Random Essay on Stuff
So in a long email-a-thon (kind of) between Farrah and I, I ended up writing a lot about House that's pretty interesting/credible. Italics is Farrah's response.
I should say he wants to believe Sam, even if science says "lol crazy". Mostly because I think the idea of being in a coma and having nothing to "do" bothers him. At least dreaming (or, going back to the 70s) makes it something rather than being essentially dead. There's a deeper reason behind this, but I can't quite get the words to say why it matters to House. I guess just because it's another question he wants to answer.
try explain more?
It's no secret that House mostly hates being a doctor. He does not like dealing with people, or paperwork, or even ethics (which you could simplify to bureaucracy, for his sake). These are all very important parts of being a doctor, and in fact, most people become doctors to help people. House, on the other hand, just wants to solve the puzzle. In some episode, Cuddy said that House had a "Rubik's Complex" to echo these sentiments, and I think it's actually a really good way to describe it. So I'll refer to this personality trait of House's as the Rubik's Complex forever, just for the record.
Now, House has problems with change. He's lived in the same apartment for 15 years and driven the same car for 10, even though he's since made enough money to change both of these things. He also does not like the unknown. It's not that he fears them, he just dislikes them. That's why he's an atheist, I think. He does not believe in God because he's never seen proof that any of them exist. To him, people believing in God is on about the same level as people believing that Lord of the Rings is real. It's fantasy, or fiction, yet people believe it's absolute truth anyways. This bothers him a lot. So rather than try and find out the truth of religion, whether the Gods exist or not, he rejects them all. They are fantasy to him, and while I imagine he's well versed in world religions, and has probably read many religious texts just because he can, he does put them on the same level as fantasy.
But science, that's not the same. House believes in science because it's true, hard fact. He loves science, even if he never outright says it in the series. It's the little things that let this on, like the fact that House regularly reads scientific journals (and in a variety of languages). House loves knowledge and he's the kind of person that just wants to know everything, just because he can. For House, his "religion" is science, in a way, because he wants to gain understanding through the facts of the universe. Now, in medicine, weird cases are puzzles to him. They're things that have rational explanations, which is why he's never really that sad when a patient dies. As long as he knows why, he's satisfied, because there's that rational explanation for their death. He wants to make them healthy, of course, because that means that he wins "more", but he still "wins" when they die as long as he knows the answer. As long as everything is justified by some fact, then House is content by that.
However, when the unknown does come along, then it interests House even more. He says it himself. "Anomalies bug me." Anomalies are gaps in his understanding, so he wants to fill those in as best as he can. I think this is why he takes on some patients with more interest than others. The patients that he's bonded the most with have been a schizophrenic woman, a severely mentally disabled man, and a severely autistic boy. He talks to these patients, and not just about their cases, but really seems interested in what they have to say, and dissects their skewed words to pick out the meaning. Their minds are the unknown to House because they're so "wrong" that he has to build his own understanding, since there are no psychologists for these people to tell him that they think a particular way.
Sam falls into the category of the unknown, but less in a medical mystery kind of way, and more treading into the actually unknown territory. What do coma patients dream about? What do they see? House actually listened to what Sam had to say because he was interested. I mean, right away, one of the first things House thought of when Sam told him that he was from 2006 and stuck in 1973 were the kinds of themes that were written into the series. "Which one do you pick?" "Which world is real?" Sure, he kind of thinks that Sam might be crazy, but he genuinely wants to believe that Sam is telling the truth, because then that gives him a patch over the unknown. But because he is a person of science, he's not going to sit down and talk to Sam to get to his answers. I mean, the only person House can stand to actually talk to is Wilson, so it's just not possible for him. Rather, he's going to patch up this unknown spot by "healing" Sam. It's his Rubik's Complex. Sam is a puzzle, and House feels that he has to solve it. Not knowing the answer to something genuinely bothers him.
