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>the writer has talked at length online about why he likes Hastings' Gwenpool
It's frustrating because there are times I would readily believe it. He makes references to it, bringing up her old crew, and there are moments I think he captures Gwen's outlook like how she actually thinks things like 'continuity' shouldn't get in the way of telling a good story. He refrains from having her talk directly to the reader and I also think the flaws he highlights are fair things to attribute to Gwen.
The problem is that I think he's clearly copying Hasting's homework. The things he brings up with Gwen in this issue are all things she's had thrown at her in her introduction arc (Scott calling her a joke feels very reminiscent of Deadpool's 'why you suck' speech) and the idea she doesn't take things seriously enough is silly knowing what she's shown to be capable of. It's also weird to have him comment on her powers being 'too strong' when Hastings made a point of showing while Gwen's panel-hopping powers are versatile they clearly have limits too, and it's a shame because I thought the writer made a very clever use of them in the Fin Fang Foom fight and then pretty much never again for the rest of the run.
There's also the dialogue, I don't know how a guy who claims to love the original run could think Gwen (or any actual person) would talk like this. To be fair that's not JUST Gwen in this, I think everyone has sounded off, Kate and Peter as well. So I get the sense maybe he doesn't do dialogue all that well save for rare moments where he dials back the quips and just have people sound like regular fucking people.
