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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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alphaflyer.livejournal.com on March 29th, 2014 03:35 am (UTC)

Well, I have a whole head canon about that post-Manhattan period, and have stuck it into two of my stories.

Levelling out is an absolute must for Clint. He won't go off his rocker the way Erik Selvig did (he's a trained professional, which includes serious mental resilience) but he'd have major guilt issues to deal with, especially towards Natasha, whom he actively tried to kill (plus there's that "Barton told me everything" thing...).

Then there's the Council aftermath. The deleted scenes indicate that Maria Hill ratted Clint's having been "compromised" out to the Council, so he'd be a convenient scape goat/fall guy for them to use to distract from their own bad decisions. But that won't work, because Maria (another deleted scene) kept the footage of the nuke order. So. Clint still works for SHIELD, but has to lay low for everyone to save face. Which will turn out to be a Good Thing.

Things have gotten a bit more complicated with Agents of SHIELD and Cap 2, plus there's that footage of Ultron out of Italy ... So now I feel like I should be writing a story in which Clint got sent around the planet, like Coulson's crowd, to locate "special people" -- like Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, maybe? (Wearing the companion necklace to Natasha's, with an hour glass pendant?) Hmmm.

Anyway, since self-reccing is okay around here, the two stories in question -- both written when Coulson was still dead -- are Going to Ground (http://archiveofourown.org/works/520261) and The Skies Over Manhattan (http://archiveofourown.org/works/574373). I just added a final chapter to "Skies" which is a sort-of tie-in to AoS.

But I gotta say, once the Cap2 spoiler zone is reduced to nothing, I think I have a few ideas ...

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topaz119.livejournal.com on March 29th, 2014 02:40 pm (UTC)

(Wearing the companion necklace to Natasha's, with an hour glass pendant?) Hmmm.

Oh, I *like* that idea. And I like the idea of him being an informal SHIELD adjunct, handling the odd/special things as they pop up.

His uniform (in the A2 footage) didn't have a SHIELD emblem on it, though, so maybe he's solo now, maybe to keep the WSC off their backs (though still tied informally to SHIELD or possibly just the Avengers.)

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alphaflyer.livejournal.com on March 29th, 2014 03:57 pm (UTC)

Yes, I noticed the absence of a SHIELD logo. He'd definitely be a crossover between the Avengers and SHIELD, no longer beholden to the WSC for authorization and direction.

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happilydancing.livejournal.com on March 29th, 2014 05:30 pm (UTC)

I'm just picturing him wherever he is at, shooting arrows, saving people, getting a text, ripping off the SHIELD badge, and continuing to shoot and save people lol.

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hufflepuffsneak.livejournal.com on March 29th, 2014 06:19 pm (UTC)

Now I want that in a flashback, web episode or DVD extra or something!

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happilydancing.livejournal.com on March 29th, 2014 08:55 pm (UTC)

Right?!?!?!

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alphaflyer.livejournal.com on March 29th, 2014 11:45 pm (UTC)

... or a fic? *Bats eyelashes seductively*

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hufflepuffsneak.livejournal.com on March 30th, 2014 01:15 am (UTC)

IDK, I feel like it would work better as a gif set, and I don't have that kind of skill.