China Loves Venom.
I donโt just mean that itโs chinese box office figures are great. They are, but the audience is also emotionally thirsty for venom. Heโs the new number one dream boyfriend. All the chinese articles Iโve read keep talking about his ็ทๅๅ, his boyfriend power level(ie how good a SO is) and how its off the charts. How even people who arenโt into superheroes and are just along for the ride will be charmed at this romantic dreamboat. How adorable and lovable and cute and charming he is. How heโs become a ๅฝๆฐ็ทๅ, a National Boyfriend, ie, someone the whole country wants to date because theyโre such a Ideal BF. That Women Love Venom is accepted fact. The top three things articles in Chinese keep mentioning about the film are a)the box office success, b)how popular venom is With The Ladies in the audience and how heโs an Ideal Boyfriend, and how Venom and Eddie have Incredible Chemistry and c)blah blah cast plot trailer reactions blah. Iโm so proud of the goo, yโall, heโs such a good boyfriend to Eddie that heโs made himself a Publically Recognised Dreamboat.
And this reaction wasnโt exactly unanticipated. Official promo images included art of Venom being a great BF in this vein:
Yes. Thatโs been on the official Weibo (chinese Twitter) account.
The little stamp says Venom: Caring Protector (the film is released in China as Venom: lethal protector so its a play on that). The term ๆ็ท is a particular archetype of caring and emotionally available man. A sweet softboy, if you will.
Highlights from articles include:
V keeps being called a ๅฟ ็ฌ, a โloyal dogโ love interest archetype who is loyal and self sacrificing and values his SO above all else. Kind of like the Service in Service Top.
he gets called ่ ข่ and ่ดฑ่, which respectivekey are cute because heโs a dumbass and cute because heโs a dick
One article talks about how you expect a monster but you get a beautiful creature with beautiful perfect teeth. Ok???? Horny much????
Insisting heโs lovable because heโs Sensitive and Emotionally Intelligent, and know What Women Want, as shown by the scene where he coaches Eddie through his convo with Anne in the car
These arenโt from fanblogs by they way theyโre from movie and entertainment sites and are Articles.
thereโs this one userโs review on the biggest chinese movie review site that talks about how Venom is so sexy it makes them tremble. Iโve seen it quoted like four times.
Admittedly Iโm biased but I just finished reading a Chinese think piece on Why Venom Is The Sexiest Villain so excuse me if Iโm too enthusiastic. FYI reasons include:
heโs played by Tom hardy who is Sexy. (Hardyโs Chinese fan nickname is ๆฑค่ๆนฟ, which sounds like tom+sensei, but written as Tom+always wetโฆChinese people are horny for Tom hardy.)
Because heโs got that contrast of sharp and lethal on the outside and soft and tender on the inside
And my favourite: because he is Socially Responsible and Does The Right Thing and is a Good Boy for Saving The Earth And Mrs Chen The Shopkeeper. This writer is so horny for V???? Iโm screaming.
Chinese Venomfuckers Iโm so proud of you all.
