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* ComicBook/SpiderMan[=/=]Mary Jane. Yes, you read that right. You have Creator/JoeQuesada to thank. MJ actually has more of a history of this reaction: she was--and still is--very popular with the fans, and she's been written out of the books before to have a more "appropriate" love interest brought in to be Peter's romantic partner (like Deb Whitman, or the more recent Carlie Cooper). Problem is, with the exception of maybe ComicBook/BlackCat, these love interests are as dull as a rock and don't hold a candle to MJ's character. From the very start of their relationship, fans preferred Peter with MJ. If only those silly creators didn't get in the way...
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* ComicBook/SpiderMan[=/=]Mary Jane. Yes, you read that right. You have Creator/JoeQuesada to thank. MJ actually has more of a history of this reaction: she was--and still is--very popular Mary Jane's relationship with the fans, and she's Peter has been mostly written out of the books before to books, and different love interests have a more "appropriate" love interest been brought in to be Peter's romantic partner (like Deb Whitman, or the more recent Carlie Cooper). Problem is, Cooper) However Mary Jane is still popular with the exception of maybe ComicBook/BlackCat, these love interests are as dull as a rock many fans and don't hold a candle to MJ's character. From from the very start of their relationship, fans preferred Peter with MJ. If only those silly creators didn't get in the way...
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** Gwen is pretty much the only one of Peter's love interests who's even been popular enough to even merit ''comparison'' to MJ, and she's been dead for decades, and she was still always a distant second from pretty much the instant MJ was introduced. She's ''still'' second place after all this time, well behind MJ but way ahead of every single MJ replacement that Marvel has tried to trot out. Yet the people in charge ''still don't get the message'' about who Spidey fans want him paired with. ([[TrollingCreator Or they do, and keep them apart just so they can tease the fans about it with miniseries like]] ''[[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 Renew Your Vows]]''.)
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I'm just going to restore it. Please look over the FPC rules—it has to be the fan preferred couple to count. Tallying up over fansites and forums show an obvious preference for Mary Jane. I do not ship Mary Jane/Spider-Man, for the record. However, your contribution history shows a definite shipper's edge. Please take this to discussion if you wish to revert.
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* ComicBook/SpiderMan[=/=]Mary Jane Watson is the fan preferred couple for a section of the Spider-Man fandom.
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* ComicBook/SpiderMan[=/=]Mary Jane Watson is Jane. Yes, you read that right. You have Creator/JoeQuesada to thank. MJ actually has more of a history of this reaction: she was--and still is--very popular with the fan fans, and she's been written out of the books before to have a more "appropriate" love interest brought in to be Peter's romantic partner (like Deb Whitman, or the more recent Carlie Cooper). Problem is, with the exception of maybe ComicBook/BlackCat, these love interests are as dull as a rock and don't hold a candle to MJ's character. From the very start of their relationship, fans preferred couple Peter with MJ. If only those silly creators didn't get in the way...
** If you know where to look, Peter and MJ are still very much together (the ''ComicStrip/SpiderMan'' newspaper strip, fora section of example).
** Back when Gwen was still alive and Peter Parkers's official love interest, Mary Jane Watson's unexpectedly huge popularity with theSpider-Man fandom. readers was a serious problem for Stan Lee and John Romita. They tried a lot of things to tone MJ down and make Gwen more "exciting," which in some respects only lampshaded their problem as it made Gwen more and more resemble MJ, most notably by changing her original hairstyle into a variant of Mary Jane's. The way Stan Lee wrote about it later, the matter was not helped by the fact that he himself found Gwen less interesting than MJ...
** Gwen is pretty much the only one of Peter's love interests who's even been popular enough to even merit ''comparison'' to MJ, and she's been dead for decades, and she was still always a distant second from pretty much the instant MJ was introduced. She's ''still'' second place after all this time, well behind MJ but way ahead of every single MJ replacement that Marvel has tried to trot out. Yet the people in charge ''still don't get the message'' about who Spidey fans want him paired with. ([[TrollingCreator Or they do, and keep them apart just so they can tease the fans about it with miniseries like]] ''[[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 Renew Your Vows]]''.)
** If you know where to look, Peter and MJ are still very much together (the ''ComicStrip/SpiderMan'' newspaper strip, for
** Back when Gwen was still alive and Peter Parkers's official love interest, Mary Jane Watson's unexpectedly huge popularity with the
** Gwen is pretty much the only one of Peter's love interests who's even been popular enough to even merit ''comparison'' to MJ, and she's been dead for decades, and she was still always a distant second from pretty much the instant MJ was introduced. She's ''still'' second place after all this time, well behind MJ but way ahead of every single MJ replacement that Marvel has tried to trot out. Yet the people in charge ''still don't get the message'' about who Spidey fans want him paired with. ([[TrollingCreator Or they do, and keep them apart just so they can tease the fans about it with miniseries like]] ''[[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 Renew Your Vows]]''.)
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* ComicBook/SpiderMan[=/=]Mary Jane Watson is the fan preferred couple for a large section of the Spider-Man fandom.
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* ComicBook/SpiderMan[=/=]Mary Jane. Yes, you read that right. You have Creator/JoeQuesada to thank. MJ actually has more of a history of this reaction: she was--and still is--very popular with the fans, and she's been written out of the books before to have a more "appropriate" love interest brought in to be Peter's romantic partner (like Deb Whitman, or the more recent Carlie Cooper). Problem is, with the exception of maybe ComicBook/BlackCat, these love interests are as dull as a rock and don't hold a candle to MJ's character. From the very start of their relationship, fans preferred Peter with MJ. If only those silly creators didn't get in the way...
** If you know where to look, Peter and MJ are still very much together (the ''ComicStrip/SpiderMan'' newspaper strip, for example).
** Back when Gwen was still alive and Peter Parkers's official love interest, Mary Jane Watson's unexpectedly huge popularity with the readers was a serious problem for Stan Lee and John Romita. They tried a lot of things to tone MJ down and make Gwen more "exciting," which in some respects only lampshaded their problem as it made Gwen more and more resemble MJ, most notably by changing her original hairstyle into a variant of Mary Jane's. The way Stan Lee wrote about it later, the matter was not helped by the fact that he himself found Gwen less interesting than MJ...
