#I'm sad and rewatching Hawkeye

[mrspockllap]

I've only not-had trapper mcintyre for half an episode (04.01) and I'm so sad about him. I miss him. and I'm gutted that he never got a goodbye.

Oh, I know— I skipped over Welcome to Korea on my second watch for that exact reason, despite it being an okay episode lol

If it makes you feel better, I like to think that the goodbye that they had earlier in Check Up just about said everything that they needed to say, and I can’t imagine the Welcome to Korea one being too different. Both Hawkeye and Trapper knew their feelings, and while an actual goodbye would have been ideal, I don’t think anything was left unsaid. I’m not sure if anything more Trapper could say would change anything, and I think the kiss summed it up pretty well lol

I also miss him really bad. I like BJ and all, but Im on season 10 of my second full series rewatch, and I keep on going back to early seasons episodes because I miss Trapper. But BJ is great most of the time and I think you’ll really like his character, especially as he develops.

[neflil]

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[pleasureprose]

Sometimes You Hear the Bullet

Thoughts under the cut, and spoilers for this episode if you have not seen it:

I think SYHTB is overall a very tightly written and impactful episode with a lot of complexity. One of its more prominent aspects to me is in the element of contrast, which is what I'll try to expand on here. In trying to tease apart what it's really trying to say, my initial feeling is that this episode isn't as directly subversive as it felt on first watch, only because I don't quite see where there was any thread that might reflect on the situation more critically than just the stark fact of war being unpleasant for its participants (and it bears repeating, its US participants in particular) which while not un-subversive does tend to feel a little directionless as a criticism. On further reflection I do think there's a little more to it--there is the strong implication that patriotic sentiment is both lethal, in the case of Tommy Gillis, and a childlike fantasy, in the case of the child marine.

I'm not entirely convinced this interpretation is the one intended, but I do think it strengthens the episode to read it this way. Gillis' characterization to me stands out as a bit conflicted. We see this in his first few lines. I'd initially considered one of his first statements, i.e. that he's one of the good guys to be an isolated incident of writing that hit a bump in an otherwise pretty solid script. On reconsideration--it's the statement that sealed his fate.

Although it seems clear on rewatch that he's saying it a bit tongue-in-cheek, I think (and this is one of his contradictions) that he doesn't entirely disbelieve it, based on his reasoning that a front-line perspective is the best way to tell it like it is. And to be clear I don't think he's straightforwardly patriotic--he stands apart from Walter and especially Margaret/Frank--but his view seems like one that sort of flatters itself. He signed up, and no matter his good intentions he will be materially required to do the job he signed up for. He's not an exception to it just because he's sad about it, and choosing to contribute to the system you object to in order to object to it doesn't seem like much of an objection. 'One of the good guys' is a statement that can't stand uncontested, and every other character in this episode that expresses similar views is in some way thwarted by the end. (Walter is caught in his lie and sent home. Frank ends up with an embarrassing injury and does not receive his purple heart.) The moment he glibly expresses this patriotic remark is the moment his death is unavoidable, which is to say, in the convention of tragedy, he is dead at introduction.

As to his conflicting characterization, he seems to be caught between the enlisted position he's writing from, which as subversive as any negative reflection on warfare would have been at the time still narrows the reality of war to US suffering, and the internal world logic that says he's doing this for the opposite reason, to thwart expectations and undermine patriotism. This gets addressed a little with Hawkeye's line 'I thought you were a commie' and Gillis' answer--that he is fighting to keep the world free from himself--is a bit unconvincing, at least to me. Doylist explanation, this was perhaps less of a discrepancy to the audience of the time, and there was a limited amount of time to introduce a one-off character in dialogue. And the writers just needed him to be in a position where he could die on Hawkeye's table. But I think the contrast is the key to why this works.

Again, he is a character that for a variety of reasons comes across as a bit ambiguous. He's wrapped in a lot of interesting inconsistency. Some of this may be coincidental or inadvertent, but it really works to the advantage of a larger point, i.e. reflecting back the intrinsic contradiction in the patriotic, nationalistic, militaristic system in which he resides. It's interesting that in an episode where there's already a lot of age bluffing from a sixteen year old pretending eighteen, Gillis' actor seems a fair bit older than the role.

He contradicts himself not just ideologically but physically, too. He's a self-proclaimed communist and one of the good guys, a writer with an educated journalistic background who should easily have been a correspondent who is instead enlisted as a soldier, whose very first on-screen act is to lie down, cover his face, and pretend he is someone else. And that first appearance or lack thereof really is reflective of if not predictive of his last. It invokes the future event of his death, from his posture--on his back, with a symbolic mask over his face (in the future event a medical mask)--even down to what he says, which is that he needs Dr. Pierce. He embodies it. Covering his eyes, in particular, is a piece of symbolism that has roots in tragedy and can be interpreted as lack of foresight, lack of insight, and the interruption and/or acquisition of face/mask/identity as an indicator of character death.

