Originally posted by Skydiver
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I always got the impression from Hawkeye that he used his jokes and humour to distract himself from the war and it's atrocities, there were even a few time (especially in his 'Dear Dad...' episodes) where I thought he was gonna crack, well b4 the series finale.
When Hawkeye was finally confronted with the horror of a child being sacrificed so they could survive, he just couldn't take it, couldn't distract himself from it, so his mind blocked it out.
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