#edith barton

“the hawkeye series will dive into clint’s past.” you mean ‘past’ being something that happened less than five years ago for the character? not any other pivotal moment in his life for example THIS??

they really go so hard on this family that he has, who does nothing for his story, without ever diving into where he actually came from, or what he came from. which was almost nothing - and that is so important and completely parallels kate’s story! hello!!!!!

it doesn’t help that one of the directors flat out said that they weren’t touching on SHIELD because they, for whatever reason, thought it wasn’t ‘relevant’ but how can anything be irrelevant for a character when you know nothing about them yet? absolutely everything is relevant at this point.

clint barton was born to a young mother, who likely fled with him from harold who was an abusive father, and explains why barney hasn’t been brought up in the mcu while ALSO giving more reason to why clint is more of a quiet loner type in the mcu. he’s been on his own for a long while but still kept his heart.

he was forced to grow up and be tough, he’s been making different calls since the beginning. took his own mother’s words and used them even if it meant giving her up, because he listens to his heart and he knows what’s right deep down. this is all so important and I love clint more just with these five minutes.

YOU NEVER MISS!!!!! MY GOD EDITH!!!!!

I would so much rather see more of this part of clint’s life and how he came to be in SHIELD, than continue on with a farm and 4 people that are obviously tied to him so you don’t need screen time to show it, there have always been and will always be more important things in clint’s life to show on screen than them.

cassandra & edith barton

— you have to protect them.

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