#im watching MASH

[variousqueerthings]

Some things about Hawkeye that make me unhinged:

Is a pacifist

Walked around the MASH unit naked on a bet that he started

Insomniac

Has nightmares

Jumps on the furniture when under-stimulated

Reads Gertrude Stein

Knits (the show really ought to give us Hawkeye-socks)

"I'll heal their wounds, treat their wounds, bind their wounds, but I will not inflict their wounds“

"I'll carry your books, I'll carry a torch, I'll carry a tune, I'll carry on, carry over, carry forward, Cary Grant, cash-and-carry, carry me back to Old Virginia, I'll even 'hari-kari' if you show me how, but I will not carry a gun”

Claustrophobic

Yiddish/Hebrew phrases

Knows nothing about fixing cars

Knows and loves to sing so many jazz songs

laughs with his whole body (also honks, giggles, and guffaws)

Is a wimp about pain, but won’t let it interfere with his moral duties as a doctor

Hates working out + physical labour, but will do the latter for a good cause/to help a friend

Bad at taking care of himself, but goes above and beyond caring for his patients

Is very fond of – and good with – kids

Gets the local newspaper from home

Voted “most likely to work in a free clinic after the war” by Charles

Whenever possible sits like a pretzel -- also whenever possible sits with his whole body as far into someone else’s space as possible

Is very thin-skinned about being left out, ignored, disliked, or otherwise unappreciated by his friends

does not care at all if people he doesn’t like dislike him in return and will actively needle those people into disliking him more

Stands up for anyone who’s socially/politically excluded 

Is at times so idealistic in his beliefs that they can veer into black-and-white

Is at times so idealistic in his beliefs that more violent people think he’s naïve 

will go to extreme lengths to win an argument, whether that argument is with a friend or a political system

Does not deny being called gay

Politically limp-wristed (and also just limp-wristed)

Sniffs his food

Brushes his teeth according to A System

#to be added to possibly #also feel free to add #(but nothing beyond s9 for now we're still missing 2 and a half seasons in watching) #hawkeye pierce #im watching MASH #MASH

[zeawesomebirdie]

God when none of them shave 👀👀

#liveblogging #im watching mash

[preacherboyd]

MASH | 3x07 Check-Up

#mashedit #hawkeye pierce #margaret houlihan #mash #mash 4077 #m*a*s*h #mash 3x07 #tor gifs #what if i started giffing mash... what then #yeah i've been watching #only on s3 so far but im enjoying Immensely #radar is my fave so far

[pherre]

#im sorry but this is so fucking funnyyyyy #its me talking #vanya watches mash #mash

[hawkeyeslaughter]

not to be like dramatic or anything but trapper john calling me ‘ honey ‘ to comfort me would heal every single thing wrong

#townes watches mash ! #3 x 15 ‘ bombed ‘ #him saying ‘ come on honey ‘ to margaret made me start crying tbh #and him HOLDING her im so inconsolable #oh to be held tenderly by a goofy silly slightly unbearable surgeon #i’m touch starved #and tipsy #mash #m*a*s*h #mashposting #mash 4077 #mashblr #trapper john mcintyre #trapper john #margaret houlihan #mchoulihan #houlityre

[whollyjoly]

hi just thinking about how in s9e9 (taking the fifth) hawkeye gets a response to his bulletin for a night of bordeaux in the supply tent thats literally says "i really love good wine, and i think it would be fun to share a few belts with you. signed, chastity"

are we supposed to believe that's not implied to be mulcahy?? sir???

#the continuing saga of “em watches mash for the first time and has fallen in love with hawkahy” #i cant believe ive fallen on the hawkahy train but here we are #i continue to think theyre neat okay #can you imagine either an ep au where hawk takes “chastity” up on the offer??? #or maybe a scene after the ep where a upset mulcahy is a little salty at hawkeye for not choosing him??? #the POTENTIAL #im kinda obsessed with them your honor #...this would be a good fic idea actually #👀👀👀 #hawkahy #idk if im sold yet on this tag but #otp: button up your overcoat / you belong to me #father mulcahy #francis mulcahy #hawkeye pierce #em starts mashposting #mashposting #m*a*s*h

[sskklvr]

[GRABS AT YOU THROUGH THE BARS OF MY CAGE]

DO YOU GET WHAT IM SAYING??? DO YOU????

#i watched trolls 3 and became undeniably obsessed so now im grasping at straws trying to mash it together with bsd #BUT THERES A VISION HERE TELL ME YOU SEE IT TOO #no one will understand me but at least i understand me #bsd #bungou stray dogs #mushimizo #trolls #trolls 3 #trolls band together #veneer trolls #kid ritz #does he need the trolls tag #kid ritz trolls #ritzneer #venritz #what the fuck is their agreed upon ship name #yokomizo bsd #mushitarou bsd

[ltc-henry-blake]

Girl help I've developed an attachment to Henry Blake.

