 Thank you so much to the artsy-fartsy guy for making this amazing mod for Spider-Man Web of Shadows. Go check him out on Twitter. Spider-Man freshman year is a confusing idea. So this MCU connected project is set to tell the origin story of MCU Spider-Man and has left most fans confused as to where exactly it fits in the timeline. Peter seems to have several different costumes, a whole new cast of characters, and Norman Osborn is completely replacing Tony Stark in the MCU timeline in Peter's history. So what is going on with Spider-Man freshman year? So here's the thing, before I get into accepting that this is the new Spider-Man timeline, I have to talk about the people upset by its existence. So it's no secret that Doctor Strange's spell from No Way Home is something to do with how all of this can exist, and some people are going as far as to say this project isn't part of the MCU because Strange's spell didn't account for making a new timeline. If you're willing to turn up your nose to all this fresh content because the spell doesn't make sense then you aren't allowed to like the ending of Spider-Man No Way Home either because if you think about Strange's spell for more than a minute it makes no sense. Does Mysterio's video just get erased? What about every picture of Peter Parker? Doctor Strange's spell is just something you have to sit back with and let it do its thing. If you want to complain, complain, but just know you're focusing on the wrong things. Now I think the spell works is that every movie that included Spider-Man in the MCU is now gone. That Peter Parker who was recruited by Tony Stark, then proved he didn't need Tony's tech, the Spider-Man who ended up using Tony's tech anyway, the one who used Tony's tech again after his death despite the fact he proved he didn't need it to be successful, and the Peter before Doctor Strange's spell is now gone. He's part of a timeline that has been cast into oblivion. This new timeline is the one that replaces it. The MCU functions exactly the same, but the history of Spider-Man has now been erased and replaced with a new one. But honestly, I think it's kind of genius. All the casual Spider-Man fans who don't watch Freshman Year will still think they've been following the same Peter Parker this whole time. But to everyone who watches this new show understands that this is a new timeline that works flush with the current one. This is all done without disrupting casual MCU fans, unless this show somehow disrupts current Peter Parker's story. The thing is, if you don't like Freshman Year, don't watch it. As long as I'm correct, it won't affect your perceived history of MCU Spider-Man unless they fuck it up and don't do it the way I think they will. Anyway, Peter has a new homemade suit, and I don't like it. Now of course this was designed to make it look like it was cobbled together by Peter, but there's ways to do that where it looks cool like the original homemade suit. RIP, by the way, since it's been wiped out of the timeline seemingly. I do like the mask on it, it's the only thing I like about it over the original homemade suit. The classic suit in this show is nice, it looks good, I like it. The MCU lines have been toned down to a very satisfying amount and the lenses are very cool. But there is one problem, the back logo is on the front of the suit. It's not a huge flaw, but as long as the actual back logo is fine, this suit is pretty good in my book. Peter is surrounded by a bunch of other suits in this picture also, so I'll give a short breakdown of each one. On the left you have Hornet, one of Peter's alternate superhero identities when he was being hunted by cops. He also has more than one, including Dusk and Prodigy. And then you have the Future Foundation suit. Uh, okay. I think these suits are only here to appear for two seconds of sketches of what Peter wants his spider suit to look like, but if that's not the case, why is it here? For the Future Foundation to even exist, Johnny Storm has to build a very strong enemies-to-best-friends relationship with Spider-Man. And then he has to die, and then give his final gift to Peter, which is to replace him in the Fantastic Four, which then becomes the Future Foundation. Johnny Storm has not even shown up in the MCU once, so I have no clue what they're doing. Also, why is there red in this design at all? This is supposed to be monochromatic. I don't care if they're marketing, this is a different costume. It's too similar to the Future Foundation. Stop it. Also Daredevil is here. Cool. This appearance would have to take place before Daredevil season one or after season three to make any sense, but still cool. I'm leaning towards season one since his costume has the same black red-lined compression shirt that he wears in that season. That's just my thought, but let's go back. I know you saw Norman Osborn in the beginning of this video, and let's inspect a bit more. Zoom in. Zoom in again. He has waves. He has drip. Look. This man is saucy. I don't care if he's black, by the way. Cry all you want. If this is what has to be done to give Norman his waves, I do not care. This man is dripped out now and forever. Also, I wonder if the designs of all the real people in this show have actual actors in mind, like, for example, the Peter Parker in this show looks like Tom Holland. I wonder if that's the same case for Norman Osborn. If they designed this character based off the real life actor, they've already pegged to play him in the future. Same thing goes for all the other villains, all of Peter's classmates, et cetera. Speaking of Peter's classmates, I do not know or care about any of them since I haven't read more than one issue of Untold Tales of Spider-Man, which allegedly this show is going to be based on. Now, I'm not saying I hate Untold Tales of Spider-Man. I have only read one issue of Untold Tales of Spider-Man because I only had one issue when I was a kid. And I used to read a shit ton of comic books when I was a kid. But if I couldn't get my hands on a comic book, then I didn't know it existed. So I had no clue that there were more issues of Untold Tales of Spider-Man out there. Now, let's look at these villains. I don't know that lady. I do know Scorpion. He looks a little white, so I'm not sure if he's supposed to be the same Scorpion who can't appear in anything more than Spider-Man Homecoming to save his life. But he's here. I don't know her. I do know this guy. He might be the guy that Spider-Man fought in that first issue of Untold Tales. But Doc, ah, he's back with his old yellow and green suit. What can I say? He looks swag as fuck. The old yellow and green jumpsuit is something that has been missing from too many designs of Dr. Octopus lately. Again, I don't know her. That guy looks like he could be a good rhino. Like if you just took his face and put it in the rhino suit, it looks good. They look kind of similar. I might be wrong. I have no idea. As far as I know, these are all just normal people in normal clothes. That guy looks like an 80s disco terminator, but chameleon? Oh my lord. Look at the swag on this man. God damn. Damn. This man is fucking fire. Look at his, look. Look at him. Look at him. This man has hoes. 100%. Look at that outfit. Look at that outfit. Look at his shoes, bro. He's got the hoe catcher of 9,000s on. That is absolutely insane. And that's it. Those are pretty much all of my opinions and ideas about Spider-Man freshman year when it comes to just a plot. Already I dig the aesthetic of the show. I think it looks amazing. I've always thought that the MCU would be much more tolerable if it had a lot more animated segments. I think animation is the proper medium to tell comic book stories is what I'm saying. And I think the MCU could use a lot more animated projects because, God damn has animation proven it's worth to comic books. I mean, this show just looks amazing. All the lighting, the color choices, the character designs, they look great. I'm excited to see this show in movement. For the most part, I think they did a stellar job designing all these characters. I have very little issues with these character designs and honestly, I don't think I'd change much about them. They did a great job and I'm very excited to see where they go with this show and yeah, that was a quick little video of my thoughts on Spider-Man freshman year. Are you frustrated with having to wait forever for Spider-Man freshman year to come out? Yeah, me too. Too bad there's one thing you can do to stow the weight that I can't. You can read my comic book until freshman year comes out. It's about two boys becoming Spider-Man together through brotherhood and stuff in the real world. So essentially, it's like, what if you and your best friend were bitten by radioactive spiders and you had to learn how to become Spider-Man? There's villains, Florida men. There's Florida men everywhere. There's a whole sprawling universe that will come out of it. Go read it now, it's on webtoon. Look at the link tree in my description. It's the first link in there. Okay, bye.