Clint as a family man, and Nat and Clint as besties, was probably the highlight of the movie for me.
YES. I loved that there wasn't a jealousy thing between Nat and Laura. And that between Nat and Clint is a kind of kindred spirits thing - I have a friend who will LOVE this development, as well a bunch of friends who are all 'ARGH NO'. Which I understand - I'm kind of torn between the OTP and the brOTP for those two.
I suspect at the least Maria would have been told about it when she ascended to Fury's right hand: things she needs to know about SHIELD operatives that aren't on the books. But I kind of think that she'd have picked up that Clint had someone outside the work pretty fast, and then either gone looking herself, or been told.
Bruce/Natasha is a 'can take or leave' pairing for me - much like Clint/Natasha. There's a more physical spark between Nat and Clint, and even between Nat and Steve - but all of them are very physical people due to the fact that - as she pointed out - they're fighters. I gather that the connection she feels with Bruce is more on an experiences and head-space level - and for someone like Natasha, who'd have used sex as a weapon and therefore would strongly dissociate physical intimacy with emotional intimacy, her partner's headspace would be crucially important.
Something I noted about B/N was that their first scene was more about friendship and the team - someone needing to bring Hulk down from the edge. It was only at the party when they think it's all gone down that Natasha makes her move on Bruce (and Bruce totally doesn't get it, which would be an attraction all its own). And once she's put it out there (and Steve's backed it up) she can't go back - she can only go forward.
I guess what I'm saying is that I'm open to the pairing, and how they've introduced it, and why.
YES. I loved that there wasn't a jealousy thing between Nat and Laura. And that between Nat and Clint is a kind of kindred spirits thing - I have a friend who will LOVE this development, as well a bunch of friends who are all 'ARGH NO'. Which I understand - I'm kind of torn between the OTP and the brOTP for those two.
I suspect at the least Maria would have been told about it when she ascended to Fury's right hand: things she needs to know about SHIELD operatives that aren't on the books. But I kind of think that she'd have picked up that Clint had someone outside the work pretty fast, and then either gone looking herself, or been told.
Bruce/Natasha is a 'can take or leave' pairing for me - much like Clint/Natasha. There's a more physical spark between Nat and Clint, and even between Nat and Steve - but all of them are very physical people due to the fact that - as she pointed out - they're fighters. I gather that the connection she feels with Bruce is more on an experiences and head-space level - and for someone like Natasha, who'd have used sex as a weapon and therefore would strongly dissociate physical intimacy with emotional intimacy, her partner's headspace would be crucially important.
Something I noted about B/N was that their first scene was more about friendship and the team - someone needing to bring Hulk down from the edge. It was only at the party when they think it's all gone down that Natasha makes her move on Bruce (and Bruce totally doesn't get it, which would be an attraction all its own). And once she's put it out there (and Steve's backed it up) she can't go back - she can only go forward.
I guess what I'm saying is that I'm open to the pairing, and how they've introduced it, and why.
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