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

[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.