#im watching MASH for the first time from the beginning and #i know #i know whats coming #why am i doing this to myself #mash #m*a*s*h #henry blake #mclean stevenson

[batcavescolony]

M*A*S*H

The thing about Hawkeye is that he doesn't want to be in Korea, he'd rather be anywhere else and he's not afraid to tell anyone that. but the SECOND those choppers roll in and those wounded need help, he's professional and ready to save lives.

#hawkeye pierce #benjamin franklin pierce #he'll say `fuck the war` any day if the week. hell complain and disrespect everyone above him. but when push comes to shove hell save peopl #mash #m*a*s*h #mash 4077 #m*a*s*h 4077 #4077th #trapper john mcintyre #trapper too #radar o'reilly #frank burns #margaret houlihan #batcavescoloy watches #batcavescolony watches MASH #ive watched it so many times #but im watching it again #i love MASH #how many times has he went out if his way for his patients or just another mash member? im 2 episodes in and thats all hes done. #(with trapper and later bjs help) #this is how it goes. Margaret+Frank: we went to the top to get Pierce FIRED #general *comes to the 477*: im here to see whats going on #Hawkeye: general forgive me if i dont care #general: 😡🤬😤 COURT MARTIAL #chopper: *come in* #Hawkeye: *goes into dr mode and does amazing surgery and proves hes one of the best* #general: ah..well maybe we jumped the gun a bit too early. he is one hell of a surgeon. no respect for the military but a damn good surgeon #margret+frank: 😡

[angeliteonfridgeduty]

something something cube content

#internecion cube #art #silly #yeah that's right my brain told me to watch internecion cube like a few days ago and i listened #i am now definitely totally very normal about it #i also discovered that Y is accidentally unintentionally very similar to kirie in terms of many things #literally second member of the c262 trio that turned out to be stupidly similar to an already existing character by pure accident lmao #whats next. who is L gonna end up being stupidly similar to. #aaanyway uh yeah um cube stuff uhhh umm #I.C-0n #i know its literally impossible to tell but yeah uh it's her i swear to you #soup jar. that's it. that's all i'm willing to say #fun fact im putting the darn cubes into FT. you cannot stop me. must add internecion cube into silly anomaly-filled fandom mash au.

[dilfsuzanneyk]

please look at him

#your honour. im not okay. #vex rambles #shadow watches mash #father mulcahy #whatever im tagging him now i want to find him later

[variousqueerthings]

I think one of the many many things that make Hawkeye work where so many Hawkeye-esque type characters make me uuurgh, is that he’s not a Rugged Individualist – so many of these types of male characters aren’t actually that anti-authoritarian, they just think their authority is better than whoever is in charge (be that The Law or a superior officer). They balk not because they have strong ideals that they’re trying to adhere to, but because they’re much smarter/more capable/able to dole out the decisions, whereas outside surgery Hawkeye really really really does not want to be doing that, and if he did it would be to declare war is over forever and go home and still be a doctor. All these other guys are styled as lone wolves who are very pro-authority/hierarchies as long as they’re at the top and aren’t interested in taking onboard others as part of a team, but rather as tools, and Hawkeye is… not like that. There is a character who is styled after this philosophy and that’s Colonel Flagg. And the narrative makes it very clear that he’s an idiot.

to build off that paragraph, another one of the many things that makes Hawkeye different from the wannabes, is that he’s very compassionate and quite sincere. He jokes, but he also talks relatively often about how those jokes are to stave off the paralysing depression he’d otherwise be having at the violence and he does it to make other people feel better too (mostly – he’s not perfect, but that’s also kind of the point. There’s usually a pretty clear delineation in when Hawkeye is acting out because he’s hit breaking point/making a fool of himself/hurt someone). He loves his friends, he loves his father, he loves the family he’s made at the 4077 and tries to be there for them when they’re vulnerable. He cries, he laughs, and when he rages it’s not in the typical that-type-of-character way where they Know Better As Men because the narrative has Decreed It, but because of his ideals, which he also cares deeply about (and sometimes he totally misreads the situation because of those ideals). All these fakes need some ideals if they want to be anywhere close to this character!

they also need much floppier bodies. give me more guys who flop onto the nearest surface. where are they?

