The Black Widow

[rhaenyratargeryen]

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S01E05 | Truth

[marveldaily]

Black Widow dir. Cate Shortland | 2021

[romanoffsedits]

yelena belova icons

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[nicola-coughlan]

#pain

[theavengers]

The Avengers (2012) Black Widow (2021)

[tonkysexist]

The Black Widow movie highlights all the problems I had with the way Joss Whedon approached the forced hysterectomy aspect of Nat’s background.

As Yelena notes when she shows Nat her vest- the girls of the Red Room don’t have bodily autonomy. They can’t make any decisions for themselves. The hysterectomy bit in the plane acts as a very vile and vivid example of this.

Joss Whedon chose to put all his focus on the “no kids” angle instead of the bodily autonomy angle. In his eyes the horror was the absence of child bearing, not the absence of choice. To him- it’s a given that all the girls in Red Room would’ve had babies if their lives had gone differently- bc women who can’t have children are monsters and societal outcasts.

When Nat inquired about Yelena wanting kids she replied that she wanted a dog. I take this as Yelena doesn’t want kids, BUT she still mourns the loss of that choice. She resents how she never had a chance to come to that realization herself. Which, for most women, will hit home more than just “shes infertile and it’s the worst possible thing that could happen to her.”

[sakura-haruka]

Daughter            Sister            Avenger

[dudewheresmycriterion-deactivat]

One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) 

Directors: Clyde Geronimi Hamilton Luske and Wolfgang Reitherman

[scurviesdisneyblog]

Raya and the Last Dragon character designs by Scott Watanabe

[simonghostrileys]

Okay, I get it. I mean, you know, the people are nice.

[rgnaroks]

mcu meme ≡ [6/7] characters → tony stark You can take away my house, all my tricks and toys. One thing you can’t take away… I am Iron Man.

[thejingshi]

Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff in WandaVision 1.03 | Now in Color

[sheryl-lee]

Well, it can’t all be sorrow, can it? I’ve always been alone, so I don’t feel the lack. It’s all I’ve ever known. I’ve never experienced loss because I have never had a loved one to lose. But what is grief, if not love persevering?

WANDAVISION (2021)

[derwunschpunsch-deactivated2023]

Raya and The Last Dragon (2021)

[rob-pattinson]

TOM HOLLAND British Vogue’s 2021 Hollywood Portfolio ph. Greg Williams

[jynersoss]

FELICITY JONES as JYN ERSO in ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (2016) dir. Gareth Edwards

[tevanbuckley]

I have been a voice with no body, a body but not human and now, a memory made real. Who know what I might be next.