Me also.

Charles Xavier was Volodomyr Zelenskyy!
Senator Kelly was President Putin!
The Sentinels were a stand-in for T-80 tanks!
The X-Gene represents the trend of liberalism in Eastern Europe!
Wolverine was a symbol of NATO intervention!
Kitty Pryde was... umm... Angela Merkel? No, wait - Sanna Marin!
An clearly, X-Ceptional was…

Do you know a lot of fictional, computer-animated police captains?

Ukrainian independence was the real mutant metaphor the whole time

Oh yeah, everything Miguel is yelling at Miles about on the train is absolutely an allegory for the racism the character faced.

As someone that enjoys Tom Cruise’s entertainment for the most part, Jerry McGuire was awful.  I never got the CGJ vibe.  I don’t need that.  I will show the money when I am god damn ready. 

##Facial hair isn’t just peach fuzz or cute little whispery tufts: It’s fully established.##

I personally am trans, so I’m primed to look for it. But yeah, the argument that Gwen is personally trans is not compelling.

You’re right, the movie is definitely saying that Captain George Stacy is trans.

Literally no, but ideally yes. And that is what Spider-Man is partly about regardless of which Spider-Person we’re talking about. It’s about being greater (hell it’s even the slogan for the games). So no I don’t but ideally shouldn’t we hope for a world where any average cop could or would wear the trans pride flag? …

Right. It's further projection. They think "ACAB" so Gwen must be trans if her dad is a trans ally...but then also they just accept Miles dad is a good cop despite him being promoted to captain which, in their minds, should also then mean he's a corrupt cop because the corrupt police promoted him."

I also don’t know a lot of people who were bit by radioactive spiders.

There’s a difference between identifying with a character and projecting on a character.

About as many as I know ones with spider powered super hero children. 

People can believe what they want but this seems like a stretch. 

In real life, no, but the PDNY is notably more progressive and less murder-y than real police.

If you’re going to compare this to real life, do you know a lot of NYC cops like Miles’ dad who openly cooperate with vigilantes? I don’t think any of this is persuasive, but YMMV.

As a CIS white guy I always worry about venturing into this kind of discussion and I haven’t seen the movie yet (Monday!). But the evidence above seems pretty unpersuasive and it’s not hinted at anywhere else in her character. Having to hide half your life from your loved ones is a recurring theme of Spider-man (and…

thank you for your service

The matron saint of this phenomenon is of course Stockard Channing who was 33 when she played Rizzo in Grease. Honorable mention goes to Eric Christian Olsen who played a high schooler who was 32 when he played a high school football player in Fired Up! I’m also going to give Cole Sprouse a shout out. He currently…