Thread:Marvelus/@comment-27496405-20190519011243/@comment-1894786-20190624023425

The Wikia Editor wrote: I just finished watching Venom, I think it's quite enjoyable. It's not mindblowing or anything, but it's decent. I honestly wouldn't mind it being included in the MCU.

Timeline-wise, near the beginning of the movie, there's a visible e-mail which contains a news story covering the NCLA 2018 Presidential Reception, which occurs annually on October 17. The e-mail is dated "Yesterday", placing the beginning of the movie on October 18, 2018. The movie then features a six month time-skip, placing it in April 2019.

The absence of Spider-Man in this and future movies could be handwaved by saying that it all occurs in the Post-Snap world.

That said, there are definitely inconsistencies with regard to the MCU. Eddie is initially skeptical of the existence of aliens, which doesn't really make sense in a Post-Avengers and definitely Post-Snap world. Also, both Carlton Drake, the main bad guy, and Dr. Dora Skirth bring up how the planet will eventually run out of resources and that overpopulation needs to be dealt with. Runaways has the Pride being extremely skeptical of aliens, despite it being post-Avengers as well.