** Gwen is pretty much the only one of Peter's love interests who's even been popular enough to even merit ''comparison'' to MJ, and she's been dead for decades, and she was still always a distant second from pretty much the instant MJ was introduced. She's ''still'' second place after all this time, well behind MJ but way ahead of every single MJ replacement that Marvel has tried to trot out. Yet the people in charge ''still don't get the message'' about who Spidey fans want him paired with. ([[TrollingCreator Or they do, and keep them apart just so they can tease the fans about it with miniseries like]] ''[[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 Renew Your Vows]]''.)
** If you know where to look, Peter and MJ are still very much together (the ''ComicStrip/SpiderMan'' newspaper strip, for example).
** Back when Gwen was still alive and Peter Parkers's official love interest, Mary Jane Watson's unexpectedly huge popularity with the readers was a serious problem for Stan Lee and John Romita. They tried a lot of things to tone MJ down and make Gwen more "exciting," which in some respects only lampshaded their problem as it made Gwen more and more resemble MJ, most notably by changing her original hairstyle into a variant of Mary Jane's. The way Stan Lee wrote about it later, the matter was not helped by the fact that he himself found Gwen less interesting than MJ...
** Gwen is pretty much the only one of Peter's love interests who's even been popular enough to even merit ''comparison'' to MJ, and she's been dead for decades, and she was still always a distant second from pretty much the instant MJ was introduced. She's ''still'' second place after all this time, well behind MJ but way ahead of every single MJ replacement that Marvel has tried to trot out. Yet the people in charge ''still don't get the message'' about who Spidey fans want him paired with. ([[TrollingCreator Or they do, and keep them apart just so they can tease the fans about it with miniseries like]] ''[[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 Renew Your Vows]]''.)
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* ComicBook/SpiderMan[=/=]Mary Jane. Yes, you read that right. You have Creator/JoeQuesada to thank. MJ actually has more of a history of this reaction: she was--and still is--very popular with Jane Watson is the fans, and she's been written out of the books before to have a more "appropriate" love interest brought in to be Peter's romantic partner (like Deb Whitman, or the more recent Carlie Cooper). Problem is, with the exception of maybe ComicBook/BlackCat, these love interests are as dull as a rock and don't hold a candle to MJ's character. From the very start of their relationship, fans fan preferred Peter with MJ. If only those silly creators didn't get in couple for a large section of the way...
** If you know where to look, Peter and MJ are still very much together (the ''ComicStrip/SpiderMan'' newspaper strip, for example).
** Back when Gwen was still alive and Peter Parkers's official love interest, Mary Jane Watson's unexpectedly huge popularity with the readers was a serious problem for Stan Lee and John Romita. They tried a lot of things to tone MJ down and make Gwen more "exciting," which in some respects only lampshaded their problem as it made Gwen more and more resemble MJ, most notably by changing her original hairstyle into a variant of Mary Jane's. The way Stan Lee wrote about it later, the matter was not helped by the fact that he himself found Gwen less interesting than MJ...
** Gwen is pretty much the only one of Peter's love interests who's even been popular enough to even merit ''comparison'' to MJ, and she's been dead for decades, and she was still always a distant second from pretty much the instant MJ was introduced. She's ''still'' second place after all this time, well behind MJ but way ahead of every single MJ replacement that Marvel has tried to trot out. Yet the people in charge ''still don't get the message'' about who Spidey fans want him paired with. ([[TrollingCreator Or they do, and keep them apart just so they can tease the fans about it with miniseries like]] ''[[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 Renew Your Vows]]''.)Spider-Man fandom.
** If you know where to look, Peter and MJ are still very much together (the ''ComicStrip/SpiderMan'' newspaper strip, for example).
** Back when Gwen was still alive and Peter Parkers's official love interest, Mary Jane Watson's unexpectedly huge popularity with the readers was a serious problem for Stan Lee and John Romita. They tried a lot of things to tone MJ down and make Gwen more "exciting," which in some respects only lampshaded their problem as it made Gwen more and more resemble MJ, most notably by changing her original hairstyle into a variant of Mary Jane's. The way Stan Lee wrote about it later, the matter was not helped by the fact that he himself found Gwen less interesting than MJ...
** Gwen is pretty much the only one of Peter's love interests who's even been popular enough to even merit ''comparison'' to MJ, and she's been dead for decades, and she was still always a distant second from pretty much the instant MJ was introduced. She's ''still'' second place after all this time, well behind MJ but way ahead of every single MJ replacement that Marvel has tried to trot out. Yet the people in charge ''still don't get the message'' about who Spidey fans want him paired with. ([[TrollingCreator Or they do, and keep them apart just so they can tease the fans about it with miniseries like]] ''[[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 Renew Your Vows]]''.)
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** There's also a heavy amount of Betty/Reggie supporters out there as well.
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* Due his relationship with Daisy being rather rocky at best, ComicBook/DonaldDuck has been involved in ''five'' such couples:
** The oldest (and arguably more popular, as long as older fans are concerned) is Reginella, queen of the planet Pacificus first encountered in the 1972 story "Donald Duck in the Underwater Adventure", considered a preferred option due her sweet nature, her tragic character,, and being the one who actually has a chance (and would have already won ''four times'' [[StarCrossedLovers had something not always forced their separation]]). She's still popular enough to have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsj6BZJFtsw a song dedicated to her]].
** The 'classic' Paperinik stories, dealing with Donald's superhero/anti-hero alter ego, introduced Lola Duck, who admittedly had a crush on him. He also felt something for her, but [[DatingCatwoman she was a thief]] and [[DefiedTrope Paperinik and Lola were unwilling to date each other for this]].
** ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'' has Lyla Lay, a droid from the Time Police assigned to surveil the end of the 20th century and the start of the 21st. They have settled for being JustFriends (and Donald even mentioned Daisy as his girlfriend in multiple occasions), but the fact she choose to shoot her boyfriend when he threatened him certainly favors the shippers.
** Also from ''Paperinik New Adventures'' there's the [[PhysicalGoddess invincible]] alien Xadhoom, with whom Donald had a few moments of ShipTease and even a kiss (too bad she forgot her temperature is the same of a sun). It helps that Xari, Xadhoom's boyfriend, isn't terribly popular with the fans.
** ''ComicBook/DoubleDuck'' has the female spy Kay K, who often seems very affectionate to Donald (and some fans would argue she's a better trade-in than Daisy).
