Okay, I know this is gonna sound horrible, but I REALLY hope they do Gwen Stacy's death in an upcoming Spider-Man film. And this isn't a thing where I want to kick Gwen to the curb so we can get to MJ or anything like that. Heck, I never really liked Gwen from what I've seen of her in the comics, but I really, really liked her in the movie. She was spunky and smart and was running around getting stuff done. But strangely, I kind of want to see her death more BECAUSE I like her and I know that seeing her die will really effect me, while it didn't in the comic. For example, in the scans above, I really only feel bad for Peter. I never really was into comic Gwen, and yeah, she didn't deserve to die, but I'm just not emotionally invested in HER. I'm invested in Peter and how he's doing. Same as in the Dark Knight movie. I really could have cared less about Rachel, but I felt bad for Bruce and Harvey because they were sad about it. THAT ISN'T RIGHT. When a character dies, I shouldn't only feel sad for the people around them, I should feel sad that that person is dead.
I'd also like to see it in a movie because I have always found this death to be really powerful and just so unexpected. The whole thing is just so horrifying with how Peter is desperately trying to save Gwen and actually ends up killing her himself. We see superhero love interests die or have something horrible happen to them quite often, but not very often does something like this happen. And honestly, I will be very surprised if they don't go down the route in the next movie/movies since they kind of set it up perfectly.
Spoilers for anyone who hasn't watched it yet, but at the end of Amazing Spider-Man, Captain Stacy dies and makes Peter promise him to stay away from Gwen because he doesn't want her to get hurt or get involved in the stuff Peter/Spidey is doing. Peter breaks up with Gwen, Gwen is ticked and knows her dad said something to Pete, etc. Then at the end of the movie Peter's teacher says something to him about not making "promises you can't keep" and Peter whispers to Gwen, "but those are the best kind" and Gwen smiles. This is why I think Gwen's death would work perfectly. Because right at the end here we know that Peter is not going to stay away from Gwen. He is not going to keep his promise. He is not going to be responsible. And him breaking this promise with Captain Stacy and sticking around Gwen is going to end up leading to her death. It's just one of those insanely tragic set-ups that I think could work really well if they do it right.
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I'd also like to see it in a movie because I have always found this death to be really powerful and just so unexpected. The whole thing is just so horrifying with how Peter is desperately trying to save Gwen and actually ends up killing her himself. We see superhero love interests die or have something horrible happen to them quite often, but not very often does something like this happen. And honestly, I will be very surprised if they don't go down the route in the next movie/movies since they kind of set it up perfectly.
Spoilers for anyone who hasn't watched it yet, but at the end of Amazing Spider-Man, Captain Stacy dies and makes Peter promise him to stay away from Gwen because he doesn't want her to get hurt or get involved in the stuff Peter/Spidey is doing. Peter breaks up with Gwen, Gwen is ticked and knows her dad said something to Pete, etc. Then at the end of the movie Peter's teacher says something to him about not making "promises you can't keep" and Peter whispers to Gwen, "but those are the best kind" and Gwen smiles. This is why I think Gwen's death would work perfectly. Because right at the end here we know that Peter is not going to stay away from Gwen. He is not going to keep his promise. He is not going to be responsible. And him breaking this promise with Captain Stacy and sticking around Gwen is going to end up leading to her death. It's just one of those insanely tragic set-ups that I think could work really well if they do it right.