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Sketches from my mini-sketchbook graduation present.

Anyway, a hero is only as good as his villains, which is why the best stories have motivations for not just their heroes, but also their villains (Darth Vader's hopes for his son for example). You don't have to be sympathetic to their causes (afterall, there's no way to rationalize the slaughter of "younglings" or an entire planet) but you want to empathize with them (what parent doesn't love their children?)

Anyways, I started thinking about what Norman Osborn's alter ego would look like if I were to draw him... And I started thinking about what would drive a man in his position to act the way he does?

So I figured that Norman, like most people in his position, is out for power, and in some ways lasting power. He's like a mix of (hear me out, here) Batman (wealthy entrepreneur by day, costumed ...something at night) and the Joker ("enlightened" by an unfortunate accident, he seeks to drive the hero to see the world through his eyes).

Like I said, he wants power and also control, which he has through Oscorp. But he wants more, and so becomes the Green Goblin to acquire it through means he can't as just regular old Norman. When this brings him in conflict with Spider-man, he see's an opportunity for collaboration and control, both of Spider-man and, through him, New York. This becomes sweeter with the revelation that his son's orphaned (meaning no adult figure to mold him morally), brilliant (not much work for Norman to do as far as educating), friend (which'll make him much more receptive to him), Peter Parker, is Spider-man. This means that Peter can become his perfect heir, someone to maintain Norman's power and control after he begins his inevitable descent.

One problem. Peter refuses to be controlled or dominated, at least through the means that Norman understands and uses. If Norman were to approach him through compassion and kindness, both of their lives would be so much different. But Norman doesn't understand these things; he never will (Much like how the Joker will never understand Batman's drive for justice). And so he and Peter are locked in an endless waltz that tickles the imagination of readers everywhere

Description
Sketches from my mini-sketchbook graduation present.

Anyway, a hero is only as good as his villains, which is why the best stories have motivations for not just their heroes, but also their villains (Darth Vader's hopes for his son for example). You don't have to be sympathetic to their causes (afterall, there's no way to rationalize the slaughter of "younglings" or an entire planet) but you want to empathize with them (what parent doesn't love their children?)

Anyways, I started thinking about what Norman Osborn's alter ego would look like if I were to draw him... And I started thinking about what would drive a man in his position to act the way he does?

So I figured that Norman, like most people in his position, is out for power, and in some ways lasting power. He's like a mix of (hear me out, here) Batman (wealthy entrepreneur by day, costumed ...something at night) and the Joker ("enlightened" by an unfortunate accident, he seeks to drive the hero to see the world through his eyes).

Like I said, he wants power and also control, which he has through Oscorp. But he wants more, and so becomes the Green Goblin to acquire it through means he can't as just regular old Norman. When this brings him in conflict with Spider-man, he see's an opportunity for collaboration and control, both of Spider-man and, through him, New York. This becomes sweeter with the revelation that his son's orphaned (meaning no adult figure to mold him morally), brilliant (not much work for Norman to do as far as educating), friend (which'll make him much more receptive to him), Peter Parker, is Spider-man. This means that Peter can become his perfect heir, someone to maintain Norman's power and control after he begins his inevitable descent.

One problem. Peter refuses to be controlled or dominated, at least through the means that Norman understands and uses. If Norman were to approach him through compassion and kindness, both of their lives would be so much different. But Norman doesn't understand these things; he never will (Much like how the Joker will never understand Batman's drive for justice). And so he and Peter are locked in an endless waltz that tickles the imagination of readers everywhere