#I’m kinda into this spiderverse reference

[emerald57]

GF:Charlie,why’d you kill that guy?

Puppet:Mother F**ker,he killed himself !

[yandere-daydreams]

omg i hope all goes well with your kidneys!!! sending well-wishes 😭💗

as for miguel thirsts: mentions of dubcon, noncon, edging, overstimulation, abnormal uses of webbing, fangs, and venom, vague kidnapping reference(?)

1) him going after an anomaly! darling, and instead of doing the usual ‘catch and release’ back to their original world, he just .. keeps them at hq. initially it’s just for observation, but over time he just gets closer and closer (“for research!” he tells himself), and one day, he finds himself moving their cell into his monitor room (“for observation!” he tells himself). so far, he’s been able to keep the fact that he jerks himself off to their presence quiet. he just doesn’t know how long it’ll take for him to want more.

2) i’m also thinking of some kinda predator/prey dynamic where there’s a chase scene where it does end up with him tackling darling down to the ground (he does put his hand around their head so they aren’t concussed when their body hits the ground <з). he accidentally does the knee thing and then just rolls with it, and that’s what kickstarts the fucking. is very much so like “why are you squirming?” while Very Much Knowing what he’s doing.

(he does probably put his fangs around their neck at some point just bc i think that’s super hot of him to do.)

^ also may i please add - edging while you’re paralyzed where he does the whole “i’m not hearing you say please” and is just edging for hours on end, or the same concept but with dubcon overstimulation, “i’m not hearing you say stop” while giving you the nth orgasm of the night and tears roll down your cheeks.)

3) the third thirst of him that’s been bouncing around my head like a horny version of the window’s screensaver is essentially the noncon hate-fucking version of #2; you’re fighting about something ultimately unimportant, and at some point it transitions from just slinging words to each other to physical fighting [yes he does chokeslam you against a wall a la train scene] and now you’ve got nowhere to run (maybe somehow webbing got involved and you’re stuck to the wall, essentially at his mercy)

tw - spiderverse spoilers, non///con, imprisonment, obsessive behavior.

sjkfdsjsdkfdklfj combining all of these in my head for a scenario wherein miguel captures an anomaly who, while not dangerous enough to be locked away indefinitely, isn't the kind of upstanding citizen who'd be sent home immediately. you don't manage to hurt him, but you waste enough of his time to earn a second glance every time he passes your holographic cell, a nearly imperceptible half-smirk every time he gets a chance to push your name just a little further down their ever-growing list. eventually, after some 'if you like the new anomaly so much why don't you marry them'-esque probing from lyla, your containment chamber is moved into his personal lab, and y'know, exposure breeds familiarity, familiarity breeds affection, and affection for someone like miguel breeds obsession, whether or not you see him as anything but the creepy, cyber-punk spiderman who likes to leer outside of your cell for a few minutes every day.

so, when there's a minute-long power outage and you get a chance to put as much distance as you can between you and the man that doesn't know you've seen him palming himself through his suit outside your cell when he thought you were asleep, you take it. of course, miguel's on you in a second and of course, it only takes him a few minutes to chase you into the unpopulated sub-levels of his spider society, to dig his teeth into your neck and leave you paralyzed but very awake and very aware that you're at his mercy. it was a mistake to get his adrenaline going, to spark his aggression then try to smother it before he's really had a chance to burn. you should be thankful that he uses his webbing to bind your hands rather than breaking your wrists, that he only wraps your fist around your neck rather than crushing your windpipe underneath his heel, that he chooses to edge you on until you're begging him to fuck you as roughly as he's been dying to for weeks. when he's done, you don't get taken back to his lab, but to his claustrophobic apartment, and you aren't put back into a cell, but into a collar - to stop you from glitching without letting you so much as hope that you'll ever be able to leave his dimension.

without letting you hope you'll ever be able to leave him.

[daniarts19]

Well, last fanart 2023 and soon will be a happy new year 2024.

So this year was better than 2022 and stuff, the good things I’m now in a illustration class in a real art school in the city, I know someone in the family left us on the beginning of December and I get to know new people and art I did see from them their talents and all their care for the world.

My fanart is more a multiverse kinda style since I wanted to combine Across the Spiderverse/Once Upon a Studio with a few references the star making with their magic.

Hope you like it and Happy New Year.

Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken © DreamWorks Animation

Mario © Nintendo

Elemental © Disney and Pixar

Nimona © Annapurra Pictures

Total Drama © Fresh TV

Wish © Disney

Leo © Happy Madison

Migration© Illustration Entertainment 

[theblacktiecacti]

can you walk us through ur thought process for each sow character design? im actually genuinely so intrigued

OH MY GOSH MY SECOND ASK! Hello hi yes I would love to talk about my thought process in why I draw them the way I do.

I’m gonna put this all under a cut in sections though cause. I kinda wrote/drew a lot.

General Stuff

So generally, when I’m coming up with how I want a character to look, Pinterest is probably one of my biggest tools. I usually just look up “aesthetic [item of clothing they said the character had]” to find ideas and get solid visual reference for a lot of the clothes that I picture the character wearing. I also have a Pinterest board that’s just called “interesting faces” which I scroll through to find the face that I think matches what I picture the character like the most, then hop between suggested pins until I find the right one. I’ve also got one just saved with different body types to do the same thing with. I feel like I still struggle a bit with same face/body type syndrome, but doing this has helped a bit.

Most of the time, the ideas for character appearances come from other characters who have similar vibes or from whatever aesthetic a character associates with. Also, I try to incorporate shape language to indicate character personality in their designs!

Zephrael

I really wanted to lean into the spindly spider theme for him! I tried to keep his limbs pretty thin and his outfit with a lot of protrusions like spider limbs. I might have overdone it on the spider webs a little bit lmaOooo.

Alongside that, I wanted to make him very pointy and sharp. Cause he’s always. on edge. ba dum crash.

I wanted to make sure he had a white cane to assist his blindness! Alongside that as an accessibility device, when I pictured him at first, I imagined him with crutches, but when I was drawing, I couldn’t quite figure out how to get those to meld. My thoughts were either to combine a crutch with a cane, which would cause even more stress on the wrist by having to twist the crutch to feel with the cane, or to have him in a wheelchair with the cane, which IDK how well those could combine if you move with your arms and are holding something. Though he could probably have a powered one with his status. I think if I add the wheelchair at some point, I’d want to make sure it’s still creepy crawly like the wheelchair that Sun Spider had in Across the Spiderverse.

Zeph was actually the only one whose reference photo I saw beforehand, Shout out to the bimbofication Grizzly character chart.

Argentum

When I imagined Argentum, I pictured a cross between Raine from The Owl House and Venti from Genshin Impact who I’ve seen a bunch of times but never actually knew their name until I just looked it up.

