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Who’s the true Spider-Man? The hero who fights insurmountable odds for a minuscule chance to save a life, or the one who’s willing to follow the pre-established Spider-hero rules to end up where fate deems he should be?
The chase scene battle between Miles and the Spider-Society gives a decent hint about the real answer, as the relatively inexperienced but extremely motivated Miles proceeds to outfight, outsmart, and outlast the horde of his alternate-universe counterparts just to get a chance to save his dad (Brian Tyree Henry) from the vengeful Spot (Jason Schwartzman), without even stopping to acknowledge the fact that the villain is now far too powerful for him to take on alone. By refusing to allow Jefferson Davis’ death to happen and completely ignoring personal safety on this quest, Miles demonstrates just about the purest Spider-Man spirit out there … despite the fact that by the Spider-Society’s canon, he’s nothing but an aberration.
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With the conflict between nature — demonstrated in Miles’ ability to become the purest Spider-Man out there despite his starting point — and the nurture-oriented traditionalists of the Spider-Society, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” is making a huge argument for uprooting all the traditional truths we’ve known about being a Spider-person. In other words, change just might be good.
With multiple teases about Miguel’s own rather un-Spider-Man-like nature, it may very well be that the man who “Across the Spider-Verse” presents as the upholder of tradition will also embrace his rather unconventional origins by “Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse,” and seal the movie trilogy’s apparent mission to utterly demolish everything you’ve known about Spider-Man rules.
