SpiderDads

SpiderDads is the slash ship between Peter B. Parker and Miguel O'Hara from the Spider-Verse fandoms.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
During the after credits scene, Miguel is shown talking to LYLA about the events of the movie, with LYLA showing him clips of the protagonists (including Peter B. Parker). When Miguel decides to make the first autonomous jump to "were it all began" (Earth-67, the dimension of the first Spider-Man cartoon), he already had plans to form the Spider-Society with the 60's Peter Parker as his first recruit. However, that version of Peter Parker is uncooperative (at first), continuously interrupting Miguel's explanation of who he is and what he's doing here by asking him why he's pointing at him. The pointless direction the conversation is going causes Miguel to lose his temper with him, but the sequel reveals that he eventually succeeded at recruiting 60's Peter.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Gwen, Hobie and Miles go to Earth-928 to speak to Miguel after they are unable to catch and defeat The Spot in Pavitr's dimension. While Miles and Miguel talk, and when Miguel openly shows that he does not like Miles, Peter B. Parker swings in and tells Miguel to be kinder to Miles because "he had a terrible teacher," referring to himself. Miles and Peter hug and catch up as Miguel whispers to himself in Spanish "I can't do this anymore" several times, clearly annoyed at Peter. Miles meets Mayday, and watches as she climbs around and Peter goes after her to catch her. Peter shows Gwen and Miles photos of Mayday on his phone before swinging over to show Miguel, who now has Mayday climbing all over him. Miguel stands still and upset, telling Peter that he interrupted their serious conversation, and Peter tells him that he's the only Spider-Man that's not funny. He starts talking about the multiverse and Peter groans that Miguel "always loses [him] with that." Miguel hands Peter Mayday and he says that he has to change her diaper. As he's walking away, Miguel tells Miles that he stopped a "canon event" earlier when he was in Pavitr's dimension. Miles doesn't know what that term refers to, and Peter says that Miles "wasn't thinking" and that "that's not how he works."

Still confused on what a canon event is, Miguel gives Miles a small interactive presentation showing the full multiverse. He explains that canon events are moments that happen to every Spider-Person, from getting bitten by a spider to having someone close to them die while fighting a nemesis. While talking about breaking canon events and the consequences of that action, Miguel reveals that in an attempt to save his daughter from another dimension, he ended up completely destroying it, including the daughter he wanted to save. In the flashback and as Miguel tells it, Peter was there with him, watching him lose his daughter. Peter doesn't say anything about the memory.

After Miles learns that his father will be killed in a few days by The Spot, he tries to refuse the idea, but the other Spider-People in the Spider-Society start to surround him. He then starts a chase with Miguel and the rest of the Spider-People around Nueva York. As they're running after Miles, Peter asks Miguel to take a photo of Peter and Mayday together, since it's her first chase with him. Miguel just jumps away. Later, as the chase reaches a climax on a train going up to the Moon, Miguel begins to tell Miles that he is an anomaly. Gwen and Peter are close behind them, and the two beg Miguel to stop as he pins Miles down and tells him that he's not supposed to be Spider-Man and that he will never belong. Gwen tells Miguel to let Miles go, and Peter tells Miguel that the chase isn't what they had talked about. Miles then learns that Peter, Gwen and Miguel had previously discussed a potential encounter eventually to tell Miles that he wasn't supposed to be Spider-Man.

Miles is able to escape Miguel long enough with his invisibility to return to the Society and initiate the Go-Home Machine to leave. By the time Miguel, Gwen and Peter make it to the Machine, Miles is about ready to leave. Miguel tries desperately to get to him through the forcefield, but he is unsuccessful and Miles leaves. In his anger, Miguel breaks one of the scanners for the Machine. Peter tells him to calm down, that it wasn't the Machine's fault. Miguel then gets angry with Gwen when she tells him that he was too harsh on Miles, and Peter tries to tell them both to calm down. Miguel sends Gwen back home before he leaves with Bein Reilly and Jess Drew to find The Spot. Peter tries to come along, but Miguel tells him not to, saying that he's had "the right amount" of Peter as he disappears into the portal.

Peter then abandons his alliance with Miguel and the Spider-Society and joins Gwen in finding and protecting Miles.

Fanon
SpiderDads has remained a popular ship in the Spider-Verse fandom due to the interesting interactions between Miguel and Peter. The ship embodies the "opposites attract" trope, where Peter is inherently goofy and light-hearted, while Miguel is stoic and serious. This trope follows many other Peter Parker ships like Spideymoon or SpideyDevil, where the other person in the ship acts as the "straight man" to play on and emphasize Peter's silliness. The fact that Peter has Mayday with him offers a new layer of connection to Miguel, who was also once a father prior to losing his daughter. Fans of the ship often make fan art depicting Miguel helping Peter take care of Mayday or spending time with them, almost as a second father to Mayday. Certain fans find issue with SpiderDads as a ship because of Peter's marriage to MJ and Mayday being their child, although this is remedied by other fans with the SpiderParents or PBM&M's ship, the poly ship consisting of Peter, MJ and Miguel all dating each other and taking care of Mayday collectively as a parenting unit.

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Trivia

 * The ship name "SpiderDads" is inspired by the fact that both Peter and Miguel are/were fathers, along with being the only fathers shown to be part of the Spider-Society.