I keep thinking how much more powerful the Spiderman origin story would be if Peter Parker was an African American kid, whose Uncle Ben was shot by police while being arrested for a minor parking infraction. There is no formal investigation, and Peter decides to put himself on the line to prevent it happening again. He tackles the white crimes that go unpunished, punishes POC criminals fairly. He is the leveler, always fighting to be without bias, to be just. To protect people like his uncle.
This not only mirrors so much of what’s happening in America, but feeds right into the complex relationship between Spiderman, the authorities and the media.
Peter Parker is a brilliant student, awkward, a nerd, but is branded a thug, a gang member, a criminal, because of his appearance. The media latch on to that and misrepresent him totally.
The police, humilitated by the fact that he refuses to work with them and often punishes cops themselves for brutalizing innocent people, or guilty people who still deserve better treatment than they get, attempt to hunt him down.
Whenever I finish a book or a video game or something there’s always a period of time after, like a few days, where I have no idea what to do with myself or my time
After a book I always just sit for 10 or so minutes to think about it etc. It’s a weird feeling.
the other day at target i saw a dog collar on sale for $0.75 and i was like “sweet lets get it for barkimedes” and then my mom got all angry b/c “it’s too bright! it looks too girly! we have a boy dog” like can u stop forcing gender roles on my small dog. barkimedes does not care about the color of his collar.
was waiting for the bus when this parade of elementary school kids walks by and they’re talking about Caitlyn Jenner and one kid called her Bruce and then like 6 of them immediately snapped “HER NAME IS CAITLYN” like yeah babies you’re all gonna be great in this world
