Clint, Natasha and Agents of SHIELD

[allisnow.livejournal.com]

Hello lovely comm! I've been mulling this topic over for a few weeks now, and decided that on this wonderful long holiday weekend I would share my Clint/Natasha thinky-thoughts as they pertain to Marvel's Agents of SHIELD. Beware of spoilers for all episodes, including the most recent. I'm hoping to spur some discussion, some speculation... maybe inspire some fic... *looks hopeful*




1) I don't have any desire whatsoever to engage in or instigate character-bashing, but I'm assuming that I'm not the only person on this comm who groaned - loudly - at the comparison between Ward's espionage skills and Natasha's. :D

2) As of the episode The Hub, we know that Coulson is a Level 8 agent, Ward and May are Level 7, and (I think) Fitz and Simmons are Level 5. So, what level are Clint and Natasha? High enough to have gotten the memo that Coulson is alive? Maria says the Avengers don't know, that "they're not level 7" (Like that could stop Tony...) but is she just referring to the Big Four?

3) Speaking of the Hub (which looked to me like a giant mall for SHIELD agents) one has to assume that there's all kinds of sub-Level 7 agents walking around there at any given time, any who could have seen Coulson, which has to mean he's not such a big secret after all. I would <3 fic about Clint and Natasha at the Hub, running into an old friend, or maybe just hearing about what happened to Sitwell ;)

4) "Barton, Romanoff... they never have an extraction plan."
"They know that going in."

I squealed. I'll admit it.

5) In the most recent episode, Repairs, we learn about a SHIELD Academy, and how pranks were played on freshmen/rookies. Have Clint and Natasha been to the Academy? Were they ever considered rookies by other agents (with predictable/hysterical/disastrous results) or someone trying to give them the "full experience?"

Comments

[sgteam14283.livejournal.com]

It's nice to know that I wasn't the only one to roll my eye's at the comparison…

My personal head cannon is that Clint and Natasha know, but the rest of the team (Tony, Thor, and Bruce) don't; Pepper knows as well but likes keeping it from Tony while Steve suspects something but is too busy to figure it out. Clint was really angry when he was told the truth but eventually calmed down and was glad that Phil was actually alive. Natasha was miffed but not to the degree that Clint was.

I think that the whole "Coulson's actually alive" secret is kinda like Torchwood-the higher ups thinks it's a secret, but in reality everyone knows but doesn't talk about it.

[allisnow.livejournal.com]

I also want to know how pissed Coulson was when he found out what Fury had done to his Cap trading cards ;)

[sgteam14283.livejournal.com]

Maria had never heard that many colorful curses in her life and gave Coulson a wide berth for awhile (as did everyone else in the control room who was on shift when he confronted Fury) ;D

[allisnow.livejournal.com]

It would have been perfect to have him bring that up to Fury at the end of the second episode, when Fury's getting on him about the plane. But I guess the fishtank line was funnier ;)

[sgteam14283.livejournal.com]

that it would have! The fish tank line was funny (esp since Clark tweeted later that it would've been an epic fish tank) but I think I would've laughed a bit more if he'd said "well you still owe me a new collection of Captain America cards" or something that just made Fury glare at him ;)

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

Well, we do know the ruined cards were part of why Phil was given Lola, the bus and his own team. He mentioned it in one of the episodes.

But did you notice how Blake touched Lola?
Even my mom was like, He touched Lola!

that bastard

[sgteam14283.livejournal.com]

Well, we do know the ruined cards were part of why Phil was given Lola, the bus and his own team. He mentioned it in one of the episodes.

True, but I feel like those cards where like his kids so they can never be truly replaced.

[allisnow.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there's some lines you just don't cross :D

[alphaflyer.livejournal.com]

I'm actually writing a whole fic (well, a chapter to one of my longer pieces) about this whole thing ... now if I could only get it done ... :-)

[sgteam14283.livejournal.com]

oooo…that sounds interesting! Just imagine if Clint finds out at the worst time possible (like during a mission) and the resulting fallout…