Bring The Bad Guy Down With His Own Scheme

Had a thought typing yesterday's post. Hawkeye couldn't shoot the Orb of Necromancy because of his firm belief that Avengers don't kill. Which is a largely emotional response.There are likely legal reasons, but for Hawkeye, I think it's simply a belief he has, that the Avengers stand for something, and that they don't kill, no matter the situation. Which is a pretty inflexible and possibly unreasonable approach.

The techno virus is described as removing emotion and replacing it with cool logic, asserting an objective reality. Removing emotion from the equation, in other words. Might have been a good ending to have the virus change Hawkeye enough that his emotions are gone.

At which point he releases the arrow and destroys the Orb. because if he's truly committed to stopping the Singularity, then he has to destroy the Orb. Objectively, there is no other way to achieve that goal, and it's only his human emotions that held him back.

If Remender wanted it established Father would absolutely control people through the virus, say the decision was made in the split-second between emotion deserting Clint, and Father being able to command him. If you want that left ambiguous, just make it a flaw in Father's plan. That he never considered that someone might oppose him, but be hamstrung by morals his virus would remove, thus freeing them to stop him.