‘I related to her almost as hard as I do to Rocket Raccoon. (Yes, I’m worried about me too.)’

Thoughts on Disney+’s Hawkeye, episode 5

You can catch up on my thoughts on previous episodes here:

OK, Hawkeye episode 5

There’s a clear-marked spoiler section, and everything else should be spoiler-free 👍

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK, it’s OK, I’m done.

No, wait -

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, now I’m done.

Phew! I mean, I suspected most of the big-bad-type-business going on here, but still having it confirmed is like… phew!

And yes, I am very pleased with these developments 😎

Gif: Via Giphy

One thing that did bug me in this episode was dumping in stuff related to the Black Widow movie.

It only came out a few months ago, Marvel, and not all of us have got around to seeing it yet.

The MCU is well over 50 hours, all in all, and adding to it at an extreme speed — people have sh** to do, Marvel, we can’t keep up.

Saying that, I’m used to reading comics.

And given that Marvel comics has been established since 1939, and therefore had over half a century of content before I was even born, I’m kinda used to just rolling with whatever’s going on.

Trust me, dearest nerdlets, if something’s important to the plot they’re gonna mention it. Probably a lot.

But I realise that not all readers/viewers have the level of ‘just go with it’ that I’ve developed over the years when it comes to having a tight grip on the details, so I’m affronted on your…