I have a bad feeling this movie may come for my soul

So far, one part of the MCU that hasn't actually interested me at all is the Spider-Man side of the franchise. It's partly that I'm at a stage in my life where I'd rather watch adults than teenagers for the most part, and it's partly that there is something actively offputting for me about Tom Holland's face (the actor is very sweet, I'm sure! it's just! I don't really want to watch him onscreen!!) ... I mean, it's a lot of things, and they're all idiosyncratic and very Me, but what it does lead to is that at least there's one corner of the superheroverse that I don't care about.

Then I watched the trailer for the new movie, and let me tell you a story about 2000s-era Sholio and why I suspect this movie may come for me in a way the others haven't.

Significant spoilers for the trailer, which in turn appears to be pretty spoilery for the movie. And also spoilers for the Raimi Spider-Man movies from the 2000s.

( Me? Falling for the villain? More likely than you think. )