Jake Johnson Really is Peter Parker · 11:17am Jun 28th, 2022
Seriously, I know soap opera's been the go-to for the brand for years, but isn't it really time we admitted mid-30s sitcom weirdo Pete would be something you could actually tell stories with? His archenemy is his best friend's dad in a rubber mask, what Marvel story can you think of that doesn't sound surreally hilarious? Plus, running around trying to live two lives at once, that's a farce. People love those. Superman leaned into it for years.
Anyway. Been spiralling lately (for reasons to do with the news over the last couple months and personal), but got a bit of a shot in the arm. Turns out working on one project in bursts with a collaborator is easier to pull off than bouncing between three projects at once and sapping your energy for all of them.
Y'know that one episode fandom hates? Oh, right, sorry; the journal one where a bunch of assholes walk up to Fluttershy and ask her why she keeps having to learn the same lesson? (And the context is "What is wrong with you, why the fuck would you say that to someone, especially someone who clearly has anxiety.", and it's neat that fandom, a very smart, emotionally literate bunch, completely missed that.) (Because they don't give a shit about people as people, you see.) Yeah. Anyway. I keep learning about how to focus and losing it, so.
And so rather than make up some promises and deadlines I know by now I won't keep, I'm just gonna hang onto what I've learned from stumbling around until I started working with someone I really like working with and put my energy into something I actually wanna do.
Ideally:
Finish what I'm working on with them.
Finish Two Flare.
Start one of the energy draining other projects I was working on, Distinguished Competitors , and run with that until I either finish it or run out of steam on it before jumping back on Roomies.
Wish me luck?
(Seriously, Johnson looks like Peter as much as Josh Keaton does, it's weird.)
EDIT: Oh, speaking of Spidey, made this out of the Divine Comedy's Song of Love (the Father Ted theme!) and panels from Paul Jenkins and Mark Buckingham's Peter Parker: Spider-Man run, some of my favourite Spidey stories. Just thought they'd fit.
God, after the last few months of Spider-Man I need funny Spider-Man content.