I’ve been seeing some willfully obtuse shit regarding this where Marvel fans essentially ignore that Peter stole traits from Miles’ origin and story. So here is the list of the ways it was done.
1. Ganke Lee/Ned Leeds
Of course, I had to start with the most obvious.
Not only that he looks like Ganke, but he fucking acts like Ganke. Has Ned Leeds been Asian before? Yes, in Spectacular Spider-man Tv Show, but it would be hilarious that Disney and Sony actually stole from Greg Weisman after they both collectively screwed him twice. The thing about this character is that he acts more like Miles’ Ganke than he does Peter’s Ned Leeds.
Peter’s Ned Leeds was never a close friend of Peter’s, let alone went to the same school as Peter. He was an acquaintance at best or a fellow work mate at the most.
Ganke, however….
..Is Miles’ best friend. He was introduced in Miles’ second issue ever. He has been a constant character ever since. That is Miles’ number 1.
If you noticed that Ganke was playing with Legos, guess what hobby Ned Leeds’ favorite hobby is?
That is a Lego Deathstar. And before you say, well in the panels’ he’s just playing with it. He doesn’t seem that interested in Legos.
And why Legos are integral to Miles and Ganke? Miles is not as Science smart as Ganke or Peter Parker so he cannot remake the Web fluid. Ganke is that smart and Legos are suggested by Chemists as great toys children to play with because it helps them visualize molecular models. Ganke is as important to Miles’ Spider-man as he is to Miles.
For all intents and purposes, Ned Leeds probably is just his best friend on account of Peter not telling Ned Leeds that he is Spider-man. Speaking of which, the whole Peter having a confidant in on his identity situation…
He never had one. Peter never told anyone that he is Spider-man. He never once shared that info with Gwen Stacy, Mary Jane(she always knew, but never revealed that she knew), Harry Osbourne, or anyone. In Ultimate Spider-man, Peter did confide in Mary Jane, but that was a case of her being his only friend.
Miles only revealed his identity to Ganke and eventually his father. Well in the case of Ganke, Miles never had to reveal anything because Ganke was there to help him become Spider-man. It just the scene how Ned leeds found out.
Look familiar?
The same parallel as Peter’s.
Also, Ganke is girl obsessed like Homecomings’ Ned Leeds is. And yes, you are a little too infatuated with the opposite sex if you know by heart what a woman has worn previously and what she hasn’t.
The first thing Ganke does when Jessica Drew presents Miles with his new costume is to declare that he will start talking to girls.
After a deep conversation about what to do with Miles’ thieving ass Uncle, Ganke is pressed to go with Miles’ not to provide comfort, but to stare at his mom(who is really attractive).
As soon as he meets Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy, Ganke immediately switches gears and starts hitting on them.
Ganke making a gift out of Legos for Gwen Stacy.
And it working…
Ganke trying to use Miles to hook him up with Dagger, and refusing to believe anyone is too hot for him.
Ganke is girl obsessed. It’s part of his charm.
So Peter took Miles’ best friend. Great.
2. Miles motivation of proving he is a superhero
I remember when I called this out and some moron said Peter had to prove himself to the Fantastic Four in his debut. No.
He wasn’t trying to prove himself with the Fantastic Four. He wanted to join the Fantastic Four so he can earn money.
The FF did not have an opinion on him, except Ben who did not like Spider-man for being a show off like Johnny.
Just for your closure…
Miles’ however, had to go through a proving ground to not just be Spider-man, but also be qualified as a hero.
Instead of Tony Stark being the one supervisor of Miles, it is Captain America. It’s a long story as to why Cap feels the need to restrict Miles, but he is the one Miles has to prove his worth to.
After fighting with Captain America, Miles pops the question.
And to tie it into the Civil War, Miles’ asks to be the Ultimate equivalent of the Avengers, the Ultimates.
This is not a coincidence. You may say that they needed Peter to join MCU somehow, but how they are going about it is eerily similar to how they went about it with Miles. Peter never once had to gain recognition from his fellow superheroes. He never once had to ask to join the Avengers because they respected him as a hero. Miles’ did.
