#i did cry watching tasm 2 tho. so there's that

[myblacknightworld]

"I should stop watching movies that make me cry," I say crying as I start yet another movie that will undoubtedly make me cry

[novaalexander]

Grew Apart [TASM!Peter Parker x Reader Oneshot]

Based On Grew Apart by Logan Mize and Alexandra Kay

Warnings/Before you read : ANGST ANGST ANGST maybe i’ll do a part 2 if people want it. Cursing aswell but thats to be expected in my works. Theres only one part where its refrenced briefly, but pretend TASM!Peter faced Defoe’s Green Goblin. Also totally not proof read i rushed this

Word Count : 1244

everything novaalexander

A/N : writing this because it’s easier than writing my personal essay for common app ... if yall have advice for college essays tho lmk bc idk what to do ... anyways on w the story

     I don’t tell ‘em all the things you said      I don’t tell ‘em ‘bout the night you left

     “Either you’re gonna tell me what the fuck happened last night, or you're gonna stop bouncing your leg around and watch the game,” Harry sighed as Peter huffed in response, crossing his previously bouncing left leg over his right. He’s been like this since Harry got there and it bothered him; not knowing why y/n’s stuff was gone when he entered Peter’s studio apartment. Honestly, the open room felt slightly deserted without what used to be traces of Peter’s girlfriend. All that his best friend told him is that she left the night prior.

     “I hate you,” it came out more like a cry than the statement y/n meant for it to be, “I hate you so, so much. And I can’t believe I wasted two years waiting around, BEGGING for you to care.” Whether she believed it or not didn’t matter, because her words stung Peter. She wanted them to hurt, she knew they would; because y/n l/n knew everything there was to know about Peter Benjamin Parker. 

     “Then leave..” He whispered, jaw clenching tighter with every step he took towards the girl.

     “What did you say?” y/n’s eyes squinted in mock confusion, mixing with the sadness that was quickly bubbling to anger. Head tilting upwards slowly, keeping eye contact with Peter until the very second she could feel his hot breath against her eyelids.

     “I said leave.” 

     And that was all y/n needed to hear in order to push past the boy, storming to the dresser near their shared bed and putting almost ever single one of her belongings into the brown luggage under her side of the mattress. 

     “It wasn’t anyone’s fault,” Peter finally said, and it felt like he was breathing for the first time, almost like he has been holding his breath since the second y/n closed the door behind her. “It just didn’t work out.” 

     Brown eyes lifted to meet blue, and Harry felt sympathetic. Not because he believed Peter, no. The sympathy stemmed from the knowing feeling that his best friend was lying, that he was truly hurting and was lying about why. 

     “She’s a good girl-”

     “She just wasn’t the one. We wanted different things...” another breath, this one deep and shallow in an attempt to keep his voice from shaking. “We had a good run.”

     Harry was frustrated, and he didn’t know if it was at or for his bestfriend because he knew he didn't have the full story. “Do you remember what you told me last week?” Harry gripped Peter’s shoulder, sharpening his gaze in attempt to get Peter to break, “All you did was go on and on, saying how you thought you were going to marry her one day, ” he lowered his voice, “and you want me to believe that nothing happened in the last four days since I saw you. That you and y/n just-”

     “We grew apart”

     “Oh that's bullshit, y/n”

     In response, y/n kicked her feet up on the coffee table and waved around the chocolate covered spoon in her hand. “Its not bullshit, Gwen. Breakups happen all the time, sometimes you just know when its time.” y/n stabbed the spoon into the remaining ice cream, placing the tub on the table by her feet.

     “You’re right,” y/n sighed in relief before Gwen continued, “breakups do happen every day.” She paused to think, not knowing how her next sentence would affect y/n. “And you’re right, sometimes you just know when its over. But is your two year anniversary really the time to decide that?”

     Y/n winced slightly at this, Gwen’s eyes softened.

     I could tell ‘em how you came in late

     I could tell ‘em how you looked me in the eye

     And told that lie with a straight face

     Two hours is how long it took y/n to get ready for their anniversary dinner.

     Two more hours is how long y/n spent sat on the couch, pacing around the kitchen, and ringing Peter’s phone numerous times, before finally deciding to wash her face and put her pajamas back on.

     Two more hours is how long it took Peter to come home.

     “Where were you,” y/n huffed out, eyes not looking up from her phone in an attempt to keep the little self control she could muster.

