The nation is mourning a great loss today.
And no, I’m not talking about how (not very close at all) President Donald Trump thought the United States was to acquiring Greenland from Denmark recently.
But it’s clear that fabricated loss has caused him a great deal of (mind-boggling) sorrow since he canceled a meeting with Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen this week, solely based on her unsurprising (to anyone else) comments that “she would have no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland,” according to a tweet from 45 himself.
“Greenland is not for sale,” the prime minister reportedly said. “I strongly hope that this is not meant seriously.”
No, I’m talking about something we actually had, that was brutally snatched away this week. Today, the nation is struggling to recover from the loss of Spider-Man.
We’re all licking our wounds, according to my Twitter feed, following the announcement that Sony and Disney could not come to an amicable financial agreement, which will likely remove Spider-Man from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
A previous deal between the two studios resulted in the introduction of everyone’s favorite web-slinger into the Avengers team three years ago, something that seemed unlikely at the time, and we were all better for it. Now, it appears, that will all be snatched away much like Peter Parker’s chance at a normal life when he was bitten by a radioactive spider.
The news comes in the wake of Avengers: Endgame, where numerous fan-favorite superheroes were killed or saw their storylines come to an end, including Tony Stark, known to some as Iron Man, Natasha Romanoff, who went by Black Widow, and Captain America, known to his friends as Steve Rogers.
Those exits, although difficult, were not unexpected. The actors had been doing the films for a decade and had been vocal about wanting to move on after their contracts expired.
But losing our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, when Tom Holland still has two movies left on his contract? That one came as a shock. He was just a kid after all.
What was the point of Stark mentoring Parker if the character wasn’t going to continue on his legacy after he sacrificed himself in Endgame?
The announcement prompted a trending hashtag, #Savespiderman on Twitter Tuesday night, with devastated fans asking: what did Tony Stark die for and suggesting that Stark should have included Sony in his snap.
If failed negotiations stand, it will be another mismanagement of the character by Sony. Who else remembers the cringe-worthy Spider-Man 3 during the Tobey Maguire era, where we were subjected to emo Peter Parker? Or the reboot of the franchise just five years later with Andrew Garfield that was cut short after the critical and commercial failure of the second film?
Now, the studio is taking its turn at killing the Tom Holland era.
It’s just all too much. But maybe in time, we’ll be able to look back on the good times and it’ll make the loss hurt a little less.
