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In Age of Ultron, Black Widow has glowing blue stripes across her costume. Bright blue stripes.

Why? Why would someone who's focused on stealth have glowing stripes on their uniform? Is there a in-universe reason?

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  • ...it looks cool?
    – KutuluMike
    May 17, 2015 at 14:14
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    I assumed it was related to her electrically-powered gizmos; an unobtrusive power source or something
    – Jason Baker
    May 17, 2015 at 14:54
  • @JasonBaker Yeah, I'm pretty sure marvel.wikia.com/Black_Widow%27s_Gauntlets is the short answer.
    – Ixrec
    May 17, 2015 at 15:59
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    "Why would someone focused on stealth have glowing stripes on their uniform?" Why would someone focused on stealth be on a team with a guy who wears a flag as a uniform, a flying red and gold metal man, a dude swinging a lightning hammer wearing a red cape, and a giant green monster?
    – Monty129
    May 22, 2015 at 21:52
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    They make for a good distraction? :P
    – Petersaber
    May 23, 2015 at 23:09

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An interview with Yahoo News suggests that the blue highlights are related to some new gadget of Widow's that fires electric blasts. From the article:

Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow suit got the most dramatic alteration. “I went electric,” said Johansson, who reprises the role of Black Widow (her fourth time as the Russian heroine) in reference to the Tron-esque new suit (courtesy of Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark) that allows her to fire electrical blasts of energy at the bad guys.

And from the interview itself:

Johansson: I had a crazy...like electrical...blast sort of thing...ish. I went electric, I guess.

Design & Trend got some on-set spoilers, which also suggested an electrical theme:

JoBlo has let loose another leak on a Marvel film, this time spilling details on Black Widow's costume for "Avengers: Age of Ultron."

According to the report, the character will feature a "TRON-style" look that will feature electricity flowing through it, which will manifest as electroshock "widow sting" superpowers.

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    I don't remember that happening in the movie (BW shooting "blasts"). She used her electric batons, though
    – Petersaber
    May 17, 2015 at 17:34
  • @Petersaber We may have to wait for the DVD (or for someone else to see it and confirm). I faintly remember something about it, but can't confirm 100%
    – Jason Baker
    May 17, 2015 at 17:37
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    This answer is correct, so no reason for me to add another one. The concept was called the "Widow's Sting" and was based on Chitauri blaster technology recovered from The Battle of New York (in the first movie). HYDRA's armored power-suit guys were based on the same technology - you can see them glowing blue during the battle at the beginning in the snowy woods. Apparently the scenes showing the sting in use were dropped in the final cut, however.
    – Omegacron
    May 18, 2015 at 18:01
  • I would clarify that it's not her ability, but it's her suit/weapon's ability. She doesn't have and didn't gain super powers, but she does use new weapons.
    – user31178
    May 22, 2015 at 2:15
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    @CreationEdge Edited, but it was in the quote...
    – Jason Baker
    May 22, 2015 at 2:45

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