Why I love Natasha Romanov:

Natasha knows what it's like to be unmade and yet, while she always pulls herself back together she still keeps her emotions and vulnerabilities.
She's worked hard to become her own person and literally dies to protect who and what she believes in, to balance wrong she has done.

What first drew me to the character:

I came to the MCU for Hawkeye (Bow and arrows on that guy who played that obscure cameo part in that one episode of Angel more than a decade ago! I'm in!) and went OH, WHO'S THAT?!

Favourite scene in the MCU:



SO. MANY. Those where her smarts and talents show and not just her collarbones. Also that lopsided smile. <3

Favourite look:

AoU curls! Endgame two-tone braid! Anything but that white-blond mess or the ironed flatness of Winter Soldier.

Favourite fight scene:

Since everybody already said Iron Man 2 - it is genuinely amazing after all - I'm gonna say it's a fourway toss-up between the engine room in Winter Soldier, fighting the actual Winter Soldier (the way she wraps around his neck in the "you could at least remember me" fight makes me want to see Bucky & Nat going for all-out lindyhop dancing. XD) and both instances of her fighting Clint on the helicarrier and at the German airport.

Favourite line:

Scott Lang: Have any of you guys ever studied Quantum Physics?
Natasha: Only to make conversation.
― Endgame

- I love how that said so much about the life of espionage she used to lead in such an off-handed manner.

There's so many, but these are definitely at the top of the list:

“I am a spy. Not some rooftop-jumping archer, shield-wielding super-soldier, or shiny-metal philanthrobot. I need to make that clear on my business card. Espionage is shadow warfare. Cold combat. Does anything about this feel cold to you?”
― Nathan Edmondson, Black Widow #4

“Picking your own jobs means you get to exercise your own ethics. But ethics isn't a science. Which is to say... You do your best... But that doesn't make you right.”
― Nathan Edmondson, Black Widow #2

And, as a bonus:

“Pro tip: (Often learned too late) Don't argue with crazy. Just expect crazy... to be f*cking insane.”
― Nathan Edmondson, Black Widow #5

Favourite comic book appearance:

I don't know much about comicverse, but I do own the Noto/Edmondson 2014/2015 run and love it to bits.



Favourite Clint/Natasha fic:

Well that I can't possibly pick, so I'll go with favourite authors for the pairing:

The obvious being, in alphabetical order rather than preference:
alphaflyer
anothercover - the AMAZING Catching Bullets in our Teeth cannot be recced enough. Ever.
franztastisch / CloudAtlas
gsparkle
inkvoices
SLynn
tielan
and, as a recent discovery on my part, flyingblackhawk

Favourite alternate pairing fic:

A good writer can make the most unusual pairings work, so I've seen unexpected combinations turn out well.
Right now I am enjoying all the "Black Widow & Winter Soldier have a past" ideas that have been cropping up. And franztastisch got me hooked on a certain Bucky/Clint/Natasha AU.

Edited 2020-05-02 09:55 am (UTC)

Thank you so much for the rec! And anothercover is brilliant. Have you read their Clint/Nat/Bucky? All the feelings!!

I love the comic quotes!!!