The mun isn't taking the Spider-verse previews and hints so well... [Yeah definitely spoilers.]

[daughteroftheoriginal]

Hey, mun!

I know this looks really bad right now but maybe it won't turn out as bad as it seems? I know you don't want to give this writer the benefit of the doubt but we can't give up on having some hope. I'm not going to give in to expecting everything's going to end badly, and neither should you.

[Even if she's worried, she can't let that get in the way.]

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[spider_boy]

Gotta say, sometimes it's actually nice to be forgotten.

[No no. You were born from an inter-company crossover. It's not that you were forgotten. You just...can't be used.]

Well damn. But still!

Maybe things won't, you know, turn out all that hideous?

Oh my god, Spider-Boy. He's lucky.

[daughteroftheoriginal]

That's what I'm hoping!

She might be expecting the worst, but that's not how I do things.

Nice costume, by the way. Doesn't scream 'easy to forget'.

[There is only so much a player can do to make up for the fact that their character originated in the 90s.]

[spider_boy]

My Uncle Gen used to tell me that it's best to expect the worst, so that way, if it does happen, at least you were ready.

Thank you! I really think it's the double-thigh belt that makes it stand out. And let's be honest. I have great legs for someone who spent most of his life in a test tube.

[daughteroftheoriginal]

Maybe, but you can always prepare without expecting the worst. Optimism usually doesn't hurt anyone.


[Usually.]

...Test tube?

[notyourfathersosborn]

May, isn't this the same writer that made Phil evil?

[Phil. Phil!]


...And my mom?

[daughteroftheoriginal]

...Maybe?

Okay, it is.

I don't have anything for Uncle Phil, but isn't your mom doing that for you there? I think?

[That has to count for something? Best intentions?]

[notyourfathersosborn]

By working with the man she cursed almost every day of her life? With the man determined to make me the next great Green Goblin? You saw what the Goblin legacy did to me on my own--can you imagine what I'd be like if my mom and not-dead grandfather encouraged it? No, I can't believe that she's doing it for my sake.

[daughteroftheoriginal]

I know.

It's just hard to think that Aunt Liz would actually even consider anything like that, much less actually do any of it for any reason.

[notyourfathersosborn]

She's even apparently blackmailing the other, future, Spider-Man.... though, I suppose I can't blame that specific writer for that.

[daughteroftheoriginal]

What? That's... that really doesn't sound like Aunt Liz.

[Blackmail?]

[notyourfathersosborn]

She, uh, kissed him too. Which was... something.

But we're getting off topic. This was about you.

[daughteroftheoriginal]

[And that's supposed to be the 'main' universe for all of this?]

It wasn't that off topic. It's still a part of what I was talking about in the first place.

[notyourfathersosborn]

[Shrugs.] She doesn't appear to be dating my step-dad at all, so I guess she can kiss whoever she wants.

...You know that if anything happens, I will move heaven and earth to help you and Benjy however I can. In any way you need.

[daughteroftheoriginal]

I really appreciate it, Normie.

But first, I want to make sure we don't need it.

[She has hope, but plenty of it rides on the belief that she can actually make a difference.]

[notyourfathersosborn]

Ever the optimist.

breaking out an old muse because SIGH SPIDER-VERSE

[bedeviledspider]

Mine's pitching a complete fit.

But I'm glad at you're staying optimistic. If it were any other way, then I'd be worried.

I had so much hope! And then the previews and now the leaked pages.

[daughteroftheoriginal]

Darkdevil!

[Talk about a surprise!]

Someone around here has to keep the faith, especially if the muns aren't.

I'd feel way more optimistic [not that she isn't already] if I knew I had friends from home at my back, but I've heard it looks like you're going to end up in some cross universe event, too?

me too! I wanted to believe the preview wouldn't end so badly, but... the leaked pages...

[bedeviledspider]

That's what my mun tells me.

[ Is he -- frowning harder than usual? Is that even possible? ]

Wonderful timing, if you ask me, getting whisked away when I should be with f-

Um. Friends.

At least some of it can be 'fixed' by DeFalco maybe. May's dialogue, though... ouch.

[daughteroftheoriginal]

[This is now the new maximum frown for Darkdevil, for her to go by. Which really doesn't make any of this look better.]

It's really too early to tell, so who knows what's really going on. Maybe the whisking away is after all of this?

[She had no idea you cared so much, Darkdevil. Then again, all of this is looking really serious.]

to be fair, DeFalco's dialogue can be... painful too. but that was so bad.

[bedeviledspider]

From what I'm hearing, that... might be worse.

[ Hey, you know what's probably not happening? Darkdevil looking just plain worried. Not even bothering to cover it up with a smirk or anything. Just... concerned. How unnerving. ]

I mean, I'd rather–

[ How does he say this BEING HONEST IS HARD ]

I'd rather be there for you. If you need me to.

There was like one line in all of that that was good.

[daughteroftheoriginal]

[THIS IS NOT REASSURING BEHAVIOR FROM YOU, DARKDEVIL. May's used to him applying cutting wit, not worry.]

You know I'll never turn down an offer for help.

[She's still wondering what's got him acting like this though- she knows the muns are expecting this to turn out badly, but why's Darkdevil reacting like this too?]

[bedeviledspider]

Now if only you'd start taking my advice.

[ Finally, there's a smirk. Some normality, if only for a moment. But then there he goes again, suddenly all awkward, searching for the right words to say. ]

I do mean it, though. If what the muns are saying is true, well, I... it's not quite the same, but I know what it's like to...

[ "I know what it's like not have parents," he wants to say. But he can't. For all the reasons he never could before. But, also, because he can't bear to admit that the same thing could happen to her. To them. ]

Oh, never mind! [ Shaking his head so hard. ] Forget it, and let's just hope the muns are freaking out over nothing.

[daughteroftheoriginal]

Hey, I've taken some of it before.

[She's wearing her webs again, isn't she?

May rubs the back of her neck; she's not entirely sure how to deal with Darkdevil acting this way. Is he really this concerned over what could happen?]

Even if it is something, it doesn't mean it can turn out as bad as they think it will.

[bedeviledspider]

More of my advice, then.

[ Because he was always right and she never proved him wrong! Except for all those times she did.

Anyway, he runs a hand over his horns; trying and utterly failing to come off cool and collected about this. ] You're... right. [ Oh, that almost hurt to say. ]

But. Even if you're not, even things are as bad as they look, you... you're not alone.

I just... wanted you to know that.

[daughteroftheoriginal]

You're going to have to try harder than that.

[May will definitely keep pushing her limits there. What do you mean, listen to the well intended advice people give her?]

I know I'm not. And I really appreciate hearing that from you.

[Especially since it's giving him such a hard time to get it out in the first place.]