#im watching MASH #MASH #hawkeye pierce

[the5n00k]

M*A*S*H and the power of pure unadulterated sorrow

(this series is marketed primarily as a comedy! :D what a scam! /hj)

⚠️long post⚠️

I want to point out one of my favorite aspects of this series which is how different it presents its drama compared to other shows marketed as dramas that I've seen. ESPECIALLY modern film

The last movie I can remember portraying this sheer level of raw grief and despair was Hereditary. Such a powerful film about how grief can tear a family apart, it's honestly uncomfortable to sit through because of how well written and acted some of the scenes with the family are. And that's the point; tragedy isn't pretty. So many times you will see characters die on screen and the actors around them reacting to it with a single tear or burying their face into their stone cold main protagonist's shoulder. I have been craving that Hereditary level of despair from something for a long time now. That raw emotional breakdown that completely shatters the mask of a usually well put together facade.

Then my friends recommended M*A*S*H to me.

Yes you can make all the "crying breakfast friends" jokes you want about how often I latch onto a heart wrenching emotional moment in a show but I can't help it when it's so well executed. I can see a million silly Disney sidekicks die and feel nothing but this show has made me cry even on rewatch. And that is RARE for me, usually it's a one and done thing but this show still manages to tear me to pieces.

Not saying the show doesn't have any fun in it, of course it does, that's how the emotional moments hit harder. If you never saw the characters at their highest highs, seeing them at their lowest would just become numbing and unengaging.

Spoilers ahead obviously, I'm going to be talking about a lot of really important character moments throughout the show please if you are at all interested watch the show and come back. It's 11 seasons but it's well worth your time

Something that has always been powerful to me has been grown men crying. Perhaps it's because I never really had a good emotional connection with any men in my life and always saw them as stronger (emotionally) than someone who is erratically emotional like myself. Especially during the timeframe this is set (the 50's) and shot in (70's-80's) I was not anticipating the level of raw acting talent from the guys in this show. Especially once you get past season 4 and shit really starts hitting the fan

To see these grown men who take so much pride in their important positions as doctors and men and who they are just break down weeping like a scared child. It never ceased to break something in me. I cried the hardest at the amnesiac soldier who lost his brother (FANTASTIC scene it should have won 60 awards) but the two characters that have always stood out to me with this particular subject have been Hawkeye and BJ

Clearly if you've watched the entire show you understand what I'm talking about and obviously the other cast members have their moments (Winchester my beloved one day I will put you under a microscope and pick you apart) but for this subject, I'm going to use the two of them as examples because I consider these moments the most prominent to me personally

I'll start with BJ because there's a lot to unpack with him and simultaneously not a lot at the same time. Because he's so closed off and disconnected from most things happening all the time, choosing to opt out of anything whenever he can unless provoked, characters don't really know that much about him. As an audience, you're forced to pick apart his little mannerisms and priorities to see where his head's at. Some people might not like that but frankly I love it. He's a simple character on the surface but underneath, he's a terrified father and husband trying to keep his head down long enough to snap out of the nightmare that is war and wake up at home. I relate to him in that way, just trying to stay in my own corner and occupy myself until I have to wake up and do it all over again. Coping with the monotony is slowly driving him crazy

Then in Period of Adjustment, he gets a letter from his wife about how she and their daughter Erin saw Radar at the airport when he got sent home. And his thin thread of stability finally snaps. He's pissy for the entire day and doesn't want to tell anyone why, he'd rather just go through the motions and repress it just like everything else. But it keeps outwardly affecting everything around him whether he likes it or not. Then, at his lowest, he physically assaults his best friend in their own tent and destroys their only lifeline, the still they use to (poorly) make gin, and runs out.

After getting so intoxicated he can't stand up, Hawkeye finally finds him again and laughs that he's wearing a helmet to see him, still trying to make light of how much he's suffering. He tells him he's sorry for punching him and Hawkeye sits down with him. He finally is completely and truly honest for probably the only time in the entire series. He is completely vulnerable and open and tells him what's been bothering him. His infant daughter mistakenly called Radar her dad. The first person she ever called dad wasn't him. And he breaks down. He barely got to see her when she was born before he got drafted, he missed so many milestones of parenthood with her already and she ends up calling someone else dad. BJ tells Hawkeye he is furious at Radar and knows it's not his fault but he's still jealous. He even mentions how he's envious of Trapper, Hawkeye's old bunkmate from before he got there, which is still a huge sore point for him because of how abrupt his departure was. But he doesn't reprimand him for speaking badly about two people he'd considered close friends. He holds him closer and lets him cry. This isn't a single tear cry, this is a full vulnerability twisted face cry of pure pain. He can't say anything to ease the pain either, nothing he could say right now could help his friend. He just has to let him work through it.

They rebuilt the still together but BJ still remains broken. This is sort of touched on in Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen when he tries to get sent home before Erin's second birthday and misses it. It's not held on but you can obviously tell that he's still barely holding onto mental stability whenever he brings up his family. If you go into this series thinking every conflict has a resolution or closure of some kind I have bad news for you lol it's safe to assume when he went home, there was a rough adjustment period reclaiming his place in the house since Peg took on so much responsibility by herself but we don't really know what happened after everyone went home.