Speaking of interruption, there is a lot of it. This episode is full of in-concluded acts--Frank and Margaret are interrupted in the opening when their date goes awry, Hawkeye is continually interrupted so to speak in medias res to comedic effect, the comic effect of this sequence is itself interrupted by the sudden intrusion of the stark reality of war. There is interruption of life, the interruption of the unfinished war novel Gillis was writing, the interruption of interruption. The framing is that of an inability to reach achievement, that is, that there is no place for satisfactory achievement in this environment on either small or large scale. It undercuts war as a means to an end by depicting it as having no natural end. It is endless, impotent.

Back to contradiction--both the first and the last time Gillis appears on screen his posture is across the horizontal plane. For what it's worth in terms of contradiction, his position both times is in visual contrast to Hawkeye's upright position, and in a broader sense it introduces some visual contrast between scenes--his horizontal position as signifying death vs Hawkeye's horizontal position signifying life viz. sex. And then there's Frank, as well as Walter, each of whose horizontal positions are centered around not being what they seem.

And one last contradiction, the eponymous one: In his final lines, Gillis reveals that the title of his book (and the title of this episode), which exists to contradict expectation, was again contradicted by his experience. You Never Hear the Bullet transforms, unexpectedly, in his final moments, losing (as he is losing his own life) the Never that was so crucial to its stated purpose. It transforms the nature of its contradiction, too, from one with authorial purpose to one without. And the You addressed in the title loses a word for their (Your) experience, reducing literally the verbal components of that experience, away from voice, away from agency.

Some of these contradictions may or may not be this clever by design, but in function, fortunately for my reading it all fits in right alongside the kid lying about his age and Frank/Margaret lying and exaggerating their position, as well as the alteration of book title, in order to strengthen the idea that war, patriotism, nationalism, imperialism and everything including the systems they uphold are foremost a complete contradiction, and a deadly one.

[thelastgenderbender]

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Blog directory

So this is only my technical main (due to Tumblr Circumstances, i won't bore you) but I do actually have a lot of blogs, some of them relatively active.

@levil0vesyou is my personal/misc blog, I also sometimes call it my main even though it never was on either account

@quarks-pussy is my star trek blog, despite the url it's not 18+ or purely nsfw

@selfrighteousflowers is my cartoon blog (only cartoons aimed at younger audiences tho, adult cartoons go on the misc nowadays) and also lazytown

@dmitri-ilyich-volodin is my podcast blog (also also Cabin Pressure sometimes)

@thebitchlapin (formerly at-the-thistlespring-tree) is my Dimension 20/Dropout blog

@eating-your-beans is my NBC Community blog (and also Mythic Quest)

@system-arbeitet-korrekt is my StarStarSpace (and occasionally other coldmirror stuff) blog

@not-a-sesame-street-sideblog (added Nov 5th '23) mostly dormant (as of Aug 24th '24)

@transwomansambeckett Quantum Leap (the original one, tho theoretically the reboot would go here too if I watched it) blog (created Nov 18th '23)

@move-over-nine-its-fifteen-time Doctor Who and adjacent media (added June 23rd '24 but existed for a while, I just failed to consistently update this post)

@faggot-md House MD blog (same note as above)

@shortkingchilchuck Dungeon Meshi (same note as above)

@ghoul-for-lucys-dad-2296 Fallout, mostly show so far but I've started playing 4 now so y'know (same note as above) (mostly dormant as of Aug 24th '24 tho I'll use it again if I ever get around to playing New Vegas)

@2-dead-boys-and-1-sad-psychic Dead Boy Detectives (same note as above)

@lines-in-your-trailer Scott Pilgrim, not particularly active (same note as above)

@watchingiasiptoimpressmycrush It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (same note as above)

@grape-flavoured-wizard I honestly don't know how to explain this one either. (same note as above) (dormant. sorry)

@your-creepy-old-guy Beetlejuice but specifically and exclusively the musical version. Not really more than two or so reblogs from other blogs of mine yet but maybe next time I rewatch my favourite slime tutorial of it I'll start posting properly (same note as above)

@hawkeye-mpreg Mash, obviously. Like the trek blog, not actually 18+ despite the url (same note as above except midnight passed in my time zone so now it's June 24th)

@lassiesloveoflarping Psych blog (added July 6th '24) and I do blame @/under-loch-n-key personally /pos

@hashtag-dads (added Oct 11th '24 after being un-shadowbanned) Dan and Phil blog because I felt it might start being annoying to my personal blog followers how often I post about them there

@fun-burakhovsky-vacation (created and added December 31st '24) Pathologic blog. I haven't finished P2 yet (and don't really plan on playing 1 tho I ofc watched hbomb's book report many times) and 3 isn't out yet but the characters have already moved into my brain rent free and I need somewhere to put posts about them

@ifyoucantbuyit-homemadeisfine Blog mostly for fiber crafts, but also other DIY shit. Mostly as a resource for myself but if you wanna peek the notes I take, feel free. Created and started drafting reblogs... can't recall when, but thought of a good url and started using properly and added here June 15th '25

I have a ton of other side blogs, both on this and on the old account, some of them are simply saved urls, (tumblr made me delete those and then some because they think people still use this site so I'm not allowed to "hoard") some are discontinued and some are secret for a variety of reasons - though I assure you, those reasons are mostly comedy.

