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Thor (2011) - Black widow (2021)

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yelena belova in black widow (2020)

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привет || Hi

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Грустная Сука || Sad Bitch

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Boo-Hoo || плак-плак

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ABOUT

Below the cut is some important information (for ease of navigation on mobile)

Important Information

Yelena is sex-repulsed asexual, grey-aromantic. She is very capable of, and frequently does, weaponize sexuality. She also has quite a bit of deep-seated trauma relating to sexuality. However, her boundaries of what constitutes a sexual or romantic action are flexible, and depending on the relationship, she is very physically affectionate while considering things like hand holding, cuddling, or kissing to be platonic. Very open to QPRs and Platonic Partnerships with possible hints of Romance as ships.

Yelena is not pronounced as the MCU pronounces it. In IPA, Yelena is pronounced jɪˈlʲenə. Google translate has a closer but still not perfect pronunciation.

Comic Canon Divergence

I default to comic based Yelena, though MCU Yelena is also an option. Yelena is slightly canon divergent from the comics, in that aging doesn’t happen in an anticipated way within the comics. Yelena was therefore still born in the 1970s, which has been wiggled about in recent comic runs. This is due to the fact that Yelena’s patriotism is strongly rooted in the Cold War Era, and removing her from that time period within which she grew up damages the character. Biologically, however, she is in her early 20s due to being a clone of the original Yelena Belova.

This Yelena is also canon divergent in that I’m skipping over the Secret Avengers character arc because frankly the super adaptoid version of Yelena gave me nightmares. Too many things vaguely resembling eyes were involved.

IF WRITING WITH A NATASHA: I will not consider Black Widow (2001): Breakdown to be canon unless we discuss it OOC. This is because it feels unfair to Natasha’s character to include a poor writing choice that made Yelena more sympathetic at a very high cost to Natasha’s character. However, I am open to RPing something related to it, because it’s a fascinating mental exercise, and I do consider it canon if I am not writing with a Natasha.

Finally, this Yelena was trained from childhood as a Black Widow. This is canon divergent, but it makes the most sense for how extensively she was indoctrinated. Also, essentially every representation of the Red Room’s trainees that we see in the comics with the exception of Yelena start extraordinarily young, and it doesn’t make sense to me that she would be an exception.

Lots of this will change if I am writing with a Natasha, and we can plot something different. If I am not writing with a Natasha, I will assume my Natasha is the canon I’m working with (link).

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MCU VERSES

Spoilers for the Black Widow film below the cut

NO ANGEL BORN IN HELL (MCU)

Yelena was born in 1989. As a young child, for her very earliest memories, she was part of a deep cover mission, believing herself to be the child of Melina  Vostokova and Alexei Shostakov, and believing Natasha to truly be her big sister. When the mission ended, she was returned to the Red Room, brainwashed, and trained as a Black Widow, a role which she fulfilled until 2016. After 2016, she has broken out of the mind control; the events of Black Widow occur. Between 2016 and 2018, she works on taking down the remains of the Red Room, and making up for her actions under mind control.

Though she was in need of a good hoovering after Thanos’ snap, she continues her work after returning. (I do not believe that she would continue working as an assassin after finally getting free, even if it seems to be the set up for Hawkeye)

I DISRUPT YOUR BELIEFS (MCU ALT)

Following a similar plot to my main MCU verse, the primary difference being that Yelena was broken out of the mind control in 2014, and immediately sought out the Avengers while they were still a “family”. With more help, bringing down the Red Room goes more smoothly, and she gets to be annoying younger sibling to Natasha.

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WILD DOGS ARE AFRAID BOTH OF ME AND OF FIRE (CRIMSON WIDOW)

Loosely based on Earth-12041, Combined with the MCU– non-compliant with the Black Widow Film.

Yelena was Baron von Strucker’s pet assassin, groomed from a young child into his own personal version of the Black Widow. Using the codename of the Crimson Widow, Yelena remained loyal until she was sent after the original Black Widow. Slowly, she came to break through the conditioning and trauma, but it wasn’t until Strucker’s death that she successfully found her footing as her own person.

Unlike the Avengers Assembled Yelena, this verse does not feature Yelena trying to take over Hydra. Instead, she is very much a tool, who has very few ambitions except potentially retribution. She is still, however, a trained killer, and not a particularly nice person.

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INSTEAD OF WISHING ON A STAR I WISHED ON A GRENADE (AGENT OF SHIELD)

This verse starts mostly the same as my main verse; Yelena was born in the mid 1970s. She was raised by the Red Room, given false memories of a childhood with a family in Kiev, Ukraine. Much like the earlier Black Widow program, Yelena was given a version of the supersoldier serum, which slowed her aging, enhanced her strength, and accelerated her healing. However, the serum was not the same that Natasha received; instead of permanently altering her biochemestry, Yelena instead needed the serum to be injected regularly in order to maintain the effects.This made it harder for her to break away from the Red Room. It wasn’t until she discovered in 2010 that the traumatic murder of her handler had been staged that she broke away from the Red Room, and sought asylum in the USA.

