If we’re gonna be friends, we gotta establish some ground rules.
i. My main portrayal of Peter Parker is based off of Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man. I don’t have expert knowledge of the comics and I won’t pretend that I do. (Reading them right now as we speak though).
ii. This is a private blog, meaning I will only RP with mutuals. Even then, I am very selective - please don't take it personally. I usually only follow back people that I can foresee having a future interaction with.
iii. Paras, novellas, one-liners: you name it, I can probably do it.
iv. I love to ship (like, alot), but I will never force a ship on you. Likewise, please don't force a ship on me. Chemistry & build-up is key!
v. I don't do smut/nsfw. If anything, I will probably fade to black if it comes up.
vi. This blog is OC/AU/Multi-verse friendly!
vii. I am prone to winging it and random plotlines. If you want to start plotting, don't be afraid to approach me about it!
viii. I'm terribly disorganized so slow or lost replies are going to happen eventually. Sorry 'bout that, just bare with me!
ix. That being said, I also reserve the right to drop a thread if I feel that it has run its course, but don't be shy to start plotting up new ideas with me!
x. I track #amazingarachnid, my askbox is always open, and my skype is available upon request. Don't hesitate to come talk to me about plots/ideas/whatever!
ABOUT
Name: Peter Benjamin Parker
Aliases: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Spidey, Webhead, Webslinger, Wallcrawler.
Age: 20-years-old.
Gender: Male.
Height: 5'10" | 177cm
Weight: 167 lbs | 75kg
Occupation: Freelance photographer for the Daily Bugle
Education: Biophysics major at Empire State University
Powers: Superhuman strength, agility, reflexes, durability; spider-sense, ability to cling to most surface.
Equipment: Artificially-created web-shooters with special adhesive properties.
Interpretation
These are my goals for portraying my main-verse, MCU!Peter as humanly canon as possible. For this, I have drawn from various sources including both the TASM movies; comments from Marc Webb, Stan Lee and Andrew Garfield; as well as elements from the 616 comics and my own interpretation of Peter Parker.
bent, not broken
Peter Parker’s life is shrouded in equal parts secrecy and tragedy. The mysterious circumstances of his parents’ deaths left him a lonely childhood laced with anxiety and hardship. However, no amount of isolation could extinguish the compassion, wit and intelligence he carries with him throughout his life. His ability to crack a joke in the face of danger says a lot about himself as a person—playfulness is in his nature.
His years of being a social outcast result in his individualistic, loner style. He seeks friendship and affection, but is painfully shy when it comes to actual human contact. As someone who spent a majority of his life being bullied and feeling rejected, he yearns to find his place in the world. Any attempt to interact outside his comfort zone would be tentative at best, but fueled by a hidden desire to feel accepted.
with great power
Upon gaining his powers, Peter was finally living the dream of being stronger; being free from the human limitations he was born into. But when he subsequently loses his beloved uncle, it instills an indomitable sense of justice in him. Peter finds the courage to use his powers for good, and that speaks volumes on the kind of person he is: when the world has taken everything away from him, he still chooses to believe in good and fights for it, even if there is a cost. Above all else, he wants to do right by the world, and he is constantly reminding himself that doing the right thing is worth all the blood, tears and heartache.
When he puts on the mask and takes on the persona of Spider-Man, Peter lets his playful nature take over. He is no longer the achingly awkward, nerdy student; he is the quippy web-slinging vigilante protecting New York City. The mask lets out his lighthearted, lovable personality that has been dormant for so long. Spider-Man gives him the strength to express this more actively without the mask on in his everyday life.
haunted
Despite all his strength, his greatest fear is being incapable of protecting those he loves. He cannot bear the thought of losing someone else, and the deaths of those he could not save will be something he has to cope with time and time again. He carries that burden with him everywhere he walks. New York City is a huge area, and Peter knows that there will be times when people call for help and he will not be around. He constantly dreads the idea that someone more powerful than he can imagine will come to take away everything he has left: and he will be cast back into unbearable solitude once again. This is one of his greatest motivating factors, so that this does not ever happen to him or anyone else ever again.
reckless, wild youth
Above all else, Peter is young, and always growing. He continues to change and shift, constantly coming to terms with his past and working for a brighter, safer future. So this is my baseline, the starting point for both him and I, where I hope to help Peter flourish in all of his masks: the hero, the everyday man, the muse, but always as a person.