This is not the first time Peter took this from Miles either. The Ultimate Spider-man cartoon has Peter,again, taking Miles familiarity with Nick Fury and forming a super team just like Miles Morales. It’s annoying.
3. Younger Aunt May/Parental figure and having stability
Before I start this, yes, Ultimate Spider-man had a younger Aunt May and Uncle Ben. I know this. You seen her above when she is talking to Miles and you see her when Gwen kissed Ganke. But she did not look like this.
Now Marissa Tomei is a young looking 52 year old woman. Girl fucking looks good. Slay.
But Ultimate Aunt May did not look like she was pulling dates off tinder. Ultimate Aunt May also did not stay in an upscale Queen suite. Peter was not raised in an economically stable environment. There was always bills to be paid and Aunt May did not work.
Miles however lives in Brooklyn. His mom is a nurse and his father a cop. It is a stable household.
As you can see, Rio is hot!
Anyways, what contributed to Peter’s anxiety and neuroticism was that he never had a stable household. They were always just above the red. With Ben gone, Aunt May had to take care of the household in spite of Peter’s new adventures. Peter is lower middle class. Miles’ is middle class when it comes to living in Brooklyn.
4. The charter school
This especially pissed me off.
Miles goes to an advanced charter school for gifted children. How he did so?
You ever see the documentary, “Waiting for Superman?”
Okay, so there is a literal lottery for gifted urban youth(usually youth of color) for them to attend advanced schools. If they do not get the right lottery, then they are sent back to attend the shitty Inner City schools where they most likely won’t excel in life. They will most likely excel if they go to Charter School. It sucks, but that is a reality youth face.
Miles had to enter this lottery to attend his charter school(with the number 42, Jackie Robinson’s number to mark the significance). Peter has never been placed in a situation where his race and environment did not cheat him out of a future or reduce his options. His intelligence has always gotten him out of academic situations and guaranteed his success. Miles had to enter a fucking lottery to ensure his future was stable. And that is highly fucked up that Peter just took that trait from Miles without the significance of it being appreciated and realized.
That is four things that Spider-man: Homecoming leeched from Miles Morales and his story. And people want to act dumb as if these characteristics have always been attributed to Peter. Bull fucking shit. They wanted a relative character that was not presented on screen or the audiences did not already know. They exhausted Peter’s story, characters, and even abilities through 5 movies, several cartoon, and several video games and a fucking live action play.
What pisses me off is that people have called Miles the inferior Spider-man or not the real Spider-man, yet Peter, this motherfucker, is literally taking aspects from Miles and no one is calling it out. You love everything about Miles when it is on a white character, huh?
It is also an aspect of Marvel canabalizing off of legacy characters. DC gave Wally a chance to be the Flash over Barry Allen. DC gave several Robins a chance and did not create an amalgamation of Robin. DC gave Jon Stewart a chance ahead of Kyle Rainer and Hal Jordan. Fuck, Marvel you gave Scott Lang a chance over Hank Pym in spite of making Hank Pym’s main villain the villain of Avengers 2(And Hank Pym fans did not deserve that).
We heard every excuse in the book as to why Miles could not be the first to enter MCU when Peter’s story has been told 5 fucking times on screen. Miles Morales was trending when it was announced that Marvel was making a Spider-man film. People wanted his story to be told. And we heard every excuse in the book as to why Miles could not be selected. There was fucking press release that basically said Peter Parker had to be white yet you don’t mind diversifying the rest of the cast. We heard that his story was too new, but that did not stop you from making Robbie Reyes the new Ghost Rider. That Miles is a legacy. Yet you made Scott Lang, the legacy to Hank Pym, the first Ant Man on screen while acknowledging that Scott Lang is the second Ant Man. You just did not want him on screen because Miles is not white. End of story. You liked his story so much that you attributed to Peter. You took his cast. You took his financial situation. You took his precarious school situation. You took one of his arc. And you gave them to Peter. By doing that, you all but ensured that Miles would be stuck in his comic book and not being getting a damn thing.
