Philip Watson

Philip Watson is a minor character from the Spider-Man comics. He is introduced as the father of Spider-man/Peter Parker's girlfriend Mary Jane Watson.

What Makes Him Received as a Terrible Father and Husband of the Year - Let Alone as a Person

1. The problem with him is that he is the abusive father of Mary Jane, one of Peter’s lovers, who would yell at his wife and kids whenever he was concentrating on his job.
2. He was very frustrated as a father when he yells his wife and kids when he was trying to write.
3. He poorly represents how fathers treat their daughters to make them "perfectionists".
4. He treats her older daughter, Gayle, like a "dupe" and a poor misguided child that was only doing what he told her to do. Philip even slapped her for the dancing lessons that are "costing him a fortune" and goes as far as to ask Gayle to steal a novel manuscript for him which led her to go to prison.
5. He is kinda bland depending on your view.
6. He is essentially greedy, manipulative, and somewhat selfish.
7. He seems to be a dark reflection of Spider-Man's Uncle Ben, or a parental version of Flash Thompson if that was ever the case either way.
8. He is the one to cause her wife, Madeline to give up her marriage to him which tore the family apart when she died.
9. He is especially selfish as a parent who treats Mary Jane like an unwanted daughter who is undecided for sure, and a "lying little $#*%" while she and Gayle were playing and trying to mind their own businesses.
10. He was no better in later incarnations like his Ultimate Universe counterpart (now named Greg Craig Watson). In it, he is mentioned that he cheats on his wife and tried to keep Mary Jane away from Peter when he discovered her daughter's diary about falling in a bridge (when Mary Jane was kidnapped and tossed down by the Green Goblin). Greg then treats Peter like a jerk and whowhoandwho accuses him to think that he took Mary Jane off the bridge.
    1. He then threatens to get Mary Jane out of Midtown High so that she and Peter will never see each other, who treats their kids like this. He may be maybe such a selfless overprotective father, this would cause Mary Jane to leave the house from all the things her father has done. Unlike his mainstream counterpart, He dislikes Peter Parker as a boyfriend to her daughter.
11. He never learns how to treat his family properly at all when Madeline divorced him.
12. In 2002's Spider-Man film, he would often yell at Mary Jane for no reason even that she'll "always be trash" just like her mother and had no real reason for not wanting Mary Jane to go to school.
    1. In the sequel, he mentioned that he told Mary Jane that she is "never worth anything".

Redeeming Qualities:

1. In The Spectacular Spider-Man issue 219, He does regret his actions towards Mary Jane and revealed that he does loves her mother deep down when the family was falling apart.
2. In the Ultimate Universe, he was thankfully broke up by her wife, so that he will no longer harm Mary Jane or Peter.
3. His inability to write something was at least a relatively understandable reason to why he became abusive.
4. His character design is well-made.
5. He is at least nice to his daughter's boyfriend, Peter Parker/Spider-Man.
6. When comparing to other horrible dads like Norman Osborn (Harry Osborn's father), Brian Banner (Bruce Banner/Hulk's father), etc., he's somewhat relatively tame - at least he did later owed up to his past actions.

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