Miles Morales' Tinkerer Twist Was Obvious (But That Doesn't Make It Bad)

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It was easy to predict the Tinkerer’s true identity in Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, but that doesn't mean the twist was bad. There is a widely held misconception that predictability in storytelling means that the story is poorly written or clichéd. A story’s ability to surprise or shock the audience may work in its favor — as was the case with Marvel's Spider-Man, which deviated from the comics in notable aspects - but just because it has those elements certainly does not cement it as a great story. By the same measure, a story with predictable elements does not make it cliché — it simply means the story is doing its job.

[Warning: The following article contains spoilers for Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales.]

Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales kicks off a few months after the events of Marvel’s Spider-Man and follows Miles Morales’s journey to taking the mantle of the web-slinger in the absence of Peter Parker, who is traveling with Mary Jane. Miles has to deal with the corrupt Roxxon Energy Corporation trying to take over Harlem. He also faces a gang of high-tech criminals known as the Underground, led by the illusive Tinkerer. Eventually, Miles Morales learns who the Tinkerer really is: his childhood friend Phin Mason.

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It's possible that Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales could have hidden this deception better. However, Phin’s first scene feels deliberately arranged so as to make the twist as evident as possible. She’s literally «tinkering» with the Morales’s doorbell in the opening. Ultimately, the game’s story isn’t so much about the shock of identity reveals. Instead, it’s about how two people leading secret lives approach their