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kidrat · 11 months

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having feelings about trans Gwen,,, like there's the 'superhero leading a double life' allegory for being closeted, which ppl have noted, but there's plenty I haven't seen anyone mention yet! like, the fact her dad has a trans patch in support of her means she's out.

She's a young trans *girl* (as opposed to a trans woman) living as her authentic gender in a loving home. she went to her school dance in a dress. she did ballet! which of course boys can do too, but often times when people are assigned male they don't get the chance to explore feminine hobbies. It's really lovely that someone, likely Gwen's dad, supported her enough to let her have those girly experiences and memories, whether she was living as a girl when she took dance up or as a gnc boy.

While it's subtle rep, I still think it's awesome to imply a character like Gwen is trans. Trans girls don't always get to have a childhood. Transmisogyny fetishizes transfems and presents them as always victimisers, never victims. They're barred from girlhood and it's connotations of innocence, vulnerability, lovableness.

Not that Gwen isn't a hashtag strong female character! And not that she hasn't had to grow up fast in other ways. She Is Literally Spiderwoman and she plays the drums and has agency and expresses negative emotions. But she's also a teenager, and she gets to be hugged and comforted, and to be set up for a soft friends to lovers relationship with another teenager, a cis boy who respects her and only knows her as a girl and thinks she's amazing and draws her in his sketchbook. That is not a role the media often lets trans girls have!!! It's lovely to think young transfems might be able to see themselves in a character consistently shown as worthy of affection.

Of course, the fact that Gwen is in the closet about being spider-woman is even sadder knowing this is her second rodeo. Lots of us have hesitated to come out a second time because our parents were supportive about the first thing and well, putting something else on them feels like taking the piss or hoping for too much.

Something else I wanted to talk about is how Gwen being trans effects a reading of her Peter's death, especially taking into account the new information this film gave us about this. There's this gendered switch happening, where Peter passes on his usual role to a woman. What's more, he has to die for her story to happen. She loves him, and never wanted him to die, but she's blamed for it anyway. Her father talks affectionately about the dead Peter, calling him his daughter's best friend. He talks about him like a son. He vows revenge on Gwen for killing him. It's a fantastic allegory for how some transphobic parents hate their out trans children for 'killing' the kid they had before.

I think with the above in mind, maybe we can see the subtext of Gwen's arc with her dad in this film as that of a supportive parent who's nevertheless got some biases left that hurt his trans daughter, who doesn't speak up for fear his acceptance is conditional.

I don't think it's a stretch to suggest that protecting a trans daughter is this Captain Stacy's motivation while he's working as a cop. Obviously there's the text that he wants to be a 'good cop' to work against the institution's bigotry, and he displays the trans flag on his work jacket. His quitting the police is a fantastic story beat because it makes a point about the real world while also serving a lot of the analogies going on.

Good cops quit. They realise you can't be a well intentioned cog in a bigoted machine. It doesn't matter if you're a bigot or just taking actions a bigot might because you're working within parameters set by bigots. It's an important message. Within a trans reading of the film, I'd also see this plot moment as Stacy realising he can't protect his trans daughter if he's still playing by the rules of a society that see her as threatening and duplicitous. He's then able to stop seeing her on some level as having killed his son.

They're able to be close again because he has completely rejected the cis culture he was a part of, rather than just decrying the worst parts and slotting Gwen in. She no longer has to worry that he'll rescind his acceptance if she's too trans, and so he gets to know all of her because she can let him into her world without self-editing.

Anyway, those are my thoughts on Gwen after watching Across The Spiderverse two hours ago lmao.

#atsv #atsv spoilers #across the spiderverse spoilers #spiderverse spoilers #spiderverse #spiderverse gwen

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incorrect-spiderverse · 9 months

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*Miles, Pavitr, Hobie, and Gwen chatting*

Spot: "What do you think you’re doing?"

Miles: "We’re TRYING to have a team meeting, thank you very little."

Pavitr: "Yeah! Team ears only."

Spot: " We’re in the middle of a fight!"

Hobie: "And we’re in the middle of a conversation! What don’t you get about that?"

#source: rwby #spiderverse #into spider verse #into the spiderverse #into the spider verse #across the spiderverse #miles morales #spiderverse miles #hobie brown #spiderverse hobie #spiderverse pavitr #pavitr prabhakar #gwen stacy #spiderverse gwen #atsv spot #incorrect spiderverse #incorrect quotes

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adrypaint · 3 months

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just miles and gwen wearing their unofficial merch

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tiiipper · 11 months

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I love Gwen sm HATERS BACK OFF 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

#spider gwen #spiderman #across the spider verse fanart #spiderman into the spiderverse #spiderverse fanart #spiderverse gwen #miles morales #gwen stacy #miguel ohara #pavtir prabhakar #hobie brown #atsv fanart #atsv art #fanart #across the spiderverse #I love gwen #into the spiderverse #tiiipper

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bluarlequinno · 11 months

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I love her, also shes canonically trans, i know because she told me

#spiderman across the spiderverse #spider gwen #gwen stacy #spiderverse gwen #spider gwen fanart #spiderman atsv #atsv #atsv fanart #gwen stacy fanart #trans gwen stacy #its canon #fr fr #art #digital art #digital sketching

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kierancaz · 4 months

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Fuck Sony for taking out Gwen’s “Miles! no! no, no, no, no….” and then she continues to call for him as she digs through the rubble.