     “Work, but I’m here now,” Peter walked to y/n’s side of the bed, “with flowers...” he trailed, his girlfriend’s eyes still not meeting his as he leaned down to kiss her head.

     “Don’t you get tired of lying?” She finally looked up, a condescending smile played on her lips, contrast to the shakiness in her breathing. Standing from the bed, she spoke again. “Unless there’s a fight club under the Bugle, you’re gonna need to come up with something better.” She took Peter’s confused expression as fuel to keep arguing, watching as he reached up to wipe blood from the cut on hip lip. 

     “Is this how its gonna be, Peter? You’re gonna pretend to be confused, not gonna tell me where you REALLY go every night?”

     Peter knew he shouldn’t get riled up, knew not to burst when she was this close to losing it on him. The thought of spilling the truth came and went with each breath he took in and let out.

     Spider-man a voice in Peter’s head nagged. The voice of Green Goblin, then of Dr. Connors, then finally, y/n’s voice. Teasing him as if she already knew, like she was waiting for him to spill it out so she could dump him for putting her in that sort of danger.

     “Work,” he said again, jaw clenching as his eyes shifted from the ground to y/n, then down again.

     A forced laugh fell from y/n’s lips, and Peter felt sick. “Fuck you, Peter Parker. This,” her pointer finger moved between the two of them, almost accusingly. “This isn’t healthy. I waited till eight-fucking-thirty, on our anniversary, for you to pick me up for a six-thirty fucking date.” She screamed. For the first time since Peter walked through that door, y/n yelled until her face was red and throat sore. “I called you fifty fucking times, Peter. I burned a hole in the floor, pacing, worrying that something happened to you,”

     She knows is all Peter could think

     “Until I realized that you were just late. Typical Peter Parker, couldn’t even be on time to his own FUCKING anniversary dinner that HE planned. Couldn’t stay true to one fucking commitment, Peter. Is this how I’m supposed to spend my life?” y/n needed to breathe. 

     When Peter didn’t respond, y/n forced another laugh. This time it was hoarse, and it burned slightly when she felt it leave her throat. “I hate you”

     “He’s better off, and so am I.” 

     When y/n looked up, Gwen smiled; it was an understanding smile, not laced with pity or forced sympathy. She knew y/n wasn’t going to talk down on Peter, even if he deserved it. She wrapped an arm around the other girl’s shoulders, allowed y/n to lean her head against the blonde.

     Gwen didn’t say anything when she felt her friend shake, and a few drops of salt water fell onto her hoodie.

     “We just... grew apart”

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A/N - i hope yall liked it !! today has been a surprise return to writing after quite a few years, so please lmk your thoughts bc im defiantly a little rusty !

[wadey-wilson]

Essay essay pls! I actually enjoyed the TASM films but I watched them when I was like, 10, so my actual perception of them is super skewed

re: 

I usually never talk much about things I hate because I don’t wanna care about things I hate. it’s a waste of time and nerves. but given that you asked nicely, and that I have a lot to say, and that I should sleep but we all know it never plays out, let’s go.

right off the bat, I want to say that I believe you can change some things about characters or stories if adapting them for the silver screen either requires it, or the director has a really good idea as to how the character should be done. that being said, I also believe there’s a line you can’t cross. you either change the character to be more appealing and to have them resonate with the audiences more (see: Thor in Thor: Ragnarok, Guardians of The Galaxy), or to have it fit the story better (see: Mandarin in Iron Man 3). I have no problem when a director goes ‘I have an idea for this character’ and he actually has, let him do it. however, when you change too much about a story (see: Civil War) or a character, they become unrecognizable and completely off. you ever read Superior Spider-Man? they become that. a shell of someone we know but with completely different behaviour, manners, mind, and character for that matter. you can’t change a character to this point, because it ruins them. say Iron Man doesn’t drink alcohol at all, he’s a granddad of a random kid taken from the streets, and kills innocent people. doesn’t really sound well, huh?

and that’s the huge problem with that small series of films. the producers don’t understand Spider-Man (don’t @ me with Spider-Verse, Sony didn’t touch Spider-Verse, it was written by the ever great Phil Lord and Chris Miller), and they never will because they frankly don’t give a shit. they ruined Spider-Man 3 by forcing Raimi to put Venom in there despite Raimi not being able to handle the material and not being interested in that character. reason why they made the TASM films? money. reason why they keep the rights to Spidey? money. so since they don’t understand Spider-Man, they can’t make a good Spidey movie as long as it’s them making that movie.

