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justalitlecreacher · 4 years

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I’m here to prove that Andrew Garfield’s portrayal of Spider-man/peter parker in The Amazing Spider-Man is objectively the best love action adaptation of the character. In this essay I will....(yes this is really happening)

Edit: 10/20/20- i want to indulge myself in spiderman content but finding non mcu spiderman content is exhausting so imma update this instead

TL;DR

Andrew Garfield is my favorite of the 3 Spider-Man actors. TAS’s Peter is more fun and dynamic than the cookie cutter “shy introverted nerd that has a crush on a girl who’s way out of his league” Peter in Tobey Maguire’s movies. I enjoy Tom Holland’s portrayal of the character, but hate the way Disney has written the movies. I enjoy the characters, plot, and humor of The Amazing Spider-Man far more than the other 2, and i deeply wish we had gotten the third movie with the canon BIder-Man of Andrew’s (and my) dreams.

[DISCLAIMER: I HAVE NOT SEEN THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 OR ANY MCU SPIDERMAN MOVIES OUTSIDE OF CLIPS AND REVIEWS ITS ALSO BEEN A VERY HOT MINUTE SINCE IVE SEEN A TOBEY MAGUIRE MOVIE]

Characterization

Most arguments against Andrew Garfield’s Spidey( AG’s from now on) begin and ends with “he was a good Spider-Man but a bad Peter Parker”. This references an outdated post comparing all three Spidey actors.(Id attach the image here but i dont want the post to be too long(thats a lie this is so long what am i doing with my life)) The post also claims that Tobey played a good Peter and a poor Spidey; and that Tom is good at both “roles”.(Honestly I think it seems silly that this seems obey the “third time’s the charm” rule but thats just me). Most people using this seem to be Tobey stans who have forgotten or ignored the rest of the post funnily enough, but the ones that go further into the WHY AG is a poor Peter are also incorrect. This argument also ignores the idea that there can be more than one version of Peter Parker which is blatantly incorrect. Just look at Into the Spiderverse or the PS4 game; these provide 4(5 if you count the pig) versions of Peter themselves, and that doesnt even include the comics.

Arguments that go further in depth claim that the AS Peter is too cool or well liked by his peer to be a “true” Peter Parker. The evidence for this seems to be that Peter has a skateboard.(which what? didnt realize that having a skateboard would instantly make you cool brb guys). Adding to that i dont really see where people get the idea that Peter is popular or well liked. While looking for complaints i found this qutoe from reddit(theyve since deleted it looks like but i’ll add a link in the notes) “He's angsty, pretty socially awkward, has an aptitude for science, and is kind of an outsider. He gets bullied by Flash and he gets his ass kicked after trying to stand up to Flash. He isn't a "cool" person in any way (until the ending, in which he's best buds with Flash, so I'll give you that). While Maguire is more accurate to the 60s comics where Peter in high school is just a fucking loser with basically no friends, in the ultimate comics, Peter is more of the kid who has a small amount of friends, but isn't popular.”. Honesty i fully agree with this because once again, other versions of a character are allowed to exist. You can dislike one version, but its silly to dislike something for not being exactly like another thing.

Ive also heard that Peter isnt “nerdy enough” in this movie which really doesnt make any sense considering the entire plot happens because Peter was looking into some of his parents’ research. If he wasn't interested in looking further into his father’s work what reason would he have to go to Oscorp where he’s bitten by the spider? Why would he have become Dr. Conner’s assistant? If he wasn’t intelligent how did he develop the web shooters?(something that Tobey!Peter doesn't have to do out of plot convenience might i add).

Another complaint i see is that the quips he uses in the movie(the first one specifically it seems) makes him seem like an asshole. Honestly thats a fair complaint, but i think its a good bit of characterization; espcially if he does get better about it in the second movie like the internet suggests.The Peter in this movie is a rightfully angsty teen; of course he acts a bit of an ass to criminals(also i feel like its important to mention that he’s like that to criminals? its not like hes being a dick for no reason).

Compare this with the Tobey Maguire(TM) movies. Like i said i haven’t seen these in awhile but as far as i’m aware TM’s Peter doesn't really do anything particularly nerdy in the film? I may have forgotten something( ok in the scene before he gets bitten he knows a cool spider fact) but he doesn’t have to invent the web-shooters because they came with his powers and he’s only at Oscorp in the first place because it’s a school field trip that he appears to be taking photos for. This Peter does fit the definition of outcast(friendless and bullied for it), but honestly i just dont like him. He’s weird and something about the character makes me feel like i should be a little grossed out every time he looks at MJ at the beginning of the movie.

