#i thought the added focus on gwen might take away from miles' story

[darthkvznblogs]

What are your thoughts on the new Spiderverse film?

Absolutely loved it! I think I might've enjoyed the first one just a tad more (I'm a sucker for an origin story), but the absolute artistry on display, the powerful emotional beats, top notch voice acting, and just...oozing creativity in every damn frame. Amazing movie, easily my favorite in recent memory (not that I've watched many, but still).

If I have any real issues with it, without getting into spoilers...

Pretty sure it's just me getting older and my vision struggling a bit but there were certain scenes I had a lot of trouble parsing (in the chase from the trailer, you know the one).

There's a big character choice that I would've definitely handled a bit differently because it borders on disbelief that X and Y characters would've allowed things to happen without some heavy pushback. Not quite OOC behavior, but some logical leaps were made that could've been tweaked.

In that same vein, I would've kept "this rather specific thing always happens (and must always happen) to Spider-people" a bit more vague and not as well-defined. From experience, the Multiverse doesn't lend itself super well to strict rules - it rather prefers guidelines.

That being said, hot damn, these movies (this series!) are almost...laser-targeted towards me. Not to imply the Kverse is like, comparable to these movies (I'm very proud of what I write, but not nearly that arrogant lol), but I think you can see the DNA of what I'm going for in there, what I really love about having endless universes to play with, both in terms of sheer fanservice and more serious storytelling. I can't believe how fortunate I am to see that sort of dream realized in such spectacular fashion! Can't wait for part 3!

#ask box #anon ask #i was actually a bit worried when the movie started #i thought the added focus on gwen might take away from miles' story #but i do think they achieved a great balance #and if i wasn't super sure on miles x gwen before #i really am now #seriously tho...this movie's fucking BONKERS man #i can defend the merits of live action superhero media all live long day but #undeniable how much more at home they are in animation #across the spiderverse

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Stranded: Day 3 - GAYNESS IMPEDIMENT

To the guest reviewer who commented on my previous chapter on FFN, yes, I am moving into the movie's script, and I do want to remain as faithful to its plot as possible. However, I don't want to quote directly from the movie because I don't want to get sued. Quotes from the movie are Sony's intellectual property, not mine, so I don't have freedom to use them without their permission. I also fear that my story will get taken down from this site if I draw too heavily from the copyrighted material.

So yes, I would love to use the script and quote ad verbatim from Spiderverse, but I also don't want to get in legal trouble for doing so.

Anyway, you could always pass off the dialogue differences as Gwen not remembering the conversational exchanges in the same way that Miles did. Everybody's memory is different.

Thanks again, and enjoy!

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The rest of Gwen's first day of school passed by in a blur. Miles was only in her physics class, so she unfortunately didn't get a chance to talk to him again. She struggled to maintain her shoddy Russian accent during her classes and eventually gave up, instead choosing to use some indeterminate speech problem and claiming that she was trying to fake an American accent, if she spoke up at all.

Cover stories were not her forte.

On top of all her back assignments, Gwen was given an essay, more precalculus problems, and hours worth of reading from her history textbook. The work rapidly piled up. When she returned to her room that evening, her first thought was to knock some of her homework out of the way so that she could have more free time later on to swing around and acclimate to Brooklyn.

But of course, procrastination had a higher priority.

The second Gwen set pen to paper, she fell into the jaws of the mental trap of imagining what her other-dimensional counterpart might be like.

Gwen tried to focus. She really did. But curiosity and boredom bested her, and within ten minutes, she had swung out of the dorm window, wearing her Spider-Woman costume under her street clothes.

She didn't know what she was looking for. All she knew was that she wanted information, and she had a vague idea of where she could get it. Gwen didn't have a password to log into the school computers yet, but the government records office could probably tell her what she needed to know.

She needed a map, at the very least. Where could she find a map?

She could just look around and hope for the best.

Gwen vaguely recalled passing a building that looked official on her unnecessarily long walk to Visions Academy. Perhaps she could figure out what to do from there. That is, if she could remember where the building was.

