#mash gen

[marley-manson]

Hawkeye and Frank are the two most diametrically opposed characters on Mash. They clash politically, ideologically, emotionally, intellectually, and even physically on more than one occasion. There is virtually nothing they agree on. But they do have one significant similarity: both Hawkeye and Frank are notably, pointedly effeminate.

Hawkeye is the central protagonist, so he's written to be likeable, even admirable, especially in the first five seasons of the show when satire dominated rather than character drama. He's the character who makes the correct political points and voices the show's ideology, and male audience members are encouraged to identify with him and aspire to be like him. He's witty, he's smart, he's charismatic, he dodges consequences a lot, he's highly skilled in his work, and he has a strong personality and natural leadership qualities.

Frank is the main antagonist up until the end of season five. He's written for audiences to hate him, mock him, and occasionally be horrified by him. He's dull-witted, incompetent, awkward, easily led and manipulated, and always gets his comeuppance. Few audience members are likely to aspire to be more like Frank Burns.

And yet, while most likeable protagonist/detestable antagonist duos in American popular media would also be differentiated in terms of gender performance as a matter of course - the effeminate villain being a standard stock character, always set against a ruggedly masculine hero - Mash takes a different approach.

From his core personality as a sniveling, weak-willed follower, to the way other characters, including Hawkeye, routinely make fun of him by comparing him to a woman or insinuating that he's gay, Frank Burns certainly fits the part of weak, emasculated villain. What's more interesting, and much less commonly seen in Hollywood media, is that Hawkeye is portrayed as just as unmanly, and just as, if not more prone to having it pointed out in the show.

Often Hawkeye's jokes at Frank's expense include the implication that Hawkeye is attracted to him himself, and not necessarily as "the man." He jokes, "Guess it's a marriage, Frank. I know I can do better, but at my age, can I wait?" in Hawkeye, Get Your Gun; he switches from calling Frank one of his vampire brides to taking the feminine part in post-coital pillow talk after siphoning his blood in Germ Warfare; he kisses or tells Frank to kiss him in Major Fred C. Dobbs, For the Good of the Outfit, and Bulletin Board, etc.

Other times, the jokes Hawkeye makes about himself are virtually identical to the jokes made at Frank's expense - their respective attractions to Margaret as a potentially dominant sexual partner, eg, with both Frank and Hawkeye portrayed as eagerly submissive. For instance, in 5 O'Clock Charlie Hawkeye jokes about tying Frank to Margaret's tent, then dismisses the thought with, "He'd probably love it. I know I would." And Hawkeye/Trapper and Frank/Margaret are sometimes paralleled as dual couples, Hawkeye and Frank usually being framed as the more feminine partner in each.

And of course, unconnected to Frank, there are many, many more examples of Hawkeye's effeminacy, both in jokes and in personality traits.

Hawkeye is a self-professed coward who is loud and proud about how terrified he is to be stuck in a war zone. He's emotionally open and highly empathetic, always willing to listen to others' problems and discuss (or scream about) his own. He abhors institutional violence and faces every enemy combatant with his hands firmly in the air. When authority is thrust upon him he strives to relinquish it, and uses it as little as possible.

More shallowly, he has little interest in sports and exercise, derides masculine hobby magazines like Field and Stream and Popular Mechanics, is incapable of performing mechanical tasks to the exasperation of others at least four times (Comrades in Arms which explicitly frames this emasculating, In Love and War, Patent 4077, and Hey, Look Me Over), mocks traditional masculinity in many ways, and enjoys musical theatre and Hollywood gossip. And he makes and takes literally hundreds of jokes about being unmanly and having sex with men himself, many more than he makes at Frank's expense.

