Spider-Man MCU Movieverse

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Name: Spider-Man: Homecoming
Abbreviation(s): Homecoming
Creator: John Watts (director), Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley (story)
Date(s): 2017 - present
Medium: film
Country of Origin: USA
External Links: Wikipedia, IMDB
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Spider-Man: Homecoming is a 2017 superhero film based on the Marvel comic book character Spider-Man (also known as Peter Parker). It is the 16th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the second cinematic Spider-Man reboot, following on the heels of the Sam Raimi movies (2002-2007) and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012-2014).

Canon

Spider-Man: Homecoming is the second film to feature this universe's version of Spider-Man, after Spider-Man (played by Tom Holland) first appeared in the third Captain America film, Captain America: Civil War, as an honorary Avenger. Homecoming builds on this background, featuring Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man and focusing on Peter's attempts to deal with a return to ordinary life after having fought alongside the Avengers.

Main Characters

Sequels

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Spider-Man: Far From Home takes place after Avengers: Endgame and largely deals with the effects of the reversal of Thanos' snap and Tony Stark's death. While Peter is trying to take a break from being Spider-Man in order to mourn the loss of his mentor and ask his classmate MJ out, the villain Mysterio tries to establish himself as a new superhero with the help of illusion-creating technology, forcing Peter's hand in trying to stop him. The movie ends on a cliffhanger as it turns out that before he died, Mysterio recorded a video framing Spider-Man for his murder and revealing his true identity.

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spider-Man: No Way Home deals with the fallout from Mysterio framing Spider-Man for his murder and revealing his true identity at the end of the previous movie. Peter's new notoriety endangers him and his friends and family, so he decides to ask Dr. Strange for help in reversing the reveal. However, the spell goes wrong and people from across the multiverse who know Spider-Man's identity start appearing, mainly the villains from the other Spider-Man movies. With the help of his two alternate versions, Peter manages to cure the villains, but the threat of the multiverse forces him to make everyone forget about him.

Fandom

Spiderman and the wider MCU pre-2015

The idea of Spider-Man joining the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe has existed in fandom since the Avengers film came out in 2012. Fans imagined an alternate series of events where Peter joins The Avengers or was around for the Battle for New York. It is fairly common within fanfiction or even fanart for Spider-Man or other Marvel Characters to join The Avengers due to the strong comics canon in which they are a member.

Another common trope appearing in fanworks is Superfamily, in which Peter goes to live with or is adopted by Steve/Tony.

Depending on which Spider-Man is chosen to feature in a particular fanwork - if comic-based, or a film-verse Sam Raimi Spider-Man or The Amazing Spider-Man - various other Spider-Man characters will often appear, such as Mary Jane Watson, Gwen Stacy, J. Jonah Jameson, May Parker, and Harry Osborn.

2015 and the announcement of Spider-Man: Homecoming

In February 2015, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Marvel Studios announced a licensing deal that would allow Spider-Man to appear in the MCU, to a largely positive reception from fans.

Tom Holland made his first appearance as Spider-Man in the MCU with a minor role in Captain America: Civil War, before making his solo film debut in Spider-Man: Homecoming.

Fan reception of Spider-Man's minor role in Captain America: Civil War was mainly positive, although some criticized the character of Iron Man for involving Peter in the Avengers at such a young age - at 15, Spider-Man: Homecoming is the youngest cinematic incarnation of Peter Parker to date.

Shipping

Prior to the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming, the Spider-Man-related pairings in Marvel Cinematic Universe were mostly dominated by slash, with the most common pairings being Peter Parker/Wade Wilson and Peter Parker/Harry Osborn. The most common het pairing was Peter Parker/Gwen Stacy, the canon pairing from the second Spider-Man cinematic reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man.

In Spider-Man: Homecoming fandom, the following are the most popular ships:

Niche ships include Peter Parker/Ned Leeds and Ned Leeds/Betty Brant. Characters from Spider-Man: Homecoming are also shipped with other characters from the wider MCU, such as Michelle Jones/Shuri. Peter Parker/Wade Wilson (or Spideypool) is a popular ship that existed prior to Spider-Man: Homecoming, but is now often written featuring MCU's Peter Parker.

The principal canon ship throughout Spider-Man: Homecoming is Peter Parker/Liz Allan. Liz Allan, portrayed by Laura Harrier, is a minor character from the Spider-Man universe who appears in the film as Peter (and his best friend Ned)'s crush, and leader of the decathlon team of which Peter is a member. However, following the events of the film she moves out of state, and thus it is generally accepted that Liz's character and her relationship with Peter will likely not return.

Another female friend of Peter's, Michelle Jones, attracted significantly more fan attention. Played by Zendaya, Michelle Jones had a fairly minor role in the first film, but showed evidence of a possible crush on Peter, remarking in one scene that he had dropped out of several of his school clubs, before immediately insisting: "I'm not obsessed with him, I'm just super observant." At the end of the film, Michelle offhandedly revealed that "my friends call me MJ" - in an obvious reference to Spider-Man's canon love interest, Mary Jane Watson.

In the months leading up to the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming, rumours had flown that Zendaya was due to portray Mary Jane Watson in the upcoming film, sparking outrage from some fans that Mary Jane would be played by a black woman.[1] However, producers Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal later clarified that Zendaya's character was intended as "more of a fun homage" to Mary Jane than as a reimagining of the character.[2] Nevertheless, there remained the possibility that MJ could become Peter's love interest, and the producers' statement didn't stop fans from shipping the two. The ship Michelle Jones/Peter Parker, aka "Spideychelle", became the most popular romantic pairing in Spider-Man: Homecoming on AO3 in the months following the film's release, though it has since been eclipsed by the ship Tony Stark/Peter Parker, aka "Starker".

