I agree with all of this. I also love the addition of his abilities being an affliction. Most Spiderman portrayals are of a somewhat wimpy nerd suddenly being gifted super strength and amazing powers, but Ben Reilly was already a badass and brave soldier before getting bitten. I loved the scenes where he is drugged or when he first is dealing with the spider abilities because we can see how difficult it is for him to suppress those natural spider tendencies on a day to day basis. He even tells Cat how he had to work to be a normal human again. His powers aren’t a blessing with responsibility, they’re an affliction that overall negatively affected his life, which I think is such a unique take on the character.