The only reason I am interested in this film is Zendaya because black women, even bi-racial women, are hardly romantic leads in super hero in general. They are rarely presented as such and that sucks. I really don’t are about this movie outside of that. It looks good, but whatever.
Actually its based a lot on the ultimate peter parker. Aunt May was in her 50s( Like the one in the movie) Ultimate peter had to prove himself. At the end of his series before he died he got upgrades and tips from ironman (Tony gave peter improved web shooters), cap didn’t think peter was ready to be an avenger. Ultimate peter in the comics literally started avengers boot camp. But it was short lived because he died almost right after he started training. Miles basicly started right where peter left off. Which is why they take a lot of stuff from miles. Peter probably would have gotten a new suit if he didn’t die. They used ganke because peter has no guy friends. Its just harry and kinda flash. Harry has been used to death and flash only became friends with peter after highschool. Peter needs a ganke character. And let’s face it we will probably not get miles morales in the MCU unless we either get a time skip or they kill peter off ultimate style.and that would be rushed.
MILES STORY DOES NOT WORK WITH OUT PETER BEING INTRODUCED FIRST so stop complaining about not getting miles yet. And yes they could of changed Peter’s ethnicity too, but they didn’t. Get over it scrub. I’m sorry the people who own and CREATED the character didn’t do what you wanted.Even though the cast of the movie is really diverse. We have black,Indian,Asian, and English actors.the shocker is white in the comics.Liz Allen is white in the comics.Flash Thompson is white. AND NED LEEDS IS THE WHITEST WHITE GUY EVER. So there are a lot of good changes.And a lot of diverse characters so calm down.
First off, you do not want to go with Ultimate Universe against because I will fact check you.
1. Aunt May was in her 50s.
She was. The argument was that she was not getting hit on by Tony Stark, which she wasn’t. And also, the comics stayed at a Hard year 2001-2002 time frame, but you still have Peter making pop culture references beyond that time frame(Facebook, MTV being dead, etc). She is still treated as old from a standpoint from Tony Stark who is in his 30s or Nick Fury who is definitely 50.
Maybe the main point was that there has not been a physically attractive Aunt May that she gets the attention from playboy billionaires, huh Jackass?
2. Tony gave tips and upgrades to Peter in Ultimate Spider-man
No he didn’t.
Ultimate Tony only supported Peter. He did not give him sagely advice or even offer him tech. He did help Miles Morales in the same capacity. However, it was Miles who was being restricted by SHIELD and the Ultimates. The point of the storyline was Peter was fine at being a superhero because he was the most brave and courageous of all. He did give him redesigned web shooters for his birthday.
3. Ultimate Peter literally started the Avengers Boot camp
Wrong again. Same storyline above. They wanted to train Peter. But it went to shit because 1. Peter Parker was fine how he was, 2. the Ultimates were conflicted on what to do with him(Thor admired him and wanted to make him a squire, Tony thought he was just fine, and Cap wanted him to wait until he was old enough and thought the worst of him), and 3. This arc led straight to him being killed so yeah. No. The reason they wanted a leash on Peter was Carol Danvers was getting complaints of property damage due to Peter’s battles with supervillains and need a PR stunt to say that they got Peter handled, ignoring the fact that the Ultimates have done worse in terms of damage overall.
The Ultimate Universe never really had a Civil War like MCU. They did have an actual civil war with the country divided. There also was not a formal legislation pertaining to superheroes outside that unmasking them is violating their Civil Rights. MCU does take away a lot from the Ultimate Universe(the Avengers are just nicer Ultimates, MCU Tony Stark is mainly Ultimate Tony Stark mixed with 616 strict values). Every Spider-man movie uses elements from the Ultimate Universe. Almost every adaptation uses Ultimate Spider-man as it’s core reference. This is not new, original, or even innovative. Amazing Spider-man literally quotes Uncle Ben’s With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility” speech.