I don't exactly have a dni per se but if you have shitty views or I otherwise don't like you, I might block you lol

Last added new blog: June 15th 2025

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[onekisstotakewithme]

I was tagged by my dear friend @hondagirll so thank you Steph 💜

last song: technically I was listening to 1989 TV on the way home from class today, but when I first saw this tag, the last song I'd listened to was "pure as the driven snow" from ballad of songbirds and snakes so we'll go with that.

currently reading: "An Evil Love" by Geoffrey Wansell, about Frederick and Rosemary West 😬. I'd like to say I read more during the break. I did not.

last film: oh boy. Probably Die Hard? I know I rewatched You've Got Mail recently, which I think was after that, but time is blurring together for me.

currently watching: skipping around s4 of MASH for inspiration reasons. Will (hopefully) start a west wing rewatch soon, as soon as I make up my mind on what other sorkinverse show I'll watch.

currently craving: inspiration.

currently consuming: a coffee. sadly, my first of the day.

three ships: CJ/Danny, BJ/Peg/Hawkeye, Kirk/Spock

first ship: the first ship I wrote for was an extremely rare pair from Lost (Alex/Karl)... I don't remember the first thing I shipped ever 😅 which is probably for the best since I'm sure the answer would carbon date me as on the young side.

favorite color: purple!

currently working on: "Close to the Heart" (in an epically slow fashion), along with the Seekrit Wedding Project for The West Wing. I'd like to be working on pres!CJ but :// (picking a research-intensive story to work on while also being in grad school was a bit of a silly choice, hence why it's stalled out. apologies to all my readers. I'm sad about it too).

tagging: literally anyone who feels like it!

[arsonasher]

The Avengers

I absolutely love this movie. It is one of my favorite Avenger movies ever and upon rewatch is actually really well shot. Like I was really surprised at some of the shots that that the director used. They weren't just boring one character speaks then another. Some of them were really creative like when Natasha is speaking to Loki it's showing her but then you can see the reflection of Loki in the glass. That's a really cool way to show two characters talking to each other without just having a back and forth shot like I mentioned.

I really personally love this film so much cuz also the MCU now feels like it has no heart behind it. Films now just feel like they're being made just because they're making people money. But these movies like Iron Man, Thor and The Avengers feel like they have a real team of people who believe in this movie. Like the team had to fight to get this movie made and all of the stuff in it is comic accurate, it probably isn't completely comic accurate, but they really do try to make the characters as close to comic accurate as possible.

In addition, all the characters coming together is great. Iron Man's really good. I mean before this, if you're watching the movies in order, you've just watched two fucking movies with him so that's great. Thor's really funny in this also and I love Thor so much. I'm so sad that they fucking butchered 2 of his movies. Thor is mid and Thor the Dark World, which I'm about to rewatch, I remember as being really bad. I think Thor Ragnarok was just so good and then you are Thor Love and Thunder. Sorry, that's 3 movies they butchered which are dog shit and I'm really sad that they butchered his movies because he's such a good character.

Then Captain America who's actually really funny in this. I always think Captain America as kind of a mid character because he's really self-righteous and I prefer characters that are kind of flawed and have a moral gray area, which none of the Avengers have at the moment like out of the core 6. But my favorite is Thor because he's funny as fuck and I love him or actually Iron Man because again funny as fuck. He's the one with the most flaws and I never really kind of looked at Captain America because he's kind of got this air of self-righteousness and I never really fucked with that personally.

Oh, I'm so so sad that we had Iron Man 2 and we didn't get a Natasha and Clint movie because they're in the film and you're like, oh, that's sick. You know Black Widow is in Iron Man 2 but then you have this new character, Clint, but it kind of feels like you're meant to know who he is. You know all the other Avengers and their backstory's or at least who they are but you don't really know who Clint is and it kind of feels like you're meant to know who he is from the get-go and you just don't. So instead of Iron Man 2 they should have had a movie about Natasha and Clint and just them going on a mission like that would have been so sick to see their backstory and stuff and it just would have been so cool because you know nothing about Clint and he is overlooked because no one knows anything about him ever. No one learns anything about him. Apart from the Hawkeye series, Infinity War and End Game when you when he has his family. But this is wat later on. The audience knows nothing about him and I guess that adds to the allure of his character. But I just want to know a bit more about him. Even if he had a bigger role in Thor. He just gets overlooked all the time because he's not got a bigger role. The audience knows absolutely nothing about him like Black Widow. But I felt fine with her in this movie and I knew enough about her because she was in Iron Man and I'd seen her before. I had only seen Clint once before in one scene in the Thor. If he was with Agent Colson that would have been sick and then we would have gone into Avengers having introduced him. Just having him around a bit more would have been really cool.

