We're Like, Team Lady Spiders

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE 21 WAS AMAZING AND EVERYTHING I DREAM OF COMICS BEING. IT'S JESS, NATASHA, AND ANYA TEAMING UP AND KICKING ASS AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE ISSUES WHERE YOU COUNT INTERACTIONS THAT DON'T PASS THE BECHDEL TEST, NOT THE ONES WHO DO, BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS IT A SUPERHEROINE TEAM-UP ISSUE, IT IS AN ISSUE WITH DRIVEN, EVIL LADY SCIENTISTS AND EVIL DIMENSION-JUMPING LADY MERCENARIES.

Hasn't Everyone?

But at the same time, I really want details. Tell me more, tell me more, did they think Jason Todd would ever sexually abuse someone? Did they think Steve Rogers would be a Republican?

"Sorry I'm Not Made Of Sugar & I'm Not Sweet Enough For You."

I was reading tv tropes' page on Defrosting The Ice Queen, which (unsurprisingly, as it's often a subset of ruthless girl/emotional open guy) is a trope I really enjoy. Whoever wrote that entry really nailed the ways it functions as wish fulfillment in two different directions:

More emotionally open character: "He/She doesn't hate me, she's just waiting for me to prove my love is true."

Or

Ice Queen: "A warm and caring love interest will fall in love with me and bring me fulfillment and happiness."

(I edited the above to be more gender inclusive.)