Contradictions within confusion inside a headache.
I’m confused.
House tonight was awesome as always, but the Huddy-ness is all over the map.
I guess I should be grateful any H/Cam undertones are over and done with. I used to hate Cameron for being such a hopelessly obsessed little ninny, moping around in love with him, wearing her heart on her sleeve and forcing him to date her- that was the most OOC thing that any writer has ever made House do. Why the hell would he be so desperate to keep her that he would willingly sacrifice his dignity by actually going out to dinner on a *real* date with her? What was in it for him? Gah.
But now she’s toughened up, she’s become more sarcastic and therefore, *hilarious* to watch and I quite enjoy her scenes. Especially with the security of her relationship with Chase, who I quite softened to- it was the way he courted her that I found so endearing. He didn’t make passionate declarations of undying love and threaten to kill himself if she didn’t love him, he was calm and rational and persistent. And I can’t bring myself to dislike her anymore, now that she’s had the sense to get with him.
[Although what is going on with s4? I love the new characters and the medial Idol setup, the whole reality show rip-off, the game show parody; but why did TPTB make the drastic decision to reduce Jesse, Jennifer and Omar to recurring status? Okay, Omar has the most meat of the three, but how come there aren’t petitions and death threats over the ducklings being downsized? I don’t understand why the actors aren’t suing for breach of contract- surely having three minutes of screen-time wasn’t in the deal. And it doesn’t look like it’s going to improve for them anytime soon. Not that I’m complaining, Cuddy’s my main love, so I couldn’t care less, but it is curious.]
So the path is open for Teh Snark of Huddy. I loved that she finally got her own back this episode, no matter how juvenile it was. Switching his Vicodin with laxatives? HA! Immature but very amusing. I was screeching at her for listening to Wilson and putting back the real pills, because the writers were teasing me with the prospect of her getting revenge and then turning her into a wuss for some reason, but then Lisa awesomed a pout, and the following exchange:
Cuddy [faking regret]: Where were you two hours ago?
Wilson [dawning horror]: Where were you two hours ago?
…Cut to House in the men’s room…
AHAHAHA, Cuddy is getting her own back and it is about damn time!
Even if House cottoned on to what she was doing, it led to the wackiest put-down of all time, ‘Do you know when your birth control pills aren’t really birth control pills?’ and he walks off smugly while every last trace of amusement is wiped from her face as she mentally flails over what dastardly prank he pulled.
So this was all cool, and I’m happy so far. I love fics with a war going on between House and Cuddy, so the writers being obliging enough to make it canon leaves me in glee. And when they have other characters vicariously confirming my ship, I’m on the verge of combusting.
[I’m paraphrasing, my memory is terrible]
House: By Monday, Cuddy will be pregnant.
Foreman [shocked]: You mean you and her-? When did you start having sex? Wha-?
This is where confusion sets in. Cuddy desperately wanted a child last season, enough for them to have a whole arc on it, including the revelation that she had a miscarriage, something I didn’t need to know about and which makes me miserable whenever I’m reminded of it. [So all those times House paid her out for her thickening waist and mock-talked to the baby, he was right, she really had been pregnant] So why would she be taking birth control pills? And how would House know about it? And who is she having sex with- him? WTF? NOOOO!
Yes, that may confuse you. I just said I’m a Huddy shipper, right? Why would I object?
Well, I’m not a fan of established relationships. In fact, I lost interest in Farscape after Aeryn and John hooked up. There was no more delicious tension, no more innocent sexual sparks. I seem to remember ranting about this earlier [can’t for the life of me recall *where*, only that it was in reference to Sparky] but ah well. What is life without rants?
When two characters get together, the writers instantly replace the UST with any problems they can think of to make the relationship difficult to maintain. Before, they banked on hooking the audience with the ‘will they-won’t they?’ tension; now they resort to ‘will their love be strong enough to keep them together or won’t it?’ which does not interest me at all.
