Taylor West/Carlson

Taylor Nicole Carlson (né West) is quite possibly the most famous character from Jack's novels and is the star of the Symbiosis Series. She has appeared in six novels to date. Taylor first takes the stage as a young thirteen year old girl in Turtle Island Bay, Massachusetts who comes into contact with the Venom symbiote. The alien alters her personality and forces her to mentally and emotionally grow. The series follows Taylor in her exploits from the ages of thirteen to thirty-seven and from being an innocent, albeit sarcastic teenager to a mother and wife.

Background
Taylor Nicole West was born on October 27, 2007 to John and Sarah West. She was the youngest of three, her siblings being middle kid Scout and eldest Maddie. Taylor was known for her exceptional intelligence from a very young age, which drove a rift between her and her siblings. She was a very innocent little girl, never one to swear or do anything to harm herself. This is radically different from Maddie who Taylor would describe as a 'drunkard, druggie who sold herself to her idiot friends'.

In 2019, Sarah West died unexpectedly from brain cancer, and the West family uprooted to Turtle Island Bay, a small coastal town a few hours north of her native Boston. Taylor found herself distanced by her siblings and her new peers and was even bullied by some of them after she passed out on stage during a spelling bee and showed up the competition. This bullying initially started as cyber-bullying, with meme videos and mean comments about 'Tipsy Taylor'. Soon the bullying became physical, with the football jocks joining in on the fun. Taylor became depressed and anxious, and is widely believed to have attempted suicide around the age of thirteen, though this was never explicitly mentioned.

Despite this, her siblings, especially Maddie remained cold and distant though Scout grew closer to her, hoping to spare another horrific death. Sometime around her thirteenth birthday she started a romantic relationship with Jacob Whitemore. She reveals very little about her relationship with Jacob, only that it was incredibly controlling and abusive, which only worsened her depression. Finally, when Jacob broke into her house and nearly killed her brother was he arrested and sent to a mental detention center in New York State.

The bullying only increased to the point that a football player, Mick (last name unknown) dislocated her arm. Sometime in the spring of 2020, Taylor met Nathan Carlson, an Italian from Providence, Rhode Island. The pair connected instantly and became friends. Nathan was incredibly good-natured and kind and treated her with utmost respect, having lost a parent himself. (Nathan's mother had an affair with his principal, leading to his parents divorce) and having lost his sister, Charlotte, to a boating accident two years prior.

Eventually, near the end of her seventh grade year, the two began to date, despite Taylor's initial reservations about dating. The two became ever closer during this period, with Taylor's depression finally losing control over her and allowing Taylor to truly be happy.

In September 2020, Taylor began her eighth grade year, and for once, she was ready to deal with her bullies.

Symbiosis
On September 13, 2020, Taylor retreats after a rough day at school to a small beach. She quickly takes note of a creature on nearby, which she describes as being black as night, but slimy and odd in appearance. The creature attacks her, sending her into a dazed panic, allowing the creature to bond to her. She rushes home, feeling horribly ill. When she rushes into the bathroom in her house, she discovers the true nature of the creature that attacked her. In the mirror, she sees a monstrous reflection, something that horrifies her to such a degree that she believes shes losing her mind. Upon recovering, the monster begins speaking to her, which Taylor quickly accepts, perhaps not understanding the true nature of her predicament. She then proceeds to go on a kitchen rampage, consuming a variety of foods, which results in her getting violently sick. Her brother convinces her sister to ignore this, both not understanding what is happening. Taylor withdraws to her room, where she falls asleep for four hours. When she wakes up, she learns she missed a date with Nathan, and she frantically calls him, hoping that he'll forgive her. Nathan is quick to forgive her, not caring about her missing their outing as she was sick. The following day Taylor wakes up, realizing she is almost late for school. The monster continues to speak to her, revealing part of his hobbies, eating people. Taylor continues to ignore it as she arrives at school. Despite some hope for a normal day, Miles confronts her, forcing Nathan back and his goons hold her up while Miles breaks one of her legs. Taylor's facade of not caring about what they do to her quickly breaks and she silently sobs while trying to get help. Mr. Irondro, the gym teacher calls the local hospital and rides in the ambulance with her.

