I think genetically altered is the dumbest thing to ever happen to Spider-Man. How does combining several species of spider make one that can give you powers? That makes no more sense than radioactivity, and 616 canon still has radioactive being a thing, so I'm prone to stick to that.
Let's be fair, it makes as much sense as radioactivity. Also the genetically modified Spider in Ultimate Spider-man had been modified with the OZ formula, a type of super soldier serum Norman Osborn made that turned him into the Green Goblin. So it was more like the spider traits changed the Oz Formula and passed it onto Peter through venom.
Also they've changed it in the comics, so now it's not radiation, it's the spirit of the Spider that gave him powers.
I think something we should do is reduce middle man in this situation. The spider that bit Parker was a Pokemon. Any Pokemon that bites or scratches a human has a very small chance to couple incorrectly with their genes as a humanoid-shape Pokemon. Instead of producing an egg and a baby Pokemon, this instead causes the human to transform. Perhaps they just get Pokemon powers, perhaps they get some secondary or tertiary characteristics too. Or they even pull a Bill and turn completely into a Pokemon. In the case of Peter Parker, he got bitten by an Ariados that escaped from a lab studying its properties, and its bite gave him agility, reaction time, strength, and so on. But not organic webbing, because we're sticking with web shooters as devices.
An Ariados snuck out? Those are over a metre tall (3.5 feet), that's like the size of a big dog. Maybe a Spinarak instead? Ooh, or, maybe a Gensect. Here me out!
Anyway I thought we already discussed this. It's not that it bit him, it's like the elemental spirits in Legend of Korra-they passed on elemental abilities. I don't think it should be random, there should be some sentience involved here, some choice of being worthy.
Here's my idea: Team Rocket/Oscorp/Plasma were experimenting on the Legendary Bug Pokemon they discovered and captured, trying to use see the effects of radiation to try and other methods to get the creature to pass on it's powers but it refused. The creature managed to just escape and pass on the bugtype abilities to Peter, just before it died due to radiation exposure.
Team Rocket/Oscorp/Plasma used the DNA from the legendary Bug Pokemon and used it to make an army of Robotic Bug pokemon we now call
Genesect. They can't pass on powers to people, but they make great weapons of war.
I'm fine with him building his own web shooters. You know in some versions,
Peter was actually building web shooters before he was bitten, as some kind of thesis project or something.
Particle Accelerator helps a little, but is ultimately just a vehicle to bring the Speed Force into the story anyway. It's revealed later in the show that the Particle Accelerator acted as a sort of beacon to draw the Speed Force to Barry. At least, if I remember correctly. And isn't half the plot of that show that incidents like the accelerator explosion happen with some odd frequency? I know the Bus is an example, at least.
I don't know I stopped watching around start of season 3. I know the explosion gave Barry access to the Speed Force, but he's not the only one. Jay Garrick got it in Earth 2 and 3, not to mention all the little Flashes who got exposed to the Speed Force.
We can say the Speed Force is a dimensional energy source like the Morphing Grid, with it's own science rules. The Particle Explosion basically broke the laws of science temporarily.
I'm good with gene manipulation causing insanity. And I'm even good with it not being "usually." What if the transformation caused Parker to develop those heroic tendencies and antisocial compulsion to snark at very dangerous, serious situations? He could be a regular, cowardly egghead before he became a webhead, and the Spidey demeanor comes as a result of the genetic mutation of a Pokemon bite. Thoughts?
Snarking is considered an antisocial compulsion? I don't know, it looks like you are just trying to find an excuse to make Peter Parker diagnosed as crazy. And I don't like you calling him a cowardly egghead. He was aware of his physical weaknesses and got bullied, that doesn't make him a coward. Yeah he developed bravado when he got powers (turning into a wrestler) but he's not crazy.
I'm open to gods being more than just aliens, but the Goa'uld System Lords do definitely exist. Or at least did, given what we said before. The Godwave stuff can definitely go. Researching it gave me a headache.
It's tough fitting all these into one system. At some point you need to decide what the tone of your world is going to be. Cynical, where everyone whose a hero is on the verge of insanity and wizards are hunted down? Or more upbeat and silly-yeah we've got cartoons and talking animals, but at the end of the day we know Superman/Captain Marvel are there to keep us safe.
Once you have that tone, it can help you decide how you want to represent each setting that's being added in.
