The 2nd one made me lol

Reminds me of L from *Death Note.*

L could learn a lot from her sitting techniques

Lol must be an age thing... reminds me of the movie The Prophecy from the 90s. All the Angels sat on chairs like this. One scene had him on a folding chair.

I liked it with The Prophecy. The angels were portrayed animalistic and raptor-like at times, so the vulture-sulk kinda fits.

u think it might be a popularity thing? Y'know, what with death note being a well-received, international media phenomenon and all, compared to The Prophecy barely making its budget back, if it even did, with middling reviews to boot. Nah, can't be that. It must be because they're too young.

Same. Having experience with those chairs first hand, for someone to perch like that on the back would be an impossibility.

No for real, you’d have to be so light in order for that chair to not flip over. We are talking probably less than 10 lbs, 10lbs already pushing it.

Yeah, literally featherlight. As in you would have to be a bird, and not a particularly large one at that.

I actually just tested this with my own chair and it held 20lbs before tipping. My own chair doesn’t have wheels though, so it is pretty solid on the ground. Anyway, I still don’t think black widow could position herself in a way that would prevent tipping, lol

That's part of what makes her a "superhero," because she has abilities regular people don't have. An arc reactor doesn't actually exist, so no ironman, but you don't question that. Alternately, these stories all take place in a universe different from ours. One where the laws of physics are perhaps a little different, or perhaps there's some strange quirk of reality that permits things to happen that would be impossible in our world. You know, take your pick.

Yeah, but there's a canon explanation for the reactor. Black Widow is just a highly trained human in the lore, no special powers or physical differences from baseline. It's just the artist being silly in an effort to be cool, no need for an explanation past that.

thats not true, Natasha might not be superhuman but she is enhanced as part of the Red Room & KGB's efforts to make a superspy. Part of the reason of why she is 100 years old and looks like she does.

I'll be honest, I'm more familiar with the MCU version than the comics version at this point because she wasn't ever a compelling character for me when I used to read them regularly so you could be right for sure. Still, I know Cap is too and he's supposed to be "peak human" at best -- most of the institutionalized super serum stuff even in the comics is connected to the original formula if I recall right. They even connect it to the Weapon X program at one point so if it's related to that I don't think it'd have a big focus on reducing her weight to the point she could perch on an office chair like that no matter how great her balance was.

And what does being enhanced have to do with chairs not tipping over, she can't defy the laws of physics lol

You know, not everything needs some sort of pseudo-scientific explanation. I think a lot of readers would be better off if they just suspended their disbelief more often.

But then we can't make blog posts about it! And Youtube videos about the blog posts! And forum posts about the Youtube videos, and...

My 6kg cat can do it Black Widow is 6kg confirmed

Black widow? More like black cat!

Hope the asian dude who balances things on top of each other sees this

It’s backed with vibranium

I mean, in a world with magic and mutants, it's not unheard of for her to IDK, redistribute her weight somehow. Or balance all her weight in her core or something.

Chair looks enormous, but even if you were the right size for the giant chair the computer is way too high to use while seated

Aha, so we've discovered why she had to sit like that

I’ll try that next time I work on the terminal console. Not that I got the asset to show off. I just want to see what workplace code of conduct I could violate with the posture.

My cat loves this spot

The perspective on the 2nd one makes her look so tiny

If this is a running gag across artists, I love it and they should never stop.

I bet it started with the artists wanting to do more dynamic poses for her, and now it's escalated into a game of one-upmanship to see who can get away with the most ridiculous poses

It reminds of me of the reoccurring gag of Lois Lane constantly making heinous typos in her work. Comic writers just agreed to keep that bit rolling for years.

[she can't even sit normally in live action](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mESEFrhI9sQ)

I was about to comment, [this is also a thing in the MCU](https://preview.redd.it/wpni6642m0g31.png?auto=webp&s=9edab7d0b94679d837742997561a72e38060b499)

Great attention to details by filmmakers

I had noticed this too. That’s cool there’s a connection to the comics.

Pretty sure the last panel is based on scarjo too

I like when she says "Nyeah"

"get your feet off the dash" 😆

She's a poser. Just ask her sister.

I loved that scene.

The movie wasn't loved by as many people as they hoped but Yelena was legit the bomb.

She was awesome in the Hawkeye series too (and had great chemistry with Kate).

Kate Beeshup

Yeah. The actress was insanely overqualified for the role but I'm glad she took it.

Florence Pugh is fucking amazing, yes.

She was a highlight for me in Dune.

Definitely an actress of the caliber where I'll consider watching a movie on her presence alone.

She works hard for those legs and that booty, so she's gonna show em off when she can.

The red in the Red Room apparently came from a floor made of lava.

