my two (+one) primary observations about the few negative aspects of the M*A*S*H fandom on tumblr:
some of yall think that bc frank burns was clearly abused/neglected as a child and might be autistic that heās some kind of babygirl who could have been a beautiful woman. that man was one of the most homophobic, transphobic, racist motherfuckers on the show and he had not one redeeming quality. no, being autistic, abused, or queercoded are not redeeming qualities. he can be your problematic fave or whatever but donāt act like that freak was anything other than a cockroach and slime. larry linville can be your babygirl if youāve gotta have something
some of yall also think that bj is in some way worse than trapper, which is of course entirely subjective, but the crazy justifications iāve seen make my head spin. bjās abusive because he punched hawk once and then apologized and was promptly forgiven? bjās annoying because his little girl is growing up without him and it eats at him? bjās misogynistic because he doesnāt like that peg has to take on so much work because heās gone? yāall love to talk about reading comprehension and then not have any because media was produced in a time period alien to you.
general hawkeye infantilization (related to the bj hatred)
thatās about what iāve got