Sure, he'll talk to Sam in the process of fixing him, and that's plenty enough of a psychological input from House. He can figure out a person before they've said a word, and he can do it with an uncanny accuracy. So House thinks he has Sam the person figured out, but Sam the patient is a mystery. I mean, in a sense, House is probably the best person Sam could have on his side, because just like Sam has his obsession with The Truth, House has his. I couldn't honestly say that I think they could become friends (House's only friend is Wilson. Remember what I said about change?) but I think House could be a person that Sam could look for whatever Truth he wanted with because they share that desire, though in very different ideas of the method to this. Like, uh, in a completely random scenario, if Sam thought Diva was hiding something and mentioned it off-hand to House, then House would most likely approach her and be able to figure it out or pull it out of her. He's very perceptive and very manipulative. Whether he would tell Sam what he found out is a different matter (I haven't quite figured out his criteria for telling loved ones that their son/daughter/spouse did something bad), but he would want to find out what it was, just to know. House's pursuit of truth also goes hand in hand with one of his favorite hobbies: gossiping. Oh House.
So House is a gossip girl. I GET IT NOW. That was excellent teal deer! A delicious venison. Things I can contribute back. :Oaa Major themes of the series, yes, definitely. I think Sam's lucky he's already basically decided, or House would probably be even more difficult to put up with than before. (still, no one is too unendurable for Sam Tyler!) I was expecting some tie in from religion, SO GOOD ON THAT ONE. I like calling it a Rubick's Cube complex as well, to be honest. The truth thing extending to things like offhanded Diva comments etc is actually quite interested and unexpected...though really funny, because. Well. Gossip. I also think it's interesting how knowing, not saving, is the definition of victory, though saving is not bad too, yo.
OH!! There is a question that very obviously and very logically follows from this: if House had a choice between saving a patient but NOT knowing the truth, or killing a patient and therefore knowing the truth, what would he pick?
He does love to gossip. His fellow gossiper (which I wanted to type as gossamer, but that's not right) is Wilson, which is why I think with a Wilson on the Plane, House will be easier to play, just because there will at least be one person he will talk to honestly. Or, well, as honestly as he can. And I was actually thinking about that as I was writing that, about Sam I mean. Because he's developed as a character on the Plane, it's probably easier, because House would absolutely force him to confront things. House is still going to force him to confront things, but at least the harder ones Sam's already decided about. So that's the good thing about House as a character, kind of. He does force people around him to tell the truth (because of his philosophy that everybody lies) as well as forcing them to confront things that they think are unpleasant. Like Thirteen and her Huntington's, for example. He does not let her get away with going into a downward spiral because of it, which is a good thing! So in part, I think he does do things like that for the good of people around him, even if he won't admit it.
Like, for an example of that, let's go with Diva again. If Sam mentioned Annie and Diva and the implication that Sam had feelings for both of them, House would push about that idea. He doesn't do relationship things all at once, so he would probably bring it up every time they talked, but eventually he would corner Sam into making a decision. Of course, he wouldn't necessarily make Sam pick between them (polygamy is cool, man), but he would definitely make Sam make a decision, whether it was Annie, Diva, or both. No more stepping around it, Sam.
BUT THAT IS A TOUGH QUESTION. I think that's been briefly touched upon, but let's see how I do. I think House would save the patient, but he would keep them hospitalized until he got his answer. Because he does try to save them, since he does consider life to be important, but truth is very important as well. However, the worst outcome is that they die and he doesn't get his answer. This actually came up in an episode where it's revealed that this happened, and House remembered it for something insane like 15 years. He had the file memorized (he could spout off the dead woman's stats) and even though Cuddy and all of his team was trying to get him to stop agonizing over not getting his answer, he was trying to solve it through a young boy that presented with very similar symptoms. That's insane, of course, but luckily House ended up bring right, and got his answer. I don't remember what it was, but the point is, he got it, and thus the woman's death was justified.
So it's like unjustified death > justified death > unjustified life on a scale of how "bad" they are to House.
