HAHAHAHA
You should of replaced Mj with Joe Quesada.
And replace it with "Special Magic Issue," to boot.
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Anyway, I think after the latest issue of New Ways to Die, it looks like Marvel is giving more than enough hints that, eventually, we're going to get a Peter/Lily pairing.
As I posted on another board, we got the scene from the Brand New Day section of ASM #545 showing Lily causly pointing towards Peter's partially exposed webshooter. We got her flirting with Peter during both the Freak arc and now New Ways to Die. We got Peter's own admission to himself that he finds her attactive. And we already got some trouble brewing between her and Harry with regards to Norman's snide dismisal of her and Harry's sudden outburst. We get another scene with Lily coming on to Peter behind Harry's back in this week's issue. Perhaps even Mark Millar's "Old Man Logan" arc could be a clue, in that it depicts Spider-Man granddaughter whose mom is African American, who also happens to be Spider-Man third child. Well, who do we know currently in the Spider-Man titles in a prominent role that's also African American right now?
My theory is that it could shape out like this: Lily already thinks Peter is a nice guy because she assumed he wasn't the one who made her dad look bad in the press. You also have her see a side of Harry she never saw before when she met Harry's father and his violent outburst to her, so already their relationship is under strain. Likewise, since we got an upcoming arc in December involving the return of Liz Allen and their son Normie, how much you want to make a bet that while Lily knew Harry was married to Liz, she didn't realize he had a son, or rather gets an earful from Liz Allen about what Harry was really like? That's also going to add strain as well. The final straw could then be a combination of both her best friend, Carlie Cooper, being revealed as Menace and that her boyfriend, Harry, played a part in it. Therefore, the relationship is over, and so who does she turn to for support? Peter, of course, someone who probably have also go out with Carlie somewhere down the road and who is still pining for Mary Jane.
Perhaps sometime after ASM #600, they'll be in a relationship, and since it's an interracical relationship, Marvel can then say this is evidence that they couldn't have told this kind of story with a married Spider-Man. And I hope they don't sink to this level, but if they start getting criticism of Peter having a relationship with Lily, saying she's just a Liz Allen or Mary Jane clone, and that he should be back together with MJ, it's concievable that Marvel would then accuse those critics of being against inter-racial relationships and acting racist.
So, it looks like that it's going to be Peter pines over MJ, goes out with Carlie on a date; finds out MJ is Robert Carr's mystery girl and in serious funk turns to Carlie; Carlie then gets revealed as Menace and Harry was involved; Peter again depressed; Mary Jane comes back but they decide it's best if they remain friends, and Peter and Lily decide to start a relationship. Or rather Peter and Lily start a relationship and THEN MJ comes back into Peter's life, whichever one come first.
