Why Hawkeye deserved to survive Avengers Endgame: What If?, marvel cinematic universe, the avengers (marvel movies) fanfic

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Tony Stark, James "Bucky" Barnes, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Wanda Maximoff, Thor (Marvel), Clint Barton/Laura Barton, Loki (Marvel), Yelena Belova, Yelena Belova & Natasha Romanov, Clint Barton & Natasha Romanov, Clint Barton & Yelena Belova

Summary

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, I want to make that clear. But since the Black Widow film came out, hell since Avengers Endgame came out, and Natasha Romanoff [Black Widow] lost her life to save the world / return it to normal, the level of HATE that I’ve seen for Clint Barton / Hawkeye [now Ronin?] has been horrific!Natasha was an amazing and complex character, there is no disputing that, she dominated the franchise since her first appearance, and I legitimately cried at her demise. But to say it should have been Clint, and people posting threats to stop watching or making disgusting comments against the writers or Jeremy himself is simply childish. I want to show his qualities and why he deserved to live.

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Will give my views on each film, and Hawkeye's part in them.

What If?

April 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM

Hi all!

It's been a while, but I now have much more material to further explain why Hawkeye is awesome!

This link is not mine, but explains in detail about [spoiler] Clint's sacrifice in What If?
https://screenrant.com/what-if-hawkeye-endgame-sacrifice-death-perfect/

In What If?, Clint is not getting his family back and he has lost his fight so makes a sacrifice play to stop the Ultron robots, and takes them out in spectacular fashion.

The saddest part is he leaves Natasha, but his loss was too great to recover from.

It's interesting that I found fan reactions to this on YouTube, and so many were gutted as his sacrifice, compairing it to Natasha's in Endgame. Which shows how people have come round to him since Endgame came out.

In What If...?, Clint lost his family when Ultron released the world's nuclear weapons. So, in an attempt to save Natasha and an Ultron sentry containing Arnim Zola's A.I., Clint was the one to let go of Natasha's hand, sacrificing himself for the greater good.

The series mirrored the shot from Endgame where, instead of Natasha looking up at Clint before freeing herself from his grasp, Hawkeye is the one looking up at Black Widow.
"I don't want to fight anymore."