After taking some time to wash off the bitterness of Marvel fridging Black Widow, we return to dive deep into the movie that we wish had come out five years ago. We discuss the themes of found family, moral ambiguity, and asserting your identity in the midst of oppression through the lens of the Red Room and Natasha’s character arc. We also unpack what happened in Budapest, Dreykov’s weak sauce, and the spectacular sister dynamic with Yelena that we didn’t realize we needed.


Then once we’re done, we’ll write some fix-it fic where Natasha lives. Because we need that the most.


Recommended Reading:


Black Widow by Nathan Edmondson and Phil Noto


Bridgette's fic "Hide Your Gun": https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11365747/1/Hide-Your-Gun


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