Is Clint so “I don’t know why I bite” coded because the closest thing to an apology he ever got out of his older brother was Barney letting Clint hit him under the guise of teaching Clint how to fight, so one of the first things he learned how to do was hurt the people he cares about?
Hmmm I think there were a lot of events in Clint’s life that have lead him to have this “bite first” reaction I think.
First with his alcoholic father. Clint really tried to make his father like him. He tried to be on his best behavior, did all his chores perfect, but his father still took his anger out on him. For a little kid who is maybe like 8-9 years old that’s very confusing.
Barney also lived in that household and I try to remember that he is just as much of a victim as Clint was. So Barney’s reaction to Clint’s fight with his father and his fear of watching Clint get more hurt might have lead him to teach Clint with his fists. It felt more like a fear reaction from Barney like “oh god my father is going to kill my little brother he needs to know how to use his hands. He’s figured out that dad is a piece of shit. It’s clicked and I need to keep him safe somehow”
But multiple trusted adult figures have betrayed and really hurt Clint so I think it’s just sort of built as a defense mechanism. He doesn’t really trust anyone with authority because of this. The Swordsman and Trick Shot like solidified this process for him I think. Later retcons had him shown in foster homes that weren’t great either so I think those probably proved young Clint right as well.
So I don’t think Barney started it really. I think his father started it by beating on his own loved ones and that’s what the boys saw. Clearly they grew and knew this was bad and not normal but I think it puts them on edge and so instead of trusting a hand that reaches out they bite it because they think it’s there to hit them or hurt them considering that’s all they’ve really known.
how to explain to my little tolkien obsessed cousin that I know so much about middle earth bc of all the gay fanfiction i read
day 1 of begging any artist in tumblr dot com to draw magneto with his helmet + his kids in this
was talking to one of the sorority girls in my class and she said she was excited to get her grandbabies, which led me down a rabbit hole of sorority culture and how upperclassmen (bigs) get matched with new members (littles) to be their friend and mentor and show them the ropes, and once those littles get littles it's like a whole family lineage.
which made me realize the jedi order is just a glorified sorority
i can't express how feral i get for bagginshield fics where bilbo is cold
something something charles was in shaw’s mind and shaw may not have even felt his own slow, agonizing death but charles did blah blah erik was so focused on shaw he didn’t even consider charles’ pain something about the path of violence will always hurt people you don’t intend to blah blah blah send tweet
I had no idea that I'd made this many fic rec posts until I went to compile a master list and had to break it into 2 parts because of the character limits lol. I'll be pinning Part 1 to my blog for easy access, and you can also find Part 2 via the link at the bottom of this post.
Happy Reading!!!
CHERIK Ao3 Dirtybad Fics AFAB Charles Age Difference Alpha Omega Alternate First Meeting Amnesia/Memory Loss Angsty Fic Animal or Object AUs Arranged Marriage Avengers Crossover Bamf!Charles Bodyguard AUs Canon Fics Charles Being Experimented On Charles Embarrassing Himself over Erik Charles Falls First, Erik Falls Harder Charles Sleeps Around / Slutty Charles Charles Suppressing His Telepathy Charles and Tony Stark as Besties Coffee Shop AUs College/University AUs Part 1 College/University AUs Part 2 Crack Dark!Charles Part 1 Dark!Charles Part 2 Dark / Dead Dove Fics Detective AUs Divorce AUs DOFP Fics DOFP + Happy Ending Dom!Erik Dom/Sub Universe Dysfunctional/Toxic Relationship Enemies to Lovers Part 1 Enemies to Lovers Part 2 Erik is Good with Kids / Students Exes to Lovers Fairy Tale AUs Fantasy AUs First Time First Time After Paralysis Fluff & Crack Fic Foster Parents / Foster Family Found Family Genosha AUs Hannibal Inspired AUs High School AU Historical & Regency AUs Holiday Fics Human Charles/Mutant Erik Part 1 Human Charles/Mutant Erik Part 2 Human Charles/Mutant Erik Part 3 (Erik being cruel to Charles) Hunger Games AUs Incest Infidelity Part 1 Infidelity Part 2
Click Here for Master List of Fic Recs - Part 2
and a scottish actor that plays a posh englishman at that
if i had a nickel for every time i fell in love with a scottish actor that plays a lead role in a popular science fiction-adjacent movie series i’d have two nickels yadda yadda you know the rest
Posting it separately just because~
Too bad I couldn't fit the -ri and -ur brothers here too! But these fellas felt the most appropriate for the facial expressions and for their positions around our burglar :)
just me mumbling to myself about whatever new thing i'm obsessed with(currently: hawkeye)(was: x men)(was: star wars)(was: middle earth)
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