...okay, since someone brought up the recent Devin interview, I’m going to address that. Mind you, this is from Monday, December 13th, 2021, so this is the most updated info we have.
Yes, I understand that Devin said that Yelena’s sexuality was up to interpretation, but what else did she say?:
“Later, when I had lived with [Yelena] a little longer and someone asked me if she might be ace, I thought that actually made a lot of sense for her. But there are two strong caveats to that. The first is that Yelena is Russian... Yelena may not have been exposed to terms like “ace” and “aro.” Yelena, remember, not only works for the State, she was essentially raised by them. If she has thought to question her sexuality at all, I feel pretty confident that she’d keep her conclusions to herself.”
Hmm okay. Still not disproving that Yelena is aroace. In fact, highlighting why she would’ve said “I’m not lesbian, I’m...nothing,” because she wouldn’t have known the word for being aroace. Let’s go further:
“I mentioned two caveats to my answer, though, and here’s the other one, which is actually the most salient issue in all of this: I do not own Yelena Belova. Though she sprang from the imagination of JG Jones and I, she is the property of Marvel Entertainment...I have absolutely no control over Marvel’s decisions for her in the future. I like the idea of her being ace and hope they go with that, but despite my 20+ years writing comics, there isn’t even anyone there I can mention that to.”
Ah. This is the big one, right? We don’t know Yelena’s MCU sexuality. It’s very possible that Disney won’t make her aroace. But until they decide one way or the other, don’t you think we should go with the wishes of the actual creator? Don’t you think we should refer to her actual canon comic dialogue on the matter?
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