BJ Hunnicutt

It’s been a year since that months old interview with Mike Farrell caused mass mental illness in the fandom <3 truly a historic moment for us

bj goes to maine, hawkeye goes to cali and I should go to bed it's 1 am

Due to the slow-roll nature of the multi-day MASHblr discovery of BJ goes to Maine I think the only thing to do is declare the entire week leading up to Valentine’s Day a beejhawk celebration

new BJ Hunnicutt cosplay revealed

behold, my beejhawk playlist, in honor of bj goes to maine week!

alright whats the bj goes to maine incident

idk if this will get ANY reach but i see it all over mashblr posts and i NEED to know more. mike farrell saying something about ?? tell me everything please

dropping this here since it's the best BJ Goes to Maine fic I've had the privilege to read (and knowing me, you know what high praise that is!)... but mind the tags, of course :)

perfectly balanced, as was foretold

What is the context for BJ walking to Maine? I love it but am new here and don't know where it came from

Aw Anon, I don't know why you came to me but I'm glad you did.

There's a few ways to interpret this ask, so I hope you don't mind if accidentally explain something you already know.

If you're talking about the general concept of BJ Going to Maine, that is a sort of shortcut people who ship Hawkeye and BJ like to use to describe BJ working out that he wants to pursue a romantic relationship with Hawkeye post-war, and travelling the distance from Mill Valley to Crabapple Cove to make that a reality. I'm being purposely broad with my language here cos the variations in how this happens are pretty vast, which you will discover if you dive into the fanfiction.

Ofc one variation of this is how exactly BJ gets to Maine, and if you are asking literally where the idea of him walking to Maine came from, while I'm sure it existed before this, one major bit of context for this idea is that Mike Farrell himself said BJ Hunnicutt would walk to Maine to spend time with Hawkeye (skip to about 1:21:54 for the relevant bit). I wasn't in the fandom when this historical moment happened, but I gather few fans who like the whole idea have really truly recovered yet. This is lovely anyway, but ofc shippers like to run with it. Can you blame us.

NOW if you're asking for context as to why any of this is remotely appealing... I have some ideas.

Imo the concept of BJ Goes to Maine is so important because, to many, having BJ be the one to make this journey is key to a believable lasting relationship between the two, because it is about BJ making the effort. Not only do people find fault in his treatment of Hawkeye at points in the show - or at the very least an imbalance in their relationship - but also he is the one with a wife and kids and a life he needs to work out how to change. In travelling to Maine, he is bridging the physical AND metaphorical gaps between them, actively choosing to disrupt that 'perfect' life he so desperately clung to in the war... The 3000+ miles he has to traverse is representative of the vast amount of work he has to do within himself and beyond to be worthy of Hawkeye's love, and to stay that way for as long as possible.

For many I think it serves as a sort of pilgrimage. It's about BJ putting himself at Hawkeye's mercy. It's about showing Hawkeye how much he is loved. And he would walk it if he had to.

Call me BJ Hunnicutt the way I wanna Go To Maine

i can’t believe it’s mike farrell madness day and nobody has been beejposting yet????

Happy 6 month anniversary to the day mashblr found out that BJ Hunnicutt does in fact go to Maine

have you ever taken into consideration that bj literally went to maine

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Something within him stretched painfully and then snapped, as though BJ, as one last parting-shot prank, had nailed Hawkeye’s aorta to the land when he wasn’t looking. 

And just like that it was over.

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The war ends. Life doesn’t.

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Somewhere to Get To, a post-war canon-compliant BeejHawk fic. ~200K.

Chapter One.

Simply an outrage that Columbo made the @fandom year in review and not M*A*S*H because unless Peter Falk resurrected himself and personally informed @robkellycreative that his character would walk to Maine I just don’t see the point.