The Black Widow’s kid sister is on the prowl, buying vests and kicking ass with this week’s Yelena Belova cosplay!
As Marvel introduces the next wave of superheroes, we continue to learn more and more about the backstories of classic characters in the MCU. In the Black Widow movie, we are finally introduced to Yelena Belova, Natasha Romanov’s younger sister. This week we’re whipping out the vests and ovary jokes for these Yelena Belova cosplays!
Yelena Belova cosplay by Becky_Cosplays
Hawkeye show brought Yelena Belova back onto the screen, cementing her as a character for the next wave of Marvel projects. There was some definite bromance happening between Kate Bishop and Yelena, that has fans asking some serious questions about their chemistry. It’s refreshing to see a new wave of sassy, hilarious ladies getting major screen time, with some independent storylines that make us laugh and touch us right in the feels.
Marvel, PLEASE give us the Kate and Yelena buddy comedy we desperately need!
As a cosplay, Yelena is deceptively straight forward. A white jumpsuit can’t possibly be that hard to create, can it? OH YES, it can. The fit and function of this look are crucial to its execution, because a Widow has to have freedom of movement for those action packed power poses. Add in the signature vest and traditional widow accessories- the gloves and the guns- and you’re ready to rock.
Yelena Belova cosplay by Amanda Maria Cosplay
As we wrap up our Pride month coverage, (and mourn the traumatic loss of women’s rights to control their own uterus in the USA with the overturn of Roe v Wade), we’re leaving you with this hot sauce wielding, macaroni and cheese eating antihero. Enjoy!
“Okay, you got a plan, or shall I just stay, duck, and cover?“
“I don’t get my period dipshit. I don’t have a uterus.“
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“That’s what happens when the Red Room gives you an involuntarily hysterectomy. They kinda just go in and rip out all your reproductive organs. They just get right in there and chop them all away. So you can’t have babies.“
“I was just going to talk about fallopian tubes…“
“Well, then you were fooling yourself. Because pain and suffering is every day and we are both still a trained killer. Except I’m not the one who’s on the cover of a magazine. I’m not the killer little girls call their hero.“
“I’ve never had control over my own life before, and now I do. I want to do things.“
“Well it’s not smart to attack an Avenger if you want to stay hidden. I mean the clue is in the name. Dreykov kills you and one of the big ones comes to avenge you.“
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Jennifer aka "Mayhem's Muse" is the Cosplay Editor for BoLS and manages Ad Sales and Communications. Her cosplay awards include the RTX Judge's Choice Award and Dragon's Lair Austin's Cosplay Symposium.
Jennifer has been a Cosplay Guest Judge at RTX, Tacticon and Genghis Con in Colorado. She regularly attends conventions to cover cosplay for BoLS. Her cosplay work has been featured in publications such as Girls Who Love Monsters, Geek Fuel, and Renaissance Magazine. Jennifer has modeled in the Her Universe Fashion Show, Precision Camera's yearly Precision Camera University, and has taught several workshops for photographers about partnering with cosplayers and creative muses/models.
Jennifer is a lifelong enthusiast of retro video games and loves Dungeons & Dragons, urban fantasy, tabletop games, VR technology, and historical archery. She has set National Records through USA Archery’s Traditional Division for Asiatic Bows and earned 4th Place in the World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan in 2018 for Women’s Korean Archery. Jennifer is currently studying for her Masters's Degree in Organizational Leadership.
