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Sir Cloudsley Shovell @scottdavidcarter.bsky.social · 17h

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Sir Cloudsley Shovell @scottdavidcarter.bsky.social · 1d

So...it looks like our insurance premium is going to be more than we actually make in a month.

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They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 9d

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AshSlay 🎃 @milfmaeve.bsky.social · 3d

Kelly doing ASM #1000 and people being happy about it got to be the saddest indictment of the Spider-Man line I've seen in years 😭

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Sir Cloudsley Shovell @scottdavidcarter.bsky.social · 3d

Most of my students came in costume on Halloween - the best experience I ever had as a teacher.

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Sir Cloudsley Shovell @scottdavidcarter.bsky.social · 3d

I did a directed-study course years ago on cosmic horror fiction, and for one year when I taught fall semester 101-102 courses as an adjunct, I focused on horror fiction as the lit portion of the class. I was the only instructor nobody dropped that year.:)

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Sir Cloudsley Shovell @scottdavidcarter.bsky.social · 3d

I've got all of the John Holmes and Michael Whelan covers. I've also got two editions of the Arkham House hardcovers, along with the complete letters, and some other stuff from Arkham House.

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Sir Cloudsley Shovell @scottdavidcarter.bsky.social · 4d

John Holmes cover art

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Sir Cloudsley Shovell @scottdavidcarter.bsky.social · 4d

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Sir Cloudsley Shovell @scottdavidcarter.bsky.social · 4d

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Sir Cloudsley Shovell @scottdavidcarter.bsky.social · 5d

...coming from people who claim that there's less drama if Peter and MJ are married.

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Sir Cloudsley Shovell @scottdavidcarter.bsky.social · 5d

I've known literally dozens of married couples - family, friends, former professors - who do not have and do not want children.

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Sir Cloudsley Shovell @scottdavidcarter.bsky.social · 5d

Most people experience that desire to be with someone who sees and loves your authentic self, with whom you can drop your mask; it sucks that Conway no longer appreciates how much Parallel Lives resonated with readers.

It's the *writers and editors* who haven't been a particularly diverse crowd.

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Sir Cloudsley Shovell @scottdavidcarter.bsky.social · 5d

It's still going - maybe the higher-profile Marvel shills like Gvozden and Ginocchio have quit doing it.

As I said, the pro-PeterMJ fans, the pro-marriage fans included, are pretty diverse - plenty of LGBTQ fans, the majority of fanfic writers are women, etc.

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Sir Cloudsley Shovell @scottdavidcarter.bsky.social · 6d

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Sir Cloudsley Shovell @scottdavidcarter.bsky.social · 6d

So I'm asking all of my pro-PeterMJ friends on this site: what makes their story important to you, and why do you want the current era of Spider-Man comics to end?

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Sir Cloudsley Shovell @scottdavidcarter.bsky.social · 6d

A cursory look around at the PeterMJ fandom, even those who specifically want their marriage back, would show that that's a bad-faith accusation. We're a diverse group.

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Sir Cloudsley Shovell @scottdavidcarter.bsky.social · 6d

One thing that annoys me about the pro-One More Day contingent (or at least the Spider-Man fans who are indifferent to the damage its wreaked on the franchise) is the constant accusation that those of us who hate the last eighteen years of the title are all conservative tradmarriage types.

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Sir Cloudsley Shovell @scottdavidcarter.bsky.social · 6d

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Sir Cloudsley Shovell @scottdavidcarter.bsky.social · 7d

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Sir Cloudsley Shovell @scottdavidcarter.bsky.social · 8d

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Sir Cloudsley Shovell @scottdavidcarter.bsky.social · 9d

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Sir Cloudsley Shovell @scottdavidcarter.bsky.social · 10d

Marvel - moreso than DC - has traditionally undervalued its women readers.