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nakannalee

Character Musing

Dec 23, 2006 12:09

Friday night turned into a random House-Episode-Marathon for me. I will not disclose the amount of episodes I watch, as I fear it's indicative of a serious obsession problem. (Let's just say it was enough.) Since this community has shown interest in discussing things again (yay for bettina!!), I thought I'd share some notes and speculation I had ( Read more... )

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eryslash December 23 2006, 18:22:06 UTC

This isn't useful in any way to the discussion...but...Darynne, I want to have your babies. I seriously want to.
My. I'm quoting what you wrote about Chase EVERYWHERE.
My my my *melts*

nakannalee December 23 2006, 23:39:36 UTC

Hee. ;) Yes, spread the Chase-love! I really love his character; he's such an intriguing mix of contradictions. I'm hoping the writers will finally decide to elaborate more on his character instead of making him deliver humorless joke after joke.

ignazwisdom December 23 2006, 19:10:31 UTC

Wilson has been married three times, but we know he never cheated on Julie.

Do we? I think it's unlikely that he cheated on Julie, but not unimaginable; it's possible that he did so earlier in their relationship than what we see on the show. House hassles him about having an affair and Wilson denies it; he doesn't deny having ever cheated in his third marriage. (Or does he? I could be completely wrong here.) Just throwing that out there :)

In “Fools for Love,” Wilson says to House, “Remember when you used to weave elaborate conspiracy theories about my love life?”, suggesting that perhaps House has taken Wilson’s quickness to show love and blown it completely out of proportion in order to mock it.I love this -- it just encompasses all the reasons why I find this show so interesting. There's no reliable narrator! Maybe House does have these completely unfounded conspiracy theories about Wilson's love life, or maybe Wilson accuses House of concocting such theories to cover up Wilson's own inability to be faithful, or maybe ( ... )

nakannalee December 23 2006, 23:49:24 UTC

Hmm... I thought I had a good reason for why Wilson never cheated on Julie, but maybe I was just going off of his adamant "I'm not having an affair!" replies to House's prodding. Like you said, though, there is no reliable narrator, which is great. So with that in mind, it's entirely possible that Wilson was unfaithful and it just wasn't shown during the show.

I wish we'd know how long his marriage to Julie had lasted. That would make it easier to put some things in perspective. It was apparently long enough to make Wilson feel that he didn't have to be there for dinner parties, and long enough for Julie to start seeking attention elsewhere.

I've also always wondered about the reasons why Julie had an affair. Is it her response to Wilson's absence or perhaps his adultery (which she tolerated for how long after Wilson told her)? And when Wilson crashed at House's, was it because Julie kicked him out, or did Wilson choose to leave first?

*sigh* Too many questions. I have to stop overthinking things... ;)

ignazwisdom December 24 2006, 21:29:26 UTC

No! Never stop overthinking things :) More overthinking means more meta and more stories with wildly divergent ideas about where the characters are coming from, and that's always good!

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nakannalee December 24 2006, 01:09:10 UTC

House's family strikes me as very strict, conservative, traditional. His military father must have been really stifling to House as a boy, even when he was on duty. House still was stuck in the role of a military brat, shuttled around from base to base. His mother does seem very overshadowed, but when they introduced her early in season two ("Daddy's Boy", I think), she came across as quietly supportive in her own way. She's not a strong woman, but she obviously loves her son.

I wasn't sure whether or not Cam had siblings, which is why I didn't mention anything. Still, they mustn't be all that important in her life--we haven't heard much about them at all.

genagirl December 23 2006, 19:25:41 UTC

Wilson fascinates me and his relationship to House - in whatever way people see it - is so complex and twisted. The thing which stands out in your amazing post reminds me of something I read in high school. The difference between men and women; Men use Love to get Sex while Women use Sex to get Love. I see Wilson as falling into the latter catagory. He needs the emotional connection but does he get that with House? Does he get anything from his relationship with House? He must or else he wouldn't stick around, but what is it? Is it because House will never grow strong enough not to need him? Is it because he can perpetually save his brother? Is it his fear House cannot care for himself (both he and Cuddy continually describe House as a "child)? *shrugs and goes back to watching the DVDs until Jan 9th*

nakannalee December 24 2006, 00:20:25 UTC

I do think Wilson gets a higher level of connection with House than he does with anyone else. House sees Wilson as he is, flaws included. They share the same sarcastic sense of humor. They're equals intellectually. They challenge each other and are the only ones who are honest--and accepting of--one another's short comings. House wants to make Wilson stand up for himself and be selfish (a la the prank war) and Wilson wants House to take control of himself and be less selfish. While they are similar, their faults and positive traits seem to balance out one another.

As House said, together they can rule the world! ;)

stephantom December 23 2006, 19:32:18 UTC

Wow, very well thought-out analysis of the characters here...

And
This idea is captured well in the “How to Save a Life” video. ! Was that a reference to me ( ... )

nakannalee December 23 2006, 23:58:24 UTC

Thanks so much for those links--I was trying to find something similar and eventually gave up. They're really comparable, aren't they? I love that stuff; character analysis is endlessly fascinating to me ( ... )