I'm pretty sure it's a poop.

[tencrush]

Can someone explain to me where Clint/Coulson comes from? Because I sometimes feel like I missed an entire MARVEL film somewhere along the line where they had chemistry, of any kind. And don't just say Thor because Hawkeye called Phil 'sir' for a bit. I'm not a slash kind of person, but even if I were, WHY THEM?? I mean, you have Stark and that whole snarky he-pretends-not-to-know-your-first-name, you-pretend-to-not-be-impressed-by-him-but-you-are thing.

And then there's THIS:


(WHERE DID YOU GET THIS AND PLEASE CAN I HAVE IT?)

Coulson's BIG GAY MANCRUSH on Steve Rogers, which, you know, why don't people go there more? When was this Clint/Coulson thing decided upon? It's like somebody chose it and then all Marvel slash fangirls stuck their fingers in their ears and started running with it, despite canon giving them gift after gift of slashy goodness that doesn't involve Hawkeye at all.

I'm not a huge fic person, full stop, but I keep seeing it, Marvel people, Agents of Shield people, everyone seems obsessed by it. EXPLAIN YOURSELVES.

ETA: Is it the alliteration? I can understand that part of it, it's MARVEL, after all. It would be good if someone just came straight out and said, yeah, it's the alliteration, Whelk, that's all it is.

Comments

[furius.livejournal.com]

I think someone on my lj flist is responsible for it because she wrote the first fic and it just Kept On Growing taken up by other people and such, something about Coulson being Clint's handler, this is before his Epic Crush on Capt. America's revealed in the MCU movies.....

[tencrush]

I just don't get it, I mean, I see the comedy value, but there is SO MUCH CANON EVIDENCE for other things, that I just don't see how it's rooted itself into the fandom to this degree. Agents of SHIELD fandom is full of Clint/Coulson fic, for fuck's sake. It's BIZZARE.

[venusinchains.livejournal.com]

I it's definitely a "you just get it - or you just don't" kind of thing, because I don't get it either, especially when you consider the canon push for CA/Coulson (and Clark Gregg's precious Avengers blooper with Chris Evans).

It makes me sad that Jeremy Renner will likely never appear on AoS. The fandom would explode - and so many people would be completely baffled.

[tencrush]

Part of me thinks it's just Jeremy Renner fangirls (does he have fangirls?) looking for a slash pairing, and Coulson's pretty much the only one Clint acknowledged onscreen for a while, ergo Clint/Coulson?

I do kind of want to hit them all with that blooper reel and go LOOK! THEIR LOVE. FOR REALS. IF YOU'RE GOING TO WRITE SLASH AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THIS THING RIGHT HERE.

Hawkeye on SHIELD would be hilarious, especially if they poked sticks at the Clint/Coulson thing by implying some sort of tryst between Clint and Ward or something.

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

Oh thank God I'm not the only one thinking this - the fandom's so weird I kind of stopped asking these questions a while ago thinking I missed something.

[tencrush]

I really, seriously thought OMG I MISSED AN ENTIRE FILM SOMEHOW. That is how weird I find this pairing. I AM GLAD I AM NOT ALONE. *cling*

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

I don't even. I mean, I get Clint/Natasha and all that, but the Avengers fandom is full of weird pairings - I mean, I mostly say nothing about it because I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings/ship.

[tencrush]

There are some odd pairings in the fandom, Clint/Coulson is probably the most popular one that makes no sense to me. I'd never begrudge anyone their ships, but it just seems like this one is completely based on nonexistent fanon? Like, it totally makes sense to the people immersed in it, but to anyone looking in from the outside it's like WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN.