Important Scene In Black Widow That Practically Made No Sense
"Black Widow" in 2021 finally delivered fans the long-awaited backstory of what Natasha Romanov (Scarlett Johansson) was up to after the events of "Captain America: Civil War," and even delivered the viewer a fairly extensive history on how she became the lethal assassin (turned Avenger) known as Black Widow.
Natasha was shown to have lived in Ohio with two undercover Russian operatives and her foster sister Yelena Belova when she was younger (Florence Pugh). For a while, the four pretended to be a real family, until they were forced to depart the nation with stolen intelligence. They are successful in transporting the information to Cuba, where Natasha and Yelena are distanced and ordered to undergo the Red Room, where young girls are brainwashed to become elite assassins known as Black Widows.
The plot revolves around Natasha confronting her history and finally ending the Red Room system, and her quest eventually compels her to meet paths with Red Room Leader General Dreykov in one of the MCU's most memorable combat sequences. However, one element of the encounter does not make sense to viewers.
As described in the movie, Dreykov controls each Black Widow by a "pheromone lock" implanted in them during their teaching, preventing any of the Widows from hurting him as long as they can smell him — therefore Natasha fractures her own nose on the table to sever the nerve. Following the movie release, viewers rushed to Reddit to voice their perplexity over why Natasha had to do this in order to bring Dreykov down.
"Can we just talk about how Dreykov's pheromone thing is useless if someone actually tried to kill him," u/Stein619 wrote. "Nat could have just walked across the room and shot him." Others were unsure why she even bothered with the whole "sever the nerve" maneuver in the first place. "At a minimum, she could've figured a much simpler way to stop herself from smelling," says u/Great_Zarquon. "a) before she entered the room and b) that isn't permanent lol."
As u/dimsonny jokes: "It's basic science you have to sever the nerve. Nose plugs don't exist in the MCU." In retrospect, it appears that Natasha might have solved this specific obstacle in a variety of ways, albeit none of them are as ludicrous as losing her own sense of smell to take down a tyrant — and perhaps this is the idea.
While many users were openly critical of Natasha's methods during the last duel, many others came to her support, believing that her lack of preparation was deliberate and aimed to fool Dreykov into disclosing the rest of his plan. "It was Natasha again playing vulnerable to get them to lower their guard so they feel in control," explained u/waitingtodiesoon. "Like in Avengers 1 when she was 'tied up and being interrogated' she was getting all the intelligence she needed from him."
Indeed, when Natasha is under the influence of the pheromones, Dreykov reveals her whole strategy to her: he tells her how to access all information on the other Black widows he has stationed across the globe, what he intends to do with them, and how to correct their brainwashing — all in one monologue. He even teaches how to disable the brain chip that controls Taskmaster for no apparent reason, and after she has all the answers, Natasha breaks free from his control and completely destroys him.
So, did Natasha's obviously nonsensical approach succeed? Yes, in the end. Was it overly dramatic, hazardous, and maybe unnecessary? Yes, as well.
Natasha was shown to have lived in Ohio with two undercover Russian operatives and her foster sister Yelena Belova when she was younger (Florence Pugh). For a while, the four pretended to be a real family, until they were forced to depart the nation with stolen intelligence. They are successful in transporting the information to Cuba, where Natasha and Yelena are distanced and ordered to undergo the Red Room, where young girls are brainwashed to become elite assassins known as Black Widows.
The plot revolves around Natasha confronting her history and finally ending the Red Room system, and her quest eventually compels her to meet paths with Red Room Leader General Dreykov in one of the MCU's most memorable combat sequences. However, one element of the encounter does not make sense to viewers.Natasha had other options to take down Dreykov
As described in the movie, Dreykov controls each Black Widow by a "pheromone lock" implanted in them during their teaching, preventing any of the Widows from hurting him as long as they can smell him — therefore Natasha fractures her own nose on the table to sever the nerve. Following the movie release, viewers rushed to Reddit to voice their perplexity over why Natasha had to do this in order to bring Dreykov down."Can we just talk about how Dreykov's pheromone thing is useless if someone actually tried to kill him," u/Stein619 wrote. "Nat could have just walked across the room and shot him." Others were unsure why she even bothered with the whole "sever the nerve" maneuver in the first place. "At a minimum, she could've figured a much simpler way to stop herself from smelling," says u/Great_Zarquon. "a) before she entered the room and b) that isn't permanent lol."As u/dimsonny jokes: "It's basic science you have to sever the nerve. Nose plugs don't exist in the MCU." In retrospect, it appears that Natasha might have solved this specific obstacle in a variety of ways, albeit none of them are as ludicrous as losing her own sense of smell to take down a tyrant — and perhaps this is the idea.Others think Natasha knew exactly what she was doing
While many users were openly critical of Natasha's methods during the last duel, many others came to her support, believing that her lack of preparation was deliberate and aimed to fool Dreykov into disclosing the rest of his plan. "It was Natasha again playing vulnerable to get them to lower their guard so they feel in control," explained u/waitingtodiesoon. "Like in Avengers 1 when she was 'tied up and being interrogated' she was getting all the intelligence she needed from him."Indeed, when Natasha is under the influence of the pheromones, Dreykov reveals her whole strategy to her: he tells her how to access all information on the other Black widows he has stationed across the globe, what he intends to do with them, and how to correct their brainwashing — all in one monologue. He even teaches how to disable the brain chip that controls Taskmaster for no apparent reason, and after she has all the answers, Natasha breaks free from his control and completely destroys him.So, did Natasha's obviously nonsensical approach succeed? Yes, in the end. Was it overly dramatic, hazardous, and maybe unnecessary? Yes, as well.
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