** The oldest (and arguably more popular, as long as older fans are concerned) is Reginella, queen of the planet Pacificus first encountered in the 1972 story "Donald Duck in the Underwater Adventure", considered a preferred option due her sweet nature, her tragic character,, and being the one who actually has a chance (and would have already won ''four times'' [[StarCrossedLovers had something not always forced their separation]]). She's still popular enough to have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsj6BZJFtsw a song dedicated to her]].
** The 'classic' Paperinik stories, dealing with Donald's superhero/anti-hero alter ego, introduced Lola Duck, who admittedly had a crush on him. He also felt something for her, but [[DatingCatwoman she was a thief]] and [[DefiedTrope Paperinik and Lola were unwilling to date each other for this]].
** ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'' has Lyla Lay, a droid from the Time Police assigned to surveil the end of the 20th century and the start of the 21st. They have settled for being JustFriends (and Donald even mentioned Daisy as his girlfriend in multiple occasions), but the fact she choose to shoot her boyfriend when he threatened him certainly favors the shippers.
** Also from ''Paperinik New Adventures'' there's the [[PhysicalGoddess invincible]] alien Xadhoom, with whom Donald had a few moments of ShipTease and even a kiss (too bad she forgot her temperature is the same of a sun). It helps that Xari, Xadhoom's boyfriend, isn't terribly popular with the fans.
** ''ComicBook/DoubleDuck'' has the female spy Kay K, who often seems very affectionate to Donald (and some fans would argue she's a better trade-in than Daisy).
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* Due his relationship with Daisy being rather rocky at best, ComicBook/DonaldDuck has been involved a preferred pairing in ''five'' such couples:
** The oldest (and arguably more popular, as long as older fans are concerned) isReginella, queen of the planet Pacificus first encountered in the 1972 story "Donald Duck in the Underwater Adventure", considered a preferred option due her sweet nature, her tragic character,, and being the one who actually has a chance (and would have already won ''four times'' [[StarCrossedLovers had something not always forced their separation]]). She's still popular enough to have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsj6BZJFtsw a song dedicated to her]].
** The 'classic' Paperinik stories, dealing with Donald's superhero/anti-hero alter ego, introduced Lola Duck, who admittedly had a crush on him. He also felt something for her, but [[DatingCatwoman she was a thief]] and [[DefiedTrope Paperinik and Lola were unwilling to date each other for this]].
** ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'' has Lyla Lay, a droid from the Time Police assigned to surveil the end of the 20th century and the start of the 21st. They have settled for being JustFriends (and Donald even mentioned Daisy as his girlfriend in multiple occasions), but the fact she choose to shoot her boyfriend when he threatened him certainly favors the shippers.
** Also from ''Paperinik New Adventures'' there's the [[PhysicalGoddess invincible]] alien Xadhoom, with whom Donald had a few moments of ShipTease and even a kiss (too bad she forgot her temperature is the same of a sun). It helps that Xari, Xadhoom's boyfriend, isn't terribly popular with the fans.
** ''ComicBook/DoubleDuck'' has the female spy Kay K, who often seems very affectionate to Donald (and some fans would argue she's a better trade-in than Daisy).her]].
** The oldest (and arguably more popular, as long as older fans are concerned) is
** The 'classic' Paperinik stories, dealing with Donald's superhero/anti-hero alter ego, introduced Lola Duck, who admittedly had a crush on him. He also felt something for her, but [[DatingCatwoman she was a thief]] and [[DefiedTrope Paperinik and Lola were unwilling to date each other for this]].
** ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'' has Lyla Lay, a droid from the Time Police assigned to surveil the end of the 20th century and the start of the 21st. They have settled for being JustFriends (and Donald even mentioned Daisy as his girlfriend in multiple occasions), but the fact she choose to shoot her boyfriend when he threatened him certainly favors the shippers.
** Also from ''Paperinik New Adventures'' there's the [[PhysicalGoddess invincible]] alien Xadhoom, with whom Donald had a few moments of ShipTease and even a kiss (too bad she forgot her temperature is the same of a sun). It helps that Xari, Xadhoom's boyfriend, isn't terribly popular with the fans.
** ''ComicBook/DoubleDuck'' has the female spy Kay K, who often seems very affectionate to Donald (and some fans would argue she's a better trade-in than Daisy).
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** The oldest (and arguably more popular, as long as older fans are concerned) is Reginella, queen of the planet Pacificus first encountered in the 1972 story "Donald Duck in the Underwater Adventure", considered a preferred option due her sweet nature, her tragic character,, and being the one who actually has a chance (and would have already won ''four times'' [[StarCrossedLovers had something not always forced their separation]]).
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** The oldest (and arguably more popular, as long as older fans are concerned) is Reginella, queen of the planet Pacificus first encountered in the 1972 story "Donald Duck in the Underwater Adventure", considered a preferred option due her sweet nature, her tragic character,, and being the one who actually has a chance (and would have already won ''four times'' [[StarCrossedLovers had something not always forced their separation]]). She's still popular enough to have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsj6BZJFtsw a song dedicated to her]].
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* Donald Duck and the female spy Kay K in the Italian comics ''ComicBook/DoubleDuck''. Kay K often seems very affectionate to Donald, and some fans would argue she's a better trade-in than Daisy.
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* Due his relationship with Daisy being rather rocky at best, ComicBook/DonaldDuck has been involved in ''five'' such couples:
** The oldest (and arguably more popular, as long as older fans are concerned) is Reginella, queen of the planet Pacificus first encountered in the 1972 story "Donald Duck in the Underwater Adventure", considered a preferred option due her sweet nature, her tragic character,, and being the one who actually has a chance (and would have already won ''four times'' [[StarCrossedLovers had something not always forced their separation]]).
** The 'classic' Paperinik stories, dealing with Donald's superhero/anti-hero alter ego, introduced Lola Duck, who admittedly had a crush on him. He also felt something for her, but [[DatingCatwoman she was a thief]] and [[DefiedTrope Paperinik and Lola were unwilling to date each other for this]].
** ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'' has Lyla Lay, a droid from the Time Police assigned to surveil the end of the 20th century and the start of the 21st. They have settled for being JustFriends (and DonaldDuck even mentioned Daisy as his girlfriend in multiple occasions), but the fact she choose to shoot her boyfriend when he threatened him certainly favors the shippers.
