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NATASHA ROMANOFF/WIDOW
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HISTORY
Natalia Alianova Romanoff was born in Russia and went on to become a world-class spy in the employ of the KGB. She reportedly began training towards the life of an assassin when she was just a child, and her ruthless effectiveness in later years earned her the codename, "Black Widow". At some point this life underwent a dramatic change when she was targeted for assassination herself, and the agent sent to kill her was the similarly gifted soldier, Clint Barton. Instead of killing her, Barton spared her life because he had a certain respect for her and the pair developed a lasting partnership and friendship that soon lived on. Following Barton, the Black Widow was drawn into a new life as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Black Widow was tasked to get a job in Stark industries, to get closer to Tony Stark under the alias of Natalie Rushman, a woman named Samantha Carlisle was originally meant to send some documents to Tony Stark, so Natasha put a pill in Sam's drink, making her sick, so she was tasked to send the documents to Stark. Natasha became the new assistant for Tony Stark, who, on the day she arrived, told her to go into the boxing ring while he Googled her finding out that she could speak French, Russian and Latin. While she was still in the ring, Happy Hogan teased about punching her but she tackled him to the ground. She then assisted Tony while he was in Monaco. She attended Tony's birthday party and flirted with him and he started to get suspicious about where she had come from. She appeared with Nick Fury when he talked to him in Randy's Donuts, Tony was shocked when he saw her in a S.H.I.E.L.D. uniform, Fury revealed her true name and she gave Tony an injection. Natasha along with Fury and Phil Coulson went to Tony's house and she was told by Fury that she will stay acting as an assistant. Even after Tony learned that Romanoff was a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, she stayed on as his assistant more to keep a eye on him than anything. Later at Stark Industries while Tony was visiting Pepper Potts, Natasha came in and requested for Potts to sign something. When Potts left, Tony started to grill Natasha and tells her that he finds it amazing that she does what she does. Tony claims she could not speak other languages, Natasha replies in Latin, saying the phrase "Fallaces sunt rerum species", part of a famous quote from Seneca, meaning "the appearance of things is deceptive." Tony, unknowing of what the phrase means, asks her to translate, but she instead replies saying that he can either leave or that she can have him collected. Natasha was attending the Stark Expo show, when Ivan Vanko took control of Hammer's Drones. Natasha ran out and found Happy Hogan and told him to drive the car to get her to Hammer Industries. After changing into a S.H.I.E.L.D. uniform during the drive, she broke into Hammer Industries to stop the drones. She encountered and took out several security men. Using technology at Hammer Industries, she managed to get control over War Machine's suit. Natasha contacted Director Fury during Stark and Rhodey's battle in his Malibu home. She filled him in on the situation; when he offers to come, she told him not to. The next day, in which Fury confronted Tony, Natasha was handed the needle filled with lithium dioxide and was instructed by Fury to "stick him in the neck". After a brief conversation with Agent Phil Coulson about his departure to New Mexico, Natasha was present at the Stark Expo battle reprogamming Rhodey's War Machine. She then retrieved Hammer Industries data before Ivan Vanko's bombs went off. Even in her short career at S.H.I.E.L.D., agent Natasha Romanoff a.k.a Black Widow has turned covert espionage into an art form. Armed with an extensive complement of "widow bites" and cluster bombs, as well as a vast repertoire of martial arts and wushu training, Romanoff's skill-set seems to know no bounds. Natasha was tied to a chair by Georgi Luchkov and appeared to be being interrogated when in fact she was the one interrogating him. Phil Coulson calls and tells her that Agent Barton has been compromised so she broke free from her restraints and knocked out Luchkov's henchmen before being sent to collect Bruce Banner. Natasha pays a child to act like her father is sick and leads Banner to a shack on the outskirts of the town. Natasha approaches Bruce and tells him that he needs to help them. Bruce asked her "What if I say no?". She responded saying "I'll persuade you", this was her way of saying that she had several agents outside who were ready to take on the Hulk at any given moment. After Bruce agreed, she introduced him to Steve Rogers, a.k.a "Captain America". Once Loki is captured, Natasha talks to him in his holding cell and he taunts her claiming that he will make Clint kill her. His threat was after she revealed to Loki that she and Clint had a history with each other. She corrects Loki, claiming that "Love is for Children"; and that she owes him a debt for sparing her life and recruiting her to SHIELD. Loki lets slip that the "monster" is already on board of the helicarrier; through that it is revealed that Natasha was actually the one manipulating Loki, and she had been in control the whole time. Deducing that he plans to use the Hulk so Romanoff warns Director Fury. Loki summons some guards, including Hawkeye, to the Helicarrier and Hawkeye uses an explosive arrow to destroy one of the four