#i care him...

thank you so much, and excellent question!

[headcanons of characters and plot ⬇️]

The way I see him, he's a calm and collected and concerned character, but his strong powers, relationship with Dandy, and introverted nature have made him estranged from all the other toons.. He's kind of sad 💔

I really like his ship with Boxten because it acts as a conduit between Astro and everyone else. With the mains always being so busy before the gardenview shutdown, it's sort of as if this whole situation is a second chance for Astro to connect to others. but idk

Astro & Boxten sketches ⬇️

people mischaracterize miguel largely because we see him from miles' pov. we see him as the guy who will stop at nothing to prevent miles from saving his dad - and that's insane, to tell a 15 year old to let his dad die, then to chase him around forcing him to let it happen

miguel was absolutely not right on that part at all and the things I talk about doesn't absolve him of that. I just wanna get that out now

we're essentially plopped into the apex of Miguel's grief in the movie. he just recently lost his daughter and is dealing w the consequences of what he believes is entirely his fault (I don't think he's right about the canon but that's another post). he's holding onto control and miles refusing to let his dad die is control slipping from Miguel

we see him snap. we see him at his worst. but I think what a lot of people don't get is that...it isn't inherently...him. he isn't evil. he isn't incapable of love. in fact he loves hard...but he doesn't know how to show it and it twists into something that hurts

the difference between a villain and antagonist etc etc

what does this have to do w the deleted scene? well I think it was detrimental that they didn't use it. we see miguel interacting in a more lax way with the rest of spider society. he banters, he jokes, he's sarcastic and snarky. I can see now what the writers meant when they said they based him off the '92 comics run. we see more if his personality. he's not just this angry and aggressive man. I wish they showed more of that.

we only really see him in the movie during high stress and serious situations.

idk why they didn't go with that cut. maybe it didn't flow with how they wanted the story. maybe it was for time. I don't know. but it's a shame because I think that small 5 minute scene really shows more of him - more of him outside the fannish interpretation of this animalistic, aggressive man (which is not who he actually is)

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Despite everything he's been through, he's still a good person. Circumstances forced him to make some dark choices, but he'll never return to that point in his life again and tries to live every day better than the last. He exists in a fascinating moral grey area where he'd do almost anything for his loved ones. He has genuine hope for a better future, even if the road is uncertain and perilous. He has high ruthless and melancholy, but also high magnanimous. There was a critical point in his story where he could have gone full villain but he chose not to. <3 and this is why if he was in a Netflix show, the showrunners and the fandom would noooot be able to do him any Justice XD

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