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Intro
Um, hi, Peter here. Chances are, that doesn't ring a bell, but you may know me better as Harry Osborn's (yes, that one) and MJ Watson's best friend. Now, why am I making an account you ask? And that is a great question. I don't really know myself, but I figured it would be something that might get folks to stop harassing my friends about who I am. Also because there's no way I'm letting Harry handle my social presence any longer. It's a miracle that the only thing he's leaked so far is that I'm bi.
Kind of a busy guy, but when I do have the time, I enjoy science and photography. I also have notoriously bad luck, sooo, yeah, I'm sure I have wild stories to share.
Let's talk something important, boundaries!
//Info and Rules
Hi, everyone! This is a blog for role-playing of the character Peter Parker, specifically Peter Parker from the 2012 Ultimate Spider-Man show (NOT the comics and all the 616 or 1610 stuff. I love you, comic readers, but I will not know what you are referring to if you mention events that did not occur in the 2012 Ultimate Spider-Man SHOW), purely made for fun and characterization practice since I write fanfiction!
However, not to be a Debbie-downer, but some rules on how things work here is important!
This blog is for public role-playing and therefore most, if not all interactions will be public (besides the private messages, duh) and treated as such.
*Most, if not all public responses will be in character. If you are looking for a private or out of character reply, messaging privately or specifying so is necessary. DMs are always welcome.
Tagging
Rp starters/open rp things will be tagged under #usm open rp
Rp threads with other users (AKA: a certain reblog chain with another user) will be tagged under #usm rp (first word of other user's @/name)
Asks are always open, and will be tagged under #usm asks
Any talk of friends (MJ and Harry) or random rambles can be found under #peter's prattling (Parksborn/and ships, rare but possible, #peter's allo panic)
Formatting
I am not picky and can adjust to your style of formatting and tense if you prefer. I tend to write in present tense, but can manage past tense. I write in third person for role-play, will most likely do first person only for silly posts or those treated as actual Tumblr posts (as seen in the intro section up above).
I default to regular text for actions (Ie: Spider-Man swings through New York City, the setting sun making the tall glass windows flash with amber and gold), italics for thought/the demon and angel on Spider-Man's shoulder that he has going on in the show if I feel like writing them (Ie: Sweet! I just found one hundred bucks on the ground! Spider-Man thinks. You should keep it! Finder's keepers! the small demon urges, small wings flapping as he tries to tug the large bill from Spider-Man's fingers. No! That's a lot of money! Surely someone will notice it's missing! What if they need it! the angel urges, rushing forward to shoo the demon from the money), and quotation marks for speech (Ie: "Oh, I just stopped talking so they'd keep saying nice stuff about me," Spider-Man explains with a playful shrug). Bold may be used for emphasis.
"//" will be used for OOC notes, maybe ((sample)) if I forget, but both will mean OOC text.
Rules
Do not share sensitive information (Location, last names, first name is your choice to do so but an online name is perfectly okay, details regarding identity, passwords, or bank information (don't see why anyone would, but just in case), and the like) Please be careful on the internet and keep your identity secret. Make Spidey proud ;)
Sexual content is not allowed. Do not come to this blog expecting any explicit material to be entertained. This includes certain sexual jokes if they are too far or too often. That's what she/he/they said jokes are fine. Nonconsensual sexual jokes are not. Brief mentions of sex/implied sex are okay so long as they are at most a short to medium length sentence or two if it is important to a character (ie: Tony Stark is/was a playboy, so a mention of being busy last night, or knowing someone from some wild night a few years ago, is fine). I do not do fetish content either.
Intense gore. I can handle blood, murder, vomiting, burns, whatever, just fine. Broken bones (specifically compound fractures (Bones outside of the body)) and torture I can handle so long as they are not described at a length. Just try to keep organs inside the body. This may vary depending on how I am feeling, so this one is lenient.
Please add a disclaimer at the top of whatever you are writing if it contains sensitive content such as self-harm, suicide, kidnapping, murder, torture, abuse (indicate if it is physical, psychological, etc), sexual assault (respecting Rule 2), drug abuse, etc just in case. Maybe add a "keep reading" break if you feel it necessary, which is something I will be happy to help you with if needed, just send me a message!
I'm chill if you swear, just don't expect to see it from me.
No slurs of any kind. I do not care who you claim to be that makes it alright to use. I can not trust that you are who you say you are, so whatever "pass" you have may not be used on this blog. If you need a guide of what words are slurs, a search engine, online person, or friend can help.
Drug abuse/addiction should be kept to brief descriptions. Be aware that this is sensitive content and treat it as such. Interesting stories can be done with addiction, and I respect the people who write about that stuff. I myself have no interest in exploring recreational drug use with my characters, sorry to the silly askers.