** Also from ''Paperinik New Adventures'' there's the [[PhysicalGoddess invincible]] alien Xadhoom, with whom Donald had a few moments of ShipTease and even a kiss (too bad she forgot her temperature is the same of a sun). It helps that Xari, Xadhoom's boyfriend, isn't terribly popular with the fans.
** ''ComicBook/DoubleDuck'' has the female spy KayK in the Italian comics ''ComicBook/DoubleDuck''. Kay K K, who often seems very affectionate to Donald, and Donald (and some fans would argue she's a better trade-in than Daisy.Daisy).
** The oldest (and arguably more popular, as long as older fans are concerned) is Reginella, queen of the planet Pacificus first encountered in the 1972 story "Donald Duck in the Underwater Adventure", considered a preferred option due her sweet nature, her tragic character,, and being the one who actually has a chance (and would have already won ''four times'' [[StarCrossedLovers had something not always forced their separation]]).
** The 'classic' Paperinik stories, dealing with Donald's superhero/anti-hero alter ego, introduced Lola Duck, who admittedly had a crush on him. He also felt something for her, but [[DatingCatwoman she was a thief]] and [[DefiedTrope Paperinik and Lola were unwilling to date each other for this]].
** ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'' has Lyla Lay, a droid from the Time Police assigned to surveil the end of the 20th century and the start of the 21st. They have settled for being JustFriends (and Donald
** Also from ''Paperinik New Adventures'' there's the [[PhysicalGoddess invincible]] alien Xadhoom, with whom Donald had a few moments of ShipTease and even a kiss (too bad she forgot her temperature is the same of a sun). It helps that Xari, Xadhoom's boyfriend, isn't terribly popular with the fans.
** ''ComicBook/DoubleDuck'' has the female spy Kay
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* A lot of people forget that [[ArchieComics Archie and Veronica]] were the original OfficialCouple; it's only because of Betty being a BetterThanCanon match for him that BettyAndVeronica even became a ''question''. The newspaper comic version does a much better job of emphasizing Archie/Veronica, but this still just doesn't help at all. During the last couple of decades, the writers have tried to make the triangle more even; Betty gets about as many dates with Archie, and Veronica has several other (one-shot) boyfriends.
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* A lot of people forget that [[ArchieComics [[Franchise/ArchieComics Archie and Veronica]] were the original OfficialCouple; it's only because of Betty being a BetterThanCanon match for him that BettyAndVeronica even became a ''question''. The newspaper comic version does a much better job of emphasizing Archie/Veronica, but this still just doesn't help at all. During the last couple of decades, the writers have tried to make the triangle more even; Betty gets about as many dates with Archie, and Veronica has several other (one-shot) boyfriends.
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** While subject to almost as much ShipToShipCombat as her [[Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} daddy]], the majority of fans of ComicBook/X23 still resent Marjorie Liu splitting up X and Hellion during the Baby Sitting arc of her solo series, and mentioning that arc is certain to cause much gnashing of teeth. ''Especially'' after Creator/BrianMichaelBendis hamfistedly tossed her together with [[Comicbook/AllNewXMen O5!Angel]], despite them having had no prior interaction before he hooked them up.
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** While subject to almost as much ShipToShipCombat as her [[Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} daddy]], the majority of fans of ComicBook/X23 [[ComicBook/{{X 23}} X-23]] still resent Marjorie Liu splitting up X and Hellion during the Baby Sitting arc of her solo series, and mentioning that arc is certain to cause much gnashing of teeth. ''Especially'' after Creator/BrianMichaelBendis hamfistedly tossed her together with [[Comicbook/AllNewXMen O5!Angel]], despite them having had no prior interaction before he hooked them up.
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* ComicBook/SpiderMan[=/=]Mary Jane. Yes, you read that right. You have Creator/JoeQuesada to thank. MJ actually has more of a history of this reaction: she was--and still is--very popular with the fans, and she's been written out of the books before to have a more "appropriate" love interest brought in to be Peter's romantic partner (like Deb Whitman, or the more recent Carlie Cooper). Problem is, with the exception of maybe Black Cat, these love interests are as dull as a rock and don't hold a candle to MJ's character. From the very start of their relationship, fans preferred Peter with MJ. If only those silly creators didn't get in the way...
** If you know where to look, Peter and MJ are still very much together (the Spider-Man newspaper strip for example).
** If you know where to look, Peter and MJ are still very much together (the Spider-Man newspaper strip for example).
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* ComicBook/SpiderMan[=/=]Mary Jane. Yes, you read that right. You have Creator/JoeQuesada to thank. MJ actually has more of a history of this reaction: she was--and still is--very popular with the fans, and she's been written out of the books before to have a more "appropriate" love interest brought in to be Peter's romantic partner (like Deb Whitman, or the more recent Carlie Cooper). Problem is, with the exception of maybe Black Cat, ComicBook/BlackCat, these love interests are as dull as a rock and don't hold a candle to MJ's character. From the very start of their relationship, fans preferred Peter with MJ. If only those silly creators didn't get in the way...
** If you know where to look, Peter and MJ are still very much together (theSpider-Man ''ComicStrip/SpiderMan'' newspaper strip strip, for example).
** If you know where to look, Peter and MJ are still very much together (the
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** Gwen is pretty much the only one of Peter's love interests who's even been popular enough to even merit ''comparison'' to MJ, and she's been dead for decades, and she was still always a distant second from pretty much the instant MJ was introduced. She's ''still'' second place after all this time, well behind MJ but way ahead of every single MJ replacement that Marvel has tried to trot out. Yet the people in charge ''still don't get the message'' about who Spidey fans want him paired with. ([[TrollingCreator Or they do, and keep them apart just so they can tease the fans about it with miniseries like]] ''[[TrollingCreator Renew Your Vows]]'').
* In ComicBook/TheMightyThor, the [[JustForPun mightiest]] pairing is easily the FoeYay[=/=]HoYay[=/=]NotBloodSiblings-Yay of Thor/Loki. This is most likely because they're the two most established characters in the series, and have a few really heartwarming moments that the shippers run with. Plus, on the het side, the Thor/Jane (or Don/Jane, it's gotten confusing) Thor/Sif, and Thor/Amora shippers are too busy fighting with each other to deal with Thor/Loki shippers. Even though it's canon, most people regard Doctor Doom[=x=]Loki as a joke.
