Why can't Marvel make Betty Brant Peter's Love Interest Once Again?

[Xenon]

Marv is that you?

I think a better question is why could they? Why would they? Because the reasons not to are voluminous and varied.

*Peter and Betty were never actually in love
*Betty is married and has a son.
*Peter ~~is~~ was married.
*OMD's nature means all romance plots are pointless except its inevitable destruction or plots that move down that path due to their inability to progress.
*Peter's true love has been firmly established as Mary Jane making all other romances inherently pointless. Yes that menas it's inherently pointless from two different angles.

[Mister Mets]

Personally, I find this a flimsy argument. It's like calling Vicky Vale one of Batman's great love interests.

Sure, it's a thing that happened (in the way distant past) but there's very little that wasn't done significantly better or for much longer periods with other characters since. Betty and Pete had a short thing and pretty much the entire time was showing they aren't compatible.

Putting them together now is basically like the ending to How I Met Your Mother! Lol.

The DC reboots make Vicki Vale less special. I'm unaware of any Vicki Vale stories as good and acclaimed as the Master Planner Saga.

Meanwhile, Catwoman has the Long Halloween. Talia has her classic intro and Son of the Demon.

[exile001]

The DC reboots make Vicki Vale less special. I'm unaware of any Vicki Vale stories as good and acclaimed as the Master Planner Saga.

Sure, and her entire role in that Saga is proving they are incompatible. Heck, the arc literally introduces her replacement in Gwen.

[Lairston]

Marv is that you?

I think a better question is why could they? Why would they? Because the reasons not to are voluminous and varied.

*Peter and Betty were never actually in love
*Betty is married and has a son.
*Peter ~~is~~ was married.
*OMD's nature means all romance plots are pointless except its inevitable destruction or plots that move down that path due to their inability to progress.
*Peter's true love has been firmly established as Mary Jane making all other romances inherently pointless. Yes that menas it's inherently pointless from two different angles.

*checks the time machine dials*

Oh its probably a few years before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

[Alan2099]

Personally, I find this a flimsy argument. It's like calling Vicky Vale one of Batman's great love interests.

Of course she is. ... you know, as long as you're only counting the movies.

[Kaitou D. Kid]

Sure, and her entire role in that Saga is proving they are incompatible. Heck, the arc literally introduces her replacement in Gwen.

This.


Gwen and Harry are far more memorable in that than Betty.

[PCN24454]

This.


Gwen and Harry are far more memorable in that than Betty.

Not really. That’s why people like them dying.

[PCN24454]

We wouldn't have a lot of current problems if they did that .



Frank Cho will draw 5000 arts of MJ and/or Felicia complaining about their asses getting fat because of aunt May's wheat cakes before he even considers drawing Teresa lol.



It's even the focus of a BND issue, where she thinks Peter is gonna do a surprise birthday party for her when she sees him talking with a bunch of people, comes the birthday, Peter shows up alone to watch some movies with her, and when she complains because she expected a party and thought he screwed up again, it turned out the reason there was no party is because every single time she saw him talking with someone, they were refusing to make a party for her, basically saying "Betty is a bitch".





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(ASM#583)

"You're a good person Betty Brant."



(Wish time stamping worked here...).

Unlike plenty of post OMD writing, Betty doing this kind of **** works lol.

This sister talk reminds me of the first episode from 90's Spidey cartoon, where he talks about Debra and says "She's like the little sister I never had... Or wanted", this could really be used to describe his relationship with Betty when she's uh, being less nice than usual, or maybe even being her usual lol.



So you're saying that it'd be fitting with the current writing.

Well at least now we have proof that MJ is a bitch too. Oh and Gwen’s a white supremacist too.


I like Betty and Peter as friends, but trying to prove she’s a “bitch” is annoying.

Peter clearly wasn’t lying about his feelings. If he was, he wouldn’t have shown up to begin with.

[Frontier]

Well at least now we have proof that MJ is a bitch too. Oh and Gwen’s a white supremacist too.


I like Betty and Peter as friends, but trying to prove she’s a “bitch” is annoying.

Peter clearly wasn’t lying about his feelings. If he was, he wouldn’t have shown up to begin with.

You should read the "Bertone hates Betty" articles...

[PCN24454]

You should read the "Bertone hates Betty" articles...

Is this JJ’s alt account?

[Lukmendes]

Well at least now we have proof that MJ is a bitch too.

Now she is.

Oh and Gwen’s a white supremacist too.

If you ignore that in the comic she was being lied to and that she fell for Bullit's bullshit like a dumbass, sure.

I like Betty and Peter as friends, but trying to prove she’s a “bitch” is annoying.

What do them being friends has anything to do with that? Betty being a bitch is a consistent character trait since the Ditko run, and she is a bitch regardless of who's crushing her puss lol.

Though she has phases where she sounds nicer (I think in the 80's she toned down the drama), but again, consistent trait a lot of the time.

Peter clearly wasn’t lying about his feelings. If he was, he wouldn’t have shown up to begin with.

He wasn't lying, I sent that video as a joke lol.

I was also supposed to send the next page where Betty was apreciating Peter, but that link I sent was just a repeat of the "You're a good person Betty Brant":



And the last page for good measure:



(ASM#583).

[Hypestyle]

make Betty a television reporter, like for C_N or M_NBC. give her a role beyond the spider-man strips.

[exile001]

Not really. That’s why people like them dying.

Even in death, and perhaps because of it, both are significantly more impactful on the franchise. Heck, Betty isn't important enough to have been killed off*. Lol.

*I'll add I am actually a Betty fan in general.

[Rift]

I know nothing about Betty beyond Spectacular Spider-Man, and this thread makes her out to be this overdramatic, chaotic shrew who only exists to be hot and cause trouble. Honestly, I'd love for a love interest like that. Just a little gremlin, doing bad things.

[Jman27]

I know nothing about Betty beyond Spectacular Spider-Man, and this thread makes her out to be this overdramatic, chaotic shrew who only exists to be hot and cause trouble. Honestly, I'd love for a love interest like that. Just a little gremlin, doing bad things.

so far in my readthrough all she proves is that she isnt loyal to her marriage mate. Twice she attempted to have an affair one with Peter who broke it off and another one with Flash that did commence