
I can explain...
The video opens to Peter sitting alone on his bed. He looks quite nervous.
“Hey guys, welcome back to the Ironfam,” he says, trying to be enthusiastic, but sounding extremely scared and a little sheepish. “I’m sure you all saw the news today… I wanted to get this out today, so it’s going to be unedited, just one thing, and probably not as long as you’d all like it to be, but… here we go.”
He takes a deep breath.
“It’s true,” he declares. “I am Spider-Man. You all probably want to know how I got my powers, so here goes.” he takes another deep breath. “When I was fourteen, I went on a field trip to a science lab. While I was there, I got bitten by some sort of radioactive spider, which gave me my abilities. No, the webs are not part of my biology. I created them during chemistry class, and I shoot them out of these little devices I made, my webshooters. And about two weeks after I got my powers, my… my Uncle Ben was shot and killed right in front of me. I tried to save him, but I still didn’t know what was happening to me, so… I failed, and he died, and I decided in that moment that I had to use my powers to help people. My uncle always told me - with great power comes great responsibility. I had been given great power. I now had a great responsibility.”
“A few months after that, Mr. Dad came and recruited me,” Peter continues. “With all the shit - sorry, I shouldn’t swear, I don’t have time to bleep it out - with all the stuff that happened with the Accords, and Avengers going rogue and stuff, he needed help, and I agreed, and that’s when I got the suit upgrade and stuff. And then the Avengers were all pardoned, and became a team again, and they invited me to join them. And Mr. Dad and I got really close, and then everyone figured out we were really close, and then you guys, the Ironfam, came to be, and everything was really great. And then around the time of our… second or third video? My aunt was driving home from work, and someone crashed into her car, and she didn’t make it, and you guys already know all this because we’ve talked about it before. So... yeah. Now you know. I have two lives - Peter Parker, the Youtuber and high school student, and Spider-Man, the part time Avenger.”
He looks directly into the camera, his eyes filled with intensity. “Now, to any supervillains that happen to be watching this… now you know who I am. You know where I live, who my friends are, all that. That’s why I didn’t want anyone knowing my identity; I didn’t want anyone to hurt my friends and family because they were pissed off at me. But just remember this. My dad is Iron Man. My mom is Pepper Stark-Potts. My aunts and uncles are the Avengers. I myself have a ton of wacky powers. So if you come after me, after my classmates, or teachers, or friends… my family will find you. And they will make you regret it.”
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