Sons of Anarchy: 5 Times Tig & Venus Were The Perfect Couple (& 5 Reasons Why He Was Better Off On His Own)

Venus Van Damme is a character that comes to Sons of Anarchy in season 5. She’s a transgender prostitute that helps them out with a blackmail scheme and catches Tig’s eye from day one. She is mostly a sweet Southern lady but viewers see her go fierce in one episode when someone she loves is in trouble.

Most of the club members dismiss Tig and Venus’s relationship as part of Tig’s famously eccentric nature. But it is a relationship built on love, trust, and honesty, which becomes something incredibly important to Tig. Throughout the last two seasons, Venus is a recurring character on the show and in Tig’s life. Here are five times they were perfect together and five times he was better off alone.

10 Perfect Together: Venus Fills A Void For Tig

It’s Venus’ exciting spirit that draws Tig in and makes him want to know her more. He’s mentioned other women he’s been with as being too shallow, quick to bore him, or they couldn’t handle the life with him in the club.

Tig isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty to help the club and he’s done some things he regrets. Venus takes all of that in and doesn’t judge him for it. She wants to know him for who he is and not what he’s done.

9 Better Alone: View From Other Clubs

In the season 7 episode “Faith and Despondency,” Venus brings up her concerns about what other clubs might think of her and her concerns are valid. Throughout the series, the club does business with people and other clubs and they show both racism and discrimination against different kinds of people.

For example, at one point, Juice is twisted up to the point where he considers suicide over selling out the club to the feds because they told the club he’s half Black. Venus brings up that they may not accept her and Tig could end up having trouble in business deals because of it.

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8 Perfect Together: Both Passionate About Their Children

Venus comes into Tig’s life right after the tragic and brutal loss of his daughter. Alexander Pope killed her and burned her alive in front of him and the grief he showed during that scene had fans feeling bad for Tig, even after all the terrible things he’d done in the past.

Venus wasn’t just a distraction for him like another woman might have been. She listened to him and comforted him. When Venus’ son is in trouble, Tig gets the club to help and comforts her when she decides to send him off to live with friends, unsure that he’d ever accepted who she’d become.

7 Better Alone: Venus’ Identity Is Difficult For SAMCRO

The other club members let it go at first, but it isn’t long before they start asking questions and directing jabs at Tig, questioning his identity. They think it’s a funny addition to his quirky personality when Venus and Tig first get together, but when they become a real couple, it’s harder for club members to accept.

Tig has to fight through this and for the club to accept Venus for who she is. She doesn’t fit in very well with the other “old ladies” and she has a hard time dealing with this.

6 Perfect Together: Venus Helped The Club Blackmail

In the season 5 episode “Orca Shrugged,” Venus helped the club blackmail an enemy by taking photos with him that could be seen as less than conservative. Venus was up for the task and she had fun with it, as did the rest of the club members that were there.

It was exactly the kind of thing that Tig would think of and it showed him that Venus was the adventurous woman he wanted to be with. The way she had fun with the photo shoot but still maintained her dignity was fascinating for Tig and the endeavor showed viewers that they both had devious minds that went well together.

5 Better Alone: Lovesick Is Not Part Of Tig’s Character

It only takes a few days after Tig and Venus meet for him to be like a teenage boy, lovesick over his newest relationship. He snuggles up to her, is protective of her, and appears to always want to be with her. This is very out of character for Tig, who had never been seen in a relationship on the show before Venus.

Many fans never liked their relationship and it had nothing to do with Venus’ gender, but with the idea of Tig turning into a mushy lovesick boy every time she was around.

4 Perfect Together: Venus Tends To Tig’s Wounds

Tig has never had someone around him when he’s hurting. He’s been shot, stabbed, and otherwise hurt throughout the series, but he is usually stoic and handles it like a champion. After Venus comes into his life, when he has a bullet wound, she helps patch him up, and then she stays with him.

She offers the comfort he never had and that fans never realized he needed. In the episode “Poor Little Lambs,” after he is shot, they share a sweet kiss and talk about their feelings for each other. This gave fans a whole new side of Tig and gave Tig the partner and love he wanted.

3 Better Alone: Tig’s Identity Is Compromised

Venus is a transgender woman but she has not had complete gender reassignment surgery. When the other club members find this out, they’re confused about how Tig and Venus can be together and they question who Tig is or if he’s become someone else.

What they knew about him and his preferences before is compromised and he is left having to defend not only his relationship but also himself. As he and Venus become closer and more public, more club members question who they are together and who Tig is on his own. Since the club’s issues are no fault of Venus and their discriminating perspective is wrong, it’s up to Tig to decide if he’s strong enough to withstand their incrimination.

2 Perfect Together: There For Each Other Until The End

The series finale “Papa’s Goods” showed the club unanimously voting to kill Jax in a mayhem vote. Tig knows that his own vote is part of why his friend is about to die. Venus is there for him without fear or judgment.

Despite some slight adversity from other club members, Tig has shown that he will always defend and protect her. He is there for her when she needs help with her son and anytime someone behaves like she doesn’t belong. They are always there for each other, no matter what.

1 Better Alone: In Constant Defense Of Normalcy

Tig is no stranger to defending himself and he’s not anyone’s traditional idea of “normal.” He’s the weird one of the bunch but this has nothing to do with his relationship with Venus, despite the judgments of others. He is in constant defense of their relationship and it takes a toll.

In the episode “Faith and Despondency,” Venus talks about this and about not being sure that she is what’s best for Tig. He doesn’t want it to be a fling and is willing to work to overcome whatever happens to them, but he continues to have to defend the relationship to his fellow club members and anyone else that judges them.

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