Source: LooperIt’s safe to say that since his introduction into the in : , fans have been on board with the / . However, if there’s one area that fans mostly agree is a little too overplayed, it’s in ’s relationship with Stark / .
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While we all adore Mr. Stark and thank him for his noble sacrifice to save all of reality in Avengers: , some fans think that it’s time that the move away from its worship of , particularly with regards to the arc of .
While murmurs of this sentiment have been bubbling since Spider-Man: Homecoming, it became the more popular opinion following the release of Sony-MCU sequel Spider-Man: Far From Home, which managed to focus on Stark as a key plot point, even in death. (Plus a super creepy Zombies inspired undead ).
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So, it’ll perhaps irritate some fans that Spider-Man himself, Mr. Tom Holland has recently declared that he’d rather bring Jr’s back from the grave over . Here’s what he said when he was asked the question by IGN;
“It’d have to be Stark. It’d have to be him. Because I love working with Robert so much and if I could do another day with him, I would. It would be great fun.”
Yikes. Don’t you remember who taught you that with great power comes great responsibility, Tom? In all seriousness, this is obviously just the ’s opinion of who he would prefer to come back, not himself. It does definitely speak to the approach of the towards the wall-crawler though, as his arc is intrinsically woven into that of Stark’s.
Despite a few easter eggs here and there, we’d still really like to see a proper on-screen depiction of in the . If we ever get that live-action Spider-Verse that’s been rumored, perhaps we’ll get our wish. Maybe in the form of ? Or even ? Ok, forget that last one.
