These Cracked Portraits – Windona – Spider-Man – All Media Types [Archive of Our Own]
Lillian goes to visit her grandson.
omg! This is SO GREAT! I actually kinda want more, heh. THE FEMALE OSBORNS, THEIR TIME HAS COME
I made a thing & I feel like the people of this blog will like it. Esp. our lovely mod. I’d love to do a full adaptation, with permission?
(also my colored pencil washed out in the photo & all my markers dried up #traditonalTechnicalDifficulties)
Masquerade Page 1, Mixed Media (ink/marker/colored pencil). 2015. Based of off original fic by Sarah531. Which is great and all of you should go read it now.
OH MY GOSH! I LOVE IT! <3
You 100% have permission to do a full adaptation and THANK YOU! This has made my day!
Guy guys! A fabulous person is doing a comic of Masquerade! Look how gorgeous it is!
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.
Harry Osborn essential traits: Best friends with Peter Parker, wants to gain his father’s approval at the start of the arc, cares for his friends, can be very determined
Important to note that Harry is no super genius but he’s not an idiot. He’s someone Peter would consider a best friend, and at his core is a decent person. Harry’s far more compassionate than his father. Given his usual story arc, it’s no surprise if he wants to kill Spider-Man for revenge for his father’s death. However, Harry is not the sort for killing others as collateral damage or just to hurt Peter (and even when he has Peter at his mercy, Harry can’t bring himself to kill him). Harry and Peter share a lot of friends, so Harry wouldn’t want to hurt Gwen or MJ.
It’s also important that Harry’s mental illness is well handled. @sarah531 can go into far better detail about it than I can, but Harry was- and is!- notable in comics because he’s a person with a mental illness that isn’t just a stereotypical cackling villain, but a decent person at core.
The cartoon Spectacular Spider-Man did his story pretty well, showing his drug addiction. Ultimate Spider-Man has a very different portrayal of Harry from usual, but it does a good job as well, though it doesn’t go into Harry’s drug addiction or mental illness from the comics. The Raimi films do a good job, with the revenge and redemption story.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 did a horrible job with Harry, compositing him with his father and ignoring a lot of his best traits.
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!
I am SO SO PLEASED about it! Especially since it finally, finally puts Emily back into her son’s story!
