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Gwen Stacy ([personal profile] arachnerina) wrote in [community profile] expiationlogs 2024-10-22 10:55 pm (UTC)

["He's the same, in the way that matters." Maybe some things were the same. Peter was always there for her when she needed someone. He made her laugh and smile when she had bad days. But he also chose to follow his anger and insecurities and became a monster because of it.]

I didn't... tell you the whole story. Peter didn't just die. He was tired of being bullied and feeling weak. He took this formula one of our teachers made and turned into a giant Lizard creature. He attacked our school, and tried to kill his bully. He said he just wanted to be special, like me. His last actions were out of jealousy and anger. [She couldn't be sure if it was the formula that made him the monster, because, clearly...other Peters could gain power that didn't corrupt them and turn them into monsters. She couldn't see her boyfriend falling like that. Even messing up the way he did now, it was because he didn't want to hurt her feelings. He was thinking about her, albeit a bit irrationally. His heart felt more pure and kind, even having lost Ben. Maybe it was because they didn't want power, but got it anyway? Maybe just the fact that he sought it out was the problem? She wasn't sure, but sometimes it hurt to think about how many Peters became this amazing hero, but hers....failed, in the worst way possible.]

It sounds awesome. [She wants to ask more, but will he tell her more?] The Jetsons was the old TV show, something my dad watched when he was a kid. It was about a family in the future, only it was like...maybe thirty years in the future now? So not nearly as far as you and Spock. But it had flying cars, smart homes, zoom calls-- a bunch of stuff we have now, but also the whole printed food thing. Oh, and instead of elevators they had these tubes that shot you from place to place.

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