Originally Posted by
Vortex85
Historically, big stories don't necessarily happen on Annual issues. #121 was death of Gwen, Annual #21 was the marraige, ASM #545 was OMD. Looking at recent runs the 1000 #s usually play it safe and are used for multiple stories by multiple creators. I think it's safe to say they aren't going to be doing something "risky" like undoing OMD or marrying Peter in MJ in a #1000 issue.
If you look pre-OMD issues, it was about Peter losing too a lot, lol. I mean, there is no happily ever after for Peter, whether he is in a relationship/married to MJ or not. They still face hardships, he still loses battles, he still has devastating setbacks in his life. If everything was happy and positive it would be safe and boring. Is it a victory to be married to MJ? Sure, in one way it is for fans of their marriage, but I honestly don't think that means stories can't have Peter lose, or suffer loss, or have adversity. It never happened like that what he was married. If anything it just seemed even like more was at stake because he had more to lose. It raised the stakes and I think that's why him being with the woman he loves works better than him being single or not getting the girl. He has less to lose if that's the case. What are the stakes other than himself?