I wrote this after reading The Amazing Spider-Man: The Life and Death of Spiders. Shathra made me SO mad, and reinforced this idea I have that there are the villains that are evil, and the villains that are just plain mean. Shathra is in the latter category.
Disclaimer: The closest I've ever gotten to owning Spider-Man and Shathra was when I saw J. Michael Straczynski at Comic-Con. And that is the closest I will ever get.
"Litttle one. Little spider. So far from home. So far from your mother. Shathra smelled you on the other side. Followed the scent across the darkness. Little one. Little spider."
-Shathra, The Amazing Spider-Man v2 #46: Unnatural Enemies by J. Michael Straczynski
Her name is Shathra
But she doesn't deserve a name
She's crossed that line between helping herself and hurting others
Between being evil and just being wrong
She breathes just to take the breath from others
Smiles just to take the light from someone's eyes
Her eyes glow white and her body burns black
And the sky around her fades into nightmares
Her voice lilts in deadly prose
Spinning lies and taunts into webs of fear
Twisting want and need into hurt and pain
Destroying life
Destroying love
Destroying trust
Creating emptiness
Her name is Shathra
Her name is death