoughts.

“But if you can contact him tell him he needs to get his ass over here, I don’t care what it is. TEN MINUTES,” MJ whispered forcefully.

Ned went to his phone and started calling Peter. “Peter...where are you?!,” he recorded a voicemail.

MJ looked at him questioningly. Ned widened his eyes, a face of fear. MJ shook her head. Where does he even go to?

“How come you don’t know where he is?” MJ bickered at Ned.

“I don’t know! I’m not his keeper!”

“His what?”

“You know...I am not my brother’s keeper?”

MJ rolled her eyes exasperated. The whole group was really waiting for this boy. MJ turned to her phone and started typing messages to Peter.

Peter where are you??

Hello?! This is MJ. Ned’s been trying to call you.

You need to get your ass here in 7 minutes.

I’m not playing, Peter. Pick-up the phone.

Peter Parker, I swear if you don’t come here in 5 minutes I will personally send your ass on a platter to Mr. McCallaghan.

MJ looked up from her phone to find Ned was already biting out his nails. Betty was rubbing his back. Lucky him. Who was going to comfort her fast-paced beating heart?

“Ms. Jones...it would be seem you’re 10 minutes is up…,” Mr. McCallaghan tapped on his watch. “Would you like to tell me where Mr. Parker is? Or should I just call his parents?”

“I-”

“I’m here! I’m here!” Peter bellowed, his bag still open, the content spilling out as he ran through the lobby. “I’m here...Mr….McCallaghan….I’m--”

“Yes. I can see that. Mr. Parker you are on very thin ice. I expect that you behave yourself for this one last trip. Do you understand?”

Peter gulped. “Yes, sir.”

“You are fortunate to find friends who aren’t willing to rat you out,” Mr. McCallaghan looked from Peter to MJ to Ned, then walked off to the bus waiting outside the hotel.

Peter walked to Ned, Betty, and MJ. “Thanks guys,” he was out of breath. Ned was going to say something but Betty cut him off, “I think you better go to the bus, you’re heart is beating really fast,” she told Ned. Ned nodded and dragged his belongings towards the bus. Betty had her arm around him.

He’s not the only one who’s heart is beating fast, MJ thought. She had been looking down on her shoes the whole time and finally looked up.

“Yeah. I owe you one,” Peter meant to seem annoyed that MJ had covered for him again but he couldn’t help but smile.

“Yup.” She awkwardly smiled back and walked off towards the bus, fearing that her cheeks were going to start turning red.

Peter ran to catch-up to her, “So where to?”

“What do you mean?” MJ said as she continued walking without looking at him.

“Uhm...what’s our next Prague?” a boyish smiled imbedded on his face. MJ had to quickly look away when she caught a sight of it. Why does he make her feel this way? She focused her attention in getting into the bus, where of course, Peter decided to sit beside her like a little puppy following her around.

She tried to play it off as if she was annoyed but her smile was starting to surface, “It’s a surprise,” she replied blandly, turning to the view outside.

Peter stared at her for awhile, then faced forward but he and his stupid grin for the rest of the trip.

Chapter 4 - Soon!

#there's no way #spideychelle #spider-man #peter parker #petermj #peter x michelle #peter x mj #peter parker x michelle jones #peter parker x mj #zendaya #tom holland #spider-man: homecoming #spider-man: far from home #fan fic #fan fiction #fanfic #michelle jones #mcu

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ultimatepeter-man · 1 year ago

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Whats this???? Me posting more USM content in the year 2023???

It’s more likely than you think!

#ah i stumbled across some of my fanfics while browsing and it lured me back #this show really do be so tender to my heart tho #i know I already have a bunch of things posted #but i want to post something else #so I did #😁#lots of USM silliness in this one fellas #usm #ultimate spider-man #peter parker #spider-man #writing #my writing

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mrsspidermanmaryjanewatsonparker · 7 years ago

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“Though Peter and MJ remained friends in the aftermath, they went on to date other people, and none of the subsequent pairings were intriguing enough to really wash the taste of OMD from fandom’s mouth.”

Hey genius can I let you in on a secret?

NO pairing is EVER going to do that.

