everytime i dip my toes back into marvel (which is often even if i try my best to distance myself from marvel because of how exhausting the fanbase is) i remember how badly they botched black widow and get sad 💔 comic book natasha has such an interesting story just for her to be more of an oversexualized driving force, the more i think abt it, the more shes not even an adaption of natasha, moreso janet van dyne wearing natashas face. its such a bummer because mcu natasha being so botched reflects into the little bit of her supporting cast that actually received mcu adaptations such as yelena who is NOTHING like her interesting comic counterpart, alexei (THE CHILD TRAFFICKER!) who got turned into a hero for no reason, anya who only got reduced to being a name easter egg, her relationship w bucky is nowhere to be found because the mcu couldn’t be bothered to give her her rightful serum that actually earns her the title of the worlds best assassin (in the mcu shes way more of a spy) the more i think abt it, the more i realize mcu bucky got a lot of comic natashas traits but another reason why they couldn’t adapt her relationship with bucky was because joss wheadon had to have seen that one gif or had a fetish to give him the idea to shoehorn natasha into a relationship with bruce under the guise that they ‘understood’ eachother because they were both former killers.. huh?? not only does natasha have a great relationship w bucky in the comics that even stan lee himself wanted to see on screen, but bruce has a great relationship with betty ross and i’d go as far as to calling betty bruce’s lois lane or his mary jane! i hope that after secret wars natasha gets a recast like how tony and steve are, but i doubt it bc the mcu hates to see women succeed and i doubt general audiences could handle a comic accurate natasha LMAO and dont think for one second im one of those nat stans who thought it should’ve been clint, i think it shouldn’t have been them to go to vormir in the first place because even if the mcu botched all 6 of the og avengers, clint and natasha were the least developed.. anyway thats my not so mini rant, rest assured that godzilla is still my main fixation but man do i hate fanservice with all my heart
