My Friend's Examination of H/W's first meeting from "Birthmarks"

[cuddyclothes]

In one of those great moments of good timing, I got the following email from my friend.  It's the last part of three about the episode "Birthmarks", so there are going to be pieces you won't get.  Anyone who wants me to post the first two, ask and I'll be happy to do so.  He was knocked out by the episode (and I mean KNOCKED OUT).  He decided to

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[blackmare]

He writes in a way I find rather confusing, but I do get the gist of: OH YES TOTALLY A COUPLE.

And I wish he had followed through a bit more on the thing about House chasing after and seducing Wilson, thinking himself completely in charge there, and belatedly discovering that in fact he is not. Mephistopheles, they name is James?

[blackmare]

"they name"?

One thing I do miss about paid LJ time: the ability to edit.

[cuddyclothes]

Ha! Maybe it's better to give in and hand over the filthy lucre.

[cuddyclothes]

Yes, his style is very confusing at times. I have to parse out the paragraphs, because it's so densely written. However, we are doing this by HIS rules (as he has made clear). The thing that is enjoyable about his style is that it's so free-form, wordplay all over the place, etc.

I think the power play stuff might be in some of the other emails from other episodes. He was LIVID at Wilson lying to House at the beginning of S2...that's when I knew I'd converted him from a casual observer to a crazed fanboy.