But while the jokes are at Frank's expense and meant to belittle him, they're rarely made at Hawkeye's expense, especially in the first five seasons. Hawkeye doesn't make the jokes out of self-deprecation, he makes them out of pride and a desire to differentiate himself from the army men he's surrounded by. He's almost always in on the jokes others make about him, rather than offended - Potter telling him to file a paternity suit against his rival in Hepatitis makes him laugh delightedly, and Trapper's remarks on his effeminacy, such as Miz Hawkeye in Hot Lips and Empty Arms, are sometimes lightly teasing but always a regular aspect of their dynamic that Hawkeye enjoys playing up. Frank doesn't make any jokes directly mocking Hawkeye's masculinity that I can recall, beyond vague "pervert" and "degenerate" remarks, which, while often historically homophobic, in the show's context tend to be treated as a reference to his heterosexual endeavours.

Frank's effeminacy is a point of mockery and derision, but Hawkeye's is a point of pride, and not intended to make him any less likeable to an audience. Antagonists don't get to score points off of Hawkeye by mocking his feminine traits, but Hawkeye makes fun of Frank regularly by mocking his feminine traits.

This difference in framing can partially be explained by the nature of their respective gender performances.

While Hawkeye and Frank are both effeminate, they're effeminate in many opposite ways. Frank is weak-willed while Hawkeye is strong-willed. Frank is unappealing to most women, while Hawkeye is something of a lady's man. Frank cannot face his fears to rise to a challenge, but Hawkeye can. But on the flipside, Frank refuses to admit to fear while Hawkeye openly proclaims it. Frank strives to attain authority while Hawkeye refuses it or takes it on only begrudgingly. Frank is obsessed with guns to a freudian extent while one of Hawkeye's most famous monologues of the show is a speech about refusing to carry one. Frank worships the concept of traditional masculinity even while he can't perform it himself, while Hawkeye mocks the concept and would refuse to perform it even if he could.

The Sniper is an excellent case study of these contrasts. In this episode, Hawkeye is effeminate and at ease with it, while Frank is desperate to prove himself masculine. Frank and Margaret flirt with strong Freudian overtones while Frank shoots a gun while nearby Hawkeye flirts with with a nurse with a line about "tasting" her. Hawkeye connects with the nurse he's wooing by relating to how scared she is and huddling in fear with her, while Margaret demands that Frank prove his masculinity by going out and taking down the sniper himself. Frank carries a gun while trying to approach the sniper, while Hawkeye carries a white flag. Frank tries to make fun of Hawkeye for wanting to surrender, but he can't bring himself to approach the sniper while Hawkeye does.

This contrast of gender performance is a consistent aspect of Hawkeye and Frank's dynamic throughout the show, but The Sniper makes it a central theme so it's a useful example to show how their relationships to masculinity are a deliberate aspect of their dynamic.

And while Hawkeye makes fun of Frank's femininity, it's significant that he also regularly makes fun of Frank's masculinity - his love of guns (eg The Sniper), his sexual affairs (eg the exchange about Frank as a "fantastic performer" in Yankee Doodle Doctor), his numerous attempts to exert authority (eg Welcome to Korea), his desire for socially approved success (eg Hot Lips and Empty Arms), etc.

Both masculine and feminine sides of Frank are comprised of negative character traits, while Hawkeye embodies the best of both - emotional expression and healthy ways of coping by talking about his feelings; bravery but not machismo; intelligence and skill as a doctor rather than an officer; empathy and a willingness to listen; sexual prowess but largely through his love of foreplay rather than his dick game (which, in the context of the early 70s, is a somewhat feminine attribute that distinguishes him from a typical traditionally masculine man); etc.

Hawkeye demonstrates some of the most appealing and healthy qualities of both masculinity and femininity while Frank demonstrates, or strives to demonstrate, the more toxic qualities of both. Through including a few positive masculine traits in the mix, the narrative is able to depict Hawkeye as likeable, admirable, and desirable in his effeminacy while Frank is depicted as loathesome in his. Hawkeye gets one of many, many women in The Sniper by showing vulnerability, while Frank only appeals to Margaret, and Margaret is portrayed as borderline pathological in her sexual attraction to violent masculinity (the scene where Frank excites her with his gun, for example, also includes an electra complex joke, and there's a running rape kink gag in this episode as well).

