I told André that he seems to be a generous guy who doesn’t take disagreement personally, and since I don’t like insulting others, I expect it would be a civil exchange.

One further complication is that a lot of the discussion is about whether One More Day was the right decision at the time, rather than what’s the best approach now when Miles Morales is the young 616 Spider-Man, writers have to figure out what superheroes were up to in the time New York shut down due to Covid, the actors playing Peter & MJ in the movies are a power couple, several blockbuster films have featured team-ups between multiple versions of Spidey so the idea of one true version is passé for many in the audience, etc. There’s been a lot of arguing about One More Day, but there haven’t been many situations where two people put their case for the right approach going forward, and politely interrogate the other.

André Santana volunteered to give his rationale for reversing One More Day. I think One More Day was a smart decision executed imperfectly, but there are plenty on the Crawlspace who disagree. When I saw the response to ChitownSpidey’s article about asking Cebulski a question at the Chicago comic-con, I realized it could be interesting to have some kind of written exchange on the merits of the Spider-Man marriage. But whether the main character is married or not is going to affect other peoples’ plans for the series going forward. And if he gets a new costume, the next creative team can throw it in the trash. If Peter Parker moves to Florida, he can come back to New York with a suitcase full of Spider-Man costumes on of the next run. If editorial pushes against guest starrs, there’s no narrative reason they can’t change their mind. If Zeb Wells continues to focus on B-list villains in big stories (the opening arc with Tombstone, the current story with Rabin, the 900th issue with the Living Brain), that won’t prevent his successor from featuring A-listers or new villains. It’s more important than most decisions, since it will affect the next writers. This is a major part of the status quo, and it’s relevant to figuring out what can happen in the book. One of the big questions about what Marvel should do with Spider-Man involves how they should handle One More Day.

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