You and a lot of other folks out there seem to think the Spidey/MJ relationship was merely the ship within the spider fandom that happened to last longest or be most famous.

It wasn’t.

Peter and MJ within the fandom, maybe within Marvel itself, are essentially along the lines of Lois and Clark now.

There is NO POINT pairing either of those characters up with anyone because there is nobody else better suited to them and there is no creativity to be had. The same applies for Peter and MJ.

We are talking about two characters who developed TOGETHER for 20 years BEFORE they got married and then developed whilst IN a relationship for 20 more years.

It’s a relationship that stopped being ‘optional’ for the franchise before a lto of people reading this were even born.

Because of this NO relationship Can be intriguing. Shit they paired Spider-Man up with BLACK CAT and that didn’t work because we crossed the point of no return so very long ago. You know how DC had to bring BACk Supermand and Lois’ marriage and handwave the bullshit with Wonder Woman? That’s because they crossed the line of no return too.

There is no ZERO creative reason for Spider-Man to be with ANYBODY else because we already know a) it’s doomed to fail because Marvel will never allow him to be with one person long term and b) We’ve already seen the best person to be his long term romantic partner and it was Mary Jane. Her entire character is one big compliment to his character for god’s sake.

Why the fuck do you think there is even a Renew Your Vows book out right now?

“But what if instead of looking to the past, Marvel was able to introduce a new love interest for the wall-crawler, one that had the potential to make fans forget all about “One More Day?” Well, it looks like longtime Amazing Spider-Man writer Dan Slott may have found the perfect formula with Spider-Man’s current girlfriend, Mockingbird.”

***** please.

Spidey dating Mockingbird is enough to make fans forget THE WORST SPIDER-MAN STORY OF ALL TIME????? And ONE of the worst MARVEL stories of all time? People haven’t even forgotten he fucking CLONE SAGA and that ended 20 years ago!

“ It’s not uncommon to see Spidey involved in a team-up adventure with a fellow superhero, but he and Mockingbird displayed obvious chemistry from the start of their working partnership.”

No...No they really didn’t. Event he picture you posted, which by the way wasn’t from the start of the series, doesn’t display that.

If we were to be kind we could say it displayed standard cookie cutter quippy hero action banter which by this logic is enough to say that Spidey has chemistry with Captain America or Iron Man.

But if we were being less kind...the image LIERALLY calls out how Mockingbird is NOT laughing at Spidey’s jokes and cannot even tell if he IS joking.

That is literally showing you they DON’T have chemistry. God dammit do CBR writers even know how to interpret shit?

“What began as innocent flirting while beating up bad guys slowly evolved to Peter and Bobbi as a legitimate item.”

THAT ISN’T FLIRTING THAT’S JUST THEM TALKING! WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU DUDE!

“Spider-Man and Mockingbird began without much fanfare, but they really seem like a perfect fit for one another. This is what Spidey’s needed for years to finally get over the lingering bad will left by “One More Day.””

Here is a challenge for the author and anybody reading this.

Why?

No seriously, give me SPECIFIC reasons with SPECIFIC examples about their SPECIFIC lives and personalities to EXPLAIN why they are the perfect couple as opposed to you just shipping it because it merely exists or for the same reasons people actually genuinely believe Spider-Man and Deadpool would make a good couple despite in canon reasons to the contrary?

Go on...I’ll wait....

“But one downside of their relationship was Peter always fearing for MJ’s safety.”

One downside of the relationship was danger, tension and drama the kinds of which police officers (a job being a super hero is equivalent to) has to deal with in real life, real life being the thing Spider-Man the EVERYMAN hero was DESIGNED to emulate. FFS.

“Mockingbird, however, is a superhero and super-spy in her own right. While Peter would no doubt have some of the same worries with Bobbi as he did with Mary Jane, he knows Bobbi has the necessary skills to fend for herself. ”

a) MJ owned a gun, knew some martial arts and defeated Swarm, Norman Osborn AND the Chameleon on her own b) Again...you are literally explaining why it’s more boring for him to date Mockingbird. Good job

“Plus, relationships between superheroes tend to make for more entertaining comics, scenes like the one below, where Peter and Bobbi trade crazy scenarios that only a fellow hero would understand.”