The previews for Homecoming's sequel, Spider-Man: Far From Home seemed to confirm a romantic relationship between Peter and Michelle, showing the two of them going out on a date and Peter remarking to Ned, "I think [MJ] really likes me, dude."[3]

Fanworks & Tropes

Fanfiction

Trope: Superfamily/Parent!Tony

The Superfamily trope refers to a specific scenario in which Steve Rogers and Tony Stark are in a romantic relationship and adopt Peter Parker as their son. The trope originated in the Marvel Cinematic Universe prior to Spider-Man: Homecoming, featuring the Peter Parker from the Amazing Spider-Man films.

Related to this is the parent!Tony trope, which revolves around Tony Stark either being Peter Parker's biological father (usually unknown to Peter), or acting as a parent to him, building on the mentor and pseudo-parent relationship he has with Peter in Spider-Man: Homecoming.

An examination of Peter's childhood, and a certain billionaire's planet-sized guilt complex.
“I don’t know, some twelve year old—”
Below him, the kid coughs out, “Fifteen.”
“—Fifteen year old—”
Tony scrubs a hand across his face. “Don’t tell me he’s wearing a dorky shirt with a chemistry pun on it.”
Rhodey frowns. That was oddly specific. Glancing down, he looks at what little he can see of the kid’s shirt—which isn't much since there’s so much blood now, but what could be once called a cartoon joke is printed on it. “Um, yeah?”
“Son of a bitch.”
Otherwise known as how Rhodey finds out about how old Peter is, and how badly he needs to beat Tony with a stick.
Or, five times Tony Stark deeply resented Steve Rogers' new involvement in Peter Parker's life, and one time he did not.

Trope: Smartass Family - Loki/Tony

The Smartass Family trope refers to stories in which the Loki/Tony Stark pairing also involves Peter Parker. These may stem from use of the parent!Tony trope, with Tony Stark knowing or discovering he is Peter Parker's biological father, or in loco parentis as a superhero mentor. Some stories have also involved Loki serving as a mentor to Peter prior to or separate from Loki's relationship with Tony Stark. Examples of the trope appeared in the MCU fandom in 2012 when many other Loki/Tony fanworks got their start. Inspiration was drawn from Marvel comics as well as the Peter Parker from the Amazing Spider-Man films. However more such stories began appearing as word spread that Tony Stark would be appearing in Spider-Man: Homecoming in a mentor role to Peter, and later when Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Holland began to do press appearances together.

Romance

See Shipping for details of popular ships in Homecoming fandom

Infinity War

Due to the fact that the Avengers: Infinity War was known to be taking place soon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's timeline with Spider-Man confirmed to be involved, many fanfiction authors post-Homecoming speculated on how the war might play out, or otherwise incorporated it into futurefic.

She acts like it's another extraciricular, except less than because, “You can't even put it on your Common App, Parker.”
He's not sure what he expected, but he shouldn't have expected anything else. This is Michelle, beautiful, smart, and forever unenthused Michelle. (A fic chronicling Peter and Michelle's relationship, and her attitude towards his superhero activities, taking place up to, through and after the Infinity Wars)

Trans Peter Parker

A number of fans headcanon Peter Parker as a trans man, due to his insistence during the film that his name is Spider-Man, Flash's nickname of "Penis Parker", his upset and defensive reaction to Aaron Davis misgendering him based on his voice, Aunt May's comment about his body going through changes, and other details such as his relatively short height and small hands and feet.[4] [5]

  • ijustwantedtomakesure by ottertrashpalace. Shortly after they first start going out, Peter gets in a pretty bad scrape and is injured. MJ just wants to take care of him, but, well, suffice to say that there's a pretty valid reason that Peter hesitates to take his shirt off.
  • Pride by ottertrashpalace. MJ considers it her honor and her duty to take Peter to his first pride parade after he comes out to her. Needless to say, this involves blue lipstick, famous drag queens, and incredibly attractive displays of spider-strength. She considers herself lucky.
  • a bag of frozen peas by until_the_earth_is_free. “That’s one funky outfit you’ve got on, kiddo,” Mr Murdock said.
“I was just, uh, practicing my gymnastics routine in the area.”
“Really?” Mr Murdock asked, raising his eyebrows. “Because it sounded like you were having a panic attack in a dumpster.”
[Peter Parker passes out during a fight and wakes up in some guy called Matt Murdock's apartment.]

Fanart

General

Trans Peter Parker

Superfamily/Parent!Tony

Smartass Family/Parent!Tony

Peter & the Avengers/other MCU characters

Fanvids

Meta

Mood Boards/Aesthetics

General

Trans Peter Parker

Archives & Fannish Links

References

  1. ^ 'Spider-Man fans aren't happy that Zendaya is starring as Mary Jane Watson', Metro, published August 21, 2016 (Accessed July 22, 2017).
  2. ^ Marvel producers reveal the truth about Zendaya’s name in ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’, The Daily Dot, published 10 July 2017 (Accessed 22 July 2017).
  3. ^ Spider-Man: Far From Home Teaser Trailer #1 (2019), Movieclips Trailers via YouTube. Posted January 15, 2019 (Accessed May 6, 2019).
  4. ^ peter parker is a trans boy by chase-is-not-crash, Tumblr. Posted July 12, 2017 (Accessed August 26, 2017).
  5. ^ Trans! Peter Parker by backroad-bros, Tumblr. Posted July 19, 2017 (Accessed August 26, 2017).
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