True, but that doesn't mean the writer needs to tease it.
Covers like this for example.
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They are not a couple nor are together. But it is hinting, "but she has feelings and they might get together."
There was an episode of Amazing where he goes on an adventure with the Fantastic Four. The last page is showing Peter's answering machine. Message after message and then Mary Jane calls but the answering machine becomes full and her message isn't saved. I'm sure there are more examples. That shock value of, "Perhaps this will start them on the road to getting back together was just ruined" is what needs to stop.
I think restorative nostalgia is the number one issue with comic book fans.
A fine distinction between two types of Nostalgia:
Reflective Nostalgia allows us to savor our memories but accepts that they are in the past
Restorative Nostalgia pushes back against the here and now, keeping us stuck trying to relive our glory days.
At this point it's roughly the same answer I have about Peter's job. Have some aspect of Peter Parker actually remain stable for a time.
It's the Ross and Rachel effect. After their break-up in season four, the creative team of F.R.I.E.N.D.S spent the remainder of the series teasing whether or not they would stick together long-term, before they finally did so in the very last episode.
Thing about Ross and Rachel is they still went through all the ups and downs of a traditional couple despite being on and off. They had a brief marriage and ultimately had a child after a one night stand
I think restorative nostalgia is the number one issue with comic book fans.
A fine distinction between two types of Nostalgia:
Reflective Nostalgia allows us to savor our memories but accepts that they are in the past
Restorative Nostalgia pushes back against the here and now, keeping us stuck trying to relive our glory days.
Unless the new creative team has a reunion of some sort planned, I say avoid the issue altogether and instead concentrate on other aspects of Spider-Man's character or even building another meaningful romance.
"So you've come to the end now alive but dead inside."
I'd like to see them get back together if it's done in a genuine/good way.
Always Forward. Forward Always.
I'm actually glad Slott never really dealt with MJ. Given he's incapable of writing characters as consistent, believable adults, there would be an awful mess to sort out. She's one of very few to remain relatively unscathed by the past 10 years.
Really? I'd say MJ was the one damaged most by Slott. She used to be the strongest, most supportful and understanding of all of Peter's loved ones and the deconstruction left her entiely worst for wear. She then was moved off to another hero's title where they proceeded to do nothing of note with her for the next several years.
If there were any MJs that were left unscathed over the decade, they would undoubtedly be the alternate reality versions (MC2 MJ, Newspaper MJ, Ultimate MJ, and RYV MJ), all of whom remained on-point and true to her character.