Another aspect to consider when it comes to differentiating Hawkeye and Frank's respective femininities is hypocrisy. Similar to how Frank and Margaret's affair is mocked because they can't admit to it while Hawkeye and Trapper's affairs are glorified, part of what makes Frank's effeminacy so mock-worthy, while Hawkeye's feminine qualities are a source of pride and rebellion, is that Frank refuses to admit to them.

Frank desperately wants to be the ideal heroic army man and often play-acts the part, poorly. When Hawkeye mocks him by calling him a woman, for example, he's drawing attention to Frank's failure to live up to his own ideals. And when Hawkeye calls himself a woman, he's mocking those same ideals. The message is that Frank is pathetic not so much for failing to be traditionally masculine, but for wanting to be traditionally masculine at all.

Ultimately the ways Hawkeye and Frank perform masculinity and femininity are pointedly in opposition, from which masc and fem traits they embody, to how proudly they embody them. The show itself draws attention to these gendered similarities and differences between Frank and Hawkeye through a constant barrage of jokes, and even whole scenes and episodes. In this way the show portrays Frank as a hypocritical loser who wants to be masculine but fails to embody all but the worst traits, and Hawkeye as a cool, admirable guy who disdains the traditional pillars of masculinity and embraces his own effeminacy.

#mash #marley on mash #mash gen #mash gs #frank mash #hawkeye mash #since you guys liked that trapper gender meta a lot more than i thought you would here have another one #though this is written a little less formally lol #i have more examples of whole scenes that make these comparisons than just the sniper but i'm trying to keep this from being #even longer than it already is #but eg white gold is another good example wrt how they relate to flagg; yankee doodle doctor; army navy game; george; the gun; etc etc #(also it's interesting that when frank leaves hawkeye gets the pathetic loser portrayal more often... though i think that's a coincidence #the shift from early to late mash could be yet another essay on mash and gender lol) #long post

[ask-muffinmonster]

Hey everypony!

meet the filly I sometimes foal-sit for! Button mash!

@buttonmash-asks

He’s really tech savvy and told me he was interested in making a tumblr blog of his own where he gives his best advice to any pony in need of some. Go give him a follow and send some asks his way ^w^

#derpy hooves #mlp ask blog #mlp gen 4 #my little pony #mlp au #mlp #mlp pony #mlp art #mlp fim #ask blog #button mash

[snackugaki]

this wasn’t actually what I meant by ‘trying to interact more with fandom’ but...

... gentle bullying is my MO after all. 

#okay okay #so #deep cut #i rebranded myself right? #cuz my old name was fucking sad and rushed #now snackugaki is wordplay #because a bitch LOVES wordplay #especially multilingual wordplay #so i snack #a LOT #my illustration class never saw me without a wrapper nearby #and back in my day before aggies and whiteboard #we had this little oekaki board #i couldn't fit oekaki into anything #but rakugaki (doodle/sketch) I could mash with snack #two things I love #hence snackugaki #also I'm 2nd gen 'oldschool' weeb trash #i'd have done like #sketchybog #or sketchibog #sketch + chibog #but.... I thought of it like 3 weeks after I changed names #rip #anyway #this is me threatening you #<3 #get rekt

[tapiocapo]

They’re bffs

#I love mashing these two shows together #for the very niche audience of Star Trek next gen and bluey fans #you’re welcome #Star Trek #next generation #bluey #I’m a little insane #data #bingo #artsies #doodlies

[plumbob-pudding]

Just a few months after the wedding, Angelica went into labour.

Bertie was terrified, he hurriedly called for the midwife and waited outside, flinching as Angelica's screams grew louder. Eventually, he couldn't take it anymore so, ignoring any sense of decorum, he rushed in to support Angelica himself.

Finally, the baby was born. She was big and healthy, "especially for being so early"; the midwife said but neither Bertie or Angelica were listening,they only had eyes for each other.

