#silver spider

[maumoraart]

I did this mini comic commission for @/xolo_aau of his Spidersona, Silver Spider, interacting with the characters of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse!

[zegalba]

Christopher Locke: 'Spiders' (2012)

[spidermanifested]

heres MY rambly black sails analysis for the day, after watching the show twice in as many months i wholeheartedly believe in the "long john silvers quote unquote missus in treasure island is max, not madi" theory

the most obvious thing, as others have pointed out, is that in treasure island long john silver runs an inn with his wife, a black woman, in bristol, which is absolutely not madi behavior-- i cannot imagine madi would take him back in the first place much less move with him TO ENGLAND-- but IS maxs exact area of expertise. but theres so many other things that cement it for me

as early as episode 2, max tries to convince eleanor to buy out the inn and run it together with her when england takes nassau back. this is her dream-- to share power over her life with a woman she loves, free of the pressures of the outside world. (youll note this also happens to be silvers dream for himself and madi. the parallels)

in season 4 shes faced with the suspiciously similar option to take a husband to be the face of her business, completely on paper, for the sake of the public eye. and she refuses! she doesnt want to give a man that kind of power over her. not only that but she desperately wants to retain some kind of truth in her identity-- she admires anne for her honesty, her courage. these are things she can rarely afford to express. in refusing a marriage of convenience, she asserts her autonomy.

But. black sails tells us over and over again that an oppressive society will always find ways to batter down these private boundaries. there is no island safe from colonial rule. mirandas peaceful house in the interior is burnt to the ground. the maroons are forced to accept a freedom that comes at the price of abandoning those still enslaved and taking part in their continued subjugation. the things it takes to make these spaces are terrible, and unsustainable, and when it comes to being gay in the 1700s there is a tightrope to walk between privilege and privacy, one that destroyed flint and the hamiltons, thats even narrower to max as a self-made woman of color.

given all that, i do not believe she can girlboss her way out of her circumstances no matter how many lessons she took from what happened to eleanor. nor do i think the show believes it. i think the political-marriage-offer plot point is another illustration of that theme-- maxs desire, and silvers desire, to build a warm, happy room in the middle of the imperial machine, without meaningfully striking out against the machine itself, is destined to be futile no matter how strong they are as individuals.

max and silver are mirror images of one another. each of them is essentially the narrator of one half of the story. it is absolutely agonizing how BOTH of them tried to convince their lovers to abandon their ambitions, to settle for a quiet life with them, and in doing so saw that relationship destroyed by their own fear of an uncertain future....

....And its even MORE agonizing to imagine them finally securing the trappings of a domestic life... but without the love. and they know the love was what mattered! theyre always going to know!!!

it bookends PERFECTLY with their alliance at the start of the series. theyre right where they started, trusting no one, pretending to be humble and harmless, planning to steal the EXACT SAME TREASURE, except now theyre 50 years old and jaded and bitter and both pining after their lost loves. silver probably pictures madi whenever he tells people about his wife. when he and max have time to themselves they talk solely about finances and nothing else. its honestly impressive how miserable this is for every single person involved. im losing my mind

[solidsmax]

Marvel 97'

[shopwitchvamp]

Black & White Spider Lily Midi Skirt (with pockets!) by Witch Vamp 🖤witchvamp.com🖤

[kekwcomics]

SPIDER-CHEF

[knifeforsale]

CASE XX HALLOWEEN SPIDERWEB TRAPPER | LISTING

[cloud-ya]

anthro spooder kafka to complete the Furry Hunters

[browsethestacks]

The Marvel(ous) Art Of Alex Maleev

[heartnosekid]

in.herbones on ig

[thepixelatedcactus]

[andrew3garfield]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREW GARFIELD <3

— August 20, 1983 🎂

I realized that after finding this thing that allowed me to express myself - acting - and being encouraged by a few people that I could do it, I had kind of grabbed onto it and dug in my claws in a way that was maybe a bit unhealthy. I allowed myself to get into a headspace where I lived or died by what I achieved in this particular field.

[autisticshadowthehedgehog]

i'm having too much fun on @naylissah's spidersona piccrew. i doubt it was intended to make sonic the hedgehog humansonas BUT

[extraordinary-heroes]

Artist Showcase: Matias Bergara (Marvel Works)

[solidsmax]

X-MEN 97' - 1.08 | Tolerance is Extinction Part 1

[sanchomps]

ocs in formal wear

from left to right (after spider) vespula (@grimmblewick), audax (mine), sissel (@panicbones) and atlas (@slimyteeths)