#Mash polls

[mash4077confessions]

*Yes, this poll has been previously done. I removed Frank this time, because last time he won by an overwhelming majority. I'm curious to see who people will choose without him on the list this time.

[summerreign4077]

May the best Charles win…

[could-they-be-a-pro-wrestler]

How successful would Francis Mulcahy…

Propaganda for the mic skills:

The man is snarky af and can definitely find unique ways to insult his opponent

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Propaganda for the wrestling skills:

He was a professional feather weight boxer, so he has some experience with organized fights

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[the-mash-showdown]

The M*A*S*H General Showdown

We all have that General we love to hate or hate to love. The blundering idiots, the sticklers for army regulations, the ones who made us laugh and cry, the softies who understand the value of good medicine… So Mashblr, which general is worth his stars?

The army (poll) regulations:

20 Generals in total, from recurring characters to the day players.

All generals will be chosen at random and go head to head. Polls will be open for a week.

Campaigning for your favorite will be encouraged. Feel free to submit propaganda to my inbox and I will gladly share.

Try to vote objectively. He may be nuts…but does the said General bring entertainment? A deep message?

Tag #the mash general showdown

May the best one to five star win! Yes MacArthur is included.

The Bracket

Round One

Ran by yours truly, @the-cinnamontography-is-amazing

[francisjohnpatrickmulcahy]

Something that's been knocking around my skull for a while is about how MASH and Muppets are two of my very most favorite things. Two things which no matter what's going on in the world around me or inside my head, these are two things which always make me feel… if not "good" then at least some flavor of "comfortable" (no small feat with that kind of reliability).

I sometimes find fun comparisons between MASH and Muppets from the same era both shows would have been on TV, the most obvious parallel imo being Houlihan and Miss Piggy of course. But I also see such similarities between Klinger and Gonzo, Radar and Scooter, Charles and Sam the Eagle, etc.

But here's the million-dollar question:

These are as many characters as I am imaginative to come up with for possible contenders, I'm certain I must be looking clear past a few obvious choices.

Also I'm curious to know if there're other similarities you guys see!

[quordleona03]

The 4077th diner

Hawkeye Pierce (naturally) is the waitstaff. Who is the cook, and what diner food does the cook make? Pick your MASH 4077th character to be the cook and then reblog with the diner menu that the cook is going to produce.

[basil-the-scorned]

My only take on the Mash polls: I'm really surprised/ happy that the final 4 episodes that made it are specifically episodes that you can show to someone as the main genre of MASH, which is a comedy- drama.

Yes, it does leans more on the drama in later season, but it was always there. Sometimes You Hear The Bullet is one of those key episodes where it shines the most and that's in the first season of the show.

(gonna hide spoilers for it even though it's a 40+ year show)

Yankee Doodle Doctor hits that seriousness towards the end with Hawkeye's speech, but to me it doesn't linger on the rest of the episode like it does in Sometimes You Hear The Bullet.

Tommy's death is such a shock, that it affects everything, from Hawkeye's actions from then on, to even making the B plot of the episode duller afterwards. That was the first time the series leaned into the drama part, and it stayed for the episodes.

After that, more episodes began to do that, like Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde where Hawkeye's inability to sleep becomes more uncomfortable and sad to just watch. From him singing "Der Fuehrer's Face" with rain/unshed tears while Radar worryingly looks on to telling a also worried Trapper his rambling plans to find who started the whole Korean war, the episode leans into Hawkeye's disgust on the war, which lingers into future seasons.

It also unknowingly foreshadows later seasons where Hawkeye reaches small breaking points and frustrations over the war, from the food to the countless lives, relationships and time lost, until the finale where it just becomes too much and Hawkeye is changed forever.

[kreetchius]

Major Character Death Warning

This is sort of a M*A*S*H question but also an AO3-warnings question.

In a post-GFA story where Frank Burns never actually appears as a character but the reader finds out during the story that Burns is dead, do you have to tick the Major Character Death Warning tickbox? Technically yes because Burns is a major and so if he dies this is a Major Character Death. Technically no because he's not a major character in the story in which he dies. Which is it? Asking for a friend.

[mash4077confessions]

*Yes, this is a previously done poll. I'm redoing it by removing Hawkeye from the choices of favorites to see who people would pick then, as last time this was asked Hawkeye won this with overwhelmingly high results.

[summerreign4077]

[could-they-be-a-pro-wrestler]

How successful would Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce…

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[the-mash-showdown]

The M*A*S*H General Showdown

Steele played by Harry Morgan // S3 E1

Park played by Rollin Moriyama // S4 E16

[pretzelcoatll]

Any kind. And if you feel like it put in thr tags your favorite kind/ why you dont.

[tawnysoup]

SIFFRIN FLAT NOSE TRUTHERS WE WIN!!!!! WE HAVE WON!!!!!!

[episodeoftv]

FINAL VOTE (3rd place votes)

propaganda and summaries are under the cut (May include spoilers)

M*A*S*H: 11.16 Goodbye, Farewell and Amen

In the closing days of the Korean War, the staff of the 4077 M*A*S*H Unit find themselves facing irrevocable changes in their lives.

LITERALLY the most episode ever. For American television broadcasts it remains the most-watched primetime television episode ever, beaten only by a number of Super Bowls, the moon landing, and the Nixon resignation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye,_Farewell_and_Amen

Star Trek: The Original Series: 2.01 Amok Time

In the throes of his Pon Farr mating period, Spock must return to Vulcan to meet his intended future wife, betrothed from childhood.

this is the fuck or die episode

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amok_Time