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queenursula (queenursula) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-06-14 10:07:00

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char: mephisto, series: one perfect moment week

One Perfect Moment: Mephisto

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seriousfic
2009-06-14 09:27 am UTC (link)

Mephisto: Mwahahaha! Spider-Man, I've turned you from a hunted fugitive into a man who once more has a secret identity and I've saved your aunt and I've brought your best friend back to life! FEAR MY EVIL!!!

So, I guess the moral here is that deals with the Devil actually work out pretty well. That's a much better lesson to teach kids than "sometimes people get divorced."

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	readeriif 2009-06-14 01:40 pm UTC (link)
	Not to mention how Spidey doesn't even remember making the deal, so it's guilt-free! ... and looking at MJ's lines there, making a deal with the devil isn't just a sometimes necessary evil, it's heroic. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2009-06-14 10:46 am UTC (link)
	Wow that's just a pretty cold and evil way to taunt someone. But when you're the devil of that universe, guess it's pretty expected. (Reply to this)

	mullon 2009-06-14 11:15 am UTC (link)
	If anything put Mephisto in the top three for Marvel's most evil villains, it was this. (Reply to this)

	sandoz_iscariot 2009-06-14 12:06 pm UTC (link)
	BONG BONG (Reply to this)

	queen_marshed 2009-06-14 01:22 pm UTC (link)
	That's Quesada, mocking us Spidergirl fans that she'll never be. CURSE YOU QUESADAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	hyperactivator 2009-06-14 02:38 pm UTC (link)
	He literally says it right to their faces that he's doing this to prevent thier daughter from existing. This moment is why I believe that only Spider-Girl can undo this. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	felinephoenix 2009-06-14 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	While I doubt the Spidey books will ever go there, like the idea that Mephisto did this to get rid of Baby May because she would someday pose a big threat to him. Or something. I'm surprised someone hasn't written a fic along those lines by now, actually. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	felinephoenix 2009-06-14 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	I mean, "I like that idea". I can make coherent comments. Really I can. (Reply to this) (Parent)

moneyless_jew
2009-06-14 01:31 pm UTC (link)

The oddity of OMD is Marvel has spent years keeping Spidey out of some larger, grander stories because they say - rightly, in many cases - that some villains or powers are "too big" for him to deal with. And that's true, to a point. But his fight with Firelord is a classic, and then of course they used Mephisto here as a deus ex machina. Given how popular stories like the Firelord issue are with Spidey up against something far greater than himself, "impossible odds," I think fans would eat up a big arc where lowly little Spider-Man must traverse Mephisto's realm and learn the secret of OMD or die trying.

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	doc_destructo 2009-06-14 03:13 pm UTC (link)
	Only if Dr. Doom was his guide. He's an old hat at outwitting Mephisto. And maybe we can finally get some follow-up to WTF happened to Valeria... -_-;; (Reply to this) (Parent)

	starwolf_oakley 2009-06-14 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	Well, Spider-Man used smarts in his battle with the Juggernaut. He tricked Juggy into deep cement. And he did eventually get out of it since nothing stops the Juggernaut. The Firelord fight was just Spider-Man hitting him repeatedly. Of course, Spidey had thrown a lot at Firelord beforehand. (Reply to this) (Parent)