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Sep. 21st, 2008
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kali921
MARVEL FAILS FOREVER
Sep. 21st, 2008 11:30 pmTo quote Marc Guggenheim: "Here's my attitude, if anyone is upset about the marriage going away, then they must all be pro-gay marriage," he continued. "Because if you're pro-gay marriage, you understand the distinction between a marriage and a civil union -- that a civil union is not equal to a marriage. We downgraded Mary Jane and Peter to a civil union. If that bothers you, then you're pro-gay marriage."
Wow. Usually to get to a sentiment that damning, you have to be interviewed by David Frost.
Leaving aside the GLARING HOMOPHOBIA there (this is the guy DEFENDING One More Day, remember, by apparently hoping OMD-haters will hear his argument and go "Icky! Icky! Gay marriage! You are right, good sir, I see now how disliking OMD is exactly like supporting the hated gay marriage! Oh, my shame and agony!"), seeing as it will be well-covered by other peeps...
Okay, so Peter and Mary-Jane were in a "civil union" (to quote the poorest chosen metaphor EVER). But that still means they broke up, at least to their recollection. Which is to say, at SOME POINT Peter and Mary-Jane believe they broke up because Mephisto "really" broke up their marriage, so at least SOME STORIES before OMD must be invalidated.
Which begs the question "why did they break up?" (Or to be more accurate, why do they THINK they broke up?)
See, now we're right back to doing a story about Peter and Mary-Jane's marriage breaking up naturally, PLUS all this Mephisto bullshit, plus living in sin, plus asking why their SELF-PROCLAIMED EPIC LOVE doesn't just make them work through whatever they think made them break-up. And this is a couple that'd been working through exactly the issues that could've possibly led for a break-up for the last 15 years. So if in an old story, MJ got over Peter having to risk his life as Spider-Man and the reason she broke up with him turns out to be that she can't accept that... what? Did she have her fingers crossed?
And if Peter wakes up in the middle of the night and says "Damn, I miss MJ," why can't he just phone her? Is Mephisto giving him electroshock therapy every time he thinks "Boy, Mary-Jane sure is a special gal, I'd be lucky to have her as a BZZZZZZZT!"?
Unless Mephisto made Mary-Jane think that Peter cheated on her or abused her. Go on, Marvel. Go there. Make my day.
ETA: Field Marshall Bingham, your response?
Wow. Usually to get to a sentiment that damning, you have to be interviewed by David Frost.
Leaving aside the GLARING HOMOPHOBIA there (this is the guy DEFENDING One More Day, remember, by apparently hoping OMD-haters will hear his argument and go "Icky! Icky! Gay marriage! You are right, good sir, I see now how disliking OMD is exactly like supporting the hated gay marriage! Oh, my shame and agony!"), seeing as it will be well-covered by other peeps...
Okay, so Peter and Mary-Jane were in a "civil union" (to quote the poorest chosen metaphor EVER). But that still means they broke up, at least to their recollection. Which is to say, at SOME POINT Peter and Mary-Jane believe they broke up because Mephisto "really" broke up their marriage, so at least SOME STORIES before OMD must be invalidated.
Which begs the question "why did they break up?" (Or to be more accurate, why do they THINK they broke up?)
See, now we're right back to doing a story about Peter and Mary-Jane's marriage breaking up naturally, PLUS all this Mephisto bullshit, plus living in sin, plus asking why their SELF-PROCLAIMED EPIC LOVE doesn't just make them work through whatever they think made them break-up. And this is a couple that'd been working through exactly the issues that could've possibly led for a break-up for the last 15 years. So if in an old story, MJ got over Peter having to risk his life as Spider-Man and the reason she broke up with him turns out to be that she can't accept that... what? Did she have her fingers crossed?
And if Peter wakes up in the middle of the night and says "Damn, I miss MJ," why can't he just phone her? Is Mephisto giving him electroshock therapy every time he thinks "Boy, Mary-Jane sure is a special gal, I'd be lucky to have her as a BZZZZZZZT!"?
Unless Mephisto made Mary-Jane think that Peter cheated on her or abused her. Go on, Marvel. Go there. Make my day.
ETA: Field Marshall Bingham, your response?