Addressing the whole Prowler (Miles G. Morales edition). I can see why people codified him and his uncle as villains, but you also need to see it from their perspective. Some doppleganger was in their house, messing with the people they cared most about. This a world where being a hero was lonely and isolating, and likely not really encouraged by anyone. Anyone that recalls the Sinister 6 modus operandi, it's anyone even in the vicinity of suspected obstacles will also be seen as complicit in their actions, so they have to be so careful. Even with all of that, Aaron warns Spiderman with 'you took out your braids?' to give him a chance to hightail it--a warning he didn't take to heart, but double-downed on. They intimidated the hell out of him, because they would rather get the information without hurting him, since they don't know what his game is, only that they're not willing to let him play it.
Remember that moment in ITSV, when Miles first meets his world's Spider-Man and their spider senses do the thing?
The background behind Peter is as we'd expect; the classic red and blue.
But at first Miles' background is green and purple, two colors he's never associated with at all throughout the movie. As the moment goes on, it shifts to match Peter's.
We are literally watching Miles' fate change and the anomaly happen.
It's well established that the spider that bit him was not supposed to even be in that universe, meaning our Miles was supposed to be something else before it happened.
This isn't true for ITSV, but in every other version of Spider-Man, the main color scheme for the Prowler is green and purple.
Our Miles was supposed to become the next Prowler in his world. And the only reason he's not, is because of the original Prowler. Miles switched his fate with Earth-42 Miles.
Okay, so I've read the Spider-man: Across the Spider-verse artbook, and there is this fantastic passage on Earth-42 that gives context to the dimension, Miles G., Uncle Aaron and the Sinister Six.
“Miles comes face to face with a parallel world version of his own in Earth-42 – an alternate reality where he never gained superpowers and where his Uncle Aaron is still alive. “We wanted to craft this moment where Miles encounters this powerful figure in his life that he loved so much and he lost," says director Justin K. Thompson. “That's when he realizes that he is not really in his own dimension, as well as the gravity of what he has lost. In this reality, Aaron has had to shake off his life of crime and became a surrogate father figure to Miles.”
The artists changed Uncle Aaron's outward appearance to reflect this new reality and convey how he has changed. The Uncle Aaron of Earth-42 has a little gray in his beard. His clothing still has the old “cool streetwear” vibe, but he has a more sophisticated and older look. In this alternate reality, the Sinister Six have been able to flourish and take over the world. “We wanted to create a world where it felt like Aaron and Miles G. Morales [this reality counterpart to Miles Morales] are the only heroes.”
It's a much darker version of Miles' original home. So, we looked at comic book artists who epitomized that sort of noirish world - artists like Frank Miller, Sean Gordon Murphy, John Polygon, where there is heavy use of black and colors sort of recede behind the dark shadows. The powerless version of Miles is still capable and efficient and has great acrobatic and physical prowess. We also needed Miles to feel trapped in this dark world. We wanted to leave the audience with the burning question: ‘How is he going to get home?’ It was just exciting to see the development of this world to underscore all of these narrative choices we were making.”
i saw a tumblr post about 5d chess on instagram and made..this.
EDIT 2: Part 2 HERE (you're gonna have to scroll down for this lol)
EDIT: I was advised to add my social media and art stuff directly to this post, so I'm linking my Black and queer sci-fi/fantasy webcomic, Aster and the Fire, my portfolio, and my Instagram!!