That may be the case man, but I really don't think that future is still possible for Brock. At first, years ago, it may have, but they've bent over backwards to make sure that it's impossible or really difficult for that to happen. The oddly ironic thing about that is, the efforts that the writers put forth to ensure he would never be like that again are what reunited my interest in the character. He felt like he grew to me vastly. Now, before I go any further, I know your love of Venom and mine are totally different. By the time I got into the character, like fully knowing him, he was already going in the way of the anti-hero, so that's why for me, it's so easy for me to swallow that he had a chance at redemption and gladly took it. It wasn't part of his original design, but like I said in the other thread, lots of characters have additions that were never part of their original design, but went to make them better. I used Deadpool as an example; he was a bland Deathstroke rip off when he was introduced, and blossomed into a multi-dimensional character study in moral ambiguity, success to loss to loss to success stories, and the inner truth behind a man's identity. Liefeld NEVER would have taken Wade in that direction, but I felt those changes made Deadpool a better character. I could mention how Way has mussed that up, but it's a tale for another day...
In the late 90s and early 2000's I wanted Brock to make a big comeback, but I had no idea what could be done to make things interesting. I think classic Brock had a good run and could have had some alternate paths to make things interesting in his pure villain days, but by the end of the millennium he had been put into a wall. Even if they thought of clever ways to get him back to the stalker days, I didn't, and now (especially with the redemption, and acceptance of his failures) don't want to see it because I fear, in my opinion granted, that it'd be too formulaic.
I've often asked fellow Venom fans what they would do next if they wanted him to return to pure villain/stalker. (Before and after Anti-Venom was even a concept) and sadly, it's always more of the same with minor SHOCK!!! thrown in. Aunt May is torn in half by Brock. Mj is killed. JJJ is torn down to just his mustache follicles. It's a quick shock value moment, that may have Pete enraged for a while, but it's not enough. It's extremely limiting and has to escalate sometime or else it's just a dangling thread that will go nowhere. Obviously Pete can't be killed for good by Brock, but having Brock killed off would suck.
I don't know, maybe I'm not creative enough, but I just don't see the wealth of character progression and growth for Brock if he stayed the same. Now if he regresses, it will be seen as incredibly forced and detrimental.
Sorry man, I get that this sucks and is frustrating, but it doesn't look like anything will change for a while. Who knows, another character may step up to that role in some form, but for Brock, I think that this will be his future for the extended future.