Peter could do that with ANY hero. He could do that with Black Cat even if he WASN’T dating her. Moreover again, knock knock McFly, Spider-Man isn’t SUPPOSED to engage in this fantastical stuff beyond just putting the costume on. His normal life is SUPPOSED to be relatively NORMAL so his romantic partner and him should not spend most of the time talking hero shit.

““One More Day” left a bad impression with Spider-Man fans, but Spockingbird is proving compelling tales can be told, not only with the wall-crawler having a significant other, even if it’s not Mary Jane.”

Meanwhile in Renew Your Vows where Spider-Man is MARRIED to a superheroine...who is also Mary jane even BETTER stories are being told a bagillion times more compelling mostly because they are working with 2 characters with an ACTUAL relationship and romantic chemistry.

“We’ll have to wait and see if Spockingbird has a happy ending that includes wedding bells for Spider-Man and Mockingbird, but until we get there — if we get there — it looks as though “One More Day” might finally be able to be left in the past.”

I repeat:

***** please

#amazing spider-man #Mockingbird #Bobbi Morse #Peter Parker #Spider-Man #mjwatsonedit #mary jane watson #Mary Jane Watson Parker #Dan Slott

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aion-rsa · 4 years ago

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So take a look ahead at some of the tastiest Funko collectibles you might want to Pop!ulate your home with.

Funko Pop! Vinyl: Star Wars: The Mandalorian: The Mandalorian Flying With Jet Pack Figure

Din Djarin is a Mando on a mission, and Grogu is along for the ride. Capturing the Season 2 moment where our hero zips to the top of the Jedi Temple on Tython, this flying Funko Pop! captures all the things we love about the Disney+ show: A stoic Mandalorian, a smiling The Child, and jet packs. This is the way to a cool collectible.

Buy the Funko Pop! Vinyl Mandalorian Flying w/ Jet Pack here

Funko Pop! Vinyl: Back To The Future Part II: Marty In Jacket Figure

To save his future-son from Griff’s youth gang in 2015, Marty McFly has to look the role in Back to the Future Part II. This baggy jacket may not look like much, but the auto-adjusting fit will help Marty pose as Junior (although the uni-size form fit on his left sleeve is broken). This Funko Pop! comes straight from the scene before our hero learns an unfortunate lesson about Hoverboards and water — which is better than learning the hard way about the jacket’s potential for asphyxiation.

Buy the Funko Pop! Vinyl Marty in Jacket here

Pop! And Tee: Star Wars – The Mandalorian (Death Watch)

The Death Watch clan have, let’s say, a complicated, role when it comes to clashes about the future of Mandalorian society. But these keepers of the old faith of Mandalore did show up just in time to save foundling Din Djarin from Separatist forces. That alone is a pretty good reason to immortalize these warriors from The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian with a collectible combo featuring both a tee and vinyl figure. Jet pack not included.

Buy the Funko Pop! Death Watch vinyl figure and tee combo here

Funko Pop! Ride: Masters Of The Universe: Skeletor On Panthor (Flocked) Vinyl Figure

Tin-tongued dolts, metal-munching morons, flea-bitten furbrains, pathetic pitiful pinheads: Skeletor is surrounded by bumbling idiots and nincompoop employees. And then there is Panthor, his purple panther who doesn’t speak, but is the most loyal giant cat a villain on Eternia could ask for. And unlike Battle Cat, he doesn’t even need armor. This Funko Pop! Ride with a “flocked” fur Panthor brings these best baddy buddies to life.

Buy the Funko Pop! Ride Skeletor on Panthor vinyl figure here

Funko Pop! Vinyl: HALO: Master Chief With MA40 Assault Rifle In Hydro Deco Figure

When it comes to being the star of one of the best video game franchises of all time, Master Chief has earned the right to dress a little snazzy. And “snazzy” explains the United Nations Space Command hero’s duds in this Hydro Deco outfit. But Master Chief still means business with his MA40 assault rifle because a killer look is not enough to defeat The Covenant.

