According to the Russo brothers, Hawkeye is on his own journey during Infinity War and he is in a special spot in the movie
I don’t want him in a special spot, I want more!!
We all walk into the first screenings of Infinity War. We sit down with our popcorn and the lights go down.
Blurry motion on the screen and the sound of heavy breathing and footfalls are all we get for a few seconds, and then it freeze frames on CLINT BARTON, running through a street in New York, being chased by several men with guns.
VOICEOVER Okay. This looks bad.
The rest of the movie is just Clint fighting semi-organized crime in Bed-Stuy for two hours. Occasionally, in the background, you see the rest of the Avengers battling Thanos, but never for more than a few seconds and usually just on a television on mute.
In the post-credit scene, Clint and Kate are eating pizza at an outdoor bistro, Lucky under his chair, all three of them covered in bandages. Clint checks his phone and discovers he has thousands of missed calls and texts. He opens the Avengers group chat and texts, “Did I miss anything? *crying with laughter emoji*”
Smash cut to Bucky Barnes, looking down at his phone, asking, “Who the hell is Hawkeye?”
Well thanks a bunch Sam, now nothing is going to actually be that good and I’ll be disappointed for life.
knitting in the dark 