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I actually liked the concept of the Totem stuff in Spider-Man
Peter Parker being the everyman is a dumb idea in the first place, especially since he never was the everyman.
Now you're just trying to be controversial.
Let's see... social outcast, scientific genius, orphan, extraordinary amount of hot, intelligent women throwing themselves at him, freelance photographer, research assistant, RESPONSIBLE. Doesn't sound like anything average to me.
Eh. The "everyman" label tends to sap any individuality from a character. And being literally like the reader doesn't necessarily make them more relatable to us. I'm human, and so is Batman, but why then do I relate more to Superman?
Let's see... social outcast, scientific genius, orphan, extraordinary amount of hot, intelligent women throwing themselves at him, freelance photographer, research assistant, RESPONSIBLE. Doesn't sound like anything average to me.
Then what is your definition of an everyman? Because mine is generally a person who, at the start of the story leads a very ordinary, unspectacular life and retained that point of view through their story even as the events of their lives change. I think that escribes Peter very well.
That describes most characters. To me, the "everyman" is your average, unremarkable person.