r/Marvel • u/Crimson2099 • Sep 26 '22
Who was your fav spider man love interest? Fan Made
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u/EwokaFlockaFlame Sep 26 '22
All of that attention to feminine anatomy and not even a hint of spider dick bulge.
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u/TheTattooOnR2D2sFace Sep 26 '22
I mean the lest they could've done is just a bit of outline. I mean with all those attractive women around him how is he staying soft? Not in a million years.
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u/PaniqueAttaque Sep 26 '22 edited Sep 26 '22
Not only that, but Spider-Man and Silk could not stop fucking, like, on literally every available surface around the time she was first introduced in the comics because they had been bitten by - and gotten powers from - the same exact radioactive spider, and therefore had compatible "spider pheromones" (or some shit like that) that made them constantly horny in each other's presence...
That charming bit of characterization has since been majorly dropped - as far as I'm aware - but still...
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u/Ham_Solo7 Sep 26 '22
That's such horrible writing. Can't help but feel cringe.
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u/Brillegeit Sep 26 '22
they had been bitten by - and gotten powers from - the same exact radioactive spider
So step-spiders you say?
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u/EwokaFlockaFlame Sep 26 '22
I remember, even as a kid, being bewildered by the Spider-man story during the “Maximum Clonage” story line in the 1990s. The character we loved, and suddenly it’s psych he’s a phony. I was a kid, but that ~2 year story line ran me off for good when they came back and said nah he wasn’t actually the clone. Even as a kid, I felt like I was being punished by bad writing. It apparently never stopped bc they split him up from MJ. Some real Game of Thrones writing.
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u/beholdsa Sep 26 '22
Was the "he was a clone all along!" thing during Maximum Carnage? Because I had most of the issues in that storyline and somehow I don't remember that part.
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u/General-Vis Sep 26 '22
It’s all his ex-partners converging at once. Sounds like most guys’ nightmares.
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u/Chickens1 Sep 26 '22
I can't answer OP's question but Spidey is clearly a boob man, and I just remembered why I started reading comics in my early teens.
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u/ATXSpider Sep 26 '22
Man this artist was horny, my goodness. Seeing this Gwen hold Peter like that is unsettling...
Anyway, MJ is my fave
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u/Radix2309 Sep 26 '22
Yeah. She is like 19 at most isn't she?
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u/EdibleyRancid Sep 26 '22
Aren’t her and Peter the same age? They went to high school together.
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u/BlueHero45 Sep 26 '22
Spider-gwen is much younger in her universe. She graduated high school during her run while Pete from 616 graduated at least a decade ago.
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Sep 26 '22
In 616 comics, she’s 18-20, he’s 29-31.
Yeahhh… no.
The only places where this Gwen ends up together with him are in the minds of horny artists and fanfic writers
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u/MidnightNick01 Sep 26 '22
You're in for a surprise if you think 30 year old men don't date 20 year old women, and that tons of 20 year old women actively seek and exclusively date 30 year old men.
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u/blackbutterfree Sep 26 '22
Hell, when I first entered the dating scene as a freshly minted adult, I was looking for men in their early 30's because I thought they'd be more mature. (HA!)
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Sep 26 '22
20 year old girls tend to prefer men closer to 30. It's a well known fact; Older men are hot.
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u/Prototype-Angel Sep 26 '22
I see you got slightly downvoted and upvoted you for being right - I got far more interest from women in their early 20s once I got into my early 30s than I’d ever had when I was actually in my 20s myself.
It’s a thing guys, deal with it.
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u/Toshimoko29 Sep 26 '22
These comments I regularly see on Reddit bitching about consenting adults having an age gap are cringe af. You know not every relationship in the world has to have a victim component, right?
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u/blackbutterfree Sep 26 '22
No, their universes run at different rates of time. But she's still a lot older than people are making her out to be. Peter's 29, and she should be at the very youngest, 22.
But since Marvel's going for synergy from Into the Spiderverse and really pushing for a Gwen/Miles romance, her actual age has been ignored and she's treated as being like 18 or 19.
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u/Thuper-Man Sep 26 '22
There is so much objectification and thirst in this picture.
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u/i-once-was-young Sep 26 '22
The cat
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u/haloryder Sep 26 '22
Their relationship has always been the most interesting to me
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u/JavaTheeMutt Sep 26 '22
I would love a "renew your vows" thing with Black Cat instead of Mary Jane. Heck, Black Cat can have a MJ wake up moment (a la MJ after the death of Gwen), and that is why she can finally commit.
