No, but JQ just decided to split the marriage out of no where. He was probably like, "ohhhhh, I have a good idea. How about I split up the marriage? JQ, you did it again. Your so great." Unfortunatley, JQ, that was a bad idea. So that's one of the reason's why I think OMD will have a little bigger impact on fan's. Hopefully it will teach JQ a lesson.
See? That's just plain fan ignorance right there.
The marriage split is NOT an idea that Joey Q just sprouted out from nowhere.
Many writers have balked from writing Spider-Man over the last 20 years because... a) they either felt like they didn't want to write about a married Spidey or b) they had the creative inability to write about a married Spider-Man.
Either way, despite the fans loving the idea of a married Peter & MJ, it's been a big hinderance to Marvel's writers for 20 years, so in one form or the other, it was decided that it had to go. That doesn't mean I like the idea, but if it's done properly, I can live with it and move on.
In 1973, the powers that be at Marvel felt like they couldn't do anything more with Gwen's character, so they had her killed, probably to the shock and outrage to many Spider-Man fans. Yet people talk about that story nowadays like it's the greatest thing that ever happened to the character. And I'm not going to pretend that OMD will have the same impact to Spidey readers in 30 years from now, but as I mentioned in the previous paragraph, if it's done properly, I can live with it and move on.
I read the stories of the Amazing Spider-Man every month... not The Amazing Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson-Parker. Again....
if it's done properly, I can live with it and move on.
Anyhoo.... that's just MY two cents...
