Therapy [new one-shot]

[kidsnurse]

 
THERAPY

Title:  Therapy

Characters:  House, Wilson

Rating:  PG

Genre:  Friendship, Angst

Summary:  House conducts an impromptu therapy session for Wilson-and ends up participating himself.

Wilson opens the door to his hotel room with a sigh of resignation.  He’s lived here for close to two years now, and nothing ever changes.  The room’s always clean

Comments

[angelfirenze]

I'm wondering if this takes place during something I missed or not, but this was lovely. I liked the way you wrote House talking about his past, even if it feels foreign to me. I wonder if what he was talking about might have been something he tried to please Stacy or if he did it in college to distance himself from his childhood. Either way, it's something I never thought about and I'm going to have to ponder it some more. You're really good at doing stuff like that, ever since the 'Devil' trilogy. *sighs*

I do wonder, though, if you ever got my comment for your post about reviews at the Pit of Voles. *curious*

[kidsnurse]

sweetie, you have a need for backstory when writing--and apparently when reading as well! i, on the other hand, view backstory as a useful plot device [when it can add something to the story] or as something best left to the reader's imagination [when it's simply hinted at]. so i've no answers for you on this particular piece; feel free to ponder away! ;)

yup; got your comment; glad the essay pleased you!

[angelfirenze]

Huh. You're right, actually. It's not just for House, either. I love backstory for ANGEL, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly/Serenity, Harry Potter, and even minor fandoms like Constantine.

I wonder why I never realized that...

[kidsnurse]

I love backstory
I wonder why I never realized that...

here--in my opinion--is why. you spend your life seeking answers to largely unanswerable questions. and, being an unusually bright young woman, you sense that the more information you can amass about any given situation, the better are your odds for actually reaching those answers.

and since the answers aren't--currently--forthcoming in Real Life, the ability to find--or create--those answers in Fan Life lends you a much-needed sense of control, so that you can continue to seek the elusive RL answers. as i said, just my opinion, and i'm not even certain it'll make sense to you--so take it for what it's worth to you, m'dear!

[angelfirenze]

Huh. It does make sense. Did you study Psych at all? I want to minor in it so I have a vested interest in this sort of thinking. Someone at TWoP's Law & Order: CI board summed up my favorite character's thought processes (that I have no trouble following most of the time, but which drives my cousins nuts) thusly:

Goren goes from point A to point Z with a brief stop at U, the number 5, and sailboats.

I loved it because it's SO TRUE and probably covers House, as well. It made me laugh. *uses lovely Bobby icon*

[kidsnurse]

i minored in psych; it started out as my major, actually, but statistics was a required course, and after i'd switched to 'audit' the third time [to escape a failing grade], i figured i'd better chart a new life course! hee.

and i love the goren-thought-process summary!

[angelfirenze]

Bah! I knew there was a reason I enjoy your version of Jimmy's diatribes! They're more accurate! Canon!Jimmy bothers the hell out of me because, as far as we know, NO PSYCH TRAINING WHATSOEVER.

I was encouraged during my last Psych class to take Gender Psych next time because I have a theory about the Parent (God)'s sex. I had the same instructor for both General and Behavior Psych (unfortunately, I've forgotten the formal title but that's what it amounted to) class so she knew me pretty well. She's the one I wrote a paper on AS for.

That was the longest all-nighter of my life. Of course, it was also the first. The horror...the horror...

I got an A+. *chuckles*