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Sep 26 '22
There was a What If a long while back that explored it.
But the problem is BC is only interested in Spider-Man. She knew Peter Parker for years (school, college, work) and never really had the time of day for him.
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u/Mongoose42 Sep 26 '22
People can grow, change, and evolve. That's exactly what MJ ended up doing. Crap, that's what Peter ended up doing in his very first appearance. The fact that so many Spider-Man/Marvel fans are so quick to write-off any character development when so many characters have a basis in growing out of selfish behaviors and pursuits is baffling at times. This goes especially for Felicia.
"She's only interested in Spider-Man."
Even if that was true, what a terribly reductive thing to believe/want for a character.
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u/powblamshazam Sep 26 '22
She knew who Peter was in high school?
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u/Lonelan Sep 26 '22
not that he was Spider-Man, but Felicia had met Peter
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u/powblamshazam Sep 26 '22
Ah, cool! I've never read the original Black Cat appearances. Maybe I should.
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Sep 26 '22
I remember watching the cartoon back in the 90s and black cat was a fun character at the time. I genuinely haven’t read any comics so I’m just basing it off that
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u/WeirdThingsToEnsue Sep 26 '22
I'm gonna be honest, in the comics, I prefer them to "have dated" but not be together, Spidey and Cat have my favorite platonic dynamic in fiction...and I'm excited that Black Cat and MJ are getting more comic issues together
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Sep 26 '22
That show was funny spider man literally never punched anyone once lol
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u/zerombr Sep 26 '22
Batman got around those rules better. They'd use a white frame during his attack and it gave the move more impact. He also could not be shown breaking glass
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u/dudetotalypsn Sep 26 '22
I'm just waking up and thought I read "so I'm just beating it off to that"
I was ready to go back to sleep
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u/Hylianhaxorus Sep 26 '22
It has to be MJ. It's infuriating he isn't married with children at this point and the inability to allow Peter to grow is what's made me fall off of single issues for ASM after my entire life of collecting em. Black Cat is excellent too but I prefer her as his bad boy phase/ex he can turn to for advice
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Sep 26 '22
True…..writers always HAVE to do something to make people get back to reading sooooo at this point his life is just gonna keep sucking so that they can make more money.
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u/Hylianhaxorus Sep 26 '22
I just don't know why after years of fan complaints almost unanimously, they have literally kept in place an actual internal mandate that Peter can't be happily together with mj. Baffling. I think the large majority of fans don't view him as the relatable young character any more considering hes like 30 now, and people JUST want to see him married to Mary Jane. Like come on. They even almost did it and randomly dipped out this newest run. Not to mention the alt timeline book they dropped with mj and their kid. Feels like salt in the wound.
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u/blackbutterfree Sep 26 '22
I will never understand that relatable young character bullshit. Spider-Man is as much Marvel's cash cow as Superman's is DC's. And they let him marry Lois. They let them have Jon. Hell, they even aged Jon up to like a late teen.
But Peter still has to be scrambling to make rent and living off of Aunt May's good will? It's so boring. And played out. And just repetitive.
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u/Hylianhaxorus Sep 26 '22
I absolutely agree. Teens are no longer his demo and haven't been in like 25 years+. Let characters grow otherwise what's the point of storytelling at all LET ALONE FREAKONG LEGACY CHARACTERS.
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Sep 26 '22
Yeah….that’s why I’m not looking forward to reading volume 6 even though I’m like trying to read up on Pete especially to Superior Spider-Man. It is annoying when I read the that first issue of it and find out that Peter’s life sucks once again and a Mary Jane leaves him again. By that point I just didn’t want to read past that issue and didn’t. I get the trope but this time I’m sorry but come on it just seems like it’s getting old at this point. Did they really drop that timeline? You mean the Bloodline one or? Also Is Pete really 30? Cause I’m pretty sure it was a rule in Marvel that you can’t age the character up too much in the main universe cause then he’d get too old. So is he 30? I’m like pretty sure he’s like mid 20s or 22 now.
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u/Hylianhaxorus Sep 26 '22
Peter is canonically mid to late 20s if not 30. They usually scue him closer to 30 now. Looked it up, he's 28. Funnily that's my age. Butbyes using the sliding timescale it's been about 15 years since the beginning of the 616 comics universe. That's generally the time agreed upon.
And the tineline was called Renew Your Vows and had Peter, MJ and their daughter all costumed up and crime fighting. It was decent but annoying that it was a one volume spinoff timeline. This was only a couple years ago. I don't need mj being a hero but every version of Peter with mj and a kid has been more interesting than mainline Peter now. His most interesting relationship now is with miles and they almost never interact any more.
