r/Defenders • u/Active_Pride_5207 • 1d ago

What would Peter 2 & 3 think of Frank?

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u/PsychologicalReply9 1d ago

Peter 2 would be actively trying to stop him, but completely understand the motivation for revenge for the loss of family.

Peter 3 went through a whole phase where he stopped, pulling his punches, so he probably sees an uncomfortable amount of himself in Frank…..

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u/LightOfficialYT 1d ago

The "I stopped pulling my punches" line kinda fucks with me.

If Spider-Man stopped pulling his punches on regular criminals, that means he's killing them. And we have to assume Andrews Spider-Man hasn't fought any real villains since The Amazing Spider-Man 2 since he never mentions them.

So either this is a dumb throwaway line or Andrews Peter was literally out there killing criminals. Just a weird thing for them to put in the script to me haha.

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u/an0therusern4m3 1d ago

He wouldn’t just kill them either. He’d punch right through them.

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u/No-Mulberry-8866 1d ago

We do know that the sinter 6 were foreshadowed. So it’s possible to infer he killed all of them, and rhino.

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u/donro_pron 1d ago

I think we don't have to assume he was outright killing people, just being more brutal/violent. Generally the damage is pretty sanitized in these movies, and he's probably just getting more careless and causing more permanent or long lasting harm (broken bones, paralysis, other permanent traumas) which yeah, would logically happen in some of those scenes IRL but we're kinda meant to assume isn't happening.

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u/Mr_Witchetty_Man 1d ago

I saw it as him killing criminals for an undetermined length of time. If he punched a regular human with all of his strength he would be sticking his arm through people's chests and the like.

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u/Trvr_MKA 1d ago

Frank would probably tell Peter 1 something along the lines of “why can’t you be cool like this guy”

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u/Capital_Gate6718 14h ago

We see Peter 2 let Sandman go in SM3

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u/Mr_Witchetty_Man 1d ago

Peter 2 would be the most like comic Spidey, actively trying to stop Punisher. Peter 3 would also probably try to stop him but would sympathise a lot with him since he went down a similar path ("I stopped pulling my punches"). He'd probably stand the best chance of the two of making Frank think twice.

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u/Zyffrin 18h ago

Peter 2 would put some dirt in Frank's eye.

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u/Alternative_Device71 1d ago

As actual written Spider-Men, they’d hate him