I know that The Nativity and First Host are kind of old news, but I just wanted to give some appreciation to the youngest spawn. This squishy babe is speculated to be one of, if not the most powerful symbiotes in the Marvel 616 Universe. He’s just the cutest, deadly little goo. (his chemokinesis truly is the coolest thing) Best of all, he took host in a Kree warrior by force, as an infant. What a fucking powerhouse.
I personally think the Sleeper symbiote story arc has one of the best examples of Eddie and Venom’s relationship in the modern comics. Sleeper’s birth not only strengthened Symbrock’s bond as lovers, but added a more nurturing aspect to it as well. Before Sleeper, Eddie never helped raise or influence the symbiote’s other spawn, which evidently led them down the path of monstrous villainy. Sleeper was the first baby that Eddie really tried to father and protect, simply because Venom expressed concerns about shaping their baby’s future into something brighter. He was ready, willing, and able to support and care for his Other and their offspring, no matter what happened. That’s wholesome love, and I’m really here for it. Before long, both of them were basking in the pride of parenthood, gushing to civilians about Sleeper and his developments.
Also, the fact that Sleeper’s just so powerful??? And that he only ends up leaving home to explore space because he was mesmerized by the beauty he’d seen in his Kree host’s mind??? And he looks like this???
Sleeper is such a badass rebellious teen and honestly, I wish that he’d had more of a childhood. The bonding moments between Sleeper and his dads were so sweet, and it really made Eddie’s love and support for Venom shine.
Listen, yes of course Eddie Brock is an exceptional example of an alien fucker but I need everyone to understand that the symbiote is canonically from a planet where not only does everything reproduce asexually but the even idea of wanting any kind of relationship with a host was considered so insane and devious that the Venom symbiote was sentenced to death for it. And consider how weird a human must be to them. Humans are as much aliens to symbiotes as symbiotes are to humans.
What I’m saying is in terms of being an alien fucker, NOBODY beats the Venom Symbiote.
Something I was just thinking about and it makes me think now it may be the reason Bog’s character design is so effective, especially as a love interest.
He was one of the first character models to be finalized. After that, very few changes were made to his design. Yet, at the time his design was finalized, he was not intended to be there love interest. He was only supposed to be a villian. There’s that animation test floating around of Bog using audio of Alan Cumming that the animators have said was specifically made to convince people that that character could be sympathetic.
Bog’s design was made with the idea of him being a villain, not a handsome leading man. Even with other stories where the villain or a monstrous character ends up being in love with the main character, they’re still designing them with the idea of that romance in mind. They’re still, maybe even only subconsciously, creating a character that is supposed to be understood to be attractive.
Bog isn’t like that. He ended up being so handsome and dashing because of his villinous and monsters qualities, instead of in spite of them. He is softened by his actions and his expression, not by the purposeful addition of something to make him look more traditionally attractive.
Lowkey Liminal 