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You've broken your chains—
—but are you really f r e e ?

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Clint Barton

aka Hawkeye

MCU-based w/ minor 616
Canon-divergent

EST. Oct 22 2014
Written by Skyler




If I am anything, it is violence.

Alejandra Pizarnik, from “[…] of the Silence,” Extracting the Stone of Madness: Poems 1962 - 1972
(via mythaelogy)

riepu10:

Penn

Angel S01E11

shicksome:

And the whole world has to answer right now just to tell you once again, who’s bad…

(HOW DID YOU SURVIVE?) they ask.

how much did they have you bleed;
how long did they make you suffer;
how low did they force you down;
how dark did they tint your dreams?

     —until you had their blood glistening on your teeth;
     —until your suffering paled in comparison to their own;
     —until it was their throats pinned under your boot;
     —until you learned to enjoy the sounds of screams.

                                                          (I DIDN’T.) you reply.

to defeat monsters: become the greater monster | m.a.w

[ ID: ??? ]

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        ‘ You likely HAVE. It wouldn’t SURPRISE me; our BUSINESS
       is a COMPETITIVE one. Men COME and GO, but I INTEND to
       STAY for JUST a bit longer. 

               You would be surprised, sir. While you UNDOUBTEDLY
       make a PRETTY PENNY working on your OWN TERMS, my 
       rewards and benefits are more than the MONETARY variety. 
       WEAPONRY, NARCOTICS, other less than SAVORY objects; 
       or, perhaps, there is something you WANT but are 
       STRUGGLING to OBTAIN. I can ASSIST you. 

       Can I ask WHY that is? I don’t mean to sound RUDE, but 
       what COMPELS you to be constantly on the MOVE?

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      “ Wha’ men intend fer, rarely actually HAPPENS.
        It’s an irony that never FAILS to AMUSE me. ”

   A pause as he listened to the mobster make his case while
   flipping open a leather case of cigarettes and a silver lighter,
   IGNITING the end of his cancer stick before Clint took a drag.
   The silence CONTINUED even after both men finished, as the
   hitman observed his company with COLD steel-blue eyes—
   interest SPARKED within.

      “ All’a tha’ can still be ACQUIRED wit’ cash… though I’ll
        ADMIT yer connections prob’bly extend further than mine.
        Tha’s an advantage I’d GLADLY make USE of. Hm.

        —Why? Well, fer ONE: avoidin’ sentiment. Stay in
        ANY place LONG enough, ‘ventually you’ll start t’get
        ATTACHED; t’somethin’, or someone. Can’ ‘ave tha’.
        Fer TWO, s’much as y’might KEEP t’yerself, people
        will NOTICE you, wan’ t’KNOW abou’ you – they get

        all curious-like, y’know? Tha’s a PROBLEM.

        Normally I jus’ KILL any nosy rats DUMB ‘nough t’go
        POKIN’ ‘round m’personal business – but leave a
        trail’a CORPSES long ‘nough n’far enough, ‘n th’rats
        will follow it ANYWHERE.

        ‘Sides, I jus’ like movin’ ‘round, man. World’s a BIG
        place. Can’ see it SITTIN’ on m’
ass, now CAN I?

[ ID: ??? ]

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          ‘ I am an EXCEPTIONAL man who provides EXCEPTIONAL 
             BENEFITS and REWARDS to those I call my FRIENDS

            All that RUNNING around from HIT to HIT, doesn’t that
            get OLD after a while? ’ 

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      “ Exceptional man, ‘eh? Well, yer righ’ ‘bout tha’ –
        in a manner of speakin’, heh. I DOUBT there’s a
        lotta men tha’ look anythin’ like you walkin’ ‘round
        ‘ere. Was prob’bly hired t’
kill ‘em all.

        S’fer yer ‘benefits’ ‘n ‘rewards’, wha’ really can
        y’offer me tha’ MONEY can’ buy? I’d prob’ make
        MORE profit killin’ on m’own terms then on
yers.

        Old? ‘Eh, not very. M’actually rather FOND of bein’
        on th’move. Don’ like stayin’ in one place too LONG. ”

@flightlessgothamite poked for a starter

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      “—’n give me one good reason why I should work
       fer you
All m’contracts are temporary. Y’pay, I kill, ‘n
       job’s done.

       Don’ really see why I should make an EXCEPTION.”

My shadow is the same, but the person it follows is not.

lavidelray:

                 let me go
    i don’t wanna be your [ H E R O  ]

phantomseifu:

 ιƒ α ρєяѕση cσηтιηυєѕ кιℓℓιηg,
                                                    their heart cнαɴɢeѕ
into that of a demon
                                                    ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɴᴏᴛɪᴄɪɴɢ
How much can you change and get away with it, before you turn into someone else, before it’s some kind of murder?

miscellanyofmusings:

                          Dᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴀɴ﹐ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴀɴ
                                Wʜᴇɴ ᴡɪʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀ ʀ ɪ s ᴇ﹖
                                    Cᴏʙᴡᴇʙs ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴍɪɴᴅ
                                        Dᴜsᴛ ᴜᴘᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴇʏᴇs.

the-renner-objective:

So I decided to put them all together in one big GIF set because I don’t think I’ve done one before and I’m experimenting a bit. If I have already done one I apologize but I have a terrible memory