....okay, Sam is never telling House. But it's interesting that he bullies and pressures people into these things, because it DOES show that there is some vague form of altruism in him, even if it's possibly the most bizarrely expressed altruism ever. Is there a word for that type of helping people? Other than 'cruel to be kind' because I don't even think it's quite that.
*ponders* Hmm, I see! (Poor Rubick's Cube boy.) Does he value life more than truth, then? It seems very close-cut, either way. Almost that sometimes he values life more, and other times truth more. I get the feeling that he does have a moral code, a set of conduct, but it's unconventional.
Tough love. That's it. I mean, it's something easily glossed over, but I realized that House is pushy when it comes to people, especially his team. I mean, for any person close to him, he's probably been really adamant about them making a decision that turned out to be better for them in the long run. I couldn't really comment about anything happening "now" because those plot lines haven't resolved, but for Cameron, he forced her to get over her dead husband. She eventually ended up with Chase, and they're engaged. He made Foreman accept his background, which Foreman was trying to conceal because he was ashamed of it. It's a very subtle thing that House does, since it spans over multiple episodes or even seasons, but when I realized it I had a big "ohhhhh" moment. He has the mindset that "House knows best", and generally, he does. Which goes back to him being very perceptive.
Oh, it's very unconventional. House realizes he's an outcast, and he's perfectly okay with that. In fact, because of how anti-social he is, he probably prefers it. But truth it probably on the same level as life, really. However, picking truth over life has lots of very unfortunate things that come along with it. Like Cuddy and Wilson, who are basically his only friends, would be absolutely furious with House. He's anti-social, and he manages to alienate them often enough, but he does care for them. He won't admit it, and I doubt it's ever actually been spoken, but that's easy enough to pick up, even in like...the first episode ever. So if he picked truth over life, he would probably lose them and his job, which is about all that he has.
At the same time, the most recent new episode really shows how important truth is compared to anything else. House is in pain. That much is truth, and it's a common thing throughout the series. Even if he's addicted to pain killers, he does genuinely need them. So he upped his dosage to a very potent drug, almost died, etc., but he was pain free. Because he was pain free and in a good mood, though, he glossed over a detail of the case that ended up being crucial. So House believes that he needs pain to function, yet at the same time, he needs painkillers to function. He needs enough of that edge, because House believes if he's happy, he can't do his job as well, meaning he's getting further away from his truth. So he's willing to put up with extreme pain to pursue truth. That's how important it is to him, and it's why he's going to be miserable no matter what. But he feels like he needs that misery, which is weird.
Tough love, yes. (Now I have Cruel to Be Kind stuck in my head. CRUEL TO BE KIND! IN THE RIGHT MEASURE!) That it's subtle seems to really suit him more, because it's a longer time and thus probably more difficult to notice and so on. Because I don't think House would like to be all, "YEAH, I MAKE PEOPLE BETTER PEOPLE BECAUSE I CARE."
ooh, that's a fair point I did not consider. (Thought: House is like the Doctor. You can ship him as you like, but he cannot be forced into an OTP. Unless it's Doctor/TARDIS and House/Vicodin/Cane.) I have to say, I really enjoy reading all of this. House is such a complex character.
Yeah, if House actually ever said that, I would have to say that's pretty far out of character for him. Unless he's dripping sarcasm, in which case it's okay, and very House. But if you look at his first team, they kind of realize this. I mean, they're glad that House isn't their boss anymore, but they still respect him a lot because he did teach them a lot. And you can see the bits and pieces of his mannerisms re: medicine in all of them. Especially Foreman, but that's pretty much clearly stated. Even love and bunnies Cameron is a lot more sarcastic and unforgiving now. Which is a huge leap for her, considering how she was at the beginning of the series. But I think the easiest way to put it is that House is that person that will tell you the absolute, blunt truth, whether you want to hear it or not. If you look like shit, he's going to tell you, or if you're being stupid with your relationship, he's going to tell you. It's just what he does, and he gets outcast for it.
