[ SECRET POST #2512 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2512 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

"Is this love, Agent Romanoff?"

"Love is for children, I owe him a debt."

[diet_poison]

but that's not explicitly saying "I'm not in love with him"

in fact that read to me as being very deliberately vague, or at least, trying to play it up a certain way.

[(Anonymous)]

It was delivered directly, frankly, and immediately, indicating that she wasn't lying or trying to be cagey but was actually stating what she believed

If they had ended up in a relationship at the end, it could have been read a different way, but that coupled with the complete absense of resolution makes it pretty clear, IMO.

Clearly the anon in question is the dark mirror of the more rabid shippers out there: all the batshit jumping to conclusions for evidence of the ship, but without actually liking the pairing.

[diet_poison]

I felt everything she said to Loki was part of the act. There was no definite indication that she was in love with Clint, but I also don't think that's a definite indication that she wasn't. And I also don't understand why them winding up in a relationship has to be a requisite for her potential feelings to be a real thing. Maybe he doesn't return them, or maybe it's not urgent, or maybe it's for a different movie, or maybe they really didn't want to make it a focus (that would be refreshing tbh - to have it exist but not be a huge screen time sucker), or maybe they just really didn't want to interfere with the endgame and resolution of The Avengers with a romantic subplot, which I totally understand and appreciate; I thought the movie was excellent. Or maybe she really doesn't have romantic feelings for him. We really don't know. (I'd be ok with it either way. I just love their close partnership; romantic or platonic endgame would make me happy, either one, as long as it was one well.)