#the rampant racism Klinger faces

[youngpettyqueen]

BJ on MASH is ostensibly straight and anything else is interpretation — nobody back then was intending him to write him as anything but straight, which is the beauty of fandom to do whatever you want. In the end, BJ is a fictional white man that is made up, and is canonically married to a woman with a child and canonically does not express an attraction to men — fanfiction and fandom is a product of extrapolation of what someone else would interpret on the show, whether that means he is straight, gay, bisexual, etc. Biphobia would apply if he was a canonically bisexual character and does not come from being butthurt over some interpretation of his sexuality that other people have that you disagree with and having a different personal preference on a headcanon of who he is attracted to, given that we know nothing about what happens when he goes home. A more pressing issue that actually deserves talking about is MASH's problematic representation of race at times, especially with Klinger, or if you really want to touch on misogyny, the issue of there not being any real fandom content for any of the several women of color on the show, even with some who have significant presences and storylines, instead of being irritated on some interpretation of a 1950s white guy character.

Did you go digging through my blog to find me talking about biphobia in the MASH fandom cause if you dug a bit further you could’ve found that I have discussed racism and misogyny on MASH and in the fandom

You’re putting a lot of words in my mouth here and making a lot of assumptions about what I do and don’t care about. Freak behaviour, frankly. You could’ve taken this energy and made a post about these very real issues if they truly upset you that much- a post I’d be happy to share, feel free to @ me! You’re awfully bold on anon, try to match that energy off it