Peter himself felt insulted that they even suggested to putting him into Superhero school because he felt he was doing just fine(he arguably was. It just was that he was dealing with the worst circumstances(Chameleon stole his identity and fucked up his reputation on top of a huge destructive battle over a minor burglary). He did not particularly feel the need to prove his worth to the Avengers or Tony Stark as he felt he was being disrespected and targeted.
They did not put a hard cap and limit anything Peter could do. In fact, he goes on to fight both Ultimate Mysterio and Black Cat with Iron Man in a battle that does more property damage.
Miles had to prove himself.
Twice
“I said I wanted to prove myself.”
Case closed.
You are wrong.
Peter has no friends because PETER HAS NO FRIENDS. That is part of his character. Ultimate Peter is alone and his only friend is Mary Jane. Arguably, her friends hang out with him, but when they break up, they stop hanging with Peter. He is a loner. Pure and simple. So Peter having a budding friendship and a confidant early in his superhero career is unprecedented, outside again Ultimate Mary Jane which they did in Amazing Spider-man with Gwen Stacy. So the fact that he has Ganke under the guise of Ned Leeds is bullshit. And Harry has been used to death because Peter has been used to death. They made so many adaptations of Peter’s story that they literally are taking from Miles’. If it was just another Peter Parker movie, I’d be fine. But it isn’t.They are taking aspects from Miles. That is the point.
I am mad that they are taking Miles’ stories. I am mad that they are taking his characters. I am mad that
They don’t care about Legacies because again, Scott Lang is Ant-Man in his movie and they acknowledge that Hank Pym is the first Ant Man. It was played as background information. So they are okay with showing legacies on film so stop with that bullshit. Robbie Reyes is the first Ghostrider in MCU in spite of being like the 8th one in continuity. They already mentioned Angela Del Toro, the 2nd White Tiger, in Jessica Jones.
Yes, I like the diversity. Liz Allen has been non-white before(Spectacular Spider-man). Ned Leeds has been Asian before(Spectacular Spider-man)….and who is Indian? Zendaya is bi-racial black and white, dude. And even if this is something, you don’t get no fucking kudos representing how diverse America actually is. You don’t get a high five saying, “Yeah, we acknowledge that people are not just white. That white people actually have to hang out with people outside their race.” That is not the point. Point is, my reading comprehension deficient fuck nugget, they are ripping off a legacy to make a character who has been over used, more relevant.
UPDATE from a Japanese friend who wishes to remain anonymous. They noted that the interpretation of the text missed a lot of nuance in the translation, and was likely made with an internet translator.
“Hi Mr. Frank,
Long Version: Seshita doesn’t say Toho told them it was not to be about kaiju fights. He said Toho told them “No Monster Professional Wrestling”. Professional Wrestling is specifically cited. So Toho was basically telling them ‘don’t have goofy extended Showa era fights’ (like the ones in the 70’s).
This is just background, not in the interview. Toho has wanted to make Goji more serious for years, they really tried to distance from comical 60’s-70’s Godzilla and bring in more women and children during the Versus series of films in the 80’s-90’s. With Shin Godzilla’s success they saw how big the audience could get by not just appealing to the ‘traditionalist/Goji-Oji’ crowd who just wanted giant monster fights. People who watch anime here and particularly women generally want the human characters to be the focus, and that is what they did, and it worked to expand the audience. People who point out that the anime films are low-grossing forget that they have had extremely limited engagements (similar to how Shin Godzilla and the Batman animated films were released to theaters in the USA), not a general release because of the deal with Netflix. So they are expanding their fanbase and it is working, which will allow the Godzilla universe to thrive (until it becomes over saturated again). Could there ever have been a permanent Godzilla Store with satellite stores in the 90’s? And if you look at their merchandise, most of it is geared towards women and children, not hardcore fans.
Shizuno had only seen two Godzilla movies, but it is not like he did not know toku-he was part of the directing team on Evangleion 1.0, after all. Seshita also mentions he TOLD Shizuno not to watch the rest of the Godzilla films before the project because he wanted that fresh viewpoint, and that includes the bit about ‘does he need to exhale fire from his mouth’. Of course, Shin did the same thing. So people who want to blame everything they complain about on Shizuno for being a non-fan are incorrect.