While in the hospital she meets Doctor Dan Lewis, a notorious gangster with a medical degree. He quickly catches on to Taylor's predicament and calls for backup. Upon being released after her leg mysteriously fixes itself, she reunites with her family. In a shocking moment of brute force, she kicks Scout across the room as Doctor Lewis' men arrive, heavily armed and acting as policemen. The monster reveals itself to be a physical being residing inside Taylor's body and it uses her to slaughter eight of the men and perpetrate an escape. A shocked Taylor flees the hospital and steals a motorbike and attempts to either escape Turtle Island Bay or dissuade the 'police'. The plan is never fully revealed.

The police hunt her down like a dog, soon joined by John West and Scout. After dodging them for a few miles, they finally intercept her, injuring her terribly. The monster takes over her body, trapping her inside to only view the following events. It attacks some of the mercenary and kills John after he tries to shoot them with a shotgun. The monster then flees the scene to a remote beach where it introduces itself as Venom to Taylor. Taylor is obviously frightened, but chooses to try and return home.

Upon trying to enter her home, she is cruelly turned away, told off by her family, as a sick, delusional little girl. Shocked and distraught, she shouts a profanity at them, signifying the first major change to the character. She storms off into the night, Venom's manner quickly transforming her into a cold, dangerous person.

The following morning, Taylor breaks into the local Walmart, stealing a variety of clothes, electronics and even food. Dressing far more formally then she usually does, she walks to school and is met by shocked whispers and stares. She meets up with Nathan, also shocked by her recovery and change of apparel. Taylor tries to seduce Nathan to sleep with her, though Nathan, a devout Christian, refuses wholeheartedly, to which Taylor appears dissappointed by. "'Too bad... I'm sure I could find someone to have some fun with me... you just missed out on a big catch,'"Taylor leaves Nathan gobsmacked as she struts confidently into her school where more people stare at her in shock. Two of her bullies begin whispering behind her back, to which Taylor tells them if they have something to say, then they should say it to her face. The vehement anger and pissiness in her tone tells the other students that she means business. When Mick confronts her, she is itching for a fight and quickly defeats him before violently scarring his face in a bitter show of vengeance. She is hailed as a hero by the less powerful members of the student body.

Two weeks later, it is discovered Taylor has used her fear, and Venom, to seize control of her school, becoming its 'Queen' and using her attitude and fear to keep them in line. She even goes as far to bribe teachers to support her makeshift regime. She was in firm control over her school, and next to nobody could do anything to stop her. She was feared, and fear is a powerful weapon.

She tries one day to bribe and seduce a younger teacher into supporting her, to which the teacher tries to call the police. She forces the phone down and sits down in her seat, smoking a cigarette as two detectives arrive: Chloe Decker and Lucifer Morningstar, native to Los Angeles. Taylor, smitten by Lucifer, agrees to be taken into custody. Arriving at the police station, Taylor is interrogated by both Chloe and Lucifer, the latter becoming enraged when she learns that he is the devil. Upon attempting to arrest her, she snaps and she and Venom slaughter part of the police department, killing over twenty officers.

Now on the run, Taylor demotes her appearance and apparel to remain incognito on the streets, as she is unable to try and escape Turtle Island Bay. After a week, she has successfully evaded a police and FBI manhunt for her and Venom, who frankly doesn't care and tries to convince her that the situation is manageable. Taylor becomes a victim of her own anxiety, paranoia and fears as she struggles to remain hidden. She begins to question her existence and more recent decisions. Eventually Taylor, starved due not wanting to get caught submitted to the idea of buying food somewhere. She aimlessly strolls into her aunts cafe and orders and is about to escape when she absentmindedly hands over her credit card revealing her identity to her Aunt Charlie. Charlie begins to call the police and Taylor panics. Venom takes advantage of the panic and takes over, torturing and killing Charlie while Taylor is weak. She flees the scene upon regaining control shouting at Venom for ruining her life and being the reason she'll go to Hell. Venom retreats into her mind and Taylor immediately runs to the police station and turns herself in.

The following morning she is re-interrogated by Lucifer who she reveals Venom to, hoping it might help her case. After Lucifer leaves, Nathan arrives to talk to her and she describes feeling humiliated due to her ragged, rabid appearance. Nathan tells her that nobody what, he will always love her. This is the first time Nathan and Taylor truly admit their feelings for one another. Before they can kiss, Scout bursts into the room and tries to kill Taylor who discovers that Scout inhabits another symbiote, Riot. Venom warns Taylor about Riot several times in the story however this is his first appearance. Venom rescues Taylor from certain death before engaging in a clash with Riot across downtown Turtle Island Bay. Taylor and Scout also clash during this time adding to the confusion. Eventually Venom and Taylor secure their victory by killing Scout after they attempt to alert a Symbiote invasion force which was going to be used to conquer and enslave the human race. Scout and Riot both die as Taylor slips into a coma.

