'Venom crashed through the window and leapt out of the building, leaving Dan to wonder how the hell he was going to explain this to maintenance, or to Anne.'
I love Venom - let's get some Venom!
...I mean the film and/or comic-book character.
Not, like, poison. Because
that would be bad.
Not, like, hatred, either.
In summary: the Marvel alien symbiote, rather than any other usage of the word
venom. 😅
So, if that slight ramble wasn't enough to key you in: this week's fic is
about Venom, along with hapless symbiote-host Eddie Brock.
Actually, this week's fic is technically a series rather than a single fic,
but it combines into a single story so I've decided to treat it as one fic
made up of like... chapters or something. Lol.
This is a pretty standard sort of Venom fic - Eddie gets sick, only
nothing's straight-forward because he's the host to an alien being.
Cue calling his ex-girlfriend's current-boyfriend, who is a doctor with an
awareness of the... situation.
I really love the way that they handle the character of Dan in the film
itself:
Knowing that Eddie wants to get back with Anne, you'd expect her current
boyfriend to either be perfect, but mean to Eddie, or just a general d*ck.
He's neither. He's a normal guy, who genuinely likes Anne, and doesn't let
their relationship get in the way of helping out Eddie when it's clear there's
something not right going on with him.
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...As in - this is how Dan and Eddie met! Via Giphy |
Dan's a good guy, fair do's. 👍
I love the way this fic handles the dialogue - including the internal
dialogue between Eddie and Venom.
It really captures the mood and tone well - and that's some skill, y'know?
Brief content warnings for this fic:
- eating people/pseudo-cannibalism (yes, really... it's Venom)
- illness
- injury
- brief violence (aside from the eating people - separate violence)
- body horror
This week's fic/series/whatever is:
Being Human
by missred
Are you a Venom fan?
Do you like it when the 'love rivals' don't act like jerks in
films/books/whatever?
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I love it when rivals don't act like jerks to each other. I find it refreshing, and I also think it points to a lack of toxic masculinity. Often I think that the mean qualities come from one (or both) of the the men staking claim to the love interest. I think the fact that both of these dudes are able to put the awkwardness aside shows that they both take Anne's feelings into consideration.
ReplyDeleteYup! Plus Dan & Anne go full-on 'emergency mode' b/c they're not jerks! Lol. Always refreshing :)
DeleteVenom is really interesting!
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