When they got described with gray hair, my mind just went “Okay, so they’re older.” Not to mention, if they’ve written a bunch of books, they have to have taken the time to do it.

I wanted to add a bunch of book shapes in their design just to show off their Writerness.

Still don’t know how to add hints to the little grimbly in their head that I do not know much about yet.

The Wall

Oh The Wall, how you challenge me to draw armor.

I wanted to go heavy on the blocky, big shapes, but I wanted to make sure he still felt comforting rather than scary. He’s a knight and a protector, but he’s on our side.

Senshi from Dungeon Meshi is all I could picture while listening to the show. Like if Senshi and Sans from Undertale had a huge knight baby.

I still need to figure out ways to hint more at his heritage rather than just having his connection to Zeph as a forefront.

Phoenix

His name is Phoenix. We have to give him wings; it's the only option.

All I could picture after the hair was described was Casey from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Who is surprisingly similar.

Scarf! I love it when characters have scarves.

He’s so upside down triangle. Just the way he says things without thinking and is kinda snooty and is very kid-ish and immature. Only placed in a position of power because his mentor is busy. He’s very imbalanced but by god is he doing stuff.

Sunder

I had the hardest time with Sunder and it’s definitely pretty obvious.

I originally pictured him more like his actual image which I've now searched.

But after listening to him talk a bit, because I’m bad at placing accents, I just went “Is he Scottish?” and from then on, Sunder was just David Tennant in the baftas, even after I was like hmmm the accent isn’t Scottish, is it.

I also gave him a hat cause his head looked boring. Probably would not have done this if I heard he had horns. Audio listener moment

[evansbby]

Does anyone have any cool sexy dilf stories? Like stories that you wouldn’t mind sharing of y’all with dilfs?? Idk I feel like I need to live vicariously through you guys jajsjsjs —

Okay so I know you posted this last week but I have to tell someone 💀

So since the beginning of uni I’ve had a crush on my chemistry professor, and let me tell you that the first day I had his class all I did was fantasize about him😭😭

This man is 6’4 (I’m 5’3🤭) so the height difference is so hot. He’s 35 (I just turned 20), he’s half Mexican half Colombian (he curses in Spanish when he drops something or is just mad and it’s the hottest thing ever). He has brown eyes and his hair is like Ari’s hair (all i can think about is how hot it would be to rake my nails through his hair while he’s eating me out). Also he’s so fucking buff holy shit, like his biceps are the size of my head and every time he wears a tight shirt/blouse it literally makes me want to do unspeakable things. For reference he kinda looks like Miguel O’hara (idk if you watched Spiderman into the Spiderverse but that man is hot as hell), but he has fuller lips. He also has a beard which also kind of the same to Ari’s beard.

So here’s where the actual story begins😭😭. He has a daughter who’s 8 years old - btw he’s not married and her mom isn’t in her life, I don’t know why - so my cousin who’s also 8 years old happens to be in the same class as her and they’re literally best friends. I didn’t know at first that her dad was my professor (and the guy I dream about) until my aunt asked me to pick my cousin up from school and I see him talking to his daughter and my cousin. When I tell you I almost melted because he was so sweet with them😭😭😭 When they saw me walking towards them he was also surprised to see me, but then he smiled and made small talk 😫

Next day when I see him in class, he asks me to stay behind and when I tell you I almost fainted. I’ll type out the interaction because it’ll be too confusing.

Professor: “Hey, so I didn’t know you were related to (cousins name)”

Me: “Yeah, her moms my moms sister so different last names haha”

Professor: “So, I wanted to ask if it’s okay for her to come over next week? I tried to catch your aunt and ask but she’s always there earlier than me, (daughters name) and (cousins name) wanted to watch a movie and just play.”

Me: “Oh yeah, I’ll ask my aunt. I’m sure she wouldn’t mind (cousins name) talks about her a lot.”

Professor: “Yeah those two are really close.”

Me: “But sure I’ll ask my aunt and get back to you tomorrow.”

Professor: “Thank you it’ll mean a lot to them.”

So after this we just quickly said goodbye and when I walked out the classroom I almost threw up he made me that nervous😭😭 It’s the way he was standing as well, he was standing and kind of half sitting half leaning on his desk and his blouse that day was a white so I kinda saw abs (slut) 😫😫😫 honestly feels like something out of a movie😭

Anyway so I came home and I was going to my aunts house anyway for dinner with the whole family (I’m Moroccan so these kind of big dinners are almost every week💀). So when I’m there I ask her and she first was kind of iffy about it because she doesn’t want to send her 8 year old to a random mans house (her words, not mine😂) even though she knows his daughter. And then my other cousin who’s my age and knows about my crush on him, jokingly said “maybe she should go with her, he’s her professor so she already knows him”. I swear to god I wanted to strangle her right there and then because my aunt thought it was the best idea ever and now she wants me to go with her.

I feel like this is getting really long so I’ll try summarize what happened afterwards😭. So the next day I don’t have chemistry so after I was done with all my classes I walk over to his classroom. This man was just sitting there drinking coffee and working and I thought (still think) it was the hottest thing ever. When he sees me walk in he smiles at me and greets me. I greet him as well and tell him what my aunt said.

Me: “Maybe a bit weird but my aunt wanted me to come with (cousins name) to keep an eye on her you know? If that’s okay with you of course.”

Professor: “Yeah no that’s fine don’t worry about it, besides it’ll be nice to have someone there to keep me company.”

WHEN HE SAID THIS I SWEAR TO GOD HE SMIRKED/SMILED AT ME I CANNOT MAKE THIS SHIT UP😭😭😭.

Anyway I gave him my aunts number so they can arrange it and then we said goodbye and stuff and I left. My hands were shaking when I was walking out of the classroom, he makes me that nervous😭 My aunt called me Sunday morning telling me that the playdate is next week. Either he or my uncle is gonna bring us.

I normally have his class on Monday but he wasn’t there, I think he had an appointment or something😔 But I do have his class today so lets pray he’s there🤞🏼🤞🏼

I’m sorry if this was really long but I honestly feel like this is too good to be true, and when I saw your post about any dilf stories I immediately thought about him. I also wanted to tell someone who won’t judge me and I honestly love your vibe so I hope you won’t think I’m weird or something 😭. I also need advice because what the hell do i do?!?! I have such a big crush on him, besides the looks he’s so sweet but also so serious and bossy (idk what to call it but it’s hot😫😫).

I’ll keep you updated if you want if anything else happens🥴🥴🥴

- 💐💐

Oh my god bestie I am so intrigued but at the same time you are twenty years old and that is a BABY to me practically so idk idk idk what to say!!!! Pls just be sensible about this… men love to take advantage of younger girls and I know you don’t want to hear this 😭😭😭 but I feel like I have to say it otherwise I’d be being fake 🥲🥲

Of course, you’re entitled to do whatever you please! And honestly HONESTLY this professor seems into you but the fact that he’s a professor and you’re his student is a red flag??? Right??? Like… you’re his student 😭😭😭 on top of that he is a lot older than you so please be careful!!!

