It feels like you have to be remarkable or remarkably lucky now to succeed in America. That’s a very bad feeling. Being decent and hardworking ought to be enough.
the structure of "play videogames all day instead of studying and at worst you'll get a slap on the wrist" vs the freedom of "if you don't get a job and work all day every day forever you'll die"
@1patr0n@Observe30337985@Da_Toluwan@Hoodville_ Female characters have historically been written that way on purpose. Why do you think it took until 2021 for Black Widow to get her own solo movie when she’s been a part of the MCU since 2010?
@emo_redbone@andku@Hoodville_ In Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, they repeatedly state that being Spider-Man is a sacrifice. And even if Spider-Man doesn’t have to have a realistic relationship, the men who watch Spider-Man films do.
@Waffles_May@andku@Hoodville_ What I’m saying is that if he can’t be there for her, then they don’t really have a mutual relationship. They have a one-sided relationship, which is no relationship at all.
@BobbyTimeclock She left John because she finally understood why Peter kept turning her down. She knew the only reason Peter didn’t want to be with her was because he was Spider-Man. Would you have rather had MJ marry John while knowing her heart belongs to Peter?
@BobbyTimeclock Yes, Peter is actively distancing himself from MJ in Spider-Man 2. That’s why MJ gets engaged to John. She inherently gets external validation from dating John because he’s an astronaut, he’s J. Jonah Jameson’s son, and J. Jonah Jameson runs the Daily Bugle.
@1patr0n@Observe30337985@Da_Toluwan@Hoodville_ Hating MJ has everything to do with misogyny. If she had a better father, she wouldn’t crave external validation from Men. Fans will hate on MJ for the fact that she didn’t get into Oxford or MIT, and she’s just a love interest. That role was relegated to her by the Patriarchy.
The saddest truth of all is how many people genuinely like the hierarchical class system we live under. They abhor the idea of humanity liberating itself from capitalism and building a world where we are all one because their egos derive pleasure off having more material possessions than others.
@andku@Hoodville_ Here’s the thing, relationships are about give and take. Peter’s problems aren’t the only ones that matter. Peter might have had a lot going on, but if he can’t even manage to show up to Mary Jane’s play, then what kind of relationship can they realistically hope to have?
@Observe30337985@Da_Toluwan@Hoodville_ She kissed Spider-Man after he saved her life twice, and she held Peter’s hand after Harry didn’t stick up for her at Thanksgiving.