For fans it was a pretty disappointing day as the news broke about the Sony-Disney agreement with Spider-Man. The character has been part of the MCU for three years and became an instant favorite. From his introduction by stealing Captain America’s shield to his own solo film.

The deal between the two studios ended on Aug. 21. From this, the character will no longer be part of this intricately intertwine cinematic universe with a plethora of other heroes. Spider-Man will also not be able to interact with the likes of Thor, Doctor Strange, or even Happy Hogan.

This could be bad for the road the MCU had planned out. The way Peter Parker was built up in the last movie “Spider-Man Far From Home” he seemed to be the new face of the MCU. And now with this bump in the road, it brings up many problems.

For one, it messes up their continuity. The Spider-Man franchise is now in a weird state in that there are characters to be lost. As well as the world built around the character. Spider-Man made good allies with S.H.I.E.L.D. and with Happy Hogan (which was giving him the tech to build the suits)

It also leaves many questions unanswered and plenty more to never be asked. The fact that Iron Man was resting the future on Spider Man messes everything up. Are the next wave of heroes to never mention who Spider-Man is? After the character development, what will happen?

Lastly, it’s a poor decision on both studios. Sony obviously cannot get a grip on their Spider-Man franchise and needed Marvel’s touch to create the best version of the web slinger. Granted the two successes of ‘Venom’ and ‘Into the Spider-verse’ were well off without Disney. But for them to try out their own cinematic universe seems to be bad. We can look back a few years prior to “The Amazing Spider-Man.” It was a failed cinematic universe that didn’t get so far. Now Disney should have just bought the rights to the character so there would be no mess in the first place.

The writers for Marvel have to write a story that compensates for the lost of this character, which in itself, could be hard to do just due to the fact that “Spider-Man” was about to be a very centric role in the MCU and its future.