Yeah, House is one of those characters that I really cannot see in any lasting relationship. I admit that I like the idea of House and Cuddy, but at the same time, it can't happen. Especially now that Cuddy has a baby, since their romantic interest in each other really seems to have dwindled a lot since that event. They definitely had it for a long set of episodes, and they eventually made out, but that's as far as it got and probably will get. House's only love is his vicodin and his work. He loves them both. And hookers. God House loves hookers.
(Actually, I really have to wonder about whether his claims are true. House is smart enough to not sleep with something that probably has diseases.)
And House is terribly complex, which is why I like writing this out too. Fufufu, it helps me. Because there are a lot of well-cemented reasons about why House is the way he is, but they're never explicitly stated, the situations are just put out there. I think the two biggest things that contribute to his grumpy demeanor, though, are his shitty childhood and Stacy's betrayal.
Love-and-bunnies, nice title. But to ALL THIS INTERESTING INFORMATION---I, uh, just nod. Because it all makes sense to me.
I personally didn't believe that House has had all that many hookers. ....though, well. Maybe.
It's a totally legit title. And nodding is good :|b
And I think that's one hard thing about House. Because he has a habit to be sarcastic when telling the truth sometimes, so it's hard to pick which odd quirks are the truth or not, you know? I mean, he's definitely had them (I'm pretty sure an episode ended with a hooker coming to his apartment), but he probably picks the high-class hos and keeps tests at his house to make sure. Though the only person you actually see him sleeping with (meaning, they're both naked under the covers) was a one-night stand with Stacy. Otherwise, nothing. But Hugh Laurie isn't afraid to be naked on camera, since there have been a few times where House is taking a bath, just chillin'. Which reminds me that House wears reading glasses in that episode. Are there reading contacts? Because I've never seen him wear them other than that one time. Maybe he just wanted to look smart.
You know, in his bathtub.
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And then she gave me an incredibly gay, unexpected hug, so we got diverted.
I should say he wants to believe Sam, even if science says "lol crazy". Mostly because I think the idea of being in a coma and having nothing to "do" bothers him. At least dreaming (or, going back to the 70s) makes it something rather than being essentially dead. There's a deeper reason behind this, but I can't quite get the words to say why it matters to House. I guess just because it's another question he wants to answer.
try explain more?
It's no secret that House mostly hates being a doctor. He does not like dealing with people, or paperwork, or even ethics (which you could simplify to bureaucracy, for his sake). These are all very important parts of being a doctor, and in fact, most people become doctors to help people. House, on the other hand, just wants to solve the puzzle. In some episode, Cuddy said that House had a "Rubik's Complex" to echo these sentiments, and I think it's actually a really good way to describe it. So I'll refer to this personality trait of House's as the Rubik's Complex forever, just for the record.
Now, House has problems with change. He's lived in the same apartment for 15 years and driven the same car for 10, even though he's since made enough money to change both of these things. He also does not like the unknown. It's not that he fears them, he just dislikes them. That's why he's an atheist, I think. He does not believe in God because he's never seen proof that any of them exist. To him, people believing in God is on about the same level as people believing that Lord of the Rings is real. It's fantasy, or fiction, yet people believe it's absolute truth anyways. This bothers him a lot. So rather than try and find out the truth of religion, whether the Gods exist or not, he rejects them all. They are fantasy to him, and while I imagine he's well versed in world religions, and has probably read many religious texts just because he can, he does put them on the same level as fantasy.
But science, that's not the same. House believes in science because it's true, hard fact. He loves science, even if he never outright says it in the series. It's the little things that let this on, like the fact that House regularly reads scientific journals (and in a variety of languages). House loves knowledge and he's the kind of person that just wants to know everything, just because he can. For House, his "religion" is science, in a way, because he wants to gain understanding through the facts of the universe. Now, in medicine, weird cases are puzzles to him. They're things that have rational explanations, which is why he's never really that sad when a patient dies. As long as he knows why, he's satisfied, because there's that rational explanation for their death. He wants to make them healthy, of course, because that means that he wins "more", but he still "wins" when they die as long as he knows the answer. As long as everything is justified by some fact, then House is content by that.
