tdallonsy:

There’s a whole bunch of stories out there saying that Clint Barton/Hawkeye needs the two arm guards because his archery technique is crap and he keeps slapping his wrist on release of the bowstring. Nevermind that. I’m not focusing on his archery technique as such, he’s Hawkeye, he can shoot however he likes….Talk to me when you can pull a move like this mid-conversation:

No? Okay, back to the armguards. Notice when he whips open his bow early on in the movie, here, he’s got just the one arm guard: 

Note that he’s the Evil/Mind-controlled Hawkeye in this one, (if only because Loki did one of the most atrocious things to him and had Clint wear sleeves!) this scene is shortly before they invaded the Helicarrier. Also note that although the quiver there is different, it still uses trick arrows (as we’ve seen when he took on the Helicarrier), but again, the quiver is not the one that’s part of Hawkeye’s costume. It seems that it is, however part of Clint’s SHIELD blackops style gear which he wore whilst under Loki’s control if only because that’s basically how he got nabbed (althugh he had a SHIELD jacket on).

Here’s the closeup of the arm guard he uses whilst infiltrating the Helicarrier:

It’s completely different from the ones he uses later on when he suits up to join Captain America and Black Widow in the fight against Loki. As part of Hawkeye’s costume, he’s got 2 armguards, these look a whole lot sturdier than the one above.

Some people think that’s a continuity error, I don’t believe it. Why? 

Remember this scene: 

When Hawkeye leaps off the building, and slides down on the grappler, there’s a shot of him using his arm to lead the rope as he slides down and eventually swings at the window:

 

So I’m thinking maybe THIS is why he’s got two arm guards as part of his Hawkeye outfit. It’s not because he needs both to protect his arm when he’s firing arrows, but because, face it: the rope burn from a move like that is going to hurt like a bitch without protection.

I don’t know anything about archery, but this looks legit.

(via fujo)

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