#except me who has no evil bj longfic to read
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i keep seeing vagueposts about bj fans or haters or both or something, so my hot take is that bj tends to be idealized in fic, at least the fic i’ve read, and tends to be demonized for fun in shitposts and memes, so if this is like an argument about whether bj gets demonized or idealized then both sides are both right and wrong
and serious meta seems to be a balance of both from what i’ve seen. you got your fans who explain almost everything he does as catering to hawkeye in some way, including episodes like joker is wild lol, and you got your fans who see him as a genuinely wholesome good dude in a situation that makes him behave badly, and you got people who mainly focus on his flaws either because they don’t like him or because they’re what makes him interesting
there’s something for everyone
#mash#except me who has no evil bj longfic to read#the worst i've ever seen bj be in fic is like... jealous or heteronormative for a scene or two before a conversation smooths it out#maybe my standards for demonizing are higher as someone who's been in fandom since the 00s lol#and as someone who desperately wants more conflict when i read fic#it really does feel like it's harder and harder to find fic that emphasizes and explores characters' flaws rather than fixing them#like in all fandoms not just mash#THOUGH now that i think about it that really depends on the type of flaw lol - i'm thinking the stuff that actively affects other people#in negative ways. you can find fanfic emphasizing a characters' low self esteem everywhere these days#marley on mash#bj mash
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