#friendly neighborhood spider pearl

[xkaru-karux]

“i could be the light and pearl could be the darkness” - mythical j. sausage

[torisprlng]

#heart eyes

your friendly neighborhood spider-man | 1.02: the parker luck

[ivvyela]

hey so i’m watching your friendly neighborhood spider-man and i hope nico ends up with pearl and peter ends up with lonnie. please, your friendly neighborhood spider-man, give me what everyone else was afraid to give. give me canon bisexual peter parker.

[amageish]

First trailer for Your Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man is out and it seems to confirm that Peter Parker/Pearl Pangan will be the main romance of the show.

It's an interesting pairing and I am curious if Pearl will actually get her powers - she is apparently a swim team member, at least, but I'm unsure if she's a full-on waterbender...

Nico Minoru seems to be taking the role of Peter's gay* friend who affectionately teases him about things, which is a good role for her and I'm glad she isn't the love interest. I do still hope she has an explicit sapphic relationship, but, given Disney's anti-queer censorship streak lately, I am not optimistic.

*Yes, I know she's bisexual. I am using gay as an umbrella term.

[karmaspidr]

[scribe-of-maat]

The new Spider-Man show is excellent. This is going to be my spoiler-free thoughts on the first two episodes.

Pros

This new Harry is my favorite incarnation of him already. We actually don't interact with him all that much in the first two episodes, but it's interesting to see how/if he'll be Peter's best friend. Especially when...

This guy seems so much more in that role already. If you don't know, Lonnie Lincoln is a longtime Spider-Man villain called Tombstone. They may not o that route here, but his personability AND the way the show clearly portrays how his race impacts his life struck a chord with me.

So far the plot itself has been fine. But my biggest hype moment was when reality struck at the end of episode two - HIGH recommend.

Cons

Nico's inclusion here rubs me entirely the wrong way. And it's not so much the fact that before now she had nothing to do with Spider-Man at all, it's because this continues the MCU trend of taking things from Miles because they're played out everything of Peter's so hard. Nico here is Ganke. That's the role she serves. Them doing this forces Miles adaptations to have to write around it so they're not seen as aping things that rightfully belong to him.

Pearl. Okay, this one is more of a mini-con leading into a bigger con, but in an effort to diversify the blinding whitness of Peter's 70 year history, the MCU has made his love interest Black. Now, at least, they're making it clear that Pete liking older dark-skinned women is going to be a continuing theme. I prefer Pearl with Lei Ling/Aero personally, but her being here is going to overshadow everything unique about her as just another of Pete's love interests.

[the-great-knight-gay]

Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man Review: Episodes 1 and 2

I've just watched the first two episodes of YFNSM and I have one thing to say...

I was fucking right. It's not a bad show.

In fact, its pretty decent especially so far.

Full review under the cut: *SPOILER ALERT*

Characters:

One of the MOST important factors this show needed to get right was the characters and BOY DID THEY.

Let's start with the supporting cast.

Harry Osborn is the character with the least screen time so far (his only appearances being the 'Good Deed' clip in Amazing Fantasy and a shot of him on television in The Parker Luck) so there isn't much to say about him yet.

Next is Pearl Pangan, a character who hasn't shown up much outside of being Peter Parker's older crush who seems like a genuinely nice person. She also seems to be a less academically inclined version of Liz Allen-Toomes from Spider-Man: Homecoming (by which I mean that Liz was the captain of the Academic Decathlon and Pearl hasn't really had any scenes that show she has that level of intelligence). The similarities between the two characters are high so it might lead to people asking, 'Why not just reuse Liz?'.

The answer is, why not? Reusing Liz would have been fun but she doesn't add much to the story (at least yet) and the usage of Pearl has quite a few positives. One, it raises awareness about some lesser known Marvel characters (Pearl is a minor super hero and an Agent of Atlas called Wave) and it allows for different stories to be potentially told in the future. This is the same reason they used Nico Minoru rather than a character like MJ or Gwen, both of which he met in College btw not High School - pretty much all Spider-Man media since the first Ultimate Spider-Man comics have decided his ENTIRE supporting cast should be in high school with him. Personally the easiest way to rectify that imo is to just make an adaptation where he's in college or got a job already (adapt the JMS run marvel I dare you) but one can hope.

