After a while I found the inspiration to draw something
gay people.
as a separate thing. I realized that there is very little content that is just Eddie and Flash, there is almost always Symby too (Symbiot3). Not this time, the black mass is not Symby, it's just Eddie.
We are never fucking escaping the damage Donny Cates did with his Venom run, are we? 🫠
Long post because i need to vent + explain why is this triggering me so much.
CW: fictional su1cide attempt mentioned (but that’s Eddie Brock for you)
Before Donny’s dumb and offensive retcons, Eddie was such unique character with interesting and unique backstory. A motherless kid from rich family who grew up with neglectful father. Suffering from guilt and loneliness. Seemingly healthy and successful man with something severely broken inside. Something that made him do immoral things (whole Sin Eater situation), abandoned by everyone even his wife (I’m not blaming her tho). Coming to church to pray before ending his life. Coming to church so he won’t die COMPLETELY alone.
That’s when Eddie met his Other. The symbiote. A kindered spirit, a broken soul who was also ready to die.
They bonded. Because they both were lonely and scared and abandoned and desperate. And both believed it was others who did them wrong, without realising their own misdeeds.
Worst case scerario. Absolute enabling of worst manic ideas any of them could have, settled on revenge to Spider Man.
But at the same time Eddie got what he wanted. What he should’ve gotten long ago from his father - unconditional love.
And more that this he got romantic love from a creature who was inside every cell of his body, constantly. Focused only on Eddie.
Such unhealthy relationships, without any healthy boundaries. It’s twisted and toxic, but for them it was salvation. It what kept them from su1cide. What made them fit together so perfectly.
There’s been good days and bad days. And terrible days. Even before Cates retcon. They broke up and reunited in 2016 but this time with a goal to build a healthier romantic partnership. Because even though both of them realised errors of their ways and had a chance to be a heroes, met better people, they still wanted to be together. They choose each other.
And most importantly when Eddie was with his Other no matter if it was back in the day or in 2016 run HE NEVER FELT ALONE. The symbiote gave Eddie that feeing of belonging, that constant company and support, that Eddie always craved.
Donny ruined everything. Added dumbass retcon where Carl Brock was severely abusive to Eddie and saying “see? That’s why Eddie was a bad guy!”.
And also Donny looooved to emphasise that Eddie had this “DARKNESS™️” and that all his life was DARK and LONELY. And only when he met his son Dylan Brock, Eddie finally got something to live for. His only “LIGHT”. (Not a direct quote but the idea was repeated multiple times trough Cates run).
The symbyiote? That’s just some accessory. A pet. A talking tool to have cool powers 😎. It couldn’t possibly qualify as an equal. As a partner. It could never have filled the void in Eddie’s soul. Could only make it worse.
That’s Donny vision. And only when fans started shitting on his run he begrudgingly changed his ways and made the symbiote somewhat~ redeemable. Without ever giving it real spotlight or allowing the alien to reflect on its own feelings and motivations.
And now a lot of people enter Venom fandom, using Cates run as entry point. A lot of authors use his work as guidelines I’m sure of it. Because it sold well.
(No wonder it appeal to wider audiences by making Eddie Brock the most neurotypical straight dude possible)
And we have and will have bullshit like this. Eddie Brock was lonely with symbiote. He felt “singular”? Venom?? Singular? Two beings in one body constantly exchanging mental images with each other??? That Venom?? The one who always uses “we” in dialogue?
Yeah. I’m sure Eddie was very lonely when he was Venom. Good thing he’s not ALONE anymore. Wow. I’m so glad.
back on the topic of eddie brock never being the first choice. crazy to me to think about the origin of the venom symbol which is that the symbiote Was With Spiderman First. the venom symbol is a slightly creepier version of the spiderman symbol with an extra bend in the legs cause it's the symbiote's best approximation of what it thought spiderman wanted. and when spiderman rejects the symbiote and venom shows up it's still the same suit just on a different person. the symbiote learned emotions from peter parker and it is angry and hurt at not being wanted but it stays in the form it thought he wanted... peter parker disarms eddie brock once by telling the symbiote that he wants it back and attacking once the symbiote starts to leave... eddie has such a hard time throughout the comics with the fact that the symbiote Will Leave Him if prompted by the right person. and be so honest. what would you do if you were eddie brock and no matter where you went or what you did there was a symbol that you were somebody else's second choice emblazoned across your chest
Eddie Brock's anxiety was definitely felt a lot in the 2018 run, but I think that has changed because the symbiote itself said that Eddie was its best host, and even now it says it misses him and wants to be with him.
In fact, when Scorpion became Venom and was about to kill Eddie, the symbiote took control and we learned that it loved Eddie and didn’t want to kill him.
Also, when Flash went to Anti-Venom and destroyed it, the symbiote wanted to stay with Eddie—but later returned to Flash after he said, "I need you."
Let’s not forget about Sleeper and its birth either. The reason the symbiote told Eddie it was going to spawn was because it wanted the new symbiote to become a hero—just like Eddie. It could’ve say other hosts too; for example, it had truly been a hero with Flash. But still, it said Eddie.
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