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"It Don't Mean A Thing" House MD/Swing Kids H_W Fest Entry

Dec 11, 2006 11:32

Written for the H_W Fest Title: It Don’t Mean A Thing ( Read more... )

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Mem'd! culturevulture7 December 11 2006, 20:08:52 UTC

I was waiting for this prompt to be written :-) And written oh so well--lovely lovely. I can hear the music and see RSL dancing again...

Off to rec at TWoP!

Re: Mem'd! karaokegal December 12 2006, 01:01:32 UTC

Bless you darlin'. TWoP recs are the da bomb!

genagirl December 11 2006, 20:11:55 UTC

There was something so scary and creepy about the scene in the transport - I could see it so vividly. I love the way you've woven this all together - Wilson's dream - House's dream, the coma and how it all comes together. The ending "I told him, Peter." just made me so happy.

karaokegal December 12 2006, 01:08:04 UTC

Considering how much angst I've spread this year, it was kind of nice to end on an up/schmoopy note. I figured, I couldn't do Nazis AND have H/W end up miserably. I'm really glad you enjoyed.

juniper200 December 11 2006, 20:16:35 UTC

Interesting story.

A nitpick on the German -- an older man speaking to a younger person who was like family would most likely use the informal construction of "Du liebst ihm" rather than the formal "Sie lieben ihm."

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juniper200 December 11 2006, 21:16:44 UTC

Can we get a third person in here? Make it a real group effort? :D

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vanillafluffy December 11 2006, 20:22:52 UTC

You have every right to be proud of this one---it's wonderful. I'll try to stop flailing long enough to detail how wonderful, but it won't be easy.

For starters, your House voice is spot on---it resonates with all that dark, snarky humor that he'd give a topic like this. (By the time I got to “Just tell me you and Cameron didn’t debate the Rape of Nanking while I was doing the Ketamine Conga.”, I just about lost it.)

The psychological angle makes sense. I loved the reasoning behind it---that House overheard and stored the info during his infarction---at the same time, the way you presented the dreams gave them that atmosphere that dreams have, where you have foreknowledge and scenes shift and it all seems perfectly reasonable at the time.

(Btw, I started flailing when you mentioned Django. *loves you, loves Django*)

karaokegal December 12 2006, 01:10:26 UTC

Thanks for the love and the flailing. Definitely sharing the Django love.

vanillafluffy December 11 2006, 20:26:46 UTC

PS, if there was supposed to be an LJ cut on this, it didn't work.

karaokegal December 12 2006, 01:10:51 UTC

Thanks for the heads up! Fixed it.