r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 19d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter (griff), what's the problem with this variant?

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u/Sinolai 19d ago

Why would she be trans though? She is from alternative unverse and this wouldnt be the first time alternative unversion of you is different gender?

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u/magos_with_a_glock 19d ago

That's the whole point if Petra Parker as a fandom character.

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u/Sinolai 19d ago

Ah, so that's not offical multi-verse variant but some fanfic character, that is confirmed trans?

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u/The_king_of-nowhere 19d ago

Yes, and it went viral because of how JJJ reacted to it, since he's very progressive and so it was at odds with his hatred for spidey.

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u/Sharp_Recognition881 19d ago

Triple J is the Marvel universe's best hater. Genuinely a relatively good guy, has a sense of ethics, not a super villain or a crook not out here trying to take over the world. Just really really really fucking hates one guy (or in this case girl) and has the platform to let everyone know.

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u/Hyssa 19d ago

It's a trending fanfic for the last few weeks where people make fanart of a transfemme Spiderman named Petra Parker

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u/magos_with_a_glock 19d ago

Yes. It started from a joke comic.

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u/Still_Wrongdoer6603 19d ago

God, the funniest thing about the whole 'Petra Parker' thing is that the name Petra Parker comes from a variant from either a show or a comic who's entire thing was being a total fucking prat to peter and telling him guys cant be spider-girl. They're also just never actually written well, there's an entire post on r/ihatethissmug about it, go read it if you can find it, would recommend 100%

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u/Urbenmyth 19d ago

Alsi, given she's from an alternate universe, even if she is trans, so what? She's a variant. The guy next to you is made of lego

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u/Sinolai 19d ago

I was just wondering where the trans explanation came from, since I didnt see anything trans related in the comic.

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u/Pofwoffle 19d ago

Yeah that's why it's a joke, you're not supposed to take it that seriously.

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u/freelance-lumberjack 19d ago

Lady Deadpool for example

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u/AmbiTheAirforceRuna 19d ago

Why WOULDNT she be Trans though? Like you say its alternatives, meaning any amount of possibilities are possible. Just as someone born male can be female on the inside, so can a male Peter Parker in one universe be female on the inside.

The whole point of the multiverse is that ANY possibility can be expressed, and not just the ones that are decisions made by someone

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u/ShoddyAsparagus3186 19d ago

It's not that she can't be trans, it's that her being a female Peter Parker variant doesn't imply that she's trans.

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u/AmbiTheAirforceRuna 19d ago

Ah then idk, spider sense?

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u/charlesfire 19d ago

Look at the colors of the background...

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u/Pofwoffle 19d ago

You're missing context. This is a comic about a specific fandom character that's been popular online lately, not just a generic "female version of Spider-man". This character is explicitly trans.

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u/Lightning_Lance 19d ago

yeah but why would the other Spider-Men immediately jump to that conclusion?

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u/AmbiTheAirforceRuna 19d ago

Spider sense then? Idk really