harry osborn

theopolis:

Why aren’t more people talking about the “Harry and I had found peace again. We’d found each other… at long last…” line every time I read it I feel like I’m catching a glimpse of a parallel universe where parksborn is allowed to be explicitly canon. Honestly even moreso than “Do you love my son?” (which is absolutely incredible in its own right) like Peter might as well have called Harry his soulmate. ESPECIALLY in combination with the fact that the “found peace” part is clearly a callback to Harry’s “Isn’t it time he two of us found a little peace?” line in Spectacular #200, which was referring to his murder-suicide attempt. Harry, back then, believed the only salvation for Peter and himself was in death, but Peter always knew their true salvation lies with one another. Despite all the guilt they both feel, all the ways in which they perceive themselves as burdens to their loved ones. Peter felt their love was stronger. More important. More defining. And Harry eventually came to agree.

Intentional or not, this was still the most beautiful love story.

windona:

sarah531:

wackd:

windona:

One of the most important litmus tests for Spider-Man media: When they portray Harry Osborn, do they do a good job?

I’ve seen so many conflicting versions of Harry that I can’t actually tell anymore.

Basically (I’m not sure if you’re familiar with him) I feel it goes something like this:

1. Does your Harry love at least one person, be it Peter or anyone else, in any sense of the word?
NO – you have not written a good Harry

YES – proceed to step 2

2. Does your Harry deal with mental illness/addiction/both, or at the very least deal with a metaphor for them?
NO – you have not written a good Harry

YES – proceed to step 3

3. Is your Harry an unrepentant murderer interchangeable with his abusive father?
NO – proceed to to step 4
YES – you are the writers of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, things have taken an decidedly problematic turn, and I’m still super mad at you

4. Does Peter Parker actually like your Harry?
NO – you have not written a good Harry. Or, possibly, you have not written a good Peter.

YES – Congratulations!

As always, Sarah explains much better and more concisely.

A blast from the past just crossed my dash <3

measuringbliss:

I think if they don’t use Harry to threaten Peter and MJ’s relationship, they might actually make him gay in a blink-and-you-miss-it, easter egg sort of way. You could still have Norman’s shame over Harry not being ~a real man~, especially if he’s obsessed with having an heir.

However, if they do make Harry gay, they probably won’t kill him for fear of being accused of burying their gays (…). Because I wouldn’t be surprised if Harry’s storyline as “i’m deadly sick but the symbiote will me heal me up” ended up with Harry dying, whether he’s sacrificing himself or he can’t survive without the symbiote (I don’t believe they’ll keep it).

I really, really hope this will happen. (Including the non-death part.) My hopes aren’t high, but like… man, we are looooong overdue an adaption that makes Harry gay or bi.