#mr parker

[life-love-geekculture]

One thing that’s wonderfully weird and wacky about The Pretender series is just how important names are in distinguishing the good guys from the bad and the shifting allegiances between. In that, the good guys are almost never referred to except by their “first” names & the bad guys are usually referred to only by their last.

For instance, we have Jarod who, obviously, doesn’t know his full real name…except that by season four he really should. He (and the audience) by this point have met his dad, Major Charles. Adopted or otherwise, his surname should match his father’s. But we’re never even told the major’s last name. He’s always just referred to as the Major or Charles or Major Charles. Same as Jarod’s mom is only Margaret, his sister Emily, and his brother Kyle. Ethan, his half brother, is a special case we’ll get back to. But it’s especially weird how it’s never brought up because it’s established it would be an important piece of identity to Jarod himself. Throughout all the pretends in the series the one thing he never relinquishes is his given name despite the fact it would make it harder for the Centre to find him.

But that’s just the tip of this iceberg, things get more complicated when you look at the Centre crew. Because, of all of them, Angelo has the simplest relationship to his name. It is literally given to him by Dr. Raines’ after the experiment that gave him his abilities. And because it is a given name we know Angelo is one of the good guys.

Same could be said for Sydney & Broots. While the name Sydney can be a last name, it’s origin as that are English/Scottish while Sydney himself is specifically described as Flemish. More importantly, in spite of his degree & training, his title as doctor is never referred to by other characters. Like Jarod & Angelo he’s established as a good guy by his first name only. Broots is interesting, because while he’s occasionally referred to as Mr. Broots and it’s more likely his surname; functionally it works as a nickname.

“But what about the villains?” I hear you ask. All of them, with the exception of Brigitte (who is arguably the 2nd most on the fence character in the series) go by a title. Be it Mr. Parker., Mr. Raines, or Mr. Lyle. The title is emphasized at some point in every episode. Which makes Miss Parker one of the more fascinating exceptions to the rule.

Because where her mother & half-Brother serve as the only two plot-important characters with a first & last name (emphasizing they are both a part of the centre but ultimately opposing forces against it), Miss Parker is in a weird position where her name codes her as a villainess with the good guys but she’s referred to as Angel by her dad, othering her from the villains crowd. So, basically, her internal conflict is constantly reinforced for the viewers depending on who she is dealing with.

Like I said, names in this show are wild!

[quietparanoiac]

— Wouldn't you say that was a prudent match? — Yes, of course, if you were a man.

Gentleman Jack (2019–), 1x03 | 2x06

[ask-spider-man-130]

...Christ, should I just ask Spot to throw me in there and then grab the kid? - Mr. Parker, @ask-screamspider

i don’t know what that means but i think i’ve got this thank you other old me 👍

[ask-spider-man-61610]

[A box was found on the passenger side of Emjay's car. A note inside said...

"Happy birthday! Congrats on your 26th! - Mr. Parker (@ask-screamspider )"

Inside was a baggie of chocolate chip cookies, a crocheted black scarf, and a bottle of wine.]

Wait, what? Pete, when did--

...Is that what day it is??

...Thanks. These are good fucking cookies. I think I'll save the bottle of wine, though. Emjay and I can drink it in happier times.

[itsjuliak5]

Little Things I Loved from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse:

Mrs. Chen being completely unfazed by the Spot. Mrs. Chen showing up in general.

The legos!

Spider-Punk cheering on MayDay; “Kid’s an anarchist,” “Take a crap on the establishment, I like it.”

There’s a part where one of the Doctor Octopuses says “Hi Peter” and I’m 99.9% sure it was Alfred Molina’s voice from “No Way Home”

The other little scenes/pictures from the original Spider-Man movies with Tobey and the ones with Andrew.

Ben Reilly narrating everything he does. (Shoutout to Andy Samberg)

Peter Parkedcar

Donald Glover as the Prowler!

Miguel’s suit has little glitches on them, or like static.

There was a Spider-Man holding a hockey stick.

Dino-Spider-Man!!

“Well maybe you should just get off the kid’s ass.”

Jefferson Morales calling Gwen “emo.”

Peter using his bath robe as a cape.

Mayday shooting a web at the phone to take a picture of her and Peter.

[pjotvshownews]

Character posters for the monsters in ‘-Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ (x)

[red-rover-au]

These characters have the SAME voice actor

[popculturebaby]

Sarah Jessica Parker and Chris Noth for Entertainment Weekly, 1999

[creme-delacrem]

[idk-bruh-20]

Irondad fic ideas #130

You know that trope where SI employees call Peter "Stark Jr."?

Fic where Tony learns about this and loves it. One night, at one of their weekly Ironfam dinners, he gleefully brags about it in front of May

In retaliation, May says to Tony, "Okay, Parker Sr."

No angst miscommunications, just hilarity. Everyone knows this is about the honor of being included in each other's families

[vamprnce]

here's a spider spy, a spy-der 🕷️

tbh drew this bc of Peter being a dork in that one undercover mission but him being in a suit works well for new years too ig lmao happy new years 🎉

[ikarakie]

tony’s been dreaming of the day peter and harley meet, because he just knows they’ll get on like a house on fire.

he, however, certainly doesn’t expect their first meeting to be them getting kidnapped together, over 900 miles apart. he also doesn’t expect the frantic phone call he gets two sleepless days later, from their kidnapper, begging him to please come get the kids because they’re so fucking irritating.

[marvel-lous-guy]

Tony: How was patrol?

Peter: yeah it was good. Got a paper cut though.

Tony: how do you get a papercut as Spiderman?

Peter: this guy stabbed me with some scissors and they still had paper on them somehow...

Tony: YOU WERE STABBED!?

Peter: It doesn't count! It's fine!

Tony: HOW DOES THAT NOT COUNT!?

Peter: SCISSORS DON'T COUNT

[i24lua]

[ask-spiderpool]

Do we have a full view of the apartment by now? Is there one of those birds eye view layout of the apartment yet? If not is that someone you'd wanna do? Is it already done?

I did conjure up a layout of the apartment a while ago - and I've largely stuck to it, since!

[irisesforyoureyes]

the sluttiest thing a man can do is be fictional