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hellzyeahthewebwieldingavenger · 5 years

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Spider-Man: Velocity #2 Thoughts

It continues to not be BAD...but it also continues to be a disappointment.

I think I and maybe other people need to start accepting that, as great as the game’s story was, the tie-in material is simply always going to be a step down. Looking back even the DLCs and prequel novel were not up to the same level.

But they were still good and to be honest better than City at War or Velocity have been thus far.

I don’t know why that is, maybe they had more time and people to help develop the stories, maybe there was more oversight from the head’s of the projects like Feige has with the MCU?

Either way the comic book forays of Gamerverse Spider-Man, whether it’s this comic, City at War or Spider-Geddon just haven’t been as good. They’ve not been godawful, and to be honest after the last 10 odd years that’s a miracle unto itself.

It rather reminds me of the MCU’s TV efforts. It is clear that the films are regarded as the core of the MCU and the ‘main events’ of them, whereas stuff like Agents of SHIELD were not and so the quality of those shows tended to not be as good as the movies. Almost like they were made to keep the train moving but the movies were the interesting destinations.

Perhaps that’s the thinking with these comics. Make sure the Gamerverse Spidey has a near constant presence month to month until the next DLC or sequel game comes out.

But let’s dive more into specifics of this issue.

As I said it isn’t bad, in some ways an improvement over the last issue. We get more Peter/MJ interactions, again not much romance going on but like I said last time that’s not a fault of the issue that’s just something I’d prefer to see.

Spidey isn’t as much of a buffoon but he does make one big dumb move I need to call out. So he is testing the Velocity suit and as part of the tests he decides to allow himself to be hit by a rocket launcher. He even refers to it as the moment of truth.

Not only is there still a question mark over where he is getting the technology and resources to make this suit, but you have to imagine if he has access to that stuff surely he has the means of testing it’s durability in a safer way. Couldn’t he just put the suit over a dummy and then use a rocket launcher on it himself, or use something else designed to test its durability?

Even if he doesn’t have anything like that where he works remember he has contacts with the police and Silver Sable who surely have weapons of their own. If he asks Yuri or Sable to borrow a rocket launcher or something and tells them why he wants it, I’m sure they’d trust him with one. He could even borrow one from a criminal he knocks out and return the ordinance to police custody.

Why does he need to take practically a 50/50 chance that he will be killed or critically injured to see if his latest gadget works? In fact thinking about it, why did he need to find crimes in progress to test the suit at all, even last issue? The problem last time was that the suit seized up. Combat wasn’t necessary to test that, he could’ve just swung around, done some flips, etc.

At least it matches the cover and in-game design now. And the idea of the suit boosting his speed has finally been raised and playing into the main story. I confess last issue I was confused as to what a ghost and the idea of speed have to do with one another, but apparently I totally missed out on the clues that the ‘ghost’ was really a speedster even though they seem obvious looking back, it was clever though I’ll give Hopeless that. I think that’s a great way to tie everything together although I’m at a loss as to who exactly the speedster is. It could be a reimagined version of Speed Demon I suppose but if not I’m at a loss right now.

Her look is a little underwhelming to be honest and I do wuestion somewhat how she can be so fast as to be invisible to the naked eye but can’t move through walls like the Flash. Maybe I’m missing something though as I presumed that was a standard feat amongst speedsters.

Ironically I wish the story would speed up and get to the part where Spider-Man himself exhibits faster abilities. It’s 2 out of a presumed 6 issues in and that still hasn’t happened yet.

Sticking with the tacky speed jokes I can make, another problem with the issue was how it abruptly stopped. It feels very much like the story was written start to finish and then shifted slightly to break up into parts. I’m not saying that’s what happened but i am saying that’s what it felt like.

In fact last issue had a problem with the ending too. it’s not so much the ending was bad it’s just seemed like it was setting up a cliff-hanger but when this issue begins…nothing. it is just a weird storytelling choice is all.

Let’s talk about the art as there are two points of criticism I have.

