Random thought, they never confirmed she had web-shooters in Into the Spider-Verse, did they? I don't remember it coming up how her webbing worked.
I think she predominantly has organic webbing in media adaptions.
Random thought, they never confirmed she had web-shooters in Into the Spider-Verse, did they? I don't remember it coming up how her webbing worked.
I think she predominantly has organic webbing in media adaptions.
She's definitely using organics in Rising, though - during the scene where she pulls back her costume to show the friendship bracelet her wrists were bare aside from said bracelet. Pretty impressive considering she uses other forms of webs like web wings and the like.
Yeah. I mean I’ve asked time and again just where the hell Gwen got her costume and gadgets like drones and tracking devices came from considering she’s a solo hero with no support network for most of her run. I just assume she’s meant to be as smart as the average Peter Spider-Man given her tech and her attemtping to hack into the Secret Warriors computer. While she does fail to do so the fact that she felt confident enough to try indicates some experience and prior success.
Speaking of hacking, there was actually a scene in the Latour Spider-Gwen run of her hacking into the school database to find info on Connors. While school comps are hardly the Pentagon it also shows some advanced tech knowledge there since it’s unlikely she knew the password. Just how smart is Gwen supposed to be, anyway?
The gadgets come to mind. The drone I could see her buying, but the tracking device calibrated specifically for her? I highly doubt she bought that off of Ebay. The only other option I can think of is she nicked it from her police chief dad but there's no indication of that either. And if you're of the belief that she's using webshooters then she definitely didn't take that from anyone else given that no one is ever shown using similar tech.
I'm using what little clue we're given. She has advanced gadgets none of the others have and she's never shown or mentioned to get them from outside sources - and in fact doing so would contradict her established loner character from the first two shorts - so until we get proof otherwise I'm assuming she likely made them. The other explanation is that she stole them from somewhere (unlikely in the case of webshooters and her personalized trackers) or she literally pulled them out of her ass.
Why couldn’t she be tech savvy? Just cause she’s into drums and music doesn’t mean she couldn’t tinker with stuff in her own time. Her tech and attempts to hack into computers indicate that she does know something cause I doubt she’s dumb enough to try typing swordfish over and over.
Except comics Gwen successfully hacked into the school database to get info on Connors, so clearly she knows something there too.
The way she acts doesn't have to wholly relate to being a tech nerd - so long as she's not outright contradicting someone who could make tech. If Gwen acted tech dumb and said she doesn't really know much about tech then absolutely I'd agree with you that her gear makes no sense. I mean does Miles really act like a tech genius? Not particularly and yet he and Ganke managed to remake Peter's webfluids with only minimal instruction.
Other Spider characters like Mayday, Kaine etc etc are also far from what you'd typically except tech savvy characters to act like and yet the former is the most gadget focused outside of PS4 Spidey despite being a sporty, popular girl who's not shown doing much studying or research. We just have to accept that in comic book land teenagers get access to and make insane shit that would make real life scientists cry.
Really the only reason I think she has to be a tech genius (or a thief) is because she has no support system. Patriot's glider/missiles and Daisy's gloves I can reasonably assume were given to them by SHIELD. The others don't have such a support chain, which is a plot point for Gwen and part of her development. Hell, look at Squirrel Girl/Kamala in that same show who also use personalized apps and tech, though in that case Kamala does confirm she made hers despite again not being the stereotypical tech buff.
Don't forget, in the comics, Kamala and Doreen only recently met, but in Rising, they're best friends. It's likely that Kamala's been taking the same computer science classes Doreen has - which would explain that knowledge.
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