The characters in the Oscorp Internship where also a fun nod to characters in comics (looking at you Amadeus Cho aka Totally Awesome Hulk/Iron Spider depending on the adaptation) and Carla Conners was a fun addition (also I better not see anyone hating on her for being a genderswapped and raceswapped version of Curt Conners - there is no part of Dr Conners character that is negatively affected by these changes - its still the same character)

May seems to be very similar by the MCU version (which makes sense) so nothing much to say there yet.

Norman is a character we haven't seen yet in MCU media outside of Willem Dafoe reprising his role from the Raimi movies and I am LOVING it. Colman Domingo is FANTASTIC in the voice role, bringing just the right amount of menace and authority to his voice. All I need now is for him to be able to play crazy and we can get a potentially amazing Green Goblin when the time comes (also his design is just *chefs kiss*)

Next is the character that might actually interest me the most.

Lonnie Lincoln.

Anyone who has seen The Spectacular Spider-Man (or read my screenplay on ao3 - sorry for the promo but I don't get many chances to advertise it) will know who he is. Tombstone, a vicious gangster and mob boss and in this show, he's... an American football player.

And I love it.

Saying that he's been just put into the 'nice jock' category, while accurate, does not think to scratch the potential of this character. There is a scene where he's walking home and it's revealed he lives in a rough neighbourhood. In that same scene, we see that he is helping his family out in quite a few ways (for example the part where he offers to help his little brother with homework) but the part that stuck with me was with his mother when he said that he'd talked to someone about fixing their car and how to get a cheaper price for it.

Money problems.

What I'm thinking they're doing is they aren't showing Tombstone as a mob boss. No. They're showing his descent from upstanding citizen and star American football player to gang violence. We already see that they've planted the seeds and we know they're going for the long haul with this show (It's been greenlit all the way up to season 3 already) so I'm incredibly excited to see Lonnie's arc play out, especially if we're going to get Tombstone by the end of it.

"Cold as Ice. Hard as marble. What else would you call a Tombstone?"

Next, we have the main character himself. Peter Parker. The Amazing Spider-Man.

This might be their best achievement yet in the show. They have Peter's dorky attitude and nerdy demeanour down to a T and it's so fun to watch. He's also a genuinely good person, just how Peter should be. A scene that stands out is the scene where he's caught a shoplifter who's broken down and crying in his eyes and he looks at them and he doesn't see a criminal. No. He sees someone who was down on their luck and asks the shop owner to give them a second chance if they give back the money they stole. It's beautiful and it's so very... Spider-Man. This is the exact kind of thing Spider-Man should be. A friendly guy who's just in the neighbourhood. It's a scene that's very reminiscent of Tom Taylor's Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man in all the best ways. (also the shop that was stolen from is called Pizza Time and that's already the best thing ever)

Animation:

Okay so some people have been saying the animation of this show isn't very good which I can say is not an unfounded concern. The effort the show has taken to emulate the original Ditko comics have had a slightly detrimental effect to some of the series.

There aren't as many background extras used in an attempt to mimic the original comics and lots of the shots don't use typically cinematic shading, opting instead to use brighter and slightly less rendered shots to emulate the older style. In some ways, this is actually really cool if you can appreciate the attempt to mimic the 60s style but it can be quite off putting for some people which I can respect.

There are also some issues with the 3d models. The characters mouths don't always move directly in sync and sometimes, for when they do use background extras, they are just 2d images in the back which can be quite unsettling when standing in the same shot as 3d models (there is one scene at a party where Nico is on the phone with Peter and in the background there's a completely unmoving 2d person who's eyes just seem to follow Nico and its quite unsettling).

HOWEVER, there are some incredibly beautiful shots too. Some shots are a direct mimic of older MCU shots from Peter's first introduction in CA:CW like the opening shot and final scene of the first episode which stand out as incredibly well done.

