06 April 2013 @ 05:22 am
ATTF: assassins getting around  
Apologies for a late ATTF today. Well, for some time zones anyway :)

Speculation, discussion, fic recs, and fun on all the things our assassins like to drive, fly, ride, etc. AKA Assassins And Their Transport. Go!

We've seen both of them flying although I got the impression Clint was piloting and Natasha was the co-pilot (?) and Clint drives off into the sunset with Loki at the start of the Avengers. Other than that? I recall conversations about Clint and cars - muscle cars, vintage cars - and I confess, I know nothing about cars, but the Hawkeye comics have me believing that Clint does (and also a thing for boats?). I blame The Bourne Identity for somehow thinking he has a thing for motorbikes maybe (and, thanks to [livejournal.com profile] workerbee73 and [livejournal.com profile] bob5fic's Teenage Make Out Series, specifically part one, for thinking that Natasha is okay with this). Mind you, the photoshoots of Renner with motorbikes and cars certainly help as well! For Natasha, I have this headcanon that Maria Hill is awesome at evasive and dangerous driving, and that she taught Natasha, and that Natasha is far better at it than Clint. Mostly because she takes crazy driving seriously. But how many vehicles can they each drive, I wonder? What do they prefer? Weirdest thing they've hotwired/stolen? Any rules about who chooses the music? ...?

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ext_36286: movie // avengers // butt![identity profile] allisnow.livejournal.com on April 6th, 2013 05:26 am (UTC)
Ooh, and how about the car he and Natasha were using at the end of the movie? Pretty sure it had a SHIELD logo on it, but I want to know MOAR.

(Also this topic has me all kinds of excited and I can't wait to see what people think.)
inkvoices: avengers:clint comic butt[personal profile] inkvoices on April 6th, 2013 01:10 pm (UTC)
Like I said, I know nothing about cars *grins* but I find it interesting that Steve rides off on a motorbike that looks like it might be his, Tony and Bruce go off in what is definitely one of Tony's cars, Thor and Loki have Tesseract will travel, but Clint and Natasha have a SHIELD marked car... Do they own their own transport? Is it just that they're heading back to SHIELD? Or they took it from there, or what?
ext_36286: movie // avengers // jackety goodness[identity profile] allisnow.livejournal.com on April 6th, 2013 03:52 pm (UTC)
I find it interesting that Steve rides off on a motorbike that looks like it might be his, Tony and Bruce go off in what is definitely one of Tony's cars, Thor and Loki have Tesseract will travel, but Clint and Natasha have a SHIELD marked car

Yup, 'zactly. Kind of contributes to my headcanon of them maybe not having their own wheels, at least not wheels that were conveniently located. Or Fury wanted to make SHIELD's involvement obvious for some reason. Or... I don't even know.
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[identity profile] laughtersmelody.livejournal.com on April 6th, 2013 06:17 am (UTC)
I agree, this is a great topic! :)

Clint seemed like he was a good driver when he was driving Loki's get away car...come to think of it, it wouldn't surprise me if SHIELD has driving classes for their agents, probably similar to police training, since they might need to be able to stop someone from running, and keep from crashing themselves.

Also, I have to say, I love the idea of Clint piloting. The fact that he's Hawkeye makes it seem so fitting that he flies.

Edit: I agree, too, I'd love to know more about that car Clint and Nat had at the end of the movie. Though, I find it kind of funny that the SHIELD logo is emblazoned on the side. Isn't SHIELD suppose to be top-secret? Even the FBI uses unmarked cars...

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ext_36286: movie // avengers // jackety goodness[identity profile] allisnow.livejournal.com on April 6th, 2013 07:36 am (UTC)
I get the feeling that SHIELD was secret, but after the Battle of New York (or whatever it's actually called) it became a hell of a lot less secret. And I think a lot of that was done on purpose. People would want to know that there's someone out there, some branch of government or whatever, that's at least somewhat (???) prepared to deal with this new craziness. If you think about it, Thor's taking off with Loki and the Tesseract was done in a ridiculously public way; the only explanation for that is that they (the Avengers/Fury, I mean; I don't think the WSC had any say whatsoever) WANTED people to see it. Either for the purposes of being reassuring, or... something else.

Um, so, transportation...
[identity profile] laughtersmelody.livejournal.com on April 6th, 2013 07:45 am (UTC)
Very good points. Though, the park seemed like it had been emptied out for Thor and Loki's departure. But you're right, that is a really public place.

