Bailey is....

[Mister Mets]

If I had to fill in the blanks, he'd be a character introduced during a time we've skipped in the Spider-Man comics (IE- the few months after Civil War before One More Day.) It could make sense to connect him to the time jump with the Wells run.

I’d think it’d be cool if Bailey was this kid from an older issue of Spider-Man. Bailey bring his middle name or something…

https://themiddlespaces.files.wordpr...kspiderman.jpg

The lil boy? That’d be cool. All up in the feels. Be like bring back a single throw away character from an old issue, but at the same time, it kinda makes sense?

That would be really cool.

[ZuLuLu]

Something weird seems to be going on with time in general, though, since nobody remembered Kaine bring present in the initial battle with Shathra.

Oh, a good point so there is something else definitely going on with time.

I hope he isn't a human child, most likely wrong, but a spider-thing/alien would be great.

If not a human child, how about an android?

His backpack does look more like a device.

[betaraybob]

Oh, a good point so there is something else definitely going on with time.



If not a human child, how about an android?

His backpack does look more like a device.

Android would be sick!

[betaraybob]

spiderboy.jpg

This hints to not a human right?

[Digifiend]

Or not heterosexual. I know he's just a kid, but he could be trans. Could Bailey actually have been born a girl? The name is unisex.

[Unspeakable Evil]

Or not heterosexual. I know he's just a kid, but he could be trans. Could Bailey actually have been born a girl? The name is unisex.

Maybe. First trans Spider character?

[Webhead]

Maybe. First trans Spider character?

Ultimate Jess, in a sense.

[ZuLuLu]

Something weird seems to be going on with time in general, though, since nobody remembered Kaine bring present in the initial battle with Shathra.

I hope he isn't a human child, most likely wrong, but a spider-thing/alien would be great.

spiderboy.jpg

This hints to not a human right?

Or not heterosexual. I know he's just a kid, but he could be trans. Could Bailey actually have been born a girl? The name is unisex.

Maybe. First trans Spider character?

Not sure, if we can take that statement as a hint of anything, but based on the tweet Dan was responding to, I think he simply meant that the character is a pre-teen, and generally 8-12 years old have no problem with referring to themself as boys whereas a 15-year-old, the age when Peter gets his powers are more likely to call themself a man because they would see the word boy as word childish and lacking in authority.

[ZuLuLu]

Sorry, double post.

[D.Z]

With it's age, probably debutted after Miles in chronologie.

Girl with boy pronouns? One of the Citizen V's was a woman dressed as a man at the start.

[Digifiend]

True, after Zemo was outed and stopped using the identity, Dallas Riordan, the government liaison to the Thunderbolts and Atlas's girlfriend, took the mantle. And she used the exact same costume Zemo did.

Not sure, if we can take that statement as a hint of anything, but based on the tweet Dan was responding to, I think he simply meant that the character is a pre-teen, and generally 8-12 years old have no problem with referring to themself as boys whereas a 15-year-old, the age when Peter gets his powers are more likely to call themself a man because they would see the word boy as word childish and lacking in authority.

Note he used themself instead himself. He might have slipped up there!

[Mister Mets]

spiderboy.jpg

This hints to not a human right?

I think it's more that a ten year old kid would be comfortable calling himself Spider-boy (or Superboy for that matter) than a high school sophomore.

[Lee]

Ultimate Jess, in a sense.

A character who's allegorically trans through a sci-fi or fantasy gimmick isn't the same as a character who actually is trans. Same for any other minority group.

[PanicPixieDreamGirl]

Maybe. First trans Spider character?

[looks at the current state of LGBT rights worldwide] Hell yes, that would be awesome.

[Webhead]

A character who's allegorically trans through a sci-fi or fantasy gimmick isn't the same as a character who actually is trans.

Of course not. I did say "in a sense". But that doesn't mean allegory is worthless.