Caught up to the fic!! Absolutely fascinated by all the queer/punk/poc history here, since I don't know much myself. Very sweet chapter as well.
Unrelated question - mostly - but why is it common fanon to depict Noir as the more scarred up of various spiderpeople? Naturally everyone has their fair share of fights, though the only we see sustaining any marks is Peter B and his misaligned nose. Personally, I've taken it as Noir Peter not healing as cleanly due to it being Spider God stuff over Weird Radioactive Healing Factor stuff. Thoughts?
thank you so much!! i’m glad you liked it, & hope the ending was satisfying for ya <3
short answer: hot
long answer, plus a map of my idea of noir’s scars: under readmore :)
i’m not a devout spidey comic/movie fan or a doctor. this is based on conjecture and minimal research!
when i came up with my unmasked noir ideas, i wasn’t influenced by fanon—i hadn’t seen any other fan art, not even when itsv came out. but i can think of a good few reasons that scarred noir is a popular headcanon: evidence of what he’s been through makes him feel more tangible/relatable, the visual difference enhances his thematic individuality as distinct from other spider-people (especially other Peter Parkers), self-consciousness can explain why he doesn’t take off his mask in itsv even around other spiders.
all perfectly valid and interesting reasons! but the first two reasons are doylist and the last one is missing a crucial question: why does he have scars? unless a wound is severe, gets infected, or gets lucky, it won’t usually scar. facial injuries especially need to be really bad to leave a mark. and of course most if not all other spider-people have the healing factor. so what gives??
i like the spider god’s curse influences healing factor idea; it opens up some nice angsty possibilities regarding an inability to Be “Fixed;” no matter how much he tries, he can’t erase/forget what’s happened to him. but i also enjoy the bandaging someone up after a fight genre of fic, and am annoyingly pedantic, so my personal working theory is that the healing factor is not a doctor with ten plus years of experience and an accurate understanding of human anatomy. when a bone really badly breaks, it has to be reset or it’ll heal wrong. to me, the healing factor doesn’t know what ‘right’ is, only ‘fast’ and ‘effective.’ it’s an accelerant, not a substitute for medicine.
so let’s establish the baseline. modern spideys either receive modern medical attention or the injury is superficial enough that they don’t require it. even poverty-stricken peter parkers get rushed to the hospital, because fictional doctors Don’t Care About The Money and/or peter is dolled up in spider gear and who’s going to ignore a visibly beat-up celebrity hero?? plus i honestly believed peter b’s nose was just genetics or smthn. my nose is misaligned and it’s never been broken to my knowledge
to compare, noir lives in 1933 and, far as i can tell, doesn’t rlly garner the same fame and respect from the public as modern spideys do. in the 30s, medicine was meh (they had x-rays but didn’t rlly consider radiation much of a threat, penicillin was still in its infancy, polio was a huge threat, etc) but was also, more importantly, far too expensive for most people suffering during the Great Depression. whatever treatment noir receives after a fight, if any, would look way different from ours. that means his healing factor, which can’t differentiate scars from normal skin or a misaligned bone from a whole one, would be inefficiently assisted or left alone. it would leave its history behind.
on the infectious disease side of things, it’s probably much easier for even noir to recover from less physical ailments like the flu and pneumonia—spider healing factor likely remembers and codes for immunity better than regular immune systems—but without modern drug therapies he’d still be worse for wear, ie internal scarring. mans would have a shorter-than-average parker lifespan if not for the pseudo-immortality of the Spider God
anyway. all this to say, here’s my personal map of parker’s scars. crop tank and daisy dukes to keep tumblr off my ass <3
(tbh this is more for my reference than anyone else’s, i’m sick of looking through my art of Just His Forearms to keep my details consistent, but maybe someone will find it interesting lol)
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Saints, i’ve had an unhealthy obsession with the way someone holds a coffee cup and stirs their coffee before, and I just feel like Regulus would be obsessed with the way James is gesturing wildly, nearly spilling hot coffee (fresh from their 700$ espresso machine) all over the cashmere turtleneck Regulus gifted him for his birthday, a hand precariously gripping over the top of the mug. not that i’m projecting…I just think Regulus is obsessed with James’ hands. I know this is a rk blog first and foremost but ‘Can’t have a leg obsession’ anon got me thinking…
it is only natural because james's hands are so distinctive!! i agree that he is always picking mugs up by spanning his hand over the top, lit cigarette still in-between his fingers, probably holding a stack of envelopes between his teeth too... really boyish physicality. always hassled & EXUBERANT & moving about in a great flurry, chattering on about some Grand Idea He Had, sidestepping obstacles with his long legs without looking. i picture him as having an almost Anthony Perkins -esque physicality to him (examples linked)..
i have an unhealthy obsession with James potter's wrists personally... i think they're knobbly and a little disproportionately long and he wears his father's old expensive leather watch just a BIT too loose on purpose.
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standartmag Any @.f1 fans here? Because @.valtteribottas is in the latest edition of @.standartmag! 👀
From Formula 1 racing, Moomin mugs, to @.kahiwacoffeeroasters and his childhood in Finland, this interview will leave you craving for a turbo-charged espresso shot and some fast ride.
And Valtteri recognizes the importance of caffeine for maintaining a steady hand on the wheel, too. As he says:
"I couldn’t imagine starting a race without coffee. And there’s scientific proof that it boosts performance in endurance sports—it can help you focus.
Sometimes I get lucky before a race and there might be a decent coffee shop on the way to the track, but in the worst case I rely on the team’s coffee supply, which I am trying to improve! And then there’s always the backup—I take an AeroPress and some beans in my backpack on every trip."
Discover the full interview in print version of Standart Issue 31. 🏎
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researching for 2005 fic is fun bc i was actually in high school then and the nostalgia of looking up like, copies of seventeen magazine is so fun
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