However, when the unknown does come along, then it interests House even more. He says it himself. "Anomalies bug me." Anomalies are gaps in his understanding, so he wants to fill those in as best as he can. I think this is why he takes on some patients with more interest than others. The patients that he's bonded the most with have been a schizophrenic woman, a severely mentally disabled man, and a severely autistic boy. He talks to these patients, and not just about their cases, but really seems interested in what they have to say, and dissects their skewed words to pick out the meaning. Their minds are the unknown to House because they're so "wrong" that he has to build his own understanding, since there are no psychologists for these people to tell him that they think a particular way.
Sam falls into the category of the unknown, but less in a medical mystery kind of way, and more treading into the actually unknown territory. What do coma patients dream about? What do they see? House actually listened to what Sam had to say because he was interested. I mean, right away, one of the first things House thought of when Sam told him that he was from 2006 and stuck in 1973 were the kinds of themes that were written into the series. "Which one do you pick?" "Which world is real?" Sure, he kind of thinks that Sam might be crazy, but he genuinely wants to believe that Sam is telling the truth, because then that gives him a patch over the unknown. But because he is a person of science, he's not going to sit down and talk to Sam to get to his answers. I mean, the only person House can stand to actually talk to is Wilson, so it's just not possible for him. Rather, he's going to patch up this unknown spot by "healing" Sam. It's his Rubik's Complex. Sam is a puzzle, and House feels that he has to solve it. Not knowing the answer to something genuinely bothers him.
Sure, he'll talk to Sam in the process of fixing him, and that's plenty enough of a psychological input from House. He can figure out a person before they've said a word, and he can do it with an uncanny accuracy. So House thinks he has Sam the person figured out, but Sam the patient is a mystery. I mean, in a sense, House is probably the best person Sam could have on his side, because just like Sam has his obsession with The Truth, House has his. I couldn't honestly say that I think they could become friends (House's only friend is Wilson. Remember what I said about change?) but I think House could be a person that Sam could look for whatever Truth he wanted with because they share that desire, though in very different ideas of the method to this. Like, uh, in a completely random scenario, if Sam thought Diva was hiding something and mentioned it off-hand to House, then House would most likely approach her and be able to figure it out or pull it out of her. He's very perceptive and very manipulative. Whether he would tell Sam what he found out is a different matter (I haven't quite figured out his criteria for telling loved ones that their son/daughter/spouse did something bad), but he would want to find out what it was, just to know. House's pursuit of truth also goes hand in hand with one of his favorite hobbies: gossiping. Oh House.
So House is a gossip girl. I GET IT NOW. That was excellent teal deer! A delicious venison. Things I can contribute back. :Oaa Major themes of the series, yes, definitely. I think Sam's lucky he's already basically decided, or House would probably be even more difficult to put up with than before. (still, no one is too unendurable for Sam Tyler!) I was expecting some tie in from religion, SO GOOD ON THAT ONE. I like calling it a Rubick's Cube complex as well, to be honest. The truth thing extending to things like offhanded Diva comments etc is actually quite interested and unexpected...though really funny, because. Well. Gossip. I also think it's interesting how knowing, not saving, is the definition of victory, though saving is not bad too, yo.
OH!! There is a question that very obviously and very logically follows from this: if House had a choice between saving a patient but NOT knowing the truth, or killing a patient and therefore knowing the truth, what would he pick?
