#barney barton

[joezy27]

HAWKEYE - Clint Barton’s Shoulder Angel & Devil

All-New Hawkeye (2016) #3 Variant cover by Erica Henderson

[demigodoreo]

Hawkeye (2012) #15

[innkeepercore]

“Look, I know we're past the big brother teaching little brother about driving and women and sneaking me a fake I.D. But can we just start over? I'm not giving up on us.”

[cherlawa-panna]

The Three Hawkeyes of Gender

[sunshiny-rants]

Sometimes before it gets better

The darkness gets bigger

The person that you’d take a bullet for

is behind the trigger

[v4guelyv4mpiric]

im sorry to non marvel fans trying to tell what the fuck we're talking about most of the time.

like this guy is hawkeye and this girl is hawkeye and sometimes the first one's brother is hawkeye but evil but og hawkeye was evil twice, once as hawkeye and once as ronin and was also a completely different hero named goliath.. dont get it twisted.

[hawkzeyes]

Is Barney a good brother to Clint? I've seen that fandom consider him abusive so I'm curious what do you think.

Mmmm…. It’s a bit more complicated than that… I think he can be a good brother but he can also be kind of a suck brother. Neither one of them are perfect to each other and I think people forget that Barney in fact has lived through the same trauma Clint has, ie abusive father, bad foster homes, the carnival, “dying”, being manipulated and used, etc.

The abusive narrative I think started with people not understanding enough about Clint (because inherently Clint is a brawler with a smart mouth and he is QUICK to anger but if you’ve just read Fraction you’re not really going to know that because that’s the most LOW energy Clint ever. He’s a spiteful little shit tbh 😚)

Then we obviously have Blindspot where Barney’s being massively manipulated and used by Baron Zemo but most don’t know how he got there or why which is Baron Zemo literally stole his body and brainwashed him when he woke up lost and confused after everyone thought he was dead LMFAOO which leads right back to my point, people are not reading into Clint enough because all of that is explained.

So no I don’t think Barney is abusive. I think people kind of get stuck on the same three comics for Clint (My Life as A Weapon, All New Hawkeye, and Freefall) and don’t dig deeper so they lack nuance and understanding and a lot of the comic spaces are sort of big echo chambers for folks who don’t engage deeper because they don’t know any better! I think Barney is flawed just like Clint and they both are sort of “violent” guys so sometimes their interactions are different than what you would expect to see. Is it a wholesome dynamic always? No, not always. They don’t know what that looks like but I don’t think Barney abuses Clint, no. I know Barney cares deeply for Clint. That is reflected in comics heavily and just because it’s not the traditional sense folks are used to seeing doesn’t make it abusive. Barney was a kid too. Barney lived in that house too. I have to remind folks of that.

[billybatsonmylove]

Hawkeye (2012) Issue #15

[bobbimorses]

clint's had enough with all the monologuing

[sammialex]

New foil + new covering + new boards meant this one was an exercise in the unexpected, but overall happy with how it came out. First time using a thicker cover material and first time playing with text direction in the typeset. Ultimate Kidfic of Ultimate Destiny by @jhscdood is free to read on AO3.

[marvelwizardz]

[demigodoreo]

Hawkeye (2012) #19

[melaclintbartoncorner]

HELL YES!! My dream of Clint and Barney is getting closer!

[docthechaosking]

So like Bruce is not the kind of guy that would do research into his teammates or read anyone’s SHEILD files, right? He just would not invade people’s privacy, and even if he did get anxious enough to check Clint’s, Hulk would be on his ass about it. Therefore I can only imagine the reason Bruce knows Clint’s full first name is bc he and Janet were awkwardly standing in the background while Barney dropped a whole “CLINTON FRANCIS BARTON” at Clint. Immediately followed by Barney saying something like “you are a FUCKING MORON” and Clint punching him in the jaw.

As only children Bruce and Janet must have such a weird perception of what sibling relationships are like, since their only points of reference are Thor and Loki and these dumbasses trying to tear each other’s throats out, throwing some of the most out of pocket insults known to man, and then being completely chill two minutes later.

(Also, some people in the fandom including myself bc Clint’s older brother Barney as having been parentified during their childhood, maybe even before their parents died but definitely after, since there are some comic panels that really give off that vibe. Everything about Hawkeye’s childhood always ends up being 90% angstier than you’d expect going in lol neither of the Barton bros are even remotely okay. It’s a really interesting sibling dynamic that has a lot of untapped potential)

Oh he definitely would heard the name when they meet up with Barney. They need their fake IDs and credentials and such so they have to meet him in the middle of nowhere since actually sending them throw the mail would be risky.

Bruce definitely throws “Clinton” around all the time now.

Janet and Bruce would somehow manage to pull off a really good sibling relationship despite all they’ve seen. Bruce is that nagging older sibling and Janet is that all over the place younger sibling that tells him not to worry all the time. They would also just argue like siblings.

Ask them if Chuck E. Cheese is a restaurant and you’ll lose two hours of your life.

[cherlawa-panna]

Barney Barton and his horrible (ugly) hair

I'm in the middle of finishing my meta post about Barney's reasons for leaving the circus, but I saw this ask and had to answer it immediately!

