Sony’s Spider-Man Universe: 10 Saddest Things About Venom

Sony’s Spider-Man franchise has taken a different approach to the Venom symbiote and presented him as a relatable character. Venom: Let There Be Carnage had an action-packed premise of Cletus Kasady and Carnage’s pursuit of Eddie Brock and Venom, but it also brought a lot of emotional material for the latter.

Venom has been both a funny and tragic figure of sorts, stemming from his status as an alien symbiote who’s trying to fit in on Earth. Venom’s dynamic with Eddie has also uncovered plenty of revelations about who he is as a person, and it’s fascinating to see just how sad Venom’s life truly is upon deeper inspection.

Venom Was Never Accepted By His Own Kind

Venom arrived on Earth to assimilate humans because that was what he was told to do. By his own admission, Venom was an outcast and a loser who had no friends or loved ones. This was to the point where he was prepared to betray his own kind and stay on Earth.

The times when Venom has spoken of his background have made it clear that he was far from happy on his homeworld, with Venom feeling out of place with the other symbiotes. While the rest of the aliens were fixated on their carnivorous nature, Venom wanted a more fulfilling existence,

Venom Didn’t Think He Was Worth Being Around Normal People

After his big fallout with Eddie, Venom stumbled into an all-night rave where he felt everyone around him were weird people. It was the realization that they were strange that Venom started to feel comfortable, signifying how he didn’t think he was worth being among normal people.

Venom also realized the only reason people at the rave accepted him was that they thought he was a man in a costume. Their cheers to his claims of freedom were hollow and unimportant to Venom, but being around weird strangers was the best he could get.

Venom Was Insulted For Genuinely Caring For Eddie’s Feelings

The heartbreak from Anne’s engagement to Dr. Dan brought out an angry side to Eddie, and Eddie was wrong to blame Venom. The symbiote genuinely offered his sympathy to Eddie for losing the woman he loved, but Eddie insulted Venom by claiming he had no idea what humans felt.

Venom had been annoying Eddie prior to this, but he had fully intended to be a good friend after learning of Eddie’s sadness. He got nothing but Eddie’s anger in return, and even then Venom was big enough to let it slide rather than get angry as well.

Venom Gets No Credit For Helping People

Venom isn’t like Eddie, who wants to lay low to avoid attention coming their way. Venom does seek the adoration of the people he’s saved from criminals. There’s nothing really wrong with that considering Venom was a vigilante who helped others, but he got no recognition for this.

In its place, Eddie kept berating Venom for potentially giving away their secret and luring the authorities on them. Venom had never received any approval in his homeworld and he was hurt that his efforts to help people were still going unrecognized.

Venom Is Berated For A Carnivorous Instinct That He Can’t Control

Taking place in a different universe, Venom isn’t Spider-Man’s archenemy in the film series but does have the same lust for flesh. Everyone treats him as a monster for it, but the truth is that Venom is simply following his natural instinct as a symbiote.

In actuality, Venom is very impressive for keeping his hunger at bay as much as he does as symbiotes feed on brains for a living. Sadly for Venom, he never receives praise for going against his nature and is deemed as an abomination.

Venom’s Son Tried To Kill Him As Soon As He Was Created

While Venom and Carnage didn’t really have much to do with each other, the fact remains that they are father and son. Venom could have had a real relationship with Carnage if circumstances were different but all they ever had was an antagonism.

It stemmed from Carnage’s need to kill his father and there was no changing his mind. Venom ultimately devoured his own child to save humanity, meaning he let go of the one chance he had to have a real family with him on Earth.

Venom Was Trapped In Eddie’s Apartment For Years

It was hard to consider Venom too likable early in the second movie due to his knack for annoying Eddie every few seconds. However, his irritability is justified considered he’d been stuck in Eddie’s apartment for years by that point.

Venom had thought Earth granted him a second chance at a life of freedom, only for Eddie to force him into hiding. Venom was only let out on select nights and even there he had to avoid being seen. All this resulted in a kind of cabin fever that made Venom angry and depressed.

Venom’s Main Purpose Is To Find Love And Acceptance

The reason why Venom has kept his hunger at bay and tolerated being trapped on Earth has to do with his need for acceptance. Venom has always been moved even by the slightest hint of affection coming his way, as it’s something he didn’t know he would experience.

It’s too bad he hasn’t really found the love and acceptance from anyone other than Eddie, with the symbiote even becoming affectionate of chickens because they didn’t react with a terror of him.

Eddie Gave Away Venom’s Beloved Pet Chickens

One of the ways Eddie didn’t change positively toward Venom was his tendency to hit the symbiote with low blows. Their big fight in the apartment had Eddie call Venom a pariah who couldn’t be loved, following which he threatened to harm one of Venom’s beloved pet chickens.

Not only did Venom leave the apartment seemingly for good, but Eddie didn’t bother to keep his pets either, as he was shown freeing the chickens later on. It meant that Venom had to let go of the only living things who weren’t afraid of him.

Venom Tries To Hide His Hurt Feelings By Lashing Out

Venom has a tendency to be very defensive, to the point that he insults someone else to avoid receiving the same treatment. In Let There Be Carnage, Venom resorted to calling Eddie a loser the moment the latter suggested that Venom was annoying him. This escalated their argument.

Venom’s habit of lashing out stems from his survivalist mentality as he continues to feel hunted even in verbal interactions. It was seen when he broke Eddie’s nose during their fight, with Venom truly apologizing the next moment and then attacking Eddie again when it was clear their argument was going to continue.

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Saim Cheeda
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