Though, alright, let me put on my best suit, slick back my hair, and give it my best [url=https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2M2MDJhMDgtMmJkYy00MTgzLTkyZTktODM5NzE1MWUyNDA4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTA4NzY1MzY@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,703,1000_AL_.jpg]Keanu Reeves[/url] impersonation:

Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson come from two different eras of storytelling. Gwen is a hero's girlfriend in the very Silver Age style; she's no worse an offender of the "bland, personality-less beauty designed to be put in mortal peril" trope than, say, (classic) Iris West. Hell, until ol' Spidey and Marvel came along, even the [i]heroes[/i] hardly had character traits beyond "always does the right thing" and "reminds kids to eat their vegetables." So to completely compare the two without considering their relative context is a bit misleading.

Still, as Gerry Conway is quick to point out, no one cared about Gwen Stacy until [i]after[/i] he killed her. That's when the cult of personality around the character really began.