I'm just not seeing the big deal here, like at all. Writers don't have to give a trait you deem the most important to any character named after a creature.
It's not a slippery slope, point is you're getting bent out of shape about one characteristic of spiders excluded from Spiderman biologically.
They don't, not all writers ( epically people who came up with comic characters ) are the most practical thinkers either. The entire premise of artificial web shooters is an over thought. Its more work. " then they would have to explain where it comes from " they don't have to explain anything its a comic book. Artificially web shooters are unnecessary explanation
Why stop the realism buck there. Why after the entire insane premise of spider man, " web shooting out of his arms naturally? TOO FAR bring it back to reality here. He creates a machine that shoots the webs for him, the more practical explanation "
I hope i am not coming of super duper angry, im not. I just think the fake web shooters are dumb. Thats it.
the webbing isnt the most important thing to being a spider though. the speed is.
You know what, I respectfully dissagree.
IF i were to design a spider character webs and air movement would be primary directive, everything else is extra
A spider's strength is one of its most important attributes.
I already explained why they chose not to give it to him. They wanted to show how the spider bite changed the way he thinks. It added to his genius. Biologically it just made him stronger and gave him an extra sense. It didn't produce extra glands and he didn't grow any extra parts. It's that simple.
There are so many ways you could show a character got smarter its not even funny.