rawr Ultimates! (oh, and they're continuing that line but discontinuing certain titles which honestly, i could have done without the whole thing tbqh.) completely ageee with certain writers not being able to leave well enough alone and constantly hitting the reset button. stunted lazy writing is stunted and lazy. everythig with natasha at the moment seems perfect because we know so little. IM2 hints at her origins within the 'i need your impression/old soul' exchange between her and stark and it leaves me torn between wanting that back story fleshed out and leaving it as is. even though steve rogers has established the aging serum and frozen in time stuff but i am pretty much over and done with the Mother Russia loyalty crap we get force fed over and over again if that's part ofthe plot. besides the idea of the RR being continued nefariously AFTER the cold war and movie!natasha being a product of that in today's modern setting, is a bit more ominous and flush with modern day commentary as backdrop for black widow movie that potentially has her taking this system down.

i enjoy the degree of extrapolation and liberties the MCU has taken. i hope it continues with the trend in a good way. you kind of want them to pull from the most outrageous because it foreces them to make it better!