If Peter Is Ever Allowed A True Love Interest Again - Who Should It be?

[plasticman101]

sorry I'm with marvel higher -ups & editorial on this one. OMD happened(LOVED IT like a new born, it made sense to me. Mom over wife...hmmmm mom all day.) and we move on.

but I want him to date...MJ! just no marriage.

[Speed Force League Unlimited]

Thing's aunt Petunia.

[Mister Mets]

Just meaning anything can happen in the future. In the here and now the mandate is clear - no marriage, or I assume engagement, for Spidey, no matter how popular a love interest may become.

For most potential love interests, it would take several years of comics to reach the point where an engagement is the expected outcome. An engagement can be a story engine for several years after that, especially since comics aren't meant to be real-time.

My guess is that editorial could be persuaded to go with an engagement after five+ years of comics with a popular love interest, so writers shouldn't worry about that too much.

[Celgress]

nobody mentioned Carlie

hahahaha

Who is this Carlie of which you speak?

[Phoenix_Renegade]

MJ <3 <3 <3 Forever!!!

But threesome is also not a bad idea. I like Felicia too.

[DragonPiece]

Shouldn't Mockingbird count as a "true love interest" whatever that means?

[Miles To Go]

Shouldn't Mockingbird count as a "true love interest" whatever that means?

No, because neither have made a serious leap with the relationship yet, and it does still come across as the two treating one another as "easy" rebounds.

[Celgress]

Shouldn't Mockingbird count as a "true love interest" whatever that means?

Given the current mandate, no. Although I do list her as a possibility should the mandate be changed.

[The Mary Janes]

For most potential love interests, it would take several years of comics to reach the point where an engagement is the expected outcome. An engagement can be a story engine for several years after that, especially since comics aren't meant to be real-time.

My guess is that editorial could be persuaded to go with an engagement after five+ years of comics with a popular love interest, so writers shouldn't worry about that too much.

I'm not expecting Peter x MJ to be the wedding they mentioned in the promo, but it makes me wonder which couple could actually be the one they're talking about. Like you said, it takes years in real time to actually make a relationship in comics to be meaningful and I don't think Marvel has any now.

[Mister Mets]

I'm not expecting Peter x MJ to be the wedding they mentioned in the promo, but it makes me wonder which couple could actually be the one they're talking about. Like you said, it takes years in real time to actually make a relationship in comics to be meaningful and I don't think Marvel has any now.

Peter & MJ would also be the only couple where a reconciliation could naturally lead to a wedding, but even that wouldn't be necessary. Marvel could reunite the couple for a few years, without a marriage or engagement and take a look at the series at that point to decide where to go next.

[Miles To Go]

Did'nt Storm and T'Challa's marriage sort of come out of the blue?

[Starrius]

I am surprised that only 1 person voted for Gwen.
I thought Gwen is popular.

There have been debates about whether Mary Jane or Gwen is Peter's One True Love.

[Miles To Go]

I am surprised that only 1 person voted for Gwen.
I thought Gwen is popular.

Two things going against her.

1. Gwen is dead and cloned so many times now being revived holds no meaning to anyone

2. She did the nasty with Norman Osborn.

There have been debates about whether Mary Jane or Gwen is Peter's One True Love.

Mary Jane without a doubt.

[Starrius]

Two things going against her.

1. Gwen is dead and cloned so many times now being revived holds no meaning to anyone

2. She did the nasty with Norman Osborn.



Mary Jane without a doubt.

I agree
no debate from me

you can tell by my signature

hahahaha

[WebLurker]

Peter & MJ would also be the only couple where a reconciliation could naturally lead to a wedding, but even that wouldn't be necessary. Marvel could reunite the couple for a few years, without a marriage or engagement and take a look at the series at that point to decide where to go next.

Objectively speaking, that does seem like a good way to handle something like this.