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[spideywhites]

What are your thoughts on deadpool and spiderman?

This is a LOADED question. ‘Cause like, do you mean as a relationship or as individuals? Either way, I have many, many thoughts. Probably too many to really type out here. I’ll give quick little rambles about each, though.

Deadpool/Spider-man. A devastating and complex ship that is often regaled as something lesser than what it is. Deadpool idolizes Spider-man, probably even loves him, and Spider-man struggles under the weight of such pointed worship because 1) he doesn’t trust most, let alone a killer, and 2) he has an explicit fear of disappointing people. My favorite thing about them is that together they embody a sort of… “discovery of human nature”. Wade can learn that Spider-man is also just Peter, who is not quite human but also excessively so. Peter makes mistakes and he is both wrath and disaster tied with loose knots. Peter can learn that Wade is multi-faceted individual that hurts, loves, cries, laughs just like every other person and the sum of Wade’s parts don’t match the whole of the image Peter thought was true. Plus, they’re funny together. Humor-wise and with the “I like you but I shouldn’t” trope.

Spider-man. Peter Parker is the love of my life, my everything, my favorite marvel character ever. He’s the kind of hero that other heroes talk about, look to for moral guidance, and place on a pedestal. He is consumed by rage and guilt, swallowed by the enormity of all that is placed upon him with reward and the expectant eyes of those who believe he stands for this and that, and then are violently disappointed when he doesn’t match it. He is a guiding light, a source of hope and despair. The people of New York treasure him because he IS them. The other heroes think him both worthy and incorruptible while also demeaning him in the same breath. It’s not that they hate him but I think that, in the end, they’re terrified of him. Of the fact that so much power saturates Spider-man, and not just in the sense of strength but in sway and words and emotion. If Spider-man falls, then who are they? I think the absolute world of him, and I think it’s a disservice to his character to ignore the weight of his poor personality traits and the struggles he faces in changing, adjusting, or smothering the fact that he is rather monstrous.

Deadpool. A hilarious character that invokes a lot of both intrigue and sympathy. A lot of very bad, very terrible things have happened to Wade Wilson. Exploring the course of his fractured character development is really incredible, and he’s very likable in a humorous (fictional) way. Yes, he’s a murderer. There is a lot of depth to his trauma / implied backstory that shows you how he became who he is. I love him, I really do!!! I don’t know as much detail about him as I do Peter, however. Haven’t read all of his comics. From what I have seen, read, and consumed, I know he’s a character that seems to embody two extremes: tragedy and comedy. I guess I have a soft spot for violent, depressed little men, lol.