I also want to add that I like crap movies. Spider-Man 3 is half a solid movie, but you can’t have a bad time while watching it - it’s hilarious, has great action scenes, the characters feel like characters, and the tone is consistent. Venom movie wise is like 4/10, it has 2 prologues, and 179 plot holes and/or stupid choices, but it’s entertaining, funny (even when unintentionally), has some very good dialogues, and the Venom/Eddie relationship (right along with Tom Hardy himself) saves the movie. so I like crap movies when they’re fun, comedy gold, or just so stupid that you can’t help but laugh (see: Twilight). but when a movie is shit, and does none of those things, I can’t sit through it.

with all that said, here goes: reasons why The Amazing Spider-Man movies suck balls and are offensive towards the character of Spider-Man:

comic wise:

- Peter Parker - let’s google Peter Parker.

caring. kind. loyal. brave. scared. worried. intelligent.

that’s the basic core aspect of Peter Parker. you can’t change the core of a character or else they become a different person. the core aspect is what makes them them. Peter Parker is ‘with great power comes great responsibility’, he’s a struggling one because he made a choice to save lives and that choice often ruins his day-to-day life, he’s constantly trying to be a better man, but all while bad things are happening, he remains kind, loving, caring, loyal, respectful, and worth of the powers he’s carrying.

TASM Peter Parker? that dude’s a selfish dickhead. i could go scene by scene to prove my point, but off the top of my head, he:

stalks, creeps, breaks (important) promises, is rude 24/7 towards his aunt and uncle, risks people’s lives, damages public property and doesn’t even say sorry, sneaks into Oscorp by stealing someone’s righteously earned intern badge (plus literally laughing at the guy who got kicked out bc of him, what the hell).

other than that, Andrew Garfield does not look socially awkward or nerdy in the slightest. the movies are really trying to portray him as one and terribly fail. he’s not a good fit for this Spidey. Superior Spidey? yeah, that asshole, sure. I’m not saying he’s a bad actor, he’s an amazing actor. he’s just not good for the role of Peter Parker.

I mentioned Thor before and how making him a goofball actually worked out fine, and that’s because the core aspect of him never disappeared. he’s still Thor, courageous, righteous, loving, kind, but with more jokes. Peter Parker is a nerdy outcast, he’s socially awkward like 95% of the time, and doesn’t even know how to walk straight. Andrew’s Spidey? obnoxious-skateboarding-cool-looking-Edward-Cullen-like-tall-and-model-like cute. I have no words.

to add to his terrible traits, Peter’s only motivation to put on the red-and-blue spandex is revenge. revenge. I don’t care about that scene where he’s sitting with his mask wondering if he should go after the Lizard. that doesn’t mean a thing. it would if his behaviour changed, but it never did. he made a mask and then a suit so people wouldn’t see who commits the crimes (assaulting at nights while looking for Ben’s killer, that’s crime), that’s down-right fucked up. this is not Spider-Man. speaking of…

- Spider-Man - he doesn’t care about people’s lives at-freaking-all, and it just wounds me. he jokes around while people are being murdered (see: TAMS2 scene with the Rhino where he didn’t stop Rhino when he had the chance, instead letting him run over tens of people and kept. on. joking., or putting on a fireman’s hat while people are being killed). jokes? what jokes? that guy’s a jackass. he threatens a man saying he’d kill him if he’d be the one who killed uncle Ben. he publicly humiliates a guy, I don’t care if he’s a criminal. 

see this:

(the amazing s-m #797)

vs this

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- Ben Parker - he’s 100% useless in the movie. in the comics and in the Raimi’s movies, he plays a huge role. he’s Peter’s moral compass right along with May Parker, which…

- May Parker - her presence in the movie is pointless. she’s got no impact on the plot. cut out all the scenes with her, and it changes nothing about the movies. her presence only makes Peter look more like an asshole bc he’s one towards her 99% of the time. she’s there to be… I don’t even know. she’s useless. oh, no, wait, she’s there to make Peter break his promise to Captain Stacy. amazing.

movie wise:

- tone - inconsistent, all over the place. TASM1 is dark, silly, dark, lighthearted, funny, dark, funny, dark. why can’t it be just dark or funny? same goes to TASM2, except TASM2 is way worse due to the unconnected subplots. examples of well-toned movies: Homecoming (a comedy starring Spider-Man), Iron Man 3 (consistently cartoonish with balanced humor and action), The Avengers (consistently funny and cheesy).

