Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows-One More Chance

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Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Gerry Conway confirms Jean Grey is happily married in Renew Your Vows

...He does'nt specify if she's married to Scott or not though. Given we have seen artwork of Scott looking 'interested' in MJ, Gerry could be another Marvel writer who likes pairing her up with maybe Logan.

Interesting.

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

I agree...Slott is unfortunatly the type that gives readers something they demand, but adds a critically damaging 'twist' to the story that makes everyone come off looking worse...it'd be better to tie up OMD's loose ends long after he's finished his story, but Slott would love to be the guy to finally bring the marriage back just for the publicity it would generate, and would add to his legacy.

He wanted to bring it back? I could very well be wrong, but I got the impression that having written the RYV miniseries, he'd done what he wanted with that premise, that he wanted to have a chance to write a story based on that iteration, not bring it back full time.

Although, I wouldn't blame him for wanting to leave more of a legacy for his run; as of late, his run hasn't been exactly earning high praise, I've gathered a recurring theme from online commenters that they think he's running out of steam and his current stuff doesn't compare to his earlier work, not to mention that his run has made very little impression on the franchise as a whole.

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

That's how I read it too. He acts as if he's more resigned to the fact the fans for marriage haven't gone anywhere, they have a place of refuge, but for him personally there's just more to Spidey than it...

Well, to be fair, the decision to reinstate it isn't his, and I would get tetchy if people kept asking me about it. I also know that there are people who base their dislike of his run largely because of the absence of the marriage, which would be an annoying thing to deal with (if I was a writer, I'd want my work taken for what it was, too). And I have seen some online fans be pretty rude to him on occasion, so I think the breakdown of civility between Slott and fans isn't completely one-sided.

However, I'm really sure why people at Marvel would be surprised that the marriage fans are still around. As I understood it, back in '07, they thought that within a year OMD would be accepted and things would go one. That never really happened. The fanbase that wants nothing to do with post-OMD Spider-Man (or prefers pre-OMD regardless of if they like the new run for what it is) have remained vocal. I mean, when Slott made the official Q and A for Marvel's introduction to his RYV miniseries, he specifically commented that the marriage was a thing that Spidey fans had strong opinions on, and that he may have been understating it.

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

...but I also think Marvel no longer quite have the same disdain they have for the marriage as they did under Quesada's eager eye.

Wonder why? Most of the people who put OMD into place are still there and since last year, at least, the comics were toeing the line that OMD fixed the franchise.

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

They're slowly easing readers back into that status quo while trying to also get more out of the Spidey they want in the mainline books...but ultimately I just think they will restore it. As you say, we need to wait it all out. At this point, I think Slott is the only one now holding back it's return, assuming he has'nt got something planned already.

We'll see. My personal guess was that someone eventually would mess with it again, even if was a halfway with Peter and MJ dating; but I was thinking it would be after the readers who grew up with that version became the ones creating the comics. That is essentially how OMD came about; the people in charge weren't happy with what the character had become and wanted him to be like how he was when they were the civilian readers.

We'll have to see, though, where the future takes us.

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

BTW, some friends of mine have been working on a new ongoing Spider-Man fan 'comic' featuring a married Peter and MJ with Annie as their infant daughter, but is slightly more grounded and tries to utlize all the best elements of the last ten years. Check out the latest issue if you'd like:

http://www.spidermancrawlspace.com/2...er-man-2016-6/

Yeah, I've been collecting the script PDFs. Pretty good. Not sure if the first couple of scripts being a reimagining of the RYV miniseries #1 is quite what I would've done (I think Venom was a better choice than Doc Ock for the villain in question, although I will concede that the FNSM script version did have more room to breathe). I also really wish they could get an artist to make an actual comic over a script, but it has been worth the reading so far.