The first is that the architecture/layout of the building Spidey fights the speedster in is not clearly conveyed. I was under the impression the door leading into the file room they trap her in was located inside the greater Bugle building. And yet when Spidey gets tackled through that door they are suddenly outside. If the idea is that the speedster tackled him through that door and through the building to get him outside it wasn’t that clear to me.

That’s ultimately something of a nitpick, more significantly though is that the art, whilst it isn’t bad, is not great at times. Mary Jane in particular looks weird and off model at times. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it last issue but now I think I’ve figured it out. A lot of the time she looks like a Bratz doll.

Going back to the story, perhaps I’ve missing something, but how precisely is Norman Osborn not in major trouble if there is video footage of his painful experiments on human test subjects, conducted by himself of all people!

That was a negative for me but something that was more of a mixed bag was Mysterio

On the one hand as a general AU twist on Mysterio it is a neat idea…but it is also one very far away from the core concept of Mysterio as a showman, a film lover and so on. It wouldn’t be out of place in like Spider-Man: Noir or something but the Gamerverse tends to cut closer to canon, just updating it, grounding it and making it fit more for a playable experience. But like Vulture, Electro and Scorpion aren’t that different. Mysterio I feel is and to be blunt I’d rather he be reserved for a the full on AAA video game experience than be wasted on a tie-in comic.

Finally I’ll end with something more positive. I like that Peter is sceptical of the supernatural because it’s something that would appear dumb in the 616 universe where he’s met Ghost Rider and Thor. But in the Gamerverse, currently populated JUST by him and his villains and being more grounded, is more conductive for stuff like that

So yeah, right now it’s not baaaaaad but it’s also not much beyond the mere novelty of seeing the Velocity suit, Mysterio or just checking in on these versions of the characters. If you are THAT into the Gamerverse or new to comics and liked the game then go ahead and pick it up but if you are looking for are looking for a above average Spidey/comic story this is kind of skippable.

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starfreaky · 7 years

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BadBoy!Yoongi Imagine

(wrote this for a friend, decided to upload it. Don't judge me it's bad okay, thanks!)

Tonight was a usual Friday night for me staying in my studio apartment ordering from my local Thai restaurant and watching shitty rom coms. I was already comfortable sitting on my broken in sofa watching some movie how this girl was falling head over heels for this wannabe but i was already sucked in. my phone rang and startled me tearing my attention from the film.

"Hello?" I said with a mouth full of food.

"Hey baby! What are you doing tonight?" It was namjoon. I faintly hear his voice over the loud background music.

"First of all I'm not your baby so don't call me that. Second I'm sitting comfortably at home why?" I already knew why he was asking me what I was doing. And I already knew what he was doing. He was at one of his usual house parties. Namjoon and I had been introduced by a mutual and we just became close. He was one of the many fuck boys who attended the schools popular frat. He is nothing more than a friend though.

"Why don't you like it when I call you baby huh? I call everyone it, and I'm at a party unlike you, you loser." He said back.

"I know you call everyone that but I still find it weird. And for your information I'm not a loser you generic Playboy. I just don't enjoy being in that type of scene..." I say in an annoyed tone.

"Okay if that's what you say babe" he said teasingly back at me. "Why don't you get out of that shit of an apartment you have and come out."

"Uhh.." I say hesitantly

"C'mon I'll call you can Uber. All you need to do is get ready okay? Tonight's on me." He tells me eagerly.

"I just-". I can't finish my sentence

"It'll be there in 15 go get ready okay?"

You huff and you just agree to shut him up. honestly he was sort of right.. I mean I don't really go out maybe I did need to interact with people. It'll help me with my acting skills, you know so I can act and appear interested in whatever some loser is trying to talk to me about.

I walked over to my room and through on my usual: black jeans, a black v neck and a leather jacket. I was left debating whether or not I should wear converse or boots. I decided on the boots, I liked the added height it made me feel more how do you say, powerful? I went to the bathroom and put some eyeliner, mascara and lipstick on my lips and a little on my cheeks to use as a blush. I get a text, it's from namjoon he's telling me that the Uber is arriving. I grab my purse, phone, keys and pocket knife and head out the door. I bet you're asking me a pocket knife? Realllyyy?? Yes because I don't fuck with people. I'm exiting my apartment and I see the car already waiting outside. For namjoon? Yeah I quickly answer and I get in the back seat it is quiet the whole ride there. He pulls up in front of the house and I thank the driver and get off. I stood there waiting for the driver to take off. I stared at the house .

