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Unless you\u2019ve been stuck in outer space with dwindling supplies and a blue humanoid alien assassin as your only company, you\u2019ve likely heard that Marvel recently released its penultimate film in the Infinity<\/i> Saga – Avengers: Endgame<\/i>. The follow-up to Avengers: Infinity War <\/i>shattered all kinds of previously held records, including ticket presales, trailer viewings, widest releases, and even took in a staggering $1.2 billion during the opening weekend alone. Needless to say, fans and critics alike were stunned by this gargantuan film. Not all were happy with the treatment of one particular character, however. Read on to find out why Marvel fans are angry at the role Black Widow played in Endgame<\/i> (but be warned, major spoilers lie ahead).<\/span><\/p>\n

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1. Black Widow’s problematic history in the MCU.<\/h2>\n

Natasha Romanoff first graced our screens almost a decade ago in Iron Man 2<\/i>, making Black Widow the second Avenger to be introduced into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (behind Iron Man himself). Her consistent role in the franchise has been monumental in revamping a dated genre, and her reign as the only female lead in the Avengers lasted until 2014\u2019s introduction of Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy<\/i>. Yet her character has been marred with controversy over the years, including issues with her clunky self-characterisation <\/b>as a \u201cmonster\u201d<\/a> after her forced sterilisation reveal in Age of Ultron<\/i>, inflammatory comments<\/a> made by the film\u2019s cast in response to widely critiqued, contrived romantic relationships with multiple male Avengers, and a glaring lack of merchandise – reportedly, Disney believed they already had the girls\u2019 market \u201con lockdown<\/a>\u201d with their Princesses. As Darren Franich pointed out in a piece for EW.com<\/span><\/a>, Marvel created this supremely influential and progressive <\/b>superheroine by accident and, as a result, had no idea what to do with her.<\/span><\/p>\n

One could be fooled into believing that Avengers: Endgame <\/i>started to make some real strides with Natasha. She becomes a figurehead of the Avengers in Tony\u2019s absence following the Snap, coordinating fellow Avengers and co. worldwide (and beyond). While Clint Barton (often paired with Natasha due to their very human (nonetheless impressive) skillsets, and their will-they-won\u2019t-they relationship earlier in the saga) loses all sense of morality and takes on the role of judge, jury, and executioner as Ronin in the aftermath of the Snap, Natasha takes the opposing position and strives to defend what is left of the universe. Her assassin days long behind her, it is Nat\u2019s sole mission to carry the Avengers Initiative where others have left off (by choice or not), which is why it was so jarring to see her abruptly killed off mid-way through the film.<\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 ‘Fridged’ women and Manpain.<\/h2>\n

Natasha sacrifice on Vormir is both admirable and problematic. She becomes an addition to the long list of \u2018fridged\u2019 comic book women – that is, women who are killed as a <\/b>means of motivating men towards some great act of heroism, a term coined by writer Gail Simone after Green Lantern\u2019s girlfriend Alexandra DeWitt was murdered and stowed in a refrigerator. Natasha\u2019s supposed \u2018<\/b>sacrifice\u2019, while giving the former brainwashed assassin a final show of autonomy that she lacked for so many years, becomes an issue when examined in line with comic book women history (it\u2019s worth mentioning that the exact same fate befell Gamora only a year earlier in Infinity War<\/i>). Her sacrifice is particularly unsettling when we consider that the alternative was the death of family man Clint; the narrative seems to suggest that, despite his transgressions, Clint\u2019s safe return takes precedence because he has a \u2018real\u2019 family to return to as opposed to Natasha\u2019s lesser-than band of monstrous misfits. Natasha\u2019s value is in her pain and its exploitability into motivating the men in her life, and not in the curated family she leaves behind on earth, or the position she holds as leader of the Avengers (which Tony and Steve naturally take over the moment the remaining Avengers fall back together). Furthermore, her death condones Clint\u2019s horrific actions over the past five years while ignoring the growth Natasha has made in that same time by relegating her to a tired, sexist trope.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. ‘I don’t see how that’s a party.’<\/h2>\n

Despite the undercurrent of not-so-subtle ideologies surrounding family and femininity explicitly tied with Natasha\u2019s death, one could easily consider her sacrifice an integral part of the narrative, if only it were treated as such. Tony Stark is another OG Avenger who gives his life to save the universe, and his self-sacrifice is treated with the gravity that Natasha\u2019s death is lacking. The genius, billionaire, playboy philanthropist demonstrates a decade worth of growth that Natasha\u2019s ever-changing characterisation pushes aside, and his sacrifice is the culmination of meticulous foreshadowing that began in The Avengers. <\/i>Unlike Natasha, Tony <\/b>is given a lengthy funeral packed with family and friends, in a scene that will forever have us ugly crying at the mere mention of cheeseburgers. Natasha, on the other hand, is given a single mention and a tiny tribute from her male colleagues\/shoehorned love interests, in a scene that writer Stephen McFeely awkwardly explained: \u201cthe toughest thing for us was we were always worried that people weren\u2019t going to have time to be sad enough. The stakes are still out there and they haven\u2019t solved the problem. But we lost a big character \u2014 a female character \u2014 how do we honor it? We have this male lens and it\u2019s a lot of guys being sad that a woman died.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Girl Power or just pandering?<\/h2>\n

Later in the film we\u2019re given a scene that is clearly meant to serve as a memorial <\/b>to the first female Avenger, in which the remaining female fighters band together to protect Peter Parker, yet the scene feels clunky and ultimately shallow when you consider the film ignored these women and their growing relationship with Natasha until this point. Kate Erbland of IndieWire<\/a> further explains the fan service-y tribute:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNo matter the empowering intentions here, the scene feels empty, as the women \u2014 some of whom only don\u2019t even have any lines in the script \u2014 simply line up, charge forth, and look powerful as they do it. The message is certainly a good start (look at all these ladies!), but it\u2019s delivered in a hammy way that ultimately reduces each character to a single trait: Powerful women.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Endgame<\/i> was weakened by Marvel\u2019s increasingly visible faux wokeness; the overly self-congratulatory addition<\/a> of a canonically queer, extremely minor character, the lack of credit attributed to Black Panther<\/i> star Danai Gurira on the original theatrical poster<\/a>, and the sexist backlash newcomer Brie Larson faced<\/a> upon her introduction to the MCU only magnify the disconnect between the past state of Marvel films and fandom and a progressive future. Natasha\u2019s wishy-washy characterisation and ultimate disposal at the end of the Infinity <\/i>saga is a glaring reminder that Marvel still has a long way to go in its representation of anyone other than straight, white superheroes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What did you think of Black Widow\u2019s role in Avengers: Endgame?<\/i> Share your thoughts in the comments below!<\/span><\/h3>\n
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