I’d never considered that Barney’s hair might change based on how he’s portrayed, but it’s honestly hilarious—and, in a way, it makes sense.

So, naturally, I’m about to rant about Barney’s hair now, lmao.

Let's start with basics. Barney most of time is shown in memories with specific color schemes, which means he doesn’t get the chance to be shown as a ginger. We can see this in Hawkeye (2003), All-New Hawkeye, and Fraction’s Hawkeye #12 issue (Issue #12 is drawn by a different artist—Francesco Francavilla, who also illustrated issue #10. His art is full of colors and I highly recommend checking out his work <3)

The only exception is in Hawkeye: Blindspot, where he has brown hair due to the brown-yellow, dull color scheme of memories:

In the other issues of Fraction's Hawkeye, Barney's hair in David Aja's art alternates between shades of brown and reddish-brown. It influenced by the color scheme and lighting.

As you pointed out, his hair isn’t entirely ginger and this is probably because from the fact that a bright ginger tone might not fit the overall aesthetic. Similarly, Natasha’s hair is depicted as red too rather than a vibrant ginger. So, this is more like an artistic choice.

To be fair, I can count on one hand the times he’s actually shown as a ginger. Which are: Avengers (1963), Solo Avengers (1987), Hawkeye: Blindspot, and New Avengers (2010).

Your observation about Barney being ginger when he's unsympathetic is right so far, because:

Avengers (1963): Barney is portrayed as a criminal involved with the mob/mafia.

Solo Avengers (1987): Barney is furious that Clint refused Jacques’ offer of money, completely disregarding the fact that Jacques nearly killed Clint. After that, he leaves Clint alone in abusive environment, because he was fed up with circus life. So he was an asshole here.

Hawkeye Blindspot: Barney returns from the dead to kill Clint (I don't need to explain more).

New Avengers (2010): Barney joins the Dark Avengers and acts like an idiot and asshole all the time.

So yes, the pattern is clear—Barney only seems to be depicted as a ginger when he’s shown in a negative light. BUT there's an exception in Dark Avengers (2012)-

- because his hair is brown.

Dark Avenger!Barney is the most stupid and the most asshole Barney that ever existed. So this pattern breaks here.

And his color change frequently, almost like if he was a heartbroken teenager girl post-breakup lol. It ranges from brown to light brown and even blonde at times.

And in #182-194 he has a pink hair.

With a brief exception in issue #186, where it reverts to brown for few panels. But after that, he consistently has pink hair, with a few exceptions where he’s randomly depicted as either ginger or blonde.

(Yes, punching Barney in Dark Avengers is a very popular thing like you can see lmao).

These constant changes happens only to him for some unknown reasons. Satana and Tigra also appear in Dark Avengers but they have ginger hair all the time. Maybe the artists doesn't care about Barney since usually nobody cares about him lmao.

So the hair color really depends only on artists whims. With the exception of Avengers (1963), because I think they made him ginger to show that he's a bastard and bad version of Clint. And, well, stereotypically gingers are bastards.

Interestingly, Barney's second appearance after Avengers (1963) is in Hawkeye (1983), where he’s showed with black hair. I’ve seen a cleaner version of this panel on the internet where his hair looks more brown, but unfortunately, I can’t find it right now.

We don't know why he's not ginger here but maybe artist didn't want to waste a red/orange ink on him? Or simply forgot about his hair color?

ANYWAY! Barney last appeared in All-New Hawkeye (2016), where he had brown hair. In fact, in both the 2015 and 2016 All-New Hawkeye, his present self is consistently shown with brown hair - regardless of lighting. After 2016, we have nothing with him.

So yeah - our ginger asshole is in fact an brunet asshole.

Conclusion:

His changes of colors are largely due to the whims of the artists, like I said before, but he's most often depicted with brown hair rather than ginger. In fact, Barney tends to have ginger hair when portrayed as an asshole (with the exception of Fraction's Hawkeye, where his characterization leans more towards a gray area than a traditional villain) and everywhere else, he has brown hair. Dark Avengers is of couse an outlier, as the artists there seemed to do whatever they wanted with his hair.

What do I personally think? Well, I once came across a Tumblr RP blog (unfortunately, I couldn't find the @ right now ;_;) that had a headcanon that Barney dyed his hair many times throughout his life, and I treat that as canon. Maybe he dyed it to avoid looking like his father and when he was in FBI he stopped (maybe because he was forced to stop in military). And later he returned to dyeing it again.

And that's it. Thank you for ask :D you can send me more if you want. I'm sorry for answering so late.

BTW despite the fact that I dislike Dark Avengers, I kinda like Barney in pink. He's a cutie pie.

[carcrash429]

first fic of the year! posted as part of @genuaryjubilee and intended as a companion scene to wrap your roots all around my bones:

cast my shadow from a bellow's flame

Chapters: 1/1, Words: 719 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Barney Barton & Clint Barton Characters: Barney Barton, Clint Barton Additional Tags: Post-Movie: The Avengers (2012), Angst, Depression, Grief, Tough Love, Brotherly Love, Tough Brotherly Love, Alcohol Summary:

Clint heads south to his brother’s place to lick his wounds after the Battle of New York.