#development » gwen

[chuwenjie]

Color keys I painted for the "Go Home, Gwen" sequence in Across the Spiderverse. The direction I was given was to make Miguel look as menacing as possible!

[jettpack]

Some early development paintings I did for the opening of Across the Spiderverse. This was early 2020, before vulture had been designed, beige the style had been developed, before a lot of stuff. Included some sketches and alts here too.

[pangloss-artee]

they're so dear to me :'3

[smultronviol]

Ppl going "waaahh unpopular opinion but Alice is kind of annoying and obnoxious and I don't think I'd like be her friend irl" is so funny to me bc like.

God forbid a cast of characters be multifaceted and have actual flaws and unpleasant aspects other than "grr angsty hero" and "whoops i'm so clumsy". Sometimes character dynamics and arcs need to be prioritized above "who would i personally be niceys with irl"

2. bro just WAIT until you hear about season 1 jon lol

[iwasbored777]

Sometimes I'm like "my Gwiles posts aren't as popular as they used to be that's cuz no one is in the mood for Spiderverse anymore" and then I see the rest of Gwiles posts in the tag and how many notes they have and I realize that there are still people in the mood for Spiderverse but I just lost a lot of Spiderverse mutuals when I was in my DreamWorks Trolls era

[comicspiderweb]

Gwen Stacy concept art 

[bisexualmultifandommess]

The idea of a future AU where Merlin and Leon lived together throughout the years after reuniting and eventually fall in love but obviously the knights, Gwen and Arthur don’t know that when they come back so are absolutely baffled when Merlin just kisses Leon in front of everyone randomly like it’s second nature to him and neither of them seem to notice the others staring at them in shock.

[1brickat-atimes]

Not the Great Coffee Incident of 2024

[ficsinhistory]

Okay, can we talk about how Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy are the same person with different fonts? (And how does their conflit enrich the narrative?)

What makes them different is their circumstances. And the movie explores this very well.

Gwen doesn't have a mother and, therefore, the influence of greater emotional stability while Miles has (which makes his life much easier), remembering Rio, often counterbalances Jeff's tought love.

Her captain and father pursues her in cold blood, blaming Spiden-woman for the traumatic event (Peter's death) while Miles' father forgives her before any plea for repentance (Aaron's death). Gwen's New York hates her while Miles loves him. Miles' fear when talking about being a hero is Gwen's harsh reality, in which her father doesn't seem to love her, as pointed a friking gun at her head! Gwen is alone in her civilian life (with no friends or family present) while Miles has a community.

Miles and Gwen are alike, and that's what's most devastating. Because Gwen is just Miles with no support system.

And this is what makes them have different views on ATSV despite being "equal where it counts", fueling the conflict we saw. Gwen do a terrible thing hidding the fact that Miles' dad would die. But she also doesn't have a choice.

She isn't sincere and open and hopeful because she can't afford to be like that, and Miles would also do the same in her position if the roles were reversed, because what keeps Miles from losing himself is the support system he has. This help guide him for good ways.

Because Miles is capable of being as morally gray than Gwen was. How I know that?

Because Prowler! Miles exist.

The film shows the two as the foil, leading to that explosive finale. That after all, as Gwen messed up, lied, and try stop him, Miles finds himself stuck with a bitter version of him and that himself is who can stop him for saving his father . That Miles' lack of a support system and good circumstances (already illustrated in Gwen ) is taken to an extreme in his version of Earth-42.

I like to think that what this movie and the next one say is: you do things your way and you decide how your life is going to be, but your circumstances also affect it. They do not dictate, but affect. As it is in these dark hours that you hold on to what is right, or move to make things right.

Including I think this will be a big factor that will contribute to Miles for giving Gwen.

She made a mistake and owes a lot of apologies, yes. But wouldn't Miles do the same? Wouldn't he lie, mess things up in the name of keeping his life together minimally when he had no choice? Especially having a world where, when everything came crashing down, he effectively became an unrecognizable version of himself to protect what mattered to him?

And Gwen didn't try make amends? Giving up everything you know just to make things right? Change things? Assembling a team just to find and save him? Just like Miles always tries to do right and be the best version of him?

