#Hawkward

PLEASE don’t ship real people. For the love of god, please don’t do it.

MISSING SCENE IN INFINITY WAR #5 ▬ (see more here) (#iw spoilers // #aiw spoilers)

“He isn’t Hawkeye anymore. Hawkeye died with his family. ”

Antis: NO

Sebastian: B U C K Y N A T

But first of all, he is a human being with flaws and too many people tend to never forgive him his flaws. Are you flawless? I don’t think so.

Yes, I was really angry with him and I wasn’t in the mood to talk about him, to post stuff from him. Yeah, I took a break from him. And I took a break from the fandom. Because there was a time, when I was literally the only person, who posted high quality pics and gifs and there was this kind of pressure that I couldn’t stand anymore. The pressure, always to be the first to post the newest pics and gifs of Jeremy. I wasn’t happy in his fandom anymore. I needed this break. To forgive Jeremy his flaws, to realize, that he’s not my savior. I forgave myself and my flaws. I’m my own savior.

And the Hiddles fandom saved me. I’ve met so many new people in this fandom, it’s amazing. Thank you. I love you all so much! <3

Life is going great.

(Don’t worry, no spoilers from me.)

There’s a lot of talk about the fact that Hawkeye is canonically deaf in the comics (and uses hearing aids), but there’s rarely any mention of how this happened.

I think it’s important to remember Hawkeye didn’t just lose his hearing. He sacrificed it. It happens in the panels from the comic above, final issue of Hawkeye’s first solo limited, published in 1983 (written and penciled by Mark Gruenwald). In this comic, Hawkeye and Mockingbird (who he would marry at the end of the issue) are subjected to a sound that makes them go into a violent, uncontrollable rage. Hawkeye knows there’s a very good chance if he listens to this sound, he will beat Mockingbird to death.

This is a man who watched his father beat his mother. Who lost both his parents when his father forced his mother to drive with him when he was drunk. So when he’s faced with the possibility of becoming like his father, whether it’s of his own choice or not, and turning that kind of violence on a woman he loves, what does he do? He makes the decision to risk his own well being, to sacrifice one of his senses without knowing what the long term consequences will be, to prevent hurting her.

This is part of what makes Hawkeye’s deafness so important. It’s representation, yes, and we always need more of that in media. But it’s also a symbol of who he is, of who he’s willing to be. Yes, Hawkeye is the guy without any “real” powers, the guy who stands with the Avengers because he practiced until he got really, really good with arrows. But he’s also the guy who will put others first, who will do whatever needs to be done no matter the personal cost. Hawkeye’s deafness is a symbol of what makes him a hero, even without the powers.

Trailer’s coming tomorrow, Thursday Mar 15th.

First, notice how the journalist answers the first question about Hawkeye. Davis gets asked if Hawkeye is in the Wakanda battle. But he really can’t answer that. He hasn’t seen the whole sprawling battle, no press has. He’s seen the one scene of Steve arriving in Wakanda, described in the article. That’s what he says Hawkeye isn’t in. That’s important; notice that. We are not getting a NO about Hawkeye being in the battle as a whole. He’s just not there when Steve arrives to greet T’Challa.

Y'AAAAAAAAALLLLLL.

From @buckyhawk:

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