MCU: 15 most shocking Avengers: Endgame moments
By Mark Lynch
13. The Sacrifice
Black Widow and Clint Barton (now Ronin) were charged with getting the Soul Stone. They get to Vormir and Red Skull tells them the same thing he told Thanos. The only way to receive the Soul Stone is with a sacrifice. Clint and Widow both knew this was an option, but hoped for something else: One of them would have to die.
Widow and Clint argue for a bit because they each want to make the sacrifice to save the other. Their brief argument turns into a fight. Neither of them wants to see the other die and fight it out – willing to do anything even if it meant hurting the other temporarily. Everyone assumed it would be Clint to die since he’s been looked at as a joke in the MCU. In the end, however, it was Black Widow who made the sacrifice.
Death of Natasha Romanoff
In Avengers: Infinity War, we saw Thanos sacrifice Gamora because she is the only thing he loves. When the Avengers decided to retrieve all the Infinity Stones, everyone who saw the previous movie wondered who was going to die. Unfortunately,Black Widow was chosen.
Even I was shocked that Clint wasn’t the one to go. While it was surprising when it happened, it made the ending happier. Clint was reunited with his family, something that wouldn’t have happened if Clint died.