engines. Natasha and Bruce are thrown through a window by an explosion and Bruce loses control and changes into the Hulk despite Natasha's attempts to keep him focused. She manages to get her leg free from the debris that was on top of her and begins to run because the Hulk is attacking her. He easily catches her and knocks into a wall. However, she was saved by Thor before the Hulk could kill her. Fury asks someone to stop Hawkeye and she swallows her terror and volunteers. Just as Clint is about to leave, she attacks him and the two of them viciously fight. Although he keeps her at bay for a short time, Natasha breaks his hypnotic state by smashing his head against a metal railing, knocking him unconscious. She then visits him in the recovery room where he is free from Loki's spell, wanting to take action against the God of Mischief. Clint admitted to her his disbelief of the Avengers being able to stop Loki and his remorse about the people he killed. Natasha, Clint and Steve seek Loki, who releases his army so the Avengers are forced to assemble and battle the onslaught of alien invaders. Fighting alongside Steve and Clint, Natasha's martial arts skills and small arms were ideal for battling the Chitauri in the streets, and when her own weaponry was spent, she made good use of Chitauri armaments turned on their previous owners. Eventually, she captured one of their aircraft and used it to reach the top of Stark Tower where she was instrumental in dealing with the device that held the portal open, thus sealing the rift and barring the amassed forces still waiting to pass through. When the battle was over, Romanoff gathered with the others to see off Thor and the captive Loki. The threat had been neutralized and for a time the world would have little need of its protectors. The others went their separate ways, while Romanoff and Barton returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. After the events in New York with The Avengers, Natasha became a frequent comrade-in-arms of Steve Rogers when they were assigned on missions together. During one rescue mission of a hijacked S.H.I.E.L.D. ship, Nick Fury assigned Black Widow a secret side task to retrieve confidential protected S.H.I.E.L.D. files in a flash drive. The data was more sensitive than she could have guessed, and once it was handed over to Fury he became the target of an assassin. When Romanoff heard that Fury had been gunned down she went to the hospital to keep vigil, and watched helplessly as he was declared dead. Based on Steve's description of the shooter, she identified the killer as the Winter Soldier. Steve became a fugitive from S.H.I.E.L.D. under the orders of Alexander Pierce after hiding details of Fury's death, and Natasha joined him to help him retrieve the confidential files from the flash drive, which Fury had already given to Rogers. Natasha tried to hack the protected files but could only discover the location from where they were created, Camp Lehigh. There, Steve and Natasha discovered a secret S.H.I.E.L.D. base where the consciousness of Arnim Zola revealed that after World War II, he had been recruited by S.H.I.E.L.D., and that he and other German scientists had furthered Hydra's plans for world domination through numerous projects, including the infiltration and influence of S.H.I.E.L.D. Romanoff interrupted Zola's lengthy exposition of HYDRA's activities when her PDA alerted her to an incoming missile. She and Rogers narrowly escaped the resulting blast, and then left the scene before S.H.I.E.L.D. could find them. The following day, Steve and Natasha sought help from Sam Wilson, who they then pulled into their circle of allies by recovering a flight-exoskeleton for him. The trio then captured and interrogated Jasper Sitwell to find out about the conspiracy festering within S.H.I.E.L.D. Under pressure, Sitwell revealed his allegiance to Hydra and that HYDRA planned to use Project Insight to massacre the millions of people identified as threats to HYDRA's new world order. Steve, Sam and Natasha were later attacked by the Winter Soldier and team of Hydra double agents. Natasha suffered a bullet wound in her shoulder while trying to elude the Winter Soldier, and Steve was left stunned by the revelation that the Winter Soldier was his old friend Bucky. With the fight taken out of them, the three heroes were easily captured by S.H.I.E.L.D., but while being transported under guard they were rescued by a disguised Maria Hill, who brought them to a hideout where Nick Fury was alive and recuperating. Fury revealed a plan to prevent Pierce from launching Project Insight, involving the replacement of the controller chip of each one of the Insight helicarriers. Natasha infiltrated the Triskelion disguised as Councilwoman Hawley of the World Security Council, and was taken hostage with the other councillors by Pierce as soon as Steve revealed over the public address system the truth about HYDRA controlling S.H.I.E.L.D., and Pierce being their leader. But Natasha dropped her cover and subdued Pierce. She then revealed Nick Fury's survival and forced Pierce to help Fury release the secrets of S.H.I.E.L.D. and HYDRA to the world, as top-level two agents were required to do so. As the files were being uploaded, Pierce activated devices in the security badges of the rest of the Security Council, which killed them. He then attempted to use Natasha for leverage to escape, but she used a micro-EMP device on herself, disabling the badge, and giving time for Fury to shoot Pierce, killing him. The two then escaped the Triskelion in a helicopter to rescue, also