#sims 4 decades challenge #sims 4 gameplay #sims 4 legacy #ts4 gameplay #ts4 legacy #ts4 decades challenge #the mosleys #gen 2 #the babys called annie cause i thought it'd be cute to mash up her parents names

[fullcry]

TRIGUN FIC PUBLICATION SCHEDULE [Spring/Summer 2023]

-Quick Notes-

I know I've been saying I'll post my publication schedule next week for the past four weeks, but here we finally are! Scroll all the way down if you're looking for the schedule. V

I'll be focusing on 3 fics this spring and summer, detailed below, though I may throw in oneshots, drabbles, and prompt fics in between scheduled updates if the mood strikes and I have the time.

"Memories on Film" will be my last direct-to-AO3 fic before I launch my Patreon Page (technically already up, just very bare bones right now). After that, all updates will hit my Patreon first and be posted to AO3 for everybody two weeks later. If you've enjoyed my Trigun fics I hope you'll consider supporting!

I'll also be posting about my Patreon page and goals for that more over on main (@spicychestnut) later this month.

If you have any questions please feel free to send me an ask! I'll do my best to get to them timely. Thanks everyone for your support so far in this (for me, anyway) new fandom! Can't wait to scream about season 2 of Stampede with you all!

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-Fics-

"Memories on Film"

She awoke with a splitting headache, wearing Vash's jacket (and only his jacket), with Vash curled behind her wearing nothing at all. She has no memory of the night before and neither does he, but her camera might hold the secrets. | VashMeryl, TriStamp, Eventual NSFW.

"Love and Peace and Gunsmoke"

She first met him hanging upside down beneath the blazing suns of a desert sky, and should have known then that he’d turn her world upside down, too. She was a newbie reporter with an insatiable curiosity and aspirations of greatness; but time and experience can be as cruel as they can be kind, and she learns the long hard way that curiosity can lead to difficult truths, and greatness often comes at a price. | Meryl-centric, eventual VashMeryl, AU Longfic.

"Biology"

Things were tight on Ship 3, the refugee crisis taking a toll on available supplies across the planet. But Vash’s solar array held the promise of turning the tide in the fight against Knives, and with the recent discovery of long-missing ship 13 buried in the desert, they had the chance to potentially triple their resources overnight. But things never go as planned with Vash around; one mishap leads to another, and Vash and Meryl are forced to confront the feelings the Knives crisis has caused them both to bury. | VashMeryl, TriStamp, Eventual NSFW.

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-The Schedule-

Publication weekly on Saturday afternoon/evening. Patreon supporters at the $4/mo tier will get 2 week early access to updates before they're posted to AO3!

Edit: Please note there have been some changes as of early May!

Memories on Film | Ch 1: April 8 Memories on Film | Ch 2: April 15 Memories on Film | Ch 3: April 22 Memories on Film | Ch 4: April 29

Break Week: May 6

LP&G | Ch 2: May 13 (Patreon) / May 20 (Public) LP&G | Ch 3: May 20 (Patreon) / May 27 (Public)

Break Week: May 27 (Patreon) / June 10 (Public)

Biology | Ch 1: June 3 (Patreon) / June 17 (Public) Biology | Ch 2: June 10 (Patreon) / June 24 (Public) Biology | Ch 3: June 17 (Patreon) / July 1 (Public) Biology | Ch 4: June 24 (Patreon) / July 8 (Public) Biology | Ch 5: July 1 (Patreon) / July 15 (Public) Biology | Ch 6: July 8 (Patreon) / July 22 (Public) Biology | Ch 7: July 15 (Patreon) / July 29(Public) Biology | Ch 8: July 22 (Patreon) / August 5 (Public) Biology | Ch 9: July 29 (Patreon) / August 12 (Public) Biology | Ch 10: August 5 (Patreon) / August 19 (Public)

Break Week: August 12 (Patreon) / August 26 (Public)

LP&G | Ch 4: August 19 (Patreon) / September 2 (Public) LP&G | Ch 5: August 26 (Patreon) / September 9 (Public)

Fall 2023 publication schedule will be posted at the start of August!

