It’s sad but the best version of Peter Parker to me (probably because it’s the most relatable one) is when he’s broke as hell, but at a certain point it doesn’t make sense for him to be such a genius without running a tech company, so here’s the bs reasons he’s still broke in the au’s I imagine:
He can’t partner up with anyone because everyone knows what happened with Dr. Connors, Dr. Octavius, and, depending on the au, Norman Osborn, which no one thinks Norman was working with Peter, but he is another person who knew Peter and became a supervillain
Essentially, everyone thinks he’s cursed™️
And he can’t sell any of his inventions on his own to start funding his own company because S.H.I.E.L.D. keeps getting involved and stopping it, both because whatever he creates works way too well and they don’t want it to fall into the wrong hands, and also because they’re all pretty sure that Peter’s gonna turn into a supervillain and they’re trying to stop him from gaining any power to do so
Also, because of all the above reasons, and because the best Peter Parker in my opinion is one that’s tired, snarky, and has a bit of an anger problem, that along with his genius, accidentally has everyone convinced he’s a supervillain in the making, the very specific dynamic that I picture Reed Richards having with him before he finds out he’s Spiderman is:

Peter Parker reminds him of Dr. Doom, he’s got the smarts, the anger, he’s a loner, and the way he commiserates on everything stopping him from achieving his goals (that famous way he blames his Parker luck on everything), just all reminds him of Victor, back when they attended college together
So he doesn’t get Peter to work with him, although he’d make such a promising mentee, cause he doesn’t need to accidentally get another supervillain to declare war on him, but also because he reminds him of Victor he can’t stay away, wanting some version of him to “see the light”
So occasionally he’ll begrudgingly team up with Peter Parker and the entire time he’ll awkwardly preach the merits of using science for Good™️ and how following villainy will only leave a person feeling empty inside, as his way of having a second chance at reaching Victor before he becomes Dr. Doom
Peter, meanwhile, has no idea this is how Reed sees their interactions, he’s just so happy whenever he gets a chance to work with one of his science heroes (then his identity eventually gets revealed and Reed has no idea how to view Peter)
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Attack dog Kal but its not clark willing to let innocents get hurt if it meant saving Bruce and its not Bruce maliciously manipulating a naïve clark
Its Batman and Superman who are both Very new to this whole thing and Clark trying to prove himself trustworthy to this Guy who has made it very clear that he doesn't trust him. It starts slow, with Clark asking when he can step in on a fight (its professional courtesy). Its Clark asking for permission to use his powers when hes in Gotham ("Not that you can't get there yourself! But I'm just saying it might be faster if I-"). And then it just. Continues. Clark starts asking for permission on other things. Pairing up. Missions.
Clark always tried to look smaller around him, a sense of gentleness when his presence was so blinding. But theres a look in Clark's eyes whenever he asks for Batman's opinion first. And then slowly it becomes nothing but a look. A glance at Bruce that is asking to be useful. To have Bruce let him do what he can do best. Bruce did not put a collar on Clark and tell him to heel. Superman handed Batman a leash and waited expectantly for the next order.
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saw a lot of yt comments abt how Ivan’s always being “abused” and people talking about how they feel bad for him (in older videos?). I don’t know how I feel about that.
until proven otherwise, ill firmly believe that there is genuine care between members. (both lore wise and irl)
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