User blog comment:The RPG Gamer/Why I Hate Spiderman/@comment-33398491-20171105145844

I like Spider-Man; however, I must admit that you brought up excellent points. Now I'm even reconsidering my opinion on Spider-Man. However, I must disagree with a few of your points.

How he got his powers

 * About Parker stalking Mary Jane, that's not really surprising. There are lots of guys stalk their secret crushes all the time. In fact, some of those guys are my friends. After all, Parker is just a teenager who has a strong crush on others, and him stalking girls is not unusual at all.


 * To be fair, Parker did lose his parents when he was only four. Also, even if he didn't, he lost his uncle afterwards. Just because it happened after he got his powers does not mean that the loss of his uncle does not count as an ultimate sacrifice. In The Flash Season 2 trailer, it is said that "the universe does not give without taking." Batman became a martial artist hero at the sacrifice of his parents. Superman became a superpowered hero at the sacrifice of his planet. The Flash became a super-speeding hero at the sacrifice of his mother and the false imprisonment of his mother. Spider-Man was given extraordinary powers by the universe to become a hero, but the universe took his parents and his uncle as a result of gifting him, regardless of whether it happened before or after he was given his powers.

How he uses his powers

 * I agree that Parker should have used his powers in a more responsible way, but that was before his uncle was killed. Many superheroes become superheroes because of the loss of someone or something important to them. Batman probably wouldn't have become Batman if his parents weren't killed. Superman probably wouldn't have become Superman if he hadn't lost his planet, and he didn't want the same to happen to Earth. The Flash may or may not have become The Flash if his mother wasn't killed and his father was falsely arrested, since that would cause him to become a forensic scientist, which would make him to go to a lab where he got his powers. (In the TV show version, the Flash may have became the Flash even if his mother wasn't killed, since there was an original timeline in which his mother was never killed, and he still became the Flash. Also, a particle accelerator caused criminals to get superpowers, which caused him to become the Flash to stop those criminals.) Similarly, Spider-Man became Spider-Man because his uncle was killed. Believe it or not, he was always a hero at heart. He just needed a stimulus to become that hero, which was unfortunately at the cost of his uncle.


 * Parker's a teenager. Why wouldn't he want to play around with his powers? He hasn't reached the maturity level of an adult yet.