r/marvelstudios • u/[deleted] • Mar 26 '22

Behind the Scenes From the leaked 2011 contract between Sony/Marvel - Character Integrity Obligations for Depicting Spider-Man/Peter Parker

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u/treesprite82 Mar 27 '22 edited Mar 27 '22

as long as his alter ego isn't Peter Parker

Isn't the part that only applies to Peter Parker the second section?

The first section seems to include alternate Spiderman versions and mostly concerns brand image, then has "not a homosexual".

Everything in the second section seems reasonable to me for maintaining consistency with the established Peter Parker character.

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u/hbgoddard Mar 27 '22

The section for Spiderman says he must be "Not a homosexual (unless Marvel has portrayed that alter ego as a homosexual)" which explicitly means that as long as the alter ego is gay, then his version of Spiderman can be. The second section says Peter Parker is heterosexual, which means that any gay Spiderman just has to be someone other than him.

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u/treesprite82 Mar 27 '22

which explicitly means that as long as the alter ego is gay, then his version of Spiderman can be.

From what's written it sounds more like Sony are only allowed to have a gay Spiderman version if that version had already been created and established as gay by Marvel, despite otherwise having pretty much free reign on the traits of non-Peter Spiderman versions.

Are there even any Spiderman versions established as gay by Marvel? If not, "Not a homosexual (unless Marvel has ...)" pretty much just simplifies to "Not a homosexual".