AU where the spider verse characters are in a gang (don't get involved with gangs IRL, they are no joke)
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background info:
the gang is called "the spiders"
miles, gwen, and gayatri's dads are still in law enforcement because drama~
noir will be 40 something in this AU
the gang doesn't really have one leader, just a few people with good leadership skills
peter B has a pretty big house due to countless past robberies and deals that made him a lot of money
their base is a warehouse that's been modified with rooms and such
they have their own homes but some of them spend more time at the base because of family issues
a gangs "princess" is an unassuming female who takes care of housing and is most often the romantic partner of one of the members
no one has spider powers in this AU, and spiderman is a comic-book character
hobie is 19
gwen, miles, pav, gayatri, and margo are 16
peni is 14
ham is middle-aged by pig standards
noir and peter both have jobs to seem less sus and so the gang has some kind of income if robberies and drug sales aren't doing so well
the high school-aged members go to school sometimes, mostly whenever i feel it necessary for the plot
hobie only shows up to school every few days, and never in any consistent pattern
he's also behind in school so that's why he technically still goes there(not because he's dumb or anything, he just doesn't care, if he did care he would have graduated a bit early)
lyla is human in this
the school in question is visions, but you probably already know that
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protagonists:
miles stumbled into gang life by accident after meeting and befriending gwen, she wasn't even trying to get him in the gang, he just kinda ended up joining them
peter B is a former member who left to raise his daughter and coaches the new kids on gang life
if any of the new kids ever needed to stay somewhere safer than their warehouse base, he and MJ would gladly let them bunk at their place until things got better
he's planning to teach mayday the family business once she's old enough
MJ was the gang's princess back in the day
gwen often leads the gang with miles as second in command
noir was gang-mates with peter but stayed to help the new kids and to be a father figure to peni
peni is one of the "IT people" in the gang
ham is in this universe, but is a normal pig with human-level sentience and a high-tech collar built by peni that can translate his pig noises into human speech
pavitr lives in manhattan but came there from mumbai at the start of 6th grade, where he met, fell in love with, and eventually started dating gayatri
he's also that one guy who's really good at parkour for literally no reason
gayatri also came to manhattan from mumbai and is the gang's current princess
hobie is the cool older brother of the group and has been a spider longer than the other new kids, he also smokes
margo is the team's hacker with a potato chip addiction
ganke is miles's roommate at visions who knows that he's involved with a gang but doesn't know all the details
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antagonists:
miguel is the scary-as-s**t science teacher at the high school who has a vendetta against miles specifically for no reason and is secretly part of an enemy gang
jess is the cool english teacher who is kind of an antag but kind of a protag??? i looked at her spider verse and hero's wiki page to write this and now i'm confused
prowler!miles is named myles gonzoles and is an assassin for hire who has a hit ordered on the spiders by wilson fisk, a corrupt businessman who blames the spiders for the death of his wife and son
but little does he know, they were actually killed by an assassin known as the prowler who was actually aaron davis, miles's uncle and myles's mentor, from whom he took over the position of prowler after he failed to complete the hit put on miles by fisk and was subsequently shot
he's the new kid at visions half the group says looks like a "hotter version of miles"(miles: not cool guys!) and seems to be very interested in gwen, and she has become visibly flustered at his comments, which only makes miles dislike him even more
i have returned from my hiatus to edit this chapter!
