I consider One More Day & One Moment in Time one giant event and one giant clusterfuck.
I don't think OMD is the worst event, honestly.
Because OMD, as bad as it was, introduced a deal with the devil. There was almost a CERTAINTY that Peter was going to face Mephisto in the future and make him undo it or something, and that seemed epic.
I mean, deals with the devil are BAD. And we're supposed to think that, and Mephisto is bad, and never has really gotten away with something so incredibly swiftly like this, as if it was a good thing he was doing.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
You and ANYONE who believed that Peter was going to have a future confrontation with Mephisto in the future over this are all CHUMPS! After reading OMD, watching the [tornado fang]er speak and reading his interviews, it was a certainty that NOTHING was going to ever change about this event. NOTH-ING. BECAUSE HE'S. IN. CHARGE. There's only 2 possible ways that this was ever going to get rectified. #1 is if Joe Quesada is no longer in charge, which by all intents and purposes isn't changing any time soon. #2 is if enough fans were so disgusted with One More Day that they stopped buying the comic all together, and put such a HUGE dent in sales that in order to continue making a profit, he'd have to fix it.
CLEARLY, none are happening. Enough Spidey fans stomached the [parasitic bomb] he fed them and continued purchasing the comic, and they will probably continue to do so even after this testicular cancer. So Quesada has no reason to stop. This is not going away. Not for a loooooonng time. In fact, he can keep going with this. I mean, why should he stop? He's already created more loopholes in history, made Gwen Stacy a whore and cheapened her death, made Peter Parker so [tornado fang]ing stupid as to not even consider what would happen if he PUBLICLY UNMASKED, made him make a deal with the Devil instead of actually taking responsibility for the absolute stupidity of his actions, made Mary Jane a complete pansy, and made them best friends who love each other but can never be together because she's "not strong enough."
...but THIS? This makes us DISREGARD all of that. This one, single event is nothing more than Quesada giving us NO REASON WHATSOEVER to completely ruin a character and make sure nobody has any loopholes currently to redo the marriage. This is the characters COMING TO TERMS with the situation. This event... this event is nothing more than pleasing Quesada alone and rubbing his fanboy ego with the realization that he finally has HIS Spider-Man. That he has HIS character back. That Mary Jane is evil and he should get away from her and that he should remain single.
He was already ruined after One More Day, through years and years of horrific writing. One More Day already showed that the character of Peter Parker was ruined pretty much beyond recognition. All One Moment in Time does is staple the fact, the fact that was COMPLETELY CLEAR AFTER ONE MORE DAY, that Peter Parker & Mary Jane are done as a couple for as long as he's in charge.
Like I said, those last panels you posted is Quesada talking DI-RECT-LY to Spider-Man fans. He IS Mary Jane. He's smiling and laughing in your face at what he's done. I mean, did you actually READ what he wrote? Here, I'll quote it for you...
"You know I'm right. You've been sitting here wondering... waiting for something that
ISN'T going to happen!"
HE. EVEN. BOLDS. IT. He directly tells you that as long as he has his way, they have no future together. And then he continues...
"You need to get on with your life, Peter. There's someone wonderful out there for you. But if you keep holding on to
"this," you may never find her...even if she's standing right there in front of you!"
I mean, do you realize what he's saying? Joe Quesada is Mary Jane, Peter Parker represents the Spider-Man fans, "her" is the current comic after what he's done, and the italicized
"this" is his butchering of their marriage. This is him telling fans straight to their [tornado fang]ing face that this is the way things are going to be, that the comic is now great even if you can't see it, and that they just have to get over
"this," move on and continue buying Spider-Man comics, cause look...
"You're going to be okay, Peter. We're both going to be okay!"
Cause I'm going to keep this back alley abortion going, and you're going to be okay with it! WE'RE (Quesada & the fans) BOTH GOING TO BE OKAY! And then, the pièce de résistance...
"Today. My best friend, the best person I've ever known-- --set me free!"
Listen to the words. LISTEN. He's referring to himself as Spider-Man fans "best friend" and saying that he's the "BEST PERSON THEY'VE EVER KNOWN," and that he has "SET THEM FREE!" Like I said, all One Moment in Time does is staple the fact that they're done as a couple as long as he's in charge, so now it's time to get over it, move on, and continue buying Spider-Man comics because he's you're best friend, the best person you've ever know, and he's done you a favor.
In terms of arrogant, power mad gloating, this is a [tornado fang]ing Machiavellian MASTERPIECE!
...and that is the most [tornado fang]'d up thing I have ever heard. NO comics writer has ever made an event singlehandedly to stroke his own ego like this, no writer has ever been so self-pleasing, and honestly, I've never met a Spider-Man fan who has been pleased with this.
You're right. No Spider-Man fan I've talked to was pleased with One More Day either...BUT THEY STILL KEPT BUYING THE [tornado fang]ing COMIC! And that's why he wins. Because people will still continue to spend money on this drivel.
...congratulations, Joe Quesada. You have officially written the worst story in comics history.
If you consider OMD & OMiT two separate event, then I'd probably agree with you that this is worse than OMD. But because it is an admitted sequel/epilogue and directly ties into OMD, I consider the whole thing one giant event, and it is still indeed the worst thing I've ever read in comic book history.
For what I think a lot of fans don't realize is the the character of Peter Parker is gone. All that matters now is Spider-Man. All that matters now is the spider-powers (although not really since The Other powers & organic web shooter thing was never resolved) and the quipping. "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility" as well as all the life lessons that Peter Parker has learned over the years has been thrown into the gutter and left for rat food. And like I said before, it's so god damn tragic because the whole point of what made Marvel different from DC back when it started out was that the characters behind the costume, behind the powers, mattered just as much or more than the costume & powers. With my favorite Marvel super hero, that is no longer the case.