One of my absolutely favourite things about Across the Spiderverse, other than the amazing sound and visuals, is the small little metaphorical forshadowing we get.
My person favourite is the cakes. When Jefferson and Rio are talking to Miles's teacher, she tells them that Miles "wants to have his cake and eat it too" which is impossible and Miles bursts in and says "unless you have two cakes." And it's such a subtle way to hint that Miles has conflicting intreasts, and that's his biggest issue. He wants to be Spider-man, but he doesn't want to sacrifice the people he cares about. And in case you think I'm grasping at straws here, they do more with the cake when Miles literally decides to buy two cakes for his dad because he cannot fit the writing on one, but by the time he gets home after doing all his Spider-manning both cakes are destoryed. It's forshadowing not only to the fact that Miles desperately wants both things equally, but by trying to have both of them, he's going to cause detrimental damage.
The idea of having things in double is a general reoccurring theme in ATPV. We see it with the cakes, and we see it when Miles and Pav talk about Chai-tea, and Miles tells the spot not to call it an "ATM Machine" because M means Machine. The constant reference to the unnecessary repetition is almost representing the duality of being Spider-man and how taking on that role means making sacrifices and potentially harming your normal life, but it's also forshadowing to the fact that in the end, we have two Miles's. We have Spider-man Miles and Prowler Miles.
Things in this movie come in doubles and I absolutely fucking love it 😭
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across the spider-verse characters, but as flight rising dragons
𝟣. miles morales: obsidian/sanguine/ruby
2. gwen stacy: orca/magenta/magenta
3. pavitr prabhakar: crimson/oilslick/vermilion
4. hobie brown [wildclaw] [ridgeback]: crimson/garnet/obsidian
edit: someone on discord made a good point that hobie shouldnt be the most expensive kind of dragon, so i added a ridgeback alt version! f pose ridgeback, since theres apparel layering issues on the m pose
5. miguel o'hara: sapphire/garnet/ruby
6. jessica drew: vermilion/obsidian/oilslick
7. peter b. parker: sapphire/vermilion/vermilion
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design notes about the scries, below the cut:
𝟣. miles morales
the patterns from his genes already reflected miles' spider-suit patterns well, so his scry doesnt have a lot of apparel
the bewitching ruby pendants represents his spider logo
2. gwen stacy
gwen has runes tert, because there werent any suitable pink glove apparels (the peony ones dont match well)
i considered giving the scry banana noxtide as a secondary to mimic her hair's pink hairlights, but it didnt mesh well
3. pavitr prabhakar
i couldn't figure out how to represent pavitr's spider logo, so i just gave his scry a necklace in lieu of it
the "navy bandana" was way too big and the color didnt match, so i opted for the "sky blue fillet" to represent his headband
4. hobie brown
hobie's scry/outfit was surprisingly easy to come up with, and was the first one i did
he gets a lute because theres no guitar apparel
his patchwork secondary represents his collage art style
5. miguel o'hara
i chose banescale for miguel, as his spider-suit is so simple/streamlined that it wouldnt translate well to apparel + skeletal tert being spiky is reminiscent of his arm spikes
[insert steven universe joke here about his colors being sapphire/garnet/ruby]
6. jessica drew
i thought about representing jessica's motorcycle with the "flameforger crucible" or "igneous iguana" apparels, but they were too bulky unfortunately
vermilion skink doesnt have her exact shade of yellow, but is close enough that oilslick peacock's yellow accent color balances it out visually
7. peter b. parker
fissure secondary represents the spider web pattern on peter's spider-suit
i know his slippers are supposed to be blue, but the "mage's peony socks" looked better here
the bookworm plushie is a stand-in for mayday
if youve made it to here, feel free to comment which fandragon scry is your fav! :)
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I'm very Happy tonight, Your Honor
If anyone out there remembers that one Howl's Moving Castle scene. well h e l l o there
wait ok actually IM QUITE PROUD OF THIS
Edit: oh my God a massive L for me because I totally signed my signature with the year 2023 instead of 2024 XD
that's my bad, gamers
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Thinking about Gwen assembling a whole team of people she trusts the most to find Miles because she doesn't know if she needs them all at the moment but she doesn't trust herself that she is able to do it without help because she couldn't save Peter on her own and instead of playing a hero and going in there alone after she finds out Miles is in trouble she goes to get help first cuz this isn't about him forgiving her anymore it's all about him not having to suffer the same fate her Peter did
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