Honestly I think half the reason I loved Venom as a film was because it’s actually relatable? I mean, we have other superheroes who are larger than life, can bench-press a fucking tank and look like a supermodel doing it. (And don’t get me wrong, I love those films, but I appreciate that Venom went in a different direction.) As much as I adore those characters, I couldn’t ever relate to them.
But Eddie is just a dude with a job who fucks up and has to face the consequences of that. He visits a convenience store for frozen food. He talks to a homeless person every day and he does so with respect. He’s got a shitty apartment where he hunts for new jobs because bills. He spends half the film in a ratty old sweatshirt, sweating and looking like he really needs a good night’s sleep and a shower. He’s normal up until he finds the symbiote.
The movie doesn’t play out like a superhero origin story, because it’s not. It’s the story of an every-day person finding themselves swept up in something he’s not prepared for and isn’t sure how to handle, and even when he’s terrified, he’s still trying to do his best.
every time I use “they” to refer to a single gender-unknown person on Tumblr, another piece of my grammar-filled heart shatters, and the pieces scatter at the bottom of hell
“They” has been a singular pronoun for hundreds of years, you melodramatic dipshit.
well… actually… no… they is plural. people use they when they should use he, she, or it.
dense motherfucker, the pronoun “they” is an english equivalent for the third person indefinite singular and has been for literally centuries. it remains morphologically and syntactically plural therefore you don’t need to shit your little pantaloons at compromising your surely rock solid grammar rules.
i guarantee every fuckin time you’ve ever had to refer to a person of an unknown gender you’ve used “they” subconsciously. (“The post clerk gave me a message for you.” “Oh, what did they say?”) but you only have a problem with it when people specify it as a pronoun for themselves because you’re a shitlord i fuckin guess.
middle aged white man with trump maga van sends pipe bombs and anthrax to 13 prominent democratic politicians, donors, and media outlets.
middle aged white man who claims he ‘doesn’t shoot whites’ attempts to enter a black church for a massacre, fails, and murders two random black strangers in a grocery store.
white man yells ‘all jews must die!’ before entering a synagogue during shabbat and opening fire. the news is still breaking, but at least eight people are confirmed dead.
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