so the happy ending in BW is that abused KGB agents are now killers on CIA payroll?
Not exactly! The happy ending is ending their abusers and freeing the Widows. The post-credit scene jumps to after Endgame (and after Natasha's death) and shows us Yelena on Natasha’s grave, where she's joined by a woman [who should be CIA, I think, but who knows?] who tells her she's got a job. Yelena is annoyed, but the woman adds "Don't you want to kill the man responsible for your sister's death?" aka Clint, and we see how that goes in Hawkeye.
It's in Hawkeye that one of the Widows tells Yelena that she should do as she does and work as a killer. (And yes, it is a problem.) I'm not sure how marvel is going to handle that (Yelena, along with Bucky and other villains, will be in Thunderbolts, which in the comics is a team of ex-villains/grey characters who work for good I think), I don't exactly have high hopes. I do hope Yelena doesn't end being like a Punisher for the government.
And no worries about introducing another show, rants are always welcome! Also yes, the Punisher ending was very disappointing. Madani aside, S1 ends with Frank admitting to be scared, which was cool and interesting to me, so of course by S2 he goes back to unapologetically killing criminals.
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Not exactly! The happy ending is ending their abusers and freeing the Widows. The post-credit scene jumps to after Endgame (and after Natasha's death) and shows us Yelena on Natasha’s grave, where she's joined by a woman [who should be CIA, I think, but who knows?] who tells her she's got a job. Yelena is annoyed, but the woman adds "Don't you want to kill the man responsible for your sister's death?" aka Clint, and we see how that goes in Hawkeye.
It's in Hawkeye that one of the Widows tells Yelena that she should do as she does and work as a killer. (And yes, it is a problem.) I'm not sure how marvel is going to handle that (Yelena, along with Bucky and other villains, will be in Thunderbolts, which in the comics is a team of ex-villains/grey characters who work for good I think), I don't exactly have high hopes. I do hope Yelena doesn't end being like a Punisher for the government.
And no worries about introducing another show, rants are always welcome! Also yes, the Punisher ending was very disappointing. Madani aside, S1 ends with Frank admitting to be scared, which was cool and interesting to me, so of course by S2 he goes back to unapologetically killing criminals.