She stays comatose for five months, with Nathan visiting her everyday, hoping that she'll wake up, despite the gravity of her wounds. When she does wake up, they confess their love for each other again. Nathan reveals that he left his fathers home because he wanted Nathan to abandon Taylor but he refused to, seeing such an act as a betrayal of his morals. Taylor and Nathan decide to leave Turtle Island Bay together for New York City. The story ends three years later when Taylor confronts a mysterious masked terrorist named Bane, opening the way for a sequel.

Bane of Her Morals


For weeks after the encounter with Bane at the Wall Street Stock Exchange Taylor frantically tries to learn more about Bane, but consistently comes up empty handed. After a couple more nights, she is ambushed, blitzed at her door by some of Bane's men and hauled off to their base of operations in the New York sewer network. Taylor severely underestimates her opponent and gets gravely wounded, specifically receiving multiple extreme spinal fractures which render her immobile. Bane threatens to return to finish the job, however, with the help of Venom, not happy with Taylor's arrogant fight which could have gotten them both killed. Despite fixing her back, Taylor still feels incredible pain and upon returning to the apartment, he and Nathan realize the viciousness of the attacks caused arrytthmia which poses a serious threat to her life. Nathan and Venom work together to help save her, something that she will remember for many years and will occasionally remark that she feels indebted to both of them.

A few weeks later, Taylor turns 18 and Nathan treats her to VIP tickets to Game 1 of the 2023 World Series, revealing Taylor's adoration of the New York Mets and hatred of the Yankees. The couple go out to the game only for the entire field to implode and Bane's men storm the field, taking the entire area hostage. Bridges explode in the background, swallowing the entire outfield and most of the infield and trapping the fans inside the stadium as Bane makes a bold speech declaring control over the city of New York and the installation of martial law. The hostages are released to return home, including Nathan and Taylor. Later that night, she contacts General Samuel Lane, in coordination with Venom to convince him and the U.S Army to obey Bane until the time is right as Bane also has access to a massive thermonuclear bomb capable of vaporizing New York. After this, she experiences a hiccup with Nathan after he tries to seduce her into sleeping with him since she was 18. She vehemently refuses his attempt and scolds him which later leads to a heart to heart which convinces Taylor that Nathan is the one she wants to marry and that he will always have her best interest at heart.

After a couple more weeks, once Bane's control over New York is cemented, while eating dinner Nathan picks up the phone and breaks down crying. He reveals that his sister Charlotte, who went missing and was presumed over the North Atlantic eight years prior, turns out to be alive. But due to martial law, he is unable to see her. Venom admits that he can carry multiple people in his main form and thus carries both Taylor and Nathan to Providence.

When they arrive at the hospital she meets Charlotte, a female genetic counterpart to Nathan as due to stunted growth she is much shorter than him. After a short exchange, Taylor goes out into the hall so Nathan can reunite with his sister alone and she has an almost violent confrontation with Nathan's father Walter. Though cooler heads prevailed, it is implied that Walter still despises Taylor. She assists Nathan and Charlotte in escaping back to New York.

The next day, Bane strikes again, freeing the prisoners from Lincoln Correctional Facility and sending them on a rampage against the rich of New York. Shortly after this, a new vigilante, 'The Hood' begins icing mob dealers and corrupt business officials, leading Taylor to begin tracking her down, fearing she is an accomplice of Bane.

The situation grows worse when Taylor's employer, Doctor Otto Octavius performs a dangerous experiment alone and the four metal arms he used are grafted onto his back. Taylor begins tracking him as well, not wanting to have another adversary.

After visiting Octavius in the hospital, she is informed that someone is at the apartment and upon arriving, discovers Bane, Barsad and Nathan chatting it up like they were old chums. Bane tries to extend a metaphorical olive branch, claiming he is saving the city as much as she is. He further states that them fighting is only going to destroy New York further. Taylor vehemently denies Bane's request and he leaves, confident at what he's done. Nathan tries to convince Taylor that Bane isn't all that bad and an argument ensues, which ends with Nathan trying to leave to join Bane's Army, only to be stopped by Taylor. He shoots her in the stomach with the shotgun the couple bought for self defense. Taylor angrily leaves after Venom regenerates her, telling Nathan to 'not f****** touch her'.

