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] hufflepuffsneak.livejournal.com on December 22nd, 2012 02:02 pm (UTC)
Yeah, I could go either way with Clint on the Helicarrier fight, now that you mention it. And Natasha was trying to take him down, but both were doing what was necessary. Just because they don't want to hurt want other doesn't mean they don't.
[identity profile] alphaflyer.livejournal.com on December 22nd, 2012 05:46 pm (UTC)
Agree -- they're professionals first, both by training and psychological make up. What they do (and that includes killing people when necessary) defines who they are. So yes, I think she would have killed him if he hadn't spoken her name, as only Clint would. The hesitation we saw before she wound up for that final blow was not about whether to hit him, but how hard, and the fact that she hesitated at all was solely due to the reprieve he had once given her. She made the call, just as he had then.
Ashen Key[personal profile] ashen_key on December 22nd, 2012 06:53 pm (UTC)
I both agree and disagree with this - I think she went in trying not to kill him, to spare him (like you said, to give him the reprieve he'd once given her; I see it as her debt to him is now squared in her head) if she could, but once he was on his knees, she didn't have to kill him at all. I think she was just seeing how he was reacting.

But yes, they are both professionals, first and foremost.
Ashen Key[personal profile] ashen_key on December 22nd, 2012 06:50 pm (UTC)
I saw his pause as....calculation? The man's had no sleep, and Natasha is a very, very hard opponent who is pretty much as the best at hand to hand; and as I saw it, Loki had taken all of Clint's loyalty for everything and everyone - he had nothing left for Natasha. But, yeah, absolutely they were both just doing what was necessary - I think if Natasha hadn't attacked him, he wouldn't have gone out of his way to take her down (see the way he shot Fury: shot to the centre of body mass to just take him down. Given how fast he had to shoot, with no time to line up the shot, that's the most logical place to shoot him, and either way, it takes Fury down. Clint's very, very practical).