tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post6730814728825588178..comments2023-11-30T02:39:02.047-06:00Comments on Comics Make No Sense: Peter Parker, Ladies Man...Adam Barnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08573914395859734760noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-29304356780622591762013-02-07T07:51:04.068-06:002013-02-07T07:51:04.068-06:00Although my first thought was that Pete was really... Although my first thought was that Pete was really gay, I then remembered that when I was in high school, I turned down a girl who hit on me. But I was a stupid, screwed up adolescent, and Parker was around 23 at this time, so what's his excuse?Aaron Carinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17694155469435310102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-72700019357536533862013-02-06T23:39:46.852-06:002013-02-06T23:39:46.852-06:00I think I was a little more able to identify with ...I think I was a little more able to identify with Parker running away from being hit on when I was a kid. I was also a little more let down though. It was like, "Pete, don't run away, man, I'm living my life through you and I'm just a nerdy kid! Let me have my day in the sun, even if it is through you!!"<br /><br />Now that I'm a father and I've had my "day in the sun," it's not such an emotionally charged scene anymore. <br /><br />And I don't identify with him running away as much as I did when I was a scared, nerdy little kid.<br /><br />But man, did they know how to make comics back in the day! Dorky stuff like Pete getting hit on and running away had me HOOKED!! The emotional turmoil was so intense, and seemed so mature. Like I had some magic lens that let me into the secret world of adult romance but kept emotional responses on the level of a little nerdy boy.<br /><br />You get even more of that warped look into adult romance geared for kids in stuff like Green Arrow and Black Canary. <br /><br />They knew exactly what they were doing in those days!<br /><br />Thanks for that post, Adam!! Thanks for taking me back to those days!!Buzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08917126935755530242noreply@blogger.com