You heard the loud music blaring I sighed. I wanted to get back in the car and leave. But I guess Nam had gotten the notification that I had arrived because he was already waiting outside.

Hey baby!! He yelled as he walked over to be with his hands out ready to embrace me in a hug. He was wearing some converse, black jeans and a black v neck with a jean jacket. and to top it off a black baseball cap worn backwards. His smiled and open arms greeting me.

"Finally!!"

He already smelled of alcohol.

"Hi" I muttered.

"Welcome to the crib! I'm glad you were able to find room in your busy schedule to come over". He ended his comment with a laugh

"Oh you're ever so welcome" I say sarcastically.

He walks me into the house. His hand on my waist making sure the crowd of people doesn't swallow me alive. The music is loud and it hurts my ears. I stay as close to Namjoon as possible. I just want to get into the kitchen as fast as possible, I don't even want to be here. Namjoon keeps getting stopped by people on the way to the kitchen it feels like we're never going to get there. But slowly but surely we arrive. He asks me what I want to drink and I tell him I want a Coke and he just laughs. He offers me a beer but I politely decline. So he just pops open a Mike's hard for me. I glare at him and he just laughs. He leans into me and says c'mon just one. I sigh and tell him that I wasn't a pussy that I can drink a beer but he ignores my comment and pushes me through the sea of people until we hit the back yard. We talk for a bit he tells me which girls are on his fuck list. I just half listen to him as I see people drink.

"Are you even listening to me Sam?"

"Uh yes I am." I say unconvincingly

"No you're not you're in your own little world. but thanks for lying and saving my feelings. Youre not the best at it though, you should work on it." He laughed.

"Fuck off." I say.

"Hey watch your language!" He says teasingly.

"Don't tell me what to do!" I spat back. He just laughs and takes another sip from his red Solo cup. a group of 4 guys come over and a girl. Ugh the time I most dreaded had come. The time to socialize.

"Hey guys!! Glad you could make it!" Namjoon exclaims to the group of people who were approaching us. I just smile at them.

"this is my friend Sam. Sam these are my boys Jimin, Hosek, V, and Yoongi." Jimin smiled and said hi to me. He almost looked either gay or just smooth. He was one of those comfortable smooth people? He just knew how to speak. His voice was soft. He made me feel comfortable. He wore a Hawaiian shirt with blue skinnies. Hosek was loud from the start he spoke to me as if we had known each other for a long time. He wore black chinos and a white v neck. You could tell he was the outgoing one. V, He has a girl with him. He was wearing a fireball shirt and dark blue skinnies. He just smiled and his girl glared at me. Bitch I don't even wanna be here. The last thing I am going to do is steal your man. Last but not least was Yoongi. He has a dark vibe to him.he wore black skinnies a black tee and a leather jacket. He looked like he didn't even want to be here. He almost looked like he hated me for whatever reason it was. We all say in a group and talked well everyone except Yoongi he only said about to things and just sat back and stared at everyone taking sips from his solo cup every now and then. We spoke about our majors and intrests for a while before slowly they all left first it was v with his gf I guess? Who knows who she was to him. It was Namjoon, hosek and yoonji leeft. I tried to initiate conversation with yoongi but he just spat out rude sarcastic answers towards me. I'm just trying to be nice to his punk ass fucking prick. I had told him I was an aspiring actress and he just laughed in my face and mockingly said "okay" I don't know what his problem was. Namjoon had announced to us that he was going to get a drink that he was going to be back and I just nodded at him. And I was going to ask Hosek a wuestion until he had gotten a phone call. He excused himself. It was just me and Mr. Emo left.

Sooo I asked him how he was and he just stared at me and raised his eyebrow.

