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I knew about Black Widow's bracelets (the Widow stings) because I saw them used in the Avengers and Captain America 2. Articles have been written claiming the stings are upgrades. The "romance"? Latino Review was the one that was reporting the first 15 minutes "leaks" of AoU (and everyone else copied). That site has been dragged by many commentors for being wrong on what it has reported. LR wrote an Iron Man 2 "scoop" that there would be a love triangle between Iron Man, Pepper Potts, and Black Widow. Threw in a "confirmation" from Downey Jr. I saw Iron Man 2 - Pepper was not a lick jealous of Natasha; she was ticked at Tony because he would do something that could open Stark Industries up to a highly-publicized sexual harrassment suit.

I have read about Marvel characters, subjects and themes through Wikipedia. Some of this stuff is pretty rough, and I can't see Marvel/Disney signing off on any of this. One - sexual contact while under the influence of magic, super serums or otheworldly powers (i.e., rape). Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. did this with Ward and Lorelei, and that started a long comment thread with the question of consent. Marvel tried with Iron Man 3 having Pepper seduced by Extremis-juiced Killian by way of his phrenomes. That was scraped because the date rape of a woman plot twist would had a national outcry and a R rating from MPAA. The point is, Marvel/Disney borrows from the comic universe and sanitizes it because it wants adults to bring their kids to their movies (and it has to appeal to a wider audience). It's all about money, and Whedon will sacrifice characters and plots to make it.