Also, a lot of quiet quote able lines from this film. Love that about it. The CGI is also pretty good for when it was released. It's pretty good for now. It's bit dated but I still think it's pretty all right. All the Dynamics worked really well with all of the characters.

This movie really makes me appreciate the arcs that the characters go on especially Loki and Iron Man because of that whole speech that Cap does to Iron Man about him when he's out of the suit who is he actually. He's never going to be the guy who sacrifices himself. He's too egotistical he thinks about himself too much and that's how people view Iron Man. But then when you get to Endgame he sacrifices himself and the audience is like "oh shit." He's realized that he is that guy. He's going to sacrifice himself. He is the guy who's always behind everyone else. Loki as well has such a a great turnaround from Thor to Avengers Endgame. I really enjoyed the characters arc from this film and I just think it's really well done and makes sense for his character.

[stevishabitat]

I never watched any of it until 2021, with the exception of the Netflix Marvel series, which weren't even considered "real MCU" at the time.

I pirated the first season of Daredevil on a friend's recommendation, but was kind of turned off by the unexpected level of violence. When I actually subscribed to Netflix a few years later, I tried it again and fell in love. Watched all three seasons plus the Defenders. Then watched Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage. (could not get into Iron Fist or the Punisher, sorry white boys)

In 2021, I literally binged the whole of the MCU so I would have context for a rumored Matt Murdock cameo in Spider-Man No Way Home.

Then watched Hawkeye because I always kind of liked the concept of the one totally non-powered guy in the Avengers who has a family back home and just seems to keep getting pulled into shit.

Subsequently, I watched the Loki series and fell hard and fast into the fandom.

I was kind of broken by season 2 of Loki and will have to prepare myself for a rewatch, but it was really excellent, just sad.

Echo was absolutely fantastic. My kiddo really enjoyed The Marvels more than most other MCU stuff (kiddo is now a major Goose fan).

So yeah, I'm showing up at the party after everyone else has left. But damn, there are still good snacks!

Just curious...

Doesn't matter your opinion of it, just pick the one you last actively decided to watch (even if you didn't finish it)

My sister and I were wondering, we know there was a huge drop off after endgame, but it's been a while since then.

[elgascreamslikehell]

How to get you're hit the hard bottom

I'm rewatching m*a*s*h

Cause yes, my autistic depressed ass can't hold anything I've watched less than thousands of times.

And that though from the nowhere.

If Henry would have stayed in Tokyo in 1x09, he won't be on that plane...

And he would stay if Hawkeye and Trapper could at least try to stand Frank Burns ...

So... The source of all sort of problems is major Frank Burns.

I mean I've been sad over this for twenty five years now what the hell

[maggicktouched]

I'd love to see Yelena like actually working in a scene where we know she's specifically utilizing her widow training. Because I cannot tell if the loveable little sister personality we all love about her is partially her personality or a complete ruse or who she actually is. I'm invoiced to think it's the last one bc the MCU isn't great at writing female spies lol. Like we as an audience were always made to feel like we knew and understood Natasha and her motives. There was zero complexity to MCU Nat. So it's probably the same for Yelena, but I'd love to see more of her doing spy things.

[trappper-johnathan]

The MASH time loop but it's Don't Hug Me I'm Scared style in that all the characters are stuck in the loop but they take turns being aware of it ((the phrase "passing the consciousness around like a blunt" comes to mind))

Cause there are certain episodes where it seems like some of the characters have more clarity of the situation than others. An example off the top of my head is Trapper in Mail Call with his "it's continuous" comment. Now consider his actions in that episode vs in Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde where he says Hawkeye is turning into a fruitcake cause of his breakdown. If you look at it through my view, his different attitude is because he's not quite aware of the time loop in Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde. He also has another big moment of clarity in Cease-Fire, and is the only character in that episode who is aware of the time loop. He doesn't get his hopes up cause the war isn't ending. It will continue on and on and on and they're all gonna remain right where they are.

@thebreakfastgenie has an analysis on Henry Blake knowing he's doomed to die in Abyssinia, Henry, but I also think Radar knows. Obviously he's emotional about Henry leaving, which is why he cries when they salute each other, but that last part of the episode in the OR when he comes in to break the news, it struck me as a little odd. Yes, people show their grief in different ways, but his body language and the tone of his voice kinda stuck me as...disappointment? Or at least an emotion along the lines of disappointment, almost like he was kind of resigned to it. The way his body sags and the way he says it with a sort of bone-tired sadness rather than a fresh wound makes me feel like he knew it was going to happen. Because it's happened before. And maybe that time would have been different, but no. Henry never makes it home, no matter how many times they do this. And he just... He just wishes it didn't have to be that way but it is. And he's gotta be the one who tells the others.

I think it's safe to say that Hawkeye is the one who is conscious of the time loop most often (The Late Captain Pierce is a great Hawkeye Sees It episode), but sometimes it feels like even he doesn't see it. I would say that the episodes in which he's the most out of character are the ones where the veil is thickest.

