Clint Barton/Phil Coulson

Clint/Phil is a slash non-canon pairing of the MCU characters Clint Barton (Hawkeye) and Phil Coulson. 
==Canon==
They are the third most tagged MCU pairing on AO3 although they only interact for 47 seconds in the movie Thor and never actually appear onscreen at the same time. They were later featured together in a few pages of panels in one of the Avengers prequel comics.We were asked to make this answer from yesterday a rebloggable post, so here it is!. (Accessed 08 July 2012) 
Since 2015, they've started to be featured together in the main comics universe as well. The new canon content often features surprisingly fandom-savvy elements in line with popular fic tropes, e.g. the two working together at SHIELD, Coulson crossdressing on a mission, etc.
==Fandom==
Clint/Coulson fic was posted on AO3 as early as June 2011 after the Thor film was released, but the fandom took off in anticipation of The Avengers film in early 2012, and exploded after the movie's release. 
===History===
===Appeal===
Prior to Agents of SHIELD premiered in September 2013, Clint/Phil was a popular pairing for the fandom despite the fact that there are currently no plans for Clint to be on the show. The pairing is still popular in that fandom.
===Six Degrees Influences===
There have been several fics that reference previous roles for both Jeremy Renner and Clark Gregg; crossovers with Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (in which Renner played the spy character of William Brandt) tend to be the most common. Some notable examples are the Just Twinny verse, in which Brandt and Clint Barton are look-alikes but not related; Every Hero Needs an Origin Story, which references Gregg's previous role as Mike Casper on The West Wing; and the one out of many and all of them the same series, in which all of Jeremy Renner's previous character roles have been Clint Barton undercover.
=== Challenges ===
* Clint/Coulson Holiday Exchange
==Controversy and Criticism==
It has received some criticism for being a Whitecock shipComment by transemacabre on LiveJournal (2014) (Accessed 26 September 2017)Ask received by whoistorule on Tumblr (April 2014) (Accessed 26 September 2017)Thread on fandomsecrets on Dreamwidth (2014) (Accessed 26 September 2017) much in part for the little screen time between the two characters of this pairing. 
Clint/Coulson is seen as whitecock because it has more prominence in relation to possible relationships of Barton and Phil with other characters - usually a POC characters - who have greater development with each of them, but who are never considered to be their pair.
An example of the criticism is "why can't Coulson be paired with Fury?" as they've both been working together since before the Avengers Initiative. The answer is that because it's an interracial pairing, fans don't send it the same way they would if Nick's character was white, thus confirming the theory that sending white pairings has more fans due to racism. Because Fury has a great development being a participant in the MCU from the beginning along with Coulson, but both are never sent in the same way as Coulson with other white characters out of pure and simple racial prejudice. 
In contrast, many fans of the Clint/Phil ship support that the pairing is more prominent for its chemistry and rapport than for being an all-white shipment.
==Common Tropes in Fanworks==
*Fix-it fics for the big spoiler in the movie quickly became one of the most common tropes in the pairing after the release of The Avengers.
* Espionage: Clint's job as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and assassin tends to get more focus in Clint/Phil fic than superhero adventures. Tropes spy fiction lends itself to are also popular: mission fic, undercover work, pretend relationship, kidnapping & rescue, torture as a part of hurt/comfort, handler/agent pining, etc. 
* Hurt/comfort with Clint most often taking the role of the hurt character.
* Origin story: How Coulson recruited Clint for SHIELD. Clint's comicsverse background as a carny and ex-criminal is often incorporated.
==Fanworks==
===Fanart===
* by Marie. "As Marie put it, 'Jey flash-ficced, I speed-painted.'"
* Essouffle's 'clintcoulson' tag on tumblr has some lovely C/C fanart.
* GilesFarnaby has created quite a bit of awesome art for the pairing.
* rascal paradyne Sample of comics/fanart from archive of blog creates high-quality C/C comics and other fanart.
* by freakshowbaby.
* by erebusodora.
