Let’s read some tea leaves.
Warning: This article contains spoilers forBlack Widow.
The film ends just beforeAvengers: Infinity War, with Natasha leaving to face her destiny.
Florence Pugh, David Harbour, and Scarlett Johansson in ‘Black Widow’.Jay Maidment/Marvel Studios
But an end-credits scene jumps forward in time after Natasha has sacrificed herself to help defeat Thanos.
We see Pugh’s Yelena paying her respects at Natasha’s grave, still grieving her sister’s death.
Suddenly, her mourning is interrupted by a new face:Julia Louis-Dreyfusas Val, a.k.a.
Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.
Specifically, revenge on the man she believes is responsible for her sister’s deathJeremy Renner’s Hawkeye.
As is tradition with so many Marvel credits scenes, this one sets up a future project.
Notably, this isn’t the first time Marvel fans have met Louis-Dreyfus' purple-haired Val.
Exactly what her goal may be… we’ll have to wait and see.