Peter Parker and Spider-Man are one and the same.
Canon!verse. Peter Parker is a graduate of Midtown High and now attending ESU. Freelance photographer for the Daily Bugle by day, full-time web-slinging vigilante by night.
AU!verse. Still attending Midtown High. Still living in Queens next-door to a loveable redhead. Still best friends with a multi-million dollar heir. Still second best in his class. Still trying to figure out how this "hero" thing works. Any speculative events on Peter's future, as well as any alternative realities to the canon are also placed in this verse.
Avenger!verse. After being contacted by S.H.I.E.L.D, he's now the newest member of the Avengers, working on a provisional basis. Job description include team-ups, stopping extra-terrestial invasions, and buying groceries.
7. What is the most challenging aspect of playing this muse?
Sometimes I feel like my Spider-Man isn’t entertaining enough tbh. Then I submit the reply anyway bc I’m not gonna spend another hour trying to think of a decent chemistry joke.
9. Who is a muse you would want to play?
I wouldn’t be able to answer this. I can’t imagine playing another muse besides Peter. Maybe Jason Todd?? But I wouldn’t go out of my way to create a side-blog for him because I’m too caught up with this one.
13. Of the two of you, who is more mature, you or your muse?
Depending on the verse, but Peter in the long-run.
Peter Parker had been my favourite character for a loooong time for a different number of reasons. I could go on the whole day how much I love him, but I’ll try to keep it concise.
- Peter Parker is just such a likeable chararacter, and he resonates a lot with me. I can relate to a lot of the struggles he had; I grew up socially awkward and having to worry about my family’s money issues too, along with a slew of different growing pains, and it really drew me to his story because it felt like reading about myself but with super-powers. (wow i feel like a self-insert rp now lmao)
- Visually speaking, Spider-Man is just so entertaining to watch in any medium. I love the look of his costume and TASM’s probably had the best rendition of it yet. His web-slinging is awesome, I love watching him crawl walls, and his fighting style is just so dynamic and interesting to watch.
- I love his Rogue’s gallery. Green Goblin is maniacally horrible, Doc Ock is brilliant, Venom terrified me growing up, Carnage was insane (AND DON’T GET ME STARTED ON PASTE POT PETE OK)
- I love the central message of great power coming with great responsibility. It’s something that Peter learned early on, and it has a lot of wisdom to it. Adulthood is empowerment. As time goes on, people start pursuing a career, raising a family, and start making choices with their freedom. Spider-Man reminds people that with that new agency comes responsibility. He was a teenager when he first started out, and he had to make a lot of tough decisions. He’s struggled from the start with a lot of interesting moral dilemmas, and in the end he’s almost always sabotaged himself to save the day, and that sort of courage is nothing short of inspiring. That lesson is probably one of the greatest things Stan Lee and Steve Ditko have contributed to the world, in my opinion.
14. Are you comfortable playing your muse?
Yah. My muse is really easy to tap into, but due to my erratic schedule it’s hard to keep up with posting a lot of the times.
I could make other RP blogs for sure, but I honestly don’t think I could ever play anyone as comfortably as I feel with Peter.
15. Is it easier to write angst, fluff, or crack with your muse?
I am the self-proclaimed spider-mangst so honestly sometimes it feels like I write too much angst peter, but I love writing fluff/crack too. Angst just turns out to be more fun when it comes to torturing people not gonna lie, but it isn’t harder for me to write anything else!
16. Is it easier for you to write as canon characters or OCs?
Canon! I love exploring their relationships and what kind of person they turn out to be. I’m a very speculative person and Peter is my first muse, so he’s just really easy to tap into tbh.
duesuit-deactivated20190523 said: 7, 9, 13. B)
