[x] Spidey walks it off
[x] Aunt May, the Mother you Never had
[x] Explore New York
[x] Patrol in Queens
So my reasoning is thus: It's always Uncle Ben as a rule, and since Marvel will never do a fucking thing with killing May. I'd like to see someone use it for something.
New York is having a new boom of supers and mutants. I'm hoping this lets us meet some future x-men, Jubilee or Kitty Pryde if I remember Comics right
Queens is because I think for a little while Pete will just want to be near his remaining parent.
The Serious Spidey is to me too much optimization too early. Pete's a teenager and part of the appeal is him balancing his civilian life with his hero life. Focusing all in on Spider ruins that.
Plan: Learning Responsibility
[X] Uncle Ben, the man who warned you with Great Power comes Great Responsibility
[X] Join the School Paper. Nerdy, but gives you something do outside of Science Club
[X] Patrol in Queens
[X] Practice using your Powers and Skills
[X] Study. You had a scholarship, you need to maintain it; plus it would help with the Caped Crusading. It got you those web-shooters after all.
Now, I don't mean to toot my horn or anything, but I think that what I got cooking is the best strategy for a Peter Parker starting out in this Quest.
He's lost his uncle to a mistake he made, and must learn to make up for that sin by committing himself to a new lifestyle to stop another boy from losing a father/father-figure like he did. May being around can lead into more emotional aspects of this journey whereas Ben being alive gives us more lessons we could learn on our own rather than have him teach us directly.
Joining the school paper could give us a potential in with a future job at the Daily Bugle, plus give us a chance to learn some investigating skills that we can apply on our future patrols across NYC.
Patrolling in Queens makes sense because it's our home Turf. Easy enough, plus we'd be closer to May.
We've also just got these powers and it's best to take some time out practicing them and figuring out our limits rather than doing it out on the field in the middle of a fight.
And finally, we gotta hit the books to get that future college money, baby.
Honestly the Idea of peter learning lesson's from the mouth of others doesn't really mix with me. In comics, the first ones, the Slogan came from Peter himself after he realized what had happened. and i want more self Actualization like that to occur, lessons that come from peter and his experience.
[X] Aunt May, the mother you never had, yet did.
[X] Join the School Paper. Nerdy, but gives you something do outside of Science Club
[X] Patrol in Queens
[X] Practice using your Powers and Skills
[X] Study. You had a scholarship, you need to maintain it; plus it would help with the Caped Crusading. It got you those web-shooters after all.
OogahBoogah has a solid plan, but it would be much more intriguing if Ben survived. The stories involving May have become quite repetitive, and Ben surviving give something fresh and original.
[X] Aunt May, the mother you never had, yet did.
[X] Join the School Paper. Nerdy, but gives you something do outside of Science Club
[X] Patrol in Queens
[X] Practice using your Powers and Skills
[X] Study. You had a scholarship, you need to maintain it; plus it would help with the Caped Crusading. It got you those web-shooters after
all.
Well I would go for Norman if we can stop Green Goblin from appearing I didn't want to impose upon the QM that's why I didn't mention it.
It's not that big of deal as you are making out to be Peter made a mistake and paid double the price than he usually does making him be more serious in both lives and understanding just swinging around and capturing criminals doesn't cut he could also contribute to society in various ways.
The Serious Spidey is to me too much optimization too early. Pete's a teenager and part of the appeal is him balancing his civilian life with his hero life. Focusing all in on Spider ruins that.
How so? Peter has always been ruining his Civilian life by not preparing for Spidey life.
The plan covers Peter's dressing sense and if he is lucky he is more likely to get scholarship in a Dojo.
It also helps him keep an eye on Jonas Harrow not only would he have better understanding of biochemistry, he would also have a recommendation letter and if possible prevent a villain appearing three mangoes with a single stone.
Because he is total menace who would ruin Peter's life and he is something that is born out Norman's own demons? I can go on and on about why having Green Goblin as a Villain Or Nemesis for the matter would destroy Peter's social life.
If you see beyond the cool factor you can understand why we should prevent such a thing from happening.
Because he is total menace who would ruin Peter's life and he is something that is born out Norman's own demons? I can go on and on about why having Green Goblin as a Villain Or Nemesis for the matter would destroy Peter's social life.
If you see beyond the cool factor you can understand why we should prevent such a thing from happening.
