21 August 2012 @ 11:19 am
The Scene  
Below is my transcript of the Loki Clint strategy scene.

Selvig: (yadda yadda) it's truth!

Loki: I know. I know. It... touches everyone, differently. What did it show you, Agent Barton?

Clint: My next target

Selvig (chuckling): stick in the mud, he's got no soul no wonder you chose this, this tomb to work in.

Clint (annoyed): Well the Radisson doesn't have three levels of lead-lined flooring between SHIELD and that Cube.

Loki: I see why Fury chose you to guard it.

::Clint and Loki start walking away from Selvig.::

Clint: You're gonna have to contend with him, sir. As long as he's in the air, I can't pin him down. They're going to be putting together a team.

Loki: They a threat?

Clint: To each other, more than likely, but if Fury can get them on track, and he might, they could throw some noise our way.

Loki: You admire Fury.

Clint: He's got a clear line of sight.

Loki: Is that why you failed to kill him?

::pauses, stops walking::

Clint: It might be. ::pauses:: I was disoriented. And... I'm not at my best with a gun.

Loki:(obviously feeling a full-on Shakespearian monology coming on): I want to know everything you can tell me about this team of his. I would... test their mettle.

::Clint nods once::

Loki:I grow weary of scuttling in shadow. I mean to rule this world, not burrow in it.

Clint: It's a risk.

Loki: Oh yes.

Clint: If you're set on making yourself known... it could be useful.

Loki:(positively, frightenly into this): Tell me what you need.

::Clint walks over to his bow case::

Clint: I need a distraction. And an eyeball.


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Ashen Key[personal profile] ashen_key on August 22nd, 2012 09:26 pm (UTC)
Well, I don't see it as Robot!Clint - there could be some fighting, subconsciously, but the spell seems to take them over so it's still them, still them thinking and doing everything. Just focused. But a subconscious fight could be very interesting.

Subtitles are just wonderful things *hugs them*
[identity profile] cybermathwitch.livejournal.com on August 22nd, 2012 11:03 pm (UTC)
Nod nod nod. This is why I like the term someone coined - "heartwashing" instead of brainwashing.

(I really like being able to have subtitles when I can't figure something out, but generally don't watch things with them turned on because I "read" instead of watching the scene/expressions/body language etc. I'm apparently physically incapable of looking away from words if they're there. ;) )
Ashen Key[personal profile] ashen_key on August 23rd, 2012 10:18 pm (UTC)
Heartwashing is the best term ever.

(*nodnods* Yeah, I used to do that - I'm able to glance back and forth a lot better now.)
[identity profile] anuna-81.livejournal.com on August 23rd, 2012 06:37 pm (UTC)
Ack, wrong words. What I meant to say, Clint reminds me of a robot, sometimes a little bit and sometimes a lot, while he's under Loki's control. His movements, the way he speaks, the way he looks - it seems that heartwashed!Clint is so focused on one thing, in order to avoid that inner struggle. But the real Clint is definitely in there; he misses Fury in the beginning, and toward the end I fear he was losing the fight. When Natasha knocked his head against the metal railing, I think it messed up Loki's balance and control for real Clint to break through enough to say "Tasha" (or "Natasha"? I must rewatch, with subtitles).

We may think the same or similar things about this - thinky thoughts for the win!
Ashen Key[personal profile] ashen_key on August 23rd, 2012 10:08 pm (UTC)
Oooh, gotcha. I just saw him in more of a "very focused, very serious" work-mode without the comfort of his team or underlings he could trust and under a lot of pressure.

Re: Fury, I tend to not see it as 'missing' as so much as 'disorientated from spell, the torso is the biggest target; getting shot would still knock Fury off his feet and possibly break things, and the room is about to collapse so he might as well be dead; most importantly, is he out of action.' But I tend to see Clint as a soldier whom other people call assassin - in a firefight or a confrontation like that, you just want the other guy out of action. If it means wounded, it means wounded; if it means dead, it means dead. At least that's my view - lots of people view it differently *laughs* But I do agree that the 'fight' as it were was pretty much lost by the time he is doing his utter best to killed Natasha.

(And he says 'Taaahsha'! the 'natasha' isn't until they are in the recovery room)