By now most fans know that Avengers Endgame did not come without some open wounds. These sacrifices needed to be made to bring closure to the story and to some of the characters that were reaching the end of their arc. The possibility of either Iron Man or Captain America sacrificing themselves for the greater good was debated long before the film made its premier. Although part of that came to past, the other character who passed was unexpected and somewhat controversial. With the film ending its second week at the box office, the writers of Endgame felt it necessary to explain why they felt that it was completion of that characters journey. [Here comes the spoilers]
When writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely worked through their story, they knew two things initially. Tony would die sacrificing himself to end the conflict with Thanos on his own terms, and Captain America would live the life he should have. As for the other character, Natasha, they found that it would make sense thematically in the course of Natasha’s story arc for her to make that sacrifice. Especially when given the choice of her or Clint and his family.
From the first Avengers, Natasha has talked about all the “red in her ledger” and how she wanted to wipe it clean. In one grand moment, she had erased all the red and allowed her friends to be brought back, knowing there was no chance for her to be resurrected. Markus, in an interview with the LA Times described it like this:
I understand she was a beloved character and none of us want our heroes to die. But that is the natural end of her journey and it is the sort of apotheosis of who she is becoming. She started out as a very dark character. Even before the movies begin, she’s a spy, she’s an assassin. She has red in her ledger and to take her all the way to that sacrifice point is where her character is headed. And to not let her do that seemed a disservice to her as a hero.
McFeely added that they couldn’t let her popularity dictate what made sense in the story for her character.
Right. We couldn’t be afraid to kill her simply because she was the most important and the first female character.
Did Natasha’s death makes sense at the point they were at in the story? Would you have rather found another way to fulfill their task that didn’t include her sacrifice? Share your solution with us at GVNation.
Source: Comicbook.Com
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