This is fair, but maybe our fundamental idea, our original parent’s reading of Peter (how I genuinely learned to read) differs.
I mean this sincerely, my idea of Peter Parker is a guy who wants to conform to a society he doesn’t belong to, for wealth, gratification, a sense of belonging, who then gets absolutely fucked by any notion of that perceived safety.
Who then spends the rest of his life trying to inspire people to be greater than those same desires he *still has*. With a slight chip on his shoulder and a direct desire to protect the ones just as impressionable and vulnerable as himself.
If I don’t see that in one adaption and you see it another, is there really a difference?
Maybe I’m pretending for clicks (which is wild considering I don’t make that many videos) or maybe my idea of the guy is just as meaningful as your idea of him.
And that’s why we are both talking about the work of Ditko and of Lee and getting meaningless engagement from it.
I’ve always known that HiTop has wanted Spider-Man to be the opposite of who Spider-Man is.
But it’s nice seeing him fully admit it to himself as well.