Been on a nostalgic Spider-man kick. So I went ahead and tried a classic comic look for Mary Jane. I obviously have a more “cartoon” than “comic” art style, so this was quite fun to practice with. I should try portraits sometime, get more of a feel for realism.
The original eulogy MJ wanted to give for RIPeter: “We’re all here because SOMEBODY had to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the universe and then up and DIED”
Is there really no way at all to promote 616 Gwen Stacy’s first ever solo book without bringing up MJ, pitting her against Gwen, and igniting dumb shipping wars in the process?
Note to Marvel: pissing off fans is probably not a good way to sell and convince people to buy a book. It’s like they want don’t want her solo to succeed.
Headcanons are fun and mostly harmless and there’s nothing wrong with a bunch of enthusiastic teenagers making them, but if you’re going to claim that one of the most unfairly criticized, mistreated and misrepresented female characters in comics sold the love of her life out to a supervillain and played a deliberate part in his murder, at least make your evidence worth my time.
Yes, I’m talking about that “ITSV MJ totally was a Hysterical Woman or Evil Femme Fatale and betrayed Peter to Kingpin” theory floating around.
You may not intend any malice with that theory but also like….imagine how tired MJ fans are.
It wasn’t enough you all tried to spread misinformation that Mary Jane was the shallow, unworthy bitch who only loved Spider-Man and not Peter - you all also have to make her a heartless, toxic woman who set out to end Peter’s life because she didn’t love him, too.
It’s just eye rolling how villainizing MJ seems to be everyone’s hobby of the decade.