A couple of weeks pass with Taylor living in a motel, passing time, completing schoolwork while preparing for her final showdown with Bane. She deleted Nathan's phone number, intending on moving on in her life without him.

This all changes when he shows up at her motel room with a guitar strapped around his shoulder. He sings a homemade, written song that convinces Taylor that he really does love her. They have a heart to heart before officially getting back together.

This comes at the time when Bane's final campaign begins. Taylor and Venom join forces with the police to free New York from the terrorists. The Hood, now know as the Arrow along with Doctor Octavius join the heroes as they clash with Bane's men. While the Arrow and Doctor Octopus assist the police directly, Taylor and Venom take the fight to Bane. They trade fists and engage in a brutal fight, in which despite Venom having complete control, he struggles against the mercenary. It doesn't take Taylor long to realize that Bane's Achilles Heel is his mask and Venom lands several hits against Bane's lifeline which severely weakens him, at least in theory. In actuality, Bane gets more panicked and violent, actually hurting Venom at one point. Venom soon breaks the mask completely and interrogates Bane, demanding to know where the trigger to the nuclear bomb is. He reveals that he is a dead man's switch leading to a dilemma: Kill Bane and risk the destruction of the city, or let him go. In the end, the Arrow shoots Bane without realizing he is the trigger to the bomb and is killed by another mercenary. As tears stream down both of their faces, the Arrow reveals herself as Charlotte, Nathan's sister.

After this, Taylor realizes she has less than ten minutes to transfer the core of the nuclear bomb out of the city. Venom unironically reveals Taylor's identity to the police commissioner before leaving. They leap over buildings at record speed diving into the ocean and swimming away. Taylor counts down time until the bomb detonates. Just before it does, Venom and Taylor have a heart to heart, in which they both agree that these were they're best years and if this is the end, then it was an honor to fight alongside each other.

Then the bomb explodes.

New York is spared the blast, but it is presumed both Taylor and Venom are dead, something that distraughts Nathan deeply.

However, a few hours, Taylor washes up on shore, alive somehow and she and Nathan reunite, now that New York is safe.

A week after the city is saved, Nathan proposes to Taylor and she accepts.

Many months after that they marry. During the wedding, Walter Carlson is there, suggesting that the relationship between Taylor, Nathan and Walter has been patched up and fixed. After the wedding the couple moves to Upstate Maine, where in 2027, Taylor learns she is pregnant with twins...

Two of the Same
Two of the Same takes place somewhere near the end of Bane of Her Morals while Taylor and Nathan are still engaged. One night after going out to dinner and walking back, a man attempts to mug the couple. Not knowing about Venom when Taylor forces him back he pulls out a strange weapon that transmits a portal to an unknown world or dimension. In the chaos, Taylor and Venom fall in.

They fall out of the portal and Venom takes over to prevent Taylor's likely demise from falling 3000 feet in the air. When they crash land, Taylor is knocked out for a good two or so minutes before she wakes up and makes a startling discovery: Three individuals are looking over her, confused, two men and one girl. When her eyes adjust and recover she realizes a bizarre fact.

These people look like her, her late father John and her late brother Scout. Shocked and confused she stands up and they have a bit of a spat before agreeing that Taylor should go into the West's household and so they can figure out what is going on.

Soon after, they agree with the notion that they are from parallel universes (This is the first point where the prospect of a multiverse is declared) and she shares her past, about meeting Venom, fighting Bane and getting engaged to Nathan. The other Taylor gets angry at the last part as she calls Nathan a homewrecker, as he cheated on her with her former friend Raji. Soon after this, Taylor reveals Venom to the West family. John and Scout are naturally horrified but Taylor is enthused, as she is still fascinated with robots and science.

The West family agrees to give Taylor the ability to stay in their home until she can figure out how to get back to her universe. The following day, Taylor struggles to adjust to the world she now has to contend with, especially when she has to drive the other Taylor to school. Upon arriving, Taylor is indifferent to it, showing she has forced herself to forget what happened to her.

Later, Taylor struggles to find a way home when she gets into an angry spat with Venom, who prefers this world over their home. She gets angry with the symbiote which leads to him exiting her body for the first time in six years, which nearly makes Taylor physically ill, though they have a pretty harmonious separation.

