OK, we've been through this organic/webshhoter thing a million times. Those that hated the idea, STILL hate it, and those that like the idea, STILL like it.
Most of you know my position on the whole organic webbing thing by now. When I first came here, I actually agreed that the organics were bad in terms of story. Everybody was under the assumption that organic webbing was BETTER than the webshooters (in terms of a superpower, not the idea). Everybody assumed Peter had an infinite amount of webbing all of a sudden, and would mean the end of the "oh no, out of webbing" storyline twists that Spider-Man fans love so much.
As I thought about this more and more, it became pretty obvious that having organic webbing would pose as many problems as having the web-shooters, and would create just as many interesting twists in the stories and battles.
Seeing as Spider-Man is so heavily steeped in sci-fi and "logic", it would make sense that biologically, Peter simply couldn't hold an infinite amount of webbing in his arms (lest his arms looked like Popeye's), and I thought it would be comparable to any other bodily fluid.
Think of it like spit. You can spit for a while, but not contantly. You need time for your glands to create more spit, and as long as you drink and eat, you'll always create more. It makes sense for this to be in the same manner that Pete creates his webbing, as it's exactly how Spiders make their webbing. It also means organics do not equal infinity. He would need a lot of pressure to fire his webbing great distances, and would therefore need a lot stored in back-supply to create such pressure. This means he couldn't just stand there and fire his webbing all day, it would run out pretty quickly (think spit again).
This got me thinking yet again, sometimes Pete's gonna have his ass handed to him. In the past, when Pete was beaten, his web shooters would malfunction or get damaged - whos to say his own fatigue would
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create the same problem? Being run down, and weathered, Pete's body would also be exhausted, causing his webbing to either dry up, or become weak and inconsistent. This would create as many "Oh no, out of webbing" issues as the writer sees fit.
So, in all, if we think about organic webbing, it actually makes sense, in any case you throw out.
"But he can't mix things into his webbing to defeat guys like Hydro Man and Electro!"
Um, he could still create and use the webshooters to fight these villains. Having a mix of both organics and the web shooters would be brilliant I must admit.
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