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espanolbot (espanolbot) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-07-30 19:04:00

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char: green goblin/harry osborn, char: spider-man/peter parker

You know, there's probably a reason Peter doesn't have that many friends

Peter comes upon Harry while he's wigging out on drugs,

Harry then falls down the stairs, breaks his neck and dies, all because Peter couldn't spare him the time to make sure he didn't hurt himself...

OK that didn't happen, but it could've.

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sistermagpie
2009-07-30 06:55 pm UTC (link)

Oh no, I would make that choice too, you're right. It's more just the whole attitude that's over-the-top even before he hears the call to help.

Though I should say that it's also kind of refreshing change from the way drug addiction storylines seem to often go on network TV. There you seem to always get situations where all their friends are only worried about them destroying themselves and planning interventions and all that no matter what the other person does. Where as in real life drug addicts can actually just be very annoying, and people often need to just ot deal with them to avoid getting sucked into the morass.

Also, I didn't realize Peter's rage was coming from so many other things, as somebody explained below. That explains a lot of his attitude that seemed a little much.

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fungo_squiggly
2009-07-30 07:07 pm UTC (link)

Again, it was Harry himself who was calling for help.

For me, what makes Peter seem dickish here is his attitude about the whole thing. "Harry brought this upon himself, and there isn't much I can do to help him since he won't get off the drugs. Meanwhile, Gwen Stacy's murderer is still on the loose. I can't stop Harry from doing LSD but I CAN stop the Green Goblin from killing again" would sound reasonable.

But he phrased it more like, "Should I stay here to help my whiny little bitch of a friend, or should I go kill the guy who wronged me? Hmm... killing it is! Ha, ha! As if mere friendship could stop me from getting my revenge on!"

But, then again, Peter was going through a terrible time just then so I guess one can excuse him for being so overwrought about it all.

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	sistermagpie 2009-07-30 07:16 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks for that explanation about the calling for help. But yeah, ITA. That's what I originally meant about him making Ollie look compassionate. But learning that Gwen recently died explains to me at least why he's being so contemptuous of Harry. It seems like it's kind of a kicking the dog moment rather than the way Peter automatically reacts to drug use. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jlroberson 2009-07-31 01:34 am UTC (link)
	That's true. But at the same time, it's also one of the moments Peter failed, utterly, to be a friend. Did he ever feel badly about this? Thing is, he does stuff like this all the time. The use of such incidents is his guilt later. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ashtoreth 2009-07-31 04:23 am UTC (link)
	Armchair shrink: Peter's guilt is how he avoids admitting he did wrong and then working to change! He thinks his emo is punishment enough! (Reply to this) (Parent)

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