History FanFic / SpiderManDownfall

Set in an alternate MarvelUniverse, Earth-763, and follows that world's ComicBook/SpiderMan as he is confronted by a series of brutal attacks on those he holds near and dear, and battles against a villain who knows who he is and uses that knowledge against him. It is a dark story to be sure, as we see Spider-Man be hit with the worst kind of tragedy and basically hit rock bottom as a result, then having to claw his way back out of the abyss as his enemy keeps up his attacks.

* GentleGiant: The Thing

* TheHero: Spider-Man

** When [[spoiler:Hybrid]] is viciously beating Spider-Man, an observing [[spoiler:Hobgoblin]] says a quote spoken by Syndrome from WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles during a similar scene.

* DistressedDamsel: Subverted. Black Cat leaps off a building, at first appearing to kill herself, rather then let Ryan and [[spoiler:Hobgoblin]] use her as bait to lure Spider-Man into a trap.

* FiveManBand: The Marvel Knights, (VERY loosely)
** TheLeader: Moon Knight is the Type I leader of the team. TheHero would be Spider-Man, since he's the hero of the story
** TheLancer: Daredevil, though honestly personality-wise, Spider-Man and Black Widow fit this role more
** TheBigGuy: Given his super-strength, Spider-Man is the closest thing the team has to one
** TheSmartGuy: They don't really have one, although Spider-Man is the science-loving one...
** TheChick: Black Cat and Black Widow. [[ActionGirl The non-useless variety]]

The story was originally called ''Spider-Man: The Dark Side'' and began as a little something that was thought up for personal fun a few years ago by the author, [=AzureSpider=]. The primary inspirations were 1) Comics that [=AzureSpider=]'s then-friend had been doing at the time, 2) the game ''VideoGame/SpiderManWebOfShadows'', and 3) just what [=AzureSpider=] wanted to see out of Spider-Man if it were up to him. Namely, same characters and universe, with the humor retained, but also darker, and with Spider-Man more flawed as a person, as opposed to the saintly image that some more modern comics would give. The original story was to be 24 or 26 chapters in length, or at the time, actual issues.

* BloodlessCarnage: In, ironically, the Carnage chapter. While no secret is made of Carnage’s viciousness, and how he has a tendency to leave massive amounts of destruction in his wake, we are spared any real gory details, although his prison break-out is a bit more graphic then the rest.

* TheCameo: Hobbie Brown and Glory Grant at Peter Parker’s birthday party.

Set in an alternate MarvelUniverse, Earth-763, and follows that world's SpiderMan as he is confronted by a series of brutal attacks on those he holds near and dear, and battles against a villain who knows who he is and uses that knowledge against him. It is a dark story to be sure, as we see Spider-Man be hit with the worst kind of tragedy and basically hit rock bottom as a result, then having to claw his way back out of the abyss as his enemy keeps up his attacks.

-->'''Thug:''' [[Film/{{Batman}} "He's at home, washing his tights"]]

* BadAss: Spider-Man, especially after [[spoiler:Mary Jane's death]]. Venom actually makes a snide remark about this

* HiddenInPlainSight: [[spoiler:Hobgoblin exploits this to great effect by hiding his safe-house behind the main floor of the building he worked in as a fashion designer. Spider-Man ultimately figures this out and goes there, but a DangerouslyGenreSavvy Hobgoblin has already anticipated this, cleared out, and rigged the place to blow.]]

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: [[spoiler:Hobgoblin]] is this to an extent. First he exploited the HiddenInPlainSight trope, causing his safe-house to go unnoticed for YEARS, and later, he anticipates that Spider-Man will be able to figure this out and discover his hide-out anyway, at which point he clears out and rigs the place to blow. He even leaves Spider-Man a message on a laptop:
-->'''Laptop Message''':To Spidey: We're not ALL morons.
** He gets another moment when [[spoiler:Ryan as Hybrid]] asks him if he could finish off Spider-Man while he and Black Cat [[spoiler:are in the hospital following their previous bouts with Hybrid]]. Though having wanted to wait until after Spider-Man had lost everyone he cared about before killing him, [[spoiler:Hobgoblin]] acknowledges that this is a rare opportunity that he will probably not get again, so he tell [[spoiler:Hybrid]] to go ahead.

As for the setting of the story, right from the get-go (though the actual idea was greatly refined later on along with everything else) [=AzureSpider=] decided that Earth-763 would be truly what he saw as "an ideal Marvel Universe" That ultimately translated into taking (in his opinion anyway) the best things about 616, the Ultimate Marvel Universe, other alternate realities, the movies, ''TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', and his own personal imagination, and put it all in the blender and see what came out.