…No? That's all great story fodder, fighting supervillains is why I want to play this quest. Not solving all Petter's problems with precognitive perfection and then realizing we don't have any supervillains to fight.
…No? That's all great story fodder, fighting supervillains is why I want to play this quest. Not solving all Petter's problems with precognitive perfection and then realizing we don't have any supervillains to fight.
No we have plenty considering it is a shared universe we can go on to take Iron fist's villains, Help mutants and even go and fight against Avenger threats.
You are welcome to play however you wish I don't particularly care I am merely sharing my perspective since you asked why I would like to stop Goblin from appearing.
How so? Peter has always been ruining his Civilian life by not preparing for Spidey life.
The plan covers Peter's dressing sense and if he is lucky he is more likely to get scholarship in a Dojo.
It also helps him keep an eye on Jonas Harrow not only would he have better understanding of biochemistry, he would also have a recommendation letter and if possible prevent a villain appearing three mangoes with a single stone.
Because it comes from a place of foreknowledge not a place of characterization. Yes Pete always ruins his life by having Spidey stuff get into the thick of it. And if that was always the status quo that would be bad. But it doesn't have to be here. So then having Pete take hits to *learn* his way into balance is more accurate to his character and story pacing then perfectly optimizing from the start.
On a more meta level, it feels like a strain of the 'disregard emotions acquire strength' school of quester thought that I personally find tiresomely dull. Pete is a messy messy person. Let him be messy.
[X] Serious Parker/Spider-Man
-[X] Both one day you will make them proud.
-[X] Clothes make the man ditch your old nerdy clothes and buy something that is both comfortable, and practical.
-[X] Test your Powers and Skills analyse the shortcomings.
-[X] Search for Dojos you aren't arrogant enough to think you can handle everything with just your powers with rise of Supers it is inevitable you will end up fighting someone who uses it for crime.
-[X] Stay after class and take notes with your biochemistry Professor Jonas Harrow. He seems to like you and be taking you under his wing.
Because it comes from a place of foreknowledge not a place of characterization. Yes Pete always ruins his life by having Spidey stuff get into the thick of it. And if that was always the status quo that would be bad. But it doesn't have to be here. So then having Pete take hits to *learn* his way into balance is more accurate to his character and story pacing then perfectly optimizing from the start.
On a more meta level, it feels like a strain of the 'disregard emotions acquire strength' school of quester thought that I personally find tiresomely dull. Pete is a messy messy person. Let him be messy.
No it isn't but you are welcome to have your opinion it isn't disregarding emotions merely channeling into something productive taking unnecessary hits is not really needed once he loses someone he feels sorrow and guilt there are two paths in here be messy and take heavy hits and learn from it or channel it into something productive his aunt or Uncle wouldn't really want to him to face this the least he can do is make preparations.
There is no mandate in which a quester has to follow a rule(other than forum rules) if they wish to screw over a character for fun of it they can if they feel hey it was good just change very little they can Or hey I want to him find a better path and I will guide him towards it.
Do what you enjoy I replied to your post because you said my plan focuses too much on his Hero life so I wanted to clarify it.
As per characterisation the moment it became a quest Peter is no longer his ordinary self thus from the first part he is different variant driven by Guilt? yes same Parker who would only learn after taking punches? No him preparing by seeing recent trend shows a remarkable foresight comparing to his other counter parts while the questers may call it hey it is meta or perfect precognition whatever they feel like it would be pretty much in character as long as he doesn't suddenly start shooting everyone from the Rouge gallery of his before they become Villains it isn't meta knowledge or precognition or foreknowledge.
Jessica Jones and Betty Brant Unlocked as Contacts/Cast. Both start out as aquitences. Your Study Action (Success) hasn't done anything yet, but might unlock something with your webbing in the future if you keep at it...
"Welcome to the Mid-Town Gazette, Peter Parker! Our newspaper isn't just for this school, but sent to our sister Middle-Schools and Arts Magnate High School, our family, and alumni. So our circulation is actually well into the thousands!" Betty Grant says cheerily.
Jessica Jones practically pounces on her, covering her mouth up like she was about to throw the poor nerd into a car trunk or dumpster instead of a mere locker. Which seems a little harsh, but you also couldn't entirely blame the editor and chief. You felt the temptation yourself, to be frank.
