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Posted in MCU thread as well. Spoilers for Hawkeye episode 1:

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I really don't know how I feel about changing Kate's motivation to learn self-defense and archery from her experience as a survivor to generic "I have a dead parent."

I understand Marvel Studios not wanting to go there, especially if they can't go there with care but at least come up with something other than the most generic superhero motivation in the books.
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It wasn’t just a dead parent though. It was the trauma from her experiencing Loki’s attack on New York. Sure the “dead parent” might be the most obvious angle, but her watching Clint fight and experiencing the destruction were big motivators too
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