rescuing Sam when a helicarrier crashed into the building. Natasha later appeared before a Senate subcommittee, in which she defended the dismantling of S.H.I.E.L.D. When asked by military officials as to why they shouldn't imprison her for the newly-revealed crimes that she had committed against the U.S., she responded that people like her were needed to defend the world. She later approached Fury's "grave" to say goodbye to Steve, stating that with all of her covers blown, she had to find a new identity. She encouraged him to romantically pursue Agent 13, whom she identifies Sharon before passing him a dossier from the Ukraine on the Winter Soldier. Black Widow reassembled with the Avengers in Sokovia as they attempted to take down Strucker's base and repossess Loki's Scepter. When the battle was over, she used her lullaby to calm the Hulk down and convert him back to Banner. On the plane ride back to Avengers Tower, Widow spoke to Banner about trusting her and he responded standoffishly. At Tony Stark's party, Romanoff behaved flirtatiously towards an aloof Banner. She walked away and Rogers suggested to Banner that she likes him, despite his rejection of the notion. When everyone tried lifting Thor's hammer, she refused to participate on the basis that she didn't want an answer to such a question. Ultron attacked the party and she used a hidden gun as a weapon. She and the rest of the team then pursued Ultron to Africa. In South Africa, Captain America, Iron Man and Thor confronted Ultron while Black Widow and Hawkeye remained covert. A battle ensued and Widow was rendered incapacitated by Scarlet Witch and her telekinesis. Widow saw a vision of her time with the KGB and recalled the intense training she went through as well as the painful sterilization ensuring that her life as an assassin went without distractions. In the aftermath of the incident in Africa, Hawkeye brought Widow and the team to his home to remain undercover. In a moment along with Banner, she brought up the possibility of them pursuing a romantic relationship. Knowing how dangerous the Hulk is, he rejected the idea and wanted to protect her. Romanoff opened up about her time at the KGB and described herself as a monster, hoping that he would change his mind. The team later regrouped, formulated a plan and split up. Black Widow joined Captain America and Hawkeye to Seoul to check on Dr. Helen Cho. The three Avengers battled Ultron in order to recover her synthetic-tissue technology. They succeeded in doing so but Ultron took Widow hostage. Black Widow woke up in the Sokovian HYDRA base that Ultron was now using as his headquarters. Ultron terrorized her with a discussion of his plan. She set up equipment using resources and sent a message in Morse code to Hawkeye at Avengers Tower. When the Avengers, the twins, and the Vision traveled to Sokovia, Banner was sent to the lab in order to free her. She declared her love for him, kissed him passionately and shoved him off a cliff, turning him into Hulk. The two left the base and joined the fray. Widow fought the Ultron drones and helped civilians to safety. At the end of the battle, she sent a message to Hulk, who was now alone in a jet flying towards an unknown location and tried to reason with him to bring him back to Sokovia. Much to her dismay, Hulk turned off the monitor. At the new Avengers facility, she was approached by Nick Fury who learned about a jet that crashed in the Pacific Ocean. She hoped that the Banner was okay and Fury offered soothing words. She then met up with Captain America and the two discussed how they were going, to begin with, the new Avengers recruits. (Marvel Movies Wiiki)
PERSONALITY
Natasha's biggest personality trait is her ability to focus. This comes from years of training in the Red Room, learning to control every nuance of herself. She was Turned into a weapon, which we learned about in Avengers: Age of Ultron She is task focused and lets very little enter into her mind, but her mission and the task at hand. Focus has become second nature to her, almost like a second skin, like breathing. She does it with ease and grace, just like a well-choreographed waltz. Her attention to detail and the mission allow her to remain detached enough to keep alert, and keep her eye on many moving balls. It keeps her out of danger in most situations, as does her ability to read people. She is quick to action, but through SHIELD, she is learning to temper her hair-trigger instinct. Working for SHIELD has not been an easy road for Natasha, but then when has she ever taken the easy way out. When she met Clint Barton she was obviously still an assassin but Natasha made a choice, a choice to save Clint and survive, but SHIELD weren't killers, they were gatherers, so she had to switch gears. She learned after time and careful observation that all people were not a waste of space and could be useful if manipulated properly, and manipulate she did. She even went as far as to try and manage Banner in Calcutta. They say that a leopard can never really spots, and this works in the case of Nat's handling of Bruce's anger issues. A switch flipped when she draws her weapon, and it takes Bruce several tries to talk her down. It becomes a situation of role reversal, where they are both empathetic to the others situation, and this bonds them. In all situations, she achieves a certain degree of reasonable control that allows her to keep calm in her decision-making and reserve her emotions. This placid projection can cause her to come across as unapproachable, though she isn't naturally unfriendly or