I donāt just mean that itās chinese box office figures are great. They are, but the audience is also emotionally thirsty for venom. Heās the new number one dream boyfriend. All the chinese articles Iāve read keep talking about his ē·åå, his boyfriend power level(ie how good a SO is) and how its off the charts. How even people who arenāt into superheroes and are just along for the ride will be charmed at this romantic dreamboat. How adorable and lovable and cute and charming he is. How heās become a å½ę°ē·å, a National Boyfriend, ie, someone the whole country wants to date because theyāre such a Ideal BF. That Women Love Venom is accepted fact. The top three things articles in Chinese keep mentioning about the film are a)the box office success, b)how popular venom is With The Ladies in the audience and how heās an Ideal Boyfriend, and how Venom and Eddie have Incredible Chemistry and c)blah blah cast plot trailer reactions blah. Iām so proud of the goo, yāall, heās such a good boyfriend to Eddie that heās made himself a Publically Recognised Dreamboat.
And this reaction wasnāt exactly unanticipated. Official promo images included art of Venom being a great BF in this vein:
Yes. Thatās been on the official Weibo (chinese Twitter) account.
The little stamp says Venom: Caring Protector (the film is released in China as Venom: lethal protector so its a play on that). The term ęē· is a particular archetype of caring and emotionally available man. A sweet softboy, if you will.
Highlights from articles include:
V keeps being called a åæ ē¬, a āloyal dogā love interest archetype who is loyal and self sacrificing and values his SO above all else. Kind of like the Service in Service Top.
he gets called č ¢č and 蓱č, which respectivekey are cute because heās a dumbass and cute because heās a dick
One article talks about how you expect a monster but you get a beautiful creature with beautiful perfect teeth. Ok???? Horny much????
Insisting heās lovable because heās Sensitive and Emotionally Intelligent, and know What Women Want, as shown by the scene where he coaches Eddie through his convo with Anne in the car
These arenāt from fanblogs by they way theyāre from movie and entertainment sites and are Articles.
thereās this one userās review on the biggest chinese movie review site that talks about how Venom is so sexy it makes them tremble. Iāve seen it quoted like four times.
Admittedly Iām biased but I just finished reading a Chinese think piece on Why Venom Is The Sexiest Villain so excuse me if Iām too enthusiastic. FYI reasons include:
heās played by Tom hardy who is Sexy. (Hardyās Chinese fan nickname is 걤čę¹æ, which sounds like tom+sensei, but written as Tom+always wetā¦Chinese people are horny for Tom hardy.)
Because heās got that contrast of sharp and lethal on the outside and soft and tender on the inside
And my favourite: because he is Socially Responsible and Does The Right Thing and is a Good Boy for Saving The Earth And Mrs Chen The Shopkeeper. This writer is so horny for V???? Iām screaming.
Chinese Venomfuckers Iām so proud of you all.
