12 Best Fan Theories For 2018's Biggest Movies
8. The Failed Symbiotes Died Because Their Hosts Were Suicidal - Venom
Early on in Venom, we see Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed) attempting to bond several symbiotes to homeless derelicts, whose bodies end up rejecting the symbiote, causing the deaths of both the host and the symbiote.
Except an intriguing Reddit theory has another explanation: what if the symbiotes did in fact correctly bond with them?
We know that the symbiotes bond with and feed off their hosts not only physically but emotionally also, and with it being quite likely that these homeless folk were suicidal already, perhaps those impulses forced the symbiotes to auto-suicide, while killing their host in the process?
Either way it doesn't really change the core narrative much, nor does it explain why the definitely-not-suicidal Dr. Skirth (Jenny Slate) died during the bonding process, but it certainly adds a layer of tragic interest to these otherwise desposable characters.