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Post by Stardrifter on Apr 4, 2014 8:07:51 GMT -5
1. It's fine if you plan to expand on it in the future, but it's not very good practice to do something that doesn't make sense and then hand wave it with "Keep reading!" If you are going that route, then you need to really set up that there's more going on the reader isn't aware of in the prose. If I didn't post here and read your response, I would simply be going off the story and in my opinion the story doesn't make sense. There's no "wait and see" there. Just a confusing plot point.
3. I didn't say I liked the idea of Peter either. But I would have respected the attempt and it would have had impact. To me personally, as a reader, this didn't have impact. Whether it's better for the plot or makes sense is beside the point. It didn't affect me. And if your big reveal, the answer to your biggest mystery to date, doesn't matter to me? Well that's a let down.
Of course this is all my personal opinion.
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Post by thejellyfish on Apr 11, 2014 1:05:58 GMT -5
So, I will say that 14 was great until it got to end with the Peter wearing Miles' costume thing. I don't know, it just felt weird to me.
15 was great as well, I enjoyed the reveal, you built up to one and alluded to the other throughout the title's run. It was handled well and I eagerly await the fallout of both revelations.
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Post by Drake on May 10, 2014 11:47:17 GMT -5
#16 is up! SPIDER WAR and DARKEST NIGHTS concludes here!
All beginnings in ends, folks. That's all I have to say...
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Post by Stardrifter on May 11, 2014 20:47:57 GMT -5
Was a fine issue. Things got a little muddled in the fight, but nothing too hard to understand. I wasn't the biggest fan of this arc but it ended strong. I'm hoping for some interesting things going forward. Keep em coming.
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Post by DiscipleofBob on May 15, 2014 9:38:03 GMT -5
I just finished reading what I assume is going to he the last chapter of this, essentially reading the whole story in one sitting.
Admittedly I had trouble getting invested in this at first. The Death of Spider-Man was okay, and obviously you were setting things up for Miles. It is reliant on the readers knowing Spider-Man and his rogues gallery already, and making the correct assumptions about which versions you're using. How did Parker survive that first issue anyway? It's never explained.
But the fact that this was Miles and not Peter Parker. Miles seemed to be just a less likable Peter with a different supporting cast. Older Peter doesn't really feel like he has the same personality of the Peter Parker we know and love, but at least you're showing more respect for his legacy than a lot of modern Marvel writers. It's better for Peter to be this generically nice successful mostly unflawed guy he story presents than a lot of other directions you could have gone.
Over time, Miles becomes a little more likeable, but always feels like Spider-Man-lite. Everything from his past to his friendships to his deeds to even his supposed wit seems like a lamer version of what Peter Parker was. He even has the same mental breakdowns as Spider-Man, but once everything's summed up, there's not really much to differentiate Miles from Peter. Even his one superpower difference, his invisibility , doesn't seem to see much use. To try and explain that point more clearly, in Batman Beyond, something this series gets compared a lot to, the new Batman, Terry, has a vastly different set of powers with his suit, a supporting cast that never even remotely resembled Bruce Wayne's, and a smartass snarky personality that even threw off the Joker who was used to stoic, silent, and brooding. I can't think of many unique traits Miles has that Peter either doesn't have now or in his past.
Every once in a while I feel like I've missed some important chapters. Miles keeps referencing things that I've never read about and want to read about. Supervillains that never seem to show. Something with Tommy Fireheart that was clearly building towards something but I either somehow skipped over it or you did. A battle with Mysterio that I really would have liked to see. All the other early name-drops which were clearly supposed to lead up to something but I'm not sure what.
I guessed the Goblin reveal pretty early on, but overall I think you did a good job with the buildup and the twist. But there are still questions left unanswered and Aaron's turn to complete psychosis still seems like an overreaction based on what we've been told.
Overall I eventually got into the story, but it took some patience as Miles wasn't really a character who came off as interesting, just a bland imitation of Peter Parker. Your writing style managed to carry him and the rest of the story though.
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Post by Drake on May 15, 2014 20:52:05 GMT -5
It's really cool you read it all in basically one sitting. No one (not even me) has done that before. It certainly gives you an interesting view of the story.
I never got to explaining Peter's survival. It would have been explained in the next arc, Tangled Webs.
I certainly take the blame for Miles' Spidey-liteness, but I will admit that Miles--including in the comics--has always been Peter-lite in many ways. I tried to make him different, including by making him angrier, rasher, and a little less intelligent. I'm sad to say I never really got the opportunity to fully flesh out his character and separate from Peter.
The plot skipping thing was so I could get to writing the story I wanted to write. Nothing much actually happened with Tommy. That might have been a continuity error. The Mysterio thing would have been gone over in my last arc.
Aaron's craziness would have been explained in the Green Goblin one shot. That really would have made a HUGE difference.
I'm glad you eventually got into it. Despite the flaws, it was very fun to write. Well, mostly...my biggest regret is not using Peter as the main character. That would have changed a lot for the better. I guess next time I need to not go with something completely different, and do something very well instead.
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