“If I could work a justice spell for him, I’d cast it,”
“Starts in one place and moves outward, and you can’t always anticipate the effects, never mind control them.” It’d be like setting an evil-seeking bomb off in the Magisterium.
Yes--technically, a full witch or a clan of witches could. But as far as this universe goes, they're choosing to stay out of human affairs unless personally wronged, because they live more or less entirely apart from human society. (Although the utter destruction of the Magisterium is a very pleasant thought...)
You are a really fast writer, which as a reader I very much appreciate. Despite not knowing anything about the Pullman-Universe (cut me some slack, it wasn't written when I was a teenager, and anyway I caved and bought a special edition of His Dark Material, all three books as one giant paperback, of not very good paper quality), I enjoy your stories set therein. I like how you have taken the hint of House as a substitute father-figure, which can be seen in the series and developed it into this. I'm looking forward to seeing how this triangular dynamic gets on in the future and what kind of mayhem they are going to stir up, especially once people (Foreman) realizes House is healed. On this last point, and don't take this as criticism, wouldn't people have noticed House not limping for some time and walking/running home? Looking forward to new chapters ;)
Thanks so much for your comment! And I'm really not that fast a writer; what I did here was complete the piece in advance and begin posting it in sections...
In any case, I'm glad you're enjoying the story; the father/son dynamic between House and Chase in particular has been wonderful to work with.
As for your final point, House will keep up appearances at work, affecting a limp and taking placebos; as for running home that once--I should perhaps have been clearer--he faked a limp until far enough from the hospital that he wasn't likely to be recognized as a man who's meant to be crippled.
I'm so glad nothing bad happened to Chase as a result of his healing. Nothing bad happened to him, right? Right? Of course House would get mad at Chase for risking so much for him. Because even with House's pride and genius, he still thinks that he isn't worth it.
I'm scared of the justice spell. Everyone getting his due is very vague. What is due someone is something that does not easily translate to what we ourselves believe to be what justice entails. I can already hear a voice saying 'be careful what you wish for'...
Nothing serious did happen to Chase, no. Although frankly, that's less because of his own skill/control and more due to sheer dumb luck.
And yes, that's exactly why House was angry: because he can't see in himself what others see in him, and can't believe that he's worth that kind of risk.
You're absolutely right to be scared of the justice spell: as you pointed out, divine justice is not human justice, and a working like that would have unpredictable and uncontrollable results. So while Chase might feel that smiting the Magisterium for what it did to House is a good idea, he says that with the security that he _can't_ actually work that kind of spell. If he could--and would thus be responsible for the effects--he'd consider much, much more carefully.
awww. You made me cry with Chase's thoughts about House here: He’s not sure precisely when House’s ‘mentor’ role deepened to contain the word ‘father,’ but he doesn’t question, because his heart had assigned the name and he’d learnt long ago how powerful names were.
Also, it's the first mention of House's nightmares. I am so grateful that Chase took his physical pain away, since his psyche is still suffering from PSTD. I wish we could see a few private moments of House and Wilson together, but I guess that if you are sticking with Chase's POV we won't. (However, you said we were going to read about the healing of the intercision, so...*hopes*)
Yes--that was definitely a favorite passage of mine, too. (If only finding a fic with good father/son or mentor/student relationship between them weren't so difficult...)
The healing of the intercision is next on my to-do list, although I won't be able to take it further than that for a while--the most grueling stretch of the semester is imminent. However, I will explore House's PTSD and its ramifications at some point.
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“Starts in one place and moves outward, and you can’t always anticipate the effects, never mind control them.” It’d be like setting an evil-seeking bomb off in the Magisterium.
A pity he can’t, really.
But I'm guessing that someone can...
"The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire..."
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Looking forward to new chapters ;)
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In any case, I'm glad you're enjoying the story; the father/son dynamic between House and Chase in particular has been wonderful to work with.
As for your final point, House will keep up appearances at work, affecting a limp and taking placebos; as for running home that once--I should perhaps have been clearer--he faked a limp until far enough from the hospital that he wasn't likely to be recognized as a man who's meant to be crippled.
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I'm scared of the justice spell. Everyone getting his due is very vague. What is due someone is something that does not easily translate to what we ourselves believe to be what justice entails. I can already hear a voice saying 'be careful what you wish for'...
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And yes, that's exactly why House was angry: because he can't see in himself what others see in him, and can't believe that he's worth that kind of risk.
You're absolutely right to be scared of the justice spell: as you pointed out, divine justice is not human justice, and a working like that would have unpredictable and uncontrollable results. So while Chase might feel that smiting the Magisterium for what it did to House is a good idea, he says that with the security that he _can't_ actually work that kind of spell. If he could--and would thus be responsible for the effects--he'd consider much, much more carefully.
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He’s not sure precisely when House’s ‘mentor’ role deepened to contain the word ‘father,’ but he doesn’t question, because his heart had assigned the name and he’d learnt long ago how powerful names were.
Also, it's the first mention of House's nightmares. I am so grateful that Chase took his physical pain away, since his psyche is still suffering from PSTD.
I wish we could see a few private moments of House and Wilson together, but I guess that if you are sticking with Chase's POV we won't.
(However, you said we were going to read about the healing of the intercision, so...*hopes*)
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The healing of the intercision is next on my to-do list, although I won't be able to take it further than that for a while--the most grueling stretch of the semester is imminent. However, I will explore House's PTSD and its ramifications at some point.
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