[video] the spider-teen has questions

[thismaskismybadge]

[ Now she's out of her suit, Gwen is wearing a sweater that's visibly hanging off her shoulders to show the straps of the tank underneath, and some leggings. She is, however, still wearing her web-shooters and her dud of a multiverse-traversing watch on her wrists alongside the magic watch. ]

Hi, I'm Gwen. Otherwise known as Spider-Woman, but, well, you don't have to call me that. [ beat, visible thought, ] Probably don't, actually, it'd be kind of weird when you already know my real name.

Anyway.

I'm just, you know. [ she shrugs ] Curious. About a couple things. First, how many people here have done the whole multiverse song and dance before? Because there's at least a few of you, I know that.

Second, do like. Any of you that aren't Spider-Man yourself, or Loki who's already kinda answered this one, have a superhero called Spider-something in your world? Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Spider-Girl, Spider— any noun, really. We get a lot of variety, if I tried to list even the most common ones we'd be here all day.

[ Call it her testing a theory. She's got some thoughts swirling around up in that head of hers. ]

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[thismaskismybadge]

It's... not easy. [ an understatement ] But it's not easy because it's complicated. You know? My dad—

[ A visible pause, as avoidant tendencies war with what is, here, now, an inconsequential detail that provides context. ]

—he was a cop. Not the biggest fan of vigilante justice. I can't speak for other Spiders reasons, but that was mine. [ among... other things... ] But the jabbing people in the eyeballs trick is legit. I was also very fond of webbing people in the face, which unfortunately isn't exactly transferable advice.

[credit_not_blame]

Yeah, I found out that my mom knew she was bringing werewolf-potential to the kid-making party and never warned any of us about it. She and I still aren't really speaking over it. Which isn't the same as you and your dad, but it does make the support network a lot more DIY.

I mean, spraying webbing on their face isn't not similar to eyeball poking! They still can't see, and you can therefore run away or reposition yourself to hit them again. But yeah, no, I don't have the option to spray goo from my body in any of my shapes, so not really transferable.

[thismaskismybadge]

Oof. That's uh... yeah. [ insightful, Gwen; but no, for all of her father's faults, it wasn't as if he was ever the one keeping a secret ] Not the same, but I kind of feel it. The first time I ever had a network... well. Let's say it was a recent development.

[ God, what she wouldn't do for Hobie and the others to be here... ]

But, okay, actually, see, only some of us actually make our web organically. Which, for the record—always weirded me out? There's just something about spewing bodily fluids everywhere that feels... eugh. Anyway, point is, I guess anyone could take advantage if someone built them web-shooters.

[credit_not_blame]

Wait, wait, wait. Hang on. Web shooters? I mean, I guess that makes sense: humans don't usually have orifices in their wrists, and spiders don't either. But where does the web come from, then? Do you keep the mutant spider that bit you in the web shooters or something?