‘THEY’VE FINALLY DONE IT AND I’M GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ENJOY IT DAMMIT!’

Thoughts on Hawkeye — episode 1

Let’s talk Hawkeye episode 1!

There’s a SPOILER section and a non-SPOILER section here: the SPOILER section is clearly marked at the end of this post, because I’m nice to you all.

Anything that’s in the pre-series trailers is not considered by yours truly to be a SPOILER — so be aware of that.

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There I am, watching and thinking ‘wow, this is so close to the Matt Fraction comics run — it really has that vibe and I love that’ and wouldn’t you know it — Matt Fraction is a consulting producer!

So that makes sense and is totally awesome.

Because there’s no-one on God’s green earth I trust to do right by Clint Barton and Kate Bishop more than Matt Fraction. So happy right now! 😁

Kate rocks, obviously.

I love that she rocks here — that Hailee Steinfeld has got her down so quick.

And Steinfeld in a tux is something that I need more of in my life — and I love that she’s herself and wears suits instead of whatever dress her mother picked out for her, cos that’s Kate, y’know?

OK, so Clint’s in New York to see Rogers the Musical with his kids and do some Christmas shopping, etc.

Whose idea was it to watch Rogers the Musical, anyways? When was this ever gonna be a good plan for Clint?

Can you imagine watching a musical that depicts some pretty serious cr*p that you and your friends went through? That would be super weird.

(…But I also like to imagine that Bucky and Sam bought him the tickets, and the kids found out before Clint could rid of them, and then he had no choice but to go. Because that would be amazing. 😜)

Hearing aid in Clint’s very first scene!

Yes, this is Matt Fraction’s Hawkeye, and I’m loving it!