Who is Barney Barton?
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Charles Bernard "Barney" Barton was born on August 4th to Harold and Edith Barton. He grew up working in his father's butcher shop in Waverly, Iowa with his younger brother Clint. Barney is five years older than Clint.
Their father was abusive, especially when he drank and continually beat the young boys. So Barney taught Clint how to fight and how to stand up for himself. When his father punched Clint so hard that he lost his hearing, Barney learned asl so he could teach it his younger brother.
Barney was 11 as Harold and Edith died in a drunk driving accident.
For a few years Barney and Clint bounce around from foster care to foster care before Barney convinced Clint to run away and they joined to the Carson’s Carnival of Traveling Wonders.
Under the Swordsman, Clint and Barney learn how to throw knives, fight with swords, and steal.
When Clint confronted the Swordsman about stealing from the carnival itself, the fight between the two left Clint injuried and Barney brought him to the hospital while the Swordsman fleet. Realizing how deep the Swordsman’s crime ring goes, Barney started working on his G.E.D. after getting a decent score on his SATs. Clint was only obsessed with the show and improving his archery skills. When Barney tried to persuade Clint to take an interest in his education, he was angered, the brothers argued, and Barney reminded him that he had his own life to lead and Barney left the circus and joined the army.
After a successful career in the army, Barney joined the FBI.
During an undercover mission Barney found out about Egghead’s doomsday ray in space. He warned the Avengers SHIELD and accompanies the team - including Clint at the time - to space to destroy the ray. When Egghead used a paralysis ray on the rest of the team, Barney sacrificed his life to destroy the ray-projector.
Barney's body was taken by Egghead, who discovered there were faint vital signs and placed him in one of his accelerated healing chambers. When Egghead was killed by Hawkeye in a final battle, the chamber was left lost and forgotten until Baron Zemo discovered the chamber, and holding a personal grudge against Hawkeye and SHIELD, he manipulated Barney to turn brother against brother.
Trained by Clint’s old mentor, the original Trick Shot, Barney engages in a death match with a nearly blind Clint. Barney loses. But regardless of this, Barney still willingly agreed to donate bone marrow to save Clint’s eyesight.
It is not stated explicitly how Baron Zemo convinces Barney to fight Clint to the death. But I can't believe believe he could destroy the brothers close bond without pain and manipulation.
So I'm going with:
Barney was tortured and manipulated and Hydra implanted Barney with nanites to insure he remains under control. The nanites got turned off temporarily while Barney was hit with one of Hawkeye's electric arrows during their fight.
With the nanites no longer controlling him Barney slowly got back to who he really is. But being known by the whole world as the villian Trickshot who tried to kill Hawkeye and worked for Hydra, everyone seemed to hate him which turned Barney bitter and sarcastic. But he loves his brother and tries to be good every day.