After a couple of hours, the other Taylor stumbles into the West' home acting bizarre, swearing, acting confused, delirious, frightened and a change in the color of her eyes causes concern. Taylor realizes that Venom needed to attach himself to the other Taylor because they have the same genetic makeup and he is to familiar with her internal body environment. She informs this to the rest of the family who prepares to assist in extracting Venom.

Soon after, Taylor travels to Turtle Island Bay Middle School where she finds Taylor in the hall about to be beaten up by Nathan, who is itching for a fight. She breaks up the conflict, much to everyone's confusion. When she tries to coax Venom out, he retaliates by violently killing Taylor's younger counterpart, much to her horror and shock. She captures Venom and holds him hostage as the remains of Taylor's body is taken to be prepared for cremation.

As Taylor figures out how to return home, the West Family prepares for their daughter and sisters funeral when Venom reveals he can revive/bring her back to life. (How this is possible is not specified). The West's immedietly jump on the chance, and Venom pieces her back together, using rather... explicit details. But, it works, and Taylor soon comes back to life.

Shortly after this, Taylor prepares to go home, and talks to West's one last time before departing back to her world.

Upon getting back to her apartment, she has a very happy reunion with Nathan, and it is heavily implied that they slept together for the first time during this time.

The Foe That Broke Her
In the fourth and final installment of the Symbiosis Series starts with Taylor at age 34. Having been married to Nathan for almost fifteen years, and known him for almost twenty, things are going strong between the couple. They had twin daughters, Charlotte Junior and Lia and a son, Miles the following year. At this point in the series, the twins are fourteen, and Miles is thirteen. They still live in Eastport, Maine, Nathan is a successful restaurant owner and head chef, Taylor is a physical science teacher at the local high school, to give some normality to their lives.

Venom still lives in Taylor's head, and has mellowed out and calmed down over the years, but his presence is unknown to Charlotte, Miles and Lia.

The book opens with Taylor properly introducing the readers to her children and what they are like. While taking them to school, she collects ideas on what the kids are excited about the new school year. She mentions how the twins are incoming freshman and Miles is in the eighth grade. The girls are excited, though Miles expresses emotional concern which he later tells his mother about. Taylor comforts her son and gives him some advice before setting him off. She then goes to her classroom and begins setting up where she then introduces the reader to a colleague, Trent Goodman. After school she picks the girls and Miles up though Lia blurts out, asking if the twins were an unplanned pregnancy.

That night at dinner Taylor and Nathan explain to both the kids and the reader of what had happened in the 15 years between novels. After dinner, Taylor and Nathan are shocked when Maddie, Taylor's estranged sister from the first novel shows up at her doorway. After trying to push her away, the couple reluctantly agree to have her sit down. Maddie explains that she wants to rebuild her relationship with Taylor, and also explains that she was abducted by a Bosniak mobster who was looking for her. Finally, the two make amends and agree to work on building bridges, and Maddie meets Charlotte and Miles. When Lia is introduced to her aunt, she lashes out, calling her a 'monster'. Once Maddie leaves, Taylor yells at Lia, thus harming her relationship with her oldest child.

A couple of weeks later, Taylor and Nathan celebrate their unofficial twentieth anniversary, in which they go to Nathan's restaurant and sit down together. While waiting for their food, the couple reminisce over the past two decades together and everything they had been through all while waiting. After dinner they return to the house, where they share a drink before stumbling upstairs together. It is heavily implied they slept together.

A couple of weeks after this, Lia and Taylor are still distant, much to chagrin, and Venom tries to convince herself it isn't her fault. While overseeing study prep, Scout, who she thought had been dead for two decades shows up. He explains to her in chilling, psychotic detail the ways he plans to kill her family and her and Taylor, too horrified to respond realizes that with the Bosnian mob at his back, there is only way to stop him: Venom.

That night she revealed Venom to Lia, Miles and Charlotte, the latter two geeking out over such an exciting development. Lia remains cold and accuses Taylor of constantly lying to them for their entire lives, before storming off. Shortly after this, Scout shows up with his goons and abducts the family. The Carlson's are brought to a forest clearing near the house where he mocks the family before manipulating Lia into joining him. To Taylor's abject distraught horror, she murders Miles, who as they depart, she cradles her dead son in her arms, begging him to come back.

After a couple of days, a distraught Taylor, along with Nathan and Charlotte go to Miles' wake, just before his funeral. During this time, she joins her intermediate family as they say their final prayers for Miles, and Taylor states that she isn't sure what she will do to Lia. After the funeral, she comes up with a plan to defeat Scout.

