u/Janek_Rated_R

I genuinely think that and I don't get why she gets so much hate.

Let me state my case and analyze her story bit by bit.

When we meet her, she's Miles's old friend, she's nice and passionate. So far nothing to hate.

Then we find out she's the Tinkerer, leader of a gang that steals nuform and causes disruption in the city, but we also find out why she does it, to fuck Krieger who is the real villain and killed her brother Rick. Working with a gang is questionable, but the thing is she has tunnel vision and is fixated on stopping Krieger. That's her character, she's blinded by revenge.

Then Miles infiltrates the Underground which he himself isn't sure about and later regrets. She finds out Miles is Spider-Man and he knows her secret identity. I can understand why she's upset with him after that, Miles lying to her, infiltrating the Underground and not telling her he knows made her feel like he thinks of her like of an ordinary criminal who deserves nothing but to be thrown in a cell, and like seeking revenge for Rick is wrong.

When she says on the phone "Did you ever think about just telling me you're Spider-man" I believe she means after he found out she was the Tinkerer. She just wanted him to be honest and explain why he thinks she's wrong instead of him lying to her and treating her like an ordinary criminal. Because she is right in trying to stop Krieger, right?

Then Rhino pushes her to kill him, killing is wrong by Spider-Man standards, but in that moment she feels a lot of sorrow and guilt and anger, it's probably not right but I can understand why she did that. This builds her character further, she feels all these emotions and the only way to deal with them is to make these people pay.

Then she tells Miles she's gonna kill him if he gets in her way again, I can't really excuse that but I guess writing-wise it semi makes sense. Her character is about becoming consumed by rage and the need for vengeance, something that Spider-Man is supposed to be better than.

And in the end she wants to execute her plan but she doesn't know the blast will kill all of Harlem, and when she finds it out she sees she was wrong and she's willing to sacrifice her own life to prevent that from happening.

Having said all that, I think Phin is a nicely written, morally grey character and she doesn't deserve the hate she gets, far from it. Some, maybe even most of her actions aren't justifiable, but they're understandable.

I think in general that 4 main characters of Spider-Man Miles Morales tell a great and balanced story about how much there is to human beings and that things are not black and white. Krieger is all bad, Uncle Aaron and Phin are a mixture of good and bad, and Miles is all good, though he's still learning.