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[Spider-Man] What did Spider-Man see in Mary-Jane?

My knowledge of Spider-Man lore is pretty limited, but I don't remember MJ ever having any real qualities that would make her worthy of attention Peter gives her. Based purely on what I've seen, it looks like the only reason he's into her is that he thinks she's attractive.

But at the same time, she constantly needs saving, she doesn't seem to express anything that would make him actually love her, and at times she seems to act like a jerk toward him. In the Raimi movies she didn't really do much beyond get mad at him when he didn't give her what she wanted. One of the few Spider-Man comics I've ever read involved Peter experiencing some kind of horrible mutation and practically begging for her help, and she completely blew him off and forced him to go to some stupid party for some damn reason. And then when his condition messed up the party, she got mad at him for embarrassing her or something (if I'm remembering right).

So... why does Peter even bother with her at all? Why not just dump her and go off and enjoy being a superhero with all the other heroes forever?
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Well, Raimi's interpretation of MJ differs greatly from comic-book MJ.

In the comics, Peter's attraction to MJ initially is because she is super-attractive and looks like a movie star. He gets to know her and he is attracted to her boldness, confidence, and sense of adventure, but is turned off a bit by the flaky party-girl part of her personality. He eventually begins dating Gwen Stacy, but when the Green Goblin kills her, it's Mary Jane who decides to be there for Peter, rather flake on him in what is a major development in her character and her relationship with Peter. She is Peter's major lifeline of support in the aftermath of Gwen's death and it blossoms into romance, and Peter later learns that the reason for Mary Jane's party girl persona is that it was a way to for her to escape from her abusive father and to keep herself from becoming like her mother and sister, who both gave up on their dreams only to marry horrible men. She's saved Peter just as much as Peter has saved her.

In the Sam Raimi films, he's attracted to her because she's the girl next door and was a childhood friend of his, and she was always friendly to him when others weren't.