30 Days of Shipping Meme

[karaokegal]

Meme of doom ganked from The Fabulous Ree

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Day 26: A pairing that you hated and ended up loving.

House/Cameron-House MD

Comments

[chicating]

I was kind of into that ship, but I think that date was icky, too.

[karaokegal]

At least the pain was fairly true to the characters as they'd been presented to us at that point. I still take issue with the idea that Cameron wanted to "fix" House, but clearly she was attracted to his pain, so there's SOME validity to it. It also makes sense that House would use that attack to hurt because she'd have to acknowledge the validity. Hugh and Jen's acting is actually really good there, which again makes it hard to watch. Another example would be some of David Morse's work as Triter in Finding Judas. The scene with Tritter and Chase is SO PAINFUL because the acting is so good and you feel the raw emotions involved.

Everything they've tried to sell since at least the 5th season (earlier, if I'm making the call) is fake and not true to the characters as we they were presented, complete with back-stories.

[cookielaura]

Weirdly, I was thinking of who I was going to put for these questions the other day and I chose this for the other question, 'a ship you liked and ended up hating', but for pretty similar reasons! In that I think it could have gone somewhere really interesting but then it just never got properly developed :(

[karaokegal]

This was one of the harder questions for me to find an honest answer to.

[rose_cat]

I liked the initial stages of the relationship. Cameron and House each brought their own issues to the table, so to speak, and their combined flaws, stubbornness and intelligence (and the chemistry of the actors) made for a dance of attraction and repulsion that was fascinating to watch. It could have evolved -- as much as any relationship with House could evolve -- towards something like House/Cuddy. Mutual conflict and disdain that didn't completely conceal respect and affection. It would never have gotten that far, of course, or lasted longer than a few more episodes; Cameron was too sensitive, and the imbalance of power between the two was just too big. (Not to mention that Cameron wasn't nearly "broken" enough and never would be.) But the resulting character development could have been awesome. (Although House can't heal too much. That's too important a part of the character. But I digress

[karaokegal]

Maybe I'm a dreamer...but I think IF they'd been willing to be true to the backstories and characters up to that point...let's say they did in post-Tritter arc instead of "stalker Chase" it would have worked as a story (if not as a relationship) completely with Wilson angst AND good medical stories, and then led to a really bad break-up which would have made a much better exit story for Cameron.

[chocolate_frapp]

I know what you mean.

[karaokegal]

It's like an early warning sympton of what was going to go wrong with the whole show.