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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 3969168" data-attributes="member: 8158">Yeah, I gotta think that having his wife leave him would be just as much of a distraction as his wife being around. It's not as if there aren't people in the real who get married and have kids despite leading dangerous lives.Of course, Spidey should never have revealed his identity. That accomplished nothing positive. I didn't read Civil War, but I can't imagine what would constitute a good rationale for that action. It's not like the Registration Act requires you to make your identity public.And think about it, guys. The dissolution of the marriage is a smokescreen for the real reason for OMD. The marriage happened before the current powers were in office, so they can say that's a bad idea and needs fixing. What they can't own up to is that it was a bad idea for Spidey to pull his mask off in a press conference, because that's a mistake they own utterly. I think we're falling for their deception. I think it's the same problem that a lot of mainstream fiction has: there's a perception that UST (Unresolved Sexual Tension) is a lot more exciting than RST (Resolved Sexual Tension). For those who aren't aware, those are widely used terms used in fandom. Think of shows like Cheers, Moonlighting, and Northern Exposure, where the interest in the show plummeted once the sexual tension was resolved. Or the X-Files, where the chemistry is hinted at just enough to maintain fan interest, but never amounts to anything. Or think of a show like Friends, which employed a successful formula where relationships are consummated, then broken, then consummated, then broken, repeat and rinse until the series finale. Of course, this is all the bread-n'-butter of daytime soaps.So that's it in a nutshell. Letting the character date again gives writers all kinds of opportunities to rehash soap-opera plots. Build up a relationship, have it fall apart despite the characters' best efforts, put that relationship on the back-burner and introduce another love interest. Just never let anything ever actually get resolution, because--as Joe would put it--we need the character to be fresh and new for the next gen of readers.</blockquote>

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