Canon Events

- **Miguel O'Hara to Miles Morales**[src]

**Canon Events** are events that have happened, must, or will happen, in most universes and form the nodes of the Web of Life and Destiny which is supposedly the binding force of the various spider-people and their lives. A Canon Event can be anything that formulates an important part of Spider-Man's history, such as getting bitten by a spider, losing a loved one, and many others. Canon Events usually have a specific outcome which is expected to occur, varying from good outcomes (such as Spider-Man and Mary Jane falling in love) to bad outcomes (such a Police Captain who works with Spider-Man being killed). Some Canon Events can also occur to Spider-People who are not Peter Parker, such as Miles' Uncle Aaron being killed as a parallel to Ben Parker.

Miguel O'Hara believes that Canon Events are essential to not only Spider-People but also maintaining the existence of the universe in question. Disrupting the outcome of a Canon Event has been said to lead to the creation of a "Quantum Hole" and the destruction of an entire universe in cases where the Spider-Society were unable to act fast enough. They are also, according to Peter B. Parker, a way for the spider-people to learn important lessons and become better versions of themselves.

## History

According to Miguel O'Hara, the Canon Events are the main nodes on what form the Web of Life and Destiny; they originally started with Earth-616A, such as with "Event ASM 90". The canon events start when a Spider-Person is bitten by a Radioactive Spider (or gain Spider-Powers by other means), after which other Canon Events will also start to happen. These canon events include things like the death of a family member which are referred to as "Uncle Ben moments" or the aforementioned ASM 90: the death of a police captain. There are other events included as well.

If a Canon Event is disrupted or something interferes with how it is "supposed" to go, a Quantum Hole will form. The Spider-Person of that universe will cease to exist and the universe will erase itself (also known as an Anomaly). However this is not always shown to be the case, as Earth-42's Canon Event (the biting of Miles Morales) was disrupted, and Earth-1610 had a Canon Event that was not supposed to happen (that being the death of Peter Parker of Earth-1610) yet despite the disruption of a canon event and one being created when it was not supposed to, both universes are still intact. Which implied that the universe that are only linked to the Web of Life of Destiny experiences the Canon Events.

Canon Events can be safely altered without causing that universe to be erased by a Quantum Hole shown when George Stacy quit being a police captain, therefore preventing his death as a Canon Event and did not cause a Quantum hole to appear. It seems to mostly work if it's done by someone native to this universe, since Gwen Stacy was the one who inspired George to quit.

## Notable Canon Events

* Being take care by his Aunt and Uncle after the death of his parents.
* Falling in love.
* The death of their first love.
* Falling in love for a second time (ie., Mary Jane Watson).
* Getting married to their second love.
* Betrayed by a father figure. (ie., Otto Octavious and Norman Osborn).
* The betrayal (or dead) of a best friend (ie., Harry Osborn).
* Fathering a daughter (mostly with Mary Jane) (ie., Mayday Parker).

#### Other Canon Events

* Obtaining superpowers and/or a connection to the Web of Life and Destiny, typically through the bite of a Radioactive Spider.
* Causing (directly or indirectly) the death of a loved one (ie., Ben Parker) early in their superhero career.
* Learned that, with great power, there must also come a great responsibility.
* Being almost crushed to death by falling debris and rubble, only to find enough psychological strength to lift it.
* Temporarily abandoning their superheroic mantle and trying to live a normal life, only to come back to their heroics soon after.
* The death of a police captain close to them (ie., George Stacy).
* Becoming bonded to a symbiote.
* Separating from said Symbiote, who then finds another host and becomes antagonistic towards the Spider-Person. (i.e, Eddie Brock)
* Their very own "Clone Saga".

## Trivia

* Most of the names of Canon Events are abrevied issues of the *Amazing Spider-Man* comic book series, which feature Peter Parker of Earth-616A.

Based on this convention, the names for the canon events would likely be:

* AF 15: The death of Uncle Ben and/or gaining Spider Powers.
* AMS 33: The day where Peter Parker lift some rubles.
* ASM 50: The day where Peter Parker quit being Spider-Man.
* ASM 90 : The death of George Stacy.
* ASM 117 (or ASM 149): The first cloned of Peter Parker.
* ASM 121 (or ASM 122): The death of Gwen Stacy.
* ASM 139: Harry Osborn becomes the Green Goblin.
* ASM 143: Mary Jane and Peter Parker fall in love.
* ASMA 21: The wedding of Peter Parker and Mary Jane.
* MSHSW 8: Peter merged with the symbiote.
* ASM 258: After finding out the black suit is a symbiote, Spider-Man forces it off.
* ASM 299: The symbiote becomes Venom.

* In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there is a similar concept that is referred to as Absolute Points.
	+ However there some differences with the Absolute Points and the Canon Events. The Canon Events are thing that only happen to Spider-People (and people associated with them) while the Absolute Points can occur to anyone. Another difference is that Absolute Points can only be disrupted with enough power.
	+ Nexus Events are likewise the exact opposite: they are actions or decisions which cause a branching timeline/universe from a predetermined path. In short, they would be universes in which "Canon" has been broken by one means or another.
* It is theorized that Canon Events don't cause anomalies like Miguel O'Hara says they do and they are instead caused by Incursions.
	+ However this is most likely not the case as if it were Miguel's universe of 928 would not exist considering the massive amount of spider-people who live, work, eat and sleep in it.
* It can be implied that Canon Events can be safely altered if it done by characters native to that universe, like Captain Stacy quitting his job as a Police Captain.