He does love to gossip. His fellow gossiper (which I wanted to type as gossamer, but that's not right) is Wilson, which is why I think with a Wilson on the Plane, House will be easier to play, just because there will at least be one person he will talk to honestly. Or, well, as honestly as he can. And I was actually thinking about that as I was writing that, about Sam I mean. Because he's developed as a character on the Plane, it's probably easier, because House would absolutely force him to confront things. House is still going to force him to confront things, but at least the harder ones Sam's already decided about. So that's the good thing about House as a character, kind of. He does force people around him to tell the truth (because of his philosophy that everybody lies) as well as forcing them to confront things that they think are unpleasant. Like Thirteen and her Huntington's, for example. He does not let her get away with going into a downward spiral because of it, which is a good thing! So in part, I think he does do things like that for the good of people around him, even if he won't admit it.
Like, for an example of that, let's go with Diva again. If Sam mentioned Annie and Diva and the implication that Sam had feelings for both of them, House would push about that idea. He doesn't do relationship things all at once, so he would probably bring it up every time they talked, but eventually he would corner Sam into making a decision. Of course, he wouldn't necessarily make Sam pick between them (polygamy is cool, man), but he would definitely make Sam make a decision, whether it was Annie, Diva, or both. No more stepping around it, Sam.
BUT THAT IS A TOUGH QUESTION. I think that's been briefly touched upon, but let's see how I do. I think House would save the patient, but he would keep them hospitalized until he got his answer. Because he does try to save them, since he does consider life to be important, but truth is very important as well. However, the worst outcome is that they die and he doesn't get his answer. This actually came up in an episode where it's revealed that this happened, and House remembered it for something insane like 15 years. He had the file memorized (he could spout off the dead woman's stats) and even though Cuddy and all of his team was trying to get him to stop agonizing over not getting his answer, he was trying to solve it through a young boy that presented with very similar symptoms. That's insane, of course, but luckily House ended up bring right, and got his answer. I don't remember what it was, but the point is, he got it, and thus the woman's death was justified.
So it's like unjustified death > justified death > unjustified life on a scale of how "bad" they are to House.
....okay, Sam is never telling House. But it's interesting that he bullies and pressures people into these things, because it DOES show that there is some vague form of altruism in him, even if it's possibly the most bizarrely expressed altruism ever. Is there a word for that type of helping people? Other than 'cruel to be kind' because I don't even think it's quite that.
*ponders* Hmm, I see! (Poor Rubick's Cube boy.) Does he value life more than truth, then? It seems very close-cut, either way. Almost that sometimes he values life more, and other times truth more. I get the feeling that he does have a moral code, a set of conduct, but it's unconventional.
Tough love. That's it. I mean, it's something easily glossed over, but I realized that House is pushy when it comes to people, especially his team. I mean, for any person close to him, he's probably been really adamant about them making a decision that turned out to be better for them in the long run. I couldn't really comment about anything happening "now" because those plot lines haven't resolved, but for Cameron, he forced her to get over her dead husband. She eventually ended up with Chase, and they're engaged. He made Foreman accept his background, which Foreman was trying to conceal because he was ashamed of it. It's a very subtle thing that House does, since it spans over multiple episodes or even seasons, but when I realized it I had a big "ohhhhh" moment. He has the mindset that "House knows best", and generally, he does. Which goes back to him being very perceptive.
Oh, it's very unconventional. House realizes he's an outcast, and he's perfectly okay with that. In fact, because of how anti-social he is, he probably prefers it. But truth it probably on the same level as life, really. However, picking truth over life has lots of very unfortunate things that come along with it. Like Cuddy and Wilson, who are basically his only friends, would be absolutely furious with House. He's anti-social, and he manages to alienate them often enough, but he does care for them. He won't admit it, and I doubt it's ever actually been spoken, but that's easy enough to pick up, even in like...the first episode ever. So if he picked truth over life, he would probably lose them and his job, which is about all that he has.
