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CHARACTER
Name: Kate Bishop (Hawkeye)
Canon: Marvel 616 (Young Avengers and Hawkeye, most notably)
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Wing Color: Shades of purple, in the pattern of a red-tailed hawk.
Canon Point: After Hawkeye #7.
Canon Point Explanation: Even though her canonmates are from an earlier point of time, I wanted to bring Kate in from a point in time where she feels more confident in herself and her abilities. Her friendship with Clint in the Hawkeye comics really allows her to build to that point – not to mention that it gives her some space to heal after the events of The Children’s Crusade but before the new Young Avengers arc.Also, timeline screwy-ness is fun.
History: Marvel wiki entry and Regular wiki entry
Personality: Although Kate grows up the daughter of a wealthy New York socialite, she never feels all that comfortable with her family’s wealth. Like her mother, she spends her time prior to joining the Young Avengers working with charities – donating time and money to shelters and soup kitchens and other humanitarian causes. While most New Yorkers would walk by a homeless beggar, Kate is the type to stop to give them change. After the death of her mother, about a year prior to the formation of the Young Avengers, she becomes more involved in activist work. Determined to make a difference in the world, it’s perhaps no surprise that she eventually forces her way on to the Young Avengers team.
Most of her life, prior to her mother’s death, is that of a rich debutante. She attends Interlochen National Music Camp every summer, where she learned cello and guitar. One of her father’s friends gives her a pony for her birthday. She attends a prestigious New York private school. Kate’s life is lacking for nothing, picture perfect really. Yet, though she gets teasingly called a spoiled brat, she rarely acts like one. Prior to joining the Avengers, Kate is subjected to the violence and harsh realities of the world. Though an age isn’t given, I headcanon it to be about fourteen when she cuts through Central Park at night and is assaulted (presumably raped). Though she sees a therapist to work on the emotional repercussions, it’s not enough for her. In her eyes:
"Life is short. And it doesn’t matter how good your grades are – or how many hours you put in at the soup kitchen… You’re not safe. Bad things happen. Things you can’t control. Things that have nothing to do with you. And they will destroy them if you let them. Or you can try to learn from them, so that the next time you’ll be prepared. So that – even if you never feel safe again – you can do your best to make sure that what happened to you never happens to anyone else."
She takes up kickboxing and jujitsu and other forms of combat so that she won’t be caught off guard ever again. And when her sister’s wedding is interrupted by an armed robbery attempt, she doesn’t let the Young Avengers do all the work. Headstrong and determined, she jumps right into the fray and effectively saves the day without a second thought to her own wellbeing. Up until Cassie’s death, this trend continues. Kate fights alongside the rest of the Young Avengers, even often leads them on their missions, despite her lack of any superhuman ability. And she takes up the fight again at Clint’s request a year or two after. As Billy puts it, despite Kate lacking any powers, she’s still "A superhero, Kate. You were always a superhero."
Though she tends to come across as the coolest and most hip or suave of the Young Avengers, she is as much of a superhero geek as the rest of them. Time and time again, she easily recognizes superheroes and tends to react in awe of meeting them. Even Cassie Lang, Ant-Man’s daughter, is greeted with something akin to wonder – Kate knowing full well who Cassie’s father is upon their first meeting. Yet, Kate isn’t the hero-worship type. She has absolutely no problem standing up to ridiculing high school teachers, let alone any of the Avengers or other superheroes or villains the team meets, even Captain America:
"Sir, with all due respect, the minute Eli’s back on his feet, he’ll be chasing down bad guys, powers or no powers. That’s just who he is. It’s who we all are. The same as you. I know you and Iron Man don’t approve of us but I can’t help thinking if you guys had supported us – if you had taken the time to train us – maybe Eli wouldn’t be in surgery right now. Maybe Billy’s parents would still have a place to live, and Teddy’s mother would still be alive. That’s how it feels anyway. So if you really want to protect us… you’ll accept us."
It’s this stubbornness and pride that earns her Hawkeye’s bow and codename, Clint Barton being the only other Avenger who ever stood up to Captain America the way she did. Kate has absolutely no problem speaking her mind and making certain that everyone knows her opinion on the matter, even if she’s not the most eloquent or polite in the process. When Clint Barton dons Captain America’s costume and shield for a trial run after Cap’s death, Kate easily tells him off for what she believes to be disrespecting Cap’s memory. When he asks how what she does – taking up the name Hawkeye – is any different, she explains that she did it to honor him (unbeknownst to her that she’s talking to Clint the entire time).
