698 timeline Speculation (SPOILERS)

[Ravin' Ray]

Of course, this raises another question: if Doc Ock merely copied and downloaded his own brain patterns into Peter Parker and vice versa, then technically, he didn't actually switch minds, nor would those brain patterns actually be a "real mind." After all, all of Peter's memories and experiences are still intact for Doc Ock to look at any time he wants, like a new computer using the hard drive of the old computer as a slave drive. So theoretically, it's not actually Doc Ock taking over Peter's body, but a computer program that's making Peter think he's really Doc Ock. Which means Doc Ock has arranged so that he actually thinks he's Peter Parker.

So it's like what Doctor Doom did to Kristoff Vernard as I posted in the spoilers thread: he copied his brain patterns and memories into Kristoff's mind making him think he's the real Doom.

[MorningMoon]

Even as quite a fan of a lot of Bendis' work, I don't think he pays enough attention/respect to other writers' work to have had Ock even factor in his Spider-Men arc. Remember that issue of New Avengers not long after Peter had re-revelaed himself to the Fantastic Four? There was no consistency with what Dan Slott had written re how the "psychic blind spot" worked. It was just sloppy. And, like I say, I love a lot of Bendis' writing but...really...I think people are looking too far back with this. As many others have said, I do believe that this mind-swap thing has been building for a long time, but I also think that between #697 and #698 is when it transpired.

Well, it's still possible that all of Bendis' stuff still deals with Peter rather than Ock-in-Peter, I mean, Hickman's first Avengers arc won't even have Superior Spider-man at all.

[stillanerd]

So it's like what Doctor Doom did to Kristoff Vernard as I posted in the spoilers thread: he copied his brain patterns and memories into Kristoff's mind making him think he's the real Doom.

Pretty much. I just think that, given how this "Freaky Friday" twist occurred in part 1 of a 3-part story and Doc Ock's own past characterization, particularly by no less than Dan Slott himself, that there's a hell of a lot more to this than just Doc Ock switching minds with Peter.