I don't understand this Avengers post: [link]
For a few reasons. I think they did sexualise Black Widow. I think she so clearly wasn't the central character, and if one of the male characters had done all those things, he would have been the central character too--doing the pivotal tasks to the saving of the world does not make you central to the movie--the film's emphasis was more on Tony and Steve than her. For all they cite her badassedness, that second GIF is painful to watch. That's not how you effectively use guns. Her working out how to fly the skimmer wasn't badassed--it was nonsensical. They coulda made it badassed, but they didn't.
If the poster wants to highlight ways in which the potential of the character was undercut by the writing, directing, and how they had lower standards for ScarJo's stuntwork making it to the screen (the behind the scenes stuff looks better, so I'm not blaming her for it--I just think her character's effectiveness wasn't prioritised as much as the male heroes' was).
At least I don't have the energy to reblog and put that comment on it, because it's really not the place, but..dammit! I don't want to settle for a sub par "badassed" female character. I want them to excel like the male ones. Don't drop one of the bars and call it success. Progress maybe, but not success.
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