Former Spider-Man actor Andrew Garfield advocates for a "pansexual Spider-Man"

[naruball]

spemanig said:

naruball said:

How do we know that? We know he has feelings for certain women, but that's all. There are people who (at least claim to) discover that they're attracted to the same sex (or maybe even the opposite sex) much later in their lives.

It's not like we know that he's black and in the movie he's white.

Anyway, I think it'd be awesome as a storyline, if done right, though I don't see that ever happening. He's too popular, especially with kids, and unfortunately it'd hurt the brand.

Because if he was, Stan Lee, creator of Spider-Man, would have said "He's already pansexual! Go wild!" rather than "characters should stick with their original, Spider-Man is totally straight or I wouldn't be mentioning this, concept." That's how.

I find this an incredibly weak argument. How can you explain plot holes, then? The same person who created a show makes the character say something that contradicts something that that character stated earlier (could be age or anythng else). If there was a scene where Peter says he's bi and Stan Lee forgets and says he's not, then does it matter if he's the creator, if his creation said something different?

As the creator, Stan can change his mind at any point and make Peter a villain, a necrophile, bi, etc. He cannot, however, (or should not) make him Black, gay, taller than he is, older than his aunt, etc unless it's an alternate universe. The comics have explored a side of him and there may be a lot different sides of him in the future, if Stan or whoever has the rights decides to do so. As far as I'm concerned, it's fine as long as they don't contradict themselves.