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Edited by MacronNotes on Jul 10th 2023 at 10:58:13 AM
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The guy who thinks he is The Protagonist of the story, but actually he is just the third wheel who dated The Hero and The Lancer independently before they got together and left him out in the cold.
Edited by ViperMagnum357 on Aug 12th 2023 at 12:55:09 PM
Funny but I'd rather stop with this Peter can't be happy or have kids runaround.
As re reading the clone saga made me realize one thing. It had the most unsatisfying ending imaginable.
Norman is back
Ben dies
Mayday is kidnapped.....and we never see her again.
Seriously WTF Norman kidnaps Peter's infant daughter and gets off scott free to torment Peter more in stories with dimishishing returns.
Edited by FKJ10 on Aug 12th 2023 at 10:17:09 AM
It’s funny because the Clone Saga 2 was meant to dig Peter out of an angst hold. He’d gotten pretty dark and edgier leading up because of robot parents and computer goblins
Ben was supposed to be a more light hearted Spider-Man who hadn’t gone through that stuff taking over for a while while the books played or is it with who is the real Peter and then ??? Peter is back in the jammies with a fresh new outlook on life
But the Clone Saga just dumped so much more drama and tragedy and angst and existential crises on Peter that it’s a miracle he can function by the end of it.
I believe the books had to jump six months forward so the majority of the curling into a ball and crying and holding Mary Jane would be skipped
Edited by Bocaj on Aug 12th 2023 at 1:21:24 PM
Forever liveblogging the AvengersFeel like Nic lowe and tom "Superman's marriage was a mistake and Dc caved by bringinning it back which is why one more day was a good idea" Brevoort among others are more responsible for why it's contiuing now.
"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."This has been happening for a while though hasn't it.
We've mentioned before that one of the reasons Gwen died was because they didn't want her to marry Peter and age the character.
MJ just has a massive level of popularity on her side making it harder to get rid of her.
But yeah. While Sony has pulled a lot of dumb moves, it's frustrating to see that they might understand Spider-Man far better than Marvel themselves.
I'm starting to wonder if this really is similar to what Permulter was doing to the X-Men (they can't have the characters back, so they're doing everything to screw them over).
Only, it's arguably been going on far longer.
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The first Spiderverse movie had Aunt May dying and Peter divorcing MJ all while being in his mid to late 30s
Aka everything Quesada was against that led to OMD
Also OMD had Mayday erased from existence in 616 after the deal from Mephisto.
While the ATSV has her alive and well with a happy semi retired Spider-dad Peter.
So while Quesada wasn't apart of editorial during the Clone Saga that had Mayday's stillbirth/kidnapping he damn sure put the nail in the coffin.
With everyone else falling suit sans Nick Spencer who got shut down by editorial.
Here's the thing as much as people hate on Avi Arad for Spider-Man 3, the fallout with Andrew Garfield and Mornius.....
What has he done that has hurt the character of Spider-Man itself?
If anything he's had his team be extremely respectful to the character and his supporting cast.
While Marvel Comics have done nothing but repeatedly dog and humiliate Peter repeatedly you think they hate the character.
Edited by FKJ10 on Aug 12th 2023 at 12:28:43 PM
See I get that you said quesada is response for starting it. But he is not the person who has kept it going now. That goes to current marvel editorial. Who could fix it of they wanted but have chosen not to .
Edited by miraculous on Aug 12th 2023 at 12:25:09 PM
"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."Dan Slott has indicated he wanted MJ and Peter to get back together but got editorial pushback
He also did Renew Your Vows, which had the spider marriage and a spider daughter, Anime
Forever liveblogging the AvengersComparing the comics to the Spider-Verse films is really an apples and oranges thing.
It's expected that film series will eventually either come to an end or be rebooted - even the long-running James Bond franchise eventually did a reboot in the 2000's. That frees them to make huge shakeups to the characters and their situation, because none of this can last forever, after all.
But with Marvel Comics, the intent very much is for this all to last forever. Sixty years ago, they debuted Peter Parker as Spider-Man, and sixty years from now, they want to still be selling comics with Peter Parker as Spider-Man, delivering recognizably the same sorts of stories as they did a century prior.
Cool Quesada also went on record saying the MC 2 was the natural progression for the character....
Still went ahead with OMD because it wasn't about telling a good story it was about protecting the characters brand as a young bachelor hero.
You see the problem they can do lip service all they want in A Us but at the end of the day Peter will never be happy in the main universe.
The part about him not remembering being married is why I thought the climax of Superior Spider-Man where Peter vows to take back all of his memories and life from Otto to be hollow since I know he can never get back his marriage.
"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"![]()
Again he continued it and solidified it in the most infamous story OMD.
That's my point.
Why do you think stuff like Insomniac Spidey choosing to let May die honoring her sacrifice to save NYC is so important.
It's a direct contrast to how Quesada wrote Peter in OMD.
Also Quesada was against a divorce to split up MJ and Peter as it would age the character to much hence the deal with Satan.
So again Peter B Parkers intro was a direct contrast to post OMD Peter in every way.
Edited by FKJ10 on Aug 12th 2023 at 1:03:29 AM

That marvel document broke Deadpool’s heart
Forever liveblogging the Avengers