Comments | magie_05: Angst time.

magie_05

Angst time.

Aug 01, 2008 21:54

Title: When the Devil Beats His Wife
Author: magie_05
Word Count: 1,076
Characters: House and Wilson and this weird form of narration.
Rating/Warnings: Possibly disturbing themes. Spoilers for the end of S4.
Summary: Post-ep for 4x16: Wilson's Heart, which I never intended to write for. There's this old Southern saying, that when it rains in the sunshine ( Read more... )

category: post-ep, genre: angst

Comments 51

idonmatrix August 2 2008, 04:38:28 UTC

I think you underestimate your powers. This was very, very beautiful and I loved every word in it. Water is such a perfect metaphor for so much that's between House and Wilson. Just amazing :)

nemesishamartia August 2 2008, 04:53:02 UTC

It's a saying in Hungarian, too, actually. The whole Devil Beating His Wife thing is a saying in Hungarian, too.

HATE to be nitpicky, but... "He remembers when she told to take care of himself." (missing a pronoun)

I ... hm. I liked this, I think. I'm sick of post-ep fics by now (no offense, but I just feel like it's beating a dead horse to death), so I looked at this with some trepidation. However, out of all of the post-ep fics floating about, this was DEFINITELY one of the better ones. I liked the no dialogue thing. I think dialogue would've RUINED this, so yeah, no dialogue was excellent.

I'm always in favor of writers branching out and trying new styles! This worked well, I think.

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I hope I didn't just put my foot in my mouth somewhere there. If I said something that sounds nasty, please don't interpret it as such. I probably just said it badly because it's 1 am and I'm TIRED.

magie_05 August 2 2008, 06:05:04 UTC

Oooh, is it? I'm from the South, and even down here sometimes people haven't got a clue what I'm talking about when I use that saying, so I assumed it wasn't particularly well-known. Interesting that the saying is also used in Hungary, wow.

Oops! Fixed the typo, thanks :)

Oh, don't worry; you didn't sound nasty at ALL! Trust me, I never wanted to do a post-ep; was afraid to, really. I think I've read maybe two or three of the million that are out there. I was just in the mood to write something angsty and I've been wanting to play with the whole 'sunshower' metaphor for a while; it just seemed to work well in this scenario.

Don't worry about sounding nasty, 'cause you didn't! I really, truly appreciate the comment <3

nemesishamartia August 2 2008, 06:42:50 UTC

Apparently, there are a handful of expressions that are the same throughout cultures and may be attributed to nomadic tribes moving about or to the commonality of certain human problems. The fear of the devil/Satan/evil spirits is certainly not new and therefore, there are many folk tales and proverbs involving him/them.

I did a post-ep, but I had my post-ep up a day after the ep. I'm proud of my post-ep, because I took a route not usually taken, but /shrug. I guess I shouldn't condemn them if I've written one.

Oh, whew.

I wanna friend you. Is that okay??

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rae2007 August 2 2008, 05:19:04 UTC

I really liked it. YOur descriptions of everything is what carried it along, you painted the pictures so well - you could see them - and that's what makes a story work - as much as words - as setting the scene in such detail that you can picture it in your mind. Great job.

magie_05 August 2 2008, 06:05:51 UTC

Thank you. I was worried about the way it flowed, because I sort of switched points of view and didn't use their names, so I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for reading!

eitherwayokay August 2 2008, 05:40:09 UTC

That was really amazing, I almost can't find words. The way you describe the irony of death, of life, of nature, it was amazingly beautiful and painfully heart-breaking at the same time.
It also fits so perfectly for everything that goes on in the relationship (in every way this word can be interpreted) between House and Wilson. It's contradictive, confusing and totally disfunctional and nevertheless it's beautiful in a screwed-up way. And it's weird, but their relationship grows deeper the more they hurt each other.
By the way, I can really imagine House watching the funeral from a distance just to make sure Wilson is o.k.. That would really be him.

magie_05 August 2 2008, 06:14:03 UTC

Wow, thank you! I was hoping the irony of the whole thing came through, the way it did in the ep. And, oh, you're so right about their relationship; it's all about contradictions, and it's destructive, but I don't think either of them could go without it. It's really fascinating to watch, if really difficult sometimes.
Yeah, I don't think House is much for the tradition of funerals, but he'd do it for Wilson. *sigh* I just can't wait for next season. Thanks again for reading! So glad you liked this :)

arhh August 2 2008, 05:48:10 UTC

This was excellent and in my opinion there can not ever be enough well written (and this most certainly is) post ep fics that explore this topic. Thanks so much for sharing :)

magie_05 August 2 2008, 06:15:16 UTC

Aww, great, thank you! This was my first real attempt at a post-ep, and I was sort of hesistant to try, but I'm glad I did. So glad you enjoyed! <3

mer_duff August 2 2008, 06:16:28 UTC

Absolutely beautiful. You really captured Wilson's pain and House's need to make things better, and the absolute powerlessness of the situation for both of them. I think it was a great idea not to use dialogue, because sometimes there's just nothing to say.

magie_05 August 2 2008, 11:15:37 UTC

Thank you so much. There were lots of parallels to be drawn between Wilson watching a funeral and House watching Wilson. They both think they're having to say goodbye to the last thing they had left. Pretty devastating; I'm going to feel much better after they reconcile onscreen next season :) I knew that if I started with dialogue, it was going to go overboard on me. Thanks for reading! I'm glad you enjoyed.