#keep in mind I've only seen this movie once and it's unlikely i'll rewatch it soon

[soap-stains]

spoilers for Across the Spiderverse if the tags didn't filter correctly or smthn

thinking about how miles was bit by the e42 spider. how because of the spider finding him peter died. how aaron died. how the collider could've doomed them all. but like, this event causes peter to get back with mj and have a kid, noir takes home some color, and gwen falls for miles and captain stacy quits. none of these things were supposed to happen, yet their universes didn't collapse. e42 should've collapsed without a spider-man, and it didn't! the only proof we have of a universe collapsing is the one miguel stayed in. pavitr's had a black hole, which is strangely visually (and maybe just generally) different from what happened to miguel? i can't help but wonder if miguel is the real anomaly, not miles.,, or at least, miguel's need to be in control is the anomaly? the no one person should control the multiverse thing, yk? and that's what he's trying to do! honestly the funniest part to me is that he's not even peter parker but he fr thinks he should be the leader. like lmao. you're a side story king. that tangent aside idk, it's weird to me that the events of itsv didn't fuck things up the way miguel implies they should have.

i just can't help but think miguel's hypothesis is flawed? as far as i can remember he's only witnessed an event like this once. like, what even was meant to happen after he died on the other earth that caused it to disintegrate? was his daughter supposed to grow up and become a spider or something? once again i gesture to how 42 never had a spider-man and was fine! okay it wasn't FINE but the universe kept going. something doesn't add up.