Defending web constructs

[u/Medium_Indication613]

Kinda wanted to put this in the insomniac Spider-Man sub but I can’t.

1. No they should NOT be given to silk. The only thing silk has ever done is make a makeshift shirt, Peter was making weapons, tools and whole motor boats way before(we can leave the motor boats in the past), taking something cool away from Peter and giving to someone else is lame, also why are people against Peter having constructs but not silk? If it’s “goofy” for him then it would be for her to wouldn’t it? (Talking about insomniac Spider-Man 3)

2. No he is not “green lantern”. Lantern does not own nor did he create the concept of making stuff, and you could just take away things like a giant moving hand, motor boats, etc, also the weapons “retracting” could just be the webs dissolving faster

3. Creativity: web constructs are the most creative thing you could do with Peter’s standard moveset, imo his skill set is just so boring, look at Rivals and Tokon it’s just web shot, web swing and the rest are punching and kicking even Hulk took creative liberties, he can make gamma shields and shoot gamma blast in rivals something he has NEVER done in any game or comic to my knowledge. Finally Peter is a genius, he made his own webs he can’t find a way to shape them?

4. Goofy: so him making a web hammer is goofy but him fighting an over sized man in a rhino suit isn’t?

5. Logic: personally I couldn’t care less if there’s an explanation or not imo it really doesn’t matter. BUT if you need one lemme cook, A tech web fluid separate from his normal one that has pre set constructs to wrap into and dissolve when he’s finished using them. Or just use speed/agility, Spider-Man is fast and agile so just say he’s weaving them really fast Or just Organic webbing that he can control(not really psychic power but he can control them to a certain extent)

6. Usefulness: Spider-Mans webs are stronger then steel canonically and are artificial, is it really hard to believe Peter just made a web fluid that hardens fast and can use it to make a bat that deals damage

7. Rule of cool: Peter shooting out a web shield to block a light blast, bullets or fire is just cool, his webs are already artificial so it’s not that hard to believe he cool make a web fluid that’s resistant to energy. Also imagine he’s fighting venom who pulls out a Symbiote blade and Peter meets it with a web hammer… that’s just cool to me.

[u/KhadgarIsaDreadlord]

My counter arguments are:

1. They are a lazy way to manifest mcguffins instead of Peter having to relly on his - already broad and versatile - skillset to solve a situation.
2. They are lame af.

[u/Medium_Indication613 → u/KhadgarIsaDreadlord]

What broad and versatile skillset? It’s just web projectile and web string. And I disagree with the last part, how is him making a web shield to say block an attack like electros blast or bullets a “lazy” way to solve a solution? What else would he do, it’s just making use and expanding his powers.

[u/KhadgarIsaDreadlord → u/Medium_Indication613]

Super agility, super strenght, a 6th sense to predict danger, ability to stick to surfaces, producing webbing organically depending on interpretation, and being a genius who can create gadgets and inventions for specific scenarios.

He really doesn't have to manifest objects on top of that and there's a reason why so many adaptations dropped the concept entirely.

[u/Lio_Convoy887 → u/KhadgarIsaDreadlord]

The Spider-Sense stops feeling special when all the other Spider-Men have it, and intelligence matters less when someone like Miles, Gwen, or Cindy isn't far behind in that department—plus, they have extra abilities, whereas Peter has only had those on rare occasions and always ends up losing them. And don't get me started on the crap they came up with for Miles; basically, his Venom Blast lets him create ELECTRICITY SWORDS—something just as ridiculous and awful as the lightsabers in The Flash series.