And I must be losing my mind maybe you have a sweet sinful smile
I'm in trouble
'Cause you turn me upside down and around and around
Turn me upside down and around and around
Turn me upside down and around and around
My feet don't touch the ground when I'm around you
When I'm around you you you you you
"Not really, no. But you're the only one who understands that."
So I was thinking about redoing my 6 fanarts post now that I've gotten better with my digital art.... buuuut then I had the idea to draw 6 of my favorite otps instead! I haven't 100% planned out which ones I'll do (I have so many it's a crime, really), but that's what I've decided to spend some time on because it gives me joy!
First up is Bucky & Natasha!! I absolutely loved the idea of them getting together when I first heard that it happened in the comics and then after actually reading the comics I fell for these two hecka hard. Their love is so deep and complex and beautiful. I could honeslty gush about them for days. (They are both also very gorgeous.) I wish it was something that could have been explored in the MCU... but there's always fanfiction, right? Haha.
I just want to point out the parallel between Aelin Galathynius and Natasha Romanoff. They are both found and raised to be assassins, with both of them eventually taking names on that aren't their own. They are killers until something happens to them and they are “saved” from that (Clint finds Nat, Chaol sends Celaena to Wendlyn). They both choose a family, one that accepts them, and are happy, only to be ripped away. But Aelin comes back, she lives, and is happy even though Maeve and the gods almost took everything from her. But Natasha doesn’t come back. She doesn't get that happy ending. So while their stories seem similar, in the end, one got it all, and the other got it all taken away.