Apart from that why does this sound like such a picture perfect fanfic scenario?? Like lmfao wow I didn’t realise y’all were out here literally being real life Y/Ns meanwhile all my professors have been ugly and lame 😂😂😂

[rooniper]

Saw Across the Spiderverse last night. Got a poster out of it. And also trauma.

Spoiler-free opinion: go watch this movie. I am begging you, go watch it. Even if you don’t particularly like superhero movies it’s worth it for the animation alone. As a person who doesn’t really care that much for Marvel and DC and the like (with a few exceptions), Spiderverse consistently hits so goddamn hard. I loved the first movie, it’s my ultimate comfort film, and I went into this one with my expectations pretty high and it still surpassed them with flying colors.

Just. The animation. I’m still not over it. It’s so goddamn good. My jaw was on the floor at some of the scenes. This movie is living, breathing proof that animation is an art form and not just a kids movie medium and I loved every goddamn bit of it. I am going to go watch it again just for the visuals alone. If you thought the first movie’s visuals were something special - you’ve seen nothing yet. I am shuddering at the amount of effort that must’ve gone into the making of this film and would like to kiss every single person who worked on it because it’s beautiful. And the mUSIC- oh my god, the music. Seriously, if you have the option to go watch it in cinemas, go watch it.

As for the story: I honestly still can’t decide if I like this one over the first one. I think I just might. The first one is definitely funnier, at least to me personally, but I really like the more serious tone this one is going for and honestly it’s still pretty funny if you’re looking for that. It ends on a cliffhanger, which is a bummer, but overall I would say the story is really engaging and multi-layered and the plot twists are gut-punching, even if I predicted some of them.

Overall: 11/10 movie for me personally, would recommend wholeheartedly

THIS MARKS THE END OF THE SPOILER-FREE ZONE. BELOW THE CUT THERE BE SPOILERS.

Not gonna lie, it’s still a bit funny to me that messing with universes is referred to as ‘breaking canon’. Anyways.

I literally screamed when Prowler!Miles came on screen. His design is so cool I can’t. Also, the twist that Miles is the ‘original anomaly’ - that shit hURT, even if I predicted it was coming (shoutout to the people who predicted it, good work guys). I am also kinda terrified on how Miles’ is gonna save his dad - I really like Jeff, he kinda reminds me of my own dad, if he dies in the next one I am going to cry like a little baby.

[writer-or-whatever]

20 Questions Game

Thanks for the tag @maria-de-salinas :)

1. How many works do you have on ao3?

25

2. What’s your total ao3 word count?

50,473

3. What fandoms do you write for?

I’ve written for HP, Gilmore Girls, Avatar: the last airbender, Friends, and various iterations of Spider-Man

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

1. Game night (HP)

2. Just another Thursday night (HP)

3. Can’t fight the friction (HP)

4. Would you be so kind as to fall in love with me? (Gilmore Girls)

5. Five Conversations and a dinner date (HP)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

100% every single time. The fact that people read what I write at all blows my mind, so when people comment I love it so much and definitely want to respond and have a lil conversation.

6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Probably either The Life and Times of Sirius Black (canon complaint w/ major character death) or I guess What In The World Has Come Over You? (A bad things happen bingo prompt fill with no resolution of the aforementioned bad thing and an open ending. Which I personally dislike more than a sad concrete ending)

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I think probably Would you be so kind. But I’m generally a sucker for a happy ending so there’s a fair number of happy endings

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not really? In my early fandom days a little bit, but I am a huge fan of the block button so. Now I don’t.

9. Do you write smut? If so what kind?

Do I write it? Yes. Does it ever get finished and/or posted? Not as much. Pretty much everything I’ve written has just been PWPs that I either haven’t finished or don’t like enough to post.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve ever written?

I have posted one (1) crossover and it was an mcu/itsv crossover. It was originally part of a slightly more ambitious series, which was a post-no way home, post-into the spiderverse, mid-canon shattered dimensions crossover. (Despite the fact that shattered dimensions is a fairly unknown (in larger fandom) spiderman game from 2010). Miguel’s characterization is a bit different in that game than in across the spiderverse and after atsv came out I was like. This is going to be torn to shreds by people who have seen that movie and have no other frame of reference for him. No thank u. (Don’t get me wrong! I love atsv! They’re just two different versions of the same character okay).

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge. Someone asked me if they could repost one of my fics once and I was like ??? No??? And I kept an eye on them for a bit but they didn’t so 🤷‍♂️

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No, but if someone wanted to that would be fucking amazing. So If there’s any interest lemme know 👀

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Again, this is one of those ‘yes but it never saw the light of day’ things again. My partner and I had a fic that we outlined and started writing together almost four years ago but we both just kinda lost interest/started writing less. It still lives on in my drafts though.

14. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

Hm. That’s a hard one honestly. Maybe Rory/Jess?

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

There are many wips on my computer, many of which will never see the light of day (the current wip count right now is 112). One I would have liked to finish is the Spider-Man one I mentioned before but honestly. I am fairly certain I won’t.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Characterization

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Action scenes! And sometimes dialogue :/

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I love it when it’s well done. Hate it when it’s just thrown in there to be thrown in there. Wish I could do it myself sometimes, but my French is ✨not good enough for that✨and I refuse to use google translate

19. First fandom you ever wrote for?

Harry Potter

20. Favorite fic you’ve ever written?

Would you be so kind. Absolutely my magnum opus as far as fanfic goes.

Tagging: @thatforgottenbasilisk @sarah-sandwich @otpcutie @webtrinsic1122 @belleslettres-love @ernestonlysayslovelythings

[rxin3akamallory]

Magril Ref Sheet WIP

So I’m currently working on this ref sheet on Magril but it’s been taking a little bit because she wears different outfits and/or has a different appearance depending on the event/film/media

It feels like I’ve been playing dress up with her for the past couple days while drawing the outfits, it’s kinda fun despite it taking a while

The video below is a little sneak peek without showing too much because I wanted to give it a proper reveal once done

And for reference, here’s the list of outfits/looks I’m gonna provide:

Halfworld [Done]

Ravager Garb (Because former Ravager) [Done]

Vol. 1/T.V. Series (Default) [Done]

Vol. 1/T.V. Series (Second Variant) [Done]

Vol 2. (And possibly Infinity War too but I haven’t decided yet) [Done]

Night Wear/Southern Nights scene (just because I love the pajamas I gave her!) [WIP]

Holiday Special [WIP]

Vol. 3 (Casual) [WIP]

Vol. 3 (Guardian Suit) [WIP]

I also wanna do a separate smaller ref sheet for her weapon(s). I was gonna include it in this ref sheet but I have no room now, plus it would be jarring if they were both clashed together.

