WandaVision: Hawkeye Saving Scarlet Witch Would Fix His Greatest Failure
Warning! Spoilers ahead for WandaVision episode 6.
Marvel's WandaVision is Hawkeye's opportunity to fix a potentially disastrous mistake he made with Scarlet Witch. Wanda Maximoff has somehow fabricated her own happy ending, with Scarlet Witch using her powers to hold a small town in New Jersey hostage regardless of the consequences to her actions. All she cares about is holding onto what she wants: a life with her husband Vision and their children, despite Vision having been killed during the events of Avengers: Infinity War. With the organization known as SWORD having formed a perimeter around the town (and its director looking to go on the offensive), Hawkeye's potential involvement in the volatile situation could help deescalate things given his relationship with Wanda, as well as making up for arguably failing her after Avengers: Endgame.
WandaVision has revealed that the events of the series on Disney+ take place only a few short weeks after the Avengers fought Thanos and his forces in Avengers: Endgame, restoring the world after half of it had been erased by the Man Titan in Avengers: Infinity War five years prior. It's also been revealed that Wanda almost immediately went and found Vision's body in possession of SWORD. In her grief, it was reported that she took the body and went to Westview, New Jersey, where she somehow created her sitcom happy ending in the town using her powers. Now, the people within are trapped with no way out, forced to play out their roles in Wanda's fantasy with a revived Vision. While it's clear that Wanda's done all this due to her immense loss and pain, perhaps that didn't need to happen had someone been there to offer some support. Someone like Clint Barton.
Hawkeye and Scarlet Witch have a pretty close relationship in the MCU, as Barton was the first Avenger to truly give her and her brother a chance to redeem themselves and become Avengers in their own right. Likewise, Clint would continue to be a mentor to Wanda, as seen in Captain America: Civil War. While they didn't interact after Civil War until after the battle with Thanos in Avengers: Endgame, they did share a moment together at Tony Stark's funeral. Like Wanda, Clint had also suffered a deep loss when Black Widow sacrificed herself to get the Soul Stone to help bring everyone back that they had lost. However, it doesn't seem like Hawkeye provided any kind of support after this conversation near the end of Endgame, as evidenced by Wanda's drastic and grief-filled actions in WandaVision.
It should be noted that Hawkeye certainly has his share of baggage to process himself after Avengers: Endgame. Not only had he spent the last five years in darkness as the lethal vigilante known as Ronin (for which it's unclear if he's a wanted man), but the loss of Black Widow hit him hard as well, as he firmly believed he should have been the one to die. Furthermore, he's also reunited with his family who had all been erased in Thanos' Decimation as well. That being said, given Clint's connection to Wanda, and essentially being the only strong relationship she has left at this point in the MCU, Hawkeye could have and arguably should have extended more support to her. While he certainly could have tried off-screen, WandaVision makes the implication that this probably wasn't the case, given Wanda's recent admission that she felt completely alone after Endgame before creating the Hex.
This is why an appearance from Hawkeye in upcoming episodes of WandaVision would be so significant. If anyone could get her to realize what she's doing is wrong, it would be Clint Barton. He's proven to be the voice of reason and guidance for Wanda in the past, and it's evident that she could really use some redirection. Scarlet Witch is justifiably confused, in pain, and angry. She could very much benefit from a friend like Hawkeye, and a potential appearance in WandaVision would be the perfect opportunity to make up for not being there earlier, as well as starting Clint's own redemption arc in the MCU.
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