@mikey_bellamy@SpiderManShots That's quite explicitly the point. The film is drawing a parallel between the sealed action figure, and Miles, who needs to take a risk with Gwen (plus, yanno, leaving his home dimension to hop across worlds.)
Gwen is there to take Miles out of his cozy, mint-condition world.
And what if I said everyone takes this light hearted and awkwardly humorous reunion scene way more seriously than it should be. Miles is flummoxed. Gwen is clueless, awkward, & kinda socially feral. It's meant to be funny, not a judgement on their characters.
@Remnant_Tales That’s fine. You’re free to do what you want with your figure. That’s not the problem here tho, the problem is that Gwen did something against Miles’ wishes without consent, even ignoring his protest. That’s the problem.
@YourfaveTati@aderayo_xo1 It makes more sense than an elderly Aunt May, tbh. Tomei was in her 50's. That is the right age to be an aunt to a teenage Peter.
My understanding is Aunt May used to be a great aunt, but Stan Lee retconned that, making her & Ben waaay too old to have siblings with teen kids
@Carl_Nwakakwa Of course, as they get to know each other better over the course of SM5, sparks start to fly for Peter and MJ again, causing trouble in their current relationships & by the end they either have to get together or move on completely.
Spoiler alert: They get back together.
Ned doesn't remember Peter. He remembers MJ calling Spider-Man "Peter" and connects the dots.
The handshake is muscle memory. Their instincts towards Peter were not erased. Just their memories.
The spell was supposed to be permanent.
But Ned said “Peter.”
Is Doctor strange power getting weaker that he couldn’t cast a perfect spell or is the friendship between Peter and Ned simply too strong?
@Carl_Nwakakwa They will rebuild from scratch. He and MJ will probably try to be friends and get to know each other again while ostensibly "trying to move on romantically," MJ w/ Paul & Peter w/ someone like Black Cat.+
@Ofcimcold The inhibitor was already built by Banner. So the tech existed. Making it universal was inevitable. Peter was just the first to do it to take down a villain possessing people and making them do terrible things.
@sunrisemess_ "You want your girlfriend back? Stay out of my way, and I'll give her to you. The memories are here. I u just have to unlock them."
But she doesn't. B/c they aren't there.
Peter needs to rebuild his relationship with Ned & MJ. He needs to work for it. Not have it given to him.
@premant42 Some of the tweets I've seen beg to differ. Nasty talk about how she's too weak to be in the Spider Gang and how she's not really a Spider at all.
Miles lovers unironically using the tools of Miles haters to tear Peni down.
@BoySwagbig@kdc_2710@premant42 It's actually a killer piece of poster art, bro. And why are you following Kai into my comments? Please kindly fuck off. You don't get to be rude to my moots in my replies.