But yeah for those who want context because I haven’t drawn Magril with her weapon recently, it’s normal default state is a baton with a couple buttons.

Depending on which one, the baton can transform into a pole arm, a whip, and later on between Vol. 1 and 2, Rocket adds a scythe to the mechanics.

Magril is one of the most physically agile of the Guardians, her metallic/endoskeleton like tail is one of the biggest examples. When I was making Magril I researched to see if it was true that opossums can hang upside down for long periods of time or even sleep upside down. Irl they can hang upside down but not for long periods of time. Magril’s tail as well as her waist, hip, spine and skull modifications, makes it easier for her to tolerate being upside down for long periods of time, so she doesn’t experience things like blood rush.

Her pole arm/vault pole is able to get her into the air and away from enemy obstacles without the need for rocket boots. Magril can also use it in combat in a similar vein to a bokken, or a wooden sword. She can use her whip like a normal whip but when she’s in the air after vault poleing or launching herself off where she was hanging on from via her tail, her whip sort of act like the spider webs someone like Peter Parker would use to travel, but more manual and aren’t actual webs that can stick to anything, like Miguel O’Hara from Across the Spiderverse for example.

Magril’s scythe was included as an upgrade, thanks to Rocket. He gave her baton that upgrade because as much as he agreed her whip and pole arm were effective in combat, just a whip and a pole arm weren’t enough combative strength compared to something like Gamora’s sword or Quill’s element blasters.

Rocket also wanted to make up for how he treated her in Vol. 1 after reuniting with her, and because mf’s in love with her but he doesn’t tell Magril until after he realizes his feelings and after they became official. She thought that was very sweet but also funny of him to do as a means to make amends, but hey, it worked!

But anyways ok ok I ranted LONG ENOUGH here, I just wanted to give a preview of the WIP before I finish this! I hope I don’t end up taking eons  to finish this istg ;-;

☆彡 @raccoonfallsharder

[kyojurismo]

Hiii! how are you doing, Rin?

I've been super busy. I have a flight to catch tomorrow oof.

I saw you watched Across the Spiderverse!! I LOVED that movie so much! The animation was so good! And I loved the characters too!

Who are your favorites? Mine has to be Hobie (most predictable answer lol)

-🦝

HI !!!!!! i’m normal … kinda. wby ???

oh i’m scared of airplanes . . . i don’t envy you tbh kskskf

YES, i loved atsv. the animation really was amazing, plus all the characters kekennd love it love it love it. my favs are miguel & hobie ^_^ ( plus miles and gwen but i mostly refer to the new characters hehe )

[the-spooky-archives]

Intros, among other things.

Cocoa Beane

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catch me over at @the-better-archivist for daily liveblogs about the reorganization efforts, among other things. My posts here are denoted by #archivist speaks.

Vinny Seraph

Hi everyone, names Vinny Seraph, She/her. I’m yet another archival assistant here, and I also help Cocoa out with her organization efforts if I can. I like coffee, music, and more coffee. I’m not addicted, I swear. I just like the taste.

My personal blog is @magnus-coffee-shop and the tag I use for my posts here is #Vinny Coffee Talk.

Kairos

Hello. My name is Kairos, and I’m an archival assistant here at the Institute. I handle most of the tech side, because it’s abundantly obvious how much Cocoa needs it. If you need to reach me, I’ll probably ignore you. And don’t touch my plants.

But if you must ask me something, you can find me at @clock-weaver for…my own efforts in archival work. All posts written by me here will be signed off with the tag #clock’s ticking

Minty Mori

Hello Hello! My name is Minty Mori (He/him) and archival assistant. I do a lot of filing, paperwork, I handle a lot of miscellaneous tasks but really just standard paper things. I have narcolepsy and I wholly apreciate the patience of the archival staff. I'm not entirely sure what to write honestly, Hopefully this will be alright with the Cocoa.

You'll find me occasionally posting at @minty-mori-archival-assistant (gosh it's so long.) And my tag is: #Sleep talking Minty.

Michael (Angelo?)

Hi there! I'm Michael, short for a myriad of things! I go by Mikey usually. I'm an archival assistant, brought on by Elias. I used to know Gertie, my guardian used to bring me out to see her! I'm not telling what I do here, as I find it fun to keep it secret. I like to refer to myself as "Michael 2" as my guardian is also named Michael (part of why he adopted me in the first place). My blog is @a-second-smaller-door, and I post with the tag #Michael..... 2!

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The Spooky Archives, aka TSA, is a TMA AU created by all the mods on this blog and a few others who haven't been introduced yet. In this AU, our own OCs/sonas take the place of the s1 archival crew (though of course they all still exist, they just aren't working in the Archives).

About the Mods

Cocoa

Names Mod Cocoa (Any pronouns). A few of my friends (who are also mods on this blog) told me I should listen to Magnus. I gave in after a few weeks and proceeded to listen to the entire podcast in two weeks, so that gives you an idea of my level of insanity.

My main blog is @ihavenohotcocoa, and I kinda just post whatever I want so like. Maybe some magnus, maybe not.

Vinny

Hi! Mod Vinny here! (She/her pronouns) I’m a bit of a newbie to the series, and pretty much still am. I started listening to TMA and then my progress grinded to a halt around 107(?) because I was too anxious for everyone. And then I just got Mod!Cocoa to tell me everything because I was tired. And honestly? I would have not survived. So please forgive me if I do things contradictory to canon because everything I got is from word of mouth.

My blog is @vinegar-on-main, but don’t expect me to post only TMA stuff. I post whatever I feel like.

Llama

HI HI HELLO my name’s Llama (she/her)!! I was one of said friends who bugged Cocoa to listen to tma and I don’t think any of us have been the same ever since, I know I haven’t :D

My main blog is @constellama, I post art and sometimes random thoughts on different fandoms I’m a part of :D Feel free to follow !!

Minty

Y O U. Hello! I'm Minty (He/him or any), and I was also bugged to listen to it!! It really spread like a plague/pos ofc. I post about a couple things?? DC and Spiderverse have me in a chokehold at the time of writing so you may see a lot of that.

My main blog is at: @hyperspix and yeah! Chilling and vibing. Always free to yell about something to me because I love hearing them! Have a lovely day <3.

Mikey

HI! My name is Mikey (He/They/It). I listened to tma back before s4 even ended. I like transformers a lot. like so much. so so so much. please someone talk to me about transformers. my main blog is @snowybookwyrm !

[buttonsgoblin]

Did I ever post about the fan theory I have about Hobie Spiderverse? (Spoilers ahead)

-So after watching the film one of the people I saw it with pointed out that Hobie has blue shoelaces, which in lace code apparently means that you’ve killed a cop. Pretty based, I would say.

