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I'm out here hoping for crumbs of Xina like
@glo-glow
I'm out here hoping for crumbs of Xina like
So no Xiguel?
I'm out here hoping for crumbs of Xina like
“why are you always only ever talking about, like, spider-man 2099’s childhood and mental health issues instead of posting panels of him Biting People” uh. because… spider-man 2099 the comic book… also does this.?
I know it's hard cause his comics are from, like, the 90s at the latest and kinda hard to find unless you go into shady sites or find used copies, but what I need people to understand —at least until Across The Spiderverse part 2 comes out and proves otherwise— is that Miguel O'Hara is a severely depressed guy who comes from a background of abuse. His stepfather was incredibly abusive, he was bullied his whole childhood and he has at least 2 half siblings he found out about later in life who hate him, one for being Spiderman and the other for being himself. He's never had any sort of stability- especially not familial stability. He's reclusive and self destructive, he isolates himself and ruins his relationships with others either because of his isolation or because he's actively self-sabotaging. And that's all without the addition of the child for the sad backstory.
Then, in Across The Spiderverse, he had a seemingly perfect life waved right in front of his face, like the universe —both his own and that perfect one— is taunting him with what he's never been allowed to have, but also giving him a chance to just take it, to finally have that without any extra effort needed. I'm not at all surprised by his actions and the choice he made, and I can't wait to see how that goes in Part 2.
xina kwan is the backbone of spider-man 2099 because without her there would be zero incredibly-dated-and-thereby-hilarious references to life in the late 80s-early 90s. if she had never forced miguel to watch The Fly with her we would never have even had spider-man 2099 in the first place. she is a queen among queens
the “i love you! i am so proud of you! do i want kids?” to “i had her because of you” pipeline is something so personal actually
I love love LOVE learning shit like this
The animators put so much love into every frame of this movie and I love seeing the real influences for every character
miles morales voice can you please take my itsy bitsy ass seriously
the worst teacher
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #17 (2020)
written by Saladin Ahmed art by Carmen Carnero & David Curiel
This is easily one of my favorite bit of writing about Miguel as it is so unbashingly criticial and yet very insightful about him. (and I think it was written all the way in the 90's, which make it more amazing)
