From 'Comes a Day', which I pratically know by heart and is one of the best things I've ever read: There comes a day when the prediction House’s “father” made comes true: he really is good for quite literally nothing. He can’t work, can’t walk, can’t wipe his own butt. He can barely talk - can’t always think, even. Nothing. He’s a lump of flesh, pain-free but utterly useless. I'd love to have a DVD-commentary on this!
There comes a day when the prediction House’s “father” made comes true: he really is good for quite literally nothing.
This is in House's POV and he's feeling quite angry, so he puts father in quotes. We found out in ep 5-4 that John House is not House's biological father.
It's not explicitly canon, but I can definitely see John House having told Greg, more than once, "If you don't shape up, you're going to wind up a good-for-nothing!"
The next two sentences show why House has decided he's now good for nothing.
He can’t work, can’t walk, can’t wipe his own butt.
"Can't work" - So painful for House, because so much of his self-esteem is tied up in his work. "Can't walk" - Again, extremely painful. He's an active man who enjoys being in motion. He accepted life-long leg pain in part because he wanted to ensure he could keep walking. (And in part because he's a very stubborn person.) "Can't wipe his own butt" - The most private of activities. Poor House.
He can barely talk - can’t always think, even. Nothing.Someone asked me
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OMG, Dee, I love you (well, I already did, but I love you even more after reading this DVD commentary). I can only speak for myself, but yeah, at times it IS very easy to only look at all the things I can't do, or can't do anymore, or miss out on, and the way I slow other people down sometimes, or how people need to make allowances, and sometimes that truly makes me feel worthless/useless. I never guessed you wrote this beautiful story to also apply to disabled people in general and I love you so much for that.
And I love reading your thoughts about this. I'm so happy you made House pain-free, and yes - losing his ability to think must be the worst torture for him. I agree that poor House doesn't believe in unconditional love, and I must say, it IS difficult to do so, but I'm glad he finally saw the light in this wonderful story.
Also, yay for nice RL-stuff!
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This is in House's POV and he's feeling quite angry, so he puts father in quotes. We found out in ep 5-4 that John House is not House's biological father.
It's not explicitly canon, but I can definitely see John House having told Greg, more than once, "If you don't shape up, you're going to wind up a good-for-nothing!"
The next two sentences show why House has decided he's now good for nothing.
He can’t work, can’t walk, can’t wipe his own butt.
"Can't work" - So painful for House, because so much of his self-esteem is tied up in his work.
"Can't walk" - Again, extremely painful. He's an active man who enjoys being in motion. He accepted life-long leg pain in part because he wanted to ensure he could keep walking. (And in part because he's a very stubborn person.)
"Can't wipe his own butt" - The most private of activities. Poor House.
He can barely talk - can’t always think, even. Nothing.Someone asked me ( ... )
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And I love reading your thoughts about this. I'm so happy you made House pain-free, and yes - losing his ability to think must be the worst torture for him. I agree that poor House doesn't believe in unconditional love, and I must say, it IS difficult to do so, but I'm glad he finally saw the light in this wonderful story.
Thanks so much for this, Dee!
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