Absolutely no generative artificial intelligence (generative AI). I have no interest in role-playing if you can not come up with a message without referring to AI. This include ChatGPT, Character.ai, Janitor.ai, Chai, other chat bots, and any AI generated images. I spend time writing a response and expects at least an iota more of effort on your end than typing in a lame prompt to a pattern recognition machine that steals from real people. (AI used for editing a response is discouraged, but up to user preference, though I will never comment on grammatical/spelling errors so don't worry about that, so long as your message is comprehensible, I will not mind! <3)
Recognize that the character I am role-playing is canonically a teenager (17, maybe 18 depending on the situation) and role-play accordingly. I don't have much of an interest in drinking rps, so I don't see why aging up would be necessary. If I feel the rare need to age up my character, I will specify the age in post. You are more than welcome to reach out and ask for an older Spidey/Peter if it makes more sense for a plot idea. I have yet to say no. (NOTE: I am open to romantic relationship roleplays now, but I will likely be selective! Feel free to reach out and ask, though)
One-liners are strongly discouraged. If you intend to do a long form of role-playing, please make sure the plot line is something that will hold your interest and communicate if something is not working. Refrain from less than a sentence if you are looking to keep a long story going with Spidey/Peter. I can only do so much with a response if you merely say '"Blah blah blah, says so-and-so.' Be wordy, I beg! I'd love to hear all the little tidbits of your character, even if they don't directly affect the plot! Tell me if they fidget, how they fidget, their facial expression, how the light makes their eyes this cool/creepy/pretty colour, their thoughts! It helps me know what direction you want to go with the rp!
Headcanons I believe in:
Consistently:
Peter Parker acts like a spider (dislikes mint and lavender, hisses (only when tensions are really high or I want to lean into a less human presentation), purrs (just for cuteness, really), likes fruits a lot.)
He has enhanced senses (treated as canon a lot, but adding it just in case.)
He has a lot more trauma than what the show hints to (for realism and just for angst reasons)
Skip Wescott exists (any mention of him and his actions will have a disclaimer at the top of the post, though he likely won't be mentioned. I'd advise researching with caution if you are sensitive to child sexual abuse, or just SA in general. Nothing should be graphic in the search, but just in case)
Peter is smart (it's proven in the show, I know, but he has his moments (Avengers Assemble, ep. 41 cough cough) where he's dumbed down really bad, which I will not be doing. Any nerd rambles will be as accurate as I can make them to actual facts, only with minor finagling for science-fiction things to make sense.) He is a little better in biology than robotics.
He's bisexual (As per the show's universe, he is not interested in MJ, nor is she into him. I rarely enjoy the two together in this universe anyway. Silly extra detail: his bi awakening was Thor for no other reason than because I think it's funny.)
He sews and will repair his own suit often.
He has anxiety (maybe a little paranoia) and over-plans for everything. But sometimes a small detail he missed will take him out and he will HATE that.
He was trained by Fury (in show's canon, but just to be clear) and while not exactly like Fury, shares some habits like coming up with a million contingencies, some cool spy things, and, in theory, he could do some spy/undercover missions.
He jokes to avoid showing fear and relax those around him. Generally avoidant of being vulnerable. It makes angst a little hard to do because of how avoidant he is, but I'll try, folks, making him take things seriously is hard.
He will sacrifice himself for anyone (once again generally canon, but for the sake of clarity, it's mentioned.)
He uses a Manhattan accent in the mask to hide his Queens accent. (I know the different borough accents in NYC don't seem to be distinguishable IRL that I know of, but let's just say they're a little more dramatic in this universe for the sake of my argument).
Sometimes:
Trans Peter Parker (I am picky about it and need to be in a very specific mood, but may happen. Anything relating to this or other characters being trans will be found under #usm trans)
Cross dressing for undercover missions (silly with little reason other than to make him look pretty)
Any ship (Romance is not my main interest for rp, but may happen. However, I will refer to Peter Parker x Harry Osborn and maybe Peter Parker x Danny Rand if asked about "crushes" but more often than not, Peter is too busy to reflect on crushes.) ***Since this is a Peter focused blog, this may be more lenient and I may hint to Parksborn.
Peter has spider traits (Fangs, tapetum lucidum (night vision thing animals have in the eye. I will describe his eyes as more green than blue if it is present)
Autistic/ADHD Peter. I am fine with it, but is most comfortable writing with my own experiences with autism and ADHD, so traits will not be as extreme as some fan iterations, though those versions are perfectly valid and rather fun.
Schizophrenic Peter. I've seen it specifically with Ultimate Spider-Man, and I kind of love it, though I fear I don't have enough information/experience to accurately portray it.
Never:
Peter is clueless/childlike. This is often seen in the irondad trope (no shade, I love the trope, less so this specific thing) where Peter has little to no agency and is in constant need of guidance/protection from a mentor. My Peter is hyper-independent and barely listens to authority unless he believes there is reason to an order.
He is overly aggressive or has anger issues (I don't like writing very aggressive characters and being rude isn't the vibe of the hero being written here. I know some iterations of Peter have him be a very angry person, but I prefer him being petty and annoying)
Fun but rarely used (feel free to write them in for responses if you so wish (I will love you forever))
Peter's parents were S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. (Love it but difficult to implement as Peter knows very little about his parents.)
Peter's parents were Oscorp scientists (same reason as previous HC)
Peter can viably rule K'un-Lun thanks to the episode where he fights the trial in Iron Fist's place (Fun, silly, and wild to randomly brag about, though nothing would ever come of it)
Of course, feel free to communicate any and all headcanons you are interested in seeing.
Anyway, I'm super excited to get to know you all as Peter Parker!




















