#the bagel effect

[msmargarita]

✨🤓Johnathon/🕳️ Spot Headcanons✨

These are some headcanons I wrote for my two fics:

i'm not going to turn into a cosmic anomaly and leave you forever

and

i'm really serious this time, baby

It has !!spoilers!! for both of those fics!

It's basically an AU unless I somehow foresaw the future and guessed what happens in BTSV!

Beware the keep reading button. This is HUGE.

🤓 Johnathon HCs!

HE IS A GEMINI. Like come on. Talks a lot, nerdy, silly guy. He is a canonically silly guy! In his first fight with Miles he pretends to have hurt his nose (he doesn’t have one) to trick him. So silly! I would bet there's Capricorn somewhere in there too. And Pisces. I’ll make this man’s whole birth chart if you dare me. Just dare me. I’m insane.

Jason Schwartzman used to be in a band in the 00s. I think it would be cool if Johnathon also had some sort of interest in music. I think he would have tried to learn guitar in college but only got a few chords in before life got too chaotic and every now and then he thinks of picking it back up. 

He is also one of those guys who fanboys over old ass music, especially from the 60s and 70s. Loves Jazz, Funk and Prog Rock. Look at this man and tell me he is not a prog rock guy. He is a nerd, he might even be *shudders* a math rock guy. I also think he would have one completely random favorite artist that has nothing to do with the things listed above, like, idk Lizzo. Or Princess Nokia. He just looks like the type.

I think everyone agrees Johnathon is at least in his thirties, but I put him down as thirty-three in the end. I did that because Olivia is thirty-five tops in ITSV (according to Peter) and since he was her subordinate it makes sense that he would be just a little bit younger than her. 

“But hey! That's too young to get a PhD!” you might say, but I think Johnny is an overachiever. I think he was one of those super genius kids that got in early in college and lived for academia. A teacher's pet even.

He is a workaholic, so when he quits his job he gets really lost and doesn't know what to do with himself. He might have a new job soon doing what he loves, so you’re going to need to be on his ass so he doesn’t fall back into his old habit of overworking. 

I like to think that Miles would get an internship under Johnathon a few years in the future and they would learn a lot together. Jonathan would probably take a week to figure out he is Spider-Man and would cover for him when the boy needs to disappear. This actually sounds like a fun drabble to write about.

Johnathon may be a genius, but like he said, he is not too familiar with relationships. I think he might've had one or two in the past, but everything slowed down when he started working at Alchemax. “I’ve been told” is referring to those past relationships, in which he was probably told that he works too much and never has time to spend with his partners. He’s not been with anyone for a long time and his game consists of buying the first comic book he saw on a shelf in order to ask you out.

But that doesn't mean he is cold. Quite the opposite really, Johnathon is very touchy-feely. He hasn't been with anyone for a while and misses touching and being touched. He is most comfortable when being at least 70% curled around you. 

He smokes Dunhill Carltons (he likes to feel fancy), but less now that he isn't as stressed from work. Like he said, he used to go on walks to smoke and pass by the comic book store you work at before you guys had even met. I like to think he developed a little crush back then.

Had his tattoos done in college, so they are very faded now. He doesn’t think of redoing them because the mere thought of having to stay seated for hours in the same place feeling pain stresses him out. He was a lot more easygoing when he had them done.

He did have a superhero phase when he was a kid. He would fantasize a lot about having superpowers and flying away when the bullies showed up. Never thought about fighting back. Before becoming the Spot, he wasn't the confrontational type. The hero thing fizzled out as he grew older, but he would always dream about being stronger. Being a better version of himself in a kinda superficial, but understandable way.

He still has a bunch of action figures, he thinks they look cool. If you give him one, he won't even care if he knows the character or not, he just likes them.

Even though Johanthon says he is “good-looking”, he does add “for a scientist” in the end. I think he tries to mask his insecurities with humor, always putting himself down with a joke, always saying he’s too old, too corny, too nerdy. In the back of his head he knows the hair and the glasses are kind of a look, but he doesn’t feel handsome. You help as much as you can, but that’s an obstacle for him to overcome by himself. I think after i’m really serious this time, baby he gets better at this.

🕳️ The Spot HCs!

For clarification: the story of i’m not gonna turn into a cosmic anomaly and leave you forever stretches the plot of ATSV to a few weeks instead of a day. Just think of it like Spot taking a little longer to power up instead of a few hours.