intentionally intimidating. In the right situations, surrounded by allies, Natasha's attitude borders on the sarcastic and teasing. She ribs Steve and Clint most notably, though there's a certain degree of sarcastic banter between herself and Tony, Thor, and Bruce as well. She prioritizes her mission when there is one, but that doesn't prevent her from taking a breather to appreciate a level of comfortable teamwork with those she best identifies with. On the other hand, she'll also be the one to reiterate the importance of the mission and yank them back on track. A lot of Natasha's pride/confidence comes out of a place of being so entirely in control of herself. She doesn't let fear control her, as it does many others, instead she uses her fear as a motivator. She may be afraid of what might happen to Clint as a result of Loki's grab, but she uses that fear and translates it into determination. She will find and save Barton no matter what the cost. She uses Loki in a similar fashion. She appears to be weak until she gets what she wants, and then her true colors come out. Natasha is the type of person that doesn't like to owe anyone anything. She sees it as her personal mission to repay all of her debts, the biggest one in her mind being to Barton. He could have killed her but chose not to. The choice is of utmost importance to Natasha, and so is repaying her debts. It is the reason why she will move heaven and earth to help Clint, and later on Steve. She often jokes alluding to the fact she is Russian, somehow that should put her loyalty into question, but those she is closest to, Barton, Fury, Rogers know different. They allowed her choice, so they have earned her debt and loyalty. Fury especially has garnered that loyalty, becoming sort of a mentor to her, as seen in both Iron Man 2 and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. There is nothing that she wouldn't do for the man that gave her a second chance, including taking a bullet for and keeping secrets from her Captain, a person that from the very start trusted her instincts and relied on her knowledge to get them what they needed. She is not a dweller. She deals with situations, in a clipped, formal, detached manner, and then moves on, not wanting to focus on one thing for too long. Steve and Natasha have a unique and interesting relationship. It is almost like a yin and yang type of thing. He is idealistic where she is cynical, but somehow through it all, they balance each other out and become friends and partners. Natasha has a knack for only thinking of Nat, but getting close and bonding with Steve allowed her the confidence to stand up to her past and not continue to run and hide from it. It would have been so easy for her to hide from HYDRA. Instead, she took a stand and stood at her friend's side, and gave her hope and a sense of belonging. There is a softer side to Natasha that emerges during The Avengers: Age of Ultron. It is a side that is both feminine and likable. She is "Auntie Nat," A fact that stuns most if not all of the team on some level. She becomes the Hulk Whisperer, not because she had to but because she wanted to. She relates to Bruce on many levels and the trust that is present between the pair, show that they are connected. Natasha although stunned and hurt by Banner vanishing, knows on every level that he did what he had to do to protect them, and she respects him for it. She is not a woman that pines for anyone, so she carried on the way that she was trained to do. Her relationship with Steve is something that forces Natasha to re-evaluate how she does things and relates to people. She knows on some level that what she and Tony are fighting for is wrong and that the Avengers have become so much more than just a rag-tag semblance of a team. It became a family, a family that is worth fighting for. That is exactly how she justified her decision to Tony, and why she went on the run again. She thought she was doing the right thing by playing it safe and quickly realized that she is not one to play it safe it slightest. She is conflicted throughout her interactions with Steve and Tony, only proving that Avengers have become more to Natasha than just a mission. While Natasha has a great many positive traits or strengths, she has some negative ones as well. It could be termed weaknesses, but Natasha is loathed to call it that. In fact, she rarely admits to any weaknesses at all, and that is a weakness. One must remember that being trained as a soldier was ingrained into Natasha at a very young age courtesy of the Red Room. Madam, her handler stated in Age of Ultron "you must be strong not to be to be weak." That phrase shaped how Natasha thought and dealt with everything moving forward. It was easier for her not to admit that she had weaknesses than admit she might, and face the possibility of rejection. Her training in the Red Room took a long time to break, and unfortunately, parts of it never left her. That is the thing about the Red Room, is that it's purpose is to suck all of the humanity out of a person, and turn them into a soldier. A soldier, devoid of emotion and feeling. Natasha, since joining SHIELD has been trying to add it back, but she is well aware that it is one of her shortcomings. She also has issues with letting people she likes to get close to her. She makes a conscious choice to hide behind her cool demeanor. She uses her warmth as a weapon, a tool; a means to an end to get what she wants. She can disassociate herself from humanity, become a hardened soldier, one that does not show emotion. She is a person that gets the