That, and waiting the entire episode for the 'super tanker' conversation.
Heh. Me too. It's just a... bizarre episode. I like the exploration of House's health issues, but WTF was up with the dreams? Was House channeling one of Buffy's slayers for a moment? Is he secretly a vampire slayer? Is that why Riley was here?
Maybe the difference isn't in the way people see Cuddy directly, but in the way they see House - in season one it's, "lols, Cuddy 1 - House 0!" in Season Three it's, "OH NOES! Don't be mean to poor Housey Wousy!"
Sometimes I think they don't see Cuddy at all. They (the Collective Fandom Mind) have this impression of Cuddy in the pilot (and EVEN IN THE PILOT she basically states why she won't kick him out, why she trusts his decision, and there's this intriguing line of dialogue about Cuddy being afraid to make mistakes with patients), the "LOLZ" version, and anything other than a two-minute comic relief is 'soft'.
And so apt for their relationship, I think. Working relationship, anyway.
I watch the episode for Cuddy. I can't help it, she's got some wonderful scenes in it! I try not to think about the plot, and think about how wonderful Cuddy is and what a great friend she is and get generally mushy about her. I also ignore the ending and concentrate on the cute goodnights between House and Wilson. This strategy works marvels.
Oh, and in 3.23, we have the Wilson/Cuddy conversation about Cuddy being an enabler. Cuddy is all "I don't enable him!", and Wilson is, "yes