#Anyhow may post about it later or use my basic full body to do design dies

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Venom’s Symbiote Homeworld...

I’m honestly really intrigued by the idea of Venom’s home- The Symbiote Homeworld, as one might call it. From what little pieces of information we can glance, among my own personal ideas, I’ve decided to post some speculative headcanons on the nature of the Symbiote Homeworld, how the Symbiotes came to be, and what their society may have been like.

I imagine that in this continuity, the Symbiotes weren’t specifically made bio-weapons designed to kill space gods, unlike the comics. And I honestly hope not, because I prefer the take of them being alien monsters whose freakish abilities were a natural result of having to survive in some horrific environment, rather than what was mentioned. And seeing as how this Sony Spiderverse probably won’t include Celestials, seeing as how the MCU has taken them, this might be the case.

Anyhow, so onto my little headcanon on the Symbiote Homeworld. Imagine a very harsh, hostile environment, teeming with vicious predators that you can only imagine of in the nightmares and acid trips, and worse. The ancestors to the Symbiotes were actually pretty low on the food chain, all things considered- They were probably unevolved masses of slime, some kind of amoeba creatures, that invaded a host’s body and fed off of them.

In other words, they were basically gelatinous parasites. But, somewhere along the way, their preferred hosts were beginning to die out. Perhaps the predators of their hosts were getting too strong, or the environment too hostile. The Symbiote ancestors’ livelihood is being threatened, and in order to survive, they evolve over time to help defend their food source by strengthening it, turning the relationship from parasitism, to commensalism, and finally mutualism.

This is all so that their preferred hosts can survive better and defend themselves and reproduce into a self-sustainable food source. Time goes on, and evolution proves that a Symbiote ancestor that can provide its host greater strength, also gets a host that can feed itself more reliably- And thus, a host with more nutrition to provide.

So then comes the next few stages of this evolutionary pathway, as the Symbiotes evolve to become more pronounced in the ways they influence and upgrade their hosts. Along the way, the Symbiotes evolve to be more adaptable, to be able to infect an even wider multitude of organisms- And soon, they evolve to learn from a host’s memory, even control them if they so desire.

This made the Symbiotes particularly dangerous and unruly, so naturally the ecosystem produced a natural predator or two to curb the population. Probably something that could emit a loud, intense noise around 440 Hz frequency. Perhaps an elephant-like creature with a trunk to produce a powerful sound? Regardless, it wasn’t enough. The Symbiotes were too adaptable, and soon they grew to be the top predator in the entire planet’s food chain, like humans.

And also like us humans, their appetite was too voracious, and they began to devour everything else until the planet was mostly barren. There was still some life to feed off of, the occasional trace that Symbiotes would then pounce on and devour. The weaker Symbiotes would only get the table scraps, if anything- And Venom was one of them.

Venom described himself as a loser. Chances were, he was a runt-of-the-litter symbiote- one too weak, too slow, and overall not ruthless enough to eat. Always the last in line for the meal, chewing on the Symbiotes’ leftovers, trying to push past his eating brethren but never getting a bite of the meal. Venom was definitely looked down upon for being small and weak, and a comparatively gentle soul among the Symbiotes.

And, with dwindling food, it makes sense that as losers and outcasts emerge, so do champions and leaders. Riot is what one would call an Alpha of the pack, the kind of male Lion that takes control of the pride and proves himself by providing meat to the table. One way or another, the Symbiote species comes to the unanimous conclusion that if they want to keep themselves full, they need to find new planets- And drain those dry.

Riot is described by Venom as a team leader, and it shows. Already well-regarded, and well-feared, by his fellow Symbiotes, Riot sees this as a chance to build an even bigger pack, an opportunity to prove himself as the strongest Symbiote of all. And to do so, he needs to win the others’ loyalty, and most importantly, their stomachs.

Riot in this scenario would be like a male lion who leads a few of his own to find food in a dying desert, in the hopes of not only feeding himself, but also making himself the new leader that everyone follows in the process. He who feeds, calls most of the shots.

So while the entire Symbiote species is competing with one another to find other planets full of food, and maybe gain some glory along the way, Riot announces his own campaign and asks who will come to help him. The Yellow and Blue symbiotes were likely fellow respected pack-mates and trusted lieutenants of sorts, who volunteered.

And Venom... well, Venom was the special case who raised his hand to come along. He was mostly just in it for the food, and maybe the hopes of getting some respect from his fellow Symbiotes. Of course Venom was laughed at for volunteering, but Riot was in a good mood, and he figured his team could use some expendable cannon fodder. Venom was like that guy who was kept on the team, only to be shot in the leg so the others could get away while HE got eaten.

Venom knew this, but it was... fine, mostly. He was used to it, anyway.

Riot leads his strike-team of Symbiote colonists onto an asteroid, and they get caught by our human astronauts, led by John Jameson. Riot is particularly powerful and manages to latch onto a human, enough to understand the mechanics of their ship, and other data on human life, before letting said human go and letting himself be captured.

If Riot’s mercy seemed suspicious, the astronauts had no choice. I mean, he was alien life- They just HAD to take him with them! And so they did, and as they reentered Earth’s atmosphere, Riot used his special weapon-manifesting abilities to break free and sabotage the space craft. And as it careened into oblivion, he latched onto John Jameson with a plan to escape and scout out this new, abundant planet of food and resources. 

The fact that the other three Symbiotes were captured didn’t matter too much to Riot, as he always thought highly of himself anyway. To him, everyone else was usually dumb and needed a leader to guide him, and who better than Riot? Riot would scout out Earth. He’d deem it as exactly what the Symbiotes needed, and then make his way back to the Homeworld to invite everyone to a huge feast, gaining lots of support, favor, and loyalty among his kind. 

As for the others... Perhaps it was fate that Riot didn’t succeed in launching his desired Symbiote invasion. It does seem like fate, after all, that the only Symbiote who could sympathize with the humans, Venom, was the one to be paired with Maria- Maria, who had memories of the kindness of Eddie, who would later infiltrate the Life Foundation. Eddie, who Venom likely deduced from her memories, was a former top dog who had fallen, but instead of being bitter about it, just tried to survive, and even sympathized with and made friends with the other losers. This was likely a very profound and moving realization to Venom, and likely part of the reason why he didn’t just devour Eddie and move on to the next host, like Riot.

Because he saw from Maria’s experience, that Eddie was like him. He saw that this planet had plenty of people like him, and that compared to his ‘home’, the losers of society had a chance of sticking with one another and surviving. And that was the catalyst to Riot’s downfall.