Kate Bishop
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| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Katherine "Kate" Elizabeth Bishop |
| Occupation: | Superhero |
| Relationships: | Clint Barton (mentor/partner/colleague); Derek Bishop (father); Eleanor Bishop (mother); Heather Bishop (step-mother); Susan Bishop (sister); Miles Morales (boyfriend in Marvel Ultimate Universe); Eli Bradley (love interest/partner/colleague); Jessica Jones (colleague); Cassie Lang (colleague); Noh-Varr (love interest/colleague); Tommy Shepherd (colleague) |
| Fandom: | Hawkeye, Young Avengers, The Avengers (Marvel), Marvel Ultimate Universe Hawkeye (MCU TV series) |
| Other: | |
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Kate Bishop is the third character to take the codename Hawkeye from the Marvel Comics series The Avengers and Young Avengers. Her costume is a combination of Hawkeye and Mockingbird.
Canon
Kate first appeared in Young Avengers #1 in April 2005. She took on the mantle of Hawkeye after Clint disappeared, when Clint returned they both shared the name. Later, Kate and Clint teamed up in the Hawkeye Comics. Kate was featured in her own solo comics series, also titled Hawkeye, it ran for 16 issues, in 2017-2018.
Fandom
Pairings
Comics
Popular pairings for Kate according to AO3:
- Kate Bishop/Clint Barton (the gen relationship of this ship is also popular)
- Kate Bishop/Tommy Shepherd
- Kate Bishop/Eli Bradley
- Kate Bishop/Cassie Lang
- Kate Bishop/America Chavez
- Yelena Belova/Kate Bishop (specifically in the Hawkeye fandom and more recent comic series runs.)
Rarer pairings include:
- Kate Bishop/Natasha Romanov
- Kate Bishop/Laura Kinney
- Kate Bishop/Jessica Drew
- Kate Bishop/Bucky Barnes
Common Tropes in Fanworks
- Mundane AU: where she is not a superhero, and meets other characters under more conventional circumstances
- Domestic Fic: slice of life fics, showing what her day to day life, outside of being a superhero, is like
- High School AU: common because of her relative age
- Humor: Kate's sense of humor and her ability to roast other characters is often a strong feature in written works
- Crossover: usually with the MCU or Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Before the TV series, in visual fanworks fans would often fancast Kate as Arden Cho, Crystal Reed, or Jennifer Lawrence
- Supporting Character: a featured secondary character in stories focusing on Clint Barton or other members of the Young Avengers
Fanworks
Fanfic
Comics
- Ring Them Bells by sergeant_angel, various Kate pairings focused on the Soulmate AU (Comics, MCU)
- what's my age again? by verity
- Backup by thatbroadcast
- There Can Be Only One (Except There Are Two) by the_wordbutler
Fanart
Comics
- Hawkeye, Archived version by *TheJinxess.
- Hawkguy and Kate by *MikeDimayuga
- Hawkeye 2 by *ReillyBrown
- Kate Bishop by ~Autumn-Sacura
- KATE BISHOP by Pryce14
- Hawkeye: Kate Bishop by kmkibble75
- Lady Hawkguy by Nimloth87
Graphics and Gif Sets
Pre-series
- Marvelous Marvel Ladies Month//Day 30: Kate Bishop, Archived version (Crystal Reed as Kate)
- You think you can threaten me with that, girl?, Archived version (Madison McLaughlin as Kate, Renner as Clint, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe as Madame Masque - picspam)
- Kate Fancast, Archived version (Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Kate)
- Team Hawkeye, Archived version (Ksenia Solo as Kate and Renner as Clint gif-picspam)
Vids
Pre-series
- Bishop & Barton by puffabilly, Clint and Kate Bishop
Additional Art Gallery
how ya doin' over there, hawkeye? by crespella, this piece showing her with the other Hawkeye, Clint Barton. The style based upon the Hawkeye Comics (2015)
Archives and Communities
- Kate Bishop works tagged at AO3
- Kate Bishop works at FFN
Links
- Kate Bishop tag
- FuckYeahKateBishop (defunct; archive link)
Resources
References