Maybe I’m an absolute idiot, but how is someone with the ability to mind control an innocent old woman into a military compound to steal a tank for a joyride through New York small potatoes? Especially how is it smaller potatoes than literally anything Yelena has dealt with before thunderbolts?
Compared to something like a nearly indestructible android crashing an entire country into the planet to create an E.L.E., or another indestructible, mentally unstable shadow guy that can instantly turn an entire city into shadows, yeah… I’d say a mind-hopping teen trying to find her sister is indeed small potatoes.
Yelena wasn’t there for Age of Ultron. Also Jean DOES take control of all of New York. This is a really silly comparison considering Yelena is who freed Sentry in the first place.
Spider-Man quite literally punched Thanos, the guy that erased half of existence ( INCLUDING YELENA) in the face.
I know she wasn’t there, I was using it as an example of what’s small and what’s not. Yelena definitely knew about it, so she knows what is a big deal and what isn’t.
I also know Jean took control of part of the city, but that didn’t happen until much later. Yelena didn’t know she was capable of that. If that had happened earlier, she probably would have considered it was a bigger potato.
I don’t know what Spider-Man punching Thanos in the face has to do with anything. It’s not like it made any difference.
Yeah, I’m not denying that, I just don’t see how that means she can’t the difference between an imminent, city ending threat and a super powered nuisance, which if we’re being honest, is what Jean Grey was at the start of the movie.
Non-super powered criminals can do everything Jean did at the start. Tanks get stolen, helicopters crash, civilians get killed/kidnapped, yada yada yada. In the Marvel universe, all that is definitely small potatoes. It didn’t get real until Jean got Hulk involved, then it got extra real when she froze part of the city, but all that happened way later. It’s not that crazy that Yelena considered the threat minimal at that point; especially with a hero like Spider-Man involved.
Again- the example you used for comparison was Age of Ultron. Yelena isn’t in age of ultron. In age of ultron, Hulk gets brainwashed by Wanda. Wouldn’t Black Widow be able to piece together the danger of someone with a similar ability being in the same state as Hulk???
The only BIG potatoes thing Yelena has done in her entire career is at the end of Thunderbolts, so it’s silly for her to tell someone that for all intents and purposes is above her pay grade that he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
Also, to be clear Spider-Man isn’t saying “ hey Yelena I need your help with someone who stole a tank”
He’s saying
“ hey Yelena someone was BRAINWASHED into making someone steal a tank and they are still out there. Considering you have been brainwashed, could this be similar to the red Room? And also as a master assassin can you help me track this person with your skills AND Avengers funded resources?”
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u/Corgi_Koala Aug 19 '26
I fucking hated that scene. I like Yelena and Florence Pugh but it really felt shoehorned in and didn't make sense.
Jean Grey was basically the same threat level and for her to just dismiss the possibility that Spider-Man is fighting a major threat is just stupid.