For transportation, do you think Clint is a classic car guy, or a modern spots car guy? I could picture him liking both. (Though, as a Supernatural fan, I personally have a soft spot for the classic cars. The Impala rocks, lol. :) )
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inkvoices: avengers:assassins couple of[personal profile] inkvoices on April 6th, 2013 01:27 pm (UTC)
Yeah, I would think they'd be some kind of training, for driving, flying planes and helicopters, whatever was needed or seemed useful.

Not headcanon, but: what if Clint is actually bad at crazy driving because he drives too crazy, like he really enjoys it and goes for it and Natasha is all 'this in inefficient!' and he's all 'BUT FUN!' And then when Loki takes him Clint is subsumed under what Loki wants, which is just to cleanly get away. (And when Maria is driving against him it is serious business and when she sees that it's serious business for Clint as well and not his usual enjoying it she knows she has to get him off the road because he's not right.)
[identity profile] sugar-fey.livejournal.com on April 6th, 2013 07:49 am (UTC)
I think Clint is a car and motorbike man. He likes tinkering with vintage muscle cars. Natasha likes watching Clint tinker with vintage muscle cars. ;)

I don't know anything about cars, but I have a headcanon where Clint has a vintage Mustang called Chloe. Most of the time the car lives in a garage, but on a rare day off, Clint takes Chloe for a spin. And he and Natasha have totally had lots of hot sex on the backseat.

ext_36286: movie // avengers // redhead[identity profile] allisnow.livejournal.com on April 6th, 2013 07:53 am (UTC)
Natasha likes watching Clint tinker with vintage muscle cars. ;)

Well, who wouldn't?

And he and Natasha have totally had lots of hot sex on the backseat.

I'm sure Chloe could tell some very interesting stories...
inkvoices: avengers:clint comic butt[personal profile] inkvoices on April 6th, 2013 01:29 pm (UTC)
Natasha likes watching Clint tinker with vintage muscle cars. ;) I for one certainly see the appeal *grins*. Wonder if Natasha learns more than she feels is necessary from watching him...like she knows enough to hotwire or fix things that she might need to do on a mission, but no more, but then watching Clint she learns stuff and is all 'I didn't need this taking up space in my head, damnit'.

PS Have to ask - why Chloe? :)

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inkvoices: avengers:assassins hug[personal profile] inkvoices on April 6th, 2013 01:24 pm (UTC)
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ext_36286[identity profile] allisnow.livejournal.com on April 6th, 2013 04:25 pm (UTC)
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Oh dear God in heaven that second picture. Hello new headcanon.

Because reasons:

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[identity profile] alphaflyer.livejournal.com on April 6th, 2013 08:51 pm (UTC)
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Yeah. He just looks good with a car, doesn't he ...
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inkvoices: avengers:clint comic butt[personal profile] inkvoices on April 7th, 2013 12:16 am (UTC)
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That second one is so stare-worthy!

THANK YOU, I knew I'd done some icons of that car photoshoot but I couldn't re-find the pics :D
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[identity profile] frea-o.livejournal.com on April 6th, 2013 03:24 pm (UTC)
Weirdly enough, I see Natasha as the better driver of the two. I can see a reality where the Red Room might not let their trainees learn how to drive, in order to maintain what modicum of control over them, so Natasha might not have learned to drive for a long time. I think part of getting away from the Red Room, in that case, might have meant that Natasha became the best damned driver she could, which means she's actually better at it than Clint and everybody else. But she prefers to let others drive.

In my head, I see Clint starting off as a chopper pilot. I actually don't think he cares about cars one way or another; they're slower than the Quinjet and not as exciting as choppers, and also a hassle to maintain when he lives on a flying airbase and is regularly sent all over the world. Does he admire muscle cars? I have to figure he does. But his baby is the Quinjet.

And also, he is really good at hotwiring cars, and now, so is Natasha. SHIELD has had to buy a lot of strangers cars after those two go through a city.
inkvoices: avengers:assassins mission is a go[personal profile] inkvoices on April 7th, 2013 12:27 am (UTC)
Driving as independence, I can see that, often associated as such. I tend to think that Natasha is the better driver too, but because she takes it seriously, it's business and exact, whilst Clint drives crazy and enjoys it and sometimes drives too crazy during a mission as in knocking wing mirrors off and stuff, but Natasha likes it when he drives because she can see he enjoys it and finds it fun. Why'd you think she prefers to let others drive? (Is it like she has the skill, she can, and then she can choose not to kind of thing?)

Yeah, I don't know if I think they own much when they're so busy being sent all over by SHIELD. But Clint having car love in the Hawkeye comics works for me *grins*. Qunijets and speed though...

