Aside from providing the usual new-fandom continuous good mood and emotional high, House may be having the most immediate real-life effects on me of any fandom so far
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Heavens YES, last week's episode was one of the slashiest things I have *ever* seen. Every line hits home. Every look tells explicitly how well they know each other, warts and all, and how much they need each other, warts and all, and how much each is them is going to accept/ forgive. This week's ...
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very death-centred when it came to Thirteen and her (very attractive) young lover - and I could NOT make sense of the woman-who-was-not-really-a-prostitute and of the syringes in Wilson's rubbish - and who the hell is the cocky private eye?
I'd even happily settle for a conversation about why they aren't going any further with it, or don't want to.
Yes, I was thinking about that! It seems like they've taken the conscious parallel to a romantic relationship to the point where, I mean, I could even see straight people actually having sex just to see if that would help, you know? And openly acknowledging that they've considered and rejected the idea would be a less extreme version of that, without threatening the show's mainstream status.
openly acknowledging that they've considered and rejected the idea
I honestly think I could quite like that, if it was done well. I really, really hope they don't just go back to playing jokes on each other and House being jealous of everything Wilson does that doesn't involve him.
I'm still reeling a bit from House naming himself last week as the person who matters the most to Wilson, not that there's anything strange about your best friend being that person if you aren't in a romantic relationship. It was a level of explicitness I wasn't expecting.
I'm free if you are. Have to drive home tomorrow night sometime though since that alpaca still hasn't given birth! Up to you - feel free to prioritise studying over House!
I also forgot to say that I agree about the warmth and highs provided by fandoms, especially new ones. The intense joy that comes from reflecting on the commitment between two (usually flawed) people, without the day-to-day boredom and petty irritations of RL couples. Abstract love, in a way, like the "idea" of courtly love.
Now I am worried about how this will end. Can they really get together? Anything else is a cop out, but they are both dysfunctional in different ways. Plus, of course, hard to imagine mainstream TV doing that.
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very death-centred when it came to Thirteen and her (very attractive) young lover
- and I could NOT make sense of the woman-who-was-not-really-a-prostitute and of the syringes in Wilson's rubbish
- and who the hell is the cocky private eye?
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I like death-focused, so that was good.
Wilson was just playing a joke on House with the prostitute and the syringes. He was pretty sure House was still having him followed.
Episode 5.02, which is on its way to you, will explain the private eye! House hired him to check up on Wilson while Wilson wasn't speaking to him.
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I'd even happily settle for a conversation about why they aren't going any further with it, or don't want to.
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Yes, I was thinking about that! It seems like they've taken the conscious parallel to a romantic relationship to the point where, I mean, I could even see straight people actually having sex just to see if that would help, you know? And openly acknowledging that they've considered and rejected the idea would be a less extreme version of that, without threatening the show's mainstream status.
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I honestly think I could quite like that, if it was done well. I really, really hope they don't just go back to playing jokes on each other and House being jealous of everything Wilson does that doesn't involve him.
I'm still reeling a bit from House naming himself last week as the person who matters the most to Wilson, not that there's anything strange about your best friend being that person if you aren't in a romantic relationship. It was a level of explicitness I wasn't expecting.
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So, are you bringing the last episode of last season and eps 1 & 2 (and 4!) to watch on Friday night, so you can pimp (at) me properly?
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I have all those episodes on a thumb drive.
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Why this should be so very appealing and emotionally satisfying remains the question!
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This is how I feel. They've gone so far that it seems they should at least explore the idea.
I found that book for you and will be in touch about dropping it off!
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