Originally Posted by
ZeroBG82
No, this straight up didn't happen and you're reading your own bias into a scene that said no such thing.
What Ben did do, was point out that in terms of formative memories (and thus personality), they are the same. Then he asked Pete a simple question: Could you stay on the sidelines? He wasn't asking Peter to stand down, or suggesting he should. He was making a point. Peter can't NOT be Spider-Man. When he sees people in trouble he HAS to help, it's a compulsion. Ben is exactly the same. Ben MUST do something to help because it's the core of who he is.
Ben never asked or implied that Peter should stand down. He just let Peter know that he, Ben Reilly, is also incapable of sitting on the sidelines and not acting when he sees people in trouble. As long as there is a Peter Parker AND a Ben Reilly, there are ALREADY two Spider-Men. Ben isn't taking away any agency from Peter, he's merely asserting his own. Which he has every right to do. He didn't ask to be created, he had no say in who or what he is. But he is every bit as valid a person as Peter. And that means being true to himself just as we'd expect Peter to be.