[House] Fic: Objects at Rest[1]

[_lot49_]

Objects at Rest

Disclaimer: House is the property of Fox, don't own the characters, blah, blah, blah. Spoilers for Honeymoon and those infamous unaired sides.
He likes to surround himself with imperfection; there's something intrinsically intriguing about the damaged, the incomplete and broken. The human body is his alchemy, the art of destruction

Comments

[atlashrugged]

I like this. And I don't know why, not specifics.

The (probably) unconscious alliteration. I do that sometimes; you look back realizing the majority of your words are sharing syllables. Also the references to Oscar Wilde, Stephen Hawking, and Pink Floyd. If you mentioned M-theory I'd be offering to have your children. I'm in lust with the unaired sides and am glad someone included them in a story without Wilson/Cuddy/Cameron becoming his Florence Nightengale.

(I found your LJ through FF.net.)

[_lot49_]

Thank you. I was horribly nervous about posting this - not really used to writing things that don't include guns and decapitation, and the Buffy-speak took forever to leave my brain (with lingering nightmares of verbing nouns).

I love alliteration and assonance, the way certain words sound strung together. I go gooey over Nabokov.

Yeah, can't imagine House ever tolerating anyone coddling him. He'd abuse them right out of the room. Boy, is he going to be cranky when he wakes up.

[atlashrugged]

Guns and decapitation? Nice. I know what you mean re: the Buffy-speak; it's hard to get out of the tone of a certain show.

I love Nabakov, too. Actually, a few Russian writers. And abnormal psychology books. Those to items, to me, aren't mutually exclusive. Words that flow are wonderful, sort of a like you've been holding a breath too long and then it just has to be expelled. Early morning metaphor sucks.

Cranky House is typical House, so that's okay.

[maineac]

This is spot on--great characterizations and a hard-edged style that is perfect. Keep going!

[allicameronmd]

Best line EVER: "In an attic somewhere," Wilson once surmised, "there's a portrait of you that's getting increasingly nicer."

[freecityy]

Loved this. Excellent characterization; really, spot on. I'm glad I found this after so much time.

One question: these infamous sides... where might I find them? That is, if they are still available after all this time.

[nurse_stiney]

I second this. Unaired sides? Eh? Huh? :)
And AWESOMENESS to the max, the way you described House's urge to be a punching dummy. ;) Brilliantly done! I'm off to read the rest!