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mxmorel · 9 days
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@ klinger pls let me raid your collection
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neunhofferart · 1 year
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My full piece for the Best Care Anywhere 50th Anniversary M*A*S*H fanzine! I had so much fun drawing this earlier this year. Klinger's outfit in 'Springtime' was always one of my favorites. <3
The zine is out now, but any leftover copies might be available here:
https://mash50yearfanzine.carrd.co
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onekisstotakewithme · 2 years
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M*A*S*H 50th Anniversary Commemorative Max Klinger Barbie™ Doll
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Ah, Major Winchester, the party of one! Dinner is served.
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4077th Mash + text posts (9/??)
(1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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transgayhawkeyepierce · 11 months
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I really like the early seasons Klinger gag of him explaining the SHEER LENGTHS he went through to try and escape the draft. He stuck a pencil in his ear, he trapped himself in the toilets, he pulled down his pants, etc etc. It's funny, it's silly, and it has this dark undercurrent of helplessness to it.
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girl-of-ink · 1 year
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Did you explain the connection yet? I only know spike and castiel, but I recognize where the others are from. Are they all like double agents??
ok so for reference, this is the post we're talking about
the characters are as follows: maxwell q. klinger from m*a*s*h, spike from buffy: the vampire slayer, seto kaiba from yugioh, and castiel supernatural
the connection is this: none of these characters were supposed to last longer than a few episodes or chapters in their source material, but each of them ended up being main characters who made it all the way to the very end of their respective series & became overall fan favorites
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klinger isn't original to the book or movie that m*a*s*h is based on, and he was intended to be one-off transphobic crossdressing joke. instead, he was so well-written and well-acted that he became a main character whose passion for women's fashion was respected and admired by all the other characters. unlike the later examples, the writers of the show voluntarily kept klinger on and really embraced the journey of writing him into a deep and sympathetic character. despite having been written for one single off color joke in one single episode, he starred in all eleven seasons and is one of the most beloved characters in the whole show
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Seto Kaiba was originally written as a one-off bad guy of the week, a classmate of yugi's who has a passion for card games but no respect for other players. he was such a hit that takahashi just kept upgrading him to be a Bigger and Badder bad guy (he opens a theme park to murder the protagonists) until he eventually became So Popular that he was (sort of) redeemed and upgraded to antihero protagonist. the anime adaptation took this even farther by highlighting him and frequently shoehorning him into arcs he wasn't really present for in the manga. he is now the most popular character in the whole show, even more than any of the original protagonists
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Spike was introduced in Season 2 of Buffy as a short-term bad guy meant to highlight Angel's status as the 'good vampire.' instead, he became wildly popular and was slowly upgraded to main character and endgame love interest. joss whedon, notably, hated the fact that spike was a fan favorite and continuously attempted (and failed) to sabotage spike's popularity with viewers. instead, he remains one of the most iconic figures of the series, even despite the attempted character assassination
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castiel is the perfect evolution of each of the previous characters. he was originally signed for a handful of episodes in season 4 of supernatural, but his impact was so great (and his sexual tension w/ dean was so powerful) that he immediately shot to the top of all popularity polls. quite a few supernatural writers, like joss whedon, hated that the gay angel had taken over their show, and he was almost killed and written off the show multiple times, but the fan outcry was so loud that they kept caving and writing him back in. by the end of the show, he remained a main character after 11 seasons, and the writers made the funniest possible choice of 1) caving to fan desires and making him canonically gay and then 2) indulging their own utter hatred by killing him immediately afterward and spending the last episode of the show acting as if he had never existed.
each of these characters was meant to be a one-off character meant to either be a joke or a means to advance the plot. each of them was so unbelievably charismatic and charming that they became main characters due to their extreme popularity with fans. for klinger and kaiba, the creators embraced their wildcard protagonists and allowed them to blossom naturally into nuanced and interesting characters. for spike and castiel, the creators threw countless conniption fits but could not quash the public's fervor for an asshole vampire and a gay angel. i find comparing the four of them really interesting, as it shows the way that fan interaction can shape a narrative, and it gives us an insight into the way characters and stories can take on a life of their own and eventually result in one gay angel ruling the entire internet against the will of the people who created him
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ninetimesbluedemo · 2 years
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The Mulcahy and Klinger parallels mean so much to me….
Arguably they, more than anyone else at the 4077, run their lives on the principle of kindness. Yet both of them struggle with their temper.
Neither one fits in with the traditional 50s gender binary. People don’t seem sure whether to treat Klinger like a man or a woman or something in between. And Mulcahy is celibate. He’s not treated like “one of the guys” nor does it seem easy for him to form friendships with the nurses.
Similarly, they both live alone.
Also, and this is less deep and more ??? but they both go deaf at some point! If I had a nickel for every time…
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old-wild-child · 1 year
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I’m thinking about the moment in “Letters” when Klinger refers to the chinchillas he bought to breed and make profit off as “Romeo and Juliet” before Charles calls them “Romeo and Mercutio” because the chinchillas are both boys.
Charles ?? Romeo x Mercutio truther ???
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toast-coaster · 1 year
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Klinger's lesbian headscarf in Der Tag send post
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holy-haemostat · 2 months
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neunhofferart · 2 years
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Preview of my piece for the @mashfanzine2022! Klinger's outfit in 'Springtime' was always one of favorites <3
Preorders of the charity zine are open now through August 1st! If you are a fan of M*A*S*H, I think you'll enjoy it!
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di-girls-dem-sugar · 1 year
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When mash let's klinger be muslim>>>>>>
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transgayhawkeyepierce · 9 months
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