* Many fans prefer [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Invisible Woman]] to be paired off with Namor rather than her own husband. Considering the playing-up of Mr. Fantastic's neglectful side AND having Sue and Reed be on opposite sides of the Comicbook/CivilWar, it seemed like a distinct possibility. (And, not surprisingly, it didn't happen. But they did tease us with it a bit.)
* In ComicBook/TheMightyThor, the [[JustForPun mightiest]] pairing is easily the FoeYay[=/=]HoYay[=/=]NotBloodSiblings-Yay of Thor/Loki. This is most likely because they're the two most established characters in the series, and have a few really heartwarming moments that the shippers run with. Plus, on the het side, the Thor/Jane (or Don/Jane, it's gotten confusing) Thor/Sif, and Thor/Amora shippers are too busy fighting with each other to deal with Thor/Loki shippers. Even though it's canon, most people regard Doctor Doom[=x=]Loki as a joke.
* Many fans prefer [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Invisible Woman]] to be paired off with Namor rather than her own husband. Considering the playing-up of Mr. Fantastic's neglectful side AND having Sue and Reed be on opposite sides of the Comicbook/CivilWar, it seemed like a distinct possibility. (And, not surprisingly, it didn't happen. But they did tease us with it a bit.)
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** Gwen is pretty much the only one of Peter's love interests who's even been popular enough to even merit ''comparison'' to MJ, and she's been dead for decades, and she was still always a distant second from pretty much the instant MJ was introduced. She's ''still'' second place after all this time, well behind MJ but way ahead of every single MJ replacement that Marvel has tried to trot out. Yet the people in charge ''still don't get the message'' about who Spidey fans want him paired with. ([[TrollingCreator Or they do, and keep them apart just so they can tease the fans about it with miniseries like]] ''[[TrollingCreator ''[[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 Renew Your Vows]]'').
Vows]]''.)
* InComicBook/TheMightyThor, ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'', the [[JustForPun mightiest]] pairing is easily the FoeYay[=/=]HoYay[=/=]NotBloodSiblings-Yay of Thor/Loki. This is most likely because they're the two most established characters in the series, and have a few really heartwarming moments that the shippers run with. Plus, on the het side, the Thor/Jane (or Don/Jane, it's gotten confusing) Thor/Sif, and Thor/Amora shippers are too busy fighting with each other to deal with Thor/Loki shippers. Even though it's canon, most people regard Doctor Doom[=x=]Loki as a joke.
* Many fans prefer [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Invisible Woman]] to be paired off with Namor rather than her own husband. Considering the playing-up of Mr. Fantastic's neglectful side AND having Sue and Reed be on opposite sides of theComicbook/CivilWar, ComicBook/CivilWar, it seemed like a distinct possibility. (And, not surprisingly, it didn't happen. But they did tease us with it a bit.)
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** For a long time Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}/Comicbook/JeanGrey was a lot more popular than the well-established, long-term Comicbook/{{Cyclops}}/Jean Grey. The love triangle was popular enough to persist in most adaptations of the characters, but once Cyclops hooked up with Emma Frost, and Jean Grey stayed dead for a longer time than she stayed alive, the ball was thrown back up into the air as to what was preferred.
** Like many other comic book examples, Rogue and Gambit used to be an item, and after the writers split them up in the '00s they continued to be preferred by the fans. Usually one of the first questions a new writer for one of these characters gets is "Are you going to hook them back up yet?".
** While subject to almost as much ShipToShipCombat as her [[Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} daddy]], the majority of fans of Comicbook/{{X 23}} still resent Marjorie Liu splitting up X and Hellion during the Baby Sitting arc of her solo series, and mentioning that arc is certain to cause much gnashing of teeth. ''Especially'' after Creator/BrianMichaelBendis hamfistedly tossed her together with [[Comicbook/AllNewXMen O5!Angel]], despite them having had no prior interaction before he hooked them up.
** Like many other comic book examples, Rogue and Gambit used to be an item, and after the writers split them up in the '00s they continued to be preferred by the fans. Usually one of the first questions a new writer for one of these characters gets is "Are you going to hook them back up yet?".
** While subject to almost as much ShipToShipCombat as her [[Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} daddy]], the majority of fans of Comicbook/{{X 23}} still resent Marjorie Liu splitting up X and Hellion during the Baby Sitting arc of her solo series, and mentioning that arc is certain to cause much gnashing of teeth. ''Especially'' after Creator/BrianMichaelBendis hamfistedly tossed her together with [[Comicbook/AllNewXMen O5!Angel]], despite them having had no prior interaction before he hooked them up.
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** For a long time Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}/Comicbook/JeanGrey ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}[=/=]ComicBook/JeanGrey was a lot more popular than the well-established, long-term Comicbook/{{Cyclops}}/Jean ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}/Jean Grey. The love triangle was popular enough to persist in most adaptations of the characters, but once Cyclops hooked up with Emma Frost, ComicBook/EmmaFrost, and Jean Grey stayed dead for a longer time than she stayed alive, the ball was thrown back up into the air as to what was preferred.
** Like many other comic book examples, Rogue and Gambit used to be an item, and after the writers split them up in the '00s they continued to be preferred by the fans. Usually one of the first questions a new writer for one of these characters gets is "Are you going to hook them back upyet?".
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** While subject to almost as much ShipToShipCombat as her [[Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} daddy]], the majority of fans ofComicbook/{{X 23}} ComicBook/X23 still resent Marjorie Liu splitting up X and Hellion during the Baby Sitting arc of her solo series, and mentioning that arc is certain to cause much gnashing of teeth. ''Especially'' after Creator/BrianMichaelBendis hamfistedly tossed her together with [[Comicbook/AllNewXMen O5!Angel]], despite them having had no prior interaction before he hooked them up.
** Like many other comic book examples, Rogue and Gambit used to be an item, and after the writers split them up in the '00s they continued to be preferred by the fans. Usually one of the first questions a new writer for one of these characters gets is "Are you going to hook them back up
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* ''Comicbook/SpiderGirl'' has May and Wes and before the ShipSinking, [[spoiler: May/Normie]].
