Winterhawk

"He's had worse."

it's complicated!

from 1984-1991, there are about 8 references total to clint having hearing aids. in some of those panels he just says "hearing aid," in others he says hearing aids (plural), but in any case he's shown to touch both the left and right ear at separate points.

a visual depiction of a hearing aid is only shown once (confusingly, the ear is not shown to be outside the mask so it doesn't make sense. let's attribute that to a coloring error despite the linework suggesting otherwise).

so, i would say after clint initially went deaf in hawkeye v1 #4, he wore in-the-ear (ITE) hearing aids in both ears (thus, two)

after clint is again deafened in hawkeye v4 #15 (2014), he's shown wearing behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aids in both ears.

and then all-new hawkeye immediately switched that to ITE hearing aids

but, presumably, still in both ears. he switches back to BTE hearing aids in hawkeye v5, but it seems he only has one in the right ear.

he then was consistently portrayed with a BTE hearing aid in only the right ear

as for his last most substantive series appearances: in black widow & hawkeye, he wasn't really visually portrayed with any hearing aids, but a small ITE aid was shown in the left ear in like two panels, and in avengers assemble v3 and subsequent related infinity comic appearances, there were no visual depictions at all.

however, for his 2-issue arc appearance for this disability month, he's portrayed with a BTE aid again, but only in the left ear.

i guess they mixed up that it had previously been the right ear?

second base: torture

for the anon who asked for winterhawk, here’s bucky and clint, expertly dealing with the morning after.

fair warning: there’s a bit of the fake dating trope involved. no one asked for that. i threw it in as a bonus, because i have no self-control.

Clint squirms awake at some ungodly hour of the morning and damn near elbows Bucky right in the liver as he burrows out from underneath his arm. “Coffee,” he mutters, shoving aside sheets, kneeing Bucky in the thigh, headbutting him in the chin. “Coffee, coffee, coffee.”

Bucky grumbles under his breath and hip checks Clint out of the bed. “Jesus,” he says, rolling into the warm spot Clint so foolishly vacated. “Go get your fucking coffee.”

Clint fumbles around a bit, walks into at least two separate pieces of furniture, and finally finds his way to the door. Bucky closes his eyes, breathes in the smell of Clint’s stupid shampoo, and nearly flinches out of his skin when Clint comes barreling back into the bedroom at high speed.

“Shit,” Clint says, sounding high-pitched and desperate. “Shit, shit, shit.”

ITS CLINT BIRTHDAY

please, draw him 🥺☝🏻💜

GOSH, I LOVE ARROWS. Here is the cross stitch pattern I designed based on this delightful (and infamous!) image of Hawkeye. The pattern is 76x75 stitches, which on 14-count aida measures roughly 5.5"x5.5". I’ve listed the Anchor thread colours I used, but as the exact shades of Hawkeye’s costume vary for different artists, volumes, scans, etc., there’s a lot of leeway on which blue/purple/pink combination you choose. Please leave this blurb and the patterns links intact if reblogging, ta.

Black: 403 Blue: 132 Purple: 101 White: 1 Beige for skin: 1009 Beige for arrows: 368

well in an effort to choose things different to what i usually yammer about, i would say his piloting skills (he was essentially the designated pilot in the wca), but it seems like everyone is an expert quinjet pilot now, or his skills and expertise with cap's shield, which again,

but hey look how he works the outfit

they really should do a switcheroo for an issue in 616. i once wrote clint as a substitute cap trying to pass himself off as steve!cap bc steve couldn't make a parade appearance (and then villainous shenanigans ensue) but then my laptop basically exploded #rip

i also see my brain overwrote "qualities" with "skills." my bad. uhhhh his dedication to trying to cheer cap in insane ways?

(1) putting on a disguise which included a wig, fake goatee, and deep v-neck (ok this one is not unfamiliar to clint) to inspire steve into taking up a new identity (blame clint for nomad)

(2) jumping on cap's bed to annoy him out of depression

(3) putting on a disguise which included a wig, fake beard, and presumably other old age touches to force him to go to a surprise birthday party

(4) backflipping onto ice to help steve take out goons only to force steve to go christmas shopping with him, where he once again annoyed him