(which is true as far as it goes, but doesn't tell the whole story) Yeah. It's like there's this weird superhero trauma triage thing, and if you have never died and you still have relatives and you don't break down sobbing in team meetings, you're probably more functional than 90% of the people you know, no matter what else is wrong with you. So there's nobody to worry about you.
Like, how Batman is ostensibly supposed to be watching out for Robin and teaching him (her) things, but Batman is so screwed up he really can't take care of Robin? Robin probably takes care of Batman more than Batman takes care of Robin, because if he didn't have a kid around to cheer him up he would just be sad all the time.
...latenightcuppa and this fic (http://archiveofourown.org/works/662726) being responsible for the fact that I relate Hawkeye/Hawkey dynamics in terms of Batman & Robin. :P
you're probably more functional than 90% of the people you know, no matter what else is wrong with you. So there's nobody to worry about you.
Right? Which I think is why Clint has this huge blind spot with regards to Kate. "Katie-kate? She's a functional adult! She's totally fine!" Not always, Clint, not always.
...latenightcuppa and this fic being responsible for the fact that I relate Hawkeye/Hawkey dynamics in terms of Batman & Robin. :P
Honestly, Kate and Clint read so clearly to me as equals in the way that they treat and view the other, that that metaphor doesn't totally work for me.
No, no, you're both right, and I realized after I went to bed last night that I was taking that completely the opposite of the point of the story (1am posting, whooo). Because Kate is a legacy hero and not a sidekick, and Clint never does the whole "Try harder, Robin" thing with her after that first time. I think what I meant was that adult superheroes are so busy with superhero problems and the trauma that they accumulate over time that the younger superheroes sometimes end up looking like the functional adults in their partnerships and having to go around picking up after people who are older than them. If only because they've had less time to get messed up? Which, even if they are not looking for a mentor figure per se, is still not entirely fair to them as kids/young adults.
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Yeah. It's like there's this weird superhero trauma triage thing, and if you have never died and you still have relatives and you don't break down sobbing in team meetings, you're probably more functional than 90% of the people you know, no matter what else is wrong with you. So there's nobody to worry about you.
Like, how Batman is ostensibly supposed to be watching out for Robin and teaching him (her) things, but Batman is so screwed up he really can't take care of Robin? Robin probably takes care of Batman more than Batman takes care of Robin, because if he didn't have a kid around to cheer him up he would just be sad all the time.
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Right? Which I think is why Clint has this huge blind spot with regards to Kate. "Katie-kate? She's a functional adult! She's totally fine!" Not always, Clint, not always.
...latenightcuppa and this fic being responsible for the fact that I relate Hawkeye/Hawkey dynamics in terms of Batman & Robin. :P
Honestly, Kate and Clint read so clearly to me as equals in the way that they treat and view the other, that that metaphor doesn't totally work for me.
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