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not enough consideration to natasha's habit of treating people she doesn't care about as anecdotes in her much more important story.

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where does one start about trying to get back into actually being a presence on tumblr anymore bc i feel like i always fail at it.

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Happy Mother’s Day to Steve Rogers, Logan Howlett, and Natalia Romanova, the most important mother of them all.

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i haven’t actually read a comic in months and every time i think about doing that i become paralyzed with the fear of what they might be currently doing to natasha

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it's been like a Hot Second since i've reminded the world about my annoyance with a specific line that has resulted in widespread misunderstanding about natasha's purpose and primary methods ( and off putting personality traits that have resulted from it, but that's another can of worms altogether. ) so i'm once again posting about and reminding everyone :

natasha? spy. not an assassin. bucky? assassin.

natasha does not make a specific habit of excess killing nor does she consider it ( or combat in general. ) a viable option outside of last resort when things have gone heavily awry - the espionage game is one built around getting in, getting what you need, and getting out, preferably with no one the wiser, and nothing ruins the ability to accomplish this task like a trail of bodies ( corpses or unconscious masses. ) that make a direct line to you as if reading a goddamn pirate map with s.h.i.e.l.d. style gps.

natasha does, can, and will kill if it's strictly necessary, she's not morally opposed to doing so if the situation calls for it ( in her less than humble opinion. ) but it's relatively far down on her list of options and certainly not her first choice.

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and there comes the welcome parade, near to a literal sense as a single man can get, as much as he manages to make himself stand out in a way that would give thor in his least human-aware phase a run for his money, and definitely in one that makes her stand out in turn.

still, she makes no objection, a smile pulling at the corners of her mouth as she allows him to approach without resistance. ❛ you should be more careful who you say that to, brian. it would break clint's heart to hear. ❜ an exaggeration of sorts - although not nearly as much as one might expect, given how frequently the archer thinks a solid set of puppy dog eyes ( and not always lucky's. ) can convince her to schedule the series for recording while he's away. ❛ sorry to disappoint, but tony isn't involved on this one - it's just me this time around. ❜ personal business, as it goes.

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"Natasha Romanoff, as I live and breathe!" A roar of a statement, warm and avuncular from the face of a nation. A bold grin graced Brian's countenance, the bright gleam of a joy so rarely exercised lofted firm in piercing eyes. "Please don't tell me Tony's sent you all this way just for the joys of British television. I'm fairly sure we export Bake Off now."

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❛ you spiders sure know how to draw attention to yourselves, don't you, @spiderz0mbie? ❜ a bit of a liability in her line of work generally, but she supposes that is the superhero gig for you - all concentrated chaos and heavy lifting. she would have brought steve if she had known she was going to be doing that last bit, but the black widow is nothing if not adaptable. ❛ well, since you have the entire compound looking for you, be a dear and head the other direction, won't you? you'll make a lovely distraction that way. ❜

starter call.

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❛ now, @purplearchcr, ❜ voice is sweet and soft, all the telling notes of the cat that's caught the canary ( the black widow that's ensnared the hawk. ) with none of the hard struggle a feline would have had trying to keep up. this business is, after all, her game and there are few who can manage to keep her in sight, much less hold the lead. ❛ did you really think you could keep secrets from me? ❜ steve, perhaps. tony. but her? you're just a few decades too early for that, little one.

starter call.

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i thought you were dead. / your time has passed, shihōin yoruichi! ❛ and how pathetic are you, that you can't best me at my worst? ❜ › #raioken. independent writing blog for shihōin yoruichi of tite kubo's bleach, chased after by taylor. 30. beta editor. tagged spoilers. vocally critical.

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i think marvel should revisit that concept that was bucky just stabbing bad guys while others stared on in abject horror that was so sexy of him actually.

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Send ‘Trick or Treat!  🎃’ to my inbox and I’ll give you a treat! This could be: a promo graphic, icons, an aesthetic graphic of your muse, a drabble, a photoset of our muses together, a moodboard based on one of our threads, or some other goodie! Happy Halloween!  Let’s celebrate!

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❛ when we're done here, swing by my apartment on the way back - i made a pumpkin jam the other day i want you to take home. ❜ her voice comes over the comm device, calm like they're having a normal conversation over the dining table in said apartment - and in a way, isn't this perfectly normal for them? - quite casual despite the current situation, the click of keys as she puts in the stolen login information that is probably entirely muted on his side, given the high-end device's capacity for picking up only what he intends for it to and nothing else. as close to perfection as something with so simple a task can get. a concept the widow has to appreciate.

she waits a moment, watches the screen shift in various shades of green ( a classic, if not overplayed. ) that suggest good information - and of course it is, it's her information, after all - then she shifts back onto task. well, half business, anyways. full business for this mission would be boring, to be frank. ❛ you're in, @transistorized. seems like a treasure trove for you tech types in here, but they really are quite lax on security. you probably could have broken in all on your own on this one. ❜

starter call.