Unlike the rest of the Young Avengers, Kate has no personal connection to the Avengers. In place, she forges a student-mentor relationship with Clint Barton. Their first real meeting is full of friction, with Clint attacking Kate to test her skills in the field. He then plays up her pride and self-confidence and bets her for his bow back. It’s a bet that Kate cockily accepts and then loses, calling it "her greatest shame ever." Then, just as recklessly, she goes out and gets a bit buzzed with Tommy (unconcerned with engaging in underage drinking) and agrees with him when he suggests that they steal the bow back. Which they do. Though rules and laws are important, well, at times they’re more like guidelines. Right?
After Cassie’s death, she opts to quit being a Young Avengers - blaming herself for Cassie's death as she died on a mission Kate was leading. The guilt ways at her for some time, seen when Clint calls her up to work for him. Despite his arguments, she’s a bit reluctant to accept at first. But he eventually convinces her otherwise and despite her promise not to take up being a superhero to Billy and the rest of the time, she starts to work alongside Clint as his partner. Their relationship is full of snark on both ends, a lot of teasing and name calling. A comfortable friendship that borders on the same familial relationship that she had formed with the Young Avengers. Kate’s way of showing she cares is often through name calling, yelling, scolding, and teasing. And again and again, she comes to his need – both as physical backup and emotional support. And she doesn’t hesitate to yell at him when he deserves it.Or steal his dog to drive across country with.
Though confident and outspoken in the field, when it comes to boys, Kate flails as much as any other girl. Some of this probably stems from the sexual assault she suffered. Though people are quick to match her up with Eli, she often denies that there’s anything going on between them. Even when they go out on a not-date, she spends the whole time being awkward and insisting to him that they be just friends. Eventually, she does kiss him (but not before flirting and kissing Tommy). But she tells him that she needs to take it slow. But it seems that she eventually grows from this shyness – as indicated by her eventual fling with Noh-Varr and the happiness she feels over sleeping with him despite wanting to feel stupid and ashamed for a second.
Strengths
Physical: Kate is extremely talented when it comes to archery. According to Clint Bishop (the original Hawkeye), Kate is “without a doubt the finest and most gifted bowman I’ve ever met” – a part of the reason he allows her to keep both his bow and codename after revealing himself to still be alive. She’s also talented in a number of martial arts (jujitsu, kickboxing), fencing and sword fighting, and combat in general. Also, Kate can play the cello.
Mental: Despite not having any powers, Kate takes over for Patriot after he initially abandons the team after their encounter with Kang the Conqueror. Even when Patriot rejoins, they are shown to co-lead, with the Young Avengers more than usually following Kate’s command over that of Patriot’s. She’s intelligent, resourceful, and extremely decisive. Once a decision is made, Kate will stick with it and see it through. She’ll also take full responsibility for her actions – both the good and the bad. She doesn't easily back down on any matter, especially if she believes herself to be in the right.
Emotional: The ability to take responsibility for her actions extends to the emotional side of things. Though she is a typical teenage girl in many respects – flustered around attractive guys, wanting some sort of approval by friends and family for her choices – she’s can also a little mature beyond her years and, it seems, very good at compartmentalizing her emotions.
Weaknesses
Physical: She’s one hundred percent completely human in a world full of superhumans. So she has all the physical weaknesses of a fit eighteen year old girl who regularly exercises and keeps up with combat training.
Mental: Though she's smart, she's not a genius. As quick thinking and resourceful as she is, she can also let pride and impulsiveness get in her way -- although those are areas she's since approved upon as she's grown older. She'll give in to stupid decisions easily when in a bad mood - stealing Hawkeye's bow from the Avengers HQ with Tommy; stealing Lucky for a roadtrip after a fight with Clint, etc.
Emotional: The trauma experienced in her early teens affects her throughout the rest of her life. Though she copes with it through martial arts lessons and therapy sessions, she does tell imply that she doesn’t necessarily feel safe sometimes. This feeling is probably reinforced all the times she’s nearly died in canon and by the loss of Cassie and Vision in The Children’s Crusade. It’s also seen again in the Marvel Now! Young Avengers series after she wakes up in Noh-Varr’s bed the next morning, stating that she should feel ashamed of herself. She suffers from a lot of guilt and her actions can often be seen as results from that guilt. For example, she quits being a superhero after leading the mission that got her best friend killed. She’s also reluctant to work with Clint when he first calls to ask her to be his partner but, eventually, she breaks down and agrees. She'll also take anger out on those she cares for whether she means to or not. It's her way of showing she cares.
