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This is so gay.

Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History #2 (2019)

written by Paul Scheer & Nick Giovannetti art by Todd Nauck & Antonio Fabela

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SYMBROCK IN MARVEL RIVALS WE FUCKING WOOOOOOOOON

There was also this but it was removed in release, the game couldn't handle their gay

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spoilers for marvel rivals season 3!

thats pretty gay. im just saying.

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Eddie & the suit :)

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Loyalty test: Spider-Man fan edition

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People like to bash comic book Venom for various reasons and often negatively compare him to adaptations of the character.

This often manifests in how these adaptations are better because they make Brock a more compelling reflection of Peter Parker.

In Spider-Man 3 Brock (who might as well be Lance Bannon) is an ambitious photographer at the Bugle who wants to make it big with Spider-Man photos and is also interested in Gwen Stacy. He also takes his attraction from afar to Gwen in a much further and creepier direction than Peter ever did with Mary Jane, even for those who feel in the first two movies Peter was in fact creepy in regards to MJ (that’s a whole other debate though). He also scams the Bugle to get a paycheck by faking photos in a way that goes further than anything Peter has ever done. Brock’s actor summed up his take on Venom as ‘with great power comes great fun’.

In the Ultimate Universe and in Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon series, Brock is Peter’s childhood friend due to their fathers working together as scientists and dying in the same plane crash. Brock has an interest in science like Peter and a messed up attitude towards women.

In the Spec cartoon he (as a 18 year old college student) takes out a 15-16 year old Mary Jane Watson on a date specifically as payback against Peter for perceived slights against him. It goes badly as he drives like a maniac and rants about Peter the whole time, making MJ walk out and regard him as a creep. He also has a reckless streak in him generally owing to how his parents’ dying and his consequent loneliness made him in love with death, hence he drives dangerously and tries to fight the Lizard one on one with no protection. In contrast Spec cartoon peter walked away from losing his parents (no doubt helped by his aunt and uncle) with an appreciation of life.

In the Ultimate comics Brock also as a college student (who might even be older than 18) makes advances on a 15-16 year old girl, this time it’s teenage Gwen Stacy. He takes her to a concert and then back to his dorm room where he pressures her for sex (which would be a form of rape btw) even after learning her Dad recently died. Then he calls her a tease or something when she walks out.

These are not uninteresting characters but to call them BETTER dark reflections of Peter Parker than the comic book Brock would be untrue, unfair and quite frankly more than a little superficial.

Looking at those renditions of the character the ways in which Brock is a dark reflection upon Peter amounts to being a photographer or a science student (except less ethical), having a more toxic relationship with women (specifically the women in Peter’s life), losing his scientist parents in the same way but being more damaged by the experience.

Which is all well and good but  616 comic book Brock has all that beat. In spite of what people say he is in fact a dark reflection of Peter and whilst not necessarily reflection him in as many ways the ways he does reflect Peter are far more significant and cut far more to the heart of the character and series as a whole.

First a little refresher for Brock’s origin from ASM #300.

  Notice anything?

Eddie Brock origin is the story of a man with a certain amount of fame and ego who acted irresponsibly in service of his own selfish self-interests, permitting an armed criminal to roam free when he had the power help to stop them with relatively little effort.

This prioritizing of his own self-interests over the greater good backfires and causes profound damage to his personal life.

Does this maybe REMIND you of anybody?

  However where Eddie Brock zigs and Peter Parker zags is on how they react in the aftermath of their sins coming back to haunt them.

Peter Parker owned up to his mistake (but never forgives himself for it) and more than this resolves to never make them again, going forward in his life a man who accepts responsibility for his own actions and often times even actions he is not truly accountable for. He does this in reaction to the death of an innocent man who loved him and who he loved in turn, even though a third party was more directly responsible for the tragedy that changed his life forever.

On the other hand…

Eddie Brock barely acknowledged he made mistakes and in fact sees it as a minor misstep. It’s not that he forgave himself for the mistakes he made, he doesn’t feel they warrant him being reprimanded at all and in fact feels victimized by the fallout of those mistakes as though his comeuppance is disproportional to his alleged crime. Fundamentally he doesn’t attribute the tragedies that befell him as his own fault, he does not accept responsibility for what happened and continues to perpetuate that attitude going forward in his life. Instead his actions (which includes acts of murder) are things he either shrugs off as unfortunately unavoidable circumstances or else things he scapegoats onto others. Specifically he scapegoats the blame for his life being ruined onto Spider-Man who is utterly guiltless in the affair and only tangentially involved. And then he exacerbated this unjustified blame into a murderous vendetta, one which he was prepared to kill others in pursuit of. And he did all this in response to merely losing his job and reputation even though he was still able to find work (albeit less prestigious), which is incomparable to the death of an innocent person, let alone your parent.

To sum up, 616 Eddie Brock is a dark reflection of the absolute most defining story and themes of Peter Parker as a character.

But lets all just pretend that that isn’t the case and Spider-Man 3’s Brock was better because he took some photos.

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The Vindication of Venom Master Post

This is a Master Post containing links to every part of my ‘Vindication of Venom’ essay series where I dissect Venom’s debut in Amazing Spider-Man #300 and debunk many of the common criticisms thrown at the character from that story.

Part 1: Introduction and Background Context

Part 2: The Symbiote

Part 3: Expectations

Part 4: Spider Stalker

Part 5: Monstrous Mystery

Part 6: Sin Eater

Part 7: Seeds of Darkness

Part 8: Hypocrisy

Part 9: Delusional Psychotic

Part 10: Diving Deeper

Part 11:  Why did Brock blame Spider-Man?