My next example is from Bless You, Hawkeye and I always rag on this episode with my friends but the scene between him and Sidney physically shook me. Everybody probably talks about That One Scene with Hawkeye and Sidney from GFA so I'll refrain from using it as an example here, I think this one is more appropriate for the point I'm trying to make anyways.

Hawkeye has never been mature. At all. His entire character is built on being obnoxious and causing trouble. Unlike BJ, he will share nearly anything about him when asked. Except when it's serious.

In comes everyone's favorite coping mechanism, ✨ unconscious repression! ✨

Again, a part of his character that got used again in GFA, whenever something upsets him in a way he can't manage, he buries it. He rewrites the memory into something happy or positive. So when a wounded soldier soaked in dirty water smelling of mold and musty clothing triggered a psychosomatic response, nobody knew why.

Processing scenes like this is something I remember so vividly from my first watch. Seeing all the pieces fall into place until that sinking feeling fills you is something this show is so good at.

Hawkeye starts talking to Sidney about something from his childhood; being out on a lake with his cousin Billy when he was seven. He claims Billy saved his life by pulling him out of the water but the more he talks, the more his story changes. It gets to a point where even he realizes he wasn't saved. He was pushed. Billy had to have been around 13 at the time, old enough to know how mean pulling something like that is. The way he admits it is when the gravity really sank in for me. His voice breaks, he starts loudly and violently sobbing like a scared child, he's probably been holding in this breakdown for 20ish years. In any other show, I could see them trying to play this for laughs. Oh Hawkeye, you shouldn't be so upset by a silly prank from when you were a kid! Look at this grown man break down! What a baby! But they don't treat it like that. It's treated completely seriously, it's allowed to play out and he slowly works through grief for someone he idolized in his childhood, anger, and acknowledgement. It was a permanent scar that wasn't allowed to heal.

This wasn't the first time in the series Hawkeye has cried but it was the first time he truly let it out. Every other time he knew he'd have to pick himself up, dust himself off, and keep going. I'm not certain if he properly processed anything he went through in Korea because he kept (pardon my language here) drowning himself in alcohol and burying himself in work and antics. So his eventual breakdown just. Getting it all out in one gutteral, primal cry, borderline screaming was cathartic for both him as a character and myself personally. Very rarely do I ever get a moment to have an emotional release like this so I also bury myself further into my job and hobbies until I can't feel what's bothering me anymore. His man's father better have booked him therapy when he got home because I know for damn sure this jackass won't do it himself

Overall, I'll say it again, the actors in this show are insane. None of the emotions felt cheap and the way the characters are written feels accurate to how most people approached the horrors of war and the mental health crises that followed. I'm so happy this show exists. I'm a little disappointed in myself that it's taken me this long to give it a chance but I love it nonetheless. I'll make a post about the characters specifically sometime like I said I would, I just want to make sure I do everyone justice and I'm not just repeating what everyone already knows. I want to add to this wonderful community that I'm happy to see is still active on this app/site and I hope you all enjoy my ramblings lmao there is more where this came from

#mash 4077 #mash #character analysis #technically even though im going to do an actual dedication analysis for both of them #idk how else to tag this #i just like watching people cry i think /hj? #im ill about this show #this is probably really dumb but im gonna post it anyway

[pherre]

*experimental here means any time they changed up the format visually in any way. also deluge isn't here because i feel like it would sweep feel free to tag it though

#we watched hawkeye today and i just got thinking abt mash's more experimental episodes so now im curious which is everyones favorite #mash #its me talking #i think i remembered all of them

[hawkeyeslaughter]

it would be SOO funny if i got turned to being a bj liker on this rewatch because growing up i always had to listen to my mother ( trapgirl ) complain about how she couldn’t stand bj but my grandmother LOVED him and this was always a sore point of debate .

#admittedly now that i’ve been refreshed on him i feel like i MAY be slightly unfair considering i haven’t watched the later seasons in YEARS #i do recall being very fond of early bj though so i’m not surprised he made me laugh in welcome to korea #i stand by not liking his later writing he got did dirty #im still so mad bc it’s not even his fault that he more or less gets on my nerves season 8+ i feel like the writers #just got lazy and bj was the easiest character to do random shit with #anyway #early bj you sunshine you #mash #mashposting #m*a*s*h #mash 4077 #bj hunnicutt

[hawkeyes-boy]

he left his teddy. he's a kid. he was a kid. he's a kid who left his teddy. he's a kid going home to his mum. he was a kid now hes going home to take care of his mum. he was a kid in a war.

#im having #so many #thoughts #and feelings #about radar #squid watches mash #goodbye radar