Ultimate Comics Spider-Man (discussion/spoilers)

If you woke up in a body of the opposite gender tomorrow would you suddenly find yourself attracted to a different sex then you had every day of your life up until that point. I would think not.

She's not just an opposite sex clone, for all intents and purposes Jessica is Peter; just trapped in a woman's body. Not only should she be attracted to women, she should be attracted to the same women he was attracted to at the point of their divergence; namely MJ, Kitty, and maybe Gwen.
 
you can also argue that even though she is an exact clone with all the memories and thoughts of the original peter, she only experienced life up the point his blood was taken. everything that happened after that were all her own memories and experiences. Peter didn't have feeling for Gwen at that time or Kitty or anyone else, they call came afterword from Peter's own messed up life.

therfore you could say that Jessica herself, has tried to create her own persona,you could also have the possibilty that she has created somethng sort'a like a split personality, that draws on the experience of the past, yet lets her view things with HER own body.
 
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The blood sample came from a little month before Gwen died, when he gave his blood to Conners.
 
X_Toad said:
Twins are clones, genetically speaking. But that's the word : "genetically". Ultimate Spider-Woman is a clone of Peter both genetically but also mentally (to a point). All her life before the moment she opened her eyes for the first time, she remembers as being Peter Parker. She remembers the relationship with MJ and being in love with her. And I don't think being in a woman's body would change her tastes so radically, at least not so fast.

X-23 was a "realistic" clone of Wolverine. Despite being Wolverine's clone, she didn't inherit his personnality and memories along with his genetic code. Jessica, on the other hand, inherited those from Peter.
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Zeek said:
I guess it all depends on how much you attribute sexual orientation to hormones - or, more precisely, homosexuality being a hormonal imbalance (Not That There's Anything Wrong With That). Sure, she has Peter's memories and past life experiences, but if being gay or straight comes down to hormones, then the situation's going to be more complicated. She'd REMEMBER being into chicks, but unless Peter was gay, she wouldn't have the hormonal imbalance and would most likely be straight.

But I mostly think it would be tacky because as much as Bendis can be a good writer, I don't trust him to deal with such a matter with any amount of the eloquence or subtlety it would require to be tasteful, and not seem like a cheap gimmick.
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I agree about the hormone thing...

McCheese said:
If you woke up in a body of the opposite gender tomorrow would you suddenly find yourself attracted to a different sex then you had every day of your life up until that point. I would think not
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...and on that note - you might not just change your mind on a conscious level, but what if it is a hormonal thing that you don't consciously control? Certainly seems plausible.
 
nigma said:
2 months actually, before Gwen died..... the 1st time
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Gwen has only died once.
E said:
...and on that note - you might not just change your mind on a conscious level, but what if it is a hormonal thing that you don't consciously control? Certainly seems plausible.
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haha, so she might like guys but be grossed out that she likes guys

that would be pretty funny.
 
Everyone in this thread has probably put more thought into Jessica than Bendis has.
 
E said:
I agree about the hormone thing...



...and on that note - you might not just change your mind on a conscious level, but what if it is a hormonal thing that you don't consciously control? Certainly seems plausible.
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Agree to disagree I suppose.
ProjectX2 said:
Everyone in this thread has probably put more thought into Jessica than Bendis has.
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Bendis can't spend time thinking about plot points, he has to write 14 books a month.
 
nigma said:
that we know about........it is the marvel universe after all
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um... Ultimate Universe So far only Gwen, Hammerhead, & General Ross have came back from the dead. And that was because Bendis had Ben Grimm punch a T. rex which disturbed and changed the timeline. ...Do you think Bendis will have Ben go back and stop himself for punching the T. rex thus undoing everything Loeb did??
 
the watcher said:
um... Ultimate Universe So far only Gwen, Hammerhead, & General Ross have came back from the dead. And that was because Bendis had Ben Grimm punch a T. rex which disturbed and changed the timeline. ...Do you think Bendis will have Ben go back and stop himself for punching the T. rex thus undoing everything Loeb did??
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Plus, Beast and Angel came back
 
And whats-her-name...Psylock? The one who Xavier's son killed.
 
and Magneto
and John Wraith (from weapon X, came back as Vindicator)
and Quicksilver
and Sabretooth (twice)
and Captain America (Ultimatum)
and Valkyrie (Ultimatum)
and soon to be Thor (Ultimatum/ New Ultimates)
 
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the watcher said:
Doesn't count. Xavier never killed him, it was a fake out.
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same with Beast, but we didn't know that right away.

I didn't count Prof X b/c you find out at the end of the same issue that he's still alive. but Magneto was "dead" for at least a couple of issues before they revealed that he was still alive.
 
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I think, in order for a character to be counted as having been brought back to life in the negative sense, they need to have been a) actually dead (ie, not Magneto, who was thought to be dead but never was) and b) dead for at least a story arc, long enough for the characters to treat him as being truly dead so that the resurrection feels like death is being treated cheaply.
 
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