Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3121860-20160621182145/@comment-11285291-20160717170823

AnnabellRice wrote:

If you read the comics, you'd also understand why they're apart.

Peter neglected MJ for decades, risked his life while laughing and joking without a second thought of what it did to her psyche, and then traded their child and marriage to a demon.

She deserves better.

I have to disagree with you. I have read most of the pre-OMD stuff, and I have to say that your point of view makes Peter seem like a selfish jerk and MJ a victim of not getting her rights, which is a rather feminazi approach (no offense). Peter and MJ loved each other very much, and they had come to terms with him being Spider-Man. MJ was willing to make sacrifices and let Peter do his hero work, often aiding him and tending him in the process. It was MJ's choice to stick with Peter despite him not giving her time, because she loved him enough to respect his decision. Sure, it was difficult for her mentally, but she did that on her own choice and it showed how strong she was. She's definitely not the kind of girl who would prefer him letting other people die so that they spend more time together. And the thing is, he actually tried several times (but failed) to make it up for her, he didn't completely neglect her as you stated. Even he gave up being Spidey for a while. So I must reject what you said about her deserving better, because as far superhero partners go, she got the best one. And about the whole demon trading thing, you should blame that on the writers instead of Peter himself. Why? Because it was completely untrue to what the character stood for, ever since his conception. He has genius level intellect and an amazing ability to improvise, at that moment he would've contacted the X-Men or anyone else who has the ability to heal people. He would definitely reject Mephisto's proposal. That is just bullsh*t writing, nothing else.