im sorry this is a rant
okokok so i know there was some really shitty decisions made with aou (see: whedon directing) but…. i dont know where people are getting the “natasha said she’s a monster cause she cant have babies” from????
bruce brought up the whole “this relationship would be unfair to you – if nothing else i cant give you children” because he is a self deprecating idiot and he thinks that tash wouldnt want a relationship if she cant have babies and that he cant have babies because hes a monster right
so tash explains that she cant have babies, and explains why – because she was raised to be a killing machine, babies would be a distraction – the “whos the monster” line is referring to the fact that her ability to have kids was removed so she could kill people without distraction not ‘i cant have kids so im a monster’ srsly where did you guys get that
tl;dr: tash thinks she is a monster cause she was raised to kill, she doesnt think she is a monster because she cant have kids
Total agreement, just wanted to add one bit:
I think she partially views it as, she is a monster because they created her to be one. And as she said, “they took away the one thing that could be more important than a mission.” They took away her ability to be anything other than a monster. I think that’s why it’s so important to her.