How Spider-Man Villains Would React to Trans Spider-Woman
I saw a comedic take on this post but I wanted to do my own crack on it based on all of the useless comic book lore taking up space in my head.
Black Cat: She would still be attracted to a trans Spider-Woman, not only because she is bisexual but she also had flirtatious banter with one of the few canonically trans characters in the Marvel universe, Jessie Drake, in Marvel's Voices: Pride #1.
Carnage: It's hard to say definitively but probably not accepting.
Chasm (Ben Reilly): Setting aside that I guess Ben would also be transitioning in this continuity, this is kind of like asking, 'is Spider-Man accepting'? We're going to ignore transphobic banter from Spider-Man in the late 1990s to early 2000s, and instead focus on the aforementioned Marvel's Voices: Pride #1, where Spider-Man shows up as a guest speaker at the Super Trans support group. Honestly, I think Ben would probably be happy about the Spider-Woman development because then he could have an uncontested claim for the mantle of Spider-Man, if he's even interested in doing that anymore and blah blah.
Doctor Octopus: Doc Ock is unfortunately a bigot in numerous ways, including mutants and clones (ironically enough given how he's alive right now) and similar to the Green Goblin, women. I think Doc Ock would be bigoted from a 'scientific' perspective e.g. 'um you are biologically male and can't change your chromosomes' etc. etc.
Green Goblin: He is a raging misogynist and would likely regard a trans Spider-Woman as failing to be a surrogate son for him, especially the Ultimate (Earth-1610) version of the character. He would not accept her at all.
Kingpin: Kingpin actively dealt in black market hormones synthesized by a trans woman in his employ. This was, of course, Charlene McGowan (Immortal Hulk #24). Kingpin would thus probably accept trans Spider-Woman, and maybe suggest she's harming all of his paying customers for a 'legitimate business' that fills a crucial niche, or question the ethics of Spidey's pal Daredevil sending McGowan to prison (a legitimate question).
Queen Goblin: She has formal education in practicing psychiatry so she would probably be at least familiar with being accepting of trans patients, however because she is an evil demonic monster who preys on the insecurities of her opponents, she would probably intentionally weaponize dysphoria against Spider-Woman.
The Punisher: Kind of cheating here but it seems relevant. So like... The Punisher has canonically murdered multiple trans women, if I'm not mistaken. Probably a frosty reception at best.
Venom: Setting aside past cringe writing that I'm sure exists, the Venom symbiote is agender and probably would be indifferent to Spider-Woman's transition from an alien perspective. Eddie Brock, the symbiote's most common host, also seems like he'd be accepting given that whatever he has going on with the Venom symbiote seems pretty queer, but this is admittedly flimsy. This is a friendly (neighborhood) reminder that Eddie and Venom have been sexually intimate with one another in the comics and have said they love each other, textually.
That's all off the top of my dome, thank you for coming to my talk.
