Due to what little on-screen interactions we see between Noir Peter (Pete) and Peni in ITSV, it's no surprise that a lot of people have agreed upon the popular fanon of them being a sort of father-daughter duo (or, for those who subscribe a bit more to Pete being younger due to the comics, a sibling-like relationship). It's cute so I support it, but it got me thinking about the two in comparison to eachother, specifically in terms of corrupt systems and how they're handled in their stories. I think the two have a bit more a contrast than just the surface level stuff, so let's look into it!
(Essay + comic panel evidence beneath the cut)
From the very start of Peni's (unfortunately short) comics, she's shown as very resigned to her fate - when brought in to discuss her father and her future "career" in the SP//DR program, she's upfront and blunt; My father is dead, and I'm the only one who can replace him, so I will. It's a foregone conclusion, and one she doesn't shy away from.
Furthermore, even though we see how, throughout the comics, she's basically given no life beyond her work, and even her school hours are eaten into, she's told again and again that all of this cost means something.
She has to sacrifice everything, because there's no other choice. Her own Guardians, her Uncle Ben and Aunt May, work for the very organization that her father did, and persist to remind her of the importance of the job, even if they do try to remind her that she can't handle this alone. Very telling, when faced with threats to the multiverse, she briefly asks her Uncle Ben if she should stay with him, only for him to tell her to go.
Duty calls.
This isn't the point of this, but of course she joined Spider HQ and went along with what Miguel was telling her - she's grown up surrounded by very like-minded, sacrifice-willing adults. Of course she has to do this. What other option is there?
On the other end, Pete is quite the opposite of Peni's story. Yes, 100%, like all Spiderpeople, there's the element of responsibility, that looming recognition that not doing what you can gets people hurt, but while Peni's story is set up so that she's fighting for her system of authority, Pete is unsurprisingly against his. At any point that he can, even pre-spiderbite, he's picking fights and trying to fix things. He's so set in his beliefs and outspoken that he makes his own mentor question his actions, constantly in pursuit of a better world.
It's the responsibility of the people to give a shit, and Pete cares so much that it drives him a bit mad, I think.
Where Peni is told that this is the way things work, Pete is demanding that it change, asking questions. Peni was raised to accept her responsibility, whereas Pete was raised to fight against the expected status quo.
AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THEIR RESPECTIVE BENS.
I'll try keeping this fragment of a thought short because we're already clocking in 6 paragraphs pre-edits and I need to feed the dogs their dinner soon, but the TLDR is that Uncle Ben is the last surviving legal Guardian of Peni, and though distant, he tries his best to support her while she's in the SP//DR program. Pete's Uncle Ben is, by no such surprise, dead, but specifically, he was a WWI veteran, decorated but guilty.
Uncle Ben is, in the Noir comics, yet another symbol of how doing what you're told can haunt you. He was very vocally against the war machine he was a part of, while Peni's Ben has known nothing else but his work.
This is how completely dead opposite they are in so many regards. They contrast eachother!! It's really interesting! Honestly, I could see Pete getting into an argument with Peni's Ben over how she's been treated, even if it probably wouldn't go well. He cares too much to keep his mouth shut, often.
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"BEHOLD! THE SERIES IS GETTING NEW COVERS!
On July 18 (in the UK and Ireland), the 1st trilogy gets a revamp, but that’s only the beginning!
We’ll be re-releasing each trilogy in stages between July 2024 and the 20th anniversary of Book One, in 2027!
Matt Taylor - responsible for the glorious cover to A Mind Full Of Murder (out in March!) - is handling art duties, and he’s adapting his style and approach to suit each trilogy.
Basically, the darker the series gets, the darker the covers become.
And there is some SERIOUS darkness lying ahead…"
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if I had a nickel for everytime I saw two characters in an animated show aimed mostly towards kids carry each like a potato but also bridal style, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice lmaoooo
[image description: two screenshots of Sonic and Shadow from Sonic Prime, the first is Sonic carrying Shadow bridal style, and the second is Shadow carrying Sonic over his shoulder. there are two more screenshots of Willow and Hunter from The Owl House, the first is Hunter carrying Willow bridal style, and the second is Willow carrying Hunter over her shoulder in mid air. END ID]
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Craig : Soo these people think that they can just go around and say shit about gay people?!
This is an edit of one of the scenes from episode 2 season 17.
SRRY YAL , I WAS JUST BORED, and i changed the thing Randy was talking abt in the ep bc it whould be weird.
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i think i posted the sketch for this before. here is a more polished sketch! :D
screenshot redraw for S07E03 "toilet paper"
that's the screenshot! such a funny scene XD
i couldn't replicate the rubber material cuz i didn't have internet for references T_T
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