The Misogyny Is Showing.

the misogyny is showing.

Gwen during ITSV: “Since I lost my best friend I don’t do friends anymore”

Gwen during ATSV: *acts socially inept due to having no consistent friends other than Miles who she hasn’t seen in over a year*

Everybody: “Why does Gwen act like that wtf is her problem”

this is probably the most amazing, in-depth, cohesive analysis ive ever seen.

In defense of Gwen in Across the Spider-Verse

Okay. First of all: This post is gonna be super long and have tons of spoilers so if you don’t want to get spoiled for Across the Spider-Verse then don’t read this post. I have seen way too many people hate on Gwen because of her actions and her behavior towards Miles in Across the Spider-Verse. I’ll show you why that hate completely misses her arc in the movie and her true intentions/relationship with Miles. This post will also delve into Gwiles/Ghostflower since that is a big part of what shapes her intentions.  Many people say Gwen betrayed Miles and doesn’t really care about him. They say Miles shouldn’t forgive her and that she is a snake for what she did. I’ll show you why the opposite is true by going through the events of the movie in cronological order: The movie literally starts off with Gwen talking about Miles. She is drumming away, which is, mentioned by herself, a way for her to cope with her feelings. That opening from Gwen is a small glimpse into her head. We see how she feels and what she thinks. The interesting thing is that it’s basically Gwen broadly narrating the events of the entire movie. We even see glimpses of future scenes in that intro. The line of narration that is most important here is Gwen saying “I didn’t want to hurt him. But I did. And he is not the only one.” This shows us IMMEDIATELY that Gwen did not intend to hurt Miles AT ALL. Quite the contrary. It also shows that she is AWARE she hurt Miles. She knows she fucked up. That is going to be important later on when she needs to make the tough decision regarding Miles/The Spider Society. 

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Don’t ask me why but I feel like she/hers should be housewives and he/hims should go to war and die

this is a call out — one that i DO NOT APPRECIATE.

this is not a hot take, THIS IS THE TRUTH.

hot take:

if u hate gwen, u should hate miguel.

bro tried to wipe out a FIFTEEN YEAR OLD because he wanted to save his dad. Gwen was gunned down by her dad, framed for the murder of her best friend, had to leave her universe because of that, was constantly under the pressure of both Jessica and Miguel to do the “right thing”, and she had to battle that with the need to protect Miles—AKA HER ONLY OTHER FRIEND—as well.

u cannot be understanding of a grown ass man tryna kill a literal child, and then bash on another child for just trying to reach the standards people keep setting for her while having zero guidance whatsoever.

to get back at steve for being a manwhore(/affectionate), she gets with nancy

obsessed with the idea that as soon Steve Harrington realizes that he is bi he skips over the internalized homophobia and the denial and goes straight (not! lol) to boyfriend. He tells Robin he has a crush on Eddie while he drives her to school in the morning and by the time they have their shift in the afternoon he is already Wayne's son in law. He gets over the whole crisis stuff in like 5 mins and panics instead over where he will take Eddie on their first date. He realized he really wants to run his hands through Eddie's hair (in a gay way) and half an hour later he already has his tongue down his throat.