[quote=@Inkarnate] The part where I pissed off every Spider-Man RPer here is a good start. [/quote] You already buried yourself by saying you don't like Spectacular Spider-Man. Now you're basically trying to tunnel to China. But, to add my two cents onto all the various topics at hand..... [b]Gwen Stacy vs Mary Jane[/b] is a no-brainer in my opinion, at least in their classic incarnations. Classic MJ was a far more well-rounded character, probably rougher around the edges than the sainted Gwen but with far more backbone and a [i]joie de vivre[/i] that most superhero paramours are missing. Of course, modern-day Mary Jane who exists as a background prop for Riri Williams is a complete waste of space. But when she's actually being used by writers who give a damn about the character's mythology, MJ pushes Pete to be a better person, and for a character whose central arc has always been about a boy (or in the modern case, an ineffectual low-testosterone man-child) dealing with the realities of responsible adulthood, she's a better fit thematically. Plus, as was said earlier, OG Gwen was essentially Stan Lee's Mary Sue. Out of all the various incarnations of both characters, though, I prefer SSM Gwen. But admittedly that's mostly because I've got a thing for nerdy girls. [b]Miles Morales[/b] has no actual personality, but we're not supposed to point that out because it ruins the illusion that you can just take an existing character, change the skin color and/or slap a vagina on it, and then bask in praise and adulation for being so progressive and #woke. He's nowhere near as irritating as most of the new replacement heroes made to appeal to cosplayers and receive big enthusiastic BJs from Bleeding Cool, but I think he's the prime example of a character that everyone claims to like because you get in trouble if you don't. Maybe the new movie will change my mind on that, but I'm not holding my breath. Also, this isn't something that's unique to Miles or Marvel in general, but I [i]hate[/i] it when a superhero gets replaced, then the original comes back and the replacement sticks around with the same name. It makes things so unnecessarily complicated-- "Look, everyone, it's Spider-Man! And his friend, erm....also Spider-Man!" It was just as irksome to me when Dick still hung around as Batman after Bruce came back and reclaimed the cowl, or when Wally and Barry were both running around as the Flash at the same time. To me, it cheapens the importance of the character, pushing instead the idea that the heroes are just brands that can be swapped out. [b]Hal Jordan[/b] is boring, but Sinestro doesn't really work with any of the other Lanterns, so he might as well stick around. On the subject of the Lanterns, Guy is basically the only one with any personality, but I can't rightly picture him in the main Justice League 'Big Seven' lineup and not being really out-of-place. It's a shame. [b]Grant Morrison[/b] is great when he's off in a corner doing his own weird shit and not adding a bunch of LSD-riddled lunacy onto major characters. His X-Men and Batman stuff were both very hit-and-miss to me, and while I loved [i]All-Star Superman[/i] at the time, I've cooled on it in recent years, mostly because it's the thing that everyone points to when going on about how Superman shouldn't be treated as an actual character and instead needs to be your idyllic imaginary-friend-slash-secular-god-figure because we need to feel good about there being a benevolent higher power but can't be arsed to go to church once in a while. I will say, though, I did love the issue of Multiversity where he used the Charlton Comics characters that were re-branded into [i]Watchmen[/i] to say Alan Moore is full of shit. In short, I loved Flex Mentallo and Doom Patrol, I could do without Batman of Zurr-en-Arrh or Beast having a cat-face. [b]Damian Wayne[/b] is a character I loathe with every fiber of my being, everything I hate about the overblown "Oh, I can beat everyone with prep-time because having money and knowing karate is totally better than being able to deadlift the solar system or move faster than thought itself" era of Batman, made to appeal to people who think that being an asshole to your friends and co-workers is 'cool,' and perpetually stuck in the exact same "oooh, is he gonna turn to the dark side this time" story arc. All of which I could possibly find it within myself to forgive, if it weren't for the fact that Tim Drake-- hands-down the best Robin in an easy walk IMO-- was kicked to the curb and given the name of a hamburger joint in order to make room for the little shitstain. Just because he's nice maybe 5% of the time doesn't make up for him being an irritating little prick the other 95%. [b]Master Bruce's Batman[/b] makes me angry because every time I read it, I realize how much more effort I'm gonna have to put into my next Superman post in order to keep up. Dammit, man, you're going to be the death of me. Next Superman post will come as soon as I can channel the energy of my all-consuming hatred of Damian into something constructive.