That's sort of where the DHMIS thing comes in for me, where he (or any character, really) will say/do something that makes the viewer go, "Hang on, that's not quite right." Cause when that happens it almost feels like the character is being puppeted by someone/thing, and so of course they would do something they wouldn't normally do, because it's not actually them. Now that's getting kind of deep into the time loop thing, where it's not just a strange phenomenon occurring, but instead some outside Being manually controlling the story.

You could say that the writers are the ones who keep them trapped in the time loop. You could even say it's the viewers, too! When I watched GFA and I finished crying my eyes out after Hawkeye was flown away at the end, my immediate thought was "I should rewatch the show from the beginning" and my second thought was "If I start back at the beginning, I have continued the loop and Hawkeye never makes it out of Korea." Which made me cry a little more tbh, but it also kind of made me laugh. Here I am, rooting for this tortured man to get back home and get well, and then I'm going to start back at "Korea, 1950. A hundred years ago" and put them right back where they began to suffer over again.

ANYWAY, back to what I was originally saying: they're all stuck in the time loop, and they're all aware of it but at different times and to different degrees.

[majorbaby]

decided it was as good a night as any to watch MASH (1970). i was going to take detailed notes the way i've been doing during my current rewatch of MASH (TV) but the purpose of that has been so i have stuff to refer back to when creating fanwork. about halfway through the watch i decided it wasn't worth all of that, but i did still make some notes about what i liked and didn't.

the bad

i'm starting with the bad because it had a really big effect on my experience of watching this movie. no need for bullets because it's the one thing, but the one thing is really bad: the misogyny. given, i have a very weak stomach for sexual violence on screen, particularly against women, but like, under no circumstances would i recommend this movie to anyone without a very heavy-handed content warning.

i'd been forewarned against it but i still underestimated how bad it would be. it was cruel and it left such a bad taste in my mouth i don't think i can rewatch, and if i ever do, i'd skip the offending scenes.

don't be fooled by the number of things on my "good" list. i'd trade 'em all for there to be less of the bad.

the good

genuinely touching opening credits. the MASH theme is immortal. beautiful shots of the compound. i'm gushing about it because i've worked in editing/motion graphics and i love a solid title sequence, this is one of the best i've ever seen

this movie hates christianity in general, but distinguishes catholicism from protestantism. i thought that was interesting considering MASH (TV)'s Frank is prejudiced against Catholics, something that is characteristic of a more rigid flavour of white supremacy that racializes people who would normally qualify as white (e.g. Italian and Irish Catholics). pointing out the difference tells me this movie is aware of evangelical christianity being the chief religious influence on American public policy, including foreign policy

this movie really hates the army, it could just stand to do better at hating the ideologies that prop up the army as well

hawkeye will call any man "babe" or "baby"

trapper john and his mysterious parka of assorted sundries

that's another thing. this movie is really gay, which does not absolve it of its sins

"Captain Pierce, did you call me?" "No, my name is Hawkeye"

Mclean's Henry Blake is way more likeable than movie Henry Blake, but the similarities are all there

i need to talk about the tone of this movie. so going back to the title sequence, part of the reason i like it so much is because it perfectly establishes the tone of the entire movie. larry gelbart once said that the title sequence to MASH (TV) "prepares you for what you are about to watch" and while I agree with that statement completely, I think it's doubly true of its film counterpart. there's this melancholy feeling that persists throughout the whole movie. kind of depressing tbh, despite how boisterous and silly the events on screen can get. there's a lot of mood lighting, quiet conversations. outside it's eternally overcast. when i think of it and compare it to MASH (TV) I understand why Robert Altman hated the show so much. tonally, it's completely different. when you hear the japanese cover of "happy days are here again" in the movie, it feels especially ironic, rather than lighthearted as it can be on MASH (TV). "my blue heaven" sounds even darker. but inspite of the gloom that pervades the movie, it's never quite as tragic as the objectively tragic moments on MASH (Bless You Hawkeye, GFA, Sometimes You Hear the Bullet, Guerilla My Dreams etc). the ending really nails that sad, but not too sad vibe.

once again, oliver jones is the hottest surgeon at the 4077th

elliott gould is a close second

trapper and hawkeye are in love... to everyone's peril. gay wrongs. so many gay wrongs in this movie.

did you think i was done talking about how in love trapper and hawkeye are in this? hawkeye, trapper and duke are supposed to be something of a trio in this movie, but as soon as trapper arrives duke is third-wheeling constantly. hawkeye says to trapper when he meets him, "do i know you from somewhere?" and a slow smile spreads across trapper's face later, while tossing around a football, hawkeye catches a pass from trapper and recognizes him by it as trapper does a slow walk towards hawkeye with his hands in my pockets good god, be still my piercintyre loving heart: trapper: [describing a pass] lucky your mouth wasn’t open or it would’ve got stuck in your throat hawkeye: baby! why it’s trapper john mcintyre!

we are never having the casual sex on MASH debate ever again, hawkeye settled it in this movie: (the) lieutenant dish: hawkeye, you have to remember, i’m married hawkeye: i’m married. i’m happy. i love my wife. if she was here, i’d be with her dish: i’m very happily married hawkeye: there is no question to loving anybody, it is a question of only helping.

