Yeah, I got lucky a few times, too. A wizard went through the alternate possibilities for it, and he said it was a one in fourteen million chance. That's more luck than any of us could have, right?
(and he gave the one thing that could redo everything away. he just offered it, and he remembers, he remembers it clearly - he said that if it were between peter, stark, or the time stone, he'd let both perish. he must know something, must have seen something, and hasn't explained anything due to it. some sort of time-mastery thing? don't tell the involved what will happen.
one chance. one.)
... Yeah. I don't have anyone like that, it's kinda like, my first time talking about it to someone who is like me and my age? So that's cool. I hope it helped you a little, too. Thank you.
Wait, wait, wait-- so what, Gandalf figured out if you all lived or died? And you died anyway? What the heck.
[She's barely understanding his nonsense, but she's a spidey, so she follows enough. Is it really them if they don't shittalk 90% of the time?]
You keep mentioning more and more people with powers, but no one your age? That's...lame. [She's pretty sure she would lose her mind if she had to deal with half a dozen Peter B. Parkers.]
(minus, you know, the beard, and the type of magic, and the elves, and all the rest of the movie. but he definitely appreciates that she gets him there.)
Yeah, all legal age, or Gods, or robots, or frozen in ice for 80 years and stuff.
(sorry, gwen, this is probably insane... but it is what it is! so, at the end of this conversation, he'll raise a fist for a bump.)
[A lot to take in. But hey, her team was quite interesting too.]
The team I fought with was a kid that had his power for about three days, a Peter that had been Spider-Man for fifteen years, a talking pig and a black and white Noir detective, both of which were also named Peter, and a girl from the future with a psychic link to a spider that controlled her futuristic fighting mech.
[it sounds SO insane to say it out loud, it really does. But she would give anything to find her friends again.
..but. Having this Peter isn't so bad. She smiles, raising her own fist to meet his for the fistbump.]
(how is that much better than rocket, but alas, he hasn't met that one! so it's fine, this is fine-- though, he did meet a flying cape that seemed alive? so there's also that.)
Man, guess you're just cursed by Peters. We're-- we're everywhere for you.
Yeah. We all thought it was weird too. And just to point out the completely unobvious-- He was a spider, bit by a radioactive pig. Not the other way around.
[it was so much, Peter. You don't understand. Also she's pretty sure Spider-Noir's cape was alive, too. How else did in blow like there was wind underground?]
And now you see why I was able to guess your name so quickly. It was supposed to be a joke, I swear.
Hold up-- a SpiderPerson, a Spiderman, or a tarantula spider kinda deal. You gotta explain that a lil' better.
(damn. okay, he doesn't know what's crazier. although, to be fair, her thing was definitely a little crazier, considering the meeting other hims and maybe hers and all.)
You almost gave me a heart attack! You know how it is. I've been doing a preeeetty good job at keeping a secret, you know. My friend Ned knows, and May knows, and-- I guess the Avengers know, and a guy knows, but like, other than those people, nobody knows.
I know, I know-- It's kinda confusing. Let me try again. Okay, so this spider guy is just hanging around, right? He gets bitten by a radioactive pig, and it turns him into Spider Ham. Aka, the talking pig. Name's Peter Porker, by the way.
[there was a moment where she wondered if this was really her life and questioned so many choices, but honestly, he ended up being a valuable part of the team.]
Is that so-- [Gwen starts to sass him back, but she's caught up guard when she realizes the name he just mentioned. The Avengers mean nothing to her, but Ned?
[She doesn't mean to tarnish his idea of his Ned, either. They're completely different, separated in time in space. The only thing in common might just be the name.]
He's the reason I lost Peter-- my Peter. He wanted to be special. Stronger than our bullies. So he... made a serum. He became the Lizard. I didn't even know until it was too late.
It's okay. I mean, it's not, but. It's in the past. There's nothing I can do about it now. [She has her regrets, but that won't bring Peter back. All she can do now is do everything in her power to save as many people as she can. It's what Peter would want. He was Spider-Woman's #1 fan, after all.
Shit happened, but that's what made them who they were. All the spider-people knew it, too. You can't save everyone.]
[She might not know all the details of his adventures, but it's kind of hard to hold him accountable for the fate of the entire galaxy. Especially when he keeps bringing up more, older heroes. That shouldn't be his job.]
Hey, don't say it like that! You're a great Peter Parker. If I have to be stuck here, I'm glad to have you here with me.
[would she love it if it were her friends from her previous adventures were here too? Of course. She missed them, terribly. But she isn't going to complain about this, either. This is...nice. He's nice, and so, so, so much like another dweeb she also missed terribly.]
(it's gentle, the way he nudges her with his shoulder, just as a reassurance of something they have known from the moment they set eyes on each other: they got one another. he doesn't mind that much being stuck in here with her, either.
she's... nice. and she gets him, in a way that he didn't think it was ever possible. it's important, he has to recognize that.)
