User blog comment:Q-Swizzle 15/Everyone hates Slott/@comment-4772145-20130106034817/@comment-3317214-20130107003245

Okay, emotional story, the one character that meant more than just a character on a personal level is gone, his opposite is inside his body, potential rape, dying in the body of a villain: How is that not a great story. It's a horrible story, but it's a GREAT STORY.

Yeah, Peter deserved better. That's the most tragic part. But look at it this way. If they somehow, gave him a hero's death. It would be the same old, same old. We're not trying anything new here. We'd feel sad for Peter, but that's it. It doesn't necessarily give the follow-up story any excitement. If they gave him a hero's death, that would mean that for that to have any meaning at all, he has to stay dead, for ages. Otherwise, his death wasn't sad or angry. He just died for a bit. This way, it leaves his life unfinished in a way. He has a reason to return, so he'll return sooner.

YOU know that Peter Parker is the one true Spider-Man, so why don't you give Otto the chance to be a Spider-Man. Slott isn't trying to make him Peter's replacement in your heart. He's just masquerading as Peter in the Marvel Universe. Slott is by no means suggesting that Otto will be Superior, whatever the title says. Slott isn't asking you to trust Otto in following him. He's just telling a story. One without Peter, cause he's been around for 50 years. And one that follows the implications of a world where Peter isn't Peter. So if you don't buy it, well, that's a shame. Because it genuinely looks like a great story.