Heh! Homecoming, Never Ask Why Build and A Still Small Voice. It is a meme. My version is the least lyrical of the three.

You're right, they're not as much of a leap out of canon as they could be (says she who has used the plot in two other fandoms, groan) considering the canon always suggested to us that Hawkeye was one inch short of batshit crazy. And yet we all loved him anyway.

[If you persist in doing that, I won't go to bed. I will re-read every single one of your M*A*S*H fics to remind myself of your brilliance. So there. *g*)