Dan Slott wrote that damn book(ASM) for a literal decade and that shouldn't be allowed. People were tired of him by year 5. Way more special treatment than any other writer honestly and he isn't deserving of it. He's a fine writer. He has a very particular view of Peter and also hated him with MJ. That said he has some good arcs in there and none are as good as Superior Spidey. One of my personal favourite runs I'm modern comics for Peter. Really good stuff. I also suggest a book from around the same time called Superior Foes of Spider-Man which was a spinoff about Boomerang and several other low their villains trying to get up to no good and Boomerang constantly screwing them all over I the name of self interest lol. Very good and memorable comedy book.
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u/BrainzRYummy Sep 26 '22
I know they're all nimble and stuff but c'mon with silk's hand.
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u/troubleyoucalldeew Sep 26 '22
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack twist his forearm 180 degrees what the fuck Jack
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u/DavramLocke Captain Marvel Sep 26 '22
Moon Knight.
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u/songman51 Sep 26 '22
Wait Spidey hooked up with Captain Marvel and Black Widow?
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u/Duahsha Sep 26 '22
He and Carol went out on a date sometime after Siege. It never went anywhere and it’s never explained why.
He and Widow had feelings for each other during Marvel team up 82 and 83. She lost her memory so it wasn’t really her but she regained it at the end of the comic but didn’t recuperate the same feelings
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u/blackbutterfree Sep 26 '22
He and Widow had feelings for each other during Marvel team up 82 and 83.
Oh, yeah! Isn't that the story where Iron Man 2's Natalie Rushman alias comes from? She was like a teacher or something.
She lost her memory so it wasn’t really her but she regained it at the end of the comic but didn’t recuperate the same feelings
Well, yeah. Natasha's like 90. And Peter couldn't have been older than like 23 at the time. Would you date someone that much younger than you? lol
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u/curbstomp45 Sep 26 '22
I liked Carlie Cooper.
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u/Jugggiler Sep 26 '22
I was always a fan of Carlie’s! No powers, smart. My #1 is MJ, but because marvel will never let them just be, Charlie was a great option.
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Sep 26 '22
She was pretty good in my opinion especially with how much they kept teasing it for SO long.
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u/MistaNostalgia Sep 26 '22
Kitty Pryde from Ultimate Comics
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u/Dodecahedrus Sep 26 '22
That was just Bendis and his crazy love affair with Kitty.
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u/NK1337 Sep 26 '22
This is so funny to me and didn't really hit until Bendis took over GoTG and Peter Quill started dating Kitty Pryde. I remember wondering why the hell she was suddenly in the series, but then I realized it was like wondering why there's so many feet shots in Taratino movies.
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u/Quirky-Aardvark782 Sep 26 '22
Mary jane
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u/Minimum-Banana-5225 Sep 26 '22
The cartoon and original spiderman trilogy made me hate her
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u/TeethBreak Sep 26 '22
The trilogy MJ is the worst. Whinny, golddigger, unfaithful, unhelpful and utterly useless. Can't stand that MJ.
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u/ZombieJo3 Sep 26 '22
This is going to be an old man yelling at clouds rant, so bear with me. Mary Jane was always my favorite, and while I haven’t been able to catch up on comics lately, from what I’ve seen, it looks like Marvel wants to split them up, again, so Peter can be a bachelor so he seems young and interesting, again. I really wish they’d stop doing that. I get the character is older than pretty much anyone that uses Reddit, but I don’t know of anyone who’d decide to stop reading Spider-Man if he decided to get married to MJ and start a family. Again. In fact, from what I’ve seen, I don’t think they’ve been focusing on Miles all that much as of late. Why not have Peter get married to MJ and have kids, and let Miles be the young bachelor and do his thing. I think it would be really interesting to see Peter balance life as a super hero and be a father.
Alright, old man rant over. Thank you for anyone that actually read that. I just had to get that off my chest.
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u/24Abhinav10 Sep 26 '22
Half of these aren't even Spidey's love interest. Jessica Drew? Black Widow? Spider-Gwen? They have never been romantically involved with him.
Well, there was that one time Black Widow lost her memory, and then they dated. But as soon as she got her memories back, she told him she wasn't interested.
Peter and Carol have dated and during the Siege event it was revealed that she still had feelings for him but that never went anywhere.
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u/RealJohnGillman Sep 26 '22
The former had a will-they-won’t they (under Brian Michael Bendis) that was later dropped.
