[ SECRET POST #4517 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4517 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[sparklywalls]

Yeah it's a real "sore thumb" moment in the MCU. I know we're all over the same origin story being told again and again but Ben is such a well known part of Spider-Man's origin that it does seem a little jarring that he's been basically relegated in MCU continuity. I don't need to see him being shot dead yet again any more than I need to see Bruce Wayne's parents die for like the fifth time...but it does seem weird to barely mention things like that.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT - Yeah, we definitely don't need the full origin again but it seemed so strange that neither Peter nor May would mention him even in passing that I went back and checked the transcript for both HC and Peter's intro scene in CW--not one single mention of "Ben" or "my uncle" or anything. It's like he never even existed in this continuity.

[(Anonymous)]

I think Ben is very present in Peter's into scene - only more so because he's not explicitly spoken of.

When Tony asks Peter why he does what he does, peter gives his "and then the bad things happen" answer. Tony responds that Peter's "looking out for the little guy" and peter kind of stutters and looks evasive and mumbles "yeah, just- just looking out for the little guy." The implication being: peter feels that the bad thing that happened to his uncle could've been prevented. It's unclear whether peter feels responsible for what happened to Ben, but he definitely feels like it could've been stopped, and like he can stop similar things from happening now, to other people, even though it's too late for Ben. And that's what "gets him out of his twin bed in the morning."

[(Anonymous)]

Or, you know, any of the movies could have a single passing mention to the man who raised Peter actually having existed instead of a mere implication that's really only there if you squint really hard. Even a picture of Ben somewhere in the apartment. A passing mention that May is extra worried because it's just the two of them now. Literally anything.

[(Anonymous)]

It was subtle, for sure, but I don't think it was ambiguous. Personally, I much prefer it the way they've done it. I like that the writers allow us to infer a lot about Peter's backstory. I like that they're committed to finding a new angle so that it's not just rehashing the same story beats one more time.