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** [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]] and [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl2009}} Stephanie Brown]] is by far the most favorite pairing for these two characters. Even [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl2000}} Cassandra Cain]] can't keep up with that. The fans had decided about this very early in Tim's own series and any attempt to get different pairings was doomed to failure. The writers are clearly aware of this, otherwise the ship tease during their very first meeting in the New-52 wouldn't be there.
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** [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]] and [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl2009}} [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl 2009}} Stephanie Brown]] is by far the most favorite pairing for these two characters. Even [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl2000}} [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl 2000}} Cassandra Cain]] can't keep up with that. The fans had decided about this very early in Tim's own series and any attempt to get different pairings was doomed to failure. The writers are clearly aware of this, otherwise the ship tease during their very first meeting in the New-52 wouldn't be there.
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*** Amusingly enough, the pairing of Logan with ''[[HoYay Scott]]'' has endured almost as well as the other permutations of the Cyclops/Wolverine/Jean triangle.
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** For a long time Wolverine/Jean Grey was a lot more popular than the well-established, long-term Cyclops/Jean Grey. The love triangle was popular enough to persist in most adaptations of the characters, but once Cyclops hooked up with Emma Frost, and Jean Grey stayed dead for a longer time than she stayed alive, the ball was thrown back up into the air as to what was preferred.
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** For a long time Wolverine/Jean Grey Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}/Comicbook/JeanGrey was a lot more popular than the well-established, long-term Cyclops/Jean Comicbook/{{Cyclops}}/Jean Grey. The love triangle was popular enough to persist in most adaptations of the characters, but once Cyclops hooked up with Emma Frost, and Jean Grey stayed dead for a longer time than she stayed alive, the ball was thrown back up into the air as to what was preferred.preferred.
*** Amusingly enough, the pairing of Logan with ''[[HoYay Scott]]'' has endured almost as well as the other permutations of the Cyclops/Wolverine/Jean triangle.
*** Amusingly enough, the pairing of Logan with ''[[HoYay Scott]]'' has endured almost as well as the other permutations of the Cyclops/Wolverine/Jean triangle.
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** Gwen is pretty much the only one of Peter's love interests who's even been popular enough to even merit ''comparison'' to MJ, and she's been dead for decades, and she was still always a distant second from pretty much the instant MJ was introduced. She's ''still'' second place after all this time, well behind MJ but way ahead of every single MJ replacement that Marvel has tried to trot out. Yet the people in charge ''still don't get the message'' about who Spidey fans want him paired with.
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** Gwen is pretty much the only one of Peter's love interests who's even been popular enough to even merit ''comparison'' to MJ, and she's been dead for decades, and she was still always a distant second from pretty much the instant MJ was introduced. She's ''still'' second place after all this time, well behind MJ but way ahead of every single MJ replacement that Marvel has tried to trot out. Yet the people in charge ''still don't get the message'' about who Spidey fans want him paired with. ([[TrollingCreator Or they do, and keep them apart just so they can tease the fans about it with miniseries like]] ''[[TrollingCreator Renew Your Vows]]'').
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* ComicBook/SpiderMan[=/=]Mary Jane. Yes, you read that right. You have Creator/JoeQuesada to thank. MJ actually has more of a history of this reaction: she was--and still is--very popular with the fans, and she's been written out of the books before to have a more "appropriate" love interest brought in to be Peter's romantic partner (like Deb Whitman, or the more recent Carlie Cooper). Problem is, with the exception of maybe The Black Cat, these love interests are as dull as a rock and don't hold a candle to MJ's character. From the very start of their relationship, fans preferred Peter with MJ. If only those silly creators didn't get in the way...
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* ComicBook/SpiderMan[=/=]Mary Jane. Yes, you read that right. You have Creator/JoeQuesada to thank. MJ actually has more of a history of this reaction: she was--and still is--very popular with the fans, and she's been written out of the books before to have a more "appropriate" love interest brought in to be Peter's romantic partner (like Deb Whitman, or the more recent Carlie Cooper). Problem is, with the exception of maybe The Black Cat, these love interests are as dull as a rock and don't hold a candle to MJ's character. From the very start of their relationship, fans preferred Peter with MJ. If only those silly creators didn't get in the way...
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** Almost all fans love [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick]] [[Characters/{{Robin}} Grayson]] and [[ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey Barbara]] [[Characters/{{Batgirl}} Gordon]] together ([[BettyAndVeronica excepting]] the [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Dick/Starfire]] [[ShipToShipCombat fanbase]], that is). They've gone back and forth between being canon or not, but usually the two are incredibly close. Given the recent directions of their [[ComicBook/{{Grayson}} respective]] [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl2011}} books]], however, it's unlikely they'll cross paths anytime soon. However, DC's upcoming Convergence event seem to be favoring the pre-52 versions of the pair with a mini-series dedicated to the couple (and, cherry-on-cake, it's written by Creator/GailSimone).
** [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]] and [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl2009}} Stephanie Brown]] is by far the most favorite pairing for these two characters. Even [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl2000}} Cassandra Cain]] can't keep up with that. The fans had decided about this very early in Tim's own series and any attempt to get different pairings was doomed to failure. The writers are clearly aware of this, otherwise the shiptease during their very first meeting in the New-52 wouldn't be there.
** Bruce himself has had many girlfriends over time, yet the woman ''most'' fans want to see him with is Selina Kyle, the Catwoman. There of course is frustration whenever writers fumble it up. Notably, the Golden Age versions of them ''were'' together and even had a daughter, Helena Wayne (the original Huntress), who has endured in the mainstream comics in spite of anything else that happens.
** [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]] and [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl2009}} Stephanie Brown]] is by far the most favorite pairing for these two characters. Even [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl2000}} Cassandra Cain]] can't keep up with that. The fans had decided about this very early in Tim's own series and any attempt to get different pairings was doomed to failure. The writers are clearly aware of this, otherwise the shiptease during their very first meeting in the New-52 wouldn't be there.
** Bruce himself has had many girlfriends over time, yet the woman ''most'' fans want to see him with is Selina Kyle, the Catwoman. There of course is frustration whenever writers fumble it up. Notably, the Golden Age versions of them ''were'' together and even had a daughter, Helena Wayne (the original Huntress), who has endured in the mainstream comics in spite of anything else that happens.
