Boy but the premier of MASH season 9 is just the best example of storytelling dichotomy I’ve ever seen. This humorous bridge challenge between Winchester and Potter back at camp, typical 4077 shenanigans, while out away from the camp Hawkeye is captured by a North Korea in an effort to save his dying friend at gunpoint.
every once in a while I'm like "hm. is M*A*S*H *really* my favorite shows or do I just love being ~quirky and different~" and then I go through intense emotional turmoil and that show is the only thing to bring me out of it so it's safe to say it is, indeed, my favorite show.
It's the middle of the night - a cold spring night - and Margaret is stuck in the middle of nowhere with the last two people on earth she'd want to be stuck with: Captains Pierce and McIntyre.
And it's only getting colder.
Happily, I can now share this with the whole world! Did anyone fancy a Hawkeye x Trapper x Margaret fic?
I have transgendered your surgeon and there's nothing you can do about it. Sorry 💖🏳️⚧️
I actually did quite a bit of research about transgender and queer history during the 20s - 50s, just to try and get a feel of how that would look in the MASH canon timeline. I think everyone should research queer history, it's good for you.
Anyway you can pry transgender Hawkeye headcanons out of my cold dead hands!
I don’t know if I ever told this story on here but apparently when my mom was back in college one of her final exams was scheduled for the evening of the mash finale and a bunch of students complained and threw a fit until finally the professor was like “show of hands: how many of you are planning on skipping my exam to go watch mash?” And like a good 80% raised their hands and the prof was like “…and what if that meant you failed the entire course?” And apparently only a few students put their hands down so the guy had to reschedule the exam. Moral of the story: there’s power in numbers and also mash was and forever will be more important than statistical analysis
Loretta Swit recounted an incident in which McLean Stevenson stood up for her. “I went through a period in my first three years on the show when I would try to make suggestions about my character. Everyone appeared to be listening, but it was more a case of ‘Thank you — next.’ I’ll never forget something McLean Stevenson did. I made a suggestion at the rehearsal table one day. One of the producers said no, he didn’t think that would work. So 10 minutes later McLean made the same suggestion, but in a deeper voice — which of course meant he got more respect. The same producer said it was a terrific idea. And McLean said, ‘Why didn’t you think so when Loretta said the same thing 10 minutes ago?’”