That scene was sooo impactful for me in the theater I almost cried at it and then when I finally watched it again on digital I thought I MADE THAT SCENE UP in my head after the fact until I saw schnee post a short about it on YouTube.

I even made a post about it and then deleted later after I saw that scene wasn’t in the digital bc I didn’t think it existed until I saw the short.

Like Sony why would you do that. You are just giving people who hate Gwen more ammo for when they say stuff like she doesn’t care about Miles when she SO CLEARLY DOES especially in scenes like that one.

In that moment she was literally reliving one of the most traumatizing moment in her life and thought Miles was DEAD.

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honeymilkbubbletea · 5 months

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🩷 Girlies 💜

(Click for ✨️quality✨️)

Downloaded some new brushes and they're so fun to work with???

Idk if you see any difference but drawing with them is a pleasure ~

#fanart #digital drawing #digital art #artists on tumblr #spiderverse #across the spiderverse #spiderverse fanart #across the spiderverse fanart #atsv #atsv fanart #ghost spider #gwen stacy #trans gwen stacy #spider byte #margo kess #cutie patootie #they're besties your honor #spiderverse gwen #spiderverse margo

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crowsmurderz · 14 days

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saw it on twitter and i had to do it with ghfl!!

(stole the idea to @ getawayeverlark)

#atsv #spider man: across the spider verse #across the spiderverse #spiderman #spider man: atsv #miles x gwen #ghostflower #gwen stacy #gwiles #spiderverse miles #spiderverse gwen #gwendolyn stacy #miles morales #miles and gwen #gwen x miles

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rosieyart · 10 months

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i love her !! 🕷️🤍

#spiderverse #spidergwen #spider woman #spider gwen #spiderverse gwen

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tech-obssessed-shark · 2 months

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If Gwen has a million fans, then I am one of them. If Gwen has ten fans, then I am one of them. If Gwen has only one fan then that is me. If Gwen has no fans, then that means I am no longer on earth. If the world is against Gwen, then I am against the world.

#gwen stacy #bro she is trying her best #she is a girlboss #she is great #I don’t know why people hate her #(I do)#but it is STUPID!#She is trying her best #Let her be happy #spiderverse #across the spiderverse #spiderverse gwen #gwen appreciation post

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scribblemew · 10 months

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Teenage ice cream date <3

Hobie and Pavitr would be the most obnoxious friends (lovingly) but they'd be the best wingmen

#art #drawing #fanart #draw #digital sketch #illustration #spiderman #spiderverse gwen fanart #sony spiderverse #spiderverse gwen #spiderverse spoilers #spiderverse fanart #pavitr prabhakar #hobie brown #miles morales #miles morales and Gwen stacy #theyre so cute #i live for them #I love them so much

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pfpanimes · 4 months

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⌕ gwen stacy. 🕷️

like or reblog if you save/use.

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incorrect-spiderverse · 3 months

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Miles: "You know archaic Latin?"

Hobie: "I got bored with classical Latin."

Gwen: "You know normal Latin?"

Hobie: "Yeah, someone from my knitting club taught me."

Pavitr excitedly: "YOU HAVE A KNITTING CLUB?!"

Hobie: "You guys don't know everything about me. Now, do you guys want a sweater or a scarf?"

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tvgirlzz · 1 month

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gwen stacy out of context 4

#spider gwen #gwen stacy #ghost spider #gwen stacy spiderverse #marvel #across the spiderverse #spider gwen comics #✧˚ · . random #spiderverse gwen #spiderverse #into the spider verse

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tiiipper · 9 months

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Drawing that one depressed looking concept of Gwen

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daydreaming-en-pointe · 3 months

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the swan and her princess (part 1)

summary: Swan Lake isn’t all beauty and grace, contrary to popular belief. And you experience firsthand that as you wage a one-sided war with your “rival” for the role of the Swan Princess, Odette.

pairing: Gwen Stacy (Spider-Woman) x fem!Ballerina!Reader

word count: 842

warnings: uses of Y/N, lots of ballet terms and references, the teacher displaying blatant favouritism ig?, mildly petty reader 💀

a/n: I finally got around to doing it! yay :D academic rivals to lovers ftw honestly

gearing up for my first official chapter-based fanfic WHOOOOOOOOO

dividers by me btw! it’s my first time doing dividers so any feedback would be appreciated <3

part 1 // part 2 (pending)

glossary:

Swan Lake: Swan Lake, Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. It is now one of the most popular ballets of all time. The ballet is based on a German fairy tale, and tells the story of a prince named Siegfried who falls in love with Odette, a princess who has been turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer

Odette: Odette is the main female protagonist in the ballet "Swan Lake," which is composed by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. She is the White Swan, also known as the Swan Princess/Swan Queen.