Since he was forced to do crime to survive, I think he would've thought to himself: "Well, since I have to go rob a store anyway, might as well be that one where that cute cashier works at." 

Yes, Spot starts tracking and following you after you two meet. He uses his computer nerd powers for evil. A very unhealthy way of dealing with a crush, I think.

Spot can eat but he doesn't get any nutritional value from food. When you drink wine together or when he burns his tongue (?) from tea it's just a placebo effect. I like to think that Johnathon's mind is still inside The Spot's body, so he eats just for habit. He says he gets hungry all the time, but it's actually a deep need to consume everything around him. The little rascal.

As he powers up, Spot gets more confident in himself. He thinks the stronger he gets the further away he gets from Johnathon, his old self. Which, in the end, turns out to be true.

I think at first you don't really believe Spot is an actual supervillain which is why when you see him after the fight in Mumbattan it's such a shock. In a way, you did the same thing Miles did when he underestimated him, even if for whole different reasons. I think even though he knows you care about him, Spot knows you don't see him as a threat and that makes him want to impress you more. 

Spot knows that the reason you keep getting new jobs is because his own crazy supervillain life keeps interfering with yours, so he tries to keep it as much hidden from you as possible. He thinks what you don’t know can’t hurt you! As Johnathon, he feels guilty at first that you’re changing your whole life to go with him to New Jersey, BUT this time it was your choice! Not because of supervillain shenanigans!

He does love you (even if it was too early to know) and wants to be with you, but his head is so lost in the supervillain game, he thinks he can’t stop now. You never really realized how serious he was about “being stronger”. Which is why you never tried to stop him.

I chose I’d Rather Be With You as a theme song because I think it’s a song Johnathon/Spot would enjoy. But I also like how the lyrics match both their feelings towards you, in both fics. He wants to fly away with you once he gets all powered up, he loves your smile, etc. He does want to be your friend until the end as the Spot, but as Johanthon he is really committed to work on his bad habits in order to be with you. We gon' make it this time, baby! I cry, damnit. 

It’s also a surprisingly gender-neutral song, with no physical descriptions in it! Anyone can put themselves in the lover's place. Bootsy Collins is cool like that.

I like to think that, in the end, Spot didn't erase himself from the timeline. He just reloaded an old save. Does that make sense? Like you said, your relationship will always have happened, just in an old, non existent dimension. And since Johnathon and you still get dreams and deja vu about the whole thing (think of it as dimensional residue or whatever), you do have all the EXP of the old save. Johnathon, after going through the literal end of all existence and then forgetting about it, feels something compelling him to finally take a chance and enter the comic book store. It’s like when your body goes through something and it remembers later, even if your mind doesn't. Here's a (hopefully) comprehensive timeline:

the end.

Thank you for taking an interest in my weird AU! I would kill for you 💖

[alexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx3]

HI

i wanted to resurrect myself and say i am not dead nor is Pavlov’s Dog discontinued or anything

i am currently writing chapter 2 and it is going well but school has been kicking my ass so expect a bit of a delay

to sort of make up for it, here’s some bad lecture doodles of the silly (i am obsessed w his side profile leave me alone)

ALSO

i am open to doing one shot suggestions or wtv to make up for the lack of updates so if y’all have any requests or anything just lmk

ANYWAYS

hope ur doing well and ily <4

[ajtheweirdo]

Y'know the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once

well

Right outside the place where The Spot makes the mini collider

Bagels, man

Bagels

[lloydzx78]

Going Across the Spider-Verse… Pixelated! 👾🕷️✨

(I’m in the middle of a pixel art phase, and now I can’t stop thinking about pixels)

Originally, this was supposed to be an Ultimate Spider-Man sprite based on the 2005 video game, but because Across The Spider-Verse caught my attention, I switched gears and decided to make a Spider-Verse one instead.

This Spider-Man pixel sprite features a nighttime view of New York’s skyline in a comic art style, as well as some familiar faces in the Spider-Verse! Multiple styles were incorporated to their respective Spider-Person as seen in the movies, adding a layer of immersion to the sprite.

Enjoy, everyone!

[star-light-shadows]

Imagine if Spot's theme in the Across the Spider-Verse OST was legitimately named "The Bagel Effect."