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** Almost all fans love [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick]] [[Characters/{{Robin}} Grayson]] and [[ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey Barbara]] [[Characters/{{Batgirl}} Gordon]] together ([[BettyAndVeronica excepting]] the [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Dick/Starfire]] [[ShipToShipCombat fanbase]], that is). They've gone back and forth between being canon or not, but usually the two are incredibly close. Given While both had new love interests for a long while in the recent directions New 52 there was always tons of their [[ComicBook/{{Grayson}} respective]] [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl2011}} books]], however, it's unlikely they'll cross paths anytime soon. However, DC's upcoming Convergence event seem to be favoring ShipTease whenever the pre-52 versions two interacted, and it seemed the writers for everything the two appeared in very much wanted the two together but just weren't allowed or something. The only love interest who got even a slight degree of support was Helena Bertinelli, who ''was'' in a relationship with Dick Pre-Flashpoint, and even ''then'' it was considered nice for a ''temporary'' romance, and as part of the pair with a mini-series dedicated to the couple (and, cherry-on-cake, it's written by Creator/GailSimone).
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** [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]] and [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl2009}} Stephanie Brown]] is by far the most favorite pairing for these two characters. Even [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl2000}} Cassandra Cain]] can't keep up with that. The fans had decided about this very early in Tim's own series and any attempt to get different pairings was doomed to failure. The writers are clearly aware of this, otherwise theshiptease ship tease during their very first meeting in the New-52 wouldn't be there.
** Bruce himself has had many girlfriends over time, yet the woman ''most'' fans want to see him with is Selina Kyle,the Catwoman. There of course is frustration whenever writers fumble it up. Notably, the Golden Age versions of them ''were'' together and even had a daughter, Helena Wayne (the original Huntress), who has endured in the mainstream comics in spite of anything else that happens.
** [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]] and [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl2009}} Stephanie Brown]] is by far the most favorite pairing for these two characters. Even [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl2000}} Cassandra Cain]] can't keep up with that. The fans had decided about this very early in Tim's own series and any attempt to get different pairings was doomed to failure. The writers are clearly aware of this, otherwise the
** Bruce himself has had many girlfriends over time, yet the woman ''most'' fans want to see him with is Selina Kyle,
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* Franchise/DonaldDuck and Kay K is more popular than [[OfficialCouple Donald and Daisy Duck]] for ''ComicBook/DoubleDuck'''s readers.
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* ComicBook/{{Superman}} has zigzagged all over with FanPreferredCouple status. When the ComicBook/New52 launched, for the first time in the history of the characters, ComicBook/LoisLane and Superman was the Fan Preferred Couple, as he hooked up with ComicBook/WonderWoman instead of his classic love interest. Although Wonder Woman and Superman have long had staunch supporters and had been a couple in various Main/{{Elseworlds}} stories, the decision was unpopular enough that not only did they break it off, but DC brought back the original Superman and Lois to supplant the New 52 version in ComicBook/DCRebirth. Lois and Clark remain the Fan Preferred Couple for the New 52 versions of the characters, but it's not yet clear what will happen between them once the pre-reboot characters are introduced officially into the universe.
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* ComicBook/{{Superman}} has zigzagged all over with FanPreferredCouple status. When the ComicBook/New52 launched, for the first time in the history of the characters, ComicBook/LoisLane and Superman was the Fan Preferred Couple, as he hooked up with ComicBook/WonderWoman instead of his classic love interest. Although Wonder Woman and Superman have long had staunch supporters and had been a couple in various Main/{{Elseworlds}} stories, stories. However, in order to appease fans of the decision was unpopular enough that not only did they break it off, but traditional pairing, DC brought back the original Superman and Lois to supplant into the New 52 version in Universe for ComicBook/DCRebirth. Now there will be two Supermen: One with an established relationship to Lois Lane, and Clark remain another (New 52) sharing a history with Wonder Woman. How the Fan Preferred Couple for the New 52 versions of the characters, but it's not yet clear what two will happen between them once coexist in the pre-reboot characters are introduced officially into the universe.same universe remains to be seen.
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* Since the reboot of the DC Universe in the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/LoisLane are now the FanPreferredCouple for the first time in their decades long history, having always been the OfficialCouple in mainstream works. Superman is currently with ComicBook/WonderWoman, but you can see the sharp divide in writers and staff at DC between who prefers which girl better--various issues play up or play down Clark Kent's relationship with Lois as preferred by the writer. The more traditional fanbase still sees Lois as the most iconic love interest for Superman, and vice versa.
** And of course [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Superman]]/[[ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman}} Wonder Woman]] ''used to be this'' for fans and writers alike. They have always been the most powerful and obvious coupling in comic books considering not only their [[AllLovingHero similarities]] [[WorldsStrongestMan in de]][[FlyingBrick sign]] but also their personal lives/alter-egos. Their [[OfficialCouple now 'Official']] [[BattleCouple romantic union]] defeats the problems of [[PunyEarthlings fragility]] and complacency in writing that both [[DamselinDistress Lois Lane]] and [[DistressedDude Steve Trevor]] suffered from over the years with Clark and Diana respectively.
** And of course [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Superman]]/[[ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman}} Wonder Woman]] ''used to be this'' for fans and writers alike. They have always been the most powerful and obvious coupling in comic books considering not only their [[AllLovingHero similarities]] [[WorldsStrongestMan in de]][[FlyingBrick sign]] but also their personal lives/alter-egos. Their [[OfficialCouple now 'Official']] [[BattleCouple romantic union]] defeats the problems of [[PunyEarthlings fragility]] and complacency in writing that both [[DamselinDistress Lois Lane]] and [[DistressedDude Steve Trevor]] suffered from over the years with Clark and Diana respectively.
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* Since the reboot of the DC Universe in the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/LoisLane are now the has zigzagged all over with FanPreferredCouple status. When the ComicBook/New52 launched, for the first time in their decades long history, having always been the OfficialCouple in mainstream works. history of the characters, ComicBook/LoisLane and Superman is currently was the Fan Preferred Couple, as he hooked up with ComicBook/WonderWoman, but you can see the sharp divide in writers and staff at DC between who prefers which girl better--various issues play up or play down Clark Kent's relationship with Lois as preferred by the writer. The more traditional fanbase still sees Lois as the most iconic ComicBook/WonderWoman instead of his classic love interest for Superman, and vice versa.
