Topping the list with 128 points, it's the always-relatable everyman who invented a web polymer he later coincidentally started excreting (after marrying a fashion model/soap opera actress, a relationship he'll probably have to magically trade for the life of his billion-year-old aunt, who has died at least once - wait, no, that was an actress an industrialist hired solely to screw with him, sorry), the amazing Spider-Man.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Marvel Top Ten, Thrilling Conclusion:
Topping the list with 128 points, it's the always-relatable everyman who invented a web polymer he later coincidentally started excreting (after marrying a fashion model/soap opera actress, a relationship he'll probably have to magically trade for the life of his billion-year-old aunt, who has died at least once - wait, no, that was an actress an industrialist hired solely to screw with him, sorry), the amazing Spider-Man.
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Yeah, that whole "I can relate to Spider-Man because he has problem, just like I do" I simply can't relate to.
I never any problems even remotely like Spider-Man's, such as "my archenemy is marrying my impoverished widowed aunt so he can his tentacles on the nuclear power plant she inherited."
I could relate better to Superman, who had an overbearing boss, a vicious coworker, no social life, and a severe allergy to a ubiquitous substance.
I relate better to Kyle Rayner, because I am a devastatingly handsome freelance artist who never seems to actually work and also gained fantastic powers from wandering into the wrong alley, myself.
If it wasn't for the lessons in life I'd learned from pre-married and emo Peter Parker, I'd never have picked the work I do today.
I know there are plenty of haters out there, but there was a time when Pete's life was all about the struggle to make the right choices, even when it gets tough, not the navel gazing he does today.
"Billion year old aunt who has died at least once"
Seriously. Aunt May is secretly one of the Eternals.
And really, he's the nerd who landed the hot red-head. That's at least as farfetched and unrelatable as waking up one morning with the ability to hang from the ceiling or duck an errant fastball.
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