going insane over margaret houlihan because how is she literally everything anyone could ever want in a character all at once??
she's a good guy. she's a bad guy. she's a protagonist. she's an antagonist. she's bursting with incredible care and kindness. she's a huge jerk. her mother is an alcoholic. her father is dead. her father is alive and she's living in his shadow. she desperately wants him to be proud of her. she struggles to be proud of herself. she's a staunch patriot and the army is her life. she will lie and forge documents if it's the right thing to do. she's stern and sharp and she barks orders. she loves children. she doesn't want a cookie-cutter life. she's an angel of mercy. she wears her heart on her sleeve. she can't ever let anybody truly, truly know her. she got married and then divorced in the '50s and it was tragic and great fun both times. she fucks like crazy. she's best frenemies with the main character. she thinks he stinks and he's her dearest friend. she does whatever she wants and doesn't apologise. she craves validation. she's soft and sweet and she loves so deeply. she will shoot you with a gun. she hates explosions and the sounds of war. she's spent her whole life working to get here. she fits right in. she hates it. it's like she was engineered in a lab to be the most obsess-over-able The Character on planet earth i'm dying of margaret-itis
