New Brevoort Formspring
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You've responded to questions about characters aging or permanently changing by saying new generations deserve the same chance to fall in love with the classic versions of the characters older readers were first drawn to. But aren't there different "classic" versions based on when someone came on board? Like for me, the married, adult version of Spider-Man feels like the "real" version, not the youthful Spider-Man. Is it less about what's "classic" and more about what's popular/iconic?
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It’s not about classic so much as it is about vital, in their prime. I don’t think the average reader is as likely to become invested in a Spider-Man who’s in decline (although you could potentially build a new super hero series that’s specifically about that idea.) Or substitute your own favorite character.
So it’s not about preserving the characters in amber and never changing them in any way. But it is about understanding that there’s a profound difference between a person in their twenties and a person in their forties, or their sixties.
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joshy207 said: I wouldn’t describe “married” as “in decline”.
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