I really wouldn't count that. That's just one writers idea for what Peter's perfect life would be. And, if I'm not mistaken a lot of those House of M Spidey tie-ins were written by Mark Waid, an avid silver age and Gwen fan.
it's the most recent canon description, i feel it's legit.
If MJ had a problem with Gwen's memory that could make for good drama because MJ has been shown to be somewhat insecure. However, trying to insinuate that Peter thinks of Gwen so much that it causes marital stress is a bit much. The whole child angle just wouldn't work. I can't believe JMS and Quesada ageed to such a bad idea in the first place. I hope that gets tossed out with BND.
What peter thinks for tihs type of story is irrelevant, all we have to do is be objective and see the evidence infront of us. All the quotations and thought bubbles can come from MJ reading and overreading events taken place. Whether pete actually does or doesn't think of gwen can be left to us to decide but we will see it through mj's eyes and see she feels there is enough there and she doesn't want to play second fiddle.
I think that's genius and adds to what i feel is a character gone stale. I mean what's the last interesting thing MJ did before beating up the chameleon just after the reboot?
This all goes back to my original post. Writers continue to beat the Stacy angle to death. If a writer just pressed ahead and left her in the past she really wouldn't have much of a role in the series. Marvel feels that having Peter married or making him a widow ages the character. Yet,the way the harp on Gwen's death they've practically made him a widower.
we can blame the writers all day long or we can deal with what we are given and try to rationalise the best course of action from it.
gwen IS a important constant reminder to spidey, suddenly stopping would be like pete no longer thinking about uncle ben, it's just one of those things pete does, he dwells on the past alot, so be it, it's not particularly bad, just not healthy. It DOES make him relatable though.
I do. What you're advocating may work on a TV drama/soap opera. Having MJ worry about playing 2nd fiddle the iilegitmate child of Peter's dead girlfriend and her memory just isn't something the average comic reader wants to see in a super hero comic....especially when the dead girlfriend died during the Nixon adminisrtation and before the end of the Vietnam War.
comics are pretty much a long soap opera and the best hide this fact among its texts. That's the art of long term story telling, especially if you want to keep it relatable and have it be a relationship between two people.
I'd also beg to differ because the fantastic four has dealt with other people coming into the marital issues with reed and sue and they've managed to do it fine. Valeria von doom from the future was started out as a constant reminder than sue was going to leave reed in the future and the fans lapped it up so i think your views on this subject are somewhat flawed.
the fact that gwen's been dead for so long makes it even more interesting because if it was fresh, mj could understand the bereavement process, but because of the duration and also the fact that she also lost her child (heck, write in she can't have any kids because the stillbirth messed up her insides) is another reminder of how she can't compare to a dead person.
MJ is marvel's flagship human, she needs some jazzing up and i feel this (or something along this lines is the best way to do it).
I mean in the ultimate comics, there's the jealousy angle based on the fact she doesn't have powers and kitty does, i was originally going to suggest this with black cat but i didn't see the chemistry so hence why i thought of the kid idea.
The new era is being called "Brand New Day". Hopefully that means Gwen's name won't come up that much, if it all, after the relauch in 2008[/quote]
Hey, it could happen (in Judy Tenuta voice).
To this day I don't see any possible benefit from that story angle. If I were an editor for the Spidey line I'd make it a point that Gwen couldn't be mentioned in any Spidey comics for the forseeable future. And.....I won't even comment on those ill conceived Stacy kids (no pun intended).
