HAWKEYE SPOILERS AHEAD PLEASE DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN’T WATCHED IT
now that’s out of the way...
I want to take a moment to appreciate Clint grieving Natasha. I want to appreciate the fact that it’s there, it’s present and it’s something that Clint thinks about. He gets flashbacks, he talks about her, and most of all he misses her.
Natasha was his partner, his team, his safety net and above all, his best friend. And he watched her die. He watched her make the sacrifice they’d fought so hard to avoid. She had influence over his life, to the point where the “best shot of his life” was the “shot he didn’t take”, simply because that’s what brought Clint to Nat.
Why I’m so interested in Clint specifically grieving Nat? Because it’s not often that we get to see a friendship relationship so so deep that the absence of one has some effect on the other. (also the fact that they bring the ‘a male and female, non- romantic, deep relationship’ to life perfectly, but that’s an afterthought)
Again, shit I think we need to appreciate more. Thank- you for listening. Now go back and complete the probably shit ton of work you have left.