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Don't make spiders evil
a year ago
In Kimetsu no Yaiba, there was even a Snake Hashira. As well as some other animal friends, such as a demonical cat or mice with muscles. And spiders were made evil (Rui and his "family").
In Harry Potter Book 7/Movie 8, acromantulas - large magical spiders, despite of being supposed to have gratitude towards Hagrid for raising their patriarch and giving them home ... did join Volan-de-Mort. And were made evil in Hogwarts Legacy. As well as various videogame media sources created a hypocricy over an arachnophobic part of players.
In Naruto, where various animals help various characters, where even snakes - symbol of Orochimaru, Part 1 main antagonist, were made good later - the only time of spiders were about Orochimaru's long dead minion.
In One Piece, there was a 1 zombie spider and 2 characters with spider devil fruits. Both are antagonists.
Why is it so hard to not make spiders evil instead of encouraging people to hate them?
In Harry Potter Book 7/Movie 8, acromantulas - large magical spiders, despite of being supposed to have gratitude towards Hagrid for raising their patriarch and giving them home ... did join Volan-de-Mort. And were made evil in Hogwarts Legacy. As well as various videogame media sources created a hypocricy over an arachnophobic part of players.
In Naruto, where various animals help various characters, where even snakes - symbol of Orochimaru, Part 1 main antagonist, were made good later - the only time of spiders were about Orochimaru's long dead minion.
In One Piece, there was a 1 zombie spider and 2 characters with spider devil fruits. Both are antagonists.
Why is it so hard to not make spiders evil instead of encouraging people to hate them?
There are examples of spider protagonists, check out the third book in The Magic Of Xanth series called Castle Roogna where a spider on a tapestry helps a human cursed into it to navigate his way out. It will melt your heart.
You should also see the isekai manga/anime So I'm a Spider, So What for an amazing spider protagonist.
On Facebook there is a page called The Adventures of Hairy Spider that has positive spider stories and pics.
And I will share an experience from a few years back when I grabbed a spider in my sleep and from the feel alone I knew that it was a grass spider and though it was a big one it was totally harmless. I put it in a cup and let it outside. I mention this story to friends and most say "No way! They would die" And for those that say it did not happen, I took pictures of it.
I find that folks who love spiders to be the most interesting people.