Well you sound perfectly coherent to me, but yeah - mornings = fog in the brain. :)
I like how you describe them both; the distinction you've pointed out - he is the big picture person (he sees better from a distance; he sees it all and then connects the dots and figures out what's happening and how and why --- I love when he tells Tony that Chitauri can't fly in groups and what to do about it. And of course he was right. *nods*) and Natasha is the one who is supposed to get close to inflict damage. I think it was inkvoices who wrote in her Natasha - meta --- you're supposed to underestimate her and let her come close. That's how she works. So agreed, they do compliment each other with their different skillsets.
They balance each other. I also find it annoying when an author purposefully writes Clint as weaker. To me it pushes too far in that direction of trying to make a woman seem stronger. I feel like Clint and Natasha don't feel like they have to be stronger than the other.
THIS. Not the way to do it because, a) you don't achieve a "strong female character" by downplaying abilities and strengths of male characters around her. How is that strong if you have to weaken others around her to make her appear stronger? and b) the strength (or capabilities, or skills) aren't an issue between them. Trust and power balance and loyalty and knowing each other so well that one single look in the middle of the fight is enough to communicate - those are Things. They're amazing and intriguing partially because they're each other's match. (Also? I like, for a change, when I read in fic how he beats her in sparring match.)
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I like how you describe them both; the distinction you've pointed out - he is the big picture person (he sees better from a distance; he sees it all and then connects the dots and figures out what's happening and how and why --- I love when he tells Tony that Chitauri can't fly in groups and what to do about it. And of course he was right. *nods*) and Natasha is the one who is supposed to get close to inflict damage. I think it was
They balance each other. I also find it annoying when an author purposefully writes Clint as weaker. To me it pushes too far in that direction of trying to make a woman seem stronger. I feel like Clint and Natasha don't feel like they have to be stronger than the other.
THIS. Not the way to do it because, a) you don't achieve a "strong female character" by downplaying abilities and strengths of male characters around her. How is that strong if you have to weaken others around her to make her appear stronger? and b) the strength (or capabilities, or skills) aren't an issue between them. Trust and power balance and loyalty and knowing each other so well that one single look in the middle of the fight is enough to communicate - those are Things. They're amazing and intriguing partially because they're each other's match. (Also? I like, for a change, when I read in fic how he beats her in sparring match.)