Not So Venomous

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Header image with venom's white eyes.

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It’s Enter The Geekdom’s Monster Appreciation Week! Continue reading to learn about my favourite alien Venom!

Venom movie poster. Venom is giant and hovers over three people, Eddie Brock, Anne Weying, and Dr. Drake

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Venom is a symbiote—an alien species from the planet Klyntar that forges a bond with a host for survival. With two stand-alone films, Venom (2018) and Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), and appearances in Spider-Man 3 (2007) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Venom is a popular villain with Marvel fans.

The symbiote’s personality can be described as aggressive, vengeful, and possessive, often influencing his host to act in violent and dark ways. However, as the character developed throughout Venom (2018), his personality became influenced by his host, Eddie Brock—a failed reporter and sweaty loser. Venom’s strong bond with Eddie eventually changed its personality. Although still feisty at times, Venom showed a sense of humour, cockiness, and—dare I say—compassion. His relationship with Eddie is similar to an old married couple, as they bicker about the most random things on a daily basis. And if Venom went to a nightclub after their first fight and called it “out of the Eddie closet,” well then that’s just between us.

Eddie Brock holds a chicken while cowering from Venom.

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Other than enjoying human meat (especially heads), the symbiote likes tater tots and chocolate—an interesting combination. And although he is a predator, he will not eat his pet chickens, Sonny and Cher, because they are best friends. Isn’t that cute?

Apart from nagging Eddie any chance he gets, Venom has many abilities that make him fearful (and loveable): 

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  • His mouth isn’t just tongue and teeth but also acidic saliva that breaks down substances on contact.

  • He can regrow and heal limbs, whether it's himself or his host.

  • Telepathic communication with his host.

  • Venom can reproduce asexually by leaving spores of his body mass behind. The spores then grow into symbiotes themselves.

But like every creature, Venom also has weaknesses. Sound at 4,000 to 6,000 hertz and fire is lethal to the symbiote. 

If you would like to see a full list of powers and weaknesses that includes comic-version Venom, click here!

Hungry Venom showing off his sharp teeth with his long tongue out.

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Now, speaking of comic-version Venom, the symbiote is presented as the main villain in certain Spider-Man universe comics. But in the two stand-alone films, Venom is more of an anti-hero. With the influence of Eddie Brock (no doubt), Venom is neither good nor bad. I mean he’s just as much of a loser as Eddie is. Of course, no offence to them, but Venom was kicked off his planet by his own race because he was considered insane after the other symbiotes discovered that he wanted to commit to his host rather than use it up. You could say Venom is the runt of his kind. Calling him a villain is not entirely correct. His intentions to kill are only aimed at the bad guys. His son, Carnage, even tried to kill him. His own offspring doesn’t even like him! Poor Venom. At least he has his chickens to keep him company.

One last thing: Unless your name is Eddie Brock, don’t call Venom a parasite. You’ll be dead before you can say “tater tot.”

Hi, I’m Ailsa! I love diving deep into cinematic worlds, falling in love with fictional characters, and writing stories I hope to publish someday. And if you’re Marvel-obsessed like me, stay for the blogs (I can talk about this all day)! I’m also big into sci-fi and fantasy genres, whether it’s for novels or films.

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