They might actually need to go back and tell us Tom's Spider-Man origin story.
The reason they skipped it in the first place was because everyone already knew it. We'd seen Uncle Ben die, we'd heard "with great power comes great responsibility," and we all understood that Peter blames himself for Ben's death. That's his motivation for becoming Spider-Man.
But now they've changed so much that we don't actually know his origin anymore.
If Peter doesn't blame himself for Ben's death, then what's driving him? What keeps him getting back up every time? What made him put on the suit in the first place?
Tom's Peter once said, "When you can do the things that I can, but you don't, and then the bad things happen, they happen because of you." I always assumed the "bad thing" was Ben's death and that Peter was carrying that guilt around. But if that's not the case then what was he talking about?
As for Aunt May saying, "With great power comes great responsibility," I've been convincing myself that Ben said it first and May was quoting his last words. Like she's telling Peter, "Don't let my death make you become something you're not. Don't let it change you. Don't become the bad guy. Remember what Ben said."
I might be completely delulu, and this is probably just me coping.
My point is, if they're going to keep changing parts of Tom's origin, then we might actually need a proper backstory. What's next? Peter didn't even get his powers from a spider bite?
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