I completely believe they can both hotwire cars (and other forms of transport) but that Natasha would prefer the easier way of stealing the keys or what have you when possible. Haha, YES, I see car chases and transport chases with these two causing loads of damage. And Natasha being all shaking her head at Clint but enjoying it herself too not so secretly :D
[identity profile] anuna-81.livejournal.com on April 7th, 2013 05:48 am (UTC)
YES YES YES THIS. *ENTHUSIASTIC NODDING* THIS SO MUCH.
[identity profile] frea-o.livejournal.com on April 8th, 2013 02:22 am (UTC)
Why'd you think she prefers to let others drive? (Is it like she has the skill, she can, and then she can choose not to kind of thing?)

My mom is a really good driver, but if my dad or I are in the car, we're the ones driving. She just prefers not to drive. We know Natasha's not a control freak about cars because the two instances we see her in the car in the MCU, she's not driving, either time (Happy drives the first time and Clint drives the second). Obviously, there's not much to go on there, but that's just how I see it. Can drive, maybe doesn't care as much and lets others drive, which gives her time to do other things.

Like knit. Okay, maybe that's my mom and not Natasha.

Re: car chases -- Basically, the two just enjoy causing SHIELD minor headaches, and I am completely fine with that.

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[identity profile] anuna-81.livejournal.com on April 7th, 2013 05:47 am (UTC)
OH DEAR GOD, HELLO HEADCANON. I LOVE THIS. And you just inspired me re Natasha and how she learned how to drive. *starry eyes* I just like the entire idea of her learning how to drive or how to drive better than she could, in order to be more efficient at escaping. *THINKY THOUGHTS*

Clint and muscle cars, yes, and I think he likes anything that's very fast or very cool or.... IDK, in my headcanon he is a typical guy when it comes to this. Also, he and Nat often make a contest out of hotwiring cars, picking locks and such. :D
inkvoices: avengers:assassins couple of[personal profile] inkvoices on April 7th, 2013 05:04 pm (UTC)
Also, he and Nat often make a contest out of hotwiring cars, picking locks and such. :D HELL YES. All those fics where someone walks in on Natasha and/or Clint sharpening knives or sorting weapons, then the fics where they're doing 'strangely normal' things like painting their nails or playing video games, and they're all fun, they're even more fun when they have both, but now I want them doing stuff like lockpicking and handcuff escaping competitions, practising knots, maybe hotwiring all Tony's cars one after to see who can do the most the fastest...
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ext_36286[identity profile] allisnow.livejournal.com on April 6th, 2013 04:34 pm (UTC)
So, uh, no one's got their fingers crossed that this monstrosity shows up in the next Avengers movie?

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Well, it could be worse... it could be really, really purple:

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*shudders*
inkvoices: avengers:clint comic butt[personal profile] inkvoices on April 7th, 2013 12:19 am (UTC)
...what IS that?! I've seen a 'skycycle' in the latest Captain Marvel which apparently used to belong to Captain America. Is it one of those? BUT WHY. IT IS A CRAZY THING...that looks like the aliens' crafts in the movie...okay, yeah, maybe Tony uses the alien ones to make one for Clint as the guy who jumps off buildings scaring Tony to death?
ext_36286[identity profile] allisnow.livejournal.com on April 7th, 2013 12:41 am (UTC)
Yeah this is some kind of 'skycycle' as well. Clint uses it in EMH, but I think it's ugly as hell. I'd much rather he stick to something that's an actual plane, because I just don't think there's any way to make a giant flying motorcycle thing translate to the big screen in a non-ridiculous way.
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[identity profile] delle.livejournal.com on April 6th, 2013 05:04 pm (UTC)
maybe it's because I'm married to a gearhead, but I totally see Clint being into vintage muscle cars (Himself was driving a 1965 Ford Mustang convertible when we first stared dating. he now owns a 78 El Camino ::cough: ugliest car ever :cough: and I have a 1947 pick up truck he is restoring)

I see Natasha as a city girl, so while she may know how to drive (that would be a necessary skill), she's not especially interested in *what* she's driving. And when she's home in the city, she doesn't drive, nor does she own her own car. But SHIELDs got a fleet she can borrow from.

Clint is definately the Quinjet pilot. I think Natasha, while in the second seat, is the weapons person in the aircraft.
inkvoices: avengers:assassins budapest again[personal profile] inkvoices on April 7th, 2013 12:21 am (UTC)
Clint is definately the Quinjet pilot. I think Natasha, while in the second seat, is the weapons person in the aircraft. OH I like that idea. Because we have Clint as the guy who never misses, who has the aim, but aim isn't always for weapons, it can be for getting them where they're meant to go, and Natasha and her guns... Interesting.
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