[nimuetheseawitch]

Hawkeye/BJ, and BJ for the character

Hawkeye/BJ| send me a ship and I will tell you:

when I started shipping it if I did: a little over a year ago during the MASH rewatch I was doing with my partner. For whatever reason, I hadn't even thought of it before then, but once I did, it was everywhere.

my thoughts: they're cute, they're stupid, they're idiots in love, and they're a hot mess. I have so many thoughts on them, and my opinions are changing constantly

What makes me happy about them: no matter if it's romantic or platonic, they really do care about each other. Their friendship isn't always healthy, but they care deeply and it shows.

What makes me sad about them: is it cheating to say the war? The whole show is sad and funny and sweet, and the sadness is kind of integral to the whole thing.

things done in fanfic that annoys me: giving BJ the emotional intelligence to figure things out on his own. I just don't think he'd get there without some sort of external help.

things I look for in fanfic: banter. BJ and Hawkeye have distinct voices, and I love when a writer gets them right. I also love pining, but that's just one of those things I've always looked for in fanfic for any fandom. Pining is my thing.

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: BJ/Peg and Hawkeye/Trapper. I'm also comfortable with Hawkeye ending up alone or with someone not in canon - it seems right for him. I'm also pretty down with a lot of other potential pairings for Hawkeye, but I like BJ/Peg (I also love BJ/Peg/Hawkeye).

My happily ever after for them: growing old, protesting Vietnam, providing healthcare for those in dire need through a free clinic, abortions, and HIV/AIDS care. I don't think they can come back from Korea and just do surgery - they will feel the need to make a difference.

who is the big spoon/little spoon: BJ seems like a big spoon kind of guy, but I also see Hawkeye just becoming an octopus in his sleep and then there are no spoons, just an incomprehensible tangle of limbs.

what is their favorite non-sexual activity: laughing. Anything that can make them laugh, from bad jokes to pranks. But the important part is the laughter.

BJ| Give me a character & I will tell you

One thing I wish would happen/had happened with this character in canon: I will never get over his complete failure of an apology in Period of Adjustment. He should've dealt with that shit better, and Hawkeye shouldn't have let it slide.

my OTP: Punnihawk because I want BJ with Hawkeye, but I don't want him to leave Peg.

my crossover ship: I have never considered a crossover pairing for BJ. I was mentally scrolling through shows in my head, and the one that amused me most was Wilson from House. I don't think I actually ship this, but they would be funny.

a headcanon fact: oh man, my headcanons are all over the place with BJ (and often conflicting). I guess one of my favorites is that I actually do think he lies. I think he realized that he's halfway across the world with a bunch of people he may never see again, and it's a chance to try out new things, so he lies a little because it doesn't feel like there will be any consequences. My favorite version of this would be lying to patients to try to connect with them better.

How I feel about this character: gosh I have so many feelings. I love him, I hate him, I want to pummel him with angst, I want to send him care packages that make him smile, I want him to figure his shit out and make Hawkeye happy.

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Peg, Hawkeye

My non-romantic OTP for this character: also Hawkeye

My unpopular opinion about this character: I don't know if this is unpopular, but I don't think he's gay. I used to be vehemently against this, but I've come to see the logic of the comphet/repression theory with him (and I do enjoy a Hunnicutt lavender marriage). I just don't feel it. I'm very on board with bisexual BJ.

Thanks for the ask! As always, I really enjoyed thinking about these things. Some specifics are starting to fade for me about all of my strong opinions about BJ, so it may be time for another rewatch. I think it's been almost a year now since I've done anything except watch some comfort episodes (A Night at Rosie's, my beloved).

[believerindaydreams]

so apparently instead of having a refreshing nap I am having thoughts about Why I Don't Rewatch The M*A*S*H finale

cut for thoughts that are quite dark but not more so than the actual show? idk

cos it's like. We have all this Hawkeye angsting and sadness and whatnot when it's like. this is not even remotely your story. it's the mother's story. how dare you sit there with a martini getting mental counseling about a horror that isn't even yours

and it's not quite Hollywood's fault- they are throwing up their hands, admitting "we cannot push the limits of the Other any further. We don't know any more than you do. We just make pictures."

