>>97470627It'll never stop hurting. Never. Ult!F4 & Ult!SM was what got me into comics. I had the first printings as they came out and everything. I love the Ultimate U, even after everything, but the deal Reed/Sue got was just awful.
If you read the book, it was free from all the Namor/BP drama. The two of them were genuinely in love, and for a science nerd in glasses who was the spitting image of Reed, it was like getting the girl of your dreams (self-inserting when you're 8 isn't cringy, shut-up). They were always sweet and supporting and just... lovely, you know? And then those last few issues happened. Reed tries to propose, and Sue breaks up with him to fuck other guys. Reed actually does propose later, but she declines, Ultimatum happens and it's all downhill from there.
The worst part is that she fucked Ben later. He stopped being all rocky, and out of the blue they're suddenly both in love and Sue proposes to Ben. It's just... wrong. Thank Bendis for that...
And it didn't stop there. Reed went all Maker, but it can be argued it wasn't all his fault. After Ultimatum everbody gave up on him and left him to live with his abusive dad back home. Even after being cucked and even after becoming the Maker, he just wanted to be left alone. But they provoked him, and attacked him.
And that's not even it. Towards the end of Ultimates, they attack him again, while attempting to use the Gems to bring back the dead and while literally saving the world, he again professes his love to Sue and she gloats about how she's fucking Ben. After all that, after Sue!Kang tells her to get back with Reed, after everything, she still chooses fucking Ben Grimm...
It sucks because it was just written to hurt Reed and because it turned Sue into an OOC whore. It was badly written, badly plotted and damaging for everyone.
I still remember though...
