I think it would be a better story if this had been an accident because of Ben's negligence. If Ben Reilly is Peter without memories, and thus without the memory of losing Uncle Ben, then it makes sense for him to be selfish and irresponsible. That's a potentially interesting direction.
But deliberate sabotage? That's malicious. Ben's still a monster.
It wasn't intented to be sabotage, as far as I can gather. Just Ben including a line basically boiling down to Ben>Peter in the code. Still, intent or not the result is much the same.
Peter just punched a friend-turned-villain with murder intensity. That’s gonna fuck him up psychologically for sure. Because if he killed someone by accident… (again)
I want there to be an issue where a being that feeds on trauma targets Spider-Man and, what starts as a massive feast becomes too much to bear and they explode...and as a side effect, Peter is MILDLY less guilt ridden.
I mean, the ship of Theseus thing is about gradually swapping old parts for new similar parts. Human cells do that gradually over time so we're all kinda the ship of Theseus.
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Date: 2026-05-20 08:20 pm (UTC)But deliberate sabotage? That's malicious. Ben's still a monster.
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Date: 2026-05-21 12:50 am (UTC)But that's not a man, that's a mushroom.