And like, that's maddening.

but also I only half believe the story, I half think that Hawkeye sat there and smothered a baby because it doesn't quite follow even at the end

and I'm angry with that version of the story as well, because one of the truths of colonialism and occupation is that it makes the victims do terrible things, and that's too stark a truth

And then I think about eleven years of this show and Hawkeye being aware of it on a certain kind of level that the regulars like Margaret simply Do Not Notice and it's like a morality tale, a story of Job's patience, where a doctor kills a baby to make this terrible war end and it finally ends but his hands will never be clean again

and I don't like that story either

which brings us to Charles' subplot and the culmination where he smashes the record because this is all so, so pointless

and I don't know what to do with any of this

except write a Tumblr post apparently

[hhawkeye]

*chanting* mash! blorbos! now! mash! blor-

alright. so so so many people sent me this. here we go

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most): you think it's gonna be hawkeye, right? wrong. it's trapper. every day of my life i think about trapper and what would have happened had he been part of the later seasons and had some more Character Moments. i dont think there would have been room for both him and bj in the show of course and despite popular belief i would not get rid of bj for Anything, but i do think about trapper and what potential was there for a deeper dive into his characterisation and motivations tbh. in a technical sense bj does fulfill more of the blorbo characteristics but when i think about him its with malice in my heart

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped): honestly idk if there is one! if we're talking aggression obviously bj but it's not about him being cute. however he is Shaped. sometimes hawkeye makes me like my god i need to crawl into the tv and wrap a warm blanket around him but other times. Well. Anyway,

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave): again i dont know that there are many characters who are underappreciated on mash (or at least within the mash circles i am in bc i follow correct smart people) but honestly i was thinking about how early seasons margaret really is like... not underrated but whenever someone just starts watching the show and theyre like, oh hot lips, and i have to take a second to be like... who? not that i forget they call her that, but i forget they pretty much only call her that, and i honestly think she really Isn't That Bad in early seasons, and i love her growth throughout the series, but so does everyone obviously. remember the talent show when she sings my blue heaven. i love her. i really really love her and she does on many levels stand up for what (she feels) is right and she has lessons to learn of course but i love the moments where you get a glimpse of who she'll be in later seasons and it makes me so <3 idk. it might just be because i rewatched so recently but i have a lot of feelings for early seasons margaret and i think she's a really interesting character tbh

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week): i feel like spam lamb really is my glup shitto in every single possible way and thats fine. that's fine.

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave): hes not problematic unpopular or controversial unless youre a right wing freak but the ONLY answer for this is of course hawkeye. the man the myth the legend. THEE poorest little meow meow on the planet. he literally could be the original poor little meow meow. are there any characters so unbelievably sad and pathetic that precede him? i dont know

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason): haha umm nobody because im normal and wouldnt torment people for fun, unlike some people who i wont name 🙂🙂🙂

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell): genuinely ok this is mean and i know there are definitely worse people but my answer for this is potter. i just dont love the guy. he's FINE and he has great moments but every time he gets on some high horse about something i'm like yeah but you're a career army man though soooo. i love harry morgan and think he plays him well but i just cannotttttt get behind potter as like. A Guy. i think there was potential there for an interesting and compelling story about yknow joining the army young and being manipulated and used by it but i dont think late season mash was in a place where it could outright be like hey fuck the military. so

[icameheretowinry]

So, as someone who also loves MASH (watched it in syndication and bought the whole series on DVD), so you have like a top 5 favorite episode or moments? If so, what are they? And how did you feel about the finale? I have been told that my dad did not like the finale and some old family friends also said it wasn't... Good. Me? I'm conflicted. I do see the pros and cons of what happens but you might be the only generational peer I know. So your opinion means a lot to me.

Wow! I was not expecting this ask, but I’m so glad you sent it. To be honest, it’s been a couple years since I sat down and rewatched the whole series chronologically, but I think I remember it enough to answer your question. (That, and I went through each episode summary to jog my memory.) 

I decided to go with my top 5 favorite episodes. (Specific moments just felt too… specific?) These opinions have definitely changed over the years, and they may change when I watch the show again, but for now, they’re as follows: 

Season 1, Episode 17: Sometimes You Hear The Bullet

This was the first episode I remember seeing Hawkeye vulnerable. Some later episodes with Sidney attempt to dive into his mind when strange reactions arise, but they always felt a bit forced in my opinion. This episode, on the other hand, was simple, yet devastating. Colonel Blake’s quote sums it up perfectly: “There are certain rules about a war. Rule number one is that young men die. And rule number two is, doctors can’t change rule number one.” This episode really sets the tone for the whole series. There’s going to be a lot of humor, but we’re not going to let you forget where these characters are. 

Season 4, Episode 18: Hawkeye

This episode was masterfully written. Hawkeye gets in an accident, and then must talk constantly to the Korean family who takes him in, in order to stay conscious. It’s the only episode of a sit-com I can recall is entirely a monologue, yet it never feels boring. Hawkeye’s character is at the forefront with his humor, but always in the background is his intelligence and concern for his wellbeing. It’s an episode that truly showcases both sides of his character in a way that is both natural, and funny enough, entertaining. 

Season 4, Episode 24: The Interview

I must say that the atmosphere of this show is always perfect, but this episode was especially so. Shot in black and white, it really doesn’t feel like anyone is truly acting when the journalist interviews the cast of characters from the 4077th. It seems like it’s more of a documentary segment than an episode of a military sit-com. As someone who comes from a journalistic background, I now appreciate the unique writing in this episode more so than I did when I was young. MASH was all about unique episode formats, and this is one of its best examples. 