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-Support!-

One-time donations @ Ko-Fi Support monthly @ Patreon

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Last Updated 5/8/23

#FanFiction #Writing #Trigun #Trigun Stampede #TriStamp #Trigun Maximum #TriMax #VashMeryl #Vash x Meryl #Mash #Gen Fic

[bakuganbeyblade]

bakugan gen 3 song x prove mashup (bakugan gen 3 x beyblade x)

One step at a time

No matter how long it takes

(bakugan brawlers is gonna throw down yeah)

(bakugan brawlers never stand down yeah)

(I can prove to you) I will make the climb

Learn from the mistakes I've made

(bakugan brawlers is gonna throw down bakugan)

(I can prove to you)

we are bakugan brawlers

powers in our hands and were standing taller

level up and take on everyone

we will brawl till we fall no matter the outcome

Sticks and stones will never

Break these bones

One step at a time

No matter how long it takes (we are all misfits, together wer'e strong)

I will make the climb

Learn from the mistakes I've made

(bakugan brawlers is gonna throw down yeah)

(bakugan brawlers never stand down yeah)

And I'll prove it to you

Prove it to you, prove it to you

Prove it to you, prove it to you

Prove without a doubt

Give me the one chance, the one chance

So I can, so I can prove to you

So I can prove to you

bakugan

#beyblade #beyblade x #bakugan #bakugan gen 3 #bakugan revolution #bakugan 2023 #crossover #prove #one ok rock #mashup #music mashup #bakugan gen 3 x beyblade x #2023 #2024 #music #theme songs #anime theme songs #anime theme mash up

[dranger78alt]

ekusu kurosu vs v

#bakugan #bakugan 2023 #bakugan gen 3 #bakugan revolution #beyblade #beyblade x #ekusu kurosu #v #v bakugan #vakar #crossover #edit #bakugan gen 3 x beyblade x #godzilla vs kong #poster mash up #poster parody #anime crossover

[trappper-johnathan]

Chapters: 7/7 Fandom: MASH (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Radar O'Reilly & Everyone, Radar O'Reilly & Original Character(s), Everyone & Original Character(s) Characters: Radar O'Reilly, Original Animal Character(s), Henry Blake, Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce, "Trapper" John McIntyre, Father Francis Mulcahy, Maxwell Klinger, Frank Burns, Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan Additional Tags: kitten acquisition, Fluff, Found Family, everyone pitching in to look after a stray kitten, Cute, Dialogue Heavy Summary:

'He was halfway to Father Mulcahy’s tent when a pitiful mewl stopped him in his tracks, nearly sending him toppling facefirst into the mud. Looking around, he tried to find the source of the noise, but between the darkened sky and his soaked glasses, his visibility was abysmal. He closed his eyes and listened carefully for the sound beneath the torrential downpour.'

The 4077th adopts a kitten.

#i LOVE this one #lowkey gen fics are where it's at #ive included the link to the fanart its based on <33 #mash #m*a*s*h #mash fanfiction #clowntownfics

[marley-manson]

I love how character-driven Mash jokes usually are

the ways the characters joke generally aren’t interchangeable, they all have differing senses of humour, and the jokes are usually less situational and more ‘characters reacting in particular ways to a situation’ (or creating a situation)

take the pegging joke in Carry on Hawkeye. it’s not an objective ‘lol inadvertant role reversal due to their positioning that highlights their dynamic’ joke. Hawkeye plays it up on purpose, and then dies of laughter when Radar walks in and thinks something sexual is going on. it doesn’t feel like a conveniently funny misunderstanding, it feels organic because the characters are in on the joke.

