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V BIT HER tongue as she listened to what jace had to say. sure, he probably had good intentions and meant well but the pride of her perfectionism wasn’t taking too well to the critiques being thrown her way. and it definitely wasn’t enjoying the attitude. but still, she was a professional. taking his words on the chin, she smiled possibly the fakest smile she could muster. “they told me they wanted new and different. i know the comics, i studied the comics. this is new and different like i was told to create but okay, if you think i should try again then i’ll try again.” taking the papers back from him, her smile falling slightly trying to quickly visualise a happy medium between the comic book lore and the exciting new vision everyone was expecting.
Being in this business was difficult. You needed to have thick skin because there was always criticism, no matter how well you thought you did. Jace learned that at a fairly young age, and he also learned how to give criticism himself. Not just shitty comments but genuine advice on how to improve and make it up the Hollywood ladder. That’s exactly what he had done for Rivera. Maybe he had been a little more harsh than necessary, though, noting the look on her face. “Look, I know you put in the work for these, and it shows. It does. It’s just... You said to be honest, yeah? Well, I’m gonna be real with you for a minute. Spiderman was really my biggest break, and it can be that for you, too, but you have to want it. You know the comics? Great. That’s gonna be a hell of a lot more than some of the competition, but these sketches?” He gestured to the papers and shook his head just slightly. “These don’t show that. It’s like you’re trying to match what you think they want instead of showing the vision that you have. What are your thoughts about the comics?”
















