Not sure how I missed this

[kungfunurse]

So I was looking at this picture, and I can’t believe I’ve never really noticed the scars before. I mean, I’m low key obsessed with this sentient pile of goo, so you’d think I’d have noticed. Also, I haven’t seen any fic referencing them either.

The blue in the middle of the back, and the white scars radiating out their back and down the arm. That’s where Riot stabbed and killed Eddie.

This was such a huge physical trauma that either A) Venom is still trying to heal Eddie from it, and the result is their scars are still visible or B) Venom is psychologically scarred because EDDIE’S psychologically scarred by it and it manifests as scars in their shared form.

I know in a meta way that the white pattern is supposed to be an homage to the Spider pattern from the character’s origin of being rejected by, and hating, Peter Parker. Thank god the movie-verse has jettisoned that pile of unwieldy emotional crap.

But in-universe there’s no other reason for that blue lump of scar tissue RIGHT WHERE THE KILLING BLOW went in except for the fight with Riot.

I think imma need to write a fic about this. I haven’t written fic since S1 of Voltron, before it all went so sideways. This should be interesting.