#wild spider

[aidens-moldy-pizza]

Chased this critter out the screen door. Very long, very large for my area. Very cool beasty. 10/10

[painted-stripes-splattered-spots]

Yeah, yeah I'm jumping on the spider-sona train myself. I wanted to with the first movie, but I didn't... really have a great handle on myself to begin with! Now though, I know that a little better, and can have myself some fun like this.

I introduce to you all: Wild Spider, Earth-5335

Mason Parker was never exactly the sharpest bulb in the crayon box. They weren't stupid, just had trouble making book smarts stick. Still, they wanted to help folks, routinely getting in trouble for jumping into dangerous situations way over their head, from bullies to petty theft. Knowing their friend had these ambitions with no way to channel them, one Artemis Osborn saw a way to help them both. She'd been working on a procedure that would enhance the naturally adaptive nature of the human body, using select traits from other species, but was falling short on volunteers, and time to secure a proper greenlight for it. It didn't take much discussion between the two trusted friends for Mason to take the plunge.

Initially, the plan had been to only infuse them with arachnid traits. The process however was going poorly, the human body initially violently rejecting the all too different sequences and biological changes. Panicking, not wanting to loose her only friend, Artemis thought quickly and introduced an additional layer of mammalian DNA to the procedure. The feline additive did just the trick, helping them adapt to and take in both. Though, the end result was unexpected. Mason now sported cat ears in place of their old human ones, and a tail. Their Spider traits hadn't seemed to manifest visually, possibly due to the initial rejection.

Safe and on their feet though, the two still took the experiment to be a success, designing an identity for them to hide behind, and sending them out into the city to collect data on their venture. Web shooters that doubled as gauntlets and pads on their feet and hands helped them traverse and stick to surfaces, while their cat like reflexes coupled with their spider based danger sensing made them ungodly nimble and untouchable. Not to mention the absurd strength and durability that came from both. So, as Wild Spider, guided by their friend in their ear, Mason had become the hero they'd always aspired to be.

[luckynein]

This wolf spider was shockingly quick

[sharkys-finny-family]

Small friend 🌱

[xmushroomwitchx]

Little guy keepin warm?

[allnewalldifferentwildspider]

This is how I imagine Wild Spider fights. Martial Arts + Lucha Libre

Keep an eye on blue shirt guy

[allnewalldifferentwildspider]

Wild Spider Story Arc 5

I’m going to try to plan out one more story arc before writing everything up for reals. I might not get to it as quickly as I would like since new things have come to light and I want to get to those first. But I still want to do it. It’s fun. It’s something creative I could do and I have many ideas for storylines. This is actually inspired by a very early Spider-Man story, “A Guy Named Joe.”

Wild Spider: Stone Faced Pitbull

The story begins with Flynn at the gym finishing a class. He notices a crowd around the MMA practice ring. A guy named Joe says he wants to be the next big MMA star. He spars with another fighter only to get knocked out in the first hit. Flynn and his friend help Joe out. Another man who says he’s Joe’s manager tells Joe to quit MMA and go into acting. He’s already got him a job in a sci-fi movie. Joe reluctantly agrees.

The next night, Joe leaves the movie set depressed. The sci-fi movie is very low budget and his role is as an extra. They didn’t even care that he kept the costume on when he left. As he walks home, Joe is jumped by a few gangsters. He can’t fight them off and is saved by Wild Spider. The police arrive when Wild Spider leaves.

The next day, a video has gone viral that looks like Joe beat up the gangsters in his sci-fi costume. Joe’s manager uses this as an opportunity to promote Joe as a superhero actor. Joe is glad he’s finally being respected as a tough guy, and Flynn let’s him have his moment. However, one of the gangsters in the video was one of Tombstone’s enforcers. Tombstone sees the video and demands that Joe be brought to him.

On patrol, Wild Spider is on the phone with Kate. He tells her that he’s not an actually superhero nor does he have powers. He voices his concerns about the viral video, but she brushes him off. Wild Spider sees Joe being abducted from a movie set and follows him. Joe is taken to a fight club ran by Tombstone. Tombstone explains how he plans to get an edge over the other crime lords by uniting all the lesser street gangs. Anyone who hasn’t agreed to join him has been beaten in hand to hand combat. Tombstone wants the city’s best fighters in his corner. He wants to see how strong Joe is by putting him up against another fighter called Pitbull. Joe loses, but before he can be killed, Wild Spider steps in. He tells Tombstone that if he beats Pitbull, Wild Spider will take Joe and they leave peacefully. If Wild Spider loses, Tombstone kills them both. Tombstone says it has to be hand to hand only. If Wild Spider uses webbing, they’ll shoot Joe. Wild Spider defeats Pitbull. Tombstone offers Wild Spider a place in his gang, but Wild Spider declines. Tombstone keeps his word and lets the two go freely. 

Some time later, Flynn hears that Joe has moved to Los Angeles. The story ends with Flynn thinking about how each crime lord wants to make their own rules for the city. He decides if he wants to take them down, he’ll need resources of his own.

[murmuringwildflowers]

"anotha one"