I honestly don’t have any complaints for Tom Holland’s(TH’s)Spidey. Tom is a great actor and from what ive seen i enjoy his portrayal of the character.( He made me cry when i character i actively dislike died).

Story

I cant really say much for TAS story. It’s interesting but nothing special really. However, there is one scene that i don’t think i’ve seen anything like since( the closest would probably be the train scene in the original trilogy).

The crane scene. Early in the film Peter saves a boy from a car that has fallen off of a bridge, and at the end of the movie this becomes relevant again when it is uncertain that Peter will be able to get to the lizard to stop him in time.(as Peter is already injured and pretty far from the lizard’s location). The boy’s father is then revealed to be a construction worker who recognizes that Spider-man is going to need help to get to the lizard; he remembers how Spider-Man saved his son and organizes the rest of the construction workers to build a path out of crane arms for SM to swing from. All of them are putting themselves in danger by not evacuating, but SM’s actions in the first act of the film motivate them to do what’s right.

I love this scene primarily because it highlights something that i think is a really important part of Spider-Man’s character; his connection to the people he saves. SM is often shown interacting with and chatting with the people he has saved after the fact. One comic shows Peter accidentally scaring some bullies and then taking the time to ride the bus to school with them to continue their conversation and educate the students on bullying.( There’s definitely more but this is off the top of my head).

Another scene in TAS that i love is shortly before the crane scene when Peter is originally attempting to make his way across the city to stop the lizard, and he is shot down by the police. They manage to unmask him before Peter comes to his senses( he had just been shot and fallen pretty far out of the sky in his defense). From there Peter is able to deal with the police while keeping any of them from getting a good look at his face. The one cop he cant take out happens to be Gwen Stacey’s father who had previously had an argument with Peter about Spider-Man(Peter obviously on SM’s side and Mr. Stacey against SM). Peter turns and allows Captain(?) Stacey to see his face. I believe that this is an example of an unwilling identity reveal done right. i really enjoyed this moment because Peter had just shown that he likely could have gotten out of this encounter with his identity in tact as he had just taken down however many men. This implies that it was an active choice on Peter’s end to trust that Captain Stacey would ultimately do the right thing and allow Peter to go fight the Lizard, rather than a final desperate attempt to get away unscathed. Whether or not this interpretation of the scene is correct or not it still gives the character a bit more agency than some versions have done with their identity reveals.

In Spider-Man 2 Peter starts to lose his powers because he’s having internal conflict about wether or not he should be Spider-Man. Honestly thats kinda neat and i might want to give that a rewatch. As for the one i have seen i don’t have any complaints. I do however prefer the way that Peter was bitten in TAS because it was a result of him poking around where he shouldn’t’ve been rather than him just happening to be standing in the right place for a spider to land on him.

Onto TH’s movies; the way Disney has treated Spidey in the MCU is why TH’s is my least favorite version of the character. I feel like too much of the story revolves around Iron Man; Iron Man made Peter’s suit and equipment, Iron Man introduces Peter to the MCU(via blackmail but thats another rant for another annoyingly long post), its Iron Man that “makes” Spidey in this universe rather than Spidey being self-made. In Homecoming(which remember i havent seen outside of clips so bear with me) most of the conflict is cause directly or indirectly by Tony’s refusal or inabilty to communicate with the teenager he’s meant to be mentoring

For one the entire incident with the ferry could have very easily been avoided had Tony bothered to communicate with Peter enough to tell him that the situation was being taken care of. On top of that at the moive’s climax Peter is shown trying to get in contact with Happy(from what ive picked up isnt he a chauffeur? like idk his deal i just know he’s someone Peter got pawned off onto after Civil War). Peter even goes as far as to somehow hack into Happy’s phone(i think thats what happened it was a weird tech thing that shouldve been a red flag that the call was important though) but instead of listening; Peter is ignored. If this was a different kind of movie Peter literally could have died and itd be the fault of Happy and Tony like..... A large portion of conflict comes from characters being incompetent and not communicating and thats just poor storytelling.

Before this turns too much into an anti mcu rant id also like to say that the way they did Civil War was really dumb considering that Peter defects to Cap’s side in the comics, but whatever.

Also i loathe the way they handled the identity reveal at the end of Far From Home. With MCU movies most people know to expect an end credits scene by now, but typically that scene is not important to understand what’s happening in the films; they just aren’t important. Putting an identity reveal here makes it seem significantly less important than it is. On top of that i dislike their use of J Jonah Jameson for this scene.

