The spider is always on the hunt.
I've been enjoying Life Story though since it has such little time to covers alot of subject matter many questions are left in the open. What Happened to Helen (whom I liked)? Jessica get word from Peter that he was leaving and informed her of Ben (her not showing up or mentioned in issue 5 after her appearance in issue 4 made me wish some extra info was placed on the side at least)? Plus a few other questions in my head
Going back to the topic it got me thinking and wondering: How many superheroes can we write about that at first backed somebody they didn't know but had a good public appearance or was having at first a message presented they might of been leaning towards or believed but in the end proved to be a villain the entire time?
Surprisingly, there would be a lot of cases, given how popular the trope "villain with good publicity" is in comics and other media. I could see someone like USAgent, who's always been a hardliner in the "my country, right or wrong" vein and was intended by his creator as a contrast to how Steve Rogers at the time and even later on would find himself often questioning if not challenging the U.S. government's actions and the intentions behind those actions, as an example, though I'll admit I'm fuzzy on the specifics.
Considering he had her and Peter interacting during Peter's high school years in the Amazing Fantasy arc of Spectacular Spider-Man, I can see that.
The spider is always on the hunt.
felicia can't be in life story, she doesn't age
I don't blind date I make the direct market vibrate
These days, waving one's racism for all to see seems to be in fashion, and, sad to say, conservative-leaning figures seem to be doing it the most. (I do not like how political extremism is the norm across the board.)
In regards to Gwen supporting a racist candidate, I think that it's become a bit of an overexposed thing on this forum, not to mention, as has been pointed out, she didn't know that at the time. Heck, we've been seeing life imitate art a lot lately in regards to the story and in scenarios where the subjects knew better then Gwen did.
Doctor Strange: "You are the right person to replace Logan."
X-23: "I know there are people who disapprove... Guys on the Internet mainly."
(All-New Wolverine #4)
I just submitted a concept to CBR and it was up to them to decide if it was worth their time. I didn't publish this on my own, I didn't write it. That's Brian Cronin who did that.
The article is part of a series called ''A Political World'' (https://www.cbr.com/tag/political-world/) "where we spotlight 20th Century comic book stories that came out back when comic books were not political at all, unlike comic books nowadays."
So if you guys want to do "whataboutism" and go on about other characters who did stuff as bad/worse than Gwen, just submit a proposal to CBR. The email is linked below there.
Not in Spider-Man fandom it isn't. And in any case, when was the last time Gwen was discussed aside from being dropped off the bridge? I should be getting credit here for treating Gwen as a character again.
She was making a very conscious political decision. Her father was a liberal and he and Bullitt disagreed about stuff, and Bullitt openly uses what was seen even then, by college-goers a lot of dog whistle euphemisms such as "law and order" and bleeding heart liberals and stuff, that's very much a marker of someone with extreme right wing views....not to mention, as has been pointed out, she didn't know that at the time.