she's the MCU's Kate. You got my brain turning over with this one, because at first I was thinking, no, that doesn't work. Because comics!Clint isn't Kate's brother, he's her mentor, and then she kind of looks after him in return when he's being a human disaster. BUT. MCU!Clint could be seen as Wanda's mentor and in a way she's seen more shit go down than him in her life, or more weird shit at least, so she could in return be his guide to that... And with things like telling him he's pulling his punches. I think in a way she could be more blunt - if that's the right word - with him than Natasha. She's more openly honest, I think.

I did like that between AOU and Civil War we had Clint giving Wanda the pep talk in AOU and again/coming to get her in Civil War, but that we also have Natasha mentoring Wanda in Civil War too... Mind you, I have thoughts on how everyone either wants to mentor or parent Wanda in Civil War, heh.

"You hurt Vision's feelings." / "Are you going to send me to my room?"

Mind you, if bad things happen to Clint's family - and that does, unfortunately, seem like an obvious civilain/motivational target (and I'll be over here hoping they establish the characters more before they do something like that to them) - then maybe Clint could still meet an MCU version of Kate later. I think there's space for Young Avengers in the future since Cassie Lang exists. And they could 'reboot' Loki as kid Loki. And if one of Clint's kid's survives any possible incident they could be in the group. Although they're apparently doing Runaways as a tv thing, so Young Avengers might be too much on top, or years and years away, or never a thing. But IN MY HEAD... ;)

Edited 2016-09-09 07:23 pm (UTC)

Well, I think the Wanda = Kate approach works because of that "you have stuff to teach me and I respect you, but I am SO TOTALLY aware when you screw up and have no compunction about pointing it out" aspect. And yes, they both have a fair bit of trauma in their background, and re-made themselves from the ground up. So, all in all a relationship I really need to explore at some point! :-)

But first, Clint and Pepper and Rocket Raccoon, post CW. Coming to a website near you very, very soon... \O/

I'd like to see more of that, and will definitely look forward to seeing it coming from you :D

Ooo, and more Guardians-Avengers crossover. Don't mind me, i'll just be over here waiting for fic *chin hands*