Spider-Wedding: Another Opinion

[phillyradiogeek]

Brian Hughes of the blog Again With The Comics has posted an interesting opinion article regarding the Spider-Man Wedding, and I'm interested to hear what people here think. Regardless of how you feel about the marriage, what do you think of the actual wedding and the lead-up (or lack thereof) to it? Does Mr. Hughes have a point? I've never read the wedding issue, so I don't know what to think. Thanks!

http://www.againwiththecomics.com/2010/ ... -time.html

[butters911]

I agree with everything that article said. Yay for BND!

[Donomark]

This has been brought up before on the boards, more than once, and while I cannot recall from my own explicit reading experience, both JR and BertoneBeatle have pointed out how the road to the marriage was not nearly as "forced" as people thought it was.

I suggest reading this for starters to get a better picture than "Oh since Stan wanted it, they made it happen in the comics outta the blue.":

http://www.spideykicksbutt.com/WhyYouMa ... Part3.html

[Berserkfury819]

I have the lead up issues, the wedding annual, and the honeymoon annual. Peter and Mary Jane had been on and off again for years, and it was obvious that they were "morethan friends" for a long time, even though they said they were just friends. To me it all feels natural, even the whirlwind marriage, as its them finally realizing that its each other that they are in love with and have been in love with for years. This was them realizing they were right for each other and that they truly make each other happy. The lead up to and the marriage is one of my all time favorite Spider-Man stories, along with Kraven's Last Hunt, Venom, The Night Gwen Stacy Died, Doomed Affairs and To Have and to Hold.

[Peter Palmer]

Y'know, people bring this up all the time, but I would much rather have a somewhat rushed, pretty much in-character story to set up something Stan wanted than a badly drawn, WAAAY out-of-character story that was only done 'cause it's what Joey Q wanted...

I have the lead up issues, the wedding annual, and the honeymoon annual. Peter and Mary Jane had been on and off again for years, and it was obvious that they were "morethan friends" for a long time, even though they said they were just friends. To me it all feels natural, even the whirlwind marriage, as its them finally realizing that its each other that they are in love with and have been in love with for years. This was them realizing they were right for each other and that they truly make each other happy. The lead up to and the marriage is one of my all time favorite Spider-Man stories, along with Kraven's Last Hunt, Venom, The Night Gwen Stacy Died, Doomed Affairs and To Have and to Hold.

This. I often describe the Peter/MJ relationship through the eighties as "Two people desperately pretending they are not in love with each other,"...

[Spidey Fan]

I have the lead up issues, the wedding annual, and the honeymoon annual. Peter and Mary Jane had been on and off again for years, and it was obvious that they were "morethan friends" for a long time, even though they said they were just friends. To me it all feels natural, even the whirlwind marriage, as its them finally realizing that its each other that they are in love with and have been in love with for years. This was them realizing they were right for each other and that they truly make each other happy.

I agree. Their romance had always been tumultuous at best. They say opposites attract and never was there a more fitting example than the relationship of MJ & Peter. In my mind the two could not see what was right in front of them and they either ignored it or denied it. Finally it came to point where neither could deny their feelings any longer, hence the whirlwind romance. Was it done in the books to coincide w/ the NY comic strip? Sure, but I feel it was a natural progression, and given the state of the past relationship between Peter and MJ a whirlwind courtship and marriage is not out of character.

Y'know, people bring this up all the time, but I would much rather have a somewhat rushed, pretty much in-character story to set up something Stan wanted than a badly drawn, WAAAY out-of-character story that was only done 'cause it's what Joey Q wanted...

Totally agree.