-I’m not familiar with the spider punk comics, but I assume that he still follows the spiderman no killing policy. This makes the above point kinda weird.

-While the other spider-people are talking to Miles about canon events, specifically the one where a police chief close to them is killed during a battle with a nemesis, Hobie kind of… waffles. But it is implied that yes, this one has happened to him.

I’ve decided that these are in fact both references to the same dead cop. Which is really interesting, because it implies that he blames himself for the event (which isn’t unusual, it seems like most spider-people do that), but also that he takes some kind of pride in that? Or at least thinks he should? But then, it’s sort of implied that the spider-person feeling guilt and grief is integral to canon events. So either that’s not true and Hobie doesn’t feel that way, or he does and decided to wear it as a badge of pride anyways. There are some potentially very interesting ideas in there about how radical activists deal with the knowledge that some people within evil systems aren’t themselves trying to be evil, they’re just using the tools that system gives them in the way they’re meant to be used. Of course this is definitely not gonna get expanded on in the next movie (it might not even have been on purpose), but I still think it’s worth talking about.

[cjbolan]

Up to Chapter 7 of Emily Windsnap and the Tides of Time...

*WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD*

LOOOOOVE the suspense of this book so far!! It’s so creepy and takes its sweet time, as Emily spends several chapters panicking and slowly realizing that she’s in the future.

All that glitters is NOT gold. Also love how it showed Brightport becoming richer didn’t automatically make living there better. In this future, it’s more a playground for the rich than a community for all. Very relatable today.

Liz Kessler REALLY hates public schools. I think Brightport Junior High is a public school? In her world, public schools are a place where school principals sneak in vodka to deal with the stress of working overtime with mountains of paper, and teachers sarcastically speak down to their pupils. Mandy said it best, it’s “95% paperwork”.  Having worked in public schools I can relate. I know a lot of kids’ books make school look like a nightmare, this book may be the first to show school being a nightmare for teachers/principals, as well as students.  It’s like if Captain Underpants made Principal Krupp the protagonist, instead of Harold and Billy.

Mandy’s secret vodka stash in her office is both funny and sad. It’s kinda funny because she’s the school principal and should know better. But it’s also sad, because earlier she mentioned her dad “pretending it’s not happening and spending most nights in a bar”. Now Mandy’s picked up his bad habits of getting drunk as a coping mechanism. Like father, like daughter.

Brightport has an incredible amount of moral restraint... after Book 4, Brightport could EASILY have exploited the merpeople there for a quick profit, like the Rushtons tried to in Book 2. And yet, Brightport still being in economic shambles means they attempted no such thing. It means that Brightport saw and respected the merpeople as fellow intelligent beings, even at Brightport’s own expense. Gotta admire Brightport for that.

Some clever callbacks: Emily pinching herself awake to see if she’s dreaming (like she did to Jake in Book 1), the Rushtons’ theme park selling doughnuts like Mr. Beeston’s, also Mandy saying “Yes really” like King Neptune did earlier in the series. 

Speaking of doughnuts...would Brightport even want doughnuts? I think after discovering Shiprock, they would also discover Mr. Beeston was drugging them with doughnuts all along. Thanks to Mr. Beeston, everyone who knew him is probably afraid of doughnuts.  And by “everyone” I mean all of Brightport, because he is Chairman of the Board. Doughnuts may be yet another failed business venture for the Rushtons.

Yay more Greek mythology references!! With Midas Enterprises and all, and their tagline about turning everything to gold. I talked about this before, the series has a ton of Greek mythology references: Neptune, Sirens, Penelope, and now Midas. Maybe there’s more I just never noticed.

I’m suddenly curious about Medieval Brightport. Because when Emily’s Googling “History of Brightport”, her first search results were “mostly about medieval times”.... what was Brightport like in medieval times? Was this before or after Neptune’s “no-marrying-humans” policy? Did Brightport know back then about merpeople and got memory-wiped later? Did Shiprock exist at the time too?  What did Brightport in medieval times think about merpeople? Was Aurora originally from Brightport? What if Emily Windsnap lived in medieval times? *imagines a Medieval AU*

I’m surprised Mr. Beeston is still alive after twenty years. Given how old he’s supposed to be. Either he takes good care of himself or he’s blessed with really good genes. Maybe partnering with Midas got him lots of money for exceptionally good healthcare. Why do I have a bad feeling this book is going to end with him dying?

VERY Spiderverse vibes to this book. Emily literally says the words “alternate universe”. Funny this book was written in 2020, right when the multiverse trend in movies took off. I know MCU kicked off the trend, but I like to think Liz Kessler influenced it too.

Humans are now the main stars. What makes the last three Emily books (including this one) unique is its greater focus on humans. From Forgotten Island to the Pirate King’s crew and now back to Brightport, it’s finally showing the human world can be just and fantastical and magical as the merfolk world. Which is only fitting after the earlier books were all about the world of the merfolk.

Humans Drink “Respect Women” Juice? These last 3 books make me think human women have way more equality and opportunities than mermaids do. In the human world women hold all sorts of authority as...

Queens (Pirate Queen)

Sea Captains (again the Pirate Queen, maybe Mary Penelope)

School Principals (Mandy)

Goddesses (Terra Mater)

Tribal Leaders (Ella though she’s technically just second-in-command)

Business Owners (Mystic Millie, Mrs. Rushton)

Meanwhile the only mermaid authority figures we see are...

 Schoolteachers

Schoolteachers are important too but, compared to human women...mermaids don’t have many options. Also everyone working for King Neptune is male, maybe Neptune doesn’t allow mermaids in politics?

I can better see why Mary hated Allpoints Island. She went from a world where women can be anything, to a world where women can be only teachers or stay-home housewives.

Mary Penelope: “...look at my life here. What do I do all day?  Sunbathe, comb my hair, maybe go to synchro swim a couple of times a week. This isn’t a life for me, Jake. I want more than this.”

(Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist)

I wonder how shocked Jake would be seeing how much more Brightport women can do.

I’ll stay tuned to find out how Brightport got to where it is!

[tiptapricot]

brings you a fruit platter XD 🍑 & 🍈 & (blueberries - can't find the emoji, but ur fave underrated thing to write about in ur fandoms)

🍑 —If you could make a connection between your favorite character and another work you care about (whether a crossover/fusion or a wonderfully “pretentious” literary reference) what would it be? How would it work?

Hmmm this is a tough one because I honestly don’t do/think of crossovers very much? I rly like working within a piece n finding things to expand on inside it. I may unfortunately have to go w the boring answer of I probably wouldn’t JNDBDBD It’s not like I don’t read stuff either but I’m not exactly a literature man in my passions as reading takes a lot of brain power, so idrk any quotes or overarching things id try to tie in? This is honestly kinda interesting to me on its own that I just. Don’t have anything. But ig that’s just how it is fhdhdjbd I’m not rly a crossover or references dude I suppose.

