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nothing on this god's green earth can convince me that peter parker doesn't have an ao3 account where he is elbows deep in a 'rise of skywalker' fix-it fic. like, fully invested in it, been writing it pre-spider bite with ned, who is just as enthusiastic about it. but the thing is, it's really hard to do updates when you are literally spider-man.
every three months he'll post and in the author's note there's some shit like "sorry this took a while, i got shot seven times :/" or "i know it's been a minute, i literally got hit by a bus and then stabbed in the leg, but i'm all good!" or sometimes ned would log in and post with a note "hey i'm a friend posting on the author's behalf, they're healing from severe hypothermia but promised an update, so here it is!"
and the fic just gets increasingly more popular for the author notes alone. a good handful of the comments are something along the lines of "i'm not even in the star wars fandom, i'm just here to see if the author is good" or "every update i cheer for another day the author gets to live at this point"
and any reader who is a native new yorker kind of pieces together that holy shit the author might be spider-man because the timeline adds up, and they just fully embrace it. spider-man will stop a robbery and the guy behind the counter will ask when the next chapter will be up. spider-man returns a stolen backpack to a girl and she'll tell him that he "really got poe's voice down so well, it's really impressive."
ned thinks it is hilarious. mj finds out about the fic from twitter, to peter's absolute horror, and changes peter's contact name to "friendly neighborhood ao3 author". but the worst thing to happen is after an avengers battle where peter took a pretty big hit and ends up in med-bay. and during a press conference, when someone asks how spider-man is healing, tony just drops "spidey won't be down for too long. the star wars fic will be updated within the week, probably."
ao3 goes down for two days.
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) // Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)
the universe fucking hates peter parker.
after 4 years of grieving and coming to terms with being alone, peter probably has begun to move on with his life. then, he sees ned at a shop. a coincidence, right? even after ned and mj moved to boston for mit, it's only natural he comes across one of them back in nyc.
then boom mj's his new neighbour. she's cool and social and talks to new people willingly and asks strangers to call her mj and not michelle. we havent seen much of ned in the trailer but he's grown up (and glowed up) too.
you'd think it's a good thing right, like, yay reunion, but after peter's spent so long being heartbroken and has finally started to start a new chapter, a painful wound has just been reopened. nothing can even go back to normal, as ned and mj aren't the same people he knew before. oh, and they don't remember him. it's as if the universe is mocking him and dangling them before him like some sick joke
SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY dir. Destin Daniel Cretton (2026)
Peter's phone keeps vibrating where he left it on the workshop desk to get snacks, and Tony really wasn't trying to snoop—he was just going to mute it. Really. Truly actually very absolutely did not intend to see who was blowing up the kid's phone, until the phone lit up with another text as he was putting it to silent mode.
Pookie 😍😚
PLS BABY WHERE R U 😭🙏💔💔
Tony pauses out of sheer shock, more texts still rolling in.
Pookie 😍😚
YOU PROMISED ME 6PM ITS LITERALLY 6:02 WHY DO YOU HATE MEEEE
ur lucky ur so handsome otherwise I'd blow your house up 💖
but srsly gumdrop I'm spiralling, I need you 🥺🥺🥺
Should Tony be concerned? Tony is very concerned.
The teen in question strolls on in with his hand in a bag of pretzels, not a care in the world.
The phone is still vibrating in Tony's hand.
"Pete?"
"Mhm?" Peter hums, still focused on stuffing his mouth to the absolute brim.
"Why didn't you tell me about your girlfriend?"
His pursed and salted lips freeze, making eye contact with Tony before slowly setting the snack bag down.
"Ma wha?"
The phone vibrates once more, and this time both Peter and Tony's gazes drop to it.
Tony moves the phone behind his back a millisecond before Peter makes a lunge for it.
"Hey!"
Tony spins away from his grabby hands to read the screen.
"Who's 'Pookie', with a heart eyes emoji and kissy face emoji then?"
"It's not—! Oh. That's just Ned."
"You're dating Ned? Which is fine...actually no, it's not! Boy or girl, talking to you like this is not healthy."
"What?"
Tony lets the phone go without protest this time, Peter's mild confusion soothing his worry as opposed to the sharp defensiveness earlier that had only tightened Tony's grip on the device. Peter isn't shy about texting the other boy back in plain view either, showing the barrage of missed texts, emojis, and exclamations that had nearly vibrated the phone off the table.
"Oh shoot, I promised Ned we'd do fortnite duos tonight and I'm late."
"What is that? Like a Gen-z version of samba?"
Peter huffs out a laugh as he types furiously. "It's a video game where we shoot people. Ned is just my best friend, that's how we talk."
"That is not how best friends talk."
"Tell that to your platypus."
"I—okay, that's different. It's teasing, not romantic." Tony argues as he thinks about his and Rhodey's friendship.
"How? You literally kiss him."
Peter sets the phone back down as he goes to collect his backpack, shoving papers and spare parts chaotically into his bag.
"On the cheek! ...If I don't miss."
Peter throws the strap over his shoulder and heads over to the abandoned pretzel bag, fisting the crinkling plastic closed temporarily to snack on the way home.
"Okayyyy. Just saying, flirting with your bros is standard behaviour. No need to get your iron undies in a twist."
Scoffing, Tony lets the fight go. Even if Ned was being serious he's the most harmless kid on the planet, Spider-Man could take him. Iron Man definitely could.
The phone lights up on the desk in front of Tony one last time, Peter's returned presence seemingly not enough to sooth his clingy friend.
Shrimp breath 🦐
You looked stupid in calculus today.
"Does nobody in your generation communicate normally? For all I know this is your girlfriend."
Peter hums curiously, looking over Tony's shoulder at the screen.
The phone is snatched away and shoved into the back pocket of Peter's jeans before the screen even has time to fade to black.
"Heh, funny. Anyways I gotta go. Promised Ned I'd call him five minutes ago, y'know, but I'll see you next week!"
His flushed face turns away and into the elevator in the blink of an eye, but Tony can still see how bright red the boy's ears have turned.
A metaphorical lightbulb ticks on above the man's head at the same time the elevator doors chime shut.
"Holy shit, that was actually his girlfriend."
———
(MJ saying he looked stupid = saying he looked really good 🤭 major flirt alert!)
being a multishipper is great until someone asks you which peter parker ur talking about and you have to explain that the only image of peter you have in ur head is a vague mashup of the comics some fanart and like three different pretty boys found on pinterest bc that’s the only way he fits with every character you ship him with
Peter Parker's type in women: Strong, Confident, Independent
Peter Parker's type in men: Fucking stupid <3