I've been busy, but I still have so much I want to say about this series, and both current issues.
The short of it, I'm incredibly happy and pleased so far. And that's a very good feeling I want to last a very long time.
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I hope so, but one of the things about Hickman's X-Men that turned me off was how many questions weren't answered because Hickman was more interested in the big concept, rather than how it made logistical or character sense. That's one of his big weakness as a writer for me. He's really good at writing certain things, but his character work can be iffy and he has a tendency to not bother delving into things he has no personal interest in.
I'm not trying to down on him or the series, as I'm a fan of both. I'm just hoping he doesn't shrug off all of the implications for Peter's characterization.
I think one of the best things about this version is that Peter is a bit naive and doesn't quip quite as much, but it's still undeniable that he's Spider-Man. Like 616 and 1610 Peter started as teenagers. The "quipping because scared" thing would seem natural as a teen and they just got used to it. THIS Peter is a grown ass adult and his style matches that.
In other word, he's not a manchild.
I mentioned this in the other thread, but it took the first Ultimate Peter quite a few issues before he realized that buzzing in his head was a warning sense. So it's possible that he has yet to figure it out.
Also, he notices that he can take quite a beating already, so it's possible that he's not noticing the buzzing because he's not being threatened enough.
I have an eight year old daughter and I didn't find the scene implausible at all. In particular, I disagree that she would necessarily have questions. Children can be interested and curious about almost everything - with the one exception of what their parents get up to when it doesn't directly affect their relationship.
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Sorry, I disagree with your point that a child wouldn't necessarily have questions...and the biggest question would be how does this affect my relationship with my father, in this case...that was brushed over....whether discussed or not, whatever happens and affects the parent(s), affects the child.....I'm still not sure how old May is meant to be, seems anywhere between 4 and 10...a young child whose parents/family are first and foremost to her...
I dunno man, she's still at the age(or maturity) to str8 up believe unicorns are real, let alone believing her beloved father when he talks about magic spiders and powers and has tangible proof of it. But above everything, younger children WANT to believe their parents, especially when it comes to something that seems to be a big serious grown-up secret, besides the fact that it would be a precious secret not even her mother was confided with.
I dunno, i didn't get the same hang-up, but it's nice that the debate has mostly been around such subjective perceptions of the character's mannerisms and not if it is or not the worst run of all time lmao
This series is something special.