JJJ is a character who has been repeatedly shown to have a genuinely good heart. All of his anger comes from a place of love for his city(he even says this hemself in the ps4 game when May writes in to tell him that he needs help). He hates Spider-Man because SM reminds him of the masked man who killed his wife; JJJ has never been able to get past that( and Peter’s antagonism of him definitely doesnt help) However, JJJ has been shown to care for people; he has a son who he often brags about, and one comic shows that JJJ is paying Peter for “amateur” quality photos because he knows that Peter is having a hard time and “just need some help”. JJJ has even learned Peter’s identity before and kept his secret for him(seriously though i cant remember the name of the comic but its defiantly worth the read), and in the original trilogy when Goblin threatens JJJ he claims that he doesn’t know who sends in the photos of Spidey because he does it via email( this is a lie). The MCU will have a very difficult time convincing me that JJJ would ever out a teenager’s identity and put him in danger like that. It goes too far against his character.(this could be hypocritical of me to say considering how i just insisted that multiple versions of a character can exist but whatever ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

This is accidentally turning into an MCU rant but id also like to say that i hate the lack of a TH!Spidey origin movie because it gives you no motivaion for Peter becoming SM or explanation of his powers; most people will know these things but if youre unfamiliar with the character its bound to be confusing(and im a sucker for origin movies)

#long post #spiderman #andrew garfield #The Amazing Spider Man #mcu crit #j jonah jameson #can you tell i care a lot?#cause i do #rant #ramble #this was not proofred #like at all #see theres a typo in that tag!#i would apologize but im not sorry

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plasticparker · 7 years

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chaos pt. 1

no one asked for this but me being me did it anyway. because motivation happens and the Writing Voice must be listened to. ill probably do multiple parts, if anybody reads it at all. so hey. let me know. dont be shy.

is a fic taking place after a movie that hasnt yet been released weird? yes. will it be completely discounted by the actual movie when it comes out? probably. do i care? no.

peter parker au in which the reader makes a deal for his life during Infinity War

part 1/?

word count: 1.4k

NOW

6 months ago Thanos came to earth and brought destruction with him. 6 months ago, someone else came down with him. 6 months ago, you made a deal to save the life of Peter Parker.

6 months ago, he went missing.

You’ve kept what you did a secret. You cried with May, gave the police tons of statements that included almost the whole truth, mourned with Ned and Michelle.

Because while you’re the reason Peter isn’t dead, you’re the reason he’s gone. Somehow, someway, you missed the fine-print on the contract you never saw, and it gave the woman who took him the power to take him away.

He’s alive. You know he is. But you can’t tell anyone how you know.

It’s been six months. And the guilt is eating at you. Maybe, if you told someone, they could find him. Maybe there’s something they could do. Maybe is a lot better than the nothing that’s happening right now.

It is that which brings you to the Avengers building tonight, tapping your feet anxiously as you wait for the elevator to let you out.

One night a week, everyone gathers to watch some movie that takes them ages to agree on. You used to come with Peter, but after the battle, and after he disappeared, you stopped coming to the complex at all.

You haven’t been back here since.

Once you’re past all the guards and safety precautions, you make your way to the living room, where Tony, Bucky, Steve, Natasha, Clint, Bruce, Vision, and Wanda are sitting on various couches, chairs, and pillows on the floor. Even Thor has a spot made up on the carpet, taking up the most space out of everyone.

You hesitate near the door, half a mind to turn back the way you came. Before you can, you’re spotted, and Natasha pauses the movie.

“Y/N? Is everything alright?” She asks, going still, already preparing for bad news. Your arrival is definitely unexpected, hence the negative reaction.

Someone flips the lights on, and all eyes are on you.

Your cheeks flush, and you let your gaze slide over everyone, before settling on the safest face: Wanda.

“I-I have something to tell you. About Peter.”

“Did they find him?” Tony asks, unmasked hope thick in his voice.

You shake your head, brows furrowing.

“No. But I know why he’s gone.”

Steve looks around the room, standing up.

“I think we should move this to the conference room.” He says.

Minutes later, everyone but you is settled down in seats around the long table. Your heart thrums in your chest, and you swallow the frog in your throat.

“What do you know about Peter, Y/N?” Natasha asks.

You take a breath.

“I made a deal the day Thanos came to New York.”

THEN

You were the only person in your apartment, probably one of the only people in the building. The mandatory evacuation had gone into place last night, but Thanos came early, and you don’t know if everyone made it out.