Buy the Funko Pop! Master Chief in Hydro Deco vinyl figure here

Funko Pop! Vinyl: WWE: Hulk Hogan Vinyl Figure

Hulkamaniacs know the power of 24-inch pythons can bring anyone down to size, and this Hulk Hogan Pop! does it quite literally. As the vinyl Hulkster tears off his shirt, you can almost hear the WWE icon say, “Brother,” encouraging you to get back to work.

Buy the Funko Pop! Hulk Hogan vinyl figure here

Funko Pop! Vinyl: Marvel Comics: Spider Armor MKIII Figure

Tony Stark is known for his nice suits, but Peter Parker is no slouch when it comes to having a collection of souped-up threads, or armor in this case. Designed for battling the Sinister Six within the Amazing Spider-Man comics, ol’ webhead’s armor is designed by Pete, and features customized weapons and defense mechanisms tailored to individual foes. It also looks pretty sweet, and Spidey only breaks it out for special occasions.

Buy the Funko Pop! Spider Armor MKIII vinyl figure here

Funko Pop! Vinyl: Marvel Studios WandaVision: Halloween Vision Figure

In the world of WandaVision on Disney+, a resurrected (or zombie?) Vision has to disguise his true form to hang out with his Westview neighbors, but when Halloween rolls around, he can just appear as himself — sorta. This Funko Pop! Vinyl figure taps into the buzzed-about series by showing Viz dressed in his comic-book costume for trick-r-treating. He looks a little concerned, but maybe he just wants some bubblegum for his cute jack-o-lantern bucket.

Buy the Funko Pop! WandaVision Halloween Vision vinyl figure here

Funko Games: Back To The Future: Back In Time

Funko Europe Exclusive

Great Scott! It is back to Hill Valley, 1955, in the BTTF-based game where up-to four time traveling players take on the characters of Marty, Doc Brown, Jennifer, and Einstein (using a DeLorean game piece), and must ensure George McFly and Lorraine Baines fall in love. Of course, even if they avoid Biff and his gang, players still need to cooperate to make it back to the clock tower on time to travel—say it with me—back to the future! And if they fail, the entire McFly family will fade from existence, which sounds pretty heavy.

Buy the Funko Games Back to the Future: Back in Time game here

Loungefly: Star Wars: The Mandalorian: The Child Cradle Mini Backpack

“Wherever I go, he goes,” and you can also go wherever with The Child in this Loungefly mini-backpack from The Mandalorian. The premium faux-leather pack is a fashionable piece inspired by Grogu’s floating cradle. And the little guy himself has got your back by looking out from behind with a cute little face and bright, wide eyes. Because he is always in the mood for a snack, the zipper is connected to a bite-sized frog attachment. Of course the pack carries stuff on the inside—and is lined with stylized Grogu illustrations and Aurebesh script—because bounty hunting is a complicated profession, but hauling your beskar ingots shouldn’t be.

Buy The Mandalorian “The Child” mini backpack from Loungefly here

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takeout and movies

im not dead!! (though i’d understand if you thought so) but i am crawling through to the next phase which is ofc spidey boy (who doesn’t love him?) oh and tagging my one pal: @coffee-with-a-hint-of-fuck-you (enjoy dude!!!!)

summary: y/n has a less than perfect filter that gets her into some awkward situations, this time around her full blown crush and neighborhood friend spiderman, peter parker. as for peter, well he’s surprised you wanna be friends with him. that didn’t stop him from gaining a massive crush on you.

LOOK AT MY TINY SON IM IN L O VE WITH HIM

In a perfect world, Peter Parker isn’t your friend.

He is so much more than a friend. In your perfect world, you would do more than just friendly cuddles with the boy you were pretty sure you were in love with. In a perfect world, you would grab that unbearably cute boy by his face and kiss the hell out of him- and wouldn’t worry about whatever else happened.

But this was not a perfect world and with your measly courage, it meant you would never even get the nerve to hold his hand- let alone kiss him.

So instead, you had to hide your overwhelming feelings behind sentences with ‘friend’ tacked on the end. Even though you were pretty sure the chance of you and Peter together was negative zero, it didn’t mean your mind wouldn’t stray and wonder what would happen if you did.

