In a message dated 6/24/99 11:51:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
valandar_the_red@yahoo.com writes:

   No, you need to do it in honor of the original Peter Parker. It
 needs to be a complete and utter wimp and nerd who gains the spider
 powers.
 
    Can you say....Gosunkugi? The Japanese Peter Parker?
 
    With spider-powers, who needs Voodo, huh?

Valander has a point...  Gos is also a closer match due to his interest in 
photography, which could be extrapolated as having expanded into an interest 
in chemestry, which also makes him a closer fit.  Besides, Gos with his 
fixation on Akane PLUS powers that take him to or past Ranma's levels is a 
guarenteed mix for mayhem, a must in any good based R 1/2 story....