Maybe something with Miguel/2099 stuff and Terry from Batman Beyond? Somth ab future versions of characters n legacies n Terry’s thing of helping an older roughened guy care ab ppl again, and the fact that he had spiderman inspo in his making, idk. But that’s more just a musing more than anything serious.

🍈 —Who’s your blorbo and what are some of your favorite headcanons/ideas about them that repeatedly show up in your fics? Free pass to rant about blorbo opinions

I have many n don’t have one (I have a super hard time with single favorite characters) so I will not be giving all of them n just give some rapid fire thoughts from across the board.

I love trans Miguel O’Hara and Gwen Stacy esp from the spiderverse movies as I think those readings of them are a very thematically appropriate and fascinating way to explore them, and I love trans people

Comics Steven from MK paints the body’s nails and gets them regular manicures/pedicures/hair care treatments, etc n has an extensive collection of Bath and Bodyworks soaps and scrubs and lotions. They also have semi-sensitive skin and he’s very aware of ingredients and what will work for them

Hera w359 is aLso such a trans woman to me there is so much ab the self and holding it and creating it and breaking from the miles people tell you to stay in and finding the humanity in yourself and creating a new sense of self outside of programming and the literal voice someone forced you to have. I love her so dearly and aUGGH

Show!Steven from MK has a record player and is very careful about taking them out of the sleeves, but not careful about how they end up stacked up. Jake does CDs. Marc downloads random tracks onto their phone or only listens via YouTube (not YouTube music just looking up on YouTube)

🫐—What’s your favorite underrated thing in your fandom? (A ship that only you seem to write for, a character there’s almost no fics about, a trope that criminally hasn’t been written yet, etc.)

Well this isn’t rly underrated bc stuffs still kicking off but if someone hasn’t already, a timeloop fic for ATSV Miguel would slap absolute ass. I’m also on the (sort of but also not always?) rare train of genderqueer jake, and ofc the very rare train of some-flavor-of-transfem Marc. Also love non binding and non top op trans men/mascs and would lOve to see that around more. I’m also someone who does a lot of inhuman body exploration which while not uncommon in the big scheme I find a way to work into a lot of my headcanons for characters at some point and can be a huge draw (like to Ted n Jack from wwbn, the MK sys with weird Khonshu body effects and differing levels of human connection, or Miguel w his many mutations n differing levels of spider ppl connection).

Send me a fruity writing ask!

[antvnger]

((Why must movie companies make things awkward for us fans? Like just now, I saw that it is confirmed of Tom Holland, Tobey, and Andrew's Spider-Man to at least existence in Across the Spiderverse. Then, in the article that mentioned that in the trailer, one of the characters says, "Don't even get me started on Dr. Strange and that nerd from Earth 19999 (Or something like that. All I know are 9's.)" And okay, yes, this is out of context as I haven't seen the trailer so, If I'm wrong then, I'm wrong. Another thing to clarify, MCU is referred to in canon as 616, but Sony know the fandom calls is it sometimes by that number.However, base on what I read, my point still stands. That felt like an attack on how Disney is handling Marvel and I felt so uncomfortable/upset by it. Look, Sony is allowed to not like Disney while having a partnership. I don't want to be involved in their petty drama stuff. I just want to watch movies. I don't care where they come from. The statement could've been a joke, but that dosn't make it any better for the audience. Sometimes, it feels like we're the children while Mom and Dad have a cold war. Sorry, if I'm taking this too personally, but I just find it a little unprofessional. Though, it could be just me.))

((Sony has proven they do well with their movies. I mean the first Spiderverse movie was brilliant. I loved it. So I’m inclined to agree, that particular jab just felt unnecessary and a bit forced. And yeah, kinda uncomfortable.))

((The only one who can really pull off jabs like that is Deadpool. Let’s just be real here.))

[avatarvyakara]

Strands of Webbing

A Spiderverse Fanfic

Prompts 193-204

“On the Job”

CAUTION: contains references to Naziism and eugenics. (Leading to a punch in the face because it’s Noir.)

193. Pun

Of course Peter B. is late meeting for coffee in Peter’s world. It’s part of the risks of the job. But when he does turn up—

“What happened to you?”

Peter B. is stumbling, he seems to be taking the toon reality worse than usual, and his suit looks like he’s been mugged at the beach.

“Sandman. Fifth Avenue. Holdup. Crushed. Bleh.”

“Oof. I get ya. Still, all part of the daily gri—”

“So help me I will web your mouth shut, Porker.”

“Buy me dinner first?”

“Shut up. Owwww.”

“Who’s your friend, Spider-Ham?” asks Mr. Leo, bringing out a coffee. “Some kinda mandrill?”

“But horribly disfigured, that’s why he wears the mask,” says Peter cheerfully. “Still, he’s obviously a fan, so I don’t mind.”

“...black coffee with a cinnamon stick, please.”

Mr. Leo beams. “Whatever you look like under there, buddy, you’re obviously a mandrill of quality and I won’t judge you for it.”

“Er...thanks.”

Peter takes his own beverage. Ah, extra sprinkles on the whipped cream. Life is good.

194. Percussive

Gwen’s head is usually full of music in one way or another. She likes to time her motions around it. Sometimes she makes a game of it. Actually, sometimes she uses the long hours to work on the songs Betty and MJ compose.

“I think we can work in a slightly different tempo for this one,” she says to MJ. “Make it faster, but use three-four time instead of four-four.”

Marie-Jane raises an eyebrow, like she always does. “Where’d you come up with that one?”

“On the mean streets of Queens, obviously,” Gwen teases back.

(Actually, it did work quite well back there. The Rhino didn’t even see those moves coming.)

It works. She knew it would.

195. Source

Takara sits in the heart of the machine, the tesseract spider providing both power and memory storage for the robot. Peni activates the interface, and the engine fires up. Screens pop into view. Peni could control SP//dr by channeling commands along the psychic link and leaving it at that, but this way it's more enjoyable for the both of them.

It’s also more enjoyable for them both when there’s something to eat. Of course, Takara doesn’t really need it, not with the nutrient packs surrounding her compartment. But Peni eating makes them both feel good, and it’s positive encouragement for Takara as much as a feel-good thing for herself.

And the programming data for the robot itself—her father’s work, even if it’s no longer his robot, and his memory sits in a new form—reflects that happiness. Becomes part-and-parcel with Takara, extending her capabilities as she extends his memory.

SP//dr is powered up and ready to go.

(Which is good, because that giant lightning-generating flamingo isn't going to leave Staten Island alone any time soon.)

196. Symbiosis

“Hey, Ock? You might wanna ignore the weird lady,” says Peter, trapped in tentacles. “Just to warn you.”

