User blog comment:The Pro-Wrestler/Villains Who Never Deserved the Title Pure Evil/@comment-25008763-20190604154216

you know that symbiots are half-and-half in relation to their hosts? so a symiot's personality is influenced by said host..

that's why Carnage is so much worse than Venom - so Riot just lets Carlton do what his inner-self wanted to do, minus any restraint.

a bit like multiple personalities, deep down all the horrible stuff those personas may do is really what the "host" at least partially desired themselves.. all symbiots do is kind of switch off the restraint.