Anna Pavlova: Anna Pavlovna Pavlova was a Russian prima ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. She was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev. (basically, every ballerina’s idol)

first position: In the first position, the heels are together, with toes turned out until the feet are in a large, open V or a straight line.

relevé: Relevé is a French term meaning "raised up." It is one of the basic ballet moves. The dancer starts in a demi-plié (a move where the dancer bends their knees halfway while keeping their feet on the ground) and then rises up into demi-pointe (on the balls of the feet) or en pointe (on the toes), either on one foot or both feet.

“Let’s take it from the top, Y/N. More turned out this time. And your ‘wings’ aren’t flowy enough. You are the very Swan Princess, not a struggling cygnet. You die gracefully.”

You blew air threw your nose a little more forcefully than you usually would, trying your best to follow your ballet teacher’s instructions.

“Ah, Gwendolyn! So nice of you to join us.”

That statement was usually used sarcastically in most settings. So why did your teacher’s voice take on a note of adoration? You resisted the urge to roll your eyes, not even looking at the new arrival. All she ever did was drop into class half an hour late - without even doing her hair in a proper bun - and get showered with praises for everything she did. Always Gwen this, Gwen that. You were so sick of it.

“Gwen, if you decide to try out, you would be a perfect fit for the White Swan,” Your teacher eagerly told her, and your ‘flowy feathers’ tightened into fists. Just brilliant. In her eyes, you had no chance at Odette, did you? Once again, Gwendolyn Stacy would swoop in and snatch up something you had worked so hard for, spending hours upon hours on late nights at the studio practising alone, all because the teacher thought she was the next Anna Pavlova. But every time, you bit your tongue and kept your head down. One day, you would show them. You would show them all how good you were. And little Gwendolyn Stacy, the number one teacher’s pet, would watch and weep.

You cleared your throat to jolt your teacher out of her rambling. “Miss? My audition?”

She blinked as if she were just noticing you. “Ah, right. Yes, you may continue.”

You were ready to hurl your pointe shoes at both of their annoying faces, but you focused on making yourself extra turned out and extra graceful. Oh, how the tables would turn when you got this role.

You risked a glance out of the corner of your eye and noticed with a smug satisfaction that Gwen was staring at you, eyes wide. Completely enthralled.

Ha-ha, Gwendolyn Stacy. Look upon actual, hard-earned talent and despair.

You finished the Dying Swan - the Swan Lake piece you were doing for your audition - and bowed, standing in first position with your head held high.

“Thank you, Y/N. That was very nice. Everyone, let’s get started. Get your shoes on and get into your positions at the barre, please.”

Ugh, the barre positions. Your arch-nemesis, apart from a certain Gwen Stacy. Well, maybe not apart from her, since your barre position was right in front of her.

“One, two, three, four - hold, two, three four…”

You tuned out the voice of your ballet teacher; the exercise was purely muscle memory to you by now, and her voice was only distracting you at the moment.

“Hey, Y/N.”

You were pulled out of your intense focus by the voice behind you. Once you realised who it was, you had to resist the urge to scoff. “What is it?”

“I, uh… I just wanted to say that you did amazing. It was very graceful. You’ll make a good White Swan.” That almost made you lose your balance in a relevé and twist your ankle, because what?

Gwen Stacy thought that you’d get the role?

Oh. That was new.

Or maybe it wasn’t, and you were just imagining the whole ‘undeserving slacker’ thing and painting her as the bad guy…?

You almost giggled at that. Nah. This was definitely some ploy to get you to relax a little, to stop practising almost obsessively. Yeah, she was just trying to ensure you weren’t a threat. The moment you let down your guard, she would snatch up the role of Odette. You just knew it. Well, she could try all she wanted; you would not make it easy for her.

“Oh, I know,” You replied coolly, ending the exercise with everyone else and turning to offer her a politely bored smile. “But thank you.”

Gwen’s smile dropped a little and her eyebrows scrunched together slightly, her piercings glinting in the studio’s warm light. “Okay, well… I’ll see you around, I guess.”

She reached down and grabbed her duffel bag, unceremoniously dropping her teal pointe shoes into the mess of clothes and who knows what else she kept in it.

You kept your eyes on her until she disappeared out the studio’s door after a quick goodbye to the teacher. She was like a ghost, always appearing and flickering out just as quickly as one. And somehow always getting away with it, every single time. Not to mention… she was also somehow really good. Despite missing classes and coming late.

“Remember, class. Now that I’ve seen all your auditions, the roles will be up next week. Don’t be late,” your teacher called as you all left the building.

You kissed your teeth in annoyance. Yeah, don’t be late. Unless you’re Gwen Stacy.

Good grief, that girl would be the death of you.

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