#alexei black widow

[ahappyplacefornat]

Natasha as a mom

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Note: I have many ideas about Nat as a mom and am curious to know yours, don't forget to share your opinions. ♡

↝ Natasha is the kind of overprotective mom, but not in a smothering way, in a cute way:

Irina: Mom, come watch me fly.

Natasha: What are you talking about?

–All Natasha hears before she runs outside is a resounding silence.–

Natasha: PLEASE DON'T BE ON THE ROOF.

↝She will always try to have a variety of breakfast items, all kinds of cereals for example. Her favorite is the dinosaur ones.

Yakov: Can I have the chocolate dinosaurs today?

Natasha: Nope, those are mine, honey.

↝When everything is too much for her, she prefers to leave the children in the care of her partner and escape for a moment to the backyard to relax, she avoids shouting at all costs.

↝Her childhood was not at all like what a child should have, so she strives to give the best and only the best to her children.

↝ She would most likely freak out if one of her kids got lost in the supermarket.

↝ Super supportive.

Natasha: look, I've raised you your whole life for this moment, go for it.

–Proudly watches her little sprout do his best puppy face for the amusement park dude to give them another shot at the game.–

↝If there's one thing Natasha LOVES it's weekends, because yes, she's an excellent mother, but taking a day at the end of the week to go out with her partner and have fun is something very necessary.

Natasha: Here's everything you could possibly need, the pizza guy will be here in half an hour, don't burn the house down!

–Nat quickly leaves the house before she regrets it, but spoiler, she's never regretted it.–

↝If any mother dares to say something negative about her children, she will let that sassy one way or another know that she is wrong. She is stubborn about it.

Natasha: How many times do I have to repeat that my child did not bite yours!

–She takes her son and leaves the park, as she sits her little boy in the baby seat of the car, she perfectly feels a bite on her cheek. She is totally shocked.–

Natasha: We won't tell anyone about this....

↝Sometimes she thinks that Yelena is a bad influence on her children.

Yelena: So, you must take the neck of the attacker and--

Natasha: YELENA.

↝Christmas will never be boring for her children, after all, they have a grandfather who will tell them all kinds of stories, but Nat will put them to bed before they take intense turns.

Alexei: Back then, Captain America and I were like enemies, he respected me but if I could have I would have taken a gun and-

Natahsa: Are you kidding? Kids, go to bed.

↝Photo albums are her hobby, she takes pictures of everything, literally everything.

Melina: Can we see again when she fell off the roof?

Natasha: Of course I don't have pictures of that...Y/N does.

↝She wouldn't want to get a dog but seeing the faces of her kids when they see one, she would get one for them but it would end up being her who is in love.

↝Birthdays for her are like garlic for a vampire, she can never decide what to buy, so she leaves it for her partner.

Natasha: Honey, did you find a present for Irina?

Y/N: of course I did, a great trampoline, doesn't that sound super fun?

Natasha: No, it's dangerous, find something else.

Y/N: On my way, sour honey.

Natasha: What did you just say?

↝I know in the beginning I said she's the kind of overprotective mom, but not enough not to laugh at the sight of her three kids scared of a spider.

Yakov: MOM THAT IS GIANT, GET RID OF IT PLEASE.

Natasha: Please, it doesn't even cover the whole palm of my hand.

Irina: HALF IS ENOUGH TO BE CONSIDERED GIANT.

Jaden:....

Jaden: Will it taste good?

Y/N: Maybe we should try it.

Natasha: DON'T.

↝She hates being thought of as the strict mother, so getting a laugh out of her kids is the highlight of her day.

Y/N: Honey, have you seen my pho--

–A bucket of water crashes on their heads leaving them completely wet.–

Natasha: FOOL.

–She falls in the puddle as she approach them and the children laugh at the situation.–

Natasha:...It's not what I expected but I'm not going to complain.

↝At least one Sunday a month, her family has a barbecue with Clint's family, it's a relief for her that they can finally be normal.

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[hollandwhore]

im so excited for this!!

[light-summoner]

Thoughts On Black Widow (the movie)

Since the calendar shows January, I figured we have had plenty of time since the release of the movie to be able to discuss it in a more civil manner, so here is my try.

Of course, the opinions stated below are mine alone, and you are not expected to agree with them. I am looking forward to a discussion actually, with the condition that we behave like rational beings.

So.

The opening scene was great. The family facade being broken, Natasha trying to save her sister from going down the same path as her and miserably failing. Her screams were gut wrenching, the fact that she had already been through the first stage of training was shocking. Established tone and theme quickly.

The opening credits were the most impactful thing in any marvel project ever. The images, the music, the rapid succession of video and photographs, those old school cartoons, the voice over, "Her...and this one," the political leaders marked, little girls with guns in their hands, the surgeries, the cold war news and the old videotape footage of the Christmas trees. I remember how there was no noise in the cinema, nothing at all. I watched it with a friend that had never had any contact with marvel before; she was terrified. That's what the Red Room was supposed to be. Scary and disorienting.

