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The Mischaracterization Of Miguel O’Hara In ATSV

( ignore the header i just find it funny . )

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OKAY. Before I say anything and actually start these topics ( many topics ) I just want to say Miguel was NOT in the right throughout this movie. I’m just trying to explain how he was not the villain. Thank you 🙏

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𝐕𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐙𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 .

As someone who has read Miguel’s comics he is.. definitely a lot of things. But, a villain is NOT one of them. Even in the movies, if you look it up, they call him an antagonist or a misunderstood hero.

Was he the antagonist of the movie? Yes. A villain? No.

Antagonists are plot devices that create new scenarios and problems for the protagonist. Villains are evil characters who’s only intent is to do terrible things.

— see the difference ?

Miguel is Spider-Man. Spider-Man is NOT a villain. ( we’ll come back to this topic . )

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𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐔𝐌𝐀 .

Miguel’s “ origin ” in ATSV is that he found a world where he was happy, with a daughter. Whenever the version of him was killed, he took over that world because he too wanted to be happy. He thought it would be harmless but it turned to the worst and created an anomaly. Destroying that entire Earth and EVERYONE in it besides Miguel.

— That’s why he made The Spider Society, to stop other anomalies so others won’t have to experience the same fate he did.

We all know the story, Spot was going to kill Miles’ father and when Miles found that out he planned to stop it from happening. Firstly, Miguel explained to Miles why he CANNOT do that and told Miles his story on how he knows what will happen first hand. Miles does not agree with what Miguel was saying ( because who would ) so he ran off. THIS made Miguel snap.

He freaked out and attacked Miles, trying to stop him from going home. There’s that famous train scene where Miguel slams Miles to the ground and yells at him. While he’s yelling he says a lot of terrible things. Saying how Miles doesn’t belong and how he was a mistake.

THEN, after Miles escaped him and tried to leave through the machine thing.. ( i forgot what it was called ) and Miguel jumped onto it and tried clawing through the barrier.. it was obvious he had NEVER acted like that before. You can tell by how everyone looks back in shock that he has never been like that before.

That’s because it was a trauma response. Miguel panicked because he knew that if Miles went to save his father not only would it destroy Miles’ Earth, but it would destroy his father anyways.

— At least that’s what Miguel believes, of course we don’t know if his theory on the canon events are 100% accurate.

That’s why he freaked out like that. He didn’t want Miles to have to go through the same guilt and agony and self hate that he had to bare. He knew how it felt FIRST HAND. And he didn’t want Miles to experience the same thing.

— In other words .. good intentions, terrible execution.

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𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐑𝐀 .

More interesting things I’ve noticed about Miguel ( with the help of others on tiktok ) is that he acts certain ways for reasons.

That funny scene with Mayday climbing on him for example, what if that scene was deeper than it seemed? He didn’t look Mayday at all, he looked forward and went stiff. That was a trauma response depicted by his own daughter, Gabriella. No matter how uncomfortable he genuinely was in this scene because of his trauma, he was still so gentle with her.

Another thing is him being Spider-Man at all is completely different from the other Spiders. When Miles said “ are you sure you’re even spider-man? ” there was more meaning to that than it seemed.

Let me explain.

Miguel O’Hara’s origin story, for those who didn’t know is very different from other Spider-Men. He wasn’t bitten by a radioactive spider, he didn’t have an Uncle Ben or anything like that, he didn’t have an MJ or a police chief. He doesn’t even have Spider-Senses. He differs SO MUCH from the other Spider-Men which is another important part of his character. Not only that, but he hates being Spider-Man. He himself said “ Being Spider-Man is a sacrifice. ” That’s another reason why he took the place of the other Miguel, Miguel wasn’t Spider-Man in that universe. He was normal, he was happy, as Miguel put it.

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There’s a lot more things I can go over in more depth but I have to get ready for school .. LMAO. If anyone has any questions or anything else they want me to go over I can try and do so. Miguel’s character just has SO MUCH DEPTH to it in general and they made that depth deeper ( i’m so smart ) in the movies. I’m so tired of people calling him a villain. Yes he was terrible to Miles, he was super annoying as well. But, calling him a villain is far.

#miguel o'hara #spiderman 2099 #spiderman across the spiderverse #atsv #random rant

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