History Heartwarming / Venom2018

'''Venom:''' You. You did, Eddie.

** When the symbiote climbs to the the city skyline, it sees all the city lights and says that Earth may not be so ugly after all, and that it’s actually peaceful from where it’s standing. This provides a nice way to contrast Venom and Riot with Venom prefering Earth to its specie's home planet which later becomes one of the reasons that it decides to help Eddie stop Riot from bringing their species to Earth.

* During the aforementioned trip to the office, Eddie worries out loud that Venom's enjoyment of leaping through glass windows is going to get him killed. Venom seems to go for the classic CantKillYouStillNeedYou speech, saying that Eddie is too good of a match to simply discard but then candidly adds that its host is starting to grow on it even admitting they're NotSoDifferent.
** Just the fact that Venom confesses it's a loser as well. Just earlier, it made a point to [[BreakThemByTalking demean]] Eddie by calling him a [[BrutalHonesty loser]]. But admitting it's also a loser among the other symbiotes exemplifies it's acknowledging Eddie as [[NotSoDifferent an equal]], if in its own darkly twisted way.

* At the restaurant when Eddie goes there to meet with Anne, Venom is surrounded by loads of people, but doesn’t try to eat anyone, instead eating anything besides humans such as a cooked chicken for instance, showing that Venom even before it’s {{Heel Face Turn}} does not want to kill anyone senselessly. A nice way to show that Venom though {{Ax Crazy}} always had a good heart even before it bonds with Eddie, in this troper's opinion.

* At the restaurant when Eddie goes there to meet with Anne, Venom is surrounded by loads of people, but doesn’t try to eat anyone instead eating anything besides human such as a cooked chicken, so that it doesn’t have to eat anyone showing that Venom even before it’s {{Heel Face Turn}} does not want to kill anyone senselessly which proves that Venom though {{Ax Crazy}} always had a good heart even before it bonds with Eddie.

** When the symbiote goes up to top of the building it sees all lights in the city and it says that Eddie’s planet may not be so ugly after all and that it’s pretty beautiful and peaceful from where it’s standing showing that the Venom symbiote unlike Riot saw that it prefers Earth than its species home planet which is one of the reasons that it decides to help Eddie stop Riot from bringing their species to Earth because of the fact that it would rather have it spared than destroyed.

* While at the restaurant when Eddie goes there to meet with Anne, Venom though surrounded by loads of people in there doesn’t try to eat anyone there instead eating anything that is not human such as a cooked chicken but then it spits its out seeing that it’s dead not alive then tries to see anything that is not dead so that it doesn’t have to eat anyone at all which eventually it finds a tank that is filled with live lobsters and eats one of them showing that Venom even before it’s {{Heel Face Turn}} does not want to kill anyone senseless and instead just tries to find anything that is not human but alive so that it does not have to eat people which proves that Venom though {{Ax Crazy}} always has a good heart even before it bonds with Eddie.

* While at the restaurant when Eddie goes there to meet with Anne, Venom though surrounded by loads of people in there doesn’t try to eat anyone there instead eating anything that is not human such as a cooked chicken but then it spits its out seeing that it’s dead not alive then tries to see anything that is not dead so that it doesn’t have to eat anyone at all which eventually it finds a tank that is filled with live lobsters and eats one of them showing that Venom even before it’s {{Heel Face Turn}} does not want to kill anyone senseless and instead just tries to find anything so that it does not have to eat people which proves that Venom though {{Ax Crazy}} always has a good heart even before it bonds with Eddie.

* While at the restaurant when Eddie goes there to meet with Anne, Venom though surrounded by loads of people in there doesn’t try to eat anyone there instead eating anything that is not human such as a cooked chicken but then it spits its out seeing that it’s dead not alive then tries to see anything that is not dead so that it doesn’t have to eat anyone at all which eventually finds a tank that is filled with live lobsters and eats one of them showing that Venom even before it’s {{Heel Face Turn}} does not want to kill anyone senseless and instead just tries to find anything so that it does not have to eat people which proves that Venom though {{Ax Crazy}} always has a good heart even before it bonds with Eddie.

* While at the restaurant when Eddie goes there to meet with Anne, Venom though surrounded by loads of people in there doesn’t t try to eat anyone there instead eating anything that is not human such as a cooked chicken but then it spits its out seeing that it’s dead not alive then tries to see anything that is not dead so that it doesn’t have to eat anyone at all which eventually finds a tank that is filled with live lobsters and eats one of them showing that Venom even before it’s {{Heel Face Turn}} does not want to kill anyone senseless and instead just tries to find anything so that it does not have to eat people which proves that Venom though {{Ax Crazy}} always has a good heart even before it bonds with Eddie.

* The simple fact that the venom Symbiote grows fond of Eddie. It even explicitly tells Eddie in the final act that [[HumanityIsInfectious he was what changed its mind]] on invading the Earth with Riot. [[HeroicSacrifice It even shields Eddie]] from an explosion while carrying him to safety.

* The simple fact that The venom Symbiote grows fond of Eddie. It even explicitly tells Eddie in the final act that [[HumanityIsInfectious he was what changed its mind]] on invading the Earth with Riot. [[HeroicSacrifice It even shields Eddie]] from an explosion while carrying him to safety.

* The simple fact that the Symbiote grows fond of Eddie. It even explicitly tells Eddie in the final act that [[HumanityIsInfectious he was what changed its mind]] on invading the Earth with Riot. [[HeroicSacrifice It even shields Eddie]] from an explosion while carrying him to safety.

