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fellhellion · 1 year ago

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This is literally nothing that I wasn’t trying to draw connection between in that one web weave post but god. Perceiving the threads connecting these characters.

Gwen for whom fatherhood and authority figure was conflated into one man, a man who at first chooses the role of authority over father. Miguel who fulfils the role of authority figure after this / “I tried to wear [this mask] the way you would want me to. And I didn’t!” <- paraphrased. Miguel who protects Gwen from her father’s choice to prioritise his role as an authority, only to fail to uphold the responsibility he has to her as an adult and mentor by reasserting his power as an authority, grappling for control over himself and how helpless he feels. Gwen’s father knowing what is asked of him as an authority is inherently incompatible with what is asked of him as a father, and upon reflection, unreservedly choosing fatherhood.

#there’s a whole different conversation to be had about how Miguel’s conception of fatherhood and authority figures intersects w this #+ his personal relationship to fatherhood w Gabriella (howeverrrrrr complicated that is) AS WELL AS analysing the power dynamics within the #nuclear family unit and how power traditionally operates and is taught to operate through fathers #the roles they occupy #is this ANYTHING lmao <- is literally just me saying what I was thinking in that web weave #tunes talks spiderverse #‘tunes what do u think of dad figure to Gwen miguel?’ OH BOY. do I think about what this relationship gestures at in the direction of that #idea or more so what we understand about Gwen’s relationship w her father in the brief snippets we have of her relationship w miguel #also. father IS a role of authority. I’m just using authority figure in terms of like. trying to describe other power dynamics abshdhjd #words fail me 😔#but yeah to expand on Miguel a little more THE ENTIRE CONFLATION IN HIS LIFE BETWEEN FATHERHOOD AND AUTHORITY FIGURE #your father who helps maintains the surveillance state AND who has the familial authority to hurt you #who demands respect BECAUSE he occupies the role of father and your role as a child is to comply #killing George O’Hara w my bare hands for the look at me boy comments and what they represent

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