Unfortunately they wasted all of this in the credits.

The movie felt like an origin story for Yelena more than anything else. As is the whole purpose of it was to establish her as a character, the one that the Black Widow mantle will be passed on.

And I felt that things weren't earned.

For this I will use as a reference point the dinner scene. It was undoubtedly the best scene in the entire movie, after the credits of course. It establishes the dynamics perfectly. And it perfectly demonstrates my main issue with the movie. There is no accountability. Forgiveness isn't earned, it is more performative than anything else.

Why do we forgive Melina? What has she done to earn it? Helped Natasha? Well, no shit. Did she sacrifice anything to do so? Has she come in terms with her past actions in order to do so? No.

"Those agents that you chemically subjugated around the globe? That was me."

We see the shock in Melina's face, but what does she do after that? Does she apologise? Does she offer herself as a sacrifice in order to help Yelena? The other Widows? No.

Does she take accountability of her actions? Do we, as an audience are ever again presented with the fact that she is a monster after the pig scene? Again, no. And the pig scene that is absolutely TERRIFYING is downplayed with a cheap joke, "you named a pig after me?" We are demonstrated a monstrous act, where she exhibits mind control over an animal in such an extend that it stops breathing, knowing that she can use the same control on humans, and we just let it go? Why?

Yelena mentions that after Natasha escaped, the restraints tightened, such as nobody could escape ever again. This includes Yelena herself of course. Does Natasha apologise? No. Did she try to come back after escaping? Again, no. Did she try to help her sister or anyone else? Is this ever brought up as a past flaw? No, and no.

Yelena herself causes a massive avalanche that brutally kills hundreds of people, including prisoners and guards just doing their job. Does anyone focus on this? Does anyone care? Does the film itself frame it as something negative? No!! It is literally forgotten after a couple of beats, and again framed with a joke about cool ways to die. Why?? Why is that???

The movie could have been a gut-wrenching story about people finally being confronted with their past mistakes, but they just decided to skip over that. People are forgiven because the plot needs them to.

And the ultimate past mistake. Antonia.

Don't get me started on the poor girl. Let's split this in two parts. Taskmaster and Antonia, focusing on the point that they converge.

Taskmaster is a terrifying thing. Copies your fighting style perfectly, we see it (as we are not yet aware she is a person) as a ruthless machine Natasha barely escapes. I remember thinking that such a thing could only be AI, exposed to the fighting styles of all the widows and the avengers so it could mimic them perfectly. The USB charging scene only helped with my theory.

Antonia is a tragedy. The ultimate past mistake in Natasha's collection. The red in her ledger. The one Loki himself was aware of. Her biggest regret. And it really was a tragedy. It brought up the question, what is collateral damage? Who are we if consider a child as such?

But when it was reveled that Taskmaster was Antonia all this was erased. Hear me out. Antonia surviving is a deus ex machina. Automatically erasing Natasha's biggest regret. The child wasn't killed. Now it is something that can be fixed, there is no guilt to process, no mistakes haunting her.

And how is it fixed? With a gust of red smoke in the face. Is Antonia angry? Does Natasha have to do any work in order to earn her forgiveness? No.

It demonstrates how Dreykov was the one using her, and when he is gone, there is no hate between them, but, why? The widows being healed would have been enough. Let someone earn their forgiveness, it is all I am asking. Natasha was planning to murder a child. She thought that a six year old was collateral damage. She is haunted but her ghosts turn out to be alive and they believe in the power of friendship.

Ugh.

This movie could have been phenomenal with a few tweaks, Yelena tracking down the widows in Hawkeye was masterfully done. Such was the whole Hawkeye plot, about people dealing with their worse regrets. It physically pains me that Black Widow could have been that but it wasn't. She deserved a great movie, one that could be a reference point. But we got pig jokes instead.

Not to say that there weren't good moments. In addition to the ones I already mentioned, the American Pie scene was excellent, Red Guardian bonding with Yelena, the "sweetie? it's me, mama," Yelena buying her own clothes.

But the Red Room of the credits, and the Red Room of the finale, where it was brought down by four people, some red smoke and the power of friendship were two very different things.

[lovelyypythoness]

Idk why I chose to watch two new Marvel movies in one week knowing good and well I’d cry and be traumatized by both

[crimsonwolfie]

BLACK WIDOW SPOILERS (kinda?!)

Young Alexei was super hot and i was FED with those few minutes we saw with him. And when he was shooting whilst on the wing of the plane? 🥵

Am i alone in feeling like this? Because i haven’t seen anyone else saying this stuff lmao

[androgynouscollectivekingdom]

[metalarmkisses]

In celebration of black widow finally coming out! I drew alexei 🥰 reblogs are more than welcome! Please don’t steal my work though 😭