My take on Venom 258
I know a lot of people are disappointed and I am too but I still think consider this issue to be a net positive. so here's a list of what I didn't like (cons), did like pros and stuff I felt neutral about (neutral):
Cons:
-too much time on rationalizing for MJ and not enough on atonement for Peter. I wish they would have had MJ go into a bit more detail about all the times she lashed out at him throughout the years, focusing a bit more on what he went through.
- at this point peter has long since taken responsibility and apologized for anything he did after "the incident" having him apologize again kind of takes away from MJ finally apologizing after all these years. especially since peter has been wanting to talk things through with MJ for years and she's the one who's been running from the conversation.
-it feels like the writers are handling MJ with kid gloves, while everyone else gets the mike tyson treatment. Everyone else has to deal with the consequences of their actions but MJ gets off practically scott free, no one seems to hold her accountable for anything...
Neutral:
- despite what I said about it earlier, I can finally see what MJ meant about peter making everything about himself. He refueses to let anyone apologize to him, instead putting the blame on himself.
Pros:
-low bar maybe, but this is the nicest conversation MJ has had with Peter in years.
-we finally got MJ admitting, out loud, that Peter didn't deserve how she treated him. I've been waiting years for that
- we got confirmation that MJ never really loved top knot, their relationship only worked when they had a distraction to avoid actually being together (which makes sense when you remember how MJ constantly name dropped them whenever anyone mentioned her relationship with you know who at the time.)
- we got some answers to some of the plot holes lingering from the well's run like "where did top knot's money come from/ go?" and "how did no one react to MJ just appearing with a new man and kids?"
- I honestly think the "let's see what happens" line is really promising
- I also think the "I'll be watching you" line implies peter will be in more upcoming venom books, giving them more time to talk
IDK maybe my bar is low but I'm hopeful.