#and I know it’s somewhat explored in bw about how they keep rejecting her as a sister/daughter

[succulentlesbians]

The fact that even though Yelena is angry at Natasha for not coming back for her, she still has an unshakable belief that they’re sisters absolutely kills me.

Yelena asks why Natasha didn’t make contact and rejects the answer that Natasha thought she wouldn’t want to see her. But then she instantly pivots to say, “you just didn’t want your baby sister to tag along while you saved the world with the cool kids.” We don’t see a shred of doubt there. She’s not like hmm nat didn’t want to see me bc she doesn’t think of me as her sister and she doesn’t care. Being sisters is non negotiable to Yelena.

Melina said “how did you keep your heart?” to Natasha. But I think it’s overwhelmingly true for Yelena too. She went through all of that shit in the red room but she never for a second was like oh those people weren’t my family.