"Please stop spazing out for a minute, you're scaring him; hell you're scaring me!" Jessica hisses, before she wipes back a black strand of hair and offers you a more subdued smile. "Sorry about that, Betty gets a little…over eager sometimes. She has a reason to though: not only does this look great on college applications, but looks even better if you want to work in journalism. The Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, and the Daily Bugle all patron our paper, with the Bugle even hiring on as interns and even reporters. Not saying we are the biggest deal, but considering your already in the Chemistry and Engineering Clubs, this would be a smart way to diversify your record for your second and final year here."
"Second and final year…" Betty says, voice trailing off.
You crack an embarrassed smile. "Yeah, I kinda skipped a couple of grades."
"He's a senior like us," Jessica laughs, "A brain among brains. Petey is going to be beating colleges off with a stick as is, but if you're aiming for Empire State or MIT, or Yale even he's going to need all the advantages he can get. Or Mister Parker will wind up in Columbia, Brown or Miskatonic University or something."
Raising an eyebrow, you turn to her. "Those are all Ivy League schools you know. Nothing wrong about getting an education there."
Jones laughs again, this time heartily. "Sure, for us. And those are already high expectations. But come on Peter, you're the guy who is currently going to an elite private high school two years early, on a free ride! To most people and even us, it would be great if we wound up there. You? It's the bare minimum."
No point in arguing the points of that, your parents and Uncle Ben left Aunt May and you some money, more than enough for a college education; If you wanted to go to medical or law school, or get a graduate degree in something, you were all set. But for an elite university like any Jones just listed? Maybe a couple years. The only way you were walking through those doors was with a scholarship, like you had here. Possible, but there were a hundred or maybe hundreds of other brains like you out in America right now competing alongside you and they had only so many spots open for kids whose surnames weren't that of Senators, Prime Ministers, or CEOs, CFOs, and executives of Fortune 500 Companies. Landing a scholarship at any of them was going to be a big win, but it'd take time to explain that to her and frankly even then it would quite correctly come off as whining.
"So what's my assignment? I am going to be interviewing the principal about the dress code? Do some actual reporting talk to the school's alumni and guests? Probably cover breaking science and tech news from the bigger newspapers into more digestible and accurate articles, right?" you ask, actually getting a little excited.
Instead Betty Grant lightly drops a handbag on the table in front of you, a black knit one you had confused with her purse or bookbag up until that moment. She zips it open, revealing a huge camera, the size of two bricks stacked on top of one another, older than you, but probably worth a nice chunk of change even now given it had a brand name even you recognized. A serious piece of equipment used by professionals even if it was out of date.
"We got people for that; I know you'd be at least decent at what you really suggested, but our tech reporter is the co-chair of the science team: Alistair Smythe. He's doing a great job as is, and I see no reason to either replace or supplant him, but what we could always use is another photographer…" Betty starts.
Jessica Jones, gives a shy smile, something you didn't think was possible, "And I remembered you from our photography elective. It was a class almost no one tried in, you know it's an easy ass elective, but you cleaned the clocks of even those that did without breaking a sweat. You have a natural eye for this stuff and should use it."
You shrug, "Fair enough. So uh, what will I be doing though?"
Both of them beam at that, like they were sisters even if they were anything but. Betty Brant was your typical, WASPy nerd. Short, lean, mousey girl with freckles and carrot red hair to go with green eyes. Your Uncle Ben would have said, kindly, she was more salad than human. While Jessica Jones instead looked every bit the 'bad girl' even if she was just as much a goody two shoes. Jones was so pale white, you thought she might be using greasepaint; with eyebrow, ear, and nose piercings that were just small enough to avoid the school policies on that and had once had a tongue stud until they banned that last year over the winter break. Everything she wore was black, from her leather jacket to whatever death metal or punk band shirt she was wearing, to her flowing raven black hair and eyeliner. Goth to the bone, this one.
Yet, the look on both their faces equally scared you. Only sharks smile like that.
"Well with Betty being the editor of our off site reporting beat, and me being the editor and chief this year…wherever we tell you." Jessica says, false sweetness in her voice. "Though honestly it will mostly be Betty bossing you around and telling you how high to jump."