Part 10: Appendix and Conclusion

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The lonliness of Eddie Brock

I’ve said in the past that Venom: Lethal Protector provided a not so great origin story for Eddie Brock regarding his father. I’ve also dived deep into Brock’s presentation in ASM #300 to talk about how it’s a lot better than people think.

But today something clicked and I’m going to try and present a take upon the character that uses his original origin in Lethal Protector and in ASM #300.

Before I start though, I’ll never concede that the origin given to Brock in lethal Protector wasn’t designed to make him sympathetic and jive with readers as an anti-hero. If you read that at face value and as intended, it doesn’t really line up with who Brock was in ASM #300, wherein he was clearly evil.

With that said let’s provide some context. 

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VENOM GAY MENTION???

Marvel Rivals you pride yourself on your comic accuracy and so far I am... mildly... appeased

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The lethal protector more like the most lethally annoying couple of nycccc

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So, about a year- well, no, more like a year and a half? ago I was thinking about how there’s really no Spider-man cartoon adaptation with a version of Eddie that’s I particularly enjoy… And you know how it is, sometimes little thoughts like that can grow pretty massive in size and spawn whole stations of trains of thoughts, and you end up with a comfort AU.

Now, you probably want to ask, “Anise, are you telling me that you’ve come up with a rough idea for 4 seasons, art style, character designs, overarching theme, color symbolisms, character arcs and even some choices of voice actors, just because you wanted to have somewhere to place your reimagination of a secondary character?!”

lol

lmao

Yeah.

Another Spider-man Cartoon Reboot AU part 1 (the basics)

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There’s an old saying “with friends like these who need enemies”.

And I’m seeing so much bullshit regarding symbrock recently 🫠

Guys… you obviously read comics and i respect that as a reader you have a right for interpretation. But then you say things like this and…

Huh??

Let me give you a few examples of ���symbiote not giving a shit about Eddie”.

Погнали! (Let’s go)

Venom not giving a shit about Eddie that’s why he breaks him out of the prison after being separated by authorities (aka Eddie clearly lost the battle, but Venom still wants him and him only)

Venom not giving a shit about Eddie that’s why they decide to live together on a tropical island and symbiote initiates conversation about beauty of nature with him.

I don’t remember what came first “Separation Anxiety” or “Planet of the Symbiotes”. But let’s starts from - again - Venom being separated from Eddie but even though he can find suitable hosts he still wants Brock.

There’s no scientific explanation like in the movies. He can bond with whoever. He can bend hosts to his will if he must and wear them as meat bag. He doesn’t. He wants Eddie.

And last piece of media I will bother myself with finding (cause there’s 172727272 more) Is famous “Planet of the Symbiotes” where Eddie’s harsh words and sudden break-up made Venom let out a screech of such anguish it affected living being around the area (making them cry and even worsening their depression in some cases to the point of offing themseves).

This is the pain Venom felt when he was rejected by Eddie.

These are early comics. Venom gave a fuck. Even though his nature (good or bad) remained somewhat ambiguous and mostly depended on author. Venom cared about Eddie and have chosen Eddie again and again. Even when they kept loosing battles. Even if there was a stronger host.

All that bullshit with “Venom don’t want Eddie” started in “Hunger (2003)”. During 2000. A very edgy era in general and this comics was no exception. Yeah, this comics indeed stated that “Venom never liked Eddie he only ever wanted Spiderman”. But that comics was OOC and full of bullshit but it was canon of 616 and they just rolled with it.

As you remember Eddie got cancer and was abandoned by his other. Because something-something Spider-Man’s adrenaline glands are tastier. (🤡)

But this lack of feelings was “debunked” in comics “Spider-man: New ways to die”. Where Eddie tried to straight up murder the symbiote but lost and when Mac Gargan (Venom host at the moment) tried to finish him off Venom interfered.

Dunno about you guys, but it kinda seems to me that in old comics Venom symbiote gave significant amount of fuck about Eddie Brock. 🤔🤔🤔

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Marvel Rivals Infinity Comic #3

I love the fact that this panel from Marvel Rivals Infinity #3 perfectly encapsulates Venom and Spider-Man’s chaotic relationship—somewhere between mortal enemies, an obsessive ex, and a feral cryptid that just won’t take a hint. Venom’s line, “Before we swallow you whole,” isn’t just a threat; it’s a deeply unsettling promise, because with Venom, it’s never just about fighting—it’s about psychological torment wrapped in way too many teeth. The tendrils coiling around Spider-Man add to the discomfort, making it feel less like a standard villain monologue and more like an overly aggressive hug from an ex who still has feelings. It’s even like a visual representation of how Venom suffocates Peter in every way—physically, mentally, morally. Meanwhile, Peter’s expression is the best part—he doesn’t look terrified, just mildly inconvenienced, as if this isn’t even the worst thing that’s happened to him today. It’s this dynamic that makes their rivalry so compelling: Venom isn’t just out for revenge; he wants Peter to suffer specifically and personally, like a petty villain fueled by pure resentment. I mean, let’s be real, Venom has beef with Peter that goes way beyond the usual hero-villain dynamic. It’s not just about hate—it’s about spiteful obsession. Venom doesn’t just want Peter dead; he wants him to know that he is personally offended by his existence. In the end, this panel is less about a deadly battle and more about the unhinged energy of a creature that refuses to let go—because if Venom can’t have Spider-Man, nobody can.

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https://x.com/i/status/1905191131375153486

This is really canon, not a mod?

The creators of Marvel Rivals definitely know what they're doing.

That's freaking hilarious!!

We live in the best timeline

Apparently when you get this emote Galacta says: “I found this memory lost in the fragments of the Chronoverse… and I probably should have left it there. Who knew Eddie Brock could move like that? Talk about awkward!”

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i doodled a new symbrock / eddie brock/venom symbiote fan comic

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Spider-Man: MENACE