Why do writers insist on making Clint an idiot? Even Fraction's run...

Why do writers insist on making Clint an idiot? Even Fraction's run, which has become the go-to inspiration for modern Hawkeye, didn't make him incompetent. Just a bit unlucky. He also really played up his hotshot personality, but Hawkeye has always been like that.

Austen, Hickman and Remender are the only ones to write him competent since 2000....

It was Lemire who made it worse.

At least Kot made him dumb as an act like when Hill asked "why do you keep playing dumb Clint?"

Because his characterization in Fraction's run was flanderized.

Because we're suffering from a generation of writers that didn't have strong father figures so they're either projecting their deadbeat dad or their own insecurities on to male characters.

This user's get some taste.

I like you!

This is the issue that introduces Hawkeye into the Secret Avengers. Shame he never got the same level of respect after Remender's run.

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It's safer than his old personality from a writing standpoint. If he's an idiot and you go too far with it you can always spin it as humor or use it to springboard an easy "getting my shit together" story. His old personality was kind of an asshole and if you went too far with it then you'd have more trouble getting around it and risk alienating readers fast.

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Wow Cap. Just....wow.
Thank god there's a reason for this uncharacteristically shitty behavior.

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>General avoidance of sin.
GLORIOUS!!!!!

Also sounds more interesting from a writing standpoint.

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Loving this

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Excellent start to a solid series. Shame Secret Avengers is no longer an ongoing

Jim McCann tho.

Also Nicieza's short lived solo.

This kind of makes sense. There's a big reluctance, especially at Marvel, to write a pigheaded male character these days.

Also, making him stupid makes Kate seem even smarter by comparison. Girl power!