Talk:Anansi/@comment-30566621-20180622060816/@comment-30566621-20180624054737

The second option is because, in at least the CW DC shows The Flash, Vixen, and Legends of Tomorrow (I'm not familiar with what it is in the comics though), Vixen's totem (from which she derives her animal-spirit-harnessing powers) is called the Anansi totem and was supposedly bestowed on her people by Anansi her/itself. Thus my thoughts that perhaps Anansi could be Vixen-like, though that would be coming dangerously close to making her a repeat of Animan, so the "discount Spiderwoman" direction is more likely.

That being said, your theory about Anansi being able to manifest people's fears is interesting...there's almost zero reason for it right now, but it would be interesting if Nora Cesaire ends up being Le Paon.