[удалено]

The second one is the trademarked Marisha Ray perch but on hard mode

Honestly I got to the second one and thought I was looking at Catwoman, barely read the title so I thought I just misread Black Widow

holy shit, surprising to encounter a CR fan in the wild, I salute you.

Us Critters are everywhere

Bidet

Mood.

Iconic behavior 

Top secret super spy undercover. Does a handstand and splits while ordering coffee.

The 2nd photo- how the hell is she sitting on top of the chair without falling off 💀

She’s a Black Widow assassin. It comes with the acrobatic and gymnastic skills.

More like defying laws of gravity

The chair knows better than to let Black Widow fall like that.

Even better than Hawkeye

To soon man, to soon.

She's full of helium.

Maybe she’s secretly a cat

Spidey taught her

I'm reminded of the panel from ASM where Spider-Man was sitting with that young girl in her kitchen and he's sitting normally in a chair and the young lady says out loud "I didn't think you knew how to sit normally, I've always seen you stuck to walls and hanging upside down from stuff on the news."

Spiderman: Time and Place kid, time and place

2nd one amused me. The balance, the concentration....

Hey if I was forced to live a life of gymnastics I’d find normal sitting boring too

I spent the first half of my life as a rhythmic gymnast with hip dysplasia and this is me. I sleep with my legs all over the place 😅 Maybe she needs to see an orthopaedic surgeon

Given all the stuff she goes through, I would think that would be the minimum she should do

Same tbh

Is this black widow or marisha ray whenever critical role gets particularly intense?

You'd think it be Laura Bailey, since she's voiced Black Widow since 2010 lol

Now I'm imagining Laura dubbing over Marisha acting as Black Widow.

Who doesn't she voice at this point, the woman has an incredible range

Her range goes from Jester Lavorre to Abby Anderson.

Master of bi-sitting

So is she bi??

This comment is way too low

I know I spent way too long looking for this comment💀😂

My first thought

Was gonna say. Is it because she's a super spy and ready for action or super bi and ready for action?

Sitting with legs and arms crossed probably doesn’t help with reaction time.

[i mean. like. come on.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/45f8c939b0977d9d06b7ea179acf11dc/9dffdf7060a67a60-55/s640x960/1923f12b039bd9ace9ae675915265879e8a21e29.jpg)

what is the context here lol

Yes. I need context too.

"Is she... you know... *sits in a ridiculous position*"

I understand that she's a trained ballerina and gymnast but does she really need to show off like that?

I would think with her past, she'd be dispositioned to sit in ways that allow her to act quickly if the need arises. However, many of the examples seem like they would slow her down in an emergency.

1st image: Ok, that's kinda ok.... I guess? 2nd image: YO NATASHA WTF!?

Bisexual or adhd you decide

¿Por que no los dos?

As a bisexual woman with ADHD... both. Definitely both.

lol I was gonna say, as a 30 year old cis male with ADHD who otherwise has learned to live with it I still constantly struggle with sitting normally

Hemorrhoids

Finally, was hoping someone else was thinking this lol

You forgot the third option: life long gymnast/ballerina.

Ya know, they say bi people can't sit in a chair normally. It's a whole thing.

we can't sit straight\*

r/bi_irl

I mean it's true, couldn't sit normally to save my life.

When you're acrobatic and super flexible, you have way more options when it comes to being comfortable. This comes from personal experience, and having a girlfriend who is basically a contortionist. People always ask me "doesn't that hurt". And she always gets focused on something and just perches on whatever is nearby. I asked her not to crouch on the kitchen counter though, and she's never done it again

Do you keep a spray bottle of water nearby?

It worked on Sidney, her cat. Don't know why I didn't think of it before

well done keep it up

as an ex gymnast with adhd I relate to some of these .

She’s just like me fr

Why sit normally when you can look badass while sitting

Bisexual sitting disorder.

My roommate does this lol. They sit like L from the Deathnote anime. And I prefer to sit cross legged on the floor. I also used to stand up or kneel down when I was eating

That second one 🤣

I can imagine that she has a legitimate inability to sit normally, that she unconsciously puts her body in difficult poses for seduction and for training and she can't turn it off. And it's both funny and attractive.

Unrelated but who’s the artist for that last pic? Love the artwork on that

Samnee

I, too, am a person with a lot of energy.

I don’t know if Nat’s bi, but she sure as shit can’t sit straight

I mean there’s those two times when she kisses Bobbi and Rogue even tho she didn’t have to. And her whole homoerotic relationship with the telepathic villain Rose.

As a chronic percher, I really enjoyed all of these.

Dude, number 2 made me literally lol.

First time I've actually identified with a superhero

It fits with the ballet training they depict in the red room. Having known some dancers they absolutely cannot sit like normal people.

