hey king don't know why everyones being so malicious in asks recently i think you're spot on abt everything tbh ANYWAYS can i perchance get ur opinion on ace!hawks headcanon pls and thank you would be appreciated
Thank you for your kind words!
While I don't personally think or write of Hawks as ace, I'm sure I can think of an ace!hawks very easily. I know I wrote out somewhere, in fic or meta, that Hawks likely thinks of other people as if he's seeing them through glass. A remnant of his earliest socialization being a TV screen. And that extends to how he visualizes himself (on one side of the glass) and views others - also all his shielding habits/clear fear of emotional exposure. There's a lot of both not understanding people and also not wishing to be perceived.
I bring this up because I think Hawks would, especially an ace!Hawks, be aware that sexual attraction exists, but it would be something that exists firmly on the other side of glass, and not on his side, just another thing that makes him distant and different. Especially when he is so clearly fetishized by his fans, and a large part of his stated in-canon appeal is that he's attractive and charismatic. Much like he already does in canon, it's very easy to think of him going through the motions and acting as others do to deflect anyone realizing he truly doesn't feel this stuff. I think that's a very relatable queer feeling (not just for those on the ace spectrum). Belonging, realizing the world around you isn't for you and that you never quite fit.
