21 December 2012 @ 02:16 pm
All Things Friday - Conflict & Conflict Resolution  
Clint and Natasha, Hawkeye & Black Widow – Why do they fight? What do they argue about? How often? How do they go about it? Do they yell? Throw things? Work it out on the sparring mat? Give each other the silent treatment? How do they argue differently when they’re being Clint and Natasha as opposed to Hawkeye and Black Widow? How do they resolve their issues? Does one person always have to give in or do they compromise? Which one of them has a temper (or do they both)? Can others tell when these two are fighting or are they private about? SO MANY QUESTIONS!!!

The bottom line is that partners have conflicts. I’m using the word “conflict” as opposed to “argue” or “fight” because the question here is what shape those conflicts take – are they arguments and/or fights? Are they heated? Are they quick and then done?

Here’s another angle to consider – if in your personal headcanon these two are romantically involved, how do conflicts that come from one arena, i.e. Clint just won’t put the seat down, affect the other arena, i.e. now that they’re on a mission, does Black Widow even think about that stupid toilet seat? Or if Hawkeye takes out the last terrorist, the one that Black Widow already claimed, thank you very much, does Natasha take it out on Clint when they get home? Even if there is no romance and the two are platonic best friends, how do these things translate?

SO MANY FEELS!!! So give us your thoughts, your recs, your drabbles, your fics. Conflicts and conflict resolution. Have it out!
 
 
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[identity profile] sherarara.livejournal.com on December 22nd, 2012 02:26 am (UTC)
Well, since it's topical for once, I guess I can leave the snippet I've written as prep work for a cottoncandy-bingo fill I'm working on. The prompt is "fight", which amused me to no end when I saw this week's topic :-)

This isn't intended to be actual fic, per se, so much as it's just word vomit designed to get me writing.

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They don’t fight, not with each other. They don’t spar, they don’t hit or kick or throw punches because that would be too real, too close, too personal. They’ve fought only once, back at the beginning, and even then it was aborted, just weapons drawn on each other, a stalemate until suddenly it wasn’t anymore.

They don’t fight because they don’t want to know who’s better. Even after Loki and all the shit that went down on the Helicarrier, they aren’t sure who’s better, and that’s just the way they like it. Because he was fighting Loki while he was fighting her, and she was trying not to kill him without pulling her punches.

They fight together, and it’s beautiful, a violent dance, pure motion and emotion all rolled up in one choreographed miasma.

Mostly, they’re really freaking awesome and they don’t hit each other because that shit is just too weird and I kind of hate that trope, now that I think about it.

Edited 2012-12-22 02:33 am (UTC)
[identity profile] hufflepuffsneak.livejournal.com on December 22nd, 2012 03:38 am (UTC)
Bwhahahahaha. This is beautiful.
[identity profile] jacedesbff.livejournal.com on December 22nd, 2012 05:24 am (UTC)
Insanely perfect snippet!! :D Love it!