That’s what you were doing now - letting your imagination conjure up the idea of a steamy make out session with your best friend as you sat in the cafeteria, alone. Well, not for very much longer.

“Hey, y/n,” a tray being placed on the table in front of you knocked you out of your scandalous thoughts and your eyes darted up to see Peter himself taking the seat across from you.

“O-Oh, hey!” You stuttered out a bit too nervously, eternally glad Peter didn’t have the ability to read minds. Lord knows, if what had been going through your head was said aloud, you’d run and never look back.

Though you knew Peter couldn’t know what you were thinking, it didn’t stop the blush from flushing your cheeks, ducking your head quickly.

“Are we-” he cleared his throat. “are we still on for tonight?”

Peter asked casually, but in reality he was soaking in your pink cheeks as he wondered what had you nervous. It was only him.

The thought crossed his mind that maybe he was making you nervous and that only made his own cheeks burn. As if you would be into him.

Peter was still surprised you hadn’t abandoned his nerdy friend group as soon as the opportunity arose- you were new, so it was only fair you would hang around with the first group you found. He hadn’t expected you to stay, especially when he saw the one way ticket you had to the popular table.

Peter also hadn’t expected the utter dork you turned out to be, but it just made it easier to develop a out-of-control crush on you.

You grinned at him from across the table, “And miss the chance to see your uber-cool Marty McFly impressions? No way, Parker.”

Flushing again, Peter grinned back sheepishly as he recalled the time you had caught him doing Marty McFly impressions in the mirror.

“C-Cool, cool. Do you wanna get takeout for dinner or?” He asked, looking absent as he picked at the food on his tray, but really hanging onto your every word.

“Peter, you truly know the way to a girl’s heart.”

Oh, he wished.

••

The waft of Thai takeout in your bag was so alluring, you nearly cracked open one of the containers on the elevator up. And you were considering doing it right now, as Peter was taking an age to open his apartment door.

“Peter!” You called through the wood, knocking on the door again. “Your fried rice is getting cold!”

You could hear some muffled words and shouts of 'coming!’ from behind the door, grinning when you heard a large bang and string of swears. After a moment or two, the lock rattled and the door to his apartment was pulled open revealing a wet-haired and disheveled Peter.

Shirtless.

Oh boy.

“Uh,” was the only intelligible sound to leave your lips as you blatantly stared at his chest. Oh my god, nothing in my imagination was like this, everything is so much better, fitter and ohmygod you’re staring y/n-

You desperately dragged your eyes up to his, clearly your throat awkwardly as you fought off the blush on your cheeks.

“About time, Parker!” You said in false confidence but your voice was weak, pushing the door open and walking past Peter, into the familiar apartment.

Spying over your shoulder, you swooned as you watched Peter lock the door, fixated on his muscled back, sighing quietly. Goddamn it Parker, giving me all kinds of feelings.

“U-Uh, you- you’re early, so I was in shower and I’ll just- er, I’m going to put a shirt on.”

Please don’t.

“What?”

Oh. Oh, lord, heaven above- you had accidentally said that aloud.

Peter was staring at you with a bewildered expression and a small squeak escaped your lips, spinning quickly and grabbing the Thai takeout.

“Er- I, um, I’m gonna, uh–f-fried rice.” You stuttered, pointing at the food in your hand before you turned and hurried your feet the kitchen.

Idiot, idiot, idiot, you chastised yourself as you tried to calm your racing heart. Nothing like almost accidentally revealing the major crush you have on your closest friend to get your heart rate up.

Meanwhile, Peter was muddled with his own pounding heart as he tried to decode exactly what you could’ve meant- he didn’t think he’d ever seen you so nervous.

Pulling on a navy shirt, he allowed for a moment to relish the idea of y/n actually liking him back, an instant giddy smile pulling on his face at the thought. With just the two of you in the apartment, it had to be him who was making you nervous and he smiled wider at the idea. Him making you nervous? It was laughable.

