Clinton Barton
| Clinton Barton | |
|---|---|
| File:Clint01.jpg Portrayed by Steven R. McQueen | |
| Codename: | Hawkeye |
| Affiliations: | New Mutants |
| Birthdate: | December 6, 1996 |
| Journal: | x_hawkeye |
| Player: | Cai |
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Details
Character Journal: x_hawkeye
Real Name: Clinton Barton
Codename: Hawkeye (eventually)
Aliases: Clint, Barton
First Appearance: September 19, 2012
Date of Birth: December 6, 1996
Place of Birth: Poughkeepsie, NY
Citizenship: United States
Relatives: Parents were Harold and Edith Barton, both now deceased. Also has an older brother, Bernard, that he hasn’t seen or heard from since Bernie aged out of the foster system and left NYC.
Education: Sophomore in High School
Relationship Status: Single
Occupation: Student
Team Affiliation: New Mutants
Biography
Childhood
Summary of the character's pre-Xavier's life.
Living At The X-Mansion
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Physical Characteristics
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 150lbs
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Other Features: None at the moment.
Powers
Enhanced Eyesight: Right, so. Clint’s eye parts. They work better than yours. (Frito dared me to put those as the opening lines of his powers section, that is totally her fault.)
More specifically, he has enhanced fovea – his are more like a bird of prey’s, which means he can focus better, more clearly, and on smaller things. He has no blind spot – his optic disc connects from behind, like a squid’s. Clint’s eye muscles are also more advanced than your average human’s in that the outer ones are more efficient and unconnected, so he can move his eyes independently of one another, and the internal ones allow him to focus better.
In addition, the rods and cones in Clint’s eyes (the specialized cells responsible for normal vision) are very different from a baseline human’s. While a regular human has around 150 million rod cells in his/her retinas, Clint has over 400 million, vastly increasing his visual acuity. He also has fewer cones than the average human, causing him to see mostly in black and white, increasing his visual contrast, and allowing him to better see “what’s real and what’s not.” For instance, he can see through a two-way mirror.
Clint’s pupils and irises react faster to light than a baseline human’s, meaning he doesn't get light dazzled nearly as much/easily as others – a flash bang grenade would do it, as would a laser pen shone directly into his eyes, but probably not much else. Last, but certainly not least, Clint’s eyes have nictating membranes, so he doesn't have to blink nearly as often as others and he doesn't have to close his eyes when he’s under water. Clint’s eyesight is 20/2 – what most people can see clearly at 2 feet, he can see clearly at 20.
Increased Agility: Clint has enhanced reflexes, allowing him a much faster reaction time than most others. For instance, he couldn't dodge a bullet, but he could see someone turning a gun toward him and move before they fired the weapon much more quickly than your average person. These reflexes will eventually tie into his ability to fire arrows (or other objects, if necessary) in quick succession (fairly close to, say, Kyle’s or Garrison’s). Currently, Clint doesn't really do anything with his increased agility aside from climb trees and avoid people in the hallways at school, since he doesn't know he has it. Eventually, once he’s made aware of it, he’ll be able to consciously utilize it during any number of situations, particularly hand-to-hand combat and other training scenarios.
Exteroception: Clint has a very strong sense of proprioception – the perception of his own position and the ability to detect externally imposed passive motion (both angular and linear), as well as muscle memory and hand-eye coordination. This, along with his extreme visual acuity, also gives him an inhuman exteroceptive sense, or perception of the world beyond his own body. Like a bird of prey, he is exceptionally strong at detecting movement, even of very small things at a distance. This means that like others (Artie, Scott, Remy), he tests off the charts on 'spatial awareness' tests. Thus, his aim with ranged weapons (either a bow, which will become his weapon of choice, or improvised thrown weapons) is more or less perfect unless impaired by some outside factor and hand-to-hand combat comes fairly naturally to him in a physical sense. He’s able to dodge things and block moves, for example, but he would need to study tactics and practice a great deal to build up true muscle memory. Given enough experiential data, he can even compensate for things such as magnetic fields or extreme gravitation imposed by other mutant powers.
Equipment
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Trivia
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Plots
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Meta
Player: Cai
E-mail: 
AIM: writteninsable
Player Icon Base: Steven R. McQueen
Meta Trivia
Meta - so much meta. So this started because Jeremy Renner played Hawkeye in 2012's The Avengers and Cai wanted a PB who looked kind of like him. Cat suggested Steven R. McQueen and Cai liked him, so that's who she went with. It was later discovered that Renner had been tapped to play Steven McQueen in an upcoming biopic. And later still, Dex mentioned that Hawkeye was originally based (physically) in the comics, off of Steve McQueen (for a "gunslinger" vibe as opposed to a Robin Hood one). As Cat says, the meta circle is complete.
