@animehunter What does he say about OMD specifically? I listened to the whole thing and he doesn't mention anything about that story specifically, but instead explains why there is no need for Brand New Day
So now the story is RYV takes place in a world where the original Civil War never occurred? I know @ursaber is going to be pretty ticked off at that given all of the expectations he had about the book and what it could follow up on. It also means we still don't have an ideal Spider-Man universe where all of that Civil War-BND history survived but the marriage remained intact....I suppose this was to distinguish it from the future promised by the One-Above-All where Peter and MJ would have their kids Mary and Benjy.
Ah well, it will not affect my enjoyment of RYV at all.
Well... shit. That's a letdown. I guess Marvel will never let up. Neither Conway nor Marvel want to deal with Marvel's greatest mistake and so Conway has fabricated a true alternate reality and not a what if Peter and MJ refused the devil.
That is a massive BUMMER cause I really wanted to find out just how Peter and MJ got on with their lives following their refusal of Mephisto, you know. A true continuation of Spider Man's story and JMS' epic run.
What is it with Marvel being too chicken to address their timeline and keep up consistency. I understand what Conway is doing, he doesn't want to get burdened by past events and just wants to tell a Spider Man story. Although maybe Conway doesn't want to say too much because maybe he has something in the works.
Would it kill them to give me an illustration of Peter and MJ refusing Mephisto and a couple of panels narrating what happened afterwards and how RYV came to happen. RYV2 is truly a more direct sequel to RYV1 because I guess they follow the same timeline of events even if slightly altered.
Though on the plus side, Civil War is the event that caused Marvel to be the way it is today with heroes fighting each other en masse and that's a played off theme. If Civil War never happened then the superhero community is dandy. Conway just decided to skip through all those past events which right now are pretty irrelevant given Marvel constantly spawning new initiatives like Marvel NOW, All New Marvel NOW, etc.
I guess I'm the one who's gonna have to answer that question himself. I'm gonna have to write a fan fiction about how things would've progressed if Peter and MJ refused the devil in that crucial moment during One More Day. I'll answer questions like:
- After refusing Mephisto, what became of Aunt May? She certainly died but was she buried or left in the care of Jarvis?
- Peter and MJ on the run from registration forces. Maybe they joined up with Luke's Avengers. Or maybe they encountered Teresa Parker early on and she helped them.
- The circumstances of Annie's birth and Peter getting his secret identity back
- The Parker Family during World War Hulk, Secret Invasion, Dark Reign and Siege. How Superior Spider Man would've played out if Peter was married and with Annie. Spider Verse avoided.
- Parker Industries would never have been founded. Peter remained a either a teacher or a photographer. If he became a photographer then I would make him into a truly Pro Photographer, some kind of celebrity photojournalist on high demand and for hire at decent wages.
Tell me, do you guys think we will ever have One More Day retconned in mainstream continuity?
Well, RYV is still an awesome enjoyable Spider Man book in comparison to anything else. Even if its not exactly what I wanted (and I hardly ever get what I want) its at least a reality where Peter and MJ are married, the devil deal never took place and he didn't have to unmask. On top of it all they have a cute and awesome daughter and Peter is a well developed adult.
A wise man once said: “Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.”
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