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(and he gave the one thing that could redo everything away. he just offered it, and he remembers, he remembers it clearly - he said that if it were between peter, stark, or the time stone, he'd let both perish. he must know something, must have seen something, and hasn't explained anything due to it. some sort of time-mastery thing? don't tell the involved what will happen.
one chance. one.)
... Yeah. I don't have anyone like that, it's kinda like, my first time talking about it to someone who is like me and my age? So that's cool. I hope it helped you a little, too. Thank you.
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[She's barely understanding his nonsense, but she's a spidey, so she follows enough. Is it really them if they don't shittalk 90% of the time?]
You keep mentioning more and more people with powers, but no one your age? That's...lame. [She's pretty sure she would lose her mind if she had to deal with half a dozen Peter B. Parkers.]
Well, now you have me. And you did. So. Thanks.
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(minus, you know, the beard, and the type of magic, and the elves, and all the rest of the movie. but he definitely appreciates that she gets him there.)
Yeah, all legal age, or Gods, or robots, or frozen in ice for 80 years and stuff.
(sorry, gwen, this is probably insane... but it is what it is! so, at the end of this conversation, he'll raise a fist for a bump.)
Yeah. You have me, too.
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[A lot to take in. But hey, her team was quite interesting too.]
The team I fought with was a kid that had his power for about three days, a Peter that had been Spider-Man for fifteen years, a talking pig and a black and white Noir detective, both of which were also named Peter, and a girl from the future with a psychic link to a spider that controlled her futuristic fighting mech.
[it sounds SO insane to say it out loud, it really does. But she would give anything to find her friends again.
..but. Having this Peter isn't so bad. She smiles, raising her own fist to meet his for the fistbump.]
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(how is that much better than rocket, but alas, he hasn't met that one! so it's fine, this is fine-- though, he did meet a flying cape that seemed alive? so there's also that.)
Man, guess you're just cursed by Peters. We're-- we're everywhere for you.
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[it was so much, Peter. You don't understand. Also she's pretty sure Spider-Noir's cape was alive, too. How else did in blow like there was wind underground?]
And now you see why I was able to guess your name so quickly. It was supposed to be a joke, I swear.
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(damn. okay, he doesn't know what's crazier. although, to be fair, her thing was definitely a little crazier, considering the meeting other hims and maybe hers and all.)
You almost gave me a heart attack! You know how it is. I've been doing a preeeetty good job at keeping a secret, you know. My friend Ned knows, and May knows, and-- I guess the Avengers know, and a guy knows, but like, other than those people, nobody knows.
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[there was a moment where she wondered if this was really her life and questioned so many choices, but honestly, he ended up being a valuable part of the team.]
Is that so-- [Gwen starts to sass him back, but she's caught up guard when she realizes the name he just mentioned. The Avengers mean nothing to her, but Ned?
Really?]
-- s- sorry. Wait. Ned? Ned Leeds?
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(right?? gwen??? gwen, you're joking right????
he is even slowblinking at the comment, until she gets a little taken aback by the name.)
Yeah, Ned Leeds, short, chubby, my best friend? Wait, don't tell me he's a Spider-person, too.
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[She wished she had pictures, but alas! The only picture she has printed out from those few days was her picture with Miles.]
Oh. Um. Wow. That's-- [Deep breath, Gwen. It's not your Ned. It's not your Peter.]
No, he's not. He's the school bully. Our bully. [Peter's bully.]
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(he's not bragging in any shape or form, of course, but it is a little bit of a desperate attempt to salvage her image of his ned, at least.
but then again, he is in the same boat as her. that's not his ned. he is not her peter.)
... That sucks, though. To think we can be totally different people in different places, and some that are not that great.
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[She doesn't mean to tarnish his idea of his Ned, either. They're completely different, separated in time in space. The only thing in common might just be the name.]
He's the reason I lost Peter-- my Peter. He wanted to be special. Stronger than our bullies. So he... made a serum. He became the Lizard. I didn't even know until it was too late.
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(he can imagine it, though. if someone was putting a finger on his friends, this peter would also not be able to sit still.)
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Shit happened, but that's what made them who they were. All the spider-people knew it, too. You can't save everyone.]
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Yeah. I-- I guess you're right. Sorry you're kinda stuck with me, out of all the Peter Parkers.
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Hey, don't say it like that! You're a great Peter Parker. If I have to be stuck here, I'm glad to have you here with me.
[would she love it if it were her friends from her previous adventures were here too? Of course. She missed them, terribly. But she isn't going to complain about this, either. This is...nice. He's nice, and so, so, so much like another dweeb she also missed terribly.]
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she's... nice. and she gets him, in a way that he didn't think it was ever possible. it's important, he has to recognize that.)
Thanks, Gwen. I feel that, too.