Anything else?: Kate happens to be in possession of Hawkeye’s original bow in the comics. I’d like that to show up early on. As well as her current superhero outfit.
SAMPLES
First Person: Training Wings post
Third Person:
These wings were the closest thing she had ever had to a superpower and so far, Kate had found them to be nothing but annoying. She couldn’t fly. She could barely float above the ground for more than five seconds. What then exactly was the whole point behind this augmented body thing if you couldn’t do a damned thing with them? Especially when all they seemed to be good at was throwing off her natural center of balance.
Stand up straight. Feet in line with the breadth of her shoulders. Pull back on the string. Tighten back muscles. Breathe slowly, aim, and exhale. Her hand relaxed and the arrow flew. Wings twitched with nerves and her bow tilted slightly to the left. The arrow landed with a solid thunk, well within the target circle but off center by half an itch. She stumbled forward a little as her wings twitched again, as if trying to compensate for her lack of balance or her lack of aim. "Crap!"
She hadn’t shot this poorly in years. At least, not since she was eleven years old and spending her third summer at music camp. It had been a time where her cello playing had surpassed any sort of athletic skill. To Kate Bishop, it had been a lifetime ago. A life she could barely imagine living now. What would her life have been like if that reckless fourteen year old girl hadn’t cut through Central Park on her way home from school one spring night? Would she be trapped here now? Or would she be the good little society debutante, dating and flirting her way through Columbia University?
Probably not. But, then again, it wasn’t exactly a question worth dwelling on. She couldn’t change the past. And she had seen firsthand the sort of repercussions fiddling with the timeline might have. Iron Lad had kind of driven that point home, hadn’t he?
"Nothing to do now but learn from past mistakes," she muttered, reaching for another arrow from the quiver that hung off her belt. Lean from past mistakes and move on. It had applied then, after her assault. And it had even applied after Cassie’s death, even if it had taken Kate some time to see it. She might not have any superpowers – and no, these wings do did not count – and she might not have had the same connection to the Avengers the rest of her team did. But being a superhero was in her blood regardless.
She didn’t earn the codename Hawkeye for nothing.
"Adjust for the wings," she told herself, notching the arrow in her bow. "Flatten them against your back. Keep steady."
Breathe in, tauten the string. Lean forward just a little to find that new center of balance. One that took the purple colored annoyances in mind. If Billy and Teddy were right, there was no getting rid of these wings. They were just one more thing she’d have to learn to live with. Close one eye and aim. One elbow point out, one elbow point up. Keep the wings still.
Let the arrow go.
Bullseye.
Name: Jenny
Journal Username: hominidae
E-mail: pilot.jaina @ gmail.com
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Current Characters at Luceti: Katniss Everdeen (
stillplaying)CHARACTER
Name: Kate Bishop (Hawkeye)
Canon: Marvel 616 (Young Avengers and Hawkeye, most notably)
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Wing Color: Shades of purple, in the pattern of a red-tailed hawk.
Canon Point: After Hawkeye #7.
Canon Point Explanation: Even though her canonmates are from an earlier point of time, I wanted to bring Kate in from a point in time where she feels more confident in herself and her abilities. Her friendship with Clint in the Hawkeye comics really allows her to build to that point – not to mention that it gives her some space to heal after the events of The Children’s Crusade but before the new Young Avengers arc.
History: Marvel wiki entry and Regular wiki entry
Personality: Although Kate grows up the daughter of a wealthy New York socialite, she never feels all that comfortable with her family’s wealth. Like her mother, she spends her time prior to joining the Young Avengers working with charities – donating time and money to shelters and soup kitchens and other humanitarian causes. While most New Yorkers would walk by a homeless beggar, Kate is the type to stop to give them change. After the death of her mother, about a year prior to the formation of the Young Avengers, she becomes more involved in activist work. Determined to make a difference in the world, it’s perhaps no surprise that she eventually forces her way on to the Young Avengers team.
Most of her life, prior to her mother’s death, is that of a rich debutante. She attends Interlochen National Music Camp every summer, where she learned cello and guitar. One of her father’s friends gives her a pony for her birthday. She attends a prestigious New York private school. Kate’s life is lacking for nothing, picture perfect really. Yet, though she gets teasingly called a spoiled brat, she rarely acts like one. Prior to joining the Avengers, Kate is subjected to the violence and harsh realities of the world. Though an age isn’t given, I headcanon it to be about fourteen when she cuts through Central Park at night and is assaulted (presumably raped). Though she sees a therapist to work on the emotional repercussions, it’s not enough for her. In her eyes:
"Life is short. And it doesn’t matter how good your grades are – or how many hours you put in at the soup kitchen… You’re not safe. Bad things happen. Things you can’t control. Things that have nothing to do with you. And they will destroy them if you let them. Or you can try to learn from them, so that the next time you’ll be prepared. So that – even if you never feel safe again – you can do your best to make sure that what happened to you never happens to anyone else."