===Fanfic===
* The Toasterverse by scifigrl47 The primary series in the Toasterverse, In Which Tony Stark Builds Himself Some Friends (But His Family Was Assigned By Nick Fury) is a mix of domestic fluff, heavily plotted action fics, and a fix-it fic for the big spoiler in The Avengers. It is currently made up of six fics and the ships include Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, and Phil Coulson/Clint Barton
* 10, 9, 8, car by pollyrepeat. Clint was pretty sure he'd seen this movie. Like a lot of things since he'd joined the Avengers, it had been a lot funnier when it wasn't his life. (Because every pairing needs a Groundhog Day AU.) (podfic by aphelant)
* Hollow Your Bones Like a Bird's (Toasterverse 6) by scifigrl47. In the wake of the Chitauri invasion, Clint Barton wakes up in a world that he very nearly had a hand in destroying. And confronting a loss he might not be able to cope with. (This is a classic example of the angsty fix-it.) (podfic by hananobira)
* Love in the Three-Ninth Kingdom by lavvyan. Clint and Coulson are in mutually unrequited love. Natasha has no patience for their drama. And if the world were a nicer place to live in, she wouldn't have to deal with it. Alas. (Fluffy get-together fic with extra pining.) (podfic by kalakirya)
* Pigeonville, USA. by sheafrotherdon. Day 214 on the campaign trail of Steve Rogers for President. Twenty-sixteen's turning out to be a hell of a year. (A good early-written (pre-Avengers) story. Very sweet. Phil Coulson is the security chief for Steve Rogers' presidential campaign.) (podfic by regonym)
* Some People Just Collect Stamps by Closer. Phil Coulson wakes up in a hospital bed. Well, damn. (An excellent post-Avengers fix-it fic.) (podfic by recordscratch)
* Stockholm Syndrome and other drugs by AlchemyAlice. In which Coulson is his frighteningly competent self, but this time, the Avengers notice. (This was one of the first Coulson-centric fics out there. Written pre-Avengers.) (podfic by kalakirya)
* A Matter of Proportions by sirona. A Clint Barton/Phil Coulson story with delicious suit porn. (podfic by liannabob)
* Won't You Please (Leave Your Mark On Me) by torakowalski. A Clint Barton/Phil Coulson story exploring bondage and submission.
* From the Ashes by msraven, part of the Phoenix Rising, Rated Mature, Clint finally meets the infamous Phil Coulson about an hour after arriving at HQ. It doesn't go well. (An AU backstory of how Clint meets Phil)(podfic by griffing07)
* Lucky Pennies by IamShadow21, In Clint Barton's official SHIELD file, there is a supplemental form with a string of letters and numbers indicating a superhuman ability. On it, there are two pieces of information. The first is 'Asset-Reported Ability (unverified)'. The second is 'Combat/Field Applicable Ability Y/N'. 'N' is circled. (podfic by silkylustre)
* Track This Thread by rageprufrock, Even when Phil Coulson was doing something ridiculously, embarrassingly, crushingly human, he was still a flawless, seamless black box of a spook. (podfic by paraka)
* shelter in a storm by AdamantSteve and dustbear, The one where for once, Clint Barton gets to be the guardian angel.
* ShieldHusbands by Khylara
* Talk to Me by laceymcbain
* by nerdwegian
* by AdamantSteve
* by haipollai
===Fanvids===
* Everyday Superhero by andromeda590. "An early (pre-movie) songvid, combining various Jeremy Renner & Clark Gregg appearances."
===Filk===
* I am the Very Model of a Hawkeye/Coulson Devotee by dizmo. A filk set to the 'Major-General's Song'.
===Meta===
* Why Clint/Coulson?
* More why Clint/Coulson?
*Why do I ship C/C? by Mike Schubert
*Hawkeye and Coulson by Mike Schubert
===Podfic===
* Professions written by gqgqqt, read by regonym. Hooker AU.
* written by sidneysussex, read by regonym. Fishing AU.
* by ereshai & sisi_rambles
* by paraka
* by regonym
== Resources ==
* Master List of Master Lists, a collection of fanfiction rec lists organized by trope.
==Archives and Fannish Links==
* Clint Barton/Phil Coulson works tagged at AO3.
===LiveJournal Communities===
* Clint/Coulson: Archer/Agent Love, a LJ community
* Clint/Coulson Prompt Meme, another LJ community
* Avengers Kinkmeme, LJ kink meme that features Clint/Phil.
===Tumblr===
* fuckyeahclintcoulson (Tumblr)
* Clint/Coulson Fic Finders A Tumblr that offers assistance in finding C/C fic you may have read and later lost
*ClintCoulson Appreciation Week
===DeviantART===
* PhlintFans
==References==
==Navigation==
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