Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25266931-20161112032800/@comment-27082610-20161112081708

KNN005 wrote: I think one time Peter Parker got depressed and quit being Spiderman and tried to ignore it when cops were getting killed by super villains. Like, WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU THINK WAS GOING TO HAPPEN!? Just because you quit or run away doesn't mean the villains will. Evil doesn't sleep! Will you please explain to me why the fuck it is that every time a superhero or other gifted character has a realistic reaction to trauma they're always treated as being inept or cowardly? Peter has thrown aside the mask from time to time, but it's due to things like having to make sure his family is safe, the fact that literally everyone in the outside world treats him like an outcast, combined with the stress of being a fucking 16-year-old fighting gangsters and psychopaths on a daily basis.

Just because you have responsibilities foisted upon you by obtaining great power doesn't mean you can ignore your preexisting ones towards things like family (the first time Peter ever gave up the mask was because of his Aunt's failing health) and the rest of your life. Having power doesn't mean the entire world has to sit on your shoulders every day, especially when it spends the whole time shitting on you for doing your job because some jealous asshole decided to manipulate the media in order to cast you as a public menace.