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plintoon-reblogs: jollysnidge: I keep thinking how much more powerful the Spiderman origin story would be if Peter Parker was an African American kid, whose Uncle Ben was shot by police while being arrested for a minor parking infraction. There is no formal investigation, and Peter decides to put himself on the line to prevent it happening again. He tackles the white crimes that go unpunished, punishes POC criminals fairly. He is the leveler, always fighting to be without bias, to be just. To protect people like his uncle. This not only mirrors so much of what’s happening in America, but feeds right into the complex relationship between Spiderman, the authorities and the media. Peter Parker is a brilliant student, awkward, a nerd, but is branded a thug, a gang member, a criminal, because of his appearance. The media latch on to that and misrepresent him totally. The police, humilitated by the fact that he refuses to work with them and often punishes cops themselves for brutalizing innocent people, or guilty people who still deserve better treatment than they get, attempt to hunt him down. I had to. You know, I appreciate you wanting to make the story relevant to current issues, I really do. But um, with Spider-Man’s story IT DOESN’T WORK. Why does it not work? Because this completely goes against everything Uncle Ben’s death stands for! The entire point of Uncle Ben’s death is that it was Peter’s fault. The entire point of Uncle Ben dying was to hammer in the notion that “With great power, comes great responsibility.” Peter shirked that responsibility out of spite for those who wronged him, and as a result of this, Uncle Ben, the man who gave Peter that lesson in the first place, payed the ultimate price for it. Uncle Ben’s death was Peter’s fault. Had he done what he was supposed to do at the hero, Uncle Ben would have lived to see another day. But since he didn’t, and Ben Parker died, Peter realized what he had to do. He had to always be the hero, because since he has the power, he is obligated to do so. With this plot idea, you are eliminating that, therefore eliminating everything that makes Spider-Man Spider-Man! And here’s the thing, this is actually a really good idea! Why not pitch this to create a new superhero? I guess conceivably the same Spider-Man message could be worked in with this setup, but his origin story is fine as it is. There is so much potential here for a new superhero with that backstory, so why not try that? I’ll tell you why, because this is obviously just a tactic to cater to the people who are upset about the Spider-Man casting. Why not use this creativity to create something new, rather than cater to Tumblr for a casting decision they’re upset about? 5 years ago

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