headcanon: cassian is good at art
canon: cassian is a rebel
resulting headcanon: cassian has done graffiti at some point
how did i forget about http://dasakuryo.tumblr.com/post/177344666915/bbcassian-against-all-authority-except-my-mum
yall i might just see spiderverse again this weekend
I’m so in love with the relationship between Miles and his dad in Into the Spiderverse … the relationship is wonderful, complicated, deeply heartwarming and, as with a lot of the character development in the film, almost none of it is said in so many words.
We meet Miles’s dad when there’s some friction between them over Visions, but we still get to see how much Miles’s dad cares about him. Not just wanting the best for him, but caring about him – trying to reach out to him and connect when things get tense. He jokes about the upscale coffee shop to lighten the mood, and you can tell that’s a throwback to an earlier conversation we never saw. And messing with him a lil – BWOOP “You have to say I love you back” “DAD!”
It would have been so easy to write Jefferson off as the authoritarian cop dad and Designated Spider-Man Hated™, but instead we get to see how deeply he cares for his son – how deeply this family cares for each other.
And even if Miles is frustrated with his dad right now, we can still see how much he looks up to his dad. When he’s scared of his new powers, his first thought is to call his dad. When he escapes Prowler, sneaks back into his room, and Jefferson barges in, Miles’s immediate response is to cling to his dad for comfort and emotional support.
It’s why the centerpiece of the film is that quiet, emotional moment with Miles’s dad talking to the closed door – that tender admission of vulnerability and love. The promise that Miles’s choices do matter, because more than anything, Jefferson wants his son in his life. That there is no failing bar. That no matter what Miles chooses to do, his parents will love him, and be proud of him, and have faith in him.
And it’s understanding his parents’s faith in him that gives Miles the faith in himself that he needs.
