#lizharry

[lizallanosborn]

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[kitausuret]

literally every Harry Osborn ship is improved by either being followed or preceded by lizharry and I won't accept any universe that states otherwise. his journey to - and then away from - Liz Allan impacted every aspect of his life, even beyond just fatherhood.

doesn't matter how we see them - mutually comphet, borderline lavender marriage, in love with the idea of being in love with each other, or simply a relationship with ups and downs that ended in disaster, she had a massive impact on him. even post-One More Day they eventually saw the benefit of co-parenting, regardless of how things played out in the writing between Secret Empire and Kindred.

he learned from that relationship, and though there's a lot of focus on how messy it turned out, they genuinely cared about each other. Liz being the first person Harry builds a life with had a massive impact on him. despite each other's fears and flaws, they had a lot of happy days together.

and perhaps one of the most important things is that Liz didn't chastise Harry for his softness. in fact, she loved that about him. when he would try to reflect more of his father, it terrified her. she didn't want him to be anyone other than himself - the man she wanted to raise her son with was gentle and a little nervous and not physically strong but he had a genuinely good heart. regardless of how things ended, Harry needed that. he needed someone who openly and enthusiastically loved him as he was and as society, or even he himself, wanted him to be.

and you know what? that's love. that's what love is. and begrudging that era is a huge disservice to his character.

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Mushroom Enamel Charm Bracelet by LizHarry

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Hand Crafted Artisan Stoneware Smily Mug // LizHarry

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♡ Gemstone Patch ♡

[kitausuret]

Today I've been thinking about the absolutely fantastic Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #177 (W: Kurt Busiek, A: Sal Buscema) for a few reasons - first and foremost, of course I love Buscema's work, but also because I think it has some underrated moments!

Busiek is a fantastic writer, better known for his work on Avengers in the late 90s and early 00s, but he's done some neat stuff elsewhere, including on Spider-Man (he did some of the Untold Tales, if you're familiar with those!).

The plot of #176-177 is pretty standard stuff, Spider-Man vs. the Evils of Capitalism that have of course resulted in the so-called SoHo Fever that eventually plagues the area.

Corona is a well-thought out and interesting character, in good company with other largely sympathetic antagonists that show up in Spider-Man comics.

It also has some good PeterMJ moments, even if momentary fear sets in when Mary Jane herself falls ill.

...but as you might expect, I really want to talk about Harry.

Harry's involvement of course begins when his son Normie falls ill with the SoHo Virus. Perhaps tragically though, this is also the start of the indication that not all is well with our dear boy:

I actually love that Peter gets Harry on board to help him find a cure for the sickness. After the obvious choices, he goes to Harry. And that's putting a lot of trust in his friend! It's so wonderful and sweet and I have a lot of feelings about it.

There are also some weirdly sweet moments between Harry and Spider-Man, which makes you start to wonder...

It's very sweet, and honestly I consider #177 a top ten Parksborn issue. Like I'm not even kidding. It's so good. And of COURSE I love dad!Harry with my whole chest.

The whole kicker in this issue is that we learned in Web of Spider-Man #67 that Harry does know Peter is Spider-Man...

So it almost makes all the little random touches and his incredible concern for Peter's well-being hit all the harder. He KNOWS that's his friend. And next to his son, he's doing this for Peter, for MJ, and you know what? After the events of the above mentioned issue (Web #67) when Peter basically told him to trash the costume, it probably felt pretty fantastic to Harry - crisis aside - to be able to be a big hero in some way - like his friend.

Of course, all this great development is about to go through the goddamn shredder in the next issue of Spectacular (as that is when The Child Within starts) BUT I really, really enjoyed it while it lasted. The tale of Corona is two parts tragedy and one part hope, but it's only two issues and it's a great read.

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Hand Crafted Artisan Stoneware Smily Mug & coaster Set by LizHarry

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Liz Harry x Leather Satchel // LizHarry