Now, if you are a regular around here and have been keeping up, you are well aware of the fact we had no plans of covering Venom: Let there be Carnage. In fact, we still aren’t technically going to be covering the movie itself, but we do need to discuss that end-credit scene.

So up until literally the last 3 minute clip of the movie, there were just rumors of Tom Hardy pushing to have his Venom on the same screen as Tom Holland’s Spider-Man. Of course, every fan’s dream is to see it, but we have learned, especially with the Spider-verse, to watch with bated breath. However, it looks like Tom might be getting his wish, so let’s delve into it a little bit.

The movie itself is not apparently confirmed to have taken place prior to the Snap, which means both films are almost time jumps back from where the current MCU is. As we see in the end credit scene, the Snap and Blip both take place, although they choose to do it in an interesting way that avoids showing the dusting. This could be just how Sony thought to do it to avoid confusion, or it may have to deal with Venom being the parasite that keeps Eddie healthy and unbroken. He clearly sees the time jump, but it is almost that he never actually lived the five years away and almost existed in his own little bubble. Either way, this alone was enough to get fans screaming in the cinema.

However, the real kicker of course is when we see J. Jonah Jameson’s broadcast playing on the TV. Of course, this is the broadcast we see going into the end of Spider-Man: Far from Home. And then poof, there is our beautiful Spider-Man and we see Venom come out and ominously lick the screen (if you watched one of the Spider-Man cartoons from the 90s, this is a really amazing reference to the opening song and credits when Venom at one point comes and licks the TV). So what does this all mean?

Of course, there is no need to worry about the first movie’s implications, but what about this one? The detective is now on his way to possibly becoming Toxin, so that would be an interesting symbiote to see Eddie and Peter fight together. However, the licking of the screen definitely doesn’t feel that Venom likes Peter, which could be due to the fact that Peter gets so much positive attention from being Spider-Man, while Venom is forced to hide himself, a big plot of this movie. I wouldn’t be surprised if the film starts off as Venom coming after Peter, but they then need to work together to fight off Toxin. This is also probable, as this is the storyline that usually happens with Carnage, however, we have already seen the defeat of Carnage in this film (spoiler oops).

The biggest implication at this point is that it confirms we are going to get another Spider-Man movie after No Way Home and also confirms we are bringing in even more of Spidey’s original villains. Obviously, Doc Oc and Green Goblin are his villains, just not exactly Tom Holland’s version. So it will be really cool to see Venom come in, especially because he isn’t multiversal and is a part of our known universe. Either way, start paying more attention to Venom and I hope every single one of you enjoyed the film. There will be no full coverage episode of Venom, once again, due to the fact that it was never anticipated to be MCU related until literally the last three minutes. However, now that it is, make sure to keep up with it and all of the other projects, since Marvel just blew your mind, so let’s talk about it.

Image: “Venom: Let there be Carnage”, Sam Hargrave, The Direct