#if they'd been created later on and alan wanted to be their friend for real

[i3utterflyeffect]

and yes i'm still thinking about victim being devastated by nightshade pretty much dying (going comatose) because of them removing his memories

[thebreakfastgenie]

Hey, you might have done this before, but if you would rank all the mash ships how would you rank them

Well, what is all? All the, like, popular ones? Because there are a loooottttt of rarepairs or possible ships.I've done this in my head but I don't think I've ever done it in public. It's complicated, because I like different things about them. I'm limiting this to like, ships involving main characters (plus Sidney) that I see mentioned just to keep it manageable. If you want to know about any I didn't mention please just send a follow up ask!!

Best to worst:

Houlihawk (Hawkeye/Margaret) and hawnk (Hawkeye/Frank) Houlihawk because they just have so much chemistry it makes me insane and there's just some wonderful "opposites attract but they're more likely than they think" romance, narrative foils make a powerful couple Hawnk because it is very funny

Piercentyre (Hawkeye/Trapper) Best-friends-to-lovers is so cute! I'm already obsessed with their friendship so sure. The chemistry is fun. They're obnoxious (affectionate). The show jokes about them being a couple or situates them as the other couple to Frank/Margaret a lot.

Hawkeye/Charles There's not a lot to this except for whatever the fuck Alan Alda and David Ogden Stiers were doing whenever they had a scene together. I think they're both just such great actors (and Alan Alda's approach to acting heavily involves relating to a scene partner) that it creates chemistry. I don't know!!

Henry/anyone from the main cast I have no real opinion but Henry is the epitome of This Dude Fucks and McLean is sexy so why not. I don't seek this out. Someone wrote Henry/Hawkeye/Trapper porn based on my post one time so I have to have a little affection.

Trapper/Margaret I don't get it at all, even when the show teases it I just get no spark, but it would be hot.

Hawkcahy (Hawkeye/Mulcahy) I don't get it and I'm not into shipping the priest with anyone but I mostly just don't react when I see it.

Klinger/anyone from the main cast I just don't see it!

Charles/Klinger Don't get it!! None of their interactions seem this way to me.

Radar/anyone from the main cast A little squicky for me because of how Radar is written especially in his later seasons. I also just don't really get it.

Hawkeye/Sidney There are already enough ethical problems in this relationship. Also they have no sexual chemistry and Sidney could like men but I have no reason to think he does (and headcanon him as straight and happily married).

BJ/Hawkeye (aka hunnihawk or beejhawk) Whatever the opposite of romantic chemistry is, that's what they have to me. I'm not shocked slash of them exists because I know how slash fandom works, but I was still surprised at how big this ship was and like... the specific way it was popular when I got into the fandom. I do not see them as a couple under any circumstances. Specifically I cannot see Hawkeye having feelings for BJ, that's an immediate "he would not fucking say that" for me. Truly cannot emphasize enough this is a bottom-tier ship for me. I think across all the fandoms I've been in, I've only found one ship that's more NOTP to me than this one. If it weren't so popular with the fandom it'd be more "I don't think about you at all." Also like, if I could believe them as a couple, I don't think they'd be a good one based on their dynamic in the show.