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28 March 2014 @ 07:30 pm
ATTF: two years later...  
Hello, best bar! Captain America: Winter Soldier is being released next week, and any new movie in the MCU is a reason to celebrate. But let's be honest, there's one thing we've all been wondering: what exactly have Natasha and Clint been up to in the two years since we've seen them on the silver screen?

So throw out your best guesses, worst-case scenarios, or any side missions and vacation time they might have taken after Avengers. Have our favorite spies been on undercover or harrowing missions in the interim? Is it possible that Clint went off the deep end of the sanity pool, a la Selvig in Thor: The Dark World? Or does your headcanon have them joining the Boy Band Spectacular and taking Tony up on his offer of life in the Avengers Tower? And how, precisely, did the necklace of fandom fame come into the picture?

Of course, if there are any pre CA: WS fics that you have written or feel fit your theories, feel free to rec them here. :)

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franztastisch: bench[personal profile] franztastisch on March 28th, 2014 11:39 pm (UTC)
I feel I can't comment seeing as I've seen the film and a bunch of my headcanons have shifted as a result.

Clint has totally been in therapy though. Nothing will dissuade me of this. And Nat and Steve have been running some missions. But I think Nat and Clint have too, after Clint gets cleared. In fact, I want the three of them to have run some missions, and Clint would have been with them for winter soldier but something came up [BUT NOT SAYING WHAT BECAUSE SPOILERS AND SPECULATION].

The film is fabulous by the way. You will all love it. And If you don't I WILL JUDGE YOU. :P

Oh! And as a rec, it's mine, but as it's not Clint/Nat I couldn't cross post it here. My [livejournal.com profile] avengers_remix story The Sky and I covers some of what I think Clint was doing, esp. re: therapy. (PG-13, no warnings)

Edited 2014-03-28 11:41 pm (UTC)
[identity profile] hufflepuffsneak.livejournal.com on March 29th, 2014 06:23 pm (UTC)
I like your head canon! I think he spent a long time in therapy/ psych, but after being cleared either retired to go private in some way, or was assigned fairly low level missions and easy assassinations, working his way up to mid-level by the events of the Winter Soldier.

It makes sense to pair Steve and Natasha and have them be the go to team for big events. Natasha is the best spy in the world and Steve is a super soldier, not to mention Natasha has experience spying on one of the Avengers.

Of course, I can't be sure how SHIELD being/ turning evil will complicate things until I see the movie. Agony! I'm kinda putting my fic writing on hold until it comes out.
franztastisch: family[personal profile] franztastisch on March 30th, 2014 09:48 am (UTC)
I read that as just "retired" and I was about to yell NO and then I read the rest. :P I'm not sure he'd've started at the bottom again, unless that was something he himself insisted. I don't think SHIELD would have any other snipers of his calibre so if he was assigned low level missions for a while, I think he'd've got bumped up as soon as something happened that needed a good sniper.

But yeah, Steve and Nat makes total sense. But I still love the idea of the three of them working ops together, and Natasha acting mediator between Steve's confusion and Clint's brashness. It would be great. I'd love that story. Just the three of them. :D

Yes! This was a thing I was trying to chat about with a friend, but neither of us had any idea what that would mean for... everything. And I can't say more speculation because spoilers but... yeah. I think it's pretty brave of Marvel though. Because that is a MAJOR shakeup.
[identity profile] hufflepuffsneak.livejournal.com on March 30th, 2014 01:59 pm (UTC)
I know he probably won't retire or die for a couple more movies, I just think from a character perspective, after everything he's been through, he deserves a break.

I think SHIELD would probably adapt quicker than most organizations, but there would still be stigma and distrust, so Fury might pull rank and put him a super secret super special assignment (which might explain why he wasn't there for the events of the Winter Soldier) or he would have to prove his reliability a lot after what happened.

I kind of like the idea of Steve, Nat, Clint, Bucky and Sam forming their own team of less or not super-powered individuals, dealing with human problems, in between the cosmic problems of the Avengers. I mean, Thor, Tony and Bruce aren't really equipped to deal with issues like human trafficking.
franztastisch[personal profile] franztastisch on March 30th, 2014 07:59 pm (UTC)
Aah yeah. I see where you're coming from.

I think option one there is more likely than option two. Because all the people in positions of power within SHIELD would know that people like Clint and Selvig weren't working under their own free will.

YES! Well, to everyone except Bucky. My Bucky needs a little time to settle, now I've seen the "canon" version. But I'd love a team of Steve, Nat, Clint and Sam. I need to find the right person to prod for this fic. :P