The best part of the animation is easily the web swinging which is so well done and one of my favourite parts of this version of Spider-Man so far. His movement is rough and unrefined as it should be for a Year One: Spider-Man but it is very reminiscent of the Insomniac Games style swinging (which in my personal opinion has the best web swinging in Spider-Man media since The Amazing Spider-Man 2) and it is INCREDIBLY fun to watch when it occurs. They actually focus some time on the web swinging too unlike some other adaptations which see him shoot a web and then THWIP out of the camera frame so we get to really see the extent of this web swinging.

Story:

This is the one where I probably have the least to say, mainly because we're only 1/5 of the way into the season so far and we haven't actually gotten much of the story revealed yet. However, it definitely has a LOT of potential.

Episode 1 establishes that the Spider that bit Peter came from a portal (alongside this universes version of Doctor Strange who is fighting a demon looking creature which is credited as Symbiotic Alien - Klyntar easter egg?????) which might be slightly different to some people but to me this gives me a heavy JMS vibes.

JMS wrote for Spider-Man from 2001 to 2007 and created what became the foundation of the Spider-Verse by introducing the Spider-Totems to the Marvel mythology. He said that the powers that Peter received did not come from the radiation, but the spider itself. The radiation is just what killed the spider. It was never even stated that Peter was the intended recipient of the powers and was hinted that maybe he was just in the right place at the right time when the spider died, which really hammers home the idea that anyone can be behind the mask.

The spider coming from a portal which also brings a symbiotic alien that looks hauntingly similar to Shathra (also a character introduced by JMS that returned to the Spider-Verse in Dan Slott's End of Spider-Verse story line) hints that maybe YFNSM is taking a similar approach to JMS , which is always a good thing. I mean that man wrote Back In Black. (OMD and Sins Past were editorial and should not be credited to JMS despite it being his run people)

Now in terms of the rest of the story, we haven't gotten many hints yet but there is a scene where Spider-Man fights Butane and sees a symbol on his gauntlet that looks hauntingly similar to the number 8. You know what has 8 limbs?

An octopus. Specifically, Doctor Octopus.

We already know Doc Ock is in this show. My theory is that Butane's gauntlets were made by him but my main piece of evidence that tells me that he's the final villain?

The final episode of the season is called 'If This Be My Destiny...'

ITBMD is one of the most famous Spider-Man comics of all time and the panel where Spider-Man lifts the heavy machinery of his body has become legendary. It was used in multiple adaptations of Spider-Man, including Spectacular and Homecoming. Doctor Octopus is also the main villain of that storyline.

Norman Osborn seems to be a character that they're setting up as a main villain for the complete show but not the main season just yet, similar to how the insomniac games treat him. They seem to be putting Doc Ock as the first big villain and then following up with Norman later down the line, maybe around Season 3.

All in all, this show is shaping up to be an incredible adaptation. What are your thoughts?

[spider-mandaily]

Meet Pearl Pangan from Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man!

[miimo96]

Thoughts on YFNSM so far

So just checked out the new "Your friendly neighborhood Spider man" series and Omg when I tell you that I am Loving this show i mean I am absolutely LOVING this show so far, at 1st I really hesitant like many others That this was going to be another Spiderman series by name only, and wasn't going to be anything special or true to the Spider man character, that being that it felt too "WOKE" and just didn't FEEL like Spider man, and BOY was I wrong, when I tell you that this series is Really good, I mean it, as a LONG time Spiderman fan myself I was immediately worried from how I was gonna feel by this due to the way it was Advertised and from the way the it kinda started.

At 1st It a bit felt weird seeing that instead of the usual bitten by a radioactive spider via a science lab incident storyline, this one has Peter being bit by a spider taken from the MULTIVERSE, which is an ALREADY interesting choice, kinda reminds of across the spider verse and how miles got his powers the exact same way, I also love how the animation kinda reminds of another GOATED spider man show from my time, that being Spider man the NEW Animated series, and how introduces new original characters AND different takes on classic ones (like Dr Conor's)