The bits about how Seshita and Urobuchi wanted a 30 minutes fight between Godzilla and a 1 KM MechaG, MechaG turret heads, and Exifs wearing sunglasses and being thwarted by Shizuno were all punctuated by laughter. They’re basically just kidding around and giving each other a hard time, they were never really seriously considered (except for maybe the sunglasses). Your typical ‘how cool that would be to see as a fan even if it does not fit with the film’ thing. The laugh that Shizuno gave them a look like Buddha when they mentioned it. They point out that having the Exifs wear sunglasses would have turned female fans away form them (my note here, female fans like to see eyes in their characters, characters that wear sunglasses are deemed suspect and associated with Yakuza). They do this on the director commentary track for the Blu-ray, just clowning and kidding with each other.
So all in all, Toho just wanted a more serious tone for the film that would continue to broaden the fan base in Japan like Shin did to great success. All three of the parties (Shizuno, Seshita, and Urobuchi) were happy to oblige. Like Mr. Derendorf stated, Urobuchi in the program states that he wanted to bring it back to the spirit of 1954, where it was about the characters, and one of them in the anime makes a sacrifice akin to Serizawa-sensei’s in 1954.”
I can buy their reasoning and be OK with it except for the continuation of weird gendered stereotypes of what women want and don’t want. It especially feels disingenuous when the second movie pulls the old fridging trope.
I’ve been seeing some willfully obtuse shit regarding this where Marvel fans essentially ignore that Peter stole traits from Miles’ origin and story. So here is the list of the ways it was done.
1. Ganke Lee/Ned Leeds
Of course, I had to start with the most obvious.
Not only that he looks like Ganke, but he fucking acts like Ganke. Has Ned Leeds been Asian before? Yes, in Spectacular Spider-man Tv Show, but it would be hilarious that Disney and Sony actually stole from Greg Weisman after they both collectively screwed him twice. The thing about this character is that he acts more like Miles’ Ganke than he does Peter’s Ned Leeds.
Peter’s Ned Leeds was never a close friend of Peter’s, let alone went to the same school as Peter. He was an acquaintance at best or a fellow work mate at the most.
Ganke, however….
..Is Miles’ best friend. He was introduced in Miles’ second issue ever. He has been a constant character ever since. That is Miles’ number 1.
If you noticed that Ganke was playing with Legos, guess what hobby Ned Leeds’ favorite hobby is?
That is a Lego Deathstar. And before you say, well in the panels’ he’s just playing with it. He doesn’t seem that interested in Legos.
And why Legos are integral to Miles and Ganke? Miles is not as Science smart as Ganke or Peter Parker so he cannot remake the Web fluid. Ganke is that smart and Legos are suggested by Chemists as great toys children to play with because it helps them visualize molecular models. Ganke is as important to Miles’ Spider-man as he is to Miles.
For all intents and purposes, Ned Leeds probably is just his best friend on account of Peter not telling Ned Leeds that he is Spider-man. Speaking of which, the whole Peter having a confidant in on his identity situation…
He never had one. Peter never told anyone that he is Spider-man. He never once shared that info with Gwen Stacy, Mary Jane(she always knew, but never revealed that she knew), Harry Osbourne, or anyone. In Ultimate Spider-man, Peter did confide in Mary Jane, but that was a case of her being his only friend.
Miles only revealed his identity to Ganke and eventually his father. Well in the case of Ganke, Miles never had to reveal anything because Ganke was there to help him become Spider-man. It just the scene how Ned leeds found out.
Look familiar?
The same parallel as Peter’s.
Also, Ganke is girl obsessed like Homecomings’ Ned Leeds is. And yes, you are a little too infatuated with the opposite sex if you know by heart what a woman has worn previously and what she hasn’t.
The first thing Ganke does when Jessica Drew presents Miles with his new costume is to declare that he will start talking to girls.