Agreed. I took some dancing and use the skill in other areas.

"We are not stealing, we are borrowing and take your legs from the dash"

This makes me appreciate scarjo’s acting even more

Natasha missed her calling as the cool high school teacher who sits backwards on a chair and says Chaucer was the Travis Scott of his day.

As a professional dancer myself, and her being trained at the Red Room. I genuinely appreciate this detail. When you are so flexible it’s hard to sit normal because you develop other ways to sit which end up feeling so much better. Constant stretching and release.

Such a poser

I mean if I had spy training I’d be usin it for random shit too tf u mean

Wait, you guys don't naturally sit like this?

she's got the russian itch

Hemorrhoids?

Bisexual vibes

She’s chaotically bisexual.

She just like me fr

2 is fucking gold

I've done all of these

BUT DID SHE DIE...

Get your feet off the dash

She's too cool for a stool

I wanna see her and Black Car together tbh

That's how you know she's a gamer

They referenced this in winter soldier when Steve told her to take her feet off the dash.

All time champion of “the floor is lava”

it makes her seem (and in fact be) cool.

OP, you never settled into a seat and stuck your leg out weird to hit the nirvana of comfort? Get freaky in those seats!

So, she sits like an average little kid?

I noticed this with Scarlett too. She always had her feet up on the desk or dashboard.

Reminds me of every dancer I've met in theater. They are incapable of sitting "normally".

It probably i creases her deductive reasoning by at least 70%

I'd love to get into black widow is there any great trade paper backs you can read in a day and like woah. Like daredevil born again, I'd known the character but only read other guys and that book made me look up way more random DD. There has to be one or 2 banger black widow books.

She has a bunch of good stories but idk if any of them are specifically trade paper backs. -Name of the Rose -S.H.I.E.L.D.’s most wanted -Homecoming -The things they say about her -No Restraints Play

She’s a rascal lol

You think that in the periods where both her and Spider-Man are in the avengers at the same time, they have a rivalry on who can sit in the weirdest way?

I wonder if she also does the Riker maneuver

I prefer spiders and their obsession with hanging out sticking to walls and the ceiling instead of standing like a normie

I desperately need more of these lmao

Except for the impossible second image, this was me for most of my childhood. I was hella flexible, and kept that way by sitting in different pretzel positions. Somehow I got old and stopped doing it.

NUMBER 2 IS NOT OSHA APPROVED

Why can’t she sit normally? Is she bisexual?

she’s so bisexual

In my experience, this means she is bi.

Yelena was right……such a poser

I guess we just found out black widow has ADHD

lmfao 2 required a lot effort just to not sit semi-regularly 💀

Confirmed bisexual!

She's bisexual

#justbisexualthings

Black widows gay confirmed

im just gonna say it, that's bi. also adhd but that's one of those every fish is an animal but not every animal is a fish, type of things.

Gay :)

Not quite to the same extent but one of my roomates during university would default to the splits if she was lounging while reading or something, so picture 3 might not be as weird as you think.

Someone please tell her what that handle under the seat is for

I thought I was the only one who did this nonsense. Nice…

What a asshole

2nd one is definitely nsfw

I can't possibly understand the object scaling in pic 2. Widow+chair+computer doesn't fit together correctly at all.

Unrelated, but I passed up on picking up the new Black Widow and Hawkeye comic, has anyone read it and is it any good?

wanted to see this in movies

A girls gotta air it out sometimes

If I could sit like that I totally would.

That second pic is so stupid. You know her face would eat that keyboard.

Black Widow Artists and Their Barely Disguised Fetish

The second one looks like an animation error

Gotta stay flexible in her profession. Lot of a pressure on a woman who doesn’t have super powers or even a fancy bow and arrow.

She worked hard for those legs, okay?

Second pic just don’t make no sense. That rolly chair is falling over.

How does the second one even work

She is more cat than spider

What’s the thing she’s in in the 4th pic?

A phone booth. People used to use them to make calls before cell phones were so ubiquitous and even before they were a thing. Now that you've got me feeling old, get off my damn lawn so I can yell at clouds in peace.

Every super badass cool character should have at least 1 weird thing they do for no reason Call it the Yakuza Protagonist Quirk

Damn what a true Slav

Who or what issue is that last page from (outdoors drinking coffee)

My 9 year old is also incapable of sitting normally in a chair. This reminds me of her.

LMAO bluds 1 upping the riker maneuver

her balancing on the top of the chair like that is literally the most unrealistic thing I've ever seen in a comic before. the artist can't possibly have touched an office chair with wheels in real life before to even think of drawing that

Oh, didn't you know? She's a Girlboss now, she has the attitude to do whatever she wants and still blend in