** When [[spoiler:Hybrid]] is viciously beating Spider-Man, an observing [[spoiler:Hobgoblin]] says a quote spoken by Syndrome from TheIncredibles during a similar scene.

* SpiderSense: Spider-Man of course. He is the trope-namer after all.

* ActorAllusion: Harry Osborn’s physical description is more in line with his movie version. IE: he looks like James Franco.
** It is revealed that Mary Jane has gotten the part of Marie Antoinette. Kirsten Dunst played both Marie Antoinette and Mary Jane, and indeed, when Mary Jane expresses nervousness about whether or not she can handle the role, Liz Allan reassures her:
-->'''Liz Allan:'''If Kirsten Dunst could pull it off, I’m sure you can
** Obadiah Stane's voice is described as having "an uncanny resemblance to that of Jeff Bridges". His physical description also matches his appearance in the IronMan movie, where he was played by Jeff Bridges.

The story was originally called ''Spider-Man: The Dark Side'' and began as a little something that was thought up for personal fun a few years ago by the author, [=AzureSpider=]. The primary inspirations were 1) Comics that [=AzureSpider=]'s then-friend had been doing at the time, 2) the game ''SpiderManWebOfShadows'', and 3) just what [=AzureSpider=] wanted to see out of Spider-Man if it were up to him. Namely, same characters and universe, with the humor retained, but also darker, and with Spider-Man more flawed as a person, as opposed to the saintly image that some more modern comics would give. The original story was to be 24 or 26 chapters in length, or at the time, actual issues.

** [[IdentityCrisis To Spidey: We're not ALL morons]]

* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Black Cat obviously

* BadAssAbnormal: [[spoiler:Ryan becomes this after turning into Hybrid. The Hybrid suit is actually compromised of rogue fragments of the Venom AND Carnage symbiotes. As Hybrid, he beats Spider-Man twice, curb-stomps Black Cat, and even takes down Black Widow backed up by a squad of SHIELD agents armed with sonic weaponry, although the latter did manage to hurt him a bit]]

* EnemyMine:Hating Carnage just as much as he does, Venom saves Spider-Man's life from the symbiote villain and then helps Spider-Man beat him.
** Subverted later though, when [[spoiler:Venom runs off instead of helping Spider-Man fight Hybrid, deciding that he has "a city to protect" but doesn't care about Spider-Man's fate.]]

* OneSceneWonder: Many. The Enforcers, Flash Thompson, Lizard (but not Curt Connors), Electro, Rhino, The Wrecking Crew, Human Torch, The Thing, and at the very end [[spoiler:Gwen Stacy]] are the most prominent examples.

* AntiHero: Nearly all of the heroes in the story:
** Black Cat and Moon Knight are [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type II]]
** Black Widow seems to be a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type III]]
** Venom is a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type IV/V]].
** Finally, Spider-Man becomes a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type II/III]] [[spoiler:after Mary Jane's death]]

* NotSoHarmless: [[spoiler:Shocker, and still recuperating from having been shot no less, takes down Hybrid by hitting him full blast with his shock gauntlets. And this was a guy who had already beaten Spider-Man twice, as well as Black Cat, Black Widow, and a whole squad of SHIELD agents armed with sonic weapons. Also counts as a BigDamnHeroes moment]]

* HesBack: [[spoiler:The Hobgoblin.]] [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope until it turns out to be Harry Osborn and not Roderick Kingsly back for blood]]

* HesBack: [[spoiler:The Hobgoblin.]] [[spoiler: SubvertedTrope until it turns out to be Harry Osborn and not Roderick Kingsly back for blood]]

* HesBack: [[spoiler:The Hobgoblin. [[SubvertedTrope until it turns out to be Harry Osborn and not Roderick Kingsly back for blood]]

* HesBack: [[spoiler:The Hobgoblin, until it turns out to be Harry Osborn and not Roderick Kingsly back for blood]]

** TheBrute: Given his super-strength, Spider-Man is the closest thing the team has to one

* TheBrute/DumbMuscle: Ox, Rhino, the entire Wrecking Crew, and (arguably) Lizard and [[spoiler:Hybrid]]

* TheBrute: Ox, Rhino, the entire Wrecking Crew, and (arguably) Lizard and [[spoiler:Hybrid]]
** The Thing is a heroic example