Yup, yup, I totally get what you're trying to say now! And I love speculation like this.
I really find myself dwelling on Natasha's childhood now, and imagining how that went. I've seen at least one fic where Nat has been brainwashed as a child in order to make her into the spy she is today, but I actually find it much, much more compelling to think of her as not. (And, like you basically said, they probably woudln't have NEEDED to when she was a child.)
Because surely as a child she was prodded and convinced through both threat and enticement to do what the Army needed her to do. That everyone she was hurting was 'bad' and only her handlers were 'good'. How many times was her entire world view basically struck down and then rebuilt again? Which is exactly as you say, being 'remade'. Right up until the time that Clint was sent to take her out and made a different choice. I guess we don't know specifically that he turned her, but it seems likely. That once again her world view was being turned on its ear and she was having to accept a new reality.
Ahh, it will be interesting to see what they decide to do if the SHIELD movie ever comes to pass. Seriously.
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I really find myself dwelling on Natasha's childhood now, and imagining how that went. I've seen at least one fic where Nat has been brainwashed as a child in order to make her into the spy she is today, but I actually find it much, much more compelling to think of her as not. (And, like you basically said, they probably woudln't have NEEDED to when she was a child.)
Because surely as a child she was prodded and convinced through both threat and enticement to do what the Army needed her to do. That everyone she was hurting was 'bad' and only her handlers were 'good'. How many times was her entire world view basically struck down and then rebuilt again? Which is exactly as you say, being 'remade'. Right up until the time that Clint was sent to take her out and made a different choice. I guess we don't know specifically that he turned her, but it seems likely. That once again her world view was being turned on its ear and she was having to accept a new reality.
Ahh, it will be interesting to see what they decide to do if the SHIELD movie ever comes to pass. Seriously.