I feel like if the crew for the movie had thought of the phrase it would be incredibly clever, not just because of the obvious riff off of the term "Butterfly effect," but because it's just so goofy sounding.

It reminds me of two things, Steven Universe, and Spooky's Jumpscare Mansion.

Steven universe had its single biggest plot-shifting wham-episode in "A single pale rose," a relatively innocuous episode name with the even more innocuous description of "Steven helps Pearl find her phone."

and the OST of Spooky's Jumpscare Mansion is full of unnerving sounding tracks with names that sound equally cute and disturbing, like "Aputated Marshmallow", "Lusting Strawberry", and "Unknown Hug".

The Goofy and innocuous-sounding name paired with the eldritch terror of the track itself would not only make the track even more unnerving by contrast, but also fit incredibly well with how Spot starts the movie as a klutzy comic-relief.

[thatmultifandomchick]

[Spoilers for Across The Spider-Verse upcoming]

Video idea: A parody of one of those Maury episodes where they’re afraid of a random food but it’s the Spot and bagels

[joking-hazard]

The spot, split, splat :P

[theaxonthatsaltered]

[nimthecryptid]

Be careful with them bagels. They may be delicious, but they might just make you question your whole existence when you least expect it 🥯⚫⚪

[justcallmematt517]

I posted a very dumb fanfic.

(Spoilers for Across the Spider-Verse)

[msmargarita]

i'm not going to write more angst and leave you depressed (aka: me ranting about my spot x reader fic)

🚨BEYOND THE SPIDER-VERSE THEORY ALERT WOO WOO🚨

So yeah. I think there might be a chance that Spot breaks the multiverse beyond repair in the next movie and the only way to fix it is to reset it. I think Spot's character is kind of a metaphor for the “consequences of your actions”, I mean, he powers up because Miles doesn’t take his job seriously, he is the result of a mega corporation's evil experiments, etc. I mean, he became an eldritch being (how tf do you defeat that), I think the only way to stop Spot is to make it so he never exists. They might do time travel, I don’t know… In my fic, Spot himself gets so powerful he resets everything (through the power of not actually writing how he does it!) to a time before the accident and Johnathon quits his job. It's a reach, but who knows? Good thing this is just fanfiction, right?

And of course, I took a lot of liberties with this. I think a lot of Spot’s character revolves around not liking yourself and changing yourself so much that you lose what used to make you, you. And I resonate with that a lot. I also resonate with the Reader getting so in love with someone and so lost in your own fantasy that you ignore every single red flag on the way. And there are MANY!

I guess in the end, it was all about meeting the right person at the wrong time. And then getting the chance to try again. I’ve been dealing with some mental health stuff right now and writing this helped me a lot. I’m sorry if this wasn’t what people had in mind or if you wanted more Spot stuff and were disappointed lol. But I’m still glad I wrote it!

Thanks for reading! And for all the comments and for being cute <3 Remember to give yourself another chance when you need it. Bye!

[alexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx3]

my ao3 invitation finally came so all y’all spot lovers get ready for more content bc ik we are DEPRIVED and i plan to fix that

[ajtheweirdo]

Hello there

[littleredplanetnumberfour]

bagel shop chronicles, part 2

i washed dishes for three hours, forgot to drink water, and almost passed out

while working the register, i was looking at the different syrups we have to put in coffee, and i was like “what if we put caramel syrup in lemonade”

our head barista heard me and was like “let’s do it”

it was actually phenomenal. super fucking sweet but it kinda tasted like strawberries?

everyone who has tried it so far has loved it

while i was sitting in my car before my shift a girl walked into the shop with a bag that read “no masters no gods” under a drawing of a possum

a girl came in with a six of crows sweatshirt while we were slow and we fangirled to each other for like five minutes straight

while working at the prep station yesterday a bagel shot out of the toaster and knocked another bagel onto the floor

while taking a short break i remarked how weird it was that a takeout order for 10:45 hadn’t been picked up yet (it was around noon)

NOT TWO MINUTES LATER the customer showed up to get it

one of my coworkers accidentally spilled bacon grease on the floor and i almost wiped out

[thatmultifandomchick]

A Spider-Verse animation meme I did

[rutabagel]

Model house life meltdown still a modern dream letdown, it kills me You know I'm dying out here What would you trade the pain for? I'm not sure

This song's about rvb now sorry guys