It was pretty damn devastating, even when I was pretty sure going in that this was exactly what was going to happen. I don't read much House fic these days except for the ones by (very few) authors that I trust, but I'm with you - I can't imagine I'll be interested in the post-finale fic because my main concern is what House and Cuddy and Wilson do next in canon. I thought Wilson's look at House at the end there was surprisingly ambiguous, coming right after House's complete certainty that Wilson would hate him, but at the moment I don't feel like fic speculation is going to be in any way satisfying.
Of course, I also can't quite figure out how Wilson being on-call overnight and Amber leaving him a note under the pillow matches up with Wilson saying she was on-call and that's why it hadn't seemed weird to him that they hadn't spoken since the accident, but....yeah. We have a long summer to think all of this through without having to gorge on it right now.
Yes - I'm all about the canon right now. Not that I don't trust fandom to tell at least a few good stories about this aftermath, but I just can't stand to even think about it
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Oh, ok, I can accept that on-call explanation. So he must have meant he called her at some point early in the morning and he didn't think anything of her not calling back because she'd have been heading off to work? Ah, well. I will consider this niggling plot question closed. ;)
What about the post-ep fic in which, as soon as House is released from the hospital, he arrives on Wilson's doorstep with a basket of fluffy, cross-eyed kittens? And then both men sit on the floor and cuddle the kittens--in complete, staring, occasionally-rocking-back-and-forth silence, except for the mewing--until their souls begin to hurt just a little bit less? And then they each carry a kitten in their pockets throughout the entirety of next season, just in case they need it.
Would you read *that* fic? ;)
(Also, for the record, I am wholeheartedly For the Amber-as-House's-Oliver option. That way lies HILARITY.)
I'm still processing the episode. I felt emotionally drained after watching. I didn't even begin liking Amber until a couple weeks ago and here I was getting weepy over her death. As you said, the look on her face as she realizes what is happening and saying, "I'm dead", just gutted me. Overall, I think it was a pretty successful episode, if a bit too manipulative.
One thing I really liked is that while in House's mind Amber holds him responsible for her death, reflecting his guilty conscience, Amber places the blame on herself ("I shouldn't have gotten on the bus."). And no one is really to blame. It was just an incredible series of unfortunate events.
Yes, very well put: successful ep but a bit too manipulative. Which is why I'm kind of upset on top of being really sad. Oh, TV!
Good point - I really liked the way both Amber and House basically act as control freaks (yet another thing they have in common) and that they both claim responsibility for what happened. Of course, that underlines even better the cruel randomness of tragedy - although poor Wilson might not be able to see it that way, even though I'm sure he'll try.
Seeing Amber as a whole new person when she is with Wilson made me like her very, very much. I loved the goodbye scene between her and Wilson; it's hitting home very close for me. That's why I really like your idea of Amber as HOuse's personal phantom.
Not sure that I'll watch the last two episodes again, either; eventhou they made me cry (well, the last one), I kind of like the feeling they left in me and I don't want to change that.
Oh, DARLING!!! I GOT YOUR PACKAGE!!! I love it - it's TOTALLY hilarious! Thank you, thank you so much.
(And yeah, Zizek is "hot shit" around here. Will email you more about that...)
You know, I thought of you during that scene. *hugs you a lot* I've seen people say that they should have let Amber slip away unconscious, not wake her up at all, just let her die - and I understand the impulse to be "merciful and not let her suffer", but wow, they REALLY don't get it. She was too strong and vital character for such a passive death, but even if she were a quiet wallflower, they would be taking away her agency at the very end of her life: to become aware of what's happening and say goodbye and hell, to choose HOW she goes.
Oh - and even though I got a little freaked out by the Wilson & Amber sex tape (too personal! too private! email it to me!), I did like how happy they looked in that recording. They were really very much in love, and they were good for each other.
I'm still a little conflicted, but I can't stop thinking about it. As soon as I stop feeling angry and miserable about teevee making me cry, I'll try to articulate the thoughts.
(OMG, HOUSE AND WILSON. I DON'T THINK EITHER CAN REALLY SURVIVE LOSING THE OTHER. THEY JUST NEED A LITTLE BREAK, PUNNY.)
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Of course, I also can't quite figure out how Wilson being on-call overnight and Amber leaving him a note under the pillow matches up with Wilson saying she was on-call and that's why it hadn't seemed weird to him that they hadn't spoken since the accident, but....yeah. We have a long summer to think all of this through without having to gorge on it right now.
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Would you read *that* fic? ;)
(Also, for the record, I am wholeheartedly For the Amber-as-House's-Oliver option. That way lies HILARITY.)
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...okay, baby blue. At *least*. *g*
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I HUG YOU. I HUG YOU LIKE A KITTEN.
(That scenario, btw, might only work for me if they start playing poker and betting with said kittens. Hey, it worked on BtVS.)
Amber would make a FABULOUS Oliver, but I don't think I'm ready to even go there quite yet.
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One thing I really liked is that while in House's mind Amber holds him responsible for her death, reflecting his guilty conscience, Amber places the blame on herself ("I shouldn't have gotten on the bus."). And no one is really to blame. It was just an incredible series of unfortunate events.
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Good point - I really liked the way both Amber and House basically act as control freaks (yet another thing they have in common) and that they both claim responsibility for what happened. Of course, that underlines even better the cruel randomness of tragedy - although poor Wilson might not be able to see it that way, even though I'm sure he'll try.
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Not sure that I'll watch the last two episodes again, either; eventhou they made me cry (well, the last one), I kind of like the feeling they left in me and I don't want to change that.
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(And yeah, Zizek is "hot shit" around here. Will email you more about that...)
You know, I thought of you during that scene. *hugs you a lot* I've seen people say that they should have let Amber slip away unconscious, not wake her up at all, just let her die - and I understand the impulse to be "merciful and not let her suffer", but wow, they REALLY don't get it. She was too strong and vital character for such a passive death, but even if she were a quiet wallflower, they would be taking away her agency at the very end of her life: to become aware of what's happening and say goodbye and hell, to choose HOW she goes.
Oh - and even though I got a little freaked out by the Wilson & Amber sex tape (too personal! too private! email it to me!), I did like how happy they looked in that recording. They were really very much in love, and they were good for each other.
Oh, show.
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(OMG, HOUSE AND WILSON. I DON'T THINK EITHER CAN REALLY SURVIVE LOSING THE OTHER. THEY JUST NEED A LITTLE BREAK, PUNNY.)
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