Captain America: The Winter Soldier Audio Commentary:

“The kiss was something that we contemplated, “Can we do it? Can we not do it?” It’s such an old trope, and it was also the debate of whether there would be romance between them for real in the movie. Eventually we decided not to do it as: (a) there is no time, and (b) it sort of sells both characters short that the only reason to have Black Widow is so that there could be sexual tension. But kisses are always fun, plus it leads to the conversation [later in the car] which really cracks Steve open.”

sherloques:

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Audio Commentary:

“It comes up a lot, “Why Natasha and not every other Avenger?” We wanted to put Steve’s clear-eyed view of our world against a person who absolutely inhabits this world. Today’s politics is a little gray, a little morally questionable; ethics get folded for any particular instance. She represents that perfectly. And when you put those two characters with those two world views together, you’re gonna get friction, but you’re also gonna get a chance for each of them to affect the other.”

sherloques:

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Audio Commentary:

“You can see actually how violent he is with her. Again, it’s a guy who’s dealing with liars, he’s in over his head. Cap is fraying a little bit. You see him going places where he wouldn’t normally go. But also, he is treating her like an equal, both physically and mentally. She’s in Avengers, she’s on the team.”

sherloques:

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Audio Commentary:

“The journey down into Zola’s chamber is really a journey down into a psyche. This is Cap going back and going deep into his own psyche. That’s why we wanted Cap to be leading the charge in the scene. He’s the one who finds the elevator. He’s pushing them forward towards the confrontation with his past.”

sherloques:

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Audio Commentary:

“He’s such an earnest character that it’s almost sad to see him be caught in such a modern conspiracy where even Nick Fury was outfought. And Natasha’s line there sort of sums up the situation: everybody in this movie is a liar except for him.”

tashastrawberry:

five–oclock:

Battlefield

Testing some new brushes 🙂

carnivaloftherandom:

glutenfreewaffles:

Ladies of the MCU + Misogyny

“Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.” – Charlotte Whitton

AUTO-REBLOGGING FOREVER.

10 Things About Comics Bucky That I’d Love to See in the Movies

behereforthis:

1. BuckyNat / Winter Widow

Who doesn’t love a super-spy power couple? Or the idea that two damaged people can work past their darkness and have a healthy, relatively normal relationship? In the comics, Bucky credits Natasha with helping him find his humanity and we get…

johnuskglasss:

Black Widow: The Name of the Rose

steverogersorbust:

why dont we talk more about how mcu natasha is some kind of fucking technological wunderkind though?

i mean—really. yes, she is a kickass superspy who could crush you with her thighs. yes, she is a master manipulator who can read you like a children’s book and make you wonder which way is up. yes, she is vulnerable and strong and works with complex motivations towards a goal that’s not quite redemption but always in the service of doing what she feels is the right—and oftentimes the hardest—thing, the thing no one else can or will do. yes, she is pretty much the bamfiest bamf who has ever bamfed in all the ways i just described.

but im also pretty sure she’s kind of a computer genius.

i don’t think it’s any accident that natasha is the one who gets rhodey’s systems back online in IM 2. i don’t think it’s any accident that natasha is the one who gathers intel on the Lumerian Star, then tries to decrypt the flash drive in that Apple store and even SAYS (not even smugly, just matter of factly) that the person who developed the encryption is only slightly more advanced than she is. i don’t think it’s any accident that natasha is the one who hacks SHIELD’s systems and airs their dirty laundry, and she makes it look deceptively easy even though i’m guessing it’s hard enough that your average, idk, SHIELD technician can’t do it.

natasha navigates the keyboard with ease. her face is the picture of concentration and curiosity. she does things that im so used to seeing the requisite geek guy doing, and the fact that she does that despite being originally positioned as the femme fatale with nothing more to offer than a catsuit and a pretty face? AMAZING.

i’m just obsessed with exploring the idea that natasha’s skillset is way more diverse than acting as the muscle, or the confidante, or the investigator, or the hulk-tamer. that she is intelligent in several ways, in a similar way to another avenger, in fact (when you think computer hacker, you think tony, dont you? HA! natasha will show you) and that it’s a subtle but important intelligence that actively moves the plot along.

i’d love to see more of what natasha does. what she knows. how she learned. but im not going to lie, this facet of her? the one that lives out in the open and is so important but so often unseen? i want to know more about that.