Differential Diagnosis People: Locked Up and Set Free

[namasteyoga]

Sorry for the delay in getting this up, but we've got a good long read here for this week. Check it out and let folks know what you think.
A Word of Warning: There are spoilers in the fic through the end of the third season's Tritter arc. If you haven't seen and are staying spoiler free, beware.

Title and Link: Locked Up and Set Free

Comments

[jdr1184]

My favorite line because apparently I’m a pervert:
House wanted to take it all back, the thing he’d just said, and the things that he’d done, and, hell, he’d go back and lubricate the cop’s dry pubic area with his fucking saliva if it would mean this moment would never be here.

I absolutely hate this story. Hate.Hate.Hate. While reading it, I wanted to reach through the screen and strangle House. I still haven’t forgiven Dee for writing it. Why do I hate it? Because she shattered by H/W shipper heart with a story that so perfectly illustrates the way that House pushes people away intentionally and unintentionally. It demonstrates his selfishness and failure to put the slightest bit of effort in preserving his relationships until it’s too late. I hate this story because it is so well written and in character. This is the bastard we all love. This is what happens when House pushes things until they break. He broke the friendship and Wilson was unwilling to repair it. Frankly, it’s hard to blame Wilson for giving up on House, even though his new life seemed so bland, but I’m biased.

Line that made me cry:
“I love you,” House told Wilson at one point, but given that Wilson was fifty feet away at that point, pissing into a bush, there was absolutely no chance that he heard.

It’s a wonderfully different story that shows an aspect of their relationship that many writers have ignored. It’s realistically demonstrates the slow death of their friendship that’s painful to watch but captivating all the same. It’s a story that has stayed with me because Dee avoided going the easy route and giving me my sappy, happy ending, making her very talented but still very evil. :0)

[deelaundry]

House/Tritter, hee.

The prompt for this fic - Wilson going to prison - allowed me to explore a theme I'd wondered about for some time: What if Wilson "got over" House? What if he didn't need House any more? The time away, and the bonds he formed with men who were more emotionally healthy than he or House, "broke the spell," and Wilson was no longer willing to do 95+% of the friendship work. House sadly couldn't pick up the slack.

Thanks.