She takes up kickboxing and jujitsu and other forms of combat so that she won’t be caught off guard ever again. And when her sister’s wedding is interrupted by an armed robbery attempt, she doesn’t let the Young Avengers do all the work. Headstrong and determined, she jumps right into the fray and effectively saves the day without a second thought to her own wellbeing. Up until Cassie’s death, this trend continues. Kate fights alongside the rest of the Young Avengers, even often leads them on their missions, despite her lack of any superhuman ability. And she takes up the fight again at Clint’s request a year or two after. As Billy puts it, despite Kate lacking any powers, she’s still "A superhero, Kate. You were always a superhero."
Though she tends to come across as the coolest and most hip or suave of the Young Avengers, she is as much of a superhero geek as the rest of them. Time and time again, she easily recognizes superheroes and tends to react in awe of meeting them. Even Cassie Lang, Ant-Man’s daughter, is greeted with something akin to wonder – Kate knowing full well who Cassie’s father is upon their first meeting. Yet, Kate isn’t the hero-worship type. She has absolutely no problem standing up to ridiculing high school teachers, let alone any of the Avengers or other superheroes or villains the team meets, even Captain America:
"Sir, with all due respect, the minute Eli’s back on his feet, he’ll be chasing down bad guys, powers or no powers. That’s just who he is. It’s who we all are. The same as you. I know you and Iron Man don’t approve of us but I can’t help thinking if you guys had supported us – if you had taken the time to train us – maybe Eli wouldn’t be in surgery right now. Maybe Billy’s parents would still have a place to live, and Teddy’s mother would still be alive. That’s how it feels anyway. So if you really want to protect us… you’ll accept us."
It’s this stubbornness and pride that earns her Hawkeye’s bow and codename, Clint Barton being the only other Avenger who ever stood up to Captain America the way she did. Kate has absolutely no problem speaking her mind and making certain that everyone knows her opinion on the matter, even if she’s not the most eloquent or polite in the process. When Clint Barton dons Captain America’s costume and shield for a trial run after Cap’s death, Kate easily tells him off for what she believes to be disrespecting Cap’s memory. When he asks how what she does – taking up the name Hawkeye – is any different, she explains that she did it to honor him (unbeknownst to her that she’s talking to Clint the entire time).
Unlike the rest of the Young Avengers, Kate has no personal connection to the Avengers. In place, she forges a student-mentor relationship with Clint Barton. Their first real meeting is full of friction, with Clint attacking Kate to test her skills in the field. He then plays up her pride and self-confidence and bets her for his bow back. It’s a bet that Kate cockily accepts and then loses, calling it "her greatest shame ever." Then, just as recklessly, she goes out and gets a bit buzzed with Tommy (unconcerned with engaging in underage drinking) and agrees with him when he suggests that they steal the bow back. Which they do. Though rules and laws are important, well, at times they’re more like guidelines. Right?
After Cassie’s death, she opts to quit being a Young Avengers - blaming herself for Cassie's death as she died on a mission Kate was leading. The guilt ways at her for some time, seen when Clint calls her up to work for him. Despite his arguments, she’s a bit reluctant to accept at first. But he eventually convinces her otherwise and despite her promise not to take up being a superhero to Billy and the rest of the time, she starts to work alongside Clint as his partner. Their relationship is full of snark on both ends, a lot of teasing and name calling. A comfortable friendship that borders on the same familial relationship that she had formed with the Young Avengers. Kate’s way of showing she cares is often through name calling, yelling, scolding, and teasing. And again and again, she comes to his need – both as physical backup and emotional support. And she doesn’t hesitate to yell at him when he deserves it.
Though confident and outspoken in the field, when it comes to boys, Kate flails as much as any other girl. Some of this probably stems from the sexual assault she suffered. Though people are quick to match her up with Eli, she often denies that there’s anything going on between them. Even when they go out on a not-date, she spends the whole time being awkward and insisting to him that they be just friends. Eventually, she does kiss him (but not before flirting and kissing Tommy). But she tells him that she needs to take it slow. But it seems that she eventually grows from this shyness – as indicated by her eventual fling with Noh-Varr and the happiness she feels over sleeping with him despite wanting to feel stupid and ashamed for a second.