job done. There is no room for emotion in war. She has survived a long time like that, but it is no way to live. She struggles every day to be a friend, but there is a definite learning curve. There are some points in Natasha's life where even she isn't sure where the fantasy ends and the real Natasha begins. It is a very fine line that often gets blurred. She says to Steve at one point in the beginning "Who do you want me to be?" That statement was supposed to be decoy but it really is the truth about who Natasha is. She doesn't know how to be anything other than what people need her to be in any given moment. The problem with that line of thinking, however, is that when she does want to be close to someone, she is unable to let her guard down long enough to do so. Her biggest weakness is the fact that she doesn't know how to be a woman. Yes, she knows how to use her feminine wiles to get what she wants, but she doesn't know how to be feminine. An example can be seen when she is dealing with Tony, a man that she tolerates but she doesn't care what he thinks of her, she can be blunt and give his crap right back to him. Her dealings with Tony are almost on a buddy level, something that Natasha makes her uncomfortable. Steve, on the other hand, is someone that she deeply respects and admires, so her mannerisms in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, when she lays his life on the line for her is one of obvious discomfort. Natasha doesn't know why someone would have their life on the line for her when she most certainly would not do the same thing. The former Assassin doesn't understand Steve Rogers on the whole, but it is her relationship with Steve, and letting her guard down that allows her the possibility of a future with Bruce. Bruce Banner is someone she trusts and cares for implicitly. She is willing to accept him regardless of what he is or how much rage he as. Natasha's biggest weakness is her inability to let go of the soldier idea and grasp happiness while she can. She instead chooses to fight instead of sharing a life with Bruce away from war. Natasha pushed him off a cliff to induce a code green, shows that she does not know how to stand down. She will choose to fight every time. All of her strengths and weaknesses stem from her training in the Red Room and her Russian upbringing, but despite all of this she has met people along the way that have tempered her tendencies, but no one as of yet has fully eliminated them. She has issues with free will as well. She doesn't for one moment stop to think how Bruce would feel about have the choice to Hulk out away from him. She views free will as some sort of dream that other people get to have, but not her. She doesn't truly understand the consequences of her actions or the emotional fall-out until it is too late to stop it. She makes the statement "Do you think he'll help us?" And that is more talking about what she did to Bruce then he may not want to be around Ross again.
SKILLS/ABILITIES
Natasha is extensively trained in combat. She is also fluent in multiple languages as well as being more than competent at computers and psychology. She is also deceptively strong, though not superhuman. Black Widow is a master martial artist, an expert markswoman, a natural actress, an infamous seductress, and a gifted veteran spy. Master Martial Artist: Natasha is an expert in the field of martial arts. She has mastered karate, judo, aikido, savate, boxing, lucha-libre style wrestling and multiple styles of kung fu. Combined with her strength, speed and agility, she was able to take down nearly a dozen of Hammer security guards with ease and without being hit at all. In The Avengers, she was able to fight three men while tied to a chair and broke it on one of them to free herself. She was also shown to defeat scores of Chitauri soldiers as well. Expert Acrobat: Natasha is an Olympic class athlete, gymnast, acrobat, and aerialist capable of many difficult feats. Expert Marksman: Natasha is a very accurate marksman skilled in sharpshooting and knife throwing. Multilingual: Natasha is fluent in Latin, Russian, English, French, German, Chinese, and various other languages. Expert Tactician: Natasha is a very effective strategist, tactician, and field commander. Master Interrogator: Natasha was able to trick Loki into telling her about his plan to use the Hulk against the Helicarrier (although not without Loki getting to her first; nearly frightening her). She was also seen using reverse interrogation on Georgi Luchkov, obtaining information through the questions he asked her while he attempted to interrogate her. Talented Hacker: Natasha can hack into most computer systems without tripping any firewalls or security. She use this talent to help Rhodes regain control of the War Machine armor and enabled him to help Stark fought the rest of the attacking Hammer drones. Master Seductress: Natasha is an expert in the field of seduction. Natasha has been infamously known to bend men to her will and sometimes even get them to do her bidding for her using her sex appeal. Tony Stark is an example of this. Expert Spy: Natasha is a dangerous secret agent trained in espionage, stealth, disguise, infiltration, and demolitions. Her talents and years of experience have enabled her to reach a high ranking as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. During the Civil War she reveals at the end that she was truly on Captain America's side, having successfully hid her true intentions from everyone, including Steve himself.
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