Following Natasha’s example yet again, she joined SHIELD, taking up the handle of the White Widow.

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WHO IS THERE OUTSIDE BESIDES THE COLD? (MAIN)

Yelena was born in the mid 1970s. She was raised by the Red Room, and given false memories of a family in Kiev, Ukraine, that never existed. She was not, however, enhanced with the same supersoldier serum as Natasha, and thus never did as well as Natasha did on physical exams, much to Yelena’s distress. When Natasha left the Red Room in the 1980s, Yelena began training specifically to replace the Black Widow. She received scores that were as good if not better than Natasha’s on all assessments the Red Room completed. Most importantly, the Red Room instilled a deep patriotism in Yelena, and sent her to fight Natasha. In most engagements, Natasha proved to be better largely due to Yelena’s lack of practical knowledge, and a level of naivety that reduced her tactical capabilities.

In 2006, Yelena finally started to doubt the Red Room. This is largely because her illusions were shattered and the abuse she had suffered finally became clear as mistreatment. Disillusioned, she left for Cuba, where she worked temporarily as a model, and built a network to keep women safe from trafficking and exploitation. However, a life of leisure grew old, and the serum she’d been given began to wear off. Taking her chances, she moved to the USA in 2010. She began a life as a vigilante, though she often found herself at odds with ‘heroes’. Not used to her mortality, Yelena’s risk taking wound up with her death (unlike her Super Adaptoid death in Secret Avengers).

The Red Room, however, had been cloning both Black Widows. One of Yelena’s clones received her memories, and she returned to vigilantism in 2014, along with a mission to make certain that she shuts down the Red Room. Operating with more caution and an adjusted ethos, she also rebranded herself as the White Widow.

In terms of meshing with MCU events, anytime before CATWS, Yelena is in her late 30s. Any time after CATWS, Yelena appears substantially younger, as she is actually a clone of herself.

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𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒

feel  free  to  change  any  pronouns  or  subjects  (or  reverse).      tw  for  blood,  death  and  physical  violence  mention.

‘  is  it  complete?  ’

‘  who  are  you?  ’

‘  who  is  this?  ’

‘  why  are  you  bleeding?  ’

‘  what  would  i  do  without  you?  ’

‘  do  you  feel  alright?  ’

‘  what’s  your  name?  ’

‘  why  do  you  hate  me?  ’

‘  do  you  want  something  to  eat?  ’

‘  aren’t  you  supposed  to  be  someone  important?  ’

‘  did  you  read  it  yet?  ’

‘  can  you  help  me?  ’

‘  why  do  you  act  so  weirdly?  ’

‘  what  do  i  do  with  someone  like  you?  ’

‘  you  awake?  ’

‘  can’t  you  tell  left  from  right?  ’

‘  how  dare  you?  ’

‘  can  i  have  a  word?  ’

‘  why  didn’t  you  fight  back?  ’

‘  can  you  stop  interupting  me?  ’

‘  why  are  you  here?  ’

‘  what  happened?  ’

‘  haven’t  you  said  enough?  ’

‘  why  are  you  still  ___?  ’

‘  why  don’t  you  shut  up  and  be  quiet?  ’

‘  what  did  you  dream  of?  ’

‘  why  are  you  yelling?  ’

‘  how  could  you  say  that?  ’

‘  is  that  mine?  ’

‘  why  did  you  turn  out  this  way?  ’

‘  are  you  talking  to  me?  ’

‘  why  won’t  he  date  me?  ’

‘  why  did  you  hit  him?  ’

‘  why  are  you  crying  yourself  to  sleep?  ’ 

‘  are  you  serious?  ’

‘  who  did  this?  ’

‘  will  i  regret  this?  ’

‘  do  you  promise?  ’

‘  is  that  mine?  ’

‘  am  i  dead?  ’

‘  can  you  stop  moving?  ’

‘  is  he  looking  at  me?  ’

‘  does  it  hurt?  ’

‘  how  did  that  happen?  ’

‘  what’s  the  weather  for  tomorrow?  ’

‘  are  you  in  love  with  me  yet?  ’

‘  is  it  that  important?  ’

‘  want  some?  ’

‘  was  that  an  accident?  ’

‘  what’s  the  deal  with  you?  ’

‘  who  do  you  think  you  are?  ’

‘  can  i  ask  you  something?  ’

‘  why  don’t  you  leave  then?  ’

‘  how  could  you?  ’

‘  is  this  all  you  can  do?  ’

‘  why  is  this  here?  ’

‘  how  did  you  get  in  here?  ’

‘  is  it  freezing  to  you?  ’

‘  what  are  you  making  tdday?  ’

‘  are  you  lost?  ’

‘  has  it  been  that  long?  ’

‘  how  could  you?  ’

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Black Widow (2020) #6

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supportive / protective vibes … sentence starters

“i’m proud of you.”

