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two completely different alien lifeforms crossed each other's paths.
What’s going on guys - today I’ll be your host Jack Finch, as we promise the Klyntar
that it’ll all work out for the best - and hurtle him through space towards Yautja Prime
- and comically speculate the question, What If The Predator Wore The Venom Symbiote?
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Now - you know that we love some symbiotes on this channel, as do you all - there’s
no denying that the concept of a warm, fuzzy lifeform that wraps itself around your very
DNA, absorbing your life essence as a host and resulting in - well, tentacles and tendrils
and … big teeth - yeah, the thought can be pretty alluring.
But forget about Eddie Brock, forget about Cletus Kasady and Flash Thompson - what about
the Yautja - the space-faring alien Predator race - and a fully formed ancient predator
thats earnt its blood in the deep, dark depths of space - yeah, now that’s what I’m talking
about.
We know quite a hefty amount - through the Venom, Carnage and Spider-Man run - about
what happens to a humanoid when it goes through exposure from a symbiote - and the resulting
physical and metaphysical shifts that take place, both in the body and in the psyche.
In most cases - the host may find themselves incredibly physically fit, slender - lean
- chiseled like a hulking, demonic Greek Adonis - or, in some cases, they might not even possess
a human form.
As a plot device, the symbiote has cropped up in a swathe of bizzare and differing forms
- space dragons, T-Rex Venom - a demonic car, there’s no telling what the sentient Symbiotes
can’t twist themselves into.
The main thing that feeds a symbiote is its propensity for adrenaline.
They are pure unabashed adrenaline junkies that feast off of the hormones unleashed in
their hosts physical body - urging them to perform death defying stunts and bloodthirsty
combat - and what a partner to pair that desire with, than with the Predator species.
An entire race whose Code of Honor is to perpetuate the thrill of the hunt.
Well, I think they’d get along just fine.
The first and most obvious change in a Predator/Symbiote bonding is the shift in physical form - and
while the average Predator stands at way over 7 feet - it’s safe to say that we’d be
in for a rather large hulking beast.
Eddie Brock, who’s actually a pretty tall dude at 6 ft 3 - leaps up to a massive 7 ft
6 as Venom.
So - yeah, it’s safe to say that the Predator would be way over 9 ft tall, even if we’re
taking into account the average height of a Yautja Hunter.
That’s pretty massive.
Also, the most glaringly obvious question - and we do have to answer it - is, what the
hell would happen to its jaws?
As we know, both Venom and the Predator have pretty iconic - teeth - shall we say - and
the collision of the two may result in something the likes that we’ve never before imagined.
Personally, I imagine it being a cross between the Sarlacc Pit of Tatooine and the Carnage
symbiotes grin, with a little sprinkle of Cthulhu.
If that’s not terrifying enough - then it’s also incredibly toxic, taking on the shared
properties of Venom’s innate pungent poison.
Also - Venom Dreadlocks.
Which is dope.
Also - we know that symbiotes are highly adept at camouflage and blending in with its surroundings.
Who else is an expert at that?
Yup - the Predator.
I’m not entirely sure how a symbiote would integrate the Yautja tactical armor into its
arsenal of tentacle weaponry, and although they might not exactly be able to replicate
the entirety of the Predator’s gear - but if we take Agent Venom as an example, they’d
be able to haul a hell of a lot of kit conveniently inside themselves.
The word cornucopia springs to mind.
But deadly.
On the topic of physicality, we also already know that the average Yautja are incredibly
physically capable - easily out matching even a highly conditioned human in unarmed combat
- and possessing the ability to land blows that can shatter concrete.
Well - you pair that with the Venom symbiote who already increases the average human to
this baseline - and then some - and we’ve got a creature that’s capable of Hulk level
feats of strength.
The Predator also demonstrates a genetic proficiency to self heal - being highly resilient to physical
damage - and capable from recovering from multiple gunshot wounds with essentially zero
medical attention.
Well - if we pair this with the Venom symbiote, who has already shown that the creature craves
self-healing hosts like Wolverine, X2 and Deadpool - then we’ve pretty much got a
perfect match - and a nigh-immortal Predator Symbiote hybrid under the correct circumstances.
Things are looking pretty sweet for this cosmic buddy comedy.
But there’s a downside to this whole debacle - and its fit to be a tough one for our Yautja
friend.
As a symbiote bonds with a host, it enhances their creatures empathic senses - in the form
of an insatiable craving for intense emotion, and a parasitic ability to detect its food
source from a wide area.
The host shares this ability - like a weird-bargain-basement Spidey sense, and I’m feeling like it’ll
have a negative impact on the Predator’s innate tracking ability.
The Yautja already naturally see in a thermal range - paired with their highly advanced
Bio-Mask, they can see on all levels of the spectrum, so with a symbiote buzzing around
interfering with that - it’s gonna be a rough ride to begin with.
But - as both the Yautja Hunters and Symbiotes have in common, they’re highly adaptable
creatures - culturally and innately - and I’ve got quite a good feeling that this
partnership would be highly profitable.
Imagine simultaneously hunting down a Xenomorph as a Symbiote-Predator - the adrenaline kick
that would be coursing through their shared veins would be a punch-drunk cocktail that
the Venom Symbiote could never shake.
It’d be completely addicted.
Forget Eddie Brock, Predator Venom’s in town.
Anyway guys - that’s all we’ve got time for in today's video - how do you think this
symbiotic showdown would play out?
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