Gwen changed direction so that she was heading roughly southeast, staying high up both to avoid notice and to get a better view of her surroundings. Brooklyn looked nice from above. Then again, the effect may have been caused by the sun starting to set, cloaking the city in long shadows. Streetlights flickered on, combating the growing blackness.

Any city, no matter how ugly, looked better if it was partly encased in darkness. That was how darkness worked.

After a few minutes of swinging through the shadowy canyons, Gwen spotted a marble building with giant columns in front of it. That looked like the place. She dropped to street level and removed her mask in the cover of darkness.

Gwen entered the building and found herself in a large marble lobby. A few well-attired men and women passed through it, exiting the building. A sign posted on the wall listed the various department offices and their respective room numbers. She studied it, trying to figure out where the public records would be held.

GUARD ON WATCH

Gwen whirled around and saw a uniformed man walking down the hall towards her, his boots clicking on the tiled floor. "What're you looking for, miss?" he asked.

"Uh, sir, uh, do you know where the public records are?"

The guard smiled. "Sure. Room 217. Up the stairs, take a left, then it should be the last door on the end. But I'd check back tomorrow if I were you; we're closing down for the night."

Gwen nodded. "Yes, sir, thanks! Thanks so much!"

The man gave her a brief wave, then turned and started heading in the other direction.

He abruptly stopped, turned around, and gave Gwen another once-over.

SUSPICIOUS PERSONS

Gwen started briskly walking towards the entrance, hoping that there was nothing wrong with the guard.

The guard muttered under his breath, "Why does that kid look so familiar?"

He soon perked up and yelled, "Hey! Stop!"

Gwen broke out into a run, bursting through the doors and heading out into the street.

Oh, so the spider-sense was referring to her.

The guard, now emerging from the building, placed a call on his radio as he chased after her.

It looked like Gwen was still wanted in this place after all.

She was an idiot for entering a government building while being a fugitive from the law.

She rounded a corner, trying to put as many visual obstructions between her and her pursuer as possible.

GAYNESS IMPEDIMENT

Wha… How did… What sort of an impact would that-

Her perceptions misted over by confusion, Gwen turned down another street and bowled over a young lady. They both hit the pavement.

Gwen scrambled to her feet. "I am so sorry, miss."

The lady started to haul herself up, dusting herself off. "Nah, it's on me. I shoulda been looking where I was going."

Gwen extended a hand and helped her up. "Hey, it's my bad. But no hard feelings either way, right?"

The two of them locked eyes for a moment.

The lady whom Gwen had knocked down cleared her throat, breaking the awkward silence. "Uh, y-yeah, all right, no problem."

Gwen let go of her hand and started to backpedal, having heard a distant police siren. "Yeah, I, uh, listen, I gotta go. Have a good night. Stay frosty."

"Okay, see ya!"

Gwen turned around and started to run again. She ducked into an alley and pulled on her mask and gloves, then leaped to the top of a building. To avoid notice, she decided to stick to rooftop running for the time being.

She did not have time to dwell on that incident.

ATOMIC DISJUNCTION

Gwen checked her stride and skidded to a halt before leaping across a wide thoroughfare. She spasmed, jolted forward, and fell off the roof, tumbling helplessly to the road below. She smashed into the asphalt, yelping in pain, and regained her freedom of movement just in time to scramble out of the way of an oncoming truck. It clipped her foot, and Gwen hollered again. She shot a webline at the building from which she had fallen and yoinked herself away from the danger, clinging to the wall.

That brief incident of terror hadn't helped her headache in the slightest.

Gwen took a minute to calm her racing heart. She climbed up the side of the building and surveyed the city, which was dark now but filled with multicoloured pinpricks of light. Where was she?

Off in the distance, she spotted the silhouette of what looked like her school. She shot out a webline and swung towards it.

Upon returning to Visions Academy, Gwen was suddenly struck by a wave of exhaustion. The past couple of days (along with the multiple atomic disjunctions) had taken a toll on her.

It looked like she wasn't getting any homework done tonight. At least none of it was due the next day.

Gwen climbed through her dorm room window and fell backwards onto her bed, not even bothering to change out of her costume, before falling asleep.

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