Black Widow (movie) & Hawkeye (series)
Nov. 7th, 2023 02:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ultra_ficI wasn't sure about diving into Phase 4 of the MCU. I mean, I watched The Falcon and the Winter Soldier the first chance I got (because, hello, Bucky Barnes!) but apart from that, I felt like I was pretty much done after The Infinity Saga. Apparently, that wasn't entirely true...
For fic writing purposes, I recently felt compelled to watch Black Widow, even though I was almost certain it was going to be a little too dark for my taste and not really my cup of tea. Admittedly, I did fast-forward through some stuff, but I am glad I took the time to watch what I did of it. Yelena was a very interesting character and I love the relationship between her and Nat. It was painful seeing what they both went through, especially when they were so young, but yeah, not entirely sorry I took the time to familiarise myself with that.
Then I figured, hey, why not watch Hawkeye? I've liked Clint from the start and I joined a Clintasha community here on Dreamwidth and over on Discord a few months ago (I shipped Clintasha in Phase 1, but then switched to WinterWidow later on; also, it turned out Clint was married!) so I figured why not? Wow. I loved all six episodes!
Kate Bishop is such a great character and her relationship with Clint was just so good. They were just what each other needed at that point in their lives and I loved it! Plus, more Yelena, and the scene in the last episode when she had to just accept that Nat was gone and it was nobody's fault - when she and Clint cried together, I was right there with them. Of course, I was having the happy kind of tears when Clint then took Kate home with him for Christmas - so good! :) If I listed off everything I loved about the Hawkeye series, I would be here all day, but just a few more highlights - Clint teaching Kate the coin flicking trick and how it saved her in the end; all of the trick arrows!; Lucky the dog; handling deafness so well, not just with Clint but with Maya too; finally seeing what the Snap/Blip was like for those that were snapped when Yelena had that weird experience in her friend's bathroom; the way they put together the scene of Kate seeing Clint during the Battle of New York in Ep1; Jack turning out to be a decent guy and an epic swordsman all along; the LARPers being awesome; Rogers: The Musical!
Basically, there was very little I didn't like about this mini-series and I'm sure I'll rewatch it sometime in the future.
As for the rest of MCU Phase 4 (and 5 by now?) I don't know how much I'll be diving into it. I have a vague interest in seeing the second Black Panther and the third Spider-man sometime, mostly because they're continuations from films I already enjoyed, but none of the stuff with the new characters really excites me at all, if I'm honest. Also, I couldn't get into Loki, and never even bothered with the latest Thor or Ant-Man. I don't know, they just don't appeal somehow, but maybe someday. Who knows?
For fic writing purposes, I recently felt compelled to watch Black Widow, even though I was almost certain it was going to be a little too dark for my taste and not really my cup of tea. Admittedly, I did fast-forward through some stuff, but I am glad I took the time to watch what I did of it. Yelena was a very interesting character and I love the relationship between her and Nat. It was painful seeing what they both went through, especially when they were so young, but yeah, not entirely sorry I took the time to familiarise myself with that.
Then I figured, hey, why not watch Hawkeye? I've liked Clint from the start and I joined a Clintasha community here on Dreamwidth and over on Discord a few months ago (I shipped Clintasha in Phase 1, but then switched to WinterWidow later on; also, it turned out Clint was married!) so I figured why not? Wow. I loved all six episodes!
Kate Bishop is such a great character and her relationship with Clint was just so good. They were just what each other needed at that point in their lives and I loved it! Plus, more Yelena, and the scene in the last episode when she had to just accept that Nat was gone and it was nobody's fault - when she and Clint cried together, I was right there with them. Of course, I was having the happy kind of tears when Clint then took Kate home with him for Christmas - so good! :) If I listed off everything I loved about the Hawkeye series, I would be here all day, but just a few more highlights - Clint teaching Kate the coin flicking trick and how it saved her in the end; all of the trick arrows!; Lucky the dog; handling deafness so well, not just with Clint but with Maya too; finally seeing what the Snap/Blip was like for those that were snapped when Yelena had that weird experience in her friend's bathroom; the way they put together the scene of Kate seeing Clint during the Battle of New York in Ep1; Jack turning out to be a decent guy and an epic swordsman all along; the LARPers being awesome; Rogers: The Musical!
Basically, there was very little I didn't like about this mini-series and I'm sure I'll rewatch it sometime in the future.
As for the rest of MCU Phase 4 (and 5 by now?) I don't know how much I'll be diving into it. I have a vague interest in seeing the second Black Panther and the third Spider-man sometime, mostly because they're continuations from films I already enjoyed, but none of the stuff with the new characters really excites me at all, if I'm honest. Also, I couldn't get into Loki, and never even bothered with the latest Thor or Ant-Man. I don't know, they just don't appeal somehow, but maybe someday. Who knows?
