User blog comment:ADour/Welcome to the MCU, SPIDER-MAN!/@comment-4651179-20150212202158/@comment-4651179-20150213011117

I didn't say it needed a conection with Jameson. I'm using it as an example, considering two of the three Spider-Man series which have used the black costume, had it come to Earth in a space mission.

The thing is that just because he will live in a world where aliens exist and have invaded Earth doesn't mean he has to be part of that angle. It even happens in the Marvel Universe where space mumbo jumbo exists in addition to parallel dimensions mumbo jumbo, alternate universes mumbo jumpo, deities mumbo jumbo and magic mumbo jumbo. Heroes have their own "areas," which they define and defines them. Street-level heroes, magic heroes, spy heroes, cosmic heroes. It's not necessary for them to have areas zones affect them. I'm not saying they can't pop up in those areas once in a while for a team-up or "fish out of water" adventure. I always felt Venom was pretty much an odd villain, considering of the classic Spider-Man villains, he's the only not to have a terrestial origin. If we managed to keep Spider-Man where Spider-Man should be, the better. I mean, yes, he can go kick Thanos' butt, but like I said, it doesn't need the space angle of the Marvel Universe to affect a street-level hero that much.

If you read Ultimate Spider-Man, the reason Eddie felt betrayed is because Peter wanted to destroy their only legacy left. It wasn't just "Oh, you're Spider-Man and you didn't tell me and I hate you." Even if Eddie felt betrayed for another reason, why can't it be something more important and with more emotional depth than Peter accidentally and/or indirectly ruining Eddie's life?

Marc Webb's movies didn't need the benefit of having S.H.I.E.L.D. around. Peter's parents weren't members of S.H.I.E.L.D. in the comics but the CIA. Simiarly, the Ultimate Universe didn't add the fact that Richard worked for S.H.I.E.L.D. until after his past as a scientist was explored, and then, he died before dying.

I don't think I would even want them to be S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in the MCU. We don't need every MCU character to have one degree of separation from each other via S.H.I.E.L.D., and personally, I don't want that.