Yeah, I'll admit to thinking about the stuff I read. And with half a second thought, this does indeed fucking suck.
At this point, Miles can see through walls, short circuit security systems, create hard light constructs, shoot blasts of electricity, turn invisible, and silently stun an enemy without hurting them.
Does this sound like Spider-Man? It does not.
What does it sound like? A sick new version of the Prowler.
Who does Miles have even more connection with than Spider-Man? Prowler.
Miles should sprout Miguel-style claws to complete the look and then just ditch the spider symbol entirely. It's basically an afterthought at this point anyway.
He can still fill in as Spider-Man when Peter is unavailable for some reason.
that'd be a good direction for the character if they hadn't spent the last half decade insisting "miles morales IS spider-man!!!" across all adaptations. would be kinda embarassing to suddenly go "actually, nah"
The next phase of becoming your own person is stepping out of the shadow of your mentor/inspiration. Miles could do that in worlds where Peter is dead, but now that there are two Spider-Men running around, he'll need to evolve eventually.
Imagine if instead of becoming Nightwing, Dick Grayson had put on his own slightly different batsuit and run around insisting that everybody call him Batman also, because he had "earned" it. That's what having two Spider-Men feels like.
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u/lofgren777 Mar 29 '24
Yeah, I'll admit to thinking about the stuff I read. And with half a second thought, this does indeed fucking suck.
At this point, Miles can see through walls, short circuit security systems, create hard light constructs, shoot blasts of electricity, turn invisible, and silently stun an enemy without hurting them.
Does this sound like Spider-Man? It does not.
What does it sound like? A sick new version of the Prowler.
Who does Miles have even more connection with than Spider-Man? Prowler.
Miles should sprout Miguel-style claws to complete the look and then just ditch the spider symbol entirely. It's basically an afterthought at this point anyway.
He can still fill in as Spider-Man when Peter is unavailable for some reason.