#julia carpenter

Week 2 → Favourite women-led project: Jessica Drew, Julia Carpenter, Mayday Parker, Gwen Stacy and Felicia Hardy

Spider-Man (2022) #1 Variant Cover Written by Dan Slott Penciller by Mark Bagley Art by Betsy Cola

Y/N: what ya doing?

Julia: college work. Same as what you should be doing

Y/N: sounds so boring compared to being a hero

Julia: how about you complete your class assignment and I’ll give you a kiss

Y/N immediately drops down and grabs their books…

Y/N: how dare you seduce me into good habits! It’s really effective!

Julia giggles and rolls her eyes…

1. I know they were some weird plot holes and things that could have been executed better. And since this movie was not a part of the mcu, the writers didn't have the excuse that they'd have to go through 50000 movies and shows to make sure there's no plot holes. They could have focused on their story and ensured it was solid. But alas in this house we give female led superhero projects a chance.

BUT

2. I liked how originally the disease was supposed to take her sight, and her mother fought to prevent that and she did. She'd have lost her sight and been a mutant (according to the comics) if her mother wasn't so dedicated to saving her. But she couldn't really escape her fate and eventually lost her sight in the final fight and the spiders gave her powers.

3. Ezekiel was a fun 'spider people' villain. There was something a little more scary about having a villain that uses physical combat and powers to fight 4 heroes with no powers / only precog or mental powers. And him brutally killing the 4 of them in Cassie's visions was kinda dark. Ezekiel is a dope villain name for some reason too.

4. Peter Parker being only the side plot was kinda fun. I loved a young Mary Parker played by Emma Roberts and the constant little hints about who her baby is. The last scene where Anya (I think) tells Cassie that Ben is enjoying being an uncle with none of the responsibility and Cassie responds with like.... that's what he thinks. That was oddly depressing bc she knew Mary wouldn't live long despite her being perfectly fine.

5. The time setting was a win for me. And all the 2000s bops. I need a coat like Cassie's.