So the writers had a different tone in mind originally, then got told the fans want the old cast back and want it to be darker.
Felt like the writers said “Fuck you. You want Foggy and Karen? You want it darker? Here you go. We kill Foggy and ship Karen 3000 miles off camera. How do you like that?” It was downright spiteful.
Marvel killed “my” Spider-Man years ago when they threw away years of character development and history to make Peter more like the Raimi movies. This Ultimate Spider-Man is a lot like what we should have now in the main books in terms of maturity and family situation.
So the writers had a different tone in mind originally, then got told the fans want the old cast back and want it to be darker.
Felt like the writers said “Fuck you. You want Foggy and Karen? You want it darker? Here you go. We kill Foggy and ship Karen 3000 miles off camera. How do you like that?” It was downright spiteful.