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[karaokegal]

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Day 26: A pairing that you hated and ended up loving.

House/Cameron-House MD

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[rose_cat]

I liked the initial stages of the relationship. Cameron and House each brought their own issues to the table, so to speak, and their combined flaws, stubbornness and intelligence (and the chemistry of the actors) made for a dance of attraction and repulsion that was fascinating to watch. It could have evolved -- as much as any relationship with House could evolve -- towards something like House/Cuddy. Mutual conflict and disdain that didn't completely conceal respect and affection. It would never have gotten that far, of course, or lasted longer than a few more episodes; Cameron was too sensitive, and the imbalance of power between the two was just too big. (Not to mention that Cameron wasn't nearly "broken" enough and never would be.) But the resulting character development could have been awesome. (Although House can't heal too much. That's too important a part of the character. But I digress :) )

And I'm not discounting House/Wilson. That's been a vital relationship from the very beginning (and similar to House/Cuddy, at least in the beginning). But House/Wilson and House/Cuddy coexisted perfectly well, so House/Cameron surely could have been slotted in for a while. People do have complicated relationships in the real world, after all.

Unfortunately, even if the writers had been able to make something like that work, it would have resulted in a very different show. The format -- case of the week, team members working together with their own issues, and House thrown into the mix like a grenade with the pin pulled (character-wise) -- might not have allowed anything like that to work.

I would have liked to see them try, though. *dreams on*

[karaokegal]

Maybe I'm a dreamer...but I think IF they'd been willing to be true to the backstories and characters up to that point...let's say they did in post-Tritter arc instead of "stalker Chase" it would have worked as a story (if not as a relationship) completely with Wilson angst AND good medical stories, and then led to a really bad break-up which would have made a much better exit story for Cameron.