#he gets himbo-fied a lot and I dont agree with doing that to really

[youngpettyqueen]

Henry or Potter?

man as much as I do love Potter, gotta go with Henry here

I like Potter a lot but I do think my interpretation of him is. definitely not what the show intended him to be read as. and for all I love him, he does bring in this softening of the anti-military stance of the show in general which im not a huge fan of. he's a great character, but narratively speaking not always handled the best, and I gotta dock points from him for that. he's funny as hell, he's got some real interesting nuance, but I wish he'd been handled better overall when it comes to how the narrative treats him

Henry is also funny as hell, he's got some really fucking cool nuances to his character, and his spin on the anti-military attitude is really neat imo. I think the fandom has a tendency to dumb him down a lot because he's fairly indecisive- Henry's incompetency is sometimes plain old incompetency, yes, because he was never the sort of person who should've been put in charge, but there was also a decent amount that I think was deliberate incompetency. Henry didnt want to be in charge, and he showed that where he could. but he also stepped up whenever he needed to, I could list examples for hours, but one of my favourites has always been when he had to choose which patient to save- one who would take an hour, or one who would take several hours and more than one surgeon. underrated moment imo

#mash #to be clear they stand on pretty even ground to me #but if I had to choose. Henry #a character who's complexity gets forgotten a lot I think #he gets himbo-fied a lot and I dont agree with doing that to really #any of the characters on MASH #because theyre all smart as hell #but thats a rant for another day haha #Potter on the other hand I just wish was handled. better #and again let me be clear I love him #but he as a character should be critiqued #I wish he'd been more about like. unlearning his pro-military stances #could've been suuuuuuuuch a compelling and tragic arc #he lied to get into WWI! imagine Potter exploring how military propaganda led to him spending most of his life in the military #an old warhorse struggling with realizing that it isnt JUST the war that's shit. its the whole damn military #the whole damn system #could've been so good and devastating #because Potter is anti-war he just isnt anti-military #which I think he really could've become had they gone in that direction #I think about this a lot can you tell