My god it's all articles/interviews today here is one between Slott & Marvel themselves: Superior Spider-Man: Game Changer
What is important are these parts
Marvel.com: In the issue, Otto destroys Peter's memories. What does that mean for Otto? Can he access those memories anymore?
Dan Slott: Nope. He originally set up a plan where he could have all of those memories, so that if someone came up to him saying, "Remember that time in Budapest?" He could answer, "Ah, yes, I remember, and here's the secret handshake!" Flash could go, "Hey, remember when you showed up for my 20th birthday?" Otto could answer, "Yes, I do! You were wearing a green shirt!" All of that is gone. That's going to create some new problems.
Marvel.com: Especially considering that at least one person, Carlie Cooper, is suspicious about who's really in the head of Peter Parker. It was hard enough to avoid detection before; this is going to make it pretty tricky.
Dan Slott: You'll have to wait and see.
Marvel.com: Set us up for the future, Dan. What are we getting in SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #10 and beyond?
Dan Slott: In SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #10, we are getting all of the fallout from #9. What is Peter Parker's life like now, now that it's just Otto? What's that like? We check in on all of these characters and people and relationships. And we're starting to get a feel for what the Green Goblin is up to. What's he doing now that he's back?
Right now, Otto is in control of the moral compass of Spider-Man. That might not be a good thing. If you're looking for a road to redemption, you're probably better off having a Peter Parker moral compass, rather than an Otto Octavius one. That said, he does want to be a hero. Now more than ever, he's going to be that hero—in his own way. That's going to lead to some very interesting things.
Right after SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #10, we're launching into a three-part adventure, written by me and Christos Gage and illustrated by Giuseppe Camuncoli. It'll be like one big action thriller with Spider-Man and J. Jonah Jameson at the Raft, with all of the villains Spider-Man has put into intensive care during his SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN run. There will be a major, major status-quo shift by the end of SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #13. Right when you think you know where we're going, when you get to the end and everything's played out in this big, giant adventure yarn, it's going to be a big shift. And so much of that comes from the fact that Peter Parker is no longer there.
What really ticked me off is this
Marvel.com: Let's get into how Ock managed to beat Peter this time. That moment from SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #8, where Peter tried to stop Ock from performing surgery so he couldn't get his hands on the scanner and discover that Peter was still in his brain, it does raise some questions, as Ock brings up in this issue. It was a self-interested move on Peter's part, not necessarily a responsible one. Makes you think!
Dan Slott: To be fair, in Peter's defense, when Doc is walking away and leaving the mind-scape, one of the last things Peter says is, "It was only a moment. I would never." The thing that everyone forgets about Peter Parker is that Peter Parker is not a saint. When he let that burglar run by, he could have done anything to stop him and he didn't, and that burglar killed Uncle Ben. That's when he learned the lesson that with great power comes great responsibility. But that didn't magically baptize him and make him flawless.
We've seen over the years, many times, that when Peter Parker really wants to do the wrong thing; he has that moment, and then he shuts it down. We've seen where he really wants to use his spider-powers to punch Flash Thompson, and he's imagining it, and he stops himself. And then Flash gets kidnapped by Doctor Doom, and Peter leans back and decides to do nothing about it. Two panels later, he's all, "Ah, fine, I'll save him!" It's that way for the history of Spider-Man.
Marvel.com: So you can add Peter's choice in SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #8 to a long list of momentary lapses.
Dan Slott: Look, if you think Peter Parker is a saint, and you treat him as this guy who never makes the unethical and wrong choice, you're doing it wrong. He will make the completely self-serving wrong-headed choice. But a moment later, he'll always bring himself back. What we saw in issue #8, and what Doc Ock calls him on, is that. And it's too late, because he's played on Peter's guilt. Someone asked me a question: "Why would Peter Parker let someone guilt him?" Well, that's Peter Parker! Do you know what would make him feel guilt? A strong breeze. [Laughs] Let alone that it's Doc Ock doing it!
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