u/LonelyPyramid

I personally haven't read much suplementary material other than a few comics that retell the story of the movies. But I recently stumbled into a video of someone saying Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man is still the strongest in the movies. I don't really wanna delve into the powerscaling side of this, but most evidence used in said video used material outside of the main movies to prove their point. Examples go from things such as Tobey's spider sense apparently warning him that Norman was dangerous even before they even knew each other's secret identities(something the movie never showed happening) and that Spider-Man, on their first fight, would have ripped Green Goblin's head off with his web had he not been using his helmet. Like... What??? This is so absurd that I couldn't help but question how canon this stuff is.

Personally I think "canon" is a overrated concept, and I don't really think this stuff was even considered on the final product(the movie, in this case). It's cool to see this side of the story but I can't help but see this as a completely different iteration of the same character.

What do y'all think about any of this?

Was this ever explained? Earlier on we only see his username(noogai3) so I don't think TCO ever had the chance to learn his real name. But by the time of AvA 4, it seems TCO was fully aware that noogai3 is Alan. Is this a retcon? Or... Maybe it was explained and I missed it? I'm somewhat just supposing TDL found out himself and TCO connected the dots when he saw ALANSPC was the first target to test out the Virabot. But to be fair, this is just an assumption and I am kind of wondering if we have an official answer.

Early on, it only happened during the night, right? When did this change? Like, is there a specific issue this rule was broken?

Did the characters in-universe recognize the shift in pattern, or did it just happen suddenly to accommodate writers and was only addressed later on?