Marvel lower a possible Black Widow storyline that will have modified the following Bucky Barnes film UCM venture, and I actually want they hadn't accomplished that. The franchise's essential focus has all the time been flashy motion and over-the-top heroes. Whereas romance doesn't all the time seem in each venture, Marvel typically makes use of romance so as to add emotional weight to sure tales. Not each couple has been a success with followers and a few anticipated {couples} have but to make their MCU debut, nevertheless it's a disgrace {that a} romantic pairing by no means will get the possibility to start out.
One of many MCU's greatest romance fails was Natasha Romanoff and Bruce Banner's transient fling Avengers: Age of Ultron. Whereas their chemistry wasn't essentially unhealthy, it was extra as a result of Scarlett Johansson and Mark Ruffalo's nice performing, somewhat than the characters really feeling appropriate. Since that film, Fortuitously, Natasha was allowed to develop up on her personal with out counting on a romantic accomplice.. Nonetheless, I might like to see one in every of their comedic relationships make it to the large display.
Bucky Barnes and Natasha Romanoff's Comedian Romance Defined
The 2 met within the purple room
In Marvel comics, Natasha and Bucky Barnes crossed paths whereas within the Crimson Room. After surviving his and Steve's mission in World Struggle II, Bucky was discovered by the Soviet Union and recruited by the KGB. He was experimented on and bodily enhanced, turning into the tremendous soldier we all know because the Winter Soldier. He was then recruited to be a coach within the Crimson Room, the place he met Natasha. The 2 developed a romantic relationship, however ended up separated by the Crimson Room crew.
Natasha and Bucky assumed the others had been useless and went on with their lives, however they met once more shortly after 2006. Civil Struggle occasion within the comics. Bucky wished to get his finest good friend's weapon again after Steve supposedly died within the battle, and he acknowledged Natasha whereas preventing for the defend. The 2 reconciled and started preventing facet by facet once more, however an murderer from the Crimson Room quickly attacked them and altered Natasha's recollections. She forgot her recollections of Bucky and though she ultimately received them again, their romantic relationship was by no means the identical.
Bucky having a historical past with Natasha would have made Thunderbolts* even higher
Bucky is working alongside Natasha's sister
Natasha is not within the MCU after her dying in Avengers: Endgamehowever her spirit nonetheless lives on in her sister, Yelena Belova. It's going to seem in Rays* alongside Bucky, and their dynamic might have been rather more attention-grabbing if Marvel had simply tailored his romance with Black Widow. The MCU has already explored Yelena's dynamics together with her sister's buddies, comparable to her emotional confrontation with Clint Barton in Hawkeye. Contemplating that one of many attracts for the Rays* is how these antiheroes will work collectively, an current connection would have rocked the group.
If Bucky and Natasha's romance had been MCU canon, he would have already got a built-in dynamic with Yelena. Issues might have began off rocky like they did with Clint and Yelena pondering Bucky didn't do something to save lots of his sister, however then it could flip to understanding when she realized he was taken away too. They might have bonded over their love and unhappiness for Natasha whereas additionally having to navigate the Thunderbolts' skilled relationship and larger crew dynamic. It will even have been another factor that united the brand new period of the MCU with the unique Avengers.
The MCU May Nonetheless Adapt The Comedian's Plot, However Hopefully Not
A romance between Bucky and Yelena wouldn't work
There's nonetheless one doable manner for the MCU to adapt Bucky and Natasha's comedic romance, and that's by Bucky and Yelena. Nonetheless, I actually hope Marvel doesn't go in that route. Though Florence Pugh and Sebastian Stan are adults there may be nonetheless a considerable age distinction between them this may create an uncomfortable romantic dynamic. In reality, they might most likely appear extra like a brother and sister pair, and I simply don't see a romance between them working.
Having Bucky and Yelena collectively would simply look like an out-of-the-ordinary story to somebody who doesn't have the underlying context.
For MCU followers who haven't learn the comics, they don't even learn about Bucky and Natasha's romance. Having Bucky and Yelena collectively would simply look like an out-of-the-ordinary story to somebody who doesn't have the underlying context. At this level, It's too late for the MCU to adapt this novel and that's okay. I'll all the time miss the storyline we might have had, nevertheless it's significantly better for Marvel to simply let it go than to power it into the world. UCM in a manner that doesn't really feel real or romantic.