#also funnily enough i think hawkeye is the only person who has a friend of the opposite sex who he hasn't been implied to fuck

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RE: Hawkeye and friends like, first there’s the point that his personality is aggressively extroverted to the point where he has multiple subplots about all his friends being busy and trying to find someone to hang out with, and he’s pointedly willing and eager to emotionally engage. This already paints him as someone who we ought to assume has many friends, both close and casual.

But when it comes to narrative framing and implication, I’m pretty sure he also has the most friends that we actually see on the show, either through letters or through them appearing, aside from Potter whose character role is Military Guy Who Knows Everyone in the Military.

Like Hawkeye happens to have two friends who also got drafted and are in the area, Stosh and Tippy, and while sure Stosh sucks lol, Tippy seemed like a great guy, and close enough to Hawkeye to go awol because he was worried about him. And of course there was also Tommy, who very much sold the childhood-but-still-quite-close friend vibe. He also gets an invitation to a party in the mail in season 1 lol, and there’s Amy in Letters, in which she mentions previous letters exchanged between them (”You said in your last letter,”) so yk, he’s clearly regularly corresponding with at least one friend and we can assume that there are probably more that we don’t get to see, since this isn’t depicted as unusual or surprising or unique.

Not a friend but incidentally he also reads a letter from an aunt to a patient in one episode to entertain him, which is mentioned as one of several letters Hawkeye has brought for that purpose, and in general he expects to get mail at mail call, such as when he’s surprised that Klinger has nothing for him in The Late Captain Pierce. So we can assume that he corresponds with more people regularly than just his dad.

And within the context of the show this is more than anyone else gets. In terms of people we see on screen or through letters, BJ has his wife and one friend, Trapper has his wife and kids and a Chicago hook-up, outside the military Potter has family, Henry has a wife and his neighbours, Mulcahy has his sister, Radar has family and an ex fiancee and friend who hooked up with her, Klinger has same lol, Charles has his sister, Frank has his wife, Margaret has family and two friends who pointedly exist to show how isolated she currently is...

Like the nature of the show being an episodic sitcom in a setting far removed from the characters’ home lives means that we’re not going to see recurring characters from those home lives. Each character basically has a designated family member at home who gets referenced, and not much else. Hawkeye having three friends from home plus an ex girlfriend who show up in the middle of the Korean war plus a mention of a friend he’s sending regular letters to is a lot more than anyone else gets, and pretty telling imo.

And the two episodes I’ve seen people cite while suggesting Hawkeye may not have good friends at home are The More I See You and Hawk’s Nightmare, so:

I don’t think The More I See You suggested that Hawkeye was a workaholic who couldn’t manage a work/life balance. He prioritized work over Carlye, but he also mentions needing to see her constantly or he’d get the bends. He doesn’t sound like he was too busy for her, or emotionally unavailable, just that he couldn’t place her above his career in terms of importance.

And Hawk’s Nightmare doesn’t suggest that Hawkeye expected his old childhood friends to still be his bffs, or that they’re the closest friends he has currently, or anything like that. He reaches out to them and tells them about his nightmares because a) he’s extremely emotionally open - this is the same episode he tried to have a serious heart to heart with Frank, after all, and b) he’s acting a little extra irrationally here and he knows it, hence his wry “people are gonna know I’m as crazy as I think I am” in reference to him calling random dudes he probably hasn’t talked to in years and describing his nightmares to them lol. It’s weird behaviour. I don’t think we’re even meant to see his friend as particularly cold or cruel in only caring about his $37, it’s meant to show that Hawkeye is being overly familiar with him because his nightmares are freaking him out.

So yeah, imo Hawkeye is a very social person who I fully believe the show intends for us to assume has a big social circle back home with at least a few pretty close friends in it. If we don’t see them (aside from Tommy and Amy and Stosh and Tippy that is) then it’s because the show isn’t about their lives back home.

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16 and 28 :)

Woo, thank you for the ask! :D Gonna start with 28 as it’s shorter.28. How do you like to style your hair?I generally don’t style my hair as I don’t have the patience (and other non-disclosed esteem issues). It’s poker straight, but flat and dull, and really tuggy. But on the rare occasion that I decide it needs to be styled, I enjoy going for curls - tight ringlets, loose waves of big bouncy curls, I love them all.  16. Who are your top 5 fictional characters?Ooooooh! This is tricky, narrowing it down to just 5! But I shall, and I’ll talk about them a bit (i.e. I’m going to ramble, sorry). For the record, I generally never go for the main character - I tend to go for the underdog and/or sidekick.1. Dr Leonard Horatio “Bones” McCoy. If you follow my blog, that’s probably ridiculously obvious - especially AOS Bones! Funnily enough, growing up, I was a TOS Spock fan because Bones was really shouty and it scared me, hahahaha! But now that I’ve grown up, I’ve really come to appreciate him. He’s a loyal friend, protective of his crew/family (especially Jim) and ridiculously intelligent - although his intelligence is underrated and he’s very modest about it, which I love. I generally prefer AOS Bones as he’s less xenophobic and less of a dick to Spock (it feels more bantery in AOS, whereas TOS was more hostile). And, you know, Karl Urban. I also relate to him in certain ways: introverted; bit of a grump; tired; stressed; pretty sure he has depression and anxiety, but that’s more of a theory; fiercely loyal; uber protective of that one special friend; interested in medicine (I’m not a doctor though, I’m too severely emetophobic); occasionally goes a little overboard with the booze; will put others first; makes a pretty bad first impression; scary. He’s my kindred spirit.2. Dr John Watson. John has been my favourite in the Holmes stories - the original stories and all adaptations I have seen. Anyone who can put up with Sherlock’s shit deserves all the credit frankly. And he was the only “normal” person (or “idiot”) that Sherlock truly respected and cared deeply for. He’s special :) 3. Agent Clint “Hawkeye” Barton. You have the other Avengers (original team) - a demi God; a destructive, invincible monster that sprouts from a brilliant scientist; a genius billionaire playboy with a supersuit that can fly; and a genetically engineered soldier with super strength and speed. Then, fighting alongside them are two humans (who happen to be master assassins), who are considered to be equals. To be able to keep up with Thor, Iron Man, the Hulk and Captain America, they have to be pretty extraordinary humans. So I always have a soft spot for Black Widow and Hawkeye for this reason. But Hawkeye is my favourite - I think that Black Widow is thought of as the better of the two, and he’s “just a guy with a bow and arrow”. He’s a family man who happens to have some useful skills. He looks after the rest of the team and just an all round adorable bean. I really wish they’d brought in more about his past and his deafness into the movies (even if they made up something about special hearing aids or a cochlear implant - just some sort of nod to his disability) as it’s shown that despite his disability and past abuse, he has been able to overcome it and become extremely skilled in his field and a morally good man. Also Jeremy Renner, that’s a bonus.4. Sam Winchester. Smart and nerdy, with a good heart. He’s made a lot of mistakes, but he meant well and each time his intentions have been good (unless they haven’t been from season 9 onwards, I’ve not seen that far ahead, basing this on series 1-8). He just wants to make Dean proud of him and loves his brother more than life itself. I guess when you start SPN, you either jump into team Dean or team Sam. Then you either stay in one of those, or switch to team Cas. I’ve been team Sam from day one and never changed my mind, but I understand the other two teams too :) 5. Ron Weasley. I know, unpopular opinion. Sure, he had his dickish moments, but he was young, immature and horrifically insecure. But in the end, he was always a loyal friend to Harry. And he is hilarious.

..... one day I will figure out how to answer posts briefly. Today is not that day.