OKAY I’M SORRY JUST ONE MORE I PROMISE
Cycles and Circles was the second Spider-Man story about the Osborns and their cycle of child abuse. (The first was The Child Within, which is one HELL of a heavy story.) Thanks to some sciency mumbojumbo, Peter finds himself witnessing/feeling everything Harry and Norman before him witnessed/felt as children. So Peter sees Norman’s father turn on him and his mother, and then sees Norman grow up to neglect and abuse Harry, and then sees Harry raise his hand to his own son. (Although, correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m 99% sure Harry never actually hit Normie, never in any of the Osborn comics- heck, they made a point of it. So I’m glad they didn’t show him actually doing that). Peter saves a little boy from a fire and keeps referring to him as ‘Harry’ (who is dead by this point) which makes me cry. Anyway, by the end of the story Peter’s decided to try and forgive Harry for the terrible things Harry did to him, and he goes to see Normie and try and steer him on the right path, and YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD REALLY READ THIS ONE AND TCW SPIDER-MAN IS ACTUALLY ALMOST ALWAYS AT ITS BEST WHEN DEALING WITH REAL-LIFE ISSUES