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Anyways this is a teeny starter call for tomorrow while I work through other stuff and maybe finally update my pinned and docs and things.

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grateful as she is that her suit is a simple affair to put on - tugging off civilian clothes in the back of a too small car and pulling on a one piece bulletproof black ensemble is much easier than the buckles, belts, and whistles some of their comrades have to contend with after all - she has to admit that she shares some of his discontentment. she wouldn't have minded at all being able to just get through this little adventure strictly in civilian clothing ; t-shirts and jeans and normal, too tall heels that she'd shed at the end of the day to take hot, soothing bath before crawling into a warm bed exhausted in ways that had nothing to do bruised knuckles and muscle strained from the acrobatic feats of dodging bullets. just ... normal. in all those ways that they aren't.

the door closes with a thud behind her as she straightens properly, gauntlet on one wrist as she carefully snaps the other into place before fluffing her fingers through long strands of red, the widow making her way around the vehicle to his side. ❛ i remember a time when you would be excited to go and do anything at all with me, clint. how things have changed. ❜ but he isn't wrong and that is sort of the problem. it's typically one mess after another doing this avenger thing, rare to see any of them being able to go out without some bit of random chaos ruining what would have been an otherwise nice day out - it was the entire point of why she had invited him in the first place, but she supposes a nice few days of peace and quiet was just too much to ask.

❛ well, you'll be glad to know that the last time i took tony somewhere, he got all dressed up and we ended our day in the middle of an arms deal, then. ❜ blue gaze tracks to where his wrapper has fallen discarded, then raises back up to his face. they're in it now and it's not something either of them will be willing to walk away from, so there's no use complaining about it. ❛ tell you what, hawkeye, ❜ a smile pulling across her mouth, she reaches up to take his face in her hand, gentle despite the mischief in her eyes. ❛ be a good boy for now and save the day on this one like the superhero you are and we'll do whatever your little heart desires tomorrow. ❜ a pause, then she adds, ❛ barring another incident. ❜

[ PROMPTS ] ➴➵➶➴➵➶ @shespy ⸺ I hope for the best and prepare for the worst... That's my silly little mantra... but I'm always surprised at how bad it can get.

❝ That is not your mantra. ❞ He grumbles at her, trying and failing to come up with what actually was a good Natasha mantra. The problem was that he has known her the longest out of everyone was there was so many over the years it was all jumbled in his head. At that was going to be his excuse for whatever comeback was on her tongue. ❝ Take a vacation with me, Clint, it'll be fun. ❞ Clint instead opts to complain about their current situation that they were in. He's not entirely sure whose fault this actually was. The best that he could do was bitch at Nat about this.

❝ I knew this was a trap, you never take me to nice places. ❞ He tosses a wrapper from a burger that he had whined at her for about three hours for them to stop to get and starts shucking on his quiver. That burger had been very good and very worth it after the headache they were about to head into. It's kind of their whole moral duty and who knows maybe they'll need to call the Avengers. Bet he could Nat to team up with him to puppy eyes so he can fly a quinjet. Clint thinks he'll have earned it after their vacation was ruined.

❝ You think for once in our lives we could go somewhere and it be only A TIME. Not a nice time, not a bad time. Just simply a time, something normal people experience. ❞ Clint looks her in the face and knows he is about three seconds away from her reminding him they are not normal people. ❝ Bet you take other people to nice, bullet free crisis devoid places. ❞

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there's a terrible sense of familiarity that comes with things like this - even in a downpour like this one, new york is, to put it relatively mildly, a fertile breeding ground for superhero types and greedy so-called "business men" alike and as such, it's nearly impossible to go more than a handful of nights in active duty without stepping on a couple of toes here or there. a concept even she cannot escape, with all her carefully woven threads and laid plans.

blue eyes gaze upwards to the expressionless mask that stares back at her ( she assumes. ). at least this one is usually reasonable enough. ❛ @thwipit, ❜ her voice is soft, all the sweetened delicacy of the black widow at work ; a smile tugging at one corner of her mouth, a gloved hand raising to push wet strands sticking to her face aside. ❛ two spiders in this weather - the locals really should look into better pest control methods. ❜ it may just cost them everything.

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idk when marvel starting hauling her around, but nat does not, in fact, like to be carried while flying.

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❛ @avalior, ❜ his name is drawn out on her lips, tone sharp ; a crack over the otherwise comfortable silence that sits across the stale air of places like this. ❛ just so you know, if you break that because you're playing with it, i'm not going to help you pay off the debt. ❜ as if the thought of watching him fiddle with what is likely a priceless artifact any longer than she already has is simply unbearable.

starter call.