imo Hawkeye (and whoever else) laughing during funny moments tends to elevate the humour of those moments, making them funnier and also more realistic and grounded. it’s not a bunch of witty characters deadpan riffing off each other to make the audience laugh - when they riff off each other it’s to make each other laugh. and Hawkeye, Trapper, and BJ are regarded in-universe as funny guys, it’s a deliberate aspect of their personalities. whereas, say, Radar’s funny moments usually come from his naivete, Henry’s came from his awkwardness, Frank’s from his idiocy, Klinger’s from his audacity, Potter’s from deadpan reactions, Charles’ from dry wit, Margaret’s from hypocrisy or later on, just her vibe since she’s rarely deliberately funny, Mulcahy’s from earnest awkwardness and the occasional cute joke he makes...

it also, yk, suits the premise of the show very well, in which the characters aren’t in an objectively funny situation, they have to create their own levity just to stay sane.

like this isn’t every joke ofc, eg the dark satirical jokes can be more objective and situational rather than character-based, but yk, when it comes to the jokes the characters themselves make I really love that it feels like people actively trying to entertain each other or make fun of each other and find humour in a dark situation, rather than the sort of writing where it feels like we’re in an alternate universe where people are always witty, or where funny things happen but the characters seem blind to it.

#this is not to necessarily knock comedies that are written that way because they can be great too #but yk it wouldn't work for a show like mash. it would seriously diminish it imo #mash #marley on mash #this is obvious and not very well thought out but w/e i just wanted to ramble about it #i love this show's vibe #mash gen

[the-waking-sands]

It's so over guys. I'm in too deep.

#bird-gen #you know it's bad when a game makes me download fucking blender #scopophobia #just in case? the eyes are freaky man #but yeah this is a mash-up for an alt #the bangs come from a viera hairstyle

[hawkeyes-boy]

hawkeye: flirts with all men, calls himself a sodomite and takes every opportunity to tell people he fucks men

everyone watching mash in the 70's: wow such a manly ladies man

#finally he has reached the perfect demographic of queer gen z tumblr users #m*a*s*h #mash #mashblr #hawkeye pierce #mash 4077 #hawkeye #gay #lgbt #queer #squids bullshit

[malachimoet]

Can you draw your favorite MLP pairing?

It...was a tough decision between Dinky x Pipsqueak, Derpy x Doctor, and Button x Belle, but… I think this one takes the cake because it was kinda the first pairing I was crazy over in the MLP fandom when I was much younger.

#buttonbelle #sweetiemash #ship #mlp gen 4 #mlp #my little pony #sweetie belle #button mash #cute #adorable #love #shipping #ship art #kiss #mlp fanart #fanart #artwork #art #malachimoet

[harvestmoth]

pocket monster ideas

#im sorry i have to mash my interest in pokemon with everything and rn im a little too big on pokemon #in fact i am playing pokemon blaze black 2 as im typing all this #sorry for my gen 5 bias. i like those weird little objects #anyways irosana pokemon au. takes place in the ashkuyo pokemon au just completely separate except sana and kuyo are buddies #idk what sana would be doing though? i like to think shed be great at and kind of enjoy pokemon battling so maybe shed take on the gyms #sorry i cant make up good dialogue im not creative enough for that but just think like the cheryl encounter in dppt but she stays all game #was very tempted to just give sana a rayquaza or the shield dog i hope thats known. i think she deserves to just be friends with all legends #oh also iroha made a deal with god(ho-oh) in this reason for that is because of funny lore things #if you dont know its the thing about the three pokemon who died in the burned tower that ho-oh brought back to life as the now beast trio #anyways i didnt wanna draw arms so this is just a scribble about pokemon… #magia record

[fullcry]

Feeling like flexing my flash fic muscles. Send me VashMeryl prompts and I'll write ~250 word flash fics!

#Can't guarantee I'll get to them all #But I'll try to tackle most! #VashMeryl #Vash x Meryl #Mash #Trigun #Trigun Stampede #Gen fic prompts also okay! #fanfiction

[bakuganbeyblade]

beyblade x and bakugan gen 3 poster mash up

#beyblade #beyblade x #bakugan #bakugan gen 3 #bakugan 2023 #bakugan revolution #poster mash up #beyblade and bakugan