Season 9, Episode 5: Death Takes A Holiday

I’m not a crier, but this episode did it for me. As funny and serious about political/societal issues as this show was (many of which are still very relevant today), sometimes, things were just supposed to be sad, because that’s the way things were. The moment Hawkeye stood up and changed the hands of the clock, I lost it. It’s a gesture that speaks more than any dialogue in the episode, but it completely broke my heart. Mike Farrell’s writing/directing talent really showed in this episode. 

Season 11, Episode 5: Who Knew?

Like the first episode I mentioned, this is another where the audience gets a “surprising” amount of humility, vulnerability, and honesty out of Hawkeye. It’s a heartbreaking realization to some that someone could be so rich on the inside, yet never share it. Not judging others based on many circumstances is a theme upheld throughout the show, but this is really the first episode where it forces the 4077th to look at themselves a little more closely. As it turns out, someone they perceived as distant, was actually in awe of their work, and unfathomably kind. Just a little shy. Hawkeye admits that’s he’s like her, but openly shares with those he cares about just how much so. It doesn’t feel forced, cheesy, or weighted. It feels like honesty, showing through the wisecracks. 

Honorable Mentions:

Season 1 Episode 2: To Market, To Market

Season 3 Episode 5: O.R.

Season 3 Episode 11: Adam’s Ribs

Season 4 Episode 4: The Late Captain Pierce

Season 6 Episode 7: In Love And War

Season 6 Episode 15: The Smell Of Music

Season 7 Episode 10: Point Of View

Season 7 Episode 20: CAVE

Season 8 Episode 11: Life Time

I know a lot of these episodes are more serious or deviant from the normal structure, but I just want to stay that I love all the humor, but these are moments that stick out to me. 

The Finale: 

To be honest, the first time I saw the finale as an adult (about 4 years ago), I thought it was perfect. In retrospect, maybe as someone older, more cynical, more critical, more observant, or more of whatever else, I do see its flaws. Hawkeye’s breakdown is described but never shown. Hawkeye is belligerent, as was his character, but it seems overdone. BJ’s grand goodbye also came across as very cheesy. 

However, I love the idea that Hawkeye finally hit his breaking point, because it was a long time coming. It could’ve been executed so much better, but the lead up to it was FLAWLESS. I just wish the aftermath was better. BJ and Hawkeye were close, and shared many vulnerable moments, but I think leaving it at a huge and wave would’ve been best. (Even though the message looked good to viewers.) 

In short, I’m also conflicted about the finale. I think there are aspects of it that could’ve been done better, and some that were incredible. But ultimately, there’s a reason 106 million people tuned in to watch it. This show had a special place in a lot of people’s hearts, so no matter how the writers chose to end it, I think that’s the most important thing, that it meant something to people. 

Ngl, I’d be a liar if I said I didn’t get emotional every time I watched that “goodbye” fade away with the iconic series music. 

I really hope this answered your question(s), and that I did this masterpiece of a show some justice. 

THANK YOU for this ask! 

[khrim2213]

what's the fucking wrong with me??

on Jan.1st.2021 I spend whole afternoon and night to rewatch captain America Ⅲ, the avengers infinity war and endgame.

now it should be a time to sleep,and I just couldn't calm down,my entire mind just immersed in great grief.

oh there is AT LEAST ONE THING made me happy:Loki get the tessract and ran away.

anyway,can't sleep.

I'm sorry that it took me two years to seriously think about the next direction of mcu.

OK I haven't really think about this thing:I actually noticed that in the end of the endgame movie,there wasn't any word about"the avengers will come back"

Let's sort it out. The first Avengers,Tony dead,cap gets old,Thor traveled with star-lord,nat dead,hulk hurts one arm,hawkeye live with his family.

it seems that there are no "avengers"anymore😭(I know that's sad)but there is still some "super-heros",like Peter,Dr Strange,Sam,bucky and so on...And the first Avengers also had the desire to pass it on(cap passed his shield to Sam)so maybe marvel wants to start a new series just like"avengers",but different from them(?)

or there is no AVENGERS anymore.

The process of searching for the original stone is like connecting some basic fragments of Marvel in the past ten years,for us.

like,they helped us to memory,and told us it's time to say goodbye...

btw it seems like that bucky already knows Steve would stay at pass and spend the rest of his life with Peggy...and I heard that in agent carter series there is another man who fall in love with her...(that's complicated)

actually if Dr Strange,Peter,Sam,bucky,wanda,antman,T'Challa and others composition the second generation of The Avengers,I would love to see that,but I think they(directors or sb. else)wouldn't allow...

They dug too many holes,they didn't fill up,but dig more.

I knew that people should always look forward,but I just,I mean in the time period which my childhood and teen memory,they are the whole meaning of "superheroes".

I just don't want them die and disappear from peoples' memory like this.

what a sad night without sleep...

and maybe I should rewatch The AvengersⅠandⅡtomorrow...

don't worry,

*still looking forward for TFATWS and Loki series*