“Be silent, Spider-Ham! I am talking to my deformed mandrill counterpart.”

Olivia Octavius looks...nonplussed. Genuinely nonplussed.

“...you know, when I thought about being an animal, I didn’t honestly plan on being a cat.”

“...nnno, I can see it,” says Peter.

“What’s wrong with cats?” demands Doctor Octopussycat.

But Olivia’s now looking at the arms. Eight of them, instead of four. And...

“...why are you wearing an octopus? I mean, an actual octopus?”

“I am not wearing her, we are committed.”

Olivia looks helplessly at Spider-Ham.

“What can I say? Power couple. I’m happy for you two, Molly!” he calls out.

“Thanks, Spider-Ham!” comes the somewhat muffled voice of the octopus. “Looking forward to eating you!”

“You,” says Olivia to Spider-Ham. “You’re sane. Probably. Tell me this isn’t actually happening?”

“Welcome to my world, lady. Literally.”

197. Pugilist

“What will we find behind that mask, hmm, Spinnemensch?” drawls the man in military uniform. He sounds Scottish; his German is utterly terrible. “Fangs and claws? Eyes glowing like blood-gems?”

It’s a chilly, gloomy day, and the smell of the rain washes over the city in the way only the smell of rain can.

“I doubt it’d mean a thing to ya,” says Peter, “but it's so I don't frighten the life out of people.”

“I think it a sign of weakness, Spinnemensch. After all, we wear our allegiance proudly. You're just another mafia goon trying to poison this city.”

Peter doesn’t usually prefer to talk, but he’s also not averse to it if it gives him time to get himself into a better position to fight.

He snorts.

“Mafia? Really? Please. Anyway, you really wanna go down that road? You’re literally wearing the symbols of a defeated enemy of the US.”

“America has not defeated us, and they never will,” spits another thug, and this one is German. “They can take apart our country and leave it for the lessers to pick clean for oil and free labour, but they lost the last war. And it’s only by making common cause with us that they can win the next.”

“By, what, putting people into camps and burning down their businesses?”

“Why not? It’s what they did to us. We’re simply continuing time-honoured practices. And eugenics will prove that we are equal in all ways to the Whites of America, so there can be none of this foolishness about us being lessers anymore.” He sneers. “Not like those pets they keep to make pretence at being ‘a world within a world’.”

“...you know, I hear Sigmund Freud’s insane asylum is taking inpatients—”

The second man throws a punch.

Peter grabs it easily, and behind his mask and goggles the Spider-Man grins.

Finally.

And into the fray he goes.

198. Truant

“Look, ma’am, I know this is a long shot, but is there any way I can persuade you to put the stuff from the jewellery store back and run? I got a geography presentation in fifteen minutes and I’m not even in the right borough.”

Felicia gives this some consideration.

“Alright, newbie, you got me,” she says. “Just this one time.”

Miles gets back in time, gives the presentation, takes a moment to rest, checks the news—

Half an hour later, as the sun sets, he’s out in the Bronx.

“You know that wasn’t a free pass to rob a different one, right?”

“I said one time, Spider-Man,” Black Cat replies with a grin. “Presentation go okay?”

“Eh,” shrugs Spider-Man, as they start throwing punches. “Indian history was never that big a thing for me.”

Felicia laughs.

199. Reunion

“What the [bleep]?”

Miguel blinks, then glances at El Porco.

“What? It’s a side-effect. Why is ‘shock’ a bad word anyway?”

“Um. Hey, Gabe? Meet my insane new friend, Peter Porker. Porquito, meet my loser brother, Gabriel O’Hara.”

His younger brother stares. “Migs, what...”

“Pleasure to meet ya, big fella! I’m the Spider-Ham.”

“...”

“Stunned into speechlessness by my good looks, no doubt.”

Both O’Haras snort at that.

“There, see! And you said getting your brother to smile was the hardest part of your day. Obviously you’re not trying hard enough.”

Gabriel looks surprised, Miguel mildly furious.

“One more word and it’s the oven for you.”

“No, no, I wanna hear this,” says Gabriel, waving a hand. “Mán, are you...like, a real pig with the Alchemax treatment, or some kind of hologram, or...”

“One hundred percent genuine pork. But I keep kosher, if it helps.”

“Keep him. He’s like you but nicer.”

“Gee, thanks, Gabe.”

But both O’Haras are smiling at the same thing, which is a rare enough event that Miguel won’t pound El Porco for revealing embarrassing secrets. Yet. Guy just bounces back anyway.

200. Power

At the end of the day, it's not about beating people up. It's not about daring feats of heroics. It's about doing with one's abilities what needs to be done, so that everyone else can do what they need to do. You get on with your side of the job, and they get on with theirs.

Not that there isn't such a thing as job satisfaction.

201. Wash

Cindy’s world is...curious, Peter thinks. There are faint outlines around people and buildings, and the colours are always vivid but...just a little pale. Spectacular, but pale. With people, it gets more or less vivid depending on how well they fit. Like a jigsaw puzzle.

In black and white and red, Cindy takes the limelight.

(He’s going to have to talk to the Spider-God at some point and work out what the heck is going on, there is no way these are normal feelings. Peter B. mentioned something called “pheromones” when he and Gwen met Miles’ version of Silk—Silkworm, in fact, living in San Fransisco with her nearly-dead boyfriend. Nobody talks about that meeting, although Gwen blushes a bit. Must be what’s happening here. Only...they apparently had the same spider. His is definitely different from hers. So—)

“You need a refill?” she asks, settling down on a rooftop and gesturing to her fingertips. (She can shoot silk from her fingertips. Complicated silk, in colours. That’s...new.)

“Think I’m okay for the next few years or so,” he reassures her, and shoots out a line from his wrist.

She grins. (All in the eyes.) “Nice. So you’re one of the freaky spiders. Like me.”

Peter shrugs. “Guess so, doll. Webs aren’t a patch on yours, though.”

There’s a silence which might be awkward. Slightly.

“So...is this what your day looks like, mostly?”

“Pretty much. Wake up early, take the web to work, find some new story for J.J.J., do some...other stuff, come home, spend a bit of time looking for my family, grab a few minutes’ sleep, rinse and repeat.”

“...doesn’t actually sound too bad.”

Now Cindy shrugs. “Better than being in that bunker for five years.”

“Gotta admit, sounds a lot more fast-paced.”

“Heh. Plus a bit of catching up. You would not believe how much the world has changed in the past five years.”

“Nearly ninety years for me, kid.”

“Kid, though? I’m pretty sure we’re the same age. Even if you do look a bit...Cage-y.”

“Gotta preserve the mystery...ma’am.”

Silk snorts. It’s a very un-ladylike and very friendly snort. “You’re like Slenderman with a trench coat, it’s not that mysterious.”

