#just a little uncanny a little unsettling (even more unsettling than a spider-powered dude usually is anyway)

[scarletspider2the2ndpower]

“Spider-Verse - Part Two: Superior Force,” Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 3/2014), #10.

Writer: Dan Slott; Penciler: Olivier Coipel; Inker: Wade von Grawbadger; Colorist: Justin Ponsor; Letterer: Chris Eliopoulos

[kabutoraiger]

favorite TMA eps bc s4 is almost here and i’m feeling the hype

01. angler fish - maybe it’s just like. “oho how simple it all was at the very beginning” but nah i think i actually love this one. it just all feels so subtly unsettling rather than outright alarming which is my favorite kind of spooky story. & even with what we know now the anglerfish is still a pretty mysterious being. they made a good choice leaving the very first creature mostly untouched in The Lore. what a good start to the show

15. lost johns’ cave - not sure why i love this one so much. i guess you can set anything in an eerie cave & play up the silence & loneliness of it all and it just immediately goes up a notch for me. i like the unreliable narrator that leaves you a bit unsure of what really happened (even in retrospect it’s hard to say for certain)

24. strange music - i hate clowns, dolls, and especially clown dolls, so you’d think i’d be pretty :/ about this one but that part isn’t quite as interesting to me. it’s more the calliope organ itself that’s just such a cool haunted item, the idea of being followed by the music until the circus finally comes for you......

30. killing floor - ok so typically the flesh episodes set off “ew” reactions rather than genuine horror for me, but. this one’s good. the impossible space butcher plant feels like a silent hill level that never happened & the writing is so tight (though maybe a Little overly edgy)

38. lost and found - things disappearing and people’s memories being rewritten and the narrator being the only one who remembers!! oh shit dude that’s like my favorite psychological content and then the creature coming out of the pot aaaaaaaaaa

44. tightrope - i’m just totally taken with this awful circus, i guess. the virtue of being the first gertrude episode really elevates it, too. her voice + the content gives it an extra eerie feel. this is my favorite “historical” TMA by far. love how technically everyone made it out fine and yet they were all never quite the same...

61. hard shoulder - obviously this one works best in conjunction with the first Coffin Ep (bc who could’ve expected the contents would be... that) but even alone it would still be good. something about daisy’s description of this guy just headin on down the stairs is like. wack.jpg. also just learning more about the fucked up life of daisy tonner is a major plus

74. fatigue - i lost a year of lifespan to tiredness and anxiety listening to this one. A+

77. the kind mother - similar to my experience with ‘lost and found’ god i just love when something is plainly different but only the pov character notices... of course i like all the not them eps for that reason but this one sticks out more than the others, maybe bc it targeted such a complicated & important person in the narrator’s life

81. a guest for mr spider - of course we all adore this one. spooky childrens picture books hook me every time, and it’s just such a milestone episode. every one of jon’s past “why does it have to be spiders” comments... i getchu even more now my man

86. tucked in - THE BLANKET NEVER DID ANYTHING.

87. the uncanny valley - the narrator in this one would be #me stumbling into some bizarro shit, except in my case it’d be bc i didn’t have my glasses on. while obviously we know the general purpose of this “factory” it still feels like there’s enough unanswered questions behind it to keep it mysteriously creepy... though maybe that’s just the weirdness of the stranger getting to me

107. third degree - the desolation eps aren’t usually big faves but damnn the tone & imagery in this one is so excellent. above like every other episode imo this one best captures how you can get your entire life ruined by the powers that be just being a poor sap in the wrong place at the wrong time. fuckt

110. creature feature - this one i love more for the premise than the execution, admittedly. i was so Hell Yeah about the idea of a cursed kaiju movie and was a bit let down by the end result, but the concept just appeals to me so much i can absolutely look past it

114. cracked foundation - this ep gets me in a way the other hilltop road entries don’t quite manage. maybe it’s the cleanliness and newness of the place the narrator describes contrasted with the slowly creeping dread, and then finally the reveal that it doesn’t want to “hurt” her, just. displace her slightly from the real world for all eternity :) great stuff