#colonel flagg

[c8h14o]

colonel swagg. if you even care

[grapehyasynth]

he's not wrong

[boycarofchilladelphia]

MASH was seriously a show before its time. You mean to tell me that a psychiatrist, representing the pinnacle of empathy and care for those who have been hurt by ideologies beyond their control, says to a highly conservative, highly pro-government, highly pro-command literal representative of the military and absolute unquestionable authority: "yeah, I recognize that you've been indoctrinated, but the fact that you're such a garbage human being is testing even my ability to care about you"??? Like, dang. I have not resonated so hard with a line from a show... Ever? ESPECIALLY in this day and age.

[stiltmanday]

making MASH as Texposts is kinda addicting

[mashblrarden]

[radarsmenagerie]

mashgender part 6

bonus:

[morganaconda]

[dick-chugger]

Flagg might be the only person who's actually pointed out that Hawk is obviously queer. Everyone else just assumes that he's joking 'cause they know he's almost never serious, but the moment an outsider hears Hawk say something like that, he immediately points out how gay it was.

[thegreatsylvando]

[mash4077confessions]

[matrixsunbird]

Colonel Flagg moments part 1 of ????

[louisironson]

[guy-in-a-dress]

[beej-honnecticutt]

MASH S7E22 -Rally ‘round the Flagg, Boys- HUNNIHAWK ANALYSIS (and extra, but mainly Hunnihawk):

(Disclaimer: this is my opinion. If you have a different one, that’s okay!)

I’ll be talking about the episode in general and then towards the end of the post I’ll focus more on the Hunnihawk aspects of it, mainly because I have so much to say and I better say it in order or it will get confusing

Without further delay, enjoy the ramblings

The Hawk/Charles/Soldier fight in the O.R was so refreshing. We’re no strangers to seeing Hawk lose it (unfortunately) but he rarely ever does it in the O.R, where innocent lives literally depend on him. He prides himself on being one hell of a doctor, and to have that questioned for doing his job properly (and the constant verbal assault, especially from Charles) must’ve felt like a kick in the balls for him.

The Flagg/Hawk interactions are just GOLD, I feel like Flagg is supposed to represent war personified from Hawk’s perspective: stupid, irrational, aggressive, and confusing. Full of toxic masculinity, faulty ideals, hateful behaviour, and not one good reason for doing what he does…

The Hawk/BJ rational/emotional battle was incredibly entertaining due to the clash of egos (or rather BJ’s moral-superiority complex and Hawk’s hurt pride.) I love them sm🥹

BJ being a self-righteous lil bitch to Hawkeye but not allowing anyone else to be:

BJ: He’s Hawkeye Pierce’s patient.

Soldier: that’s what I’m worried about! I want him taken care of by someone who’s gonna take care of him.

BJ: look, whether you like it or not, Pierce saved your friend’s life.

Soldier: Oh, sure, when he got around to it! Thanks to my pushing it.

BJ: listen to me. Captain Pierce is just about the best surgeon we have around here. Now, what he says is right for Elmerson is right for him, you’re gonna have to believe that.

Soldier: oh you guys all stick together don’t you?

(A few moments later)

Col. Flagg: *who had sent Charles to spy on Hawk to try and prove he’s a communist spy* did you bring me something?

Charles: yes, my resignation. I will criticise Pierce, I will ridicule him, I will even humiliate him, but I will not spy on him.

Gifs of BJ saving Hawk from a Patient Attack bc the hunnihawk vibes are immaculate and I need visual aid.

BJ: I noticed I don’t practice what I preach.

I believe this sentence right here to be way deeper than it seems. This is a realization for Beej, he just found out he’s no longer something he was (level-headed.) A part of him he took obvious pride in is no longer there. He lost it. This is the realization that Korea had changed him more than he thought. And we’re only on season 7!

He used to be an unmovable object, and now he’s throwing around the phrase “I oughta break your neck” in a fit of rage in the middle of a physical altercation.

Hawk: Yes. And thank you.

This, from a hunnihawk standpoint, means so much to me. Cause Hawk’s not surprised by this information, he already knows BJ. He’s the only one that has really witnessed this change, and he still loves him.

Even with the hypocrisy, the self-righteousness, the blindness to some of his own faults, he still loves him as he is.

Hawk has every opportunity during the episode to jump at BJ for being so insensitive towards him, but he doesn’t. He’s very mature about it, and part of it might be he doesn’t want to fight anyone else, but I think there’s also an element of letting BJ deceive himself and live in his world of fantasy, letting him believe he really has everything under control.

Even though he doesn’t, and it’s abundantly clear he does not.

And when BJ finally explodes, Hawk is the one that has to physically hold him back (or at least try). It’s so poetic that Hawk (who lost it at the beginning of the episode) and BJ (who frowned upon it and has been insufferable about it) have their roles reversed by the end of the episode to protect each other (BJ from an attack, and Hawk from doing something he would regret.)

There’s a lot to say about the way the war changed every one of them, but I believe BJ’s character development to be the most interesting of them all. War broke down Hawk’s defences, but it destroyed BJ’s vision of himself. He’s infinitely more bitter, aggressive, angry and hotheaded than he was when he arrived.

(He’s not all lost, of course. He’s still fundamentally the same BJ, but there’s such a stark contrast between his first season and his last in terms of behaviour, self-control and self-expression.)

In conclusion, I’m obsessed with these fictional characters and how human they are.

(Idk if any of this made sense. Half the post is me theorising about the intent behind two sentences in a twenty-minute episode that came out 50 years ago. It’s 3A.M. But if you got this far, thanks for reading it! Hope it was at least entertaining. Feel free to drop your opinions.)

[frenchbullpigs]

Special thanks to @solarhen for participating. Go give him a follow he's really funny

[radarsmenagerie]

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