She brings Charlotte to Los Angeles, then to Coast Mountain, British Columbia where she recruits her old friends Lucifer Morningstar and Cassandra Angelos. When they get back to Eastport, they find that Lia and her goons have attacked Nathan, and even though he made a stand to defend himself. He had been beaten to within an inch of his life. They tearfully get him to the hospital.

After a day or so, Taylor receives word that Nathan is paralyzed, but that he will survive. She and Nathan have one final heart to heart without realizing that this is the last time they will take to each other. Venom becomes aggressive and determined to execute Scout and Lia and save Nathan. To clear their heads, Taylor, Charlotte and Lucifer watch a cheesy horror flic before Cassie comes back with horrible news. Nathan was murdered. Taylor enters a period of traumatic stuporous depression.

She stays in bed until finally getting out, and this is when she gets a message from Charlotte that Scout had arrived and was in the yard. Sprinting over there, soon a final fight ensues, and Charlotte reveals her own Symbiote, named Vengeance. The fight is brutal, and Scout's gang handles themselves well against the two symbiotes, Cassie and Lucifer, before they finally get the upper hand. Scout spills off his backstory and is about to kill Charlotte before Lia kills him, ending the ordeal. But, Lia knows forgiveness will not be granted, so she tearfully takes her own life.

After Symbiosis
A few years later, Taylor remarried to Richard Wilson, who despite not being like Nathan, makes her happy. Her new family loves her and is still loyal to her even though Venom is in the picture. Taylor remained close with Charlotte and had a healthy, happy, and loving relationship with Richard, as well as her stepson, Vince. She would have a pretty uneventful life, going back to teaching for some time, living a monotone, simple life with Venom becoming more and more helpful around the house the older she got.

Richard would remain her faithful partner as the couple grew older together and began enjoying the simpler times in life. When he was 65 he was diagnosed with leukemia, and despite everything the couple did to prevent it from spreading, Richard would pass away from complications of the disease when he was 67.

Taylor would retire at age 71, in 2078, after teaching for an incredible 50 years, an astronomical amount considering the average years for teachers is 3-5. After retiring she remained active in her community despite aging, with Venom's discreet help.

Finally in 2090, at age 83, Taylor began growing weaker and weaker and was soon confined to her bedroom. Instead of leaving Taylor, Venom stuck out the ride with her, volunteering to die alongside his favorite host, as in his words:

"I have lived for 600 million years... I have accomplished almost nothing during the grand scheme of my existence... I was trapped in a void of a repeating cycle of death and destruction across the universe... when I met you that all changed... you showed me a better way to exist and I didn't want to leave you for another host... I feel now that the past 70 years have been far more of a life than any other... that is why I wish to pass on with you to the afterlife, as I have accomplished all that I feel I need to,"

Taylor would say her goodbyes, before passing away of natural causes alongside Venom.

A Teenage Girl's Guide To Superpowers
Taylor plays only a minor role in Cassie's story, only appearing twice in the book. She appears in Chapter Six, where she meets Cassie as Venom, and they briefly clash. This takes place while Taylor and Nathan are on their honeymoon. They begin an amicable friendship after this. In Chapter Fifteen, she and Venom join Cassie to ward off Crucun's Invasion of Earth before going back to Eastport.

Blinded By The Light
Taylor appears in the epilogue, back in New York, where she is the neighbor to Grace Jackson, who is moving in across the hall. She and Nathan meet Grace and Pierre and become good friends, setting up for 'The Bane of Her Morals'.

Personality
Taylor is generally portrayed as quiet, quaint and reserved. Though sometimes she can be loud, brash and egotistical when certain moments arise. She is generally distrusting of people at first, but will quickly warm up to them if she feels they can be trusted. She will avoid talking to Venom unless she is around people who know of his existence. She is serious, committed to her family, job and keeping a some amount of normalcy intact.

Trivia

 * 1) Taylor is not an original character.
 * 2) Taylor has minor anti-social disorder, though it is not prevalent enough to control her.
 * 3) Taylor also has temporal lobe epilepsy, though because of Venom, she has not had a seizure in many, many years.
 * 4) She has an IQ of 174, making her a certified genius
 * 5) Despite Taylor being a girl, Venom's physique is male, due to the author's detesting of She-Venom's appearance.
 * 6) Taylor is Roman-Catholic, though she doesn't really go to church.