Dæmonverse AU ficlet: "Matters of Control."

Jul 12, 2011 20:11

Title: Matters of Control
Author: lit_luminary
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: House, Wilson; House/Wilson established; implications of House/Chase mentorship/friendship.
Summary: House and Wilson discuss the implications of Chase’s ability to ease pain. (An interlude set between the twelfth and thirteenth chapters of " Principles of Growth."   ( Read more... )

dæmonverse, ficlet, chase, character pov: house, wilson, house, house/wilson

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cuddyclothes July 15 2011, 14:14:07 UTC
To sound like a teenager: wow, this is so cool! It took me a few moments to understand what was going on, but then I went back and reread the beginning and got it. The "quality more than quantity" is such a great key to House's--I'm not sure what--id? Worldview? Emotional life? (Yes, it's that good.)

What essay? Is there one about AU fics being IC?

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lit_luminary July 16 2011, 00:31:27 UTC
Thank you! This series contains some of my favorite pieces of everything I've written: the addition of dæmons allows a kind of narrative flexibility I can't achieve with anything else.

I'd say "worldview," personally, but there'd be elements of his emotional life there, too: it's an idea that's central to understanding not only his life choices, but his attitude toward his pain. And he and Wilson have never agreed on that point: Wilson's need is to keep House alive as long as possible, without necessarily confronting the questions (and realities) of what that would mean in terms of quality of life.

The essay I mentioned is one I wrote about the appeal of fantasy/magical realism AUs in House fandom; you can see an extract here. (The rest is largely a discussion of what I was attempting to explore in writing "Principles of Growth" and remains unposted.)

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cuddyclothes July 16 2011, 00:42:24 UTC
The link sent me to a dead page. :(

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lit_luminary July 16 2011, 00:47:07 UTC
Okay: I must. Let's try this: http://lit-luminary.livejournal.com/10686.html.

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lit_luminary July 16 2011, 00:47:33 UTC
ETA: 'must have made a mistake with the HTML.'

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