“here, take my coat.”

“oh no… i’ll get the bandages.”

“you’re doing the best you can.”

“someone scared you, didn’t they?”

“it’s alright, you don’t have to be perfect.”

“are you alright? did something happen?”

“i care about you and i want to look after you.”

“you haven’t slept, have you? here, let’s lie down.”

“I heard you crying, so i brought you some tea/cocoa.”

“not enough people have told you how wonderful you are.”

“oh, you’re shaking like a leaf! come here, love, come here.”

“you look like you’re going to topple over. here, please, sit down.”

“you’re allowed to speak up. i want to hear what you have to say.”

“you haven’t eaten today, have you? here i’ll make you something.”

“no matter what anyone else has told you, you deserve to feel happy.”

“how about we get you into a warm bath, and then we can talk, alright?”

“you know how you’ve always been there for me? well, now it’s my turn.”

“shhh, no, it’s alright, it was just a nightmare. you’re safe, you’re safe here.”

“i’m going to wrap you in blankets and fight anybody who tries to touch you.”

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Out Of Context Sentence Starters from my Own Roleplays

Adjust as necessary.

“It’s puppy birth blood! It’s happy blood!”

“I still think he was a K-Pop star. I’m going to try and look him up.”

“ I’d honestly rather be in a gun fight than do retail.”

“Just promise me you have blackmail on those two already. For my own personal reassurance.”

“Yes, they’re legal. No, I didn’t do this myself. Feel free to examine it, but there may be bugs.”

“ She only comes ‘round when she’s unhappy or frustrated. So how about I go ruin her life more?”

“STOP SHOUTING. SOMEONE’S GONNA HEAR.”

“I just saw them talking! They weren’t doing shit in public!”

“Oh, no. A bard.”

“Bro, she looks like Ariana Grande!”

“I am as glorious as the day I was born.”

“Listen, if you see a man around here wearing a grey coat and an ugly tweed hat, push him in the river for me.”

“ I asked for his name, not his origin story. “

“Well, I guess you had better not die before you do anything worth putting in your obituary, then.”

“…You didn’t warn me you were going to be indecent.”

“All this information just lets me know that I want to be cremated when I’m gone. “

“…The T-Rex wasn’t even alive during the Jurassic period. Amateurs.”

“Do I look good in this shade of red?”

“Dad’s just mad I ain’t a ginger like him.”

“ I apologize for being a terrible escort so far.”

“The hell you creeping around for?”

“ Welcome to – why do you have a cat with you?”

“Why did you all go quiet when I came in?”

“But just because you said that, I feel like being petty today.”

“Are you this flippant with all your clients, or am I just special?”

“She stole your shoes? What? Why?”

“Well you’re not getting into my bedroom that easy, buddy.”

“ I want to anihilate anything that brings him joy and then fuck him until he cries.”

“She said that soft pinks were the color of female oppression.”

“Since we’re both wimps, I say we stay away from horror.”

“Well, I see why he was assasinated then.“

“Yeah, yeah, but I’ll have lots of fans so you’ll have to work extra hard to remain the number one fan!”

“Oh, am I being threatened?”

“ Holy shit, this is the best dream ever. “

“ I’m gonna fuckin’ throw my lunch. “

“Just talking to you is using up a lot of my courage.”

“This was a very good plan in theory,  but now you’ve fucked yourself.“

“Sometimes a simple life is way better than what a lot of people are trying to achieve.”

“You know, I’ve never played Xbox.”

“ I need a trip to Disneyland.“

“WHAT?! FUCK! YOU WEE MINX! I TOLD YOU!”

“ I’ve got a good feeling that the stars are gonna align for you.”

“Time to make like a banana and get the fuck outta here!“

“What if I like being choked?”

“ You are even more sexy this close-up.”

“I thought I saw a UFO once, but it was just a hot-air balloon in the distance. I was very disappointed.”

“You have an arrow in your shoulder!”

“Turn around, do a twirl! Pose!”

“ I almost feel like the main character in a video game.“

“ His accent is out of control…”

“Wow. Betrayal.”

“That sounds like a you problem.”

“How can I not take it personal?”

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Black Widows - Lynne Yoshii

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What do you think of the "revenge bad" tropes frequently found

it actually pisses me off sooooo much when characters are like "ohhh but if i hurt or kill the bastard who made my life and others' a living hell i'm just as bad as they are!" like grow up and shoot him what are you catholic