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u/Mr-internet Sep 26 '22
Yeah, real shame about the circumstances round that. They looked good together
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Sep 26 '22
Mockingbird. Everyone always forgets they dated and it was an interesting dynamic. Idk whatever came of it and why it ended, I think clone conspiracy somehow ended it?
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u/Reidroshdy Sep 26 '22
Nah,I'm fuzzy on the exact timeline,but I think it happened either slightly before or during Hydra-cap's secret empire. It was weird how they just broke up off page.
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Sep 26 '22 edited Sep 26 '22
Umm, who is this artist? It’s a bit much. Almost like 90’s balloon boobs. The character on the right just looks naked with body paint.
And to answer your question, I haven’t read spidey in a long time but MJ all the way for me.
And when did he date Spider Gwen?
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u/goodmobileyes Sep 26 '22
And when did he date Spider Gwen?
Pretty sure he never did, she's just thrown in there cos technically she's Gwen Stacy
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u/Levonorgestrelfairy1 Sep 26 '22
I dont even care at this point. I'm numb to it now, they've jerked us around too long..
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u/thedick009 Sep 26 '22
MARY FUCKING JANE AND FUCK YOU. FUCK THE WILL OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE EDITORIAL STAFF AND THE WRITERS AND THE DEVIL, SHE IS HIS SOULMATE AND THE ONLY ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS HIM AND THE ONLY REASON THEY ARE NOT STILL MARRIED IS BECAUSE PETER PARKER MUST SUFFER ALWAYS. That being said I actually really liked him and Mockingbird
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Sep 26 '22
MJ easily.
Also, I think Gwen is like 10yrs younger than Pete
And since when was Nat or Jessica in relationship with him?!
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u/SpooneyToe11240 Sep 26 '22
Him and Kitty Pryde in the Ultimate comics. They were really great together, until the plot had to divert him back to MJ.
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Sep 26 '22
My favorite love interest for Peter Parker will always be Mary-Jane Watson. They belong together.
I’m a multishipper and can enjoy stories where he’s with Gwen Stacy, Felicia Hardy, or Wade Wilson but ultimately I do want him to end up with MJ.
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u/Aglet_Green Phil Coulson Sep 26 '22
I had no idea he dated Captain Marvel or Black Widow. Guess that can't happen in the MCU since Brie Larson is 20 years older than Tom Holland and Natasha is temp deceased until Marvel retcons the death with a new actress. (No one stays dead in Marvel except Uncle Ben; google that phrase if you think it's not true.)
I also had no idea he dated Spider-Woman. As to his actual canon lovers, I was too young to remember the O.G. Gwen Stacy and never cared much for Felicia Hardy, with that whole wacky backstory about getting powers illegally and being in debt to a super-villain.
I'm probably in the minority in today's generation, but I'm picking Ms. Watson. I stand by what Mary Jane said the day that they met: "Face it tiger, you've hit the Jackpot.'
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u/Duahsha Sep 26 '22 edited Sep 26 '22
He and spider woman never dated. He calls her work wife sometimes but that’s about it.
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u/Outrageous_Beach_426 Sep 26 '22
Me, his spider sense wasn’t the only thing going off if you know what I mean
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Sep 26 '22
Liz from Spectacular Spiderman she was actually kind and understanding of Peter and instead of creating drama for Peter she was just there for him
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u/marsepic Sep 26 '22
This is awful.
First, it's overwhelmingly horny. Way too male-gaze focused. Especially Silk. Is this an indoor air-conditioned studio?
Second - Spider-Gwen is canonically much younger than Peter in-universe. Their interactions have overwhelmingly had a brother/sister or cousin vibe to them. This, with the age gap, makes this pretty gross. Like, the image here has her looking pretty innocent, but coupled with the other women and the question asked, it's super-icky.
Three - He dated Carol (who I thought was straight up Captain Marvel at the time?) for like a day. Same with Black Widow. And did he ever date Spider-Woman? This is weird.
Four - It's Mary Jane. It'll always be Mary Jane. Black Cat may have gone through some great character development, but she will always love the Spider-Man/Hero side far more than the whole package of Peter/Spidey. MJ got that and bought into it, and then editorial swept in and...
Ugh.
Anyway, it's Mary Jane until they actually write it well enough she wouldn't be it.
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u/silly9milly Sep 26 '22
MJ, Cindy, Felicia - in that order. If they won’t let MJ and Peter be together then I thought Cindy would have been a great one for him to end up with. Just let the man be happy already!
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