Peter didn't sacrifice his marriage specifically to save Aunt May. He did it so he wouldn't feel responsible for Aunt May dying. He guilt trips MJ into making the deal on his behalf, even when he tries to claim he isn't doing that. You can't pretend Peter is a hero for the events of OMD.
I'm saying Peter making a noble sacrifice to save another is not what OMD was about. It was about Peter not being able to live with the guilt of May dying due to what he perceives as his own actions so he acts completely selfish and guilt trips MJ into making the decision for him. Peter isn't the hero. He didn't make a noble sacrifice. He was a selfish child. He also claims this isn't what he was doing, but it 100% was.
Don't forget that, in a way, Peter traded his daughter's life for Aunt May's. At OMIT, Mary Jane stated that she would not have children outside of marriage. Of course, Peter didn't know that the deal would erase his daughter from the timeline, but it happened anyway and it's terrible. Peter didn't act like a hero in OMD.
Why does Norman want the corpse of Peter's daughter? Why does Mephisto need a deal with Peter to erase his dead daughter? What is the point of Mephisto erasing the memory that Mary Jane was pregnant if the daughter is dead? What does it give him? All this makes no sense.
Mephisto wasn't interested in Mayday, he was interested in the second child Peter and MJ would have had if they had remained married. That daughter is implied to be the one that will defeat him in the future, which is elaborated on in the closing pages of Spencer's run
Norman would have been just as interested in May's corpse as he would have been with her alive, given she has Peter's unique DNA, living or dead. Remember, Norman ordered Mayday to be cloned at an infant age in the Spider-Girl timeline.
Last edited by Matt Rat; 02-24-2022 at 01:04 PM.