Venom in all the 90s mini series is exactly what Venom should have remained as. Come the 00s, he became one of the more complicated/convoluted characters and it's been kind of annoying since.....why can't people just let Venom be Venom?
well, he should have just remained a Spider-Man villain anyway
I'll tell you why I think not, because Venom as a villain feels like a one off thing, the arc feels like it needs to end and it only ends with him killing Spidey (not gonna happen) or him realizing he's been deluding himself this whole time and going away.......
And nobody wants Venom to go away, so the anti-hero route is perfectly in line and natural IMO