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unfitforsociety) wrote2013-08-31 02:30 pm
unfitforsociety) wrote2013-08-31 02:30 pm
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The Amazing Spider-Man
Maggie Fitzgerald and the Saltwater Drip by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
antistar_e
An absolutely fantastic 80k word AU of The Amazing Spider-Man where Gwen is the one who gets bit by a spider and becomes Spider-Man. I cried my way through this much as I cried my way through the movie (which, as you know, Bob, I did several times), because it absolutely gets the most important things about Spider-Man as a hero, and it actually considers women and people of color and other populations who aren't straight, white men. Which makes it sound preachy or agenda-driven, but it's not. It's just brilliant about understanding the differences that would occur because Gwen is the one under the mask, and also lets her have a heroic origin without fridging anyone. And the relationships are brilliantly drawn, too - not just Gwen and Peter, but Flash and MJ and Miles all make appearances. I draw a million sparkly hearts around this story. Highly, highly recommended. *happy sigh* (It does need another beta pass, and someone to do some NYC-picking, but eh, I was too enthralled to let it bother me much.)
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Maggie Fitzgerald and the Saltwater Drip by
antistar_eAn absolutely fantastic 80k word AU of The Amazing Spider-Man where Gwen is the one who gets bit by a spider and becomes Spider-Man. I cried my way through this much as I cried my way through the movie (which, as you know, Bob, I did several times), because it absolutely gets the most important things about Spider-Man as a hero, and it actually considers women and people of color and other populations who aren't straight, white men. Which makes it sound preachy or agenda-driven, but it's not. It's just brilliant about understanding the differences that would occur because Gwen is the one under the mask, and also lets her have a heroic origin without fridging anyone. And the relationships are brilliantly drawn, too - not just Gwen and Peter, but Flash and MJ and Miles all make appearances. I draw a million sparkly hearts around this story. Highly, highly recommended. *happy sigh* (It does need another beta pass, and someone to do some NYC-picking, but eh, I was too enthralled to let it bother me much.)
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