"So not a lot of work, you don't even have to show up every day like the rest of us…" Betty continues, voice trailing off. "Until it isn't and you end up super busy, like you will next week: we're going to need to someone to take pictures of the freshmen and varsity football teams when they're selected next week, as well Girl's Basketball, but more importantly someone needs to snag pictures of that computer convention happening next week or whatever. You know Tomorrowland, hosted by The Future Foundation, Stark Industries and Oscorp? Alistair is going to be interviewing his dad and Reed Richards, while you snap pictures. If you want that also means you can skip the field trip there the next day too and can just play video games or whatever you do in your free time. So yeah, I'll be a real taskmaster, but there will be some perks."
"I'll hold you to that, not that there isn't much I could do if you're pulling my leg," you say, taking the camera and slowly spinning it around, getting a good look at all of it. "So, is this mine until the end of the semester or something?"
"At the end of the school week, unless there is an assignment I send you on in the weekend, then you keep until the next Friday night. You get it back every Monday morning, an hour before first period. Just be careful with the thing, okay? It's an expensive piece of equipment. The school probably isn't going to charge you if you break it, but you might get kicked out of the paper, understood?" Jessica Jones asks, sternly again.
You offer up a quick nod, stuffing the camera back into the bag and than ring that across your shoulder. It just felt...right
*******
It wasn't until 9pm that you finish studying up and give some excuse to Aunt May about going for a jog that you get to some caped crusading. IT was late enough that you decided to stick close to home and just patrol Queens for a couple hours, see if anyone needs help getting a cat out of a tree or stop some purse grabber, unless something real big went down. That is what shocked you the most about starting this whole Spider-Man thing, you expected more 'saving the world type stuff', but in the year you started doing this, even bank robberies were freakin' rare.
Seems even in a world with radioactive or genetically modified bugs whose bites grant super powers, the world keeps up with it's regular schedule and routine. Kinda of a bummer in a way, but also a relief. Stopping guys with ski masks and panty hose over their face armed with shotguns was scary enough...
You were web slinging over Elmhurst, a few children and their parents coming off the subway stop mouths agape and starting pushing at each other, before pointing at you as you leap a few feet over their heads and pull on a street lamp to get some `more leverage and speed. A unlucky, middle aged Asian woman carrying her groceries isn't so lucky or happy to suddenly sees you, as she let's out a yelp and dropping her brown paper bags, and spilling vegetables and juice onto the street. People always caught sight of you, but usually like this: this neighborhood didn't have skyscrapers or high rises, just a few row apartment buildings and some warehouses and factories in the edge of it...
Speaking of which, as you are about to drop and help the poor lady pick everything up, one of the fences cordoning off one of the said warehouses or factories punts into the air right into and through a billboard with neon lights of the Chinese alphabet advertising a product you'd never know of now and a white van races onto the street at first following it and then taking a sharp turn left and as it races towards the highway. There were three or four people inside the dusty, old Ford Broncho and the one you got a good look at was wearing....a tribal mask? It looks like it's made of wood, and was had carved, with an undercoat of blue to the black mesh that it was with white lines depicting not just decorative lines, but drawings of eyes, horns and a fanged mouth. It would look a little scary maybe, if the facial expressions on each looked as much like Looney Tune expressions as scowls and snarls.
"Sorry lady, would love to help, but I got a ride to catch!" you yell down to the older woman, before yelping and shooting another web towards the closest corner of the factory's roof and propelling yourself forward like you were a rock in a sling shot and then again with a traffic light that leads towards the highway.
Luck was on your side today, the road was mostly empty giving them a lot of room to maneuver, but also a lot less people to put into danger as they zig and zag avoiding the cops when they showed up, or when they caught sight of you on their trail. Not a target rich environment to websling towards them, but it was not only enough, but the billboards and row buildings could act as cover or at least better positioning to get some real speed towards them.
All that mattered now was how you wanted to play it.
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[ ] Forgo subtly and openly chase them, trying jumping on their roof and ripping off the roof; criminals were starting to get scared of Spider-Man, adding to the drama would help that
[ ] The sooner they were off the road, the better. Chase them and try webbing up the wheels of their van to stop them in their tracks. It was less danger to you, you only hope they were wearing their seatbelts
[ ] Shadow them stealthily, wait and see if the cops show up and help them, or better yet where they were heading. If you were doing the caped crusader thing, you might as well do the detective thing too.
