Ableist: “don’t say that! You are not! You do things! you are capable! Do not undervalue yourself. Disabled are those who have to live off of people’s compassion”
VS
Non-ableist: “ah good to know. Which disability do you have? How does it affect you?”
Me: “is called (medical terms) and affects me that way”
Ableist: * shocked victorian drama gesture * “omg, how are you ok saying that?” * either distances you or is rudely intrusive, still refusing to accomodate your needs *
VS
Non-Ableist: “ah, good to know. If you need help with that, let me know how I can help” * accomodates your needs and treats you the same way as before *
So, canonically, the Venom Symbiote can perfectly imitate any article of clothing and Eddie Brock rarely rarely wears actual clothes besides sometimes underwear or shorts.
Eddie and the Symbiote could make themselves look like they were wearing top of the line, designer clothes all the time just as easily as any other look, which means that every day they wake up and make the conscious decision to dress like a trash hobo and that’s SO VALID
When Venom first saw Eddie, it was through Maria’s eyes.
Maria was homeless, and when you’re homeless most folks ignore you or treat you terribly. Some help out a bit and give you some change, but Eddie did so much more. He treated her like a person, a friend, and gave her much more then she asked for when she tried to sell him the free papers, even when he didn’t have much himself.
And when she saw him at the Life Foundation and cried for help, instead of backing away to hide, he risked getting caught and freed her.
Venom would have known all of this after a quick trip through Maria’s memories and would have seen how she saw Eddie, as a kind compassionate person.
So Venoms first impression of him would have been based on this, and since kindness isn’t much of a thing in symbiote society, there’s no doubt that Vemon was intrigued by this odd stupid human.
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