- character arc - there’s none. Peter learns absolutely nothing. at all. he’s selfish and remains selfish. puts people’s lives at risk all the time. breaks promises, not learning any lesson. I mentioned Venom before and how it’s a dumb movie, but even that one has Venom have an arc. rushed one, yes, very rushed, but still an arc. 

- music - stock music + bad pop music + elevator music + something that tried to sound like dubstep but wound up being what comes out when you scratch your nails across the board ft. growling dying dragons from bad cartoons. I’m really sorry for Hans Zimmer that his name is in the credits bc the amazing Pharell Whilliams literally ruined the TASM2 soundtrack.

- directing - it’s shit. the movie’s shot with no life to speak of. boring shots, lower than average. there’s no scene that makes me ‘whoa’. there’s no scene that makes me ‘this is a really good shot. I very much like this shot.’ ok, I’m lying, there are two shots in the entire 2 movies. there:

these are the only shots that I like. out of 2 movies. please, take all my money.

on top of that, the colors are just ugly. Deadpool has greasy colors but they’re consistent and fit the creepy tone of the movie. TASM movies can’t decide what the hell they are so they are just a mess.

- villains:

x the Lizard. he wants people to be lizards, and that’s it. he wants his arm to regrow but then he goes ‘forget arms, now I want people to be lizards.’ and it’s sad bc he’s a very good villain in the comics.

x Green Goblin. motivation is weak, plus why did he crawl towards the suit? if he crawled towards the Doc Ock arms, would he become Doc Ock? how did he know hot to fly the glider? ‘you took his picture, so you know him’ - first of all, that shot was taken from 64508098 meters away, and second of all, how does this make Harry think Peter knows Spider-Man? he’s still better than Connors, tho.

x Electro - quite an odd one, weak motivations, what the hell was that with the corny speeches pulled out of his ass and completely out of the place? why did he even have shorts? where did he take his suit from? that’s a PG-13 movie, I get it, we don’t wanna watch an electric p*nis swing, ok, we get it  still, bad motivations, makes no sense 80% of the time, and... he’s just off. he’s such a badly-handled and poorly-written character I want to cry,

- other characters:

x Gwen Stacy - so called generic love interest. that’s it.

x I don’t even care.

- stupid bullshit - when a movie is good, I don’t care about plot holes or stupid stuff like visible reshoots (see: Tony’s hair in IW) or just idiotic moments (see: Black Widow knocking a guy out with her hair in The Avengers).

however, when the stupid bullshit takes over a movie, you can’t help but notice. why did the Lizard want everyone to be lizards? why did the electric eels fix the gap between Max’s teeth? what’s with the subplot with Peter chasing Ben’s killer? is Peter so stupid that he brought his camera with his name on it to Lizard’s secret layer? why are Peter’s parents so focused on? they’re 100% irrelevant and have no impact on the movies besides making them even stupider (that calculator scene, I’m-). why did Ben jump towards the gun? how did scrawny and skinny Harry Osborn overpower two armed, grown-ass guards? if Peter is smart enough to make web-shooters and web fluid, why did he have to look up the basics of electricity on YT? why is Gwen so stupid to grab a metal bar when there’s an electricity-fueled guy murdering people? why did even Electro become bad? why do people stand around very dangerous fight scenes like it’s a spectacle with fairies? run! the plane scene. the plane scene no2. the crane scene. how did the cranes happen to be perfectly in line across the way to Oscorp? even Raimi wouldn’t put this corny shit in his movies, and he made his trilogy corny for purpose. train? coming? out? from? the ground??? a video coincidentally waiting for Peter to be played in that train? Gwen Stacy happening to be the interns’ tour guide at Oscorp? how did Gwen get to the fight with Electro scene sooner than the police? why did the web get cut by two solid objects, simultaneously making a ‘cut’ sound, what the fuck was that? why were those movies even made? (money)

I want to add that I don’t care about deleted scenes. put them in the movie if they’re important. I really don’t give a damn there was a scene with Peter’s dad (which is just stupid) or some stuff with Connors. I don’t judge deleted scenes, I judge the movies.

