Daily Prompt, 4/16/2024

Daily writing prompt
What place in the world do you never want to visit? Why?

Washington, DC, because America’s terminally-cancerous political “culture” and “system” have been really detrimental towards my mental health, and just even the slightest exposure to US politics gives me suicidal thoughts, since American politics has pretty much been the story of my life. Having a politician as a father who can’t shut up about the subject doesn’t really help in that regard, either.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

The second animated Spider-Man film gives greater focus, especially initially, to Spider-Woman (or Spider-Gwen) in her respective universe, where she mourns the death of her reality’s version of Peter Parker, who had transformed into the Lizard. In his universe, Miles Morales confronts the villain Spot and encounters an interdimensional organization comprised of countless versions of the web-slinging hero. The various visual styles are trippy, and it does have some commentary about keeping secrets from family, with a good balance of humor and seriousness.