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Old 07-19-2017, 05:26 AM   #611
LeotheLateBloomer
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Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie View Post
You haven't read much Spider-Man have you? Peter's uncle and aunt were much older than his parents. Almost more like grandparents. And May had a weak heart. They had quite a few stories that pointed out how much of an age gap there was between his aunt/uncle and his parents. Including one where his "parents" came back, or when Octavius almost married May, or when she "died".... You get the idea. Now the movies want her to be young and "fun". Why, exactly? It does not serve her character in any way. In fact it goes against her role in the mythos in many ways.
Dude, I get that but my point is that it's an approach that maybe they thought on one hand it doesn't make sense for a sister to be a few generations older than the other. But filling me in with the above context, totally understand with what you are saying.

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