Conundrum

Maria’s father was not a kind or gentle man. He never sang or read to her as he informed her it was bedtime. He didn’t shower her with praises, express his pride or love in any kind of way. He was a hardened soldier with very cynical view points and a solid set of values and ideals. The Captain raised her the same way the military trained him - With a strong authoritarian style and strict discipline.The Black Widow was able to form relationships easily; and yet, Maria didn’t believe in the slightest that Romanoff valued any of them.Manipulative, dangerous, deceitful, unstructured, undisciplined and a prime opportunist were just a few words Maria would use to describe her.All in all Natasha Romanoff was the epitome of everything she was raised to abhor and stood against on principle.