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From what I understand from an out-take, Nat approaching Steve and/or Bucky at the dusting was. indeed, cut out of the final IW movie. Instead, the narrative is that Nat goes to Vision *after* Steve has already left Bucky’s ashes behind to check on the Mission Objective. So it is possible Nat and/or Steve had their own private heartbeat of mourning Bucky.That gap of travel between Bucky’s dusting and the Vision check-in could indeed make for a good fic. Have at!

I’m frustrated that Natasha and Bucky’s interactions are forever being cut in the MCU. My only hope is that the official Marvel/MCU page on Black Widow specifically includes the Winter Soldier in her Red Room days. In rewatching the scene, Cap rallied the Avengers to himself (to protect Wanda and Vision) and Natasha was just behind Bucky, running with Okoye when he was energy-blasted and she was entrapped. While Thanos seemed to use the Power stone on Bucky and others, he used the Reality Stone on her (to change her surroundings to entrap her.) I’m thinking after Thanos’ escape, the ground went back to its normal state and Natasha was freed.It seems the pacing was 1) Bucky was Dusted just in front of Steve. 2) Steve was shocked for a bit and then did the Captain-Thing of checking in on the Objective [protect Vision]. Natasha got her own private time with Bucky’s dust for maybe a half-minute before she also snapped out of her grief and went to Steve. This was entirely off-screen and could be good fic-fodder.Thanks for the question. P.S. I also love both of Bucky and Nat asked “What the hell?” in Infinity War. Like they were used to each other’s swearing.

RIP, Stan Lee. Your imagination and storytelling continue to be a force for good in my life. We can all be heroes.

Interview text with Sebastian Stan in a theatre Moviebill waiting for IW. Captain of USS Buckynat!

Anon,I have read/viewed both cut dialogs from that scene. Here are my thoughts:1 - The seaching for her parent’s graves was a call back to the end of CA: The Winter Soldier when it was subtexted that the reason it would take Natasha a while to make new covers was because she was inspired by Steve Rogers to spend some time figuring out who her *genuine* self was after the fall of SHIELD. It also meant that she was, like Steve, an orphan, and the Avengers were the only family she had.  Natasha’s choices in Civil War were all about trying to keep her found-fam together or at least alive. It was Natasha herself that didn’t want to be alone.2 - The other cut lines of dropping the Red Room recruits in Syberia with only enough supplies for one person to last foreshadowed the airport fight. The Red Room called for there to be only one victor/survivor, while Natasha let both Bucky and Cap go because she wanted to choose a third path that Secretary Ross wasn’t giving them. She wasn’t, this time, letting her ‘masters’ have their victory. (Also, to get very-very speculative, there was some cut footage of the Winter Soldier on a wintery landscape, gazing down at something. I wonder if there was supposed to be a part of a scene where Natasha met the Soldier, after surviving her ordeal.)We may never know the details behind any of these mentions of Natasha’s past until the stand-alone Black Widow movie comes out.

10. Do you collect anything that isn’t fandom related? Puzzle boxes. And although not fully complete, Cards Against Humanity.