I'd Like To Add A Slightly Different Take On This, Along With Some Nuance From The Movie(s).

I'd like to add a slightly different take on this, along with some nuance from the movie(s).

The boy/men (with the tendencies) seem unable to grasp: along with nerdish likes & hobbies, Peter is genuinely kind at heart. He has courage. *Courage is being brave enough to do the right thing even when afraid. Gwen said to Peter, "I love that you're Spider-man, but I love Peter Parker more" and it's true--she was attracted to him before he ever got bitten by the radioactive spider at Oscorp, because she witnessed his kindness to others and that, in itself, can certainly accentuate innate attractiveness. It takes courage to be kind in a world full of hate.

Hollywood likes to emphasize the myth that the nerd must become strong in order to conquer his/her foes and win love, but the disconnect comes when the male viewer fails to see that it was the kindness that created the initial spark. Sometimes that spark leads to friendship and beyond. Not just in the movies. Perhaps they should go out and with real sincerity try it.

*IMO, fear is an important element of courage. Consider the words of Mark Twain:

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave; it is merely a loose misapplication of the word. Consider the flea!—incomparably the bravest of all the creatures of God, if ignorance of fear were courage. Whether you are asleep or awake he will attack you, caring nothing for the fact that in bulk and strength you are to him as are the massed armies of the earth to a sucking child; he lives both day and night and all days and nights in the very lap of peril and the immediate presence of death, and yet is no more afraid than is the man who walks the streets of a city that was threatened by an earthquake ten centuries before." --Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar

I think the whole "Peter Parker is ugly" is their self-projection, because they can't comprehend the fact that Peter gets more cooch in one day than they did in their entire miserable lives, because they can't interact with women.

Yes, it may be an unpopular opinion what I will say next, but I always thought that Peter’s version of Sam Raimi created a certain identification among boys/ men with incel tendencys.

And if given the opportunity, who wouldn't be? Lovely city with so much to see, to do, to love, to experience. The history of the world and its people and all of the things that make us special.

Enjoy life, such as it is, the good, the bad, the highs, the lows. To be alive and use all of your senses: to hear, to taste, to smell, to touch, to see. Laugh, cry, love, and live whether you are in Paris, France or Paris, Texas. You have but one, so bon chance!

ANDREW GARFIELD

apparently, he’s in Paris.

Forever obsessed with this pic of Andrew Garfield and Alexandra Shipp ❤️

been missing you!! you’re such an incredibly kind and thoughtful person, and you are so so valued and loved by so many people :)) just wanted to drop in to tell you that you’re amazing <3

Your kind and thoughtful message was such a lovely surprise in my inbox and thank you so very much for sending it!

Have been incredibly busy and fallen far behind on catching up with my favorite stories and authors and tumblr creatives but rest assured have not forgotten you or the inspiring encouragement this community shares with one another.

Really brought a smile to my face today and thank you again for all that you do and all that you are! Have a lovely day, mon ami, have a lovely wonderful day!

Heyy :) I haven't talked to u in a while and wanted to ask how you're doing? Hopefully well

This is too sweet; two wonderful surprises of caring messages in my inbox and I am really really touched.

I'm hanging in there, just really in the woods with a lot of hiking left to do before I can stop, rest, and read. I'll be back at some point, just trying to stay on the path so that I can give priority to not getting lost and also so that I can give your stories and blogs, as well as others I follow, the attention they deserve.

Likewise, I hope you're doing well. It's a tough world, but it's kind people such as you that make it a far better place.

Take care, and to all of you: please keep writing! Please keep creating! It matters!

The absolute best at AG content and appreciation: @sincericida has created a veritable calendar of moments from the past year. Pick a favorite? No can do as each captures a snapshot in time of the actor we love to watch on film and in life. Enjoy life! It's but a blip in the universe but as we are unique, we share so much in common. Here's to many blessings and memories made in the coming year. Cheers!

ANDREW GARFIELD

being fashion icon in 2023 appreciation post