Obligatory disclaimer – real life sucks, so let us talk about the ‘YFNSM’ season finale. It ended on Tuesday, and I… practically missed it. Sigh.
Listen: ‘YFNSM’ is a good, entertainment show, with
just enough drama, action, comedy, and even tragedy to keep everyone in
suspense. You watch with baited breath as Peter, Lonnie, Harry Osborn and
others navigate through life (and high school), while dealing with the likes of
the Scorpion and Dr. Octopus, (though he is not that yet). Coupled with the
show’s visual aspects – clearly reminiscent of a vintage Marvel comic book,
maybe even one from the ‘Golden Age’, ‘YFNSM’ leaves its’ audience… on a good
note; some may re-watch it sometime in the future, but otherwise – this is it.
All of the abovementioned drama etc. are self-contained; Norman may not have
gone goblin yet, and Dr. Octopus has not acquired his trademark tentacles, but
in the end, this is the end game, (nine out of ten). What next?
Yes, there are some outliers, such as Nico Minoru,
but what role do they play? Hangers-on, window dressing, NPCs. So far, they do
not affect the flow of the story and Spider-Man’s personal development. Seriously,
yes, Nico is from the ‘Runaways’ franchise, where she is a witch, but is she
one on ‘YFNSM’? It doesn’t look like that, whereas in the 90’s Spider-Man
cartoon Felicia Hardy grew from an NPC (and MJ’s rival, though that storyline
wasn’t really present in that series) into Black Cat, Spider-Man’s friend and
ally; (love interest – it came and went), but in the end, Black Cat teamed up
with Blade and Morbius to fight vampires in ‘their’ universe – so far, ‘YFNSM’
hasn’t done anything like this; it is the lesser show out of the two. What
next?
CA:BNW is developing MCU further, as we’ve talked,
plus it took the titular character – Sam Wilson – out of his comfort zone, by putting
him against Hulk’s villains: the Red Hulk and the Leader; it also may have made
Bucky a politician, but we’ll have to watch ‘Thunderbolts to see what is going
on with him – and Yelena; her relationship with Kate Bishop appears to have
ended for now, because the winds of social politics in RL have changed, oh the
fun of living in the West these days – but that is a different discussion
altogether.
For now, this is it. S1 of ‘YFNSM’ is over, and we
wish the show all the best it deserves in the future. See you all soon!
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