“Who again?”

“...I don’t believe it, there’s actually someone alive who knows less about modern pop culture than I do.”

It turns out to be quite a pleasant world. Peter thinks he may come back at some point.

202. Limbs

“Mister Morales, you’re nearly late!” exclaims Doctor Octavius, which is her usual hello. “Come on in! I could really use a hand with this...”

203. Daily

“Okay, seriously,” says Peter, “how many of us actually work or have worked for the Bugle?”

His hand goes up. So do others.

“It’s the Beagle in my world.”

“Fact Channel for me, but Jonah’s still my boss.”

“Tried to get the guy to publish Urich’s blackmail material. Didn’t really work out. He accepts an article every now and then.”

“I actually played a bugle for Mr. Jameson before he proclaimed the local news. Well, for about a week.”

“...I may have gotten slightly higher in the ranks.”

Everyone turns to Mayday’s Dad.

“What? It’s a good career. Plus this way the media can actually support a Spider for once.”

“...can you do J.J.J. impressions too?”

“Oh, no,” groans Mayday.

“Can I ever!”

204. Nap

Rio is a nurse, and a pretty darn good one if she says so herself. It’s actually how she met Jeff, believe it or not. (Although admittedly it was less “let me heal your wounds, brave sir” and more “ma’am, I don’t want to panic you because I am definitely not panicking but we were messing around and I accidentally knocked out my big brother and I swear it was an accident and I think he’s gonna kill me so please help me get him to the point where he can kill me?”) And part of that is being able to take care of the people around her.

She’s just in on a quick break—double shifts this week—and she takes a moment to see how her son is doing.

Miles, conked out on his bed in his school uniform, cuddling that strange stuffed pig with the Spider-Man pattern that shows up once in a while, sighs when she adds the blanket but doesn’t stir. Poor boy. Working so hard. They all do, they all have jobs of their own—and they can all spare sympathy for one another and make it easier. Her son makes it easier for his parents every day just by being there.

(She makes a point of ignoring the gentle snores coming from the white-and-black Spider-girl on the ceiling. It’s perfectly innocent, and Miles will tell her and Jeff when he’s ready.)

Might be worth having a quick lie down herself...

[tiny-tim-writes]

Side notes before i begin:

This is supposed to be set in the movie Spider-Man: Into the SpiderVerse. I imagined it happening before the spiders leaving for the final fight with King Pin.

Miles and Gwen are apparently tgt and married in a few continuities. I like this.

Another side note:

it was written more like a movie script than a story, it flows better to me and it was easier to get my pov/idea across that way.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So.

Miles n Gwen are training/sparring, a room or two away from everyone else.

Gwen knocks him down once, twice.

Cut to another scene where Miles is fighting a training system and Gwen is on the sidelines, sitting cross-legged on a platform of sorts, giving advice, that he either doesn't understand or doesn't work for him.

He gets knocked down again, to which he says:

It's useless, I'm never gonna be like you guys.

Gwen stops for a second, then two. And three. She seems somewhat thoughtful. She turns the programme off, and stares at Miles, calculating. The longer she stared, the more it felt like she was staring through him rather than at.

Miles: Um... hi?

He does a small wave with an awkward air.

Gwen: Hm...

She signs, jumps off her lil perch and walks towards Miles, looking slightly upset and a bit... self deprecating. Huh.

Gwen: I think I found our problem.

Miles: I'm just not meant to be Spider-Man?

Gwen flicks him, hard. He flinches, rubbing his forehead with a whine.

Gwen: No. It's cause we've being teaching you wrong.

Miles looks at her for a moment, puzzled. He responds, frantic energy coming off him in waves, confusion clear in his voice.

Miles: But... you're Spider-Woman. You've been Spider-Woman for two years! You guys have been doing this basically forever!! You're way better at this than I'll ever be.

Gwen sighs.

Gwen: That's it. That's the problem.

Miles: That you guys are all better than me?

Gwen shakes her head, hands covering her face in either frustration, or exasperation, Miles couldn't tell.

Dragging her hand down her face, her reply was a bit muffled.

Gwen: No, we've been trying to train you like us, when we should be trying to help you find you.

Miles: Help me... find me?

Gwen: Pfttttt- okay, look at me.

He does a quick side glance, it was easy to see his awkwardness at the request. Well, from Gwen, it was more like an order. But still. She rolls her eyes, then refocuses.

Gwen: My costume. Anything defining or that stands out from the others?

He pauses, then stares. His eyes go to her left. Then go back to the right. Left and right again.

Miles: Your hood? Um, the zigzag pattern?

Gwen: Yeah, what else?

Miles: Yooouuuuuurrrrrr shoes?

Gwen looks pleased, but patient.

Gwen: Okay, what about my shoes?

Miles continues at her suprisingly gentle urging.

Miles: Um, your shoes. They're the only teal on you, and wrap around... they're ballet shoes- right?

Gwen's pratically bouncing now, her ecstaticy suprisingly clear for someone who was previously quite closed off.

Gwen: Yeah, but why am i the only one who has ballet shoes?

Miles' confusion continues, but he looks to be piecing it together.

Miles: Okay, they're ballet shoes. So u do ballet. But... is it because u do ballet while you fight?

Gwen: Exactly! I have ballet shoes because i mixed my ballet training into the way i fight. So do the others.

She walked a way off to pace a bit. Her hands waved a little, her hand passing through her hair once or twice, tucking it behind her ears. She was kinda cute when she was being less cold. She turned back to Miles, startling him out of his thoughts.

Gwen: Noir, he mixes boxing. Porker uses Cartoony Logic.  Penny uses her robot to do her Japanese Mecha moves. Peter B. and this dimension's Spider-Man used something he called The Way of The Spider? Apparently, it's supposed to be a mix of gymnastics, martial arts and the spider-sense they both created... in separate dimensions... at the same ti- it doesn't matter.

Miles: Uh, kinda sounds like it does matter-

Gwen turned back to him fully, apparently done with pacing and hand waving. At least for now.

Gwen: The point is: It works for us because it's made for us. I can't box the same way Peter can't do ballet based moves. You can't do it like us because you're not us. You're you. So you gotta find what works with you.

Miles: Uh...huh. and, do i get any help with that?

Gwen: I don't think it'd work out, we don't exactly know what would work for you. Only what would work for us. And last time we tried...

She didn't have to reference it, he could still hear Penny and Porker. Yeesh.

Miles: Yea. I got it. Find myself. Shouldn't be that hard, heh.

Gwen stops, puts a hand to his shoulder. He looks up at her, and she smiles, soft and sure, her eyes a quiet steel.

Gwen: Hey. It's gonna be fine. You'll figure it out. I know you will. It's part of the job.

He smiles back, and she pats his shoulder before walking past, leaving him to his thoughts.