and that’s it. I feel like I can talk more, but it’s like 11pm, and I have to get up early and go to work, so… I said what I said. you can’t change my opinion. if you like these films, I don’t care. they’re trash. if you can watch them and think ‘that’s a good movie,’ I’m glad you can, and I wish you a happy life with that bad perception.

to add to all of this, I’ll have you know that even Andrew Garfield is mad/sad that Sony compromised the character of Peter Parker for the sake of money.

before I go, the only good things about these movies:

- TASM2 suit is cool. I like it a lot,

- that scene where Peter wakes up and accidentally breaks things,

- that montage with Spidey after he breaks up with Gwen, it’s really nice and in-character, looking like it was written by someone completely else,

- they didn’t make a third movie.

P.S. if you want some good videos I remember seeing about those movies, visit yourmoviesucks and TheCosmonautVarietyHour on YT. also ScreenCrush explains what’s wrong with those movies basing on one scene, and it’s great.

P.S. 2. there was this comment on YT under the TASM movies review that I really like, and honestly what a mood:

[webbedshots]

hey, don’t they look an awful lot like TOM HOLLAND? but according to our files, they are PETER PARKER, otherwise known as SPIDERMAN, from MARVEL. our records tell us they are NINETEEN years old and use HE/HIM pronouns. i’ve heard they can be EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT, but also STUBBORN and apparently, they’re a HERO.

it’s ya boi, spideyboi

so my spiderman may  be a little confusing. homecoming is not being included in his canon at all really. his canon comes mainly from the amazing spiderman 1 and 2. however

i haven’t watched the tobey maguire movies, so no canon will be implemented from those

key points from tasm’s are:

peter saw his uncle die

peter still has that voicemail from his uncle, and whenever he’s having a hard time, he plays it

he’s got the sass that we see peter having in tasm

fucking adores his aunt may (and his uncle too)

he misses his parents but like………. he understands more now what they died for and what they were doing so he doesn’t hold a grudge or anger towards them for leaving him as he used to

But he still gets upset from time to time. despite understanding their reasons, they still left him, and that hurts

peter made his own suit like he did in tasm. i’m headcanoning that may taught him how to sew, and thus he used that knowledge to make his suit. it’s not as high tech as the one tony gave him, but i like the classic suit a lot better tbh

peter has ptsd from being unable to save uncle ben, gwen stacy and her father. in tasm, he promised her dad he’d keep her out of danger, and he tried his best to keep his word buuut eventually failed as she died in tasm 2.

he still sees and hears both gwen and her dad

is still a dork tho

and he’s a big nerd

he’s mostly an independent superhero but he is also an avenger ? he forgets that he’s an avenger though, like he has a bad habit of being like “ oh yeah i helped the avengers “ rather than “ oh yeah i am an avenger “.

since i’m not including homecoming in his canon, his first ever interaction with (most of) the avengers was in civil war

those are the only 2 mcu movies canon to him. though, looking back, peter absolutely thinks he was on the wrong side, or that he just shouldn’t have gotten involved at all

while homecoming isn’t included in his canon, i still have it so that he knows ned/mj/etc because i love those charries so much

i headcanon uncle ben as being of color ! to be specific, i hc him to be mexican & peter grew up with his cousins on his uncle’s side of the family. may parker is richard parker’s sister. uncle ben took may’s last name. this is why peter is so good in spanish, because his uncle taught him to speak it

he was basically penpals with shuri. they’d text/use discord to chat and played videogames together all the time. they’re internet bffs. shuri is one of his best friends along with harry/gwen/mj/ned

she visited him once as a surprise. he was so happy to meet her and absolutely adores her

natasha romanoff was sent by SHIELD to find out who spiderman was around the time of the events of tasm2. she’s a damn good spy, and she did figure it out, but she kept it a secret from SHIELD to keep his identity safe, and thus keep him safe. she was his shoulder to cry on after gwen. she’s like a mother figure to him and he loves her vvv much

harry was his childhood best friend & his first love/crush. the two are dating, and at the time of his death, they were going to stanford together and living in cali. he’s SO IN LOVE with this man y’all dont even know

HARRY WASN’T THE GREEN GOBLIN FOR PETER !! it was instead norman osborn, as it was in the comics. to peter’s knowledge, norman killed gwen as the green goblin and then later died after impaling himself on his own glider

anyway he is ??? an angel

PLS LOVE HIM