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I'm just wondering what do you think of this https://www.tumblr.com/strangeshadowdreamer/701190776033509376/venom-eddie-phenylethylalanine?source=share

Hey there! I reblogged this post on my venom sideblog @guessimabasicnerdgirlnow

The post reminded me of a recent discussion about chemicals the symbiote needs in the comics and in the movies, and people getting them wrong in fic

I watched the movie but just assumed they used the same chemical as in the comics until the post I mentioned above crossed my dash

(The one in the comics, at least in The Hunger aka the one that first talked about the symbiote needing a specific chemical, is phenethylamine)

I think the movie may have messed up the names but since I know shit about chemistry I wouldn’t be too surprised if they did it intentionally for some reason. They could as well have made up a new chemical that keeps all desired properties but doesn’t need to be loyal to the real version.

Phenethylamine is part of the queer coding of Eddie’s and the symbiote’s relationship, since it is called “the love hormone”. The chocolate, delivered in a heart shaped box is the cherry on top.

In the context of the movie, if the chemical is the same, the meaning isn’t shown clearly.

Anyway, the real question of the post is why (movie) Eddie doesn’t buy pills?

In the comics, Eddie taught himself how to produce PEA pills because he goes that hard, and it seemed a troublesome process to buy what he needed from the black market. Then again, comics Eddie is homeless and unemployed so everything will be hard for him. In the end it seems that he and Symby decided that chocolate was the best choice, and more pleasant too. Oh it’s important to say that nor Eddie nor Symby wanted to eat heads at this point, so that was not an option

In the movies, I feel like maybe the problem isn’t getting nutrition. The problem is that V has to stay hidden all the time, basically just watching Eddie’s life and not doing much on his own. I think he may insist on going hunting, specially bad guy hunting, for the thrill of the experience, plus getting to show off and be out in the open. V likes being the Lethal Protector.