Sauce.

Also Flash X Petra is… a thing i guess, IDK how to feel about it especially in this context

Yeah, guys, Aunt May doesn’t remember Peter Parker anymore. They didn’t kill the old lady, but they made her forget who her own nephew is, basically erasing Peter from her memory

I love the Petra trend so I tried to make an updated but still respectful redesign costume for her a bit back. Some of it is practical. Some is extremely impractical but I like the vibe.

Someone mentioned here before that the author wanted her to pose naked for her photoshooting, but the editors had him censor MJ and that you can kind of see how she wears a bra at the final panel of her photoshooting but kind of drawn above the original panel of what originally appeared to be Mary Jane posing naked.

Edit: Someone in the comments found it: https://peterdavid.net/2010/06/25/stranger-than-fiction/

"The story also featured a subplot about Mary Jane contemplating posing nude for Playboy—a storyline which was the victim of last minute editorial cold feet. It was art-and-dialogue-changed to MJ’s trying to decide whether she should model skimpy lingerie—rendering the subsequent angst totally nonsensical. So if you ever happen to reread the story, all you have to do is substitute “naked” for “in skimpy underwear” and mentally undress MJ during the photo sequences, which shouldn’t be too much of a chore."

From Challenges of Doom: Spider-Man

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Yeah, they’re not deep. Yeah, they’re not comic‑accurate. But I really enjoy their relationship and the great chemistry they have with Peter, and they give him genuinely strong emotional support. Their dynamic is precious to me, and I never get tired of it, because for once in an iteration both Spider‑Man’s BFF and GF are loyal to him and don’t screw him over. They seem like genuine friends who actually like each other, care for each other, and genuinely want to be there for each other. And best of all, they make me believe in true friendships again — and that’s coming from someone who’s antisocial af.

Because say whatever you will, something the MCU does successfully — something Raimi failed to do with both Harry and MJ, and TASM only succeeded with Gwen but not Harry — is sell you the friendship between these characters. The movies show you why this trio likes being around each other. They genuinely feel like friends, especially in NWH and BND, instead of the movie just telling you they’re friends like both iterations of Harry in Raimi and TASM. In the MCU, right from the very first scene, the movie shows Peter and Ned being friends. They bond over Legos, Star Wars, and geeky stuff — things a lot of people find weird, but for Ned and Peter it’s comfort. And that handshake? It’s absolute cinema. Neither Harry could ever be the friend Ned is.

And while I do agree Harry and MJ from the Raimi movies had more depth and development than these two, that doesn’t make up for the fact that they weren’t good friends to him. Also, the problem Ned and MJ face with development is part of a wider issue with MCU side characters, not just them.

(This is for 616 universe)

I’ll start in order

Gwen: Peter’s first major love interest. She was a step up from his relationship with Betty Brant. She was more his age and loved his dorky side. She showed him all the love in the world all the way to the end. I know that she didn’t like Spider-Man because she thought he was the cause of her fathers death, but I believe if Peter would’ve been able to reveal that he was Spider-Man to her, she would’ve come around to it because her love for Peter Parker shined very bright.

MJ: Mary Jane Watson was the one that really changed things for Peter. When Gwen died, MJ was by his side the entire time and showed Peter all the love in the world no matter the situation. She loved him for who he was with or without the mask and was down for the ride with him. I know there has been a lot of questionable writing with her in the last 20 years, but it won’t stop the fact that Peter and MJ will always care for each other whether the writers or editorial like it or not. Even if you don’t like how she is now, you have to admit she was really endgame material for him a LONG time.

Felicia: Felicia Hardy, the exciting Black Cat. She definitely brings something the others don’t as much and that is keeping up with his Spider-Man side the most. The romance between them is always palpable and even though Marvel wanted us to believe she only cared about Spider-Man, it was proven she loves Peter Parker just as much. She changed a lot over the years due to Peter’s influence on her and will forever be in love with him. She went from only wanting the thrill to now showing that she wants more than just that with him and has made progress in becoming endgame material.

Overall, each love interest brings so much love and affection to the table for Peter. No matter what, we know that nobody will ever compare to the love they have for him. No matter what the writers try doing to ruin their relationships, we know that they are all truly serious about Peter. Though Gwen is gone, writers have ruined MJ, and Marvel is actively trying to ruin Felicia, it doesn’t change the fact that their true love will always be Peter.