Q:
What is Hawkeye most afraid of?
Jim McCann: In the past I'd say it [was] living up to others’ expectations, but he's proven to his teammates—and more importantly to himself—that he is more than capable. That was symptomatic, I feel, to his underlying, deepest fear: that of being abandoned. The thought of losing those he loves He was orphaned, lost his mentors to crime, lost his brother to crime—and death— lost his place in the Avengers, lost the team he founded, lost almost every woman he loved, and lost his life. That's a lot of loss for one man to endure; every time life seems to be going well, things are pulled out from under him and he's left all alone in some way or another.
Jim McCann: In the past I'd say it [was] living up to others’ expectations, but he's proven to his teammates—and more importantly to himself—that he is more than capable. That was symptomatic, I feel, to his underlying, deepest fear: that of being abandoned. The thought of losing those he loves He was orphaned, lost his mentors to crime, lost his brother to crime—and death— lost his place in the Avengers, lost the team he founded, lost almost every woman he loved, and lost his life. That's a lot of loss for one man to endure; every time life seems to be going well, things are pulled out from under him and he's left all alone in some way or another.
