People who aren't giving Cyke any credit obviously didn't read the Dark Phoenix saga, or the time period before Emma.
Also Thing wins this imo. Peter has "quit" being Spider-man too many times for my liking. While he can portray great heart (like he did fighting the P5) he has more mood swings than John Cena has haters.
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Peter is a regular crimefighter/self appointed vigilante.
Thing is at best a reserve member of the avengers. The fantastic four dont fight crime or villains all year long.
Job=/=Family/Friend Ties
Peter having "mood swings" isnt comparable to Ben staying on friendly with thr richards/storm family as occasional adventurers.
Thing doesnt have a secret identity
Nor a significant other most of the times
Nor a career that started as a teenager
Nor a part time job outside of superheroics
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How many times has Ben blown up at Reed demanding to know why he hasn't come up with a cure for him? Presumably, so he could quit and continue a normal life. Usually Peter was juggling many things at once and the most times he quit were when he wasn't even 20 yet. Peter was the smartest guy his age he'd ever met, with super powers, and the whole world ahead of him. He's shown great commitment not quitting more times than he has. Most of his unsure moments came when he was still just a kid.
Thing does not have a secret identity/significant other/outside job precisely because he looks like a freak, at least Spidey can take a break from his superheroics if he wants. Whereas Ben is pretty much stuck - and its probably worse considering Johnny Storm gets all the girls etc, and his own background as a high school jock etc.
I'd say its sometimes guilt but MOSTLY obligation and a sense of duty (especially when someone's life is on the line) that puts peter back in the suit.
But thats exactly why Peter trumps him in that he couldve taken those but didnt.
Thing is ugly hence has no persisting love life, would actually be less successful or popular to society if he were to revert back to human.
While peter had genius intellect he couldve exploited had he not stayed as spider-man, had a fair amount of lovers, would in general have a better life in case he had quit permanently.
Jitay is correct but he doesn't remember the whole thing. Pete was stuck in time and in order to get back (he was looking for Dr. Strange) he had to repeat his greatest and toughest fights/feats. One after another, hundreds of battles non-stop. At the end of it all he was given the chance to fix history, prevent himself from being turned into Spider-man, save Ben, Gwen, George Stacey etc but chose not to because that could've also erased all the good he's done, and he couldn't turn away from his responsibilities and hope that some other hero would do it for him.
PS: That was one long way of me saying "Pete wins".
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