#i don't feel the scene was particularly in character for eddie OR the symbiote but that's just me

[kitausuret]

Hi! As the local Venom Girl who started as a Scarlet Witch fan, I'd like to jump in, if that's okay.

I'll preface this with the disclaimer that I can't speak to anyone's characterization in Marvel Rivals, and while Venom and Wanda did have marginally more shared screentime in Marvel Midnight Suns, it wasn't anything to write home about. I'm most familiar with who they are in 616 comics, so that's the perspective I'll be speaking from.

Let me first say I think there's a lot of potential for interesting interactions for Eddie Brock and Wanda Maximoff, and by extension the Venom Symbiote. Let's go on the assumption this is modern times for both of them. Venom has been an antihero since 1992, while obviously Wanda has been an Avenger nearly all her adult life.

I'd probably be remiss to not acknowledge the time Venom tried to kill her ex-spouse (Avengers: The Vault was a whole thing) but she and Venom have no reason to have specific beef with each other. Whether that's good or bad is a matter of opinion (Venom has a history of good interpersonal chemistry with former enemies) but there's no real reason to actively oppose each other.

MOVING ON!

Let's take a look at what they have in common:

Weird child situation wrapped up in cosmic weirdness

History of throwing down with Chthon (with Eddie, as Toxin, having been mostly useless but decent moral support - see Carnage (2015) for more)

Bizarre cosmic destiny story that either gets acknowledged or ignored depending on the writer

Spouse got unceremoniously killed off for shock value by a writer I don't like

Massive bisexual vibes (if you ask ME)

✨ Clinical Depression ✨

But most of these are pretty vague, not to mention common for Marvel characters. They also have a few mutual connections (Victoria Montesi being the one that comes to mind for me first, and I suppose Peter Parker but like, were those team-ups he had with Wanda very memorable? no), perhaps the most hilarious one being Simon Williams. Remember when Simon led the Revengers, featuring Eddie Brock as Anti-Venom? And Eddie was practically hanging on Simon's every word? Haha, yeah. Good times.

They're both into literature, though, which I think is nice. They both know what it's like to lose bodily autonomy - and what it can take to get that back. They know what it's like to be seen as a villain, and the efforts it can take to try to repair one's reputation.

I suppose all of this is just to say while I think they could become well-acquainted, maybe even friends... I just don't see them as having much romantic chemistry. I think Wanda would be fascinated by the Symbiote, and would sympathize with Eddie in many ways, they're not really each other's type. Eddie tends to go for strong personalities; very limited number of partners, though. He reads as very asexual-spectrum to me. Wanda needs someone who isn't going to scoff derisively every time she mentions magic, or give her flack for being such a devoted Avengers.

As for the Symbiote, specifically -- I think it would warm up to her, but probably not while it's attached to Eddie. The Symbiote tends to lean towards potential "thirds" based on whatever its host likes (see: Eddie and Beck Underwood; Flash Thompson and Betty Brant or Brunhilde). "We have only our hosts to tell us who we are," and all. It would probably love hearing her stories of Avenger-ing across time and space, learning about magic from her just because it thinks everything about its adopted homeworld is interesting. It truly loves Earth, and anyone willing to see past the goo and the fangs is worthy of its affection.

Oh wow, okay, I got a little carried away.

The tl;dr is that while I don't think Venom and Wanda, or any combination of the three, would specifically hook up, I think they need to be forced into an uncomfortable team-up and learn they have a lot in common and then become friends who get tea together and talk about books and ignore things like Destiny(TM) that keep getting in the way of their happiness. Or, hell, maybe Wanda can teach Eddie and the Symbiote to stop running from the cosmos for once and instead look it straight into the eyes.

I just think they're neat!

What do you think of the Wanda x Venom memes bc of Marvel Rivals?

I'm not taking it seriously, but if you really want to know, I just don't think Wanda is well-suited to being in a throuple.

I'm actually not very familiar with Venom. I have no clue whether or not it makes sense for either of them to be attracted to Wanda-- aside from the fact that, y'know, everyone seems to be attracted to Wanda. I don't think Wanda would have any qualms about dating a "monster," as it were, but I'm not sure if Venom, or Eddie, are really her type.