"If you're going to make small talk with me then I don't want to speak to you." He rudely said to me.

"Why the fuck are you so rude?!" I spat out

"I'm not I just don't want to talk about stupid shit with Namjoons toy for the night."

"First of all asshole I'm not his toy. I'm no ones toy! We're just good friends okay? Second of all get whatever is up your ass out because I'm just trying to be nice to you, you prick"

He just sat back into his chair and laughed and took another sip from his red Solo cup.

"Oh baby me? An asshole? never."

You just rolled your eyes.

It was quiet you looked around in search for.namjoon but he was nowhere to be found. So I resorted to my phone trying to look busy.

Suddenly the silence broke.

"You know he's not coming back right? Namjoon. ."

I stayed quiet.

"He's out probably fucking some girl"

I just stared at him.

"Are you going to say anything?" He asked annoyed

"What do you want me to say to ya huh?" I say upset

"I don't know but don't leave me here looking like a psychopath talking to myself." He was becoming more annoyed.

"I don't want to give my attention and time.to people who won't appreciate it." You say.

"Who says I don't?." He questions.

"The way youre looking at me says it all. You made fun of me for saying that I want to be an actress!" I shout irritated by him.

"You don't look like an actress to me. You don't fit the look. That's all..." He sees no offense into what he's said.

I just rolled my eyes.

"Stop rolling your eyes at me. They're going to get stuck like that." He says

"Good! At least I won't have to see your ugly face." I shout I'm done with him. Why won't he understand that?

He took offense to that, you can see him grit his teeth.

"So what kind of music do you like huh?" He was really trying to make conversation

"I primarily like indie/Alt." I say

"Do you like the smiths?" He asked

"Yeah why?" I say

"What's you're favorite song?" He asked

"There's a-" I didn't even finish my sentence.

"Ha of fucking course. You're like the rest of these fakes and losers out here." He snarked.

"First of all you don't know me! Why ask me stuff if all you're going to do is shit on whatever I say!!" I was fed up.

"I know you well enough just through your shit answers." he said annoyed.

"Listen mister know it all you think you're better than everyone else. But you sir you aren't shit! I'm going!"

"No you're not" he says.

"You don't own me!! So you don't tell me what to do okay asshole?" I yell at him. "You don't go anywhere until I tell you" he says possesivley. " lets go" he says to me. I don't get up. I'm not going anywhere with him. "Let's go! /" He yells. "No!" I spat. He yanks my arm and he drags me into the house were going through the people and dragging me up the stairs. His hand wrapped tightly around my wrist. I try to loosen my wrist frim his grip but he just made it tighter. We reach the second floor of the house and he approaches a room door. He knocks and there is no answer. He opens the door and closes it shut right after me. My back is against the door. "Youre looking nice" he murmured. His face was close to mine. I didn't look him in the eyes. "Look at me" he said. I dont "Look at me!!" He demanded. He smirked. "What's the problem you scared?" Hmm? He says "No I'm not scared of you." I say. "That's not what your body language is saying" he says cockily. "I see the way you look at me you want me." I just stare at him. "why are you doing this? You were being a dick to be no.more than 20min ago and now you're holding me hostage in this strangers room". "Don't act like you don't like it." he says in my ear. I can smell the liquor he had been previously drinking. I tremble. He has a certain dominance to him and he knows the effect he has. . "Look at me." He says softly. I take my time and he changes his tone "look at me now" he says in a deep voice. I do and suddenly he kisses me. I taste the hard liquor he had been sipping on earlier. I didn't want to admit it but he had me wanting more. I didn't want to give in. I didn't kiss back. He only kissed me harder. He moved one of his hands to the back of my neck and his other to the small of my waist. The sudden touch made me gasp and he moaned. He liked hearing me sound vulnerable. I finally gave in and kissed him back and that's when he stopped. He stared me in the eyes and laughed. Then he walked out of the room. He just left me there. Lost. What did he want from me? What even happened. I stood there in silence. I couldn't move. I couldn't mutter any words. He just left me speechless. What the fuck just happened?

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