The Bee's Knees

he's soft, he's diva, and he's really confused about what's going on

It’s more or less the same route that Peter took when he was trying to plug in the goober at the start.

“Did we teach him that?” “I didn’t teach him that. And you definitely didn’t teach him that.”

No, they didn’t.  But a spider-man did.  And the little ways that Miles’s way of being Spider-Man reflect back his own versions of the Spider-Man he saw die is just amazing to me.  He’s  continuing a legacy.  Not a general spider-person legacy.  Not Peter B’s legacy.  But his Spider-Man’s legacy.

Peter died but he was not completely absent from the film, and he maybe couldn’t actually get with Miles and actively show him the ropes, but between everything Miles could witness, and what he’d done and prepared for that Miles could take advantage of, the legacy he left through May that could be passed to Miles, he still helped shape Miles.  Not the way he would’ve preferred, but not completely absent either.

Peter is focused on his objective, and is letting his body go on autopilot. Miles is making a thousand decisions a second, and is actively making choices to get there as fast as he can. It means he might start jumping over the car a little later, but he uses momentum and strength to actively propel himself forward. His cartoon panel is less a style switch and more a chance to show the iconic pose.

Even just the way their hands touch the car– Peter doesn’t waste a single movement, and just lets his body do what it’s been trained to do best. Miles slams it down on the hood, thrusting himself higher than necessary and using that to give himself the extra momentum to really push off of the next car