I suppose I’m a fluffy romantic- I want to see the characters dancing around each other, trying to work out what they feel, developing a friendship and a bond of mutual affection and flirty banter. Striving towards perfecting their relationship before taking it a step further to actual romance. And it makes situations like hostage scenarios and offworld disasters and mysterious illnesses and all that much more angsty for the pair, because they’re trying to keep their emotions in check, trying to keep functioning without other people suspecting that they feel a lot more, then going the hell with it and expressing it in some way- a hug, or risking their life to save the other, or some sort of gesture of deep caring and self-sacrifice. [This is seriously giving me the most annoying case of déjà vu- where the hell did I post this before?] The little smiles they exchange, the subtle lingering next to each other, the raggedness in their voice, all these tiny telltale signs of their emotion and attraction to one another just seems more delicious when it’s in the embryonic stage.
The little things I squee over in a non-resolved ship lose significance in the light of an established relationship. A hug between two lovers is- well, not *nothing*, I suppose, but it’s expected, it’s predictable, it loses some magic because it’s rather ordinary. A hug as per Siege 3, otoh, inspires countless fics and vids because it’s a special gesture, it forges a physical connection that we aren’t privileged enough to see often; because of its rarity, we appreciate it more.
Whereas once they’re in a committed relationship, everything in the universe strives to tear them apart. Exes turn up, temptation won’t leave them alone, relentless forces pull them away from each other- it’s just annoying and painful and makes it hard to care because they go through so much and it’s not PERFECT and…once they’re together, everything should be idyllic and flawless and magically wonderful. I don’t want to face the reality that real couples have problems and arguments and the fall-out can destroy them.
And you spend so long shipping people that sometimes when they get together, the reality isn’t better than the anticipation, than the speculation- it was the journey that was more rewarding than the destination. I mean, X-files, dude. Mulder and Scully finally hook up and it’s on the sly, all of a sudden, WHAM! She’s pregnant. When the hell did that happen? Why didn’t we get to find out how it happened?
Oh, shut up, of course I know the biology of it all, I mean relationship wise. Who spoke up, who made the first move? All Things made it so tawdry and tacky and I was deeply unhappy with that resolution. And of course who should turn up all of a sudden to make life difficult? Scully’s ex. Well, whaddaya know? Hmph. She just leaves Mulder’s bed and then that very day, she’s confronted with an old flame. Then she’s confused and doesn’t know what she wants, and Mulder’s hurt and I’m mourning the loss of delightfully flirtatious banter between them because now it’s all about CONFLICT and COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN and rot. Ugh.
Now that I’ve explained my views, I might just return to the focus of this entry. Might make sense, huh?
I’m wondering whether the whole conversation was supposed to imply House and Cuddy were together? Or something? Otherwise, what does it even mean? And if someone can put me out of my misery and explain something blindingly obvious that I’m oblivious to and make it make sense to me, I’d be deeply appreciative because I’m lost in a swirl of bewilderment and mayhem.
Also, while I’m asking favors- what was with the Mirror Syndrome Patient in the scene where he was intruding on Wilson’s operation? He said something like ‘It’s all Cuddy…gotta be the alpha dog…smell the pheromones…blah blah…fur flying…yada yada…space ships coming…alien abduction…’
Yeah, I have no clue. But I gather from Wilson’s smugness later on that MSP was actually mimicking him? And that this meant he was the dominant one in their relationship? [Which makes no sense to me] But House later on said that he was a distraction to MSP, he couldn’t read anyone else with House around, so was that for his ego, because he didn’t want to admit Wilson was the boss of him? Or…?
I guess I’ve betrayed the fact that I don’t watch House for the medicine. Much like people don’t go to work because they want to be upstanding citizens and pillars of the community. And my personal belief that no one goes to the gym because they want to be *healthy*. Complete rubbish. Just admit you’re trying to impress someone and get some attention, ‘kay? You’re not fooling me one second here.
Anyway, I love that we now have an official betting pool in House. I miss those betting pools from Voyager, even though I’m not sure they were ever canon.
In a random segue, ladies poker night in SGA, however, is- Elizabeth would totally take everyone’s money, hee! Which then makes me think of strip poker and I really shouldn’t be going there, lol. Been reading way too many NC-17/PWP stories lately. *glares at certain people*
PS. What did the hot tubs have to do with anything?