Strengths
Mental: Despite not having any powers, Kate takes over for Patriot after he initially abandons the team after their encounter with Kang the Conqueror. Even when Patriot rejoins, they are shown to co-lead, with the Young Avengers more than usually following Kate’s command over that of Patriot’s. She’s intelligent, resourceful, and extremely decisive. Once a decision is made, Kate will stick with it and see it through. She’ll also take full responsibility for her actions – both the good and the bad. She doesn't easily back down on any matter, especially if she believes herself to be in the right.
Emotional: The ability to take responsibility for her actions extends to the emotional side of things. Though she is a typical teenage girl in many respects – flustered around attractive guys, wanting some sort of approval by friends and family for her choices – she’s can also a little mature beyond her years and, it seems, very good at compartmentalizing her emotions.
Weaknesses
Mental: Though she's smart, she's not a genius. As quick thinking and resourceful as she is, she can also let pride and impulsiveness get in her way -- although those are areas she's since approved upon as she's grown older. She'll give in to stupid decisions easily when in a bad mood - stealing Hawkeye's bow from the Avengers HQ with Tommy; stealing Lucky for a roadtrip after a fight with Clint, etc.
Emotional: The trauma experienced in her early teens affects her throughout the rest of her life. Though she copes with it through martial arts lessons and therapy sessions, she does tell imply that she doesn’t necessarily feel safe sometimes. This feeling is probably reinforced all the times she’s nearly died in canon and by the loss of Cassie and Vision in The Children’s Crusade. It’s also seen again in the Marvel Now! Young Avengers series after she wakes up in Noh-Varr’s bed the next morning, stating that she should feel ashamed of herself. She suffers from a lot of guilt and her actions can often be seen as results from that guilt. For example, she quits being a superhero after leading the mission that got her best friend killed. She’s also reluctant to work with Clint when he first calls to ask her to be his partner but, eventually, she breaks down and agrees. She'll also take anger out on those she cares for whether she means to or not. It's her way of showing she cares.
Anything else?: Kate happens to be in possession of Hawkeye’s original bow in the comics. I’d like that to show up early on. As well as her current superhero outfit.
SAMPLES
First Person: Training Wings post
Third Person:
These wings were the closest thing she had ever had to a superpower and so far, Kate had found them to be nothing but annoying. She couldn’t fly. She could barely float above the ground for more than five seconds. What then exactly was the whole point behind this augmented body thing if you couldn’t do a damned thing with them? Especially when all they seemed to be good at was throwing off her natural center of balance.
Stand up straight. Feet in line with the breadth of her shoulders. Pull back on the string. Tighten back muscles. Breathe slowly, aim, and exhale. Her hand relaxed and the arrow flew. Wings twitched with nerves and her bow tilted slightly to the left. The arrow landed with a solid thunk, well within the target circle but off center by half an itch. She stumbled forward a little as her wings twitched again, as if trying to compensate for her lack of balance or her lack of aim. "Crap!"
She hadn’t shot this poorly in years. At least, not since she was eleven years old and spending her third summer at music camp. It had been a time where her cello playing had surpassed any sort of athletic skill. To Kate Bishop, it had been a lifetime ago. A life she could barely imagine living now. What would her life have been like if that reckless fourteen year old girl hadn’t cut through Central Park on her way home from school one spring night? Would she be trapped here now? Or would she be the good little society debutante, dating and flirting her way through Columbia University?
Probably not. But, then again, it wasn’t exactly a question worth dwelling on. She couldn’t change the past. And she had seen firsthand the sort of repercussions fiddling with the timeline might have. Iron Lad had kind of driven that point home, hadn’t he?
"Nothing to do now but learn from past mistakes," she muttered, reaching for another arrow from the quiver that hung off her belt. Lean from past mistakes and move on. It had applied then, after her assault. And it had even applied after Cassie’s death, even if it had taken Kate some time to see it. She might not have any superpowers – and no, these wings do did not count – and she might not have had the same connection to the Avengers the rest of her team did. But being a superhero was in her blood regardless.
She didn’t earn the codename Hawkeye for nothing.
"Adjust for the wings," she told herself, notching the arrow in her bow. "Flatten them against your back. Keep steady."
Breathe in, tauten the string. Lean forward just a little to find that new center of balance. One that took the purple colored annoyances in mind. If Billy and Teddy were right, there was no getting rid of these wings. They were just one more thing she’d have to learn to live with. Close one eye and aim. One elbow point out, one elbow point up. Keep the wings still.
Let the arrow go.
Bullseye.