Exiting his room, he found you still in the kitchen, dishing up two plates of the Thai. Hearing his footsteps, you looked up at him and smiled, Peter mirroring it and ignoring the swell in his chest.

You handed Peter his plate, ready to follow him to his room where all movie screenings were held, laughing as he hung back and snagged the container of fried rice to bring with him. You rolled your eyes at him, receiving a sheepish smile in return.

Peter’s room was like an average teenage boy’s but with continuous additions of posters and tech he was constantly fiddling with. You were always curious about whatever he was working but never pushed it- if he didn’t give you a straight answer then you knew he didn’t want to talk about it and you respected that.

Peter loved you for that- that among many things.

“So, are we starting with the first one–”

“Of course! There’s no other way to watch them.” You cut Peter off, rushing to get your signature spot on Peter’s bed that you always occupied during movie marathons.

Peter grinned at you as he sat beside you on the bed, putting down his takeout to pull his laptop onto his lap. He opened the disc drive and you handed him the disc, munching on Pad Thai as you did.

It didn’t take long for the theme music to begin playing and you grinned widely, taking another mouthful as you snuggled closer to Peter. Peter, who had seen this movie so many time he could recite it backwards (though so could you, probably), thought a much better pastime was observing you.

It took you awhile to notice but when you glanced at the boy beside you, you found his eyes were already on you. Both pairs of eyes darted back to the screen before them, Peter stuffing more food in to hide awkwardness, praying you didn’t think he was staring (even though he was.)

And then you glanced again; he was still looking at you. Aggravated, you paused the movie with a pout, “Peter, you’re not even watching.”

Realizing he had been caught, Peter blushed for what must have been the umpteenth time this night.

“Yeah, I-I am.” He stammered, shoveling in another mouthful of food so he wouldn’t have anything regretful tumble out.

“You know, you’re lucky I’m into you- anyone else and I would’ve been mad because Back To The Future is—”

You froze, unsure if you were really stupid enough to let the words escape your mouth. One glance at Peter confirmed it.

Fuck.

Groaning, you covered your sweltering face with your hands because literally anything would be better than this.

Hey world, this would be a lovely time for some sudden amnesia. Coma works too. Black hole even.

“Uh-h,” was all Peter could manage as his brain exploded and collapsed at the same time because holy fuck, you, were into him, Peter Parker and oh my god oh my god oh my god

Preparing for the weak reply of 'sorry, I don’t see you that way’, you were taken by surprise when instead his next words were, “Can- um, can I kiss you?”

Your eyes flew open in shock, peeking between your fingers anxiously to check he wasn’t kidding- you didn’t need to make any more a fool of yourself. But there was only your nervous and stuttering Peter who looked as nervous as you felt, and you slowly pulled your hands away.

“F-For real? You actually want to kiss me?”

Gentle hands on either side of face tugged you forward till you were just centimetres apart. You inhaled sharply as Peter’s lips skimmed across yours.

“If you– if you’re alright with that.” He stuttered, his doe brown eyes wide with anticipation.

You didn’t need anymore invitation, letting adrenaline control you as you lent in and pressed your lips against his own.

Peter made a odd noise of surprise but quickly silenced it as he relaxed instantly, the hands still on your face pulling you closer.

It lasted for only a moment but as you pulled back you knew you’d never get enough of the grin he wore or the sunshine in his eyes. Oh lord, this boy was gonna be the death of you.

“I’m definitely alright with it.” You beamed and Peter laughed breathily, his warm fingertips still tracing the side of your face.

“Can we do that again?” You asked timidly and Peter wasted no time in leaning forward to drink in your lips with a kiss.

With so many kisses saved for one another over the months, all of them were coming out at once as the shy kisses were replaced with enthusiastic and passionate ones.

Wanting to be closer to you, his hand moved to press under you back, Peter awkwardly shifting so he was above you, breaking the kiss for only a moment.

You sighed contently, gleeful inside as he joined you for another kiss when Peter abruptly pulled away, making your stomach jump in fright.

“What? What’s wrong?”

Peter only groaned, looking down at the bed spread, scrunching his face in annoyance before quietly admitting.

“My knee’s in the fried rice.”

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