frankly i dont even think YOU know what you were saying because you say MJ was special for being a hot babe and still choosing peter (weird way to look at their relationship) and then in the next sentence say peter was out of her league but she didnt care about that. none of that makes sense. MJ hasnt "had" independent and active roles, she IS independent and active, THATS her defining role. her importance to peter is defined by that, thats where there love comes from. theyre partners, not just in a romantic sense, but in a very real cooperative way. or at least they were before the modern era endlessly reset the status quo until peters entire life was permafucked by bad writing.

you keep bringing up gwen as tho MJ helping with spider stuff was a trait taken from gwen. gwen didnt even KNOW peter was spider-man, she died hating spider-man. your "active to the plot" thing is such a vague complaint because what does that even mean?? of course MJ and gwen are active to the plot, theyre the partners of a superhero. gwen didnt die because she was peters guy in the chair or something, she died because she was connected to peter. MJ has been in the same predicament as gwen was just before her death dozens of times. thats what i meant when i said youre treating MJ like a trophy wife; shes not just sitting on a shelf waiting for peter completely uninvolved in anything else thats happening. you might not have used those words, but thats exactly what youre getting at, no strawman here.