God I still think maybe my favorite comic moment is when Symby is running around fighting crime as Spider-Man when Peter is asleep because it doesn’t know yet that’s bad for Peter. And like, some lady says “I love you, Spider-Man!” and Symby, who at the time does not have a strong grasp of human language and definitely cannot talk while Peter is asleep is just like….
“Oh shit. Oh crap what does that mean? Oh man she’s looking at me like she expects something. Oh god. Quick, what would my host do? Oh man that one lady said that once then my host and her did like….a mouth smooshy thing? DO I HAVE TO DO THE MOUTH SMOOSHY THING? IS THAT WHAT’S EXPECTED OF ME RIGHT NOW? Oh god oh geez oh man uh……here…..we….go…I…….guuuueeessssss….” and kind of awkwardly leans in and she’s like “No, like a brother! Or friend.”
and Symby is just like
“………….I have no idea what that means but I think it might mean I got out of doing the face smoosh thing. I’m….I’m just gonna go back home to my chair now that’s enough human interaction for me for tonight, I think.”
I don’t remember the issue but here’s the main page from it:
I admit I inferred a lot of the symbiote’s inner dialogue from it’s blank and somewhat terrified expression in the second panel.
Remember tho. The symbiote only feeds off its hosts emotions. It itself does not feel these complexities that humans do.
Remember this shit aint a sexual or romantic relationship. (Please stop that crap. Stop sexualizing and being human centric with an alien parasite goop)
Its only doing what is needed to survive and to give its host what it needs. Thats it.
