Rec of the day

[astridv]

Here, Now by octopedingenue
Summary: Aaron thinks too much.
Marta/Aaron; teen; 2563 words

Aaron said carefully, "You're a survivor. I respect that."
"Is that what you think this is?" Marta said. "Some kind of, of Stockholm syndrome where I'm the poor victim who's fallen in love with her kidnapper, because I don't have a choice? Because I'm a survivor."
"I just want you safe," Aaron said, because he was an idiot who couldn't stop talking.

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Has anyone read Black Widow: Itsy Bitsy Spider? On a scale of 0-10, how would you rank it? (10 being The Name of the Rose.)
I was a tad disappointed by Hawkeye&Mockingbird: Widowmaker. It wasn't terrible by all means, but somehow the characters fell a little flat for me. I actually enjoyed the movie tie-in Black Widow Strikes a lot more, and that in spite of the gratuitous underwear shots.

I want Natasha to get her own series, man.

Comments

[likeadeuce]

I haven't read the 'Itsy bitsy' collection, but the Greg Rucka half is probably at least worth looking at (seems to be a Yelena series, though, not Natasha).

Widowmaker was frustrating, though hopefully now that there's a successful Hawkeye solo series, they'll try again with Widow.

[astridv]

Frustrating is a good way to put it!

The other day someone linked to a statement by TPTB strongly hinting at a Black Widow series. Just, talk is cheap. I've heard a lohooot of talk about giving female characters the spotlight: my approach is that I believe it when I see it and not a second sooner.

[likeadeuce]

It's tricky when there's a book in the recent past that didn't sell well -- Hawkeye has perennially had the same problem and they've gotten around it somewhat by having a first-rate creative team with a unique take. Hopefully they're looking to take a similar approach with Natasha, especially with the amount of goodwill and interest surrounding the movie.