After a deep conversation about what to do with Miles’ thieving ass Uncle, Ganke is pressed to go with Miles’ not to provide comfort, but to stare at his mom(who is really attractive).
As soon as he meets Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy, Ganke immediately switches gears and starts hitting on them.
Ganke making a gift out of Legos for Gwen Stacy.
And it working…
Ganke trying to use Miles to hook him up with Dagger, and refusing to believe anyone is too hot for him.
Ganke is girl obsessed. It’s part of his charm.
So Peter took Miles’ best friend. Great.
2. Miles motivation of proving he is a superhero
I remember when I called this out and some moron said Peter had to prove himself to the Fantastic Four in his debut. No.
He wasn’t trying to prove himself with the Fantastic Four. He wanted to join the Fantastic Four so he can earn money.
The FF did not have an opinion on him, except Ben who did not like Spider-man for being a show off like Johnny.
Just for your closure…
Miles’ however, had to go through a proving ground to not just be Spider-man, but also be qualified as a hero.
Instead of Tony Stark being the one supervisor of Miles, it is Captain America. It’s a long story as to why Cap feels the need to restrict Miles, but he is the one Miles has to prove his worth to.
After fighting with Captain America, Miles pops the question.
And to tie it into the Civil War, Miles’ asks to be the Ultimate equivalent of the Avengers, the Ultimates.
This is not a coincidence. You may say that they needed Peter to join MCU somehow, but how they are going about it is eerily similar to how they went about it with Miles. Peter never once had to gain recognition from his fellow superheroes. He never once had to ask to join the Avengers because they respected him as a hero. Miles’ did.
This is not the first time Peter took this from Miles either. The Ultimate Spider-man cartoon has Peter,again, taking Miles familiarity with Nick Fury and forming a super team just like Miles Morales. It’s annoying.
3. Younger Aunt May/Parental figure and having stability
Before I start this, yes, Ultimate Spider-man had a younger Aunt May and Uncle Ben. I know this. You seen her above when she is talking to Miles and you see her when Gwen kissed Ganke. But she did not look like this.
Now Marissa Tomei is a young looking 52 year old woman. Girl fucking looks good. Slay.
But Ultimate Aunt May did not look like she was pulling dates off tinder. Ultimate Aunt May also did not stay in an upscale Queen suite. Peter was not raised in an economically stable environment. There was always bills to be paid and Aunt May did not work.
Miles however lives in Brooklyn. His mom is a nurse and his father a cop. It is a stable household.
As you can see, Rio is hot!
Anyways, what contributed to Peter’s anxiety and neuroticism was that he never had a stable household. They were always just above the red. With Ben gone, Aunt May had to take care of the household in spite of Peter’s new adventures. Peter is lower middle class. Miles’ is middle class when it comes to living in Brooklyn.
4. The charter school
This especially pissed me off.
Miles goes to an advanced charter school for gifted children. How he did so?
You ever see the documentary, “Waiting for Superman?”
Okay, so there is a literal lottery for gifted urban youth(usually youth of color) for them to attend advanced schools. If they do not get the right lottery, then they are sent back to attend the shitty Inner City schools where they most likely won’t excel in life. They will most likely excel if they go to Charter School. It sucks, but that is a reality youth face.
Miles had to enter this lottery to attend his charter school(with the number 42, Jackie Robinson’s number to mark the significance). Peter has never been placed in a situation where his race and environment did not cheat him out of a future or reduce his options. His intelligence has always gotten him out of academic situations and guaranteed his success. Miles had to enter a fucking lottery to ensure his future was stable. And that is highly fucked up that Peter just took that trait from Miles without the significance of it being appreciated and realized.
That is four things that Spider-man: Homecoming leeched from Miles Morales and his story. And people want to act dumb as if these characteristics have always been attributed to Peter. Bull fucking shit. They wanted a relative character that was not presented on screen or the audiences did not already know. They exhausted Peter’s story, characters, and even abilities through 5 movies, several cartoon, and several video games and a fucking live action play.
