“We kept finding all these little innuendos where it seemed like maybe Peter and Harry like, maybe had a thing when they were a little bit younger. We’d be like, “Yeah, Spider-Bros! Spider-Bros forever, man.” It kept like spiralling into this, like, romantic thing where we’re like, ‘Yeah, we can’t talk about it in the game, you know!’“
My god did they throw in so manyachingly romantic tropes for the Peter/Harry story in MSM2. Peter’s utter refusal to believe that Harry is lost to the symbiote forever. Peter casually musing that if he was a bird, he’d go to the woods where he and Harry hung out as teenagers. Venom’s relentless pursuit of Spider-Man because he wants to heal the world, but only with him. Harry ripping open his chest to bare his heart to Peter. Peter’s whispered “I love you” happening seconds before the light comes down and heals everyone in the city, like those words were a magic spell. Harry’s last gift to Peter being Emily’s and May’s memorial plants along with instructions to combine them into one plant and spread it over the city, so it’s like Harry and Peter will live on forever as one. I JUST-
A little semi-personal article I wrote about Spider-Man 2 and the wonderful characters within it. It’s not about Parksborn but it does very much touch on Harry, so I’m posting it here!
