[WARNING: spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home]
This is a post about Spider-Man: No Way Home, but it’s also about Venom: Let There Be Carnage. If you’ve seen one but not the other, you should stop reading and go watch them both — beginning with Venom: Let There Be Carnage, the goofiest (and therefore, best) comic book movie of the year. Now that I’ve got the fine print out of the way…
In the Venom: Let There Be Carnage post-credits scene, Venom gives Eddie Brock a taste of his universe-spanning knowledge. Eddie is transported from his own universe to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where Tom Hardy’s Eddie / Venom sees Tom Holland’s Peter Parker / Spider-Man in a Daily Bugle report. “That guy,” Venom says before licking Parker’s face on the TV. Yummy. That brings us to the Spider-Man: No Way Home mid-credits scene. Eddie is in Mexico getting drunk at a bar. He’s still in the MCU, and a bartender (played by Dani Rojas from Ted Lasso!) has just told him about Thanos and the blip. Unfortunately, before Venom can interact with Spider-Man, they’re transported back to their own timeline — although a little piece of the alien symbiote remains behind.
This is important for two reasons:
1. Spider-Man: No Way Home has Spider-Man facing five villains — Doc Ock, Green Goblin, Electro, Lizard, and Sandman — but the Sinister Six couldn’t be completed because Venom was drunk and couldn’t get to New York in time. Perfect.
2. That being said, the left-behind symbiote leaves open the possibility of two Venoms: one in the MCU, one in, ahem, Sony’s legally distinct Spider-Man Universe. Only one has a history of jumping into lobster tanks, however, and that’s the only Venom for me.
Marvel fans are torn on the mid-credits scene: it was exciting to see Tom Hardy, but it’s a shame that it’s likely his only cameo in the MCU.
The venom scene made me sad because I wanted Tom Hardys venom to be in the mcu
— 𝕸 (@TMC__M) December 17, 2021
cant believe venom left a piece of himself behind in the mcu 🥺
— darkseid is fan acc (@LTDarkseid) December 17, 2021
Bro if MCU really make flash Thompson the new venom instead of Tom hardy imma be pissed
— ⁶𓅓🇫🇷🇱🇨 (@DSpriv7) December 17, 2021
I would've preferred Tom Hardys venom to stay in the MCU and fight Tom's Spiderman, but I don't mind us getting a new one. Maybe flash
— . (@RobinWa83673577) December 17, 2021
https://twitter.com/TheMangaSauce/status/1471807916684771333
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so since eddie got sent back to his universe and left a little piece of venom, are they gonna have a different eddie/venom in the mcu?? like not tom hardy? kinda disappointed if that’s the case— alana (@AEGONPHOBIC) December 17, 2021
https://twitter.com/Yeahitsabell/status/1471670858246545409
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im sad that tom hardy won't be part of the mcu (even tho him getting sent back makes sense), however what worries me more is venom, since i think we're all aware that he's gonna go to ned and since ned doesn't remember anything he can't keep his promise
— kaja⁷ 💜 (@thetannieuntold) December 16, 2021