At the same time, the most recent new episode really shows how important truth is compared to anything else. House is in pain. That much is truth, and it's a common thing throughout the series. Even if he's addicted to pain killers, he does genuinely need them. So he upped his dosage to a very potent drug, almost died, etc., but he was pain free. Because he was pain free and in a good mood, though, he glossed over a detail of the case that ended up being crucial. So House believes that he needs pain to function, yet at the same time, he needs painkillers to function. He needs enough of that edge, because House believes if he's happy, he can't do his job as well, meaning he's getting further away from his truth. So he's willing to put up with extreme pain to pursue truth. That's how important it is to him, and it's why he's going to be miserable no matter what. But he feels like he needs that misery, which is weird.
Tough love, yes. (Now I have Cruel to Be Kind stuck in my head. CRUEL TO BE KIND! IN THE RIGHT MEASURE!) That it's subtle seems to really suit him more, because it's a longer time and thus probably more difficult to notice and so on. Because I don't think House would like to be all, "YEAH, I MAKE PEOPLE BETTER PEOPLE BECAUSE I CARE."
ooh, that's a fair point I did not consider. (Thought: House is like the Doctor. You can ship him as you like, but he cannot be forced into an OTP. Unless it's Doctor/TARDIS and House/Vicodin/Cane.) I have to say, I really enjoy reading all of this. House is such a complex character.
Yeah, if House actually ever said that, I would have to say that's pretty far out of character for him. Unless he's dripping sarcasm, in which case it's okay, and very House. But if you look at his first team, they kind of realize this. I mean, they're glad that House isn't their boss anymore, but they still respect him a lot because he did teach them a lot. And you can see the bits and pieces of his mannerisms re: medicine in all of them. Especially Foreman, but that's pretty much clearly stated. Even love and bunnies Cameron is a lot more sarcastic and unforgiving now. Which is a huge leap for her, considering how she was at the beginning of the series. But I think the easiest way to put it is that House is that person that will tell you the absolute, blunt truth, whether you want to hear it or not. If you look like shit, he's going to tell you, or if you're being stupid with your relationship, he's going to tell you. It's just what he does, and he gets outcast for it.
Yeah, House is one of those characters that I really cannot see in any lasting relationship. I admit that I like the idea of House and Cuddy, but at the same time, it can't happen. Especially now that Cuddy has a baby, since their romantic interest in each other really seems to have dwindled a lot since that event. They definitely had it for a long set of episodes, and they eventually made out, but that's as far as it got and probably will get. House's only love is his vicodin and his work. He loves them both. And hookers. God House loves hookers.
(Actually, I really have to wonder about whether his claims are true. House is smart enough to not sleep with something that probably has diseases.)
And House is terribly complex, which is why I like writing this out too. Fufufu, it helps me. Because there are a lot of well-cemented reasons about why House is the way he is, but they're never explicitly stated, the situations are just put out there. I think the two biggest things that contribute to his grumpy demeanor, though, are his shitty childhood and Stacy's betrayal.
Love-and-bunnies, nice title. But to ALL THIS INTERESTING INFORMATION---I, uh, just nod. Because it all makes sense to me.
I personally didn't believe that House has had all that many hookers. ....though, well. Maybe.
It's a totally legit title. And nodding is good :|b
And I think that's one hard thing about House. Because he has a habit to be sarcastic when telling the truth sometimes, so it's hard to pick which odd quirks are the truth or not, you know? I mean, he's definitely had them (I'm pretty sure an episode ended with a hooker coming to his apartment), but he probably picks the high-class hos and keeps tests at his house to make sure. Though the only person you actually see him sleeping with (meaning, they're both naked under the covers) was a one-night stand with Stacy. Otherwise, nothing. But Hugh Laurie isn't afraid to be naked on camera, since there have been a few times where House is taking a bath, just chillin'. Which reminds me that House wears reading glasses in that episode. Are there reading contacts? Because I've never seen him wear them other than that one time. Maybe he just wanted to look smart.
You know, in his bathtub.
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And then she gave me an incredibly gay, unexpected hug, so we got diverted.