Gwen's arc, their fight the entire movie, and the final scene on Earth-42 all convey an important truth to Miles' own arc: how hard it is to be morally good and right all the time when everything around you is falling apart.

Because everyone is subject to circumstances. And then yes, you decide how you will act.

Miles Morales is just like Gwen Stacy and just as flawed, we just did't see how much yet.

[spoopup]

gwen is very fun to doodle lol

[fiepige]

Okay guys, hear me out:

Sea Serpent Hobie!!!

Sea Serpent Hobie who sinks any superyachts he comes across!

Sea Serpent Hobie who uses harpoon spears meant to kill him as piercings! And old anchor chains as jewelry!

Sea Serpent Hobie who attacks big commercial fishing boats that are destroying the ecosystem by overfishing

But also benign Sea Serpent Hobie, who aids those lost at sea!

Who helps smaller local fishing buisnesses with sustainable fishing

Who looks out for this small fishing community and in return they warn him whenever hunters show up in the area!

Sea Serpent Hobie who is huge but still manages to hide perfectly in the kelp forests!

Who has bioluminescence and uses it both to terrify enemies and as a way to calm down people in distress, as a way for him to signal goodwill - and to show off when he feels like it!

Who can change his pigmentation similarly to octopi to communicate his mood and feelings! Or just to blend in with his surroundings (also as a nod to the way he changes filters in the movie!)

Sea Serpent Hobie who's frequently seen swimming with whale pods- Orcas being his favourites to hang out with (they sometimes go on yacht sinking trips together)

Sea Serpent Hobie who likes to give people a show and will show off by breaching right next to unsuspecting boats

DO YOU SEE MY VISION?!??

SEA SERPENT HOBIE!!!!!!💙💙💙

[chuwenjie]

Miguel meets Miles for the first time. These are some of my favorite color keys I painted while working on Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse!

[panstovoid]

I find it amazing how in into the spiderverse peter b literally became a parent to some teens and was a little bit salty about it but then in across the spiderverse he literally had a child because he missed his spider kids and their chaos.

[ollipaj]

a really uhhh Amusing coincidence has happened (i feel bad finding it funny but like also cmon) . so the magnus protocol started releasing (and i started listening) around the same time a new girl started working at my job, give or take. this new girl's name was gwen, and we got along pretty alright . we were both invited to a "girl's night" by another coworker, had a few shifts together, made small talk, etc. i didn't know her well.

but anyways im listening to the magnus protocol and i try to imagine the characters in my head. i dont really have super solid ideas of what most of them look like, all of them are kind of nebulous combinations of the various designs i'd seen online at the time. but for some reason that baffled me in the moment, gwen bouchard was really really vivid to me. and she didn't look in my head like any of the designs for her i'd seen online either, this was fully a Me Original here.

and like at some point i realize, probably after coming in to work and seeing coworker gwen after listening to a tmagp episode on the drive minutes before, that Ohhhhh. Ohhhh magnus gwen looks like coworker gwen to me okay thats whyyyy

anyways this is funny in an ironic way because coworker gwen has been taken off the schedule/soft fired because she was consistently not showing up to work without warning, in some cases even after specifically saying that she intends to show up the day before and then bailing with zero communication to anyone and i think magnus protocol gwen would probably pop a vein if she had to manage coworker gwen LMAO

(i do feel a bit bad for my coworker though. idk what her reasons for bailing were n all and i sympathize. but on the other hand i certainly didnt appreciate being on shift on saturday mornings at a coffee shop while we were short a person during rush hours so hopefully whoever takes her spot on the schedule will be more consistent ;-;)

[jb-nonsense]

you guys should do this survey quiz and make a self-insert based on it to put in BG3 and then reblog this and show me

[iwasbored777]

Gwen must tell Miles that she loves him in BTSV or I will eat my favourite boots. Apology isn't enough for me she NEEDS TO TELL HIM HE HEEDS TO KNOW SHE HAS TO FINALLY GET IT OUT OF HER SYSTEM HE THINKS SHE DOESN'T LOVE HIM AND SHE HAS BEEN HOLDING THIS IN FOR TOO LONG