One-Man Spider-Marriage Ficathon, Day 4: We’re Not Lovers (Spider-Man Fictional Person Slash)

Title: We’re Not Lovers (We Just Play Them In Comics)
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Peter/MJ, Joe Quesada, the Marvel Bullpen and Spider-Man supporting cast (yes, Virginia, there is one)
Word Count: 5,488
Summary: Editorial says the spider-marriage has to go. Peter and Mary-Jane don't take it very well.

( Mary-Jane was struggling to keep it together. Her own trailer would probably be full of sympathy cards and flowers. Not that they were together, but they had a bond from working together so long. They knew each others’ cues, always read through their scripts together and made suggestions (MJ had a wicked sense of humor to bring to bear on Spidey’s quips), and they were just… partners. In just about every sense of the word. )

Oh, if I'm not het up...

Read thread pages one and two.

You know, those Marvel Vs. DC videos on Youtube bring up a good point about heroes you aspire to be (like, ostensibly, DC's) and heroes you can relate to (ditto Marvel). Now Quesada has come up with an entirely new innovation: Heroes as cautionary tales.

Young spider-fans, work hard and be good or you might end up like Spider-Man: Unemployed, single, and mooching off your elderly aunt when you're in your thirties (or at least well into your twenties).

Note to the world in general: There are behaviors that, while endearing and even cute at certain ages, become repulsive as a person ages and is expected to be mature. If a temper tantrum is unattractive in a two-year-old, imagine how it looks when coming from one of the spoiled brats on My Super Sweet Sixteen. Same thing here. In your teens or early twenties, I think must of us would emphasize with having to go out and get a job, move out of the old homestead, find a cuddle-buddy, and so on. When you're a grown-ass man, though, it just makes you look like a loser. And not a lovable loser, either. The pathetic kind.