** And of course [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Superman]]/[[ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman}}interest. Although Wonder Woman]] ''used to be this'' for fans Woman and writers alike. They Superman have always long had staunch supporters and had been a couple in various Main/{{Elseworlds}} stories, the most powerful and obvious coupling in comic books considering decision was unpopular enough that not only their [[AllLovingHero similarities]] [[WorldsStrongestMan in de]][[FlyingBrick sign]] did they break it off, but also their personal lives/alter-egos. Their [[OfficialCouple now 'Official']] [[BattleCouple romantic union]] defeats DC brought back the problems of [[PunyEarthlings fragility]] original Superman and complacency in writing that both [[DamselinDistress Lois Lane]] to supplant the New 52 version in ComicBook/DCRebirth. Lois and [[DistressedDude Steve Trevor]] suffered from over the years with Clark and Diana respectively.remain the Fan Preferred Couple for the New 52 versions of the characters, but it's not yet clear what will happen between them once the pre-reboot characters are introduced officially into the universe.
** And of course [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Superman]]/[[ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman}}
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* Since the reboot of the DC Universe in the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/LoisLane are now the FanPreferredCouple for the first time in their decades long history, having always been the OfficialCouple in mainstream works. Superman is currently with ComicBook/WonderWoman, but you can see the sharp divide in writers and staff at DC between who prefers which girl better--various issues play up or play down Clark Kent's relationship with Lois as preferred by the writer. For the fans at large, most still see Lois as the "real" love interest.
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* Since the reboot of the DC Universe in the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/LoisLane are now the FanPreferredCouple for the first time in their decades long history, having always been the OfficialCouple in mainstream works. Superman is currently with ComicBook/WonderWoman, but you can see the sharp divide in writers and staff at DC between who prefers which girl better--various issues play up or play down Clark Kent's relationship with Lois as preferred by the writer. For the fans at large, most The more traditional fanbase still see sees Lois as the "real" most iconic love interest.interest for Superman, and vice versa.
** And of course [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Superman]]/[[ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman}} Wonder Woman]] ''used to be this'' for fans and writers alike. They have always been the most powerful and obvious coupling in comic books considering not only their [[AllLovingHero similarities]] [[WorldsStrongestMan in de]][[FlyingBrick sign]] but also their personal lives/alter-egos. Their [[OfficialCouple now 'Official']] [[BattleCouple romantic union]] defeats the problems of [[PunyEarthlings fragility]] and complacency in writing that both [[DamselinDistress Lois Lane]] and [[DistressedDude Steve Trevor]] suffered from over the years with Clark and Diana respectively.
** And of course [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Superman]]/[[ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman}} Wonder Woman]] ''used to be this'' for fans and writers alike. They have always been the most powerful and obvious coupling in comic books considering not only their [[AllLovingHero similarities]] [[WorldsStrongestMan in de]][[FlyingBrick sign]] but also their personal lives/alter-egos. Their [[OfficialCouple now 'Official']] [[BattleCouple romantic union]] defeats the problems of [[PunyEarthlings fragility]] and complacency in writing that both [[DamselinDistress Lois Lane]] and [[DistressedDude Steve Trevor]] suffered from over the years with Clark and Diana respectively.
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** [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]] and [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl2009}} Stephanie Brown]] is by far the most favourite pairing for these two characters. Even [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl2000}} Cassandra Cain]] can't keep up with that. The fans had decided about this very early in Tim's own series and any attempt to get different pairings was doomed to failure. The writers are clearly aware of this, otherwise the shiptease during their very first meeting in the New-52 wouldn't be there.
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** [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]] and [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl2009}} Stephanie Brown]] is by far the most favourite favorite pairing for these two characters. Even [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl2000}} Cassandra Cain]] can't keep up with that. The fans had decided about this very early in Tim's own series and any attempt to get different pairings was doomed to failure. The writers are clearly aware of this, otherwise the shiptease during their very first meeting in the New-52 wouldn't be there.
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** Gwen is pretty much the only one of Peter's love interests who's even been popular enough to even merit ''comparison'' to MJ, and she's been dead for decades, and she was still always a distant second from pretty much the instant MJ was introduced. She's ''still'' second place after all this time, well behind MJ but way ahead of every single MJ replacement that Marvel has tried to trot out. Yet the people in charge ''still don't get the message'' about who Spidey fans want him paired with.
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* In ComicBook/TheMightyThor, the [[JustForPun mightiest]] pairing is easily the FoeYay[=/=]HoYay[=/=]NotBloodSiblings-Yay of Thor/Loki. This is most likely because they're the two most established characters in the series, and have a few really heartwarming moments that the shippers run with. Plus, on the het side, the Thor/Jane (or Don/Jane, it's gotten confusing) Thor/Sif, and Thor/Amora shippers are too busy fighting with each other to deal with Thor/Loki shippers. Even though it's canon, most people regard DoctorDoom[=x=]Loki as a joke.
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* In ComicBook/TheMightyThor, the [[JustForPun mightiest]] pairing is easily the FoeYay[=/=]HoYay[=/=]NotBloodSiblings-Yay of Thor/Loki. This is most likely because they're the two most established characters in the series, and have a few really heartwarming moments that the shippers run with. Plus, on the het side, the Thor/Jane (or Don/Jane, it's gotten confusing) Thor/Sif, and Thor/Amora shippers are too busy fighting with each other to deal with Thor/Loki shippers. Even though it's canon, most people regard DoctorDoom[=x=]Loki Doctor Doom[=x=]Loki as a joke.
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** Talking of Cassandra, though she had multiple potential love interests over the run of her series, the vast majority of her fans seem to be rooting for Cassandra/Stephanie - her longest, closest, and most consistent companion. This has caused a minor amount of ShipToShipCombat with the above, but due to the heavily overlapping fandoms, most seem willing to settle with an OT3 if it comes to it. Cassandra/Jason is probably her second most popular ship, despite their [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight near-complete lack of interaction.]]
** There is also Cassandra/Tim - even supporters of the above two pairings are liable to shipping these two. This is another reason for the OT3s.
** There is also Cassandra/Tim - even supporters of the above two pairings are liable to shipping these two. This is another reason for the OT3s.
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