this whole oceangate submarine fiasco has actually led to a lot of interesting talks and debates about the grey area of human empathy vs the inclination to recoil at the bizarre behaviors of the ultra wealthy and how people struggle with both ideas and is actually very interesting to watch play out in different types of people
ok i have had a LOT of time to think about these parallels.
in itsv, miles isn’t fully spider-man yet. he’s wearing the kids’ costume that doesn’t even fit. peter is the experienced spider-man, wearing the suit, who’s telling him he knows better and that he should sit this one out. but miles doesn’t. he takes his leap of faith and becomes spider-man.
in atsv, miles has a brand-new suit. he’s been spider-man for longer, and he’s had time to figure out what works for him.
peter comments on his new suit design and says it looks like he’s bleeding from the armpits. it’s meant as a joke, but it’s also a subtle nod that a lot of time has passed. peter doesn’t quite get how much miles has changed and come into his own.
in the scene where they have a heart to heart, peter is wearing a bathrobe covering up his spidey suit, showing how he’s out of touch with miles. he’s not the best mentor he can be right now. miles is the one fully displaying the suit. he tells peter he wants to be spider-man in a different way—peter told him in the first movie to “do it like you,” and that’s exactly what miles is doing.
in both scenes, peter thinks he knows better. but miles flips it right on his head and proves that he’s gonna do his own thing.
aliceosemanart: Nick makes a new friend on a family holiday… then meets him again many years later 🧜♂️ I started drawing this for #MerMay last year…thought it was time I finished it!
Miguel spending HOURS on a character creation screen coming up with Lyla’s appearance, being like, yes, yes, she needs those glasses, obviously…
OR, a newborn Lyla telling him he can choose her appearance and him going “I don’t care, just choose whatever you want”, and her having a full AI breakdown over being given free will BUT she needs to (gets to???) make her own aesthetic choices now??? And the result being the Lyla we know and love.
Worst part about this is I’ve only ever used that yellow square emoji once and it was just to see how it looked. This isn’t who I am. However, in retrospect, I suppose it is
Just realized that the reason I love making friends on tumblr is because it’s exactly how you make friends on the playground as a six year old. No, I don’t know their name but they love mermaids too and built this awesome sand castle. No, I don’t know their age but their imaginary cheetah is friends with mine. You like this show? You like this character?? You can sing the theme song really loud??? Here is a flower crown. Here is a juice box. You can share my time and I might never see you again but part of you stays in my soul forever. In my mind we’re still on the swing set and the sky is blue and nothing will ever be wrong again.