*** Also, there's Dan; the man barely knows this guy Eddie, his girlfriend's ex-fiancee, yet when Eddie bursts in on him and Ann's dinner, eating people's food and going batshit, he immediately knows something's wrong with him and tries to help, while any other guy probably would've punched Eddie out. Ann's in good hands.

* Creator/StanLee's obligatory cameo has him encourage Eddie not to give up on Anne, also implying MediumAwareness regarding Venom.
-->"Don't give up on her. Either of you."

* Dora Skirth’s love of her children, as well as her willingness to put her life on the line for the greater good, with her going against her boss as soon as it’s become clear that Drake is going too far.

* In a nice subversion of expectations, while she's ''horrified'' of Venom the first time she sees him Anne does ''not'' abandon Eddie. Her voice is still quivering due to the intense fear of seeing him almost ''eat'' a man, but when Eddie tells her fearfully that he needs help she just points to the exit and says "Hospital. ''Now."'' Ex-girlfriend or no, she still ''cares.''

*** Also, there's Dan; the man barely knows this guy Eddie, his girlfriend's ex-fiancee, yet when Eddie brusts in on him and Ann's dinner, eating people's food and going batshit, he immediately knows something's wrong with him and tries to help, while any other guy probably would've punched Eddie out. Ann's in good hands.

* Anne's new doctor boyfriend Dan is kind and friendly to Eddie, even as the sketchy ex-fiance keeps popping into Anne's life acting erratically. He recognizes that Eddie is sick, treats him with compassion, and never reacts with jealousy or suspicion over Eddie's relationship with Anne. At one point Dan stops a restaurant from calling the police on Eddie by claiming that Eddie is his patient. And in turn, Eddie is grateful toward Dan for the medical care, and he never treats Dan with resentment, even though he is clearly still pining over Anne. Eddie even stops Venom from attacking Dan over his suggestion to remove his "parasite."

* The simple fact that the Symbiote grows fond of Eddie. It even explicitly tells Eddie in the final act that [[HumanityIsInfectious he was what changed its mind]] on sieging the Earth with Riot. [[HeroicSacrifice It even shields Eddie]] from an explosion while carrying him to safety.

** Towards the Climax, it's ''Venom'' that flat-out refuses to let Anne come along to with them to [[spoiler: stop the shuttle launch]] because it was "too dangerous".
* The simple fact that the Symbiote grows fond of Eddie. [[spoiler:It even explicitly tells Eddie in the final act that [[HumanityIsInfectious he was what changed its mind]] on sieging the Earth with Riot. [[HeroicSacrifice It even shields Eddie]] from an explosion while carrying him to safety.]]
-->'''Eddie:''' Cut the bullshit. What really made you [[spoiler:change your mind]]?\\

** Also counts as a MeaningfulEcho of when Anne told Eddie that the reason for his life going wrong was "[him]". [[spoiler: It somewhat represents that while Eddie is capable of making wrong choices and mistakes, Venom also sees he's capable of doing the right thing.]]
** During that same scene, [[spoiler: Eddie cries out "No!" when Venom sacrifices itself to protect him.]] He may have been put through the wringer by the Symbiote and all the chaos and pain that came with it, but damned if he doesn't stick by his ''friend'' when that's what it proves itself to be.

** Just the fact that Venom [[spoiler: confesses it's a loser as well. Just earlier, it made a point to [[BreakThemByTalking demean]] Eddie by calling him a [[BrutalHonesty loser]]. But admitting it's also a loser among the other symbiotes exemplifies it's acknowledging Eddie as [[NotSoDifferent an equal]], if in its own darkly twisted way.]]

* While a bit creepy and definitely crossing over with [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments funny]], [[spoiler:Anne letting the Symbiote inhabit her and going with it to rescue Eddie from the Life Foundation. Also while a little [[{{Squick}} squicky]] Anne as She-Venom acting very sultry toward Eddie and giving him a BigDamnKiss. Keep in mind that unlike other symbiotes, Venom takes care of its hosts and never controls their minds or completely takes over their bodies so Anne wouldn't have kissed Eddie if she didn't want to (although Venom probably influenced her by making her more aggressive and taking down her inhibitions a bit).]]
** The fact that Venom [[spoiler:was the one who wanted to kiss Eddie is pretty sweet in and of itself too.]]

** [[WebVideo/CinemaWins]] [[https://youtu.be/n-9AmU8wzy8?t=568 notes]] that this is the first time Eddie has consciously chosen to re-bond with Venom. Sure, Eddie's life was likely in as much danger from Riot as Venom's, but Eddie taking the step to willingly bring Venom back to him is a nice moment in the development of their relationship.

** The fact that Venom [[spoiler:was the one who her wanted to kiss Eddie is pretty sweet in and of itself too.]]
* Anne's new doctor boyfriend Dan is kind and friendly to Eddie, even as the sketchy ex-fiance keeps popping into Anne's life acting erratically. He recognizes that Eddie is sick, treats him with compassion, and never reacts with jealousy or suspicion over Eddie's relationship with Anne. At one point Dan stops a restaurant from calling the police on Eddie by claiming that Eddie is his patient. And in turn, Eddie is grateful toward Dan for the medical care, and he never treats Dan with resentment, even though he is clearly still pining over Anne. Eddie even stops Venom from attacking Dan over his suggestion to remove his "parasite."

** The fact that Venom [[spoiler:was the one who wanted to kiss Eddie is pretty sweet in and of itself too.]]

* Despite his flaws and impulsive decisions, and the fact that his body is being invaded by an alien and the side effects are not pleasant in the least, Eddie is clearly at his core and good and honourable person and it shines through throughout the film, examples include: