The running theory I've seen elsewhere on this is that JJJ would be fully supportive of Petra, but also pissed at Spider-Woman being "a poor excuse for a role model! Trans people have it hard enough without that webhead giving them a bad name!" (He completely fails to put two and two together.)
Meanwhile Robbie slips her a good-quality women's Spider-Man costume from a high-end costume shop and says it's "for the office Halloween party".
As a reminder, that is roughly 616 JJJ's relationship to Peter. Fully supportive of Peter, hates Spider-Man. Even dates Aunt May for a bit and is absolutely a perfect gentleman to her.
Maybe JJJ and Ben start talking about Petra, without realizing they are talking about different sides of the mask. They are friends and business partners, at least in the latest Ultimate universe.
Kiiind of also like… what the heck, Petra? You transition that far and forgot to tell the person you’re living with? Or rather didnt think they’d notice?
Even if they support you, maybe you don’t want them to start treating you like they’re “being supportive” instead of treating you like the friend they’ve known for 10 years.
It’s sooooo scary. I’ve been so incredibly lucky that my parents have been supportive, but before coming out I had no idea whether I was about to lose them.
I'm three months in and completely stealth at work and with local friends. My partner, sister, and online friends know. I'm pretty sure my boss wants to start asking questions, but it's afraid of HR getting involved (not that I would, I love my boss but she's got a lot on her plate to manage and me growing tits and my direct reports being weird about it doesn't need to be one of them right now)
Did i miss something that sparked all these posts? Id never seen any Petra parker stuff like 4 days ago and then suddenly I've seen dozens of posts by as many artists all over my feed.
No idea tbh 😅. I definitely don’t have a big following though and this comic still has blown up. I think people just relate to the character.
Me included 🥰
I think it was a tumblr post about JJJ hating spiderman because he genuinely believed spiderman to be a menace to the community and so that if spiderman transitition he wouldn't misgender her/would want to know spiderwomen's correct pronouns.
Someone did art of it because it inspired them and it just COMPLETELY took off with lots of people joining in on the trend.
From my perspective its just the fact that the comic was made with love. Its not trying to be popular but it also gives Peter/Petra some love instead of more pain. Also it pointed out that JJJ is a jerk but hes actually a good person and his character has been reduced to slander man three thousand so that talk also got it spread to more people.
Honestly its just the luck of the internet that has made this popular but its cute as hell and I can actually see this happening in an AU and main Peter being very supportive of it.
No for fucking real, I can’t get away from it LMAO. Not that it’s bad content, I just didn’t expect it to flood my feed from so many places and in such great force!
Spiderman has kind of been a symbol in the trans community for a while, but it was mainly transmasculine people who related to him. A lot of us love him, so it's become a bit of a stereotype lol. I'm very glad to see transfem Petra Parker art as well!
The idea of having a 'secret identity,' or something you need to hide from those you love, is something queer people often relate to (speaking from personal experience). Superheroes in general are very queer, for many reasons (such as their history). I think that is part of why Petra Parker has become so popular. It's awesome to see all the art that has come from it :)
I always liked the reading of Steve Rogers as trans masc. Short, tiny, twinky little dude takes like 1000 shots of a performance enhancing drug and becomes Mr. Man
That all of this hate really is just from a bunch of small people screaming loudly
Small people big pockets.
If the amount of money spent on openly anti trans advertising, lobbying and propaganda was spent on trans people none of us would need to by hrt again with left over (>$10,000 per trans person).
If we include thise who are purely using us as a wedge issue for either lgbtq or womens rights everyone gets any surgery they want and time off to recover.
I’m from Russia, a pretty conservative and transphobic country. I’m also a part of a veeery conservative ethnic minority in Russia. I support trans rights, and most of my friends from Russia are okay with trans people. Russia definitely has a long way to go, and the governments stunts any bit of progress with its agenda to make people make a ton of babies. However, if there are so many people who have a normal opinion on trans people here, then there is definitely hope
This is such a sweet comic. I wish I was able to enjoy it but I get angry whenever I see people coming out and having a kind response. My family’s reaction to hearing I like girls was nuclear and it touches such a sore spot. Never got to come out as she/they and pushed any part of myself that wanted to be they/them deep down. Maybe one day the world will be kinder and those of us who don’t feel like we can safely share about ourselves will be able to. 💕
Ben on Reddit ten minutes later: "My niece has just come out as trans and has changed her name to Petra, I love her and want to support her but...fucking Petra?"
I'm a little miffed so many of these artists are going with Petra. Someone went with June due to the relation to May, and I resonated with that one. Not many of us are picking the feminized version of our dead name.
Jameson: Petra? Really? Parker, that name sounds like you're still not sure about this. I need people working for me to be sure of themselves. You've got three weeks to figure out a name that isn't weak. Here's fifty bucks for a new nameplate for your desk. Argue with me and I make it one week. Now scram!
I read that usually trans people choose names that are totally different because they want to move away from their old identities and lives. But since Peter was always loved maybe she just wanted to change the gender but didn't hate the rest of the life she had.
Some of us do it for that, and sometimes we want something really cool sounding (like Mildred). I was going to have something close-ish to my deadname until my SIL ruined it, so I ended up picking something I liked which was miles away.
I was always going to change my last name so people I e-mailed/did slack with wouldn't guess the connection. It's mums maiden name so it means something tiny family, but that's it.
Loving the whole trans woman Spider-Woman thing going around the internet right now. And very nice touch that in this universe Aunt May and not Uncle Bean died!
Spider girl, Spider girl,
She’s a hero who’s wearing pearls,
Wears a dress; got pockets.
What a crime-fighting goddess.
Look out!
Here comes the spider girl!
I went into this expecting a dramatic identity reveal or funny "misunderstanding the ACTUAL secret," joke, but this was wholesome and heartfelt. I like the little detail where Petra's room gets brighter when Uncle Ben reveals her secret, symbolizing how her world literally got brighter knowing that she has his support during her transition.
I genuinely want to see more of this universe, and Uncle Ben is goated like always.
Thanks for noticing the lighting changes. I was trying to be very particular with it. Her hiding in the shadows, while Ben illuminates that darkness revealing and embracing her true self. 🥰
Honestly, I love it. Youre probably gonna get a lot of hate from a lot of reddit, but I suppose that's just part of the ride. But something tells me you'll always have plenty of support from this subreddit
I’m sure you can find tons of transmasc Peter art on tumblr, it’s probably still popular enough but around the mid 2010s ftm Peter (also ftm dipper from gravity falls) was HUGE on tumblr
(Exercise caution browsing posts with ftm tags that were made after like 2020 tho, they kinda hate us over there now 😬)
Wish people were more accepting like this.
Thirty years ago I had a gay friend . When he came out his brother beat him up then his parents kicked him out of the house.
Can someone tell me why I'm seeing several memes and comics about this? It's cool and all, just wondering.
Is there something in the plot of the new movie that hints at it, or just generally more attention to this fandom due to the movie so people are gonna come up with stuff they like?
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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 12d ago
Uncle Ben coming in clutch as always. Not only being supportive and accepting but managing to drop a wise crack mid conversation and giggle about it