#i won't lie i'm tempted to make a separate blog for spiderverse stuff just bc i feel a lil bad making y'all see it all the time

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i love when you rewatch a movie and you notice lil details that you didn't before :' ) like how m.iles chooses to sit in the backseat of his dad's car rather than sit up front with him. that tells us right off at the start that there's some discomfort on his end bc he's creating distance between them, even if it's a small distance. he could have sat his bags in the back -- most people would have instead of sitting them in the front seat. you come to understand why m.iles creates that distance as the movie progresses and you see that his dad tends to be harder on m.iles than his mom is. his mom is softer on him and maybe understands him a little better, too, which is why m.iles doesn't put up a fight when she's giving him a kiss goodbye ( he complains but there's no real push ). later on, too, she says something like, " he didn't even pick up for me, " implying that m.iles must typically take her calls even when he's avoiding his dad.

this is a little ramble-y but!! it's lil details like that that make me so happy bc it's good story-telling!! i love when movies show vs. tell bc actions really can be so effective in getting your point across and more impactful, too.

now don't click the read more unless you're okay with spoilers for a.tsv!! i mean it bc it's a big spoiler!!

this might be reaching, but i do wonder if placing m.iles in the back of the police car and showing us his pov, looking at his dad through the mesh/bar/whatever you call it window is also referencing the fact that he would have become the prowler and a criminal/villain had he not been bitten by that spider? i feel like it's really more about establishing where the characters stand with each other, but it's an interesting thought! especially since m.iles' colors for the ' spidey sense ' were originally purple and green before switching to blue and red, so i don't doubt the writers were having fun with foreshadowing and whatnot :' )