What pisses me off is that people have called Miles the inferior Spider-man or not the real Spider-man, yet Peter, this motherfucker, is literally taking aspects from Miles and no one is calling it out. You love everything about Miles when it is on a white character, huh?
It is also an aspect of Marvel canabalizing off of legacy characters. DC gave Wally a chance to be the Flash over Barry Allen. DC gave several Robins a chance and did not create an amalgamation of Robin. DC gave Jon Stewart a chance ahead of Kyle Rainer and Hal Jordan. Fuck, Marvel you gave Scott Lang a chance over Hank Pym in spite of making Hank Pym’s main villain the villain of Avengers 2(And Hank Pym fans did not deserve that).
We heard every excuse in the book as to why Miles could not be the first to enter MCU when Peter’s story has been told 5 fucking times on screen. Miles Morales was trending when it was announced that Marvel was making a Spider-man film. People wanted his story to be told. And we heard every excuse in the book as to why Miles could not be selected. There was fucking press release that basically said Peter Parker had to be white yet you don’t mind diversifying the rest of the cast. We heard that his story was too new, but that did not stop you from making Robbie Reyes the new Ghost Rider. That Miles is a legacy. Yet you made Scott Lang, the legacy to Hank Pym, the first Ant Man on screen while acknowledging that Scott Lang is the second Ant Man. You just did not want him on screen because Miles is not white. End of story. You liked his story so much that you attributed to Peter. You took his cast. You took his financial situation. You took his precarious school situation. You took one of his arc. And you gave them to Peter. By doing that, you all but ensured that Miles would be stuck in his comic book and not being getting a damn thing.
The only reason I am interested in this film is Zendaya because black women, even bi-racial women, are hardly romantic leads in super hero in general. They are rarely presented as such and that sucks. I really don’t are about this movie outside of that. It looks good, but whatever.
@staf There is absolutely no reason for this post to be flagged. None. Yet here it is. And it has been happening with other users too. Please, get it together. I appreciate the effort to deal with the pornbots, but this is too much. This is way out of hand. Surely, there’s something you can do to deal with the bots without affecting everything else. Some users are already looking for alternatives to Tumblr. Don’t understimate your users. You are not irreplaceable. If you make it difficult for us to stay, we will leave. Please, fix this.
It literally just occurred to me now that Marvin the Martian dresses like a centurion because Mars is the Roman god of war. That visual pun has been sailing over my head for thirty-five goddamn years, and it took a shitpost about Female Presenting Nipples to clue me in.
I’m an accredited classicist with a focus on Roman culture and it took this post to clue me in.
He’s also based on an ant (or how cartoonists tended to visualize ants, i.e. big round black head with prominent eyes) because ants were/are famous for going to war with each other.
What level of bootlicking do you have to be on to come up with a zombie virus to explain why aristocracies are brutal and inhuman
Me, excited for a new historical drama: 😮
Me, reading the description: 🙄
“The Blue Blood”
Oh my god this is the unintentionally funniest thing ever
You heard it here first
Whenever rich white people do anything bad it’s because they have the T Virus from Resident Evil 😀
The french revolution was literally one of the most exciting historic events.
Who the fuck thought you need to have zombies to spice it up??
Imagine being in this writers room
“Okay I’m making a show about the french revolution…but why did it happen exactly?”
“Well there were a number of economic, social and political factors that lead to the monarchy being removed from power by…”
“Okay that sounds too complicated
What if instead it was because they were zombies”
Not to mention this approach impacts the Haitian Revolution, one of the most pivotal revolutions of all time. Like all the ways the Haitian Revolution criticized and complicated the legacy of the French Revolution? GONE. The long history of racism and oppression that led to the uprising? NOPE. The point that the people who overthrew the system in France were still entirely capable of enforcing inhumane, unethical structures of power themselves? HA.
Like, in this version, they’re fighting the French people who have…recently conquered a zombie uprising? That made rich people terrible and cruel? But…the French are still doing slavery and colonialism and all that so- gasp- they didn’t beat the infection! It must have spread!
Monsters and Stuff 