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6/29/2025, 11:49:09 PM
I like Venom as much as the next guy but I feel like he was too similar to GG back then at points.
The way Eddie differs from Norman during ASM 39 and 40 is that Norman feels a lot more threatening with how he is insane. He still wants to plan out some of his actions so he doesn't have to reveal his own identity. But at points Norman/GG still puts Peter in those situations at that risk of hurting Harry or revealing his own identity. He does for the most part take good care of keeping his identity and not hurting Harry but that makes it more surprising when for example in Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine issue 2 which has him goad Peter and try to get him to react. He is walking the knife's edge by trying to instigate the situation but then framing it according to his own whims. Norman is threatening to spill their secret but he is more pragmatic and will spill it in the way he wants.
Eddie does the same in Sand and the Fury but Eddie's morality makes it less of an issue and prevents him from going as far as Norman. But I feel like Eddie's obsession is the key sticking point that makes him more threatening and maybe Eddie's investigative abilities combined with his invisibility could have made him more of a unique villain like MJ's stalker on steroids (literally and figuratively).
Eddie in the Spec (2008) show is really cool from an origin standpoint but there are times where he seems to not care about innocents as much or sees Peter's relatives/friends as accomplices or enablers. That is an interesting AU idea. And it did fall in line with 80's Venom back then when he still killed that guard even if he saw him as innocent. Does show Eddie's sense of justice is warped but it kinda seems like a narrative contrivance. Yeah him being picky and contradictory is the point but if you construct a story where that is the norm then it gets a little weird and confusing to the point where they just become the Joker and they kill for no reason.
The way Eddie differs from Norman during ASM 39 and 40 is that Norman feels a lot more threatening with how he is insane. He still wants to plan out some of his actions so he doesn't have to reveal his own identity. But at points Norman/GG still puts Peter in those situations at that risk of hurting Harry or revealing his own identity. He does for the most part take good care of keeping his identity and not hurting Harry but that makes it more surprising when for example in Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine issue 2 which has him goad Peter and try to get him to react. He is walking the knife's edge by trying to instigate the situation but then framing it according to his own whims. Norman is threatening to spill their secret but he is more pragmatic and will spill it in the way he wants.
Eddie does the same in Sand and the Fury but Eddie's morality makes it less of an issue and prevents him from going as far as Norman. But I feel like Eddie's obsession is the key sticking point that makes him more threatening and maybe Eddie's investigative abilities combined with his invisibility could have made him more of a unique villain like MJ's stalker on steroids (literally and figuratively).
Eddie in the Spec (2008) show is really cool from an origin standpoint but there are times where he seems to not care about innocents as much or sees Peter's relatives/friends as accomplices or enablers. That is an interesting AU idea. And it did fall in line with 80's Venom back then when he still killed that guard even if he saw him as innocent. Does show Eddie's sense of justice is warped but it kinda seems like a narrative contrivance. Yeah him being picky and contradictory is the point but if you construct a story where that is the norm then it gets a little weird and confusing to the point where they just become the Joker and they kill for no reason.
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