Nothin’ Else Matters in this Whole Wide World (the Jersey Shore Remix) (House MD; The Wilsons)

[jay_zelenka]

Title: Nothin’ Else Matters in this Whole Wide World (the Jersey Shore Remix)
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Comments

[joe_pike_junior]

I really like this. James supports Peter in the original story, but you've extended that metaphor in a wonderful way -- Peter helps Wilson to stay afloat, even when he's foundering and confused, heaving up bitter grief.

Well done.

[shara_i]

Thank you! I loved the metaphor of floating Mer used in the original to juxtapose the past and present and I wasn't sure if looking at it literally would take away from it, but I'm glad it worked for you. :)

[shara_i]

Thank you! I loved the way Mer showed the bond between Peter and James in the original fic and wanted to focus on that. The subtle way she described the weight of Wilson's grief was what inspired his silence here. I'm glad you like it!

[jotc]

This was beautiful. I love the original, and the remix also. One little thing I liked because it added so much realism - Peter's first thought was that something happened to his father. That would be the natural assumption on getting an unexpected "bad news" call. I also liked Peter's hesitation and uncertainty on how to approach his brother - another thing that's very true to life.

[shara_i]

Thank you! I debated taking that line out because it didn't really add to the theme or plot much, but it seemed to me to be the natural reaction that Peter would have, so I left it in. I'm glad you liked it!

[photoash]

Lovely remix to a great story :) I like how you flipped perspectives you did a great job with Peter!

[shara_i]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked Peter here :)

[hannahrorlove]

I love the sense of confinement in this - living in the same old house, the inability to verbalize inner thoughts - and how that breaks in the last two sections, when they finally run out to sea. It's a really nice way to show what water means to both James and Peter, and also to communicate the characters' desire to break free of their present lives.

[shara_i]

Thank you! That was really what I was trying to convey, with Peter's desire to go back to the simpler (at least for him) and safer role he held in his childhood, and how both he and James are, in a way, trapped in their lives here.