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by **BubbaKanoosh** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:46 pm

Seriously.

And just writing "he is awesome" doesn't cut it. People know my stance on him, the whole Mockingbird/rape thing.. why do you people love him?

by **Chesscub** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:51 pm

he is awesome

by **Muppetesque** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:53 pm

1) He's not Wolverine.

2) He's not Rulk

3) Loeb has yet to ruin him

by **Chesscub** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:55 pm

He's been around the Avengers for a long time. He's was the smart alec, bristle against authority kind of guy, eventually becoming the leader. He's not one to take any guff. He's innovative (creating his own weaponry) and constantly working to prove that a marksman belongs on a team of heavyweights. He's a bit of a horndog.

Plus he beat the Collector and the Grandmaster using his wits.

by **BlueStreak** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:57 pm

He personifies everything a Canadian should be.

by **rdrsfn82** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:59 pm

Because he's hella awesome.

by **Benderbrau** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:02 pm

In modern times any archer character is fucking dumb. WTF reason would a hero have for running around with a projectile weapon that's like 4 feet tall and fires wooden shafts that are so large that you can only carry a very limited supply of. If you're someone who has no problem shooting a person then carry a damn gun. It's the same thing, is far less cumbersome and you can carry 10 times the ammunition.

by **Muppetesque** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:05 pm

Benderbrau wrote:In modern times any archer character is fucking dumb. WTF reason would a hero have for running around with a projectile weapon that's like 4 feet tall and fires wooden shafts that are so large that you can only carry a very limited supply of. If you're someone who has no problem shooting a person then carry a damn gun. It's the same thing, is far less cumbersome and you can carry 10 times the ammunition.

He uses Pym particles to shrink and carry nearly unlimited amounts of arrows.

/noprize'd

by **Benderbrau** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:07 pm

Epidemic_Spider wrote:He uses Pym particles to shrink and carry nearly unlimited amounts of arrows.

/noprize'd

That's even more lame.

by **PDH** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:14 pm

Epidemic_Spider wrote:1) He's not Wolverine.

2) He's not Rulk

3) Loeb has yet to ruin him

All three of these points are also true of Jar Jar Binks.

I need more convincing.

by **Punchy** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:15 pm

He was the first Avenger to really shake things up and show some attitude and stand up to the big names like Captain America and Thor, he makes sparks fly whatever team he's in. He's also more of an underdog, he's an Avenger who fucks up, both in personal terms and superheroing terms.

Plus there's the whole redemption arc of being a former villain turned hero, which is continued into his involvement with the Thunderbolts.

by **oogy** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:17 pm

I got nothin'
:smt102

by **Victorian Squid** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:17 pm

Goddamn it Punchy just posted what I was going to.

He gave those early issues that uniquely Marvel feeling.

by **eltopo** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:28 pm

I thought he was cool in the ulitmates

by **chap22** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:31 pm

a lot of what Punchy said, but also, even moreso than a guy like Spidey or Batman, he personifies the "everyman hero", the guy who could be us. nobody can really become Batman...it's impossible to be that good at that many different skills. but you could be Hawkeye. Clint's just a guy. he volunteers to cook at Avengers barbecues then burns the burgers. he runs his mouth when he shouldn't as a defense mechanism. he gets the wrong girls, and loses the right ones. he's a high school dropout who ran away from home to join the carnival, learned a skill, and made himself the best in the world at the one thing he does. he got into trouble when he was young because of some poor decisions, then busted his ass that much harder to make up for it.

he's not uber-rich or a genius like Stark or Wayne (or rich like Ollie even), he's not a god like Thor or Superman, there's no superpowers he gets from an accident like Spidey or Hulk or Flash, or from birth like all the mutants, there's no all-powerful alien weapon like GL. he makes his own stuff, does his own thing, and has risen through sheer force of will and mule-headed stubbornness to stand beside a guy like Captain America as an average joe who can command gods. he's talented, he's funny, he's street-smart (and street-dumb all at the same time), he's constantly improving while all the while fighting like hell to keep from screwing up.

honestly, your disagreement with the whole Mock storyline aside, i don't say how it's possible to NOT like Hawk.