Your family was gone, visiting friends on the west coast, all orchestrated by Tony Stark who snapped a finger and made the flights cheaper for them.

Ned and Michelle were gone, as far as you knew. Peter warned them a few days before, sending them up north.

May refused to leave the city. As did you.

Now, as the battle smashed through the city, you found yourself regretting that decision. But only slightly.

You heard a scream bellow from the street below, and you ran for your window, pushing it open.

Waltzing down the street, as if making her way down a run way, was a woman. Everything about her was light, including the wings on her back, and if it weren’t for the blood splattered across her body, you’d think she was an angel.

But as she flicked a finger and broke spines, you knew she was something very different.

Everything inside of you screamed. You promised Peter that you would stay inside and stay safe, you swore on it.

Then you saw that flash of red hit the brick and everything fell away.

Spiderman-Peter-scrambled to his feet down on the street, obviously hurt. Peter.

The boy you loved was hurt, and though you had absolutely no training or superpowers or even weapons, you ran for the door, flying down the stairs and out into the street.

Your feet slammed against the concrete as you pushed into the street, jumping over and skirting around rubble and bodies and fire.

The woman came to a stop a few steps away.

And you panicked. You had no way to stop her, no way to fight her, but you couldn’t let her kill him. You couldn’t let her kill Peter.

So you screamed. The stop burst through your lips and filled the streets; panicked and desperate and broken.

The woman listened, the sword she carried digging into Peter’s chest where he lay sprawled on the asphalt, bleeding and in a daze.

She turned to face you slowly, something curious coming over her face. She flicked a finger your way, and you walked toward her, though you knew doing so would get you killed.

“You know this Spider-man.” She said, tilting her head slightly. You were struck by the viciousness of her beauty; she was ice and sleet and you feared you’d cut yourself open if you touched her.

“I know the boy beneath the suit.” You said, voice shaking. You swallowed the fear that had taken over your whole body, resisting the urge to run.

You reminded yourself that Peter was on the ground. If you could just keep her busy long enough for him to get away, you’d have been successful. Even if you died.

The woman, full attention on you, stepped closer until you were a few feet apart. She studied you up and down, and you took the pause as an opportunity to look at Peter. You couldn’t see his face through the mask, but he was looking at you, trying to get to his feet.

When the woman’s eyes were on your bare feet you mouthed the word run.

But he didn’t.

He stumbled towards the woman, and your stomach sank.

The woman noticed, watching him amble towards her, amused. Her grip on her sword tightened, and she was about to turn when you spoke.

“Please. Please, don’t kill him. I’ll do anything. Kill me instead.”

Her lips pulled into a thin smile, and she reached back as Peter reached her, shoving. He flew back into the rubble; alive, but unable to do anything but struggle amongst the rock.

“You would give yourself up for this boy. Why?” She asked, attention solidly on you.

You hesitated, unsure why her line of questioning was happening, knowing it couldn’t be good.

“I love him.” You said finally.

“And what of him? Does he share this devotion?”

You looked over at Peter, then back at the woman.

“Yes. He does.”

The woman smiled, lifting her sword until the tip rested against your throat. Peter let out a strangled yell behind you, but you didn’t break your gaze from the woman’s. Her smile widened at the noise.

The skin broke beneath the blade; you held your breath.

“I believe we can work something out.”

She dropped the sword, taking a step back.

“S-something?” You asked.

“I’m offering you a deal. For the boy’s life.”

“Wh-what? A deal?“

“Listen, little one.” She snapped. You shut your mouth, nodding. She tossed her already-perfect hair back and tucked her sword into its sheath.

“I will spare the boys life. But I will take something away. Something important.” She said.

You shook your head. “No. You can’t kill anyone. I’m not-“

“No one will die. Not by my hand, nor by my orchestration.”

“What will you take?”

“It ruins the surprise if I tell you, now, doesn’t it?” She asked, tilting her head.

Your gaze flicked toward Peter, about to die in the rubble.

If you didn’t do this, he would die. You would die.

But if you gave something up, you'd live. You could still have the future you wanted, the life you had. It was as simple and as complicated as that.

“Okay.”

The woman pulled a small knife from her waistband and grabbed your hand in her cold fingers. She flipped your palm, and pulled the knife along your skin. Blood bubbled up, and fire lit along your hand, but you didn’t so much as whimper.

“Make the vow.” She ordered.

You’d never heard the word before, but suddenly it was in your head, on your lips.

“Sacramentum.” You said.

Then the world went black.

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