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Hey Paradisians!

Batty here bringing in a new character! The ever lovely, ever deadly Natasha Romanoff better known as Marvel’s Black Widow! The is the MCU version of the character coming from after the events of The Avengers film. The character is somewhat flavored with Marvel Comics to fill in the history gaps MCU hasn’t done yet.

Her loss is one that is devastating to her, but will seem mild to others. She’s lost all memory of why Bruce “The Hulk” Banner terrifies her. For a calm, strong and in control woman to not know why the very mention or memory of the man will have her in a cold sweat, the fear will be intensified to near if not total incapacitation.

So happy to have her aboard! Feel free to hit me up for plotting! As always AIM at singularlygifted, plurk at msbatty

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Hey Batty! I'm Rose and I play Steve Rogers from MCU and Elektra Natchios from Daredevil/Elektra movies so basically I'm hogging up the Marvel section.

Welcome to the cast! If you don't mind me asking, how comics flavored is she? So far things for Natasha has been really different than her 616 counterpart so I'm curious what you took out of it.

Ok, let me start by saying I've been reading/collecting the comics since the 80's. So I am pulling bits of her background and history, outlines of skills and talents as well as weaponry that has not been laid out explicitly in the MCU.

She was part of Red Room, the Black Widow program, she has been tampered with genetically as well as mentally. Alexi is part of her history as is Bucky, but she doesn't talk about that with anyone outside those two and since they aren't really likely it'll rarely if ever come up.

As MCU expands on her (including CA2) she'll be canon bumped accordingly.

I actually have some concerns about this. While minor embellishments are passable, the staff prefers that players adhere to one canon, especially when that canon is liable to change, in the interest of avoiding retcons. There are a good number of movies yet to come out for the MCU, and Winter Soldier in particular is liable to change canon for the characters.

In the MCU, Bucky is currently dead, and to our knowledge there is no indication that Black Widow was a part of genetic and mental tampering. Could you please point out any evidence that these things are plausible/present in the MCU?

Oh, ok! Well to be honest strictly speaking there is nothing set in strong MCU wise to state that Nat has had the same Red Room experience in the movies verse that she did in the comics.

That being said, and with respect to both mods and cast, I can adhere to just what is openly stated about the character and modify it as they come out with new information.

If the MCU does follow comic canon Captain America: Winter Soldier will expand with the history of what happened to Bucky after he fell and include some more of Widows back story. In the comics canon Bucky was found and rebuilt but Red Room and turned into the Winter Soldier and indeed had trained Natasha. But as yet all we know for sure about the film is the casting so, yes I was being assumptive. Which I should know at my age is never a good thing. :)

I think that would be for the best. I understand the temptation to incorporate alternate canon just to flesh out the character a bit more –– I played Clark Kent for four years, haha –– but ultimately it would just bite you in the butt in the end. It's easier to paint on a blank slate when you get more canon direction than paint over old stuff, you know?

I'm curious to see what Winter Soldier does... obviously it's going to be Bucky-heavy, but given that Widow is a cameo and doesn't seem to have a bigger role, I have to wonder if they're putting her in it to give a nod to the comics or something. I really hope she gets more development, but then again, I think I'd also rather see that in her own movie.

And that said, my boy Ezio has a thing for fierce redheads, so Nat can expect to have an Italian fellow nosing around her eventually, haha.

You brave, brave, brave player! I don't think I could ever undertake Clark, I love the character from the Lois standpoint and would kill myself over it.

I'm right there with you on CA:WS, I am so excited for it. it's unreal. I still have my fingers crossed that they the rumors they are kicking around with her solo film do pan out. I think the interest is there in the character. She has so much to offer.

As for Ezio, I don't know the character but who-boy I hope he has determination. Nat shoots most people down. It's not that she's hateful person, she's just learned it's easier to be aloof unless she needs something.

It's definitely not easy, but it's very fun, haha.

The MCU also needs more women characters, honestly. I'd give a lot to see Natasha get a more front-and-center role.

And oh god, he's determined, but he's also used to getting what he wants (ie he tends to like easy women because he is easy himself.) He is also a little bit naïve when it comes to women, haha, he's too eager to please and a bit of a sucker. BUT ALL THAT SAID... he is also an assassin and a very talented one at that, so he's not a complete loser.

I want Jan and Carol and Jen and Sharon and Bobbie and...yeah Wanda I guess. Not a huge Scarlet Witch fan, but ok. I just...GAH So many great female characters!

LOL Well now I can't wait for them to meet. Should be good for conversation.

OH HELLO redheaded Russian woman in a black catsuit

That's right Brock, meet one of the women you're lady love is based on. But she has both her eyes and less accent.

Less accent, more eyes! Makes sense.

It'll cut down on the confusion at any rate. At least I brought in her MCU version and not the comics one!

Just added you!

And oh! This should be interesting.

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