Another thing I love is definitely the side cast for this series, characters like Nico, Lonnie, pearl and even May are all interestingly written, and I especially love the Dynamic between Peter and may, it feels like a genuine familial love relationship and is just so sweet to see ^^ I also love how Spider man himself isn't really that much of a shit talker and is just kinda a bit snarky rather than coming off as cocky, he still talks his shit but does it in away that makes it feel like it's just another way of peter helping people by calling them out on their shit ^^; speaking of which they really make it very clear that this is a FRIENDLY neighborhood Spider man, going as far to have him basically help everyone out in anyway he can, and even going as far as to have him effing save Animal's, like yo he really puts the FRIENDLY in friendly neighborhood, not to mention that opening, ouuuu what an absolute BANGER, I especially love how it sounds like the original 60s spider man cartoon intro mixed with a bit of a rap that perfectly encapsulates Spider man ^^

Finally let's get onto the big Star himself Spiderman, from what I've seen so far I can tell this is a very good interpretation of Peter/Spiderman, He has the heart of a hero despite not having powers in the beginning and immediately rushes into danger despite the odds of the situation, he helps the neighborhood in anyway he can and even tries to give others a second chance, he has a humble and quirky personality and doesn't come off as cringe or "woke", just awkward, which is a STAPLE for his character, he has a good relationship with others and isn't bullied for his brains like most other stories, he's respected by others in his community and even gets PRAISE for saving the day, from everything I just listened THIS is how you do Spider man, not by making a show or series that is just representing Spiderman by name, with only 2 episodes being out I can tell that this is going to be both an interesting and GOOD series, and I totally can't wait to see what happens next ^^ Before you go and judge I eurge to go PLEASE go check it out 1st before anything if ya haven't already, I'm interested in seeing where this goes, Marvel MIGHT have just made a banger

[sarcasticace]

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Episode 1+2

This show is good. The animation, kinda rough, but when you consider its kinda like a Telltale game, it's quite enjoyable. The art style, however, is really cute. I like it.

But what i really enjoy is the direction they took with the characters. You got Nico Minoru, from the Runaways, as peter's new best friend. Unclear if she's also going to get powers (magic, you know what i mean), but I think her inclusion is really cool. Also, his childhood crush, Pearl Pangam, is the superhero Wave. not in the show. unclear if that'll happen. but that's really interesting. It would've been easy to like adapt MJ, Gwen, and/or Harry etc etc as his high school friends. So this is interesting. Especially because they have superhero backgrounds. There's also Amadeus Cho as one of the interns that Peter works alongside.

Lonnie Lincoln, one of spidey's villains, is also his classmates in this show. Replaces Flash, I guess, but he's not a bully. They actually become friends. I'm curious what they're gonna do here. Like... are they tell the story of him becoming tombstone and he goes from being friends with Peter to being archenemies with Spiderman or something completely different. I think the later. But either way, it seems like they have big plans for him and that's got me excited

And they have Norman Osborne in here. Copy&pasting that one scene in Civil War where Tony recruits Spidey, but using Norman instead. And I think that's really fun. Has the potential to create a different dynamic between Peter Parker and Norman Osborne. Spider-man and Green Goblin. At least different from what I've seen.

I also imagine the Doctor Strange and Venom (?) fight at the beginning is going to come back later. Especially since the portal is where the Spider came from. Very mysterious. Not as in a mystery, but just.... that's like the strangest part. Pun intended.

It's also funny that apparently the VA for Spiderman said he originally thought the show was gonna be annoying and woke, but changed his mind which is really weird because... yeah, by their standards those weirdos WOULD think this show is super woke. So not sure what's going on with him if that's true.

[mongoosemisc]

Today I watched the second episode of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, and I am now subjecting my 6 whole followers to hearing my thoughts.

So, get ready for pt. 2 of:

✨🎺Mongoose's Monumental Commentary on Marvel Media🎺✨

Since I'll probably watch the whole series with the same friend I watched the first episode with, I'll include their thoughts when I do reviews for the other episodes.

Spoilers ahead for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man episode 2: The Parker Luck

Overview: I like episode 2 more than the first episode, but that is to be expected with most series. This episode does a good job fleshing out the world of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man more, along with introducing more characters.

Things I Liked:

I liked that Aunt May let Norman Osborn into her apartment without even knowing who he was. Like girl, don't just let some strange man in before you find out who he is!

Lonnie and Peter's blossoming "bro-mance". If they don't kiss at least once I will pour Sprite on every copy of Amazing Fantasy #15.

We get to meet Amadeus Cho and this universe's Curt Connors, Carla Connors. I think that this is totally epic and cool. When I tried telling my friend who Amadeus Cho was, I said that he was "The smart kid from Hulk" and now my friend understands his character completely.

Butane burning down the wrong building, then Spider-Man melting his face off. Butane's visor was cracked, my guy, he'll be able to do a Freddy Kreuger cosplay with no makeup.

Peter changing into Spider-Man inside OsCorp, a heavily secure building that probably has cameras at every corner. Of course Norman saw him changing.

Things I Didn't Like:

Peter still trying to get with his old babysitter, Pearl. He obviously needs to get with Lonnie instead. He would still be a homewrecker, but at least this time he could be a canonically bi homewrecker 😁👍

A kid didn't get hit in the skull by a brick 😔

My friend's review: "Overall, pretty good. Loved Butane’s design. Pretty good plot. Less kids getting brutally killed tho. Also, the episode strengthened the Lonnie x Parker ship."

In conclusion, this was an episode of an animated show about a comic book character of whom many people know.

[xkaru-karux]

spiderpearlspiderpearlspiderpearlspiderpearl-

pearlo joined fantasy smp and is an arachnea

she’s a little spooky and bloody, possibly venomous, but hey! she a cutie!

[h0t-p1nk-ch33tah-pr1nt]

=0 - If you and your f/o were mermaids, what would your tails look like? << Important /lh

=0- UGGHHHHGGG OK

So, I'm gonna start with me cuz it is so so so SO simple, pink.

Like a pink anemone, her upper half is the bottom while her tail is the fluffy part, she's a mermaid who collects a lot of gold, to only like lay on her fancy arm couch, watching the pearls go down her arm

HOBIE IS A SHARK more so a nurse shark cuz those are my fave, his tail has so much scarring some done by him like the anarchy symbol and his Friendly neighborhood Spider man symbol on his back fin

He's the one to get Kath her gold, and pearls they do that shark pile up when they are around, but his guitar is made out of old plywood and shells from the fallen ships yk yk

[agent-42]

When I saw Spiderman homecoming I thought Peter's classmates were going to become super heroes. Like blue bird, black tiger, and silk.

Which didn't happen but "your friendly neighborhood spider-man might scratch that itch. I'm sure nico minoru will get magic, amadeus cho probably won't become a Hulk but he'll probably get a club. Pearl will become wave, jeanene will become finesse,

[elytra404]

watching ep one and two of the new spiderman show, 'your friendly neighborhood spiderman', and i love it? lotties great, nicos great, peters great, we haven't really seen much of pearl yet but i bet shes gonna be great too!

the immediate queer rep of nico is amazing?? i adore them, and i haven't caught their pronouns yet so im going with they/them till proven otherwise and once/if i am im still gonna hold this headcannon

lottie is amazing? i adore him? just ahhh best boy

peter is great? hes so silly, hes such a silly little spider boy. i think hes great and what we've seen of him as spiderman hes such a good boy, hes so sweet and kind to people in need but funny and quick, i love him for it!

the theme song is amazing?? i really like it, its the classic with a new twist and AhhH i love it

also i really like the animation? im not sure but i think the reason people think its jerky is a lack of smear frames? which i really like cause it means every pause could be a comic panel? i love it!

[karmaspidr]

Peter: I figured it out!

Nico: How to stop looking like a loser? Sorry to tell you, Pete, but there is no cure.

Peter: Haha. Very funny, Nico, but no. I know how I can convince Pearl to go out with me.

Nico: This again? Dude, she's seeing another guy, who's your bro, and she's your babysitter, who we somehow go to the same classes as despite the age difference. Just drop it.

Peter: No, hear me out. The problem is that she still sees me as a kid...

Nico: Did you not hear what I just said?

Peter: ...but what if she sees me dating someone else, then she'll not only see how grown up I am but also that I can be a good boyfriend. It's foolproof.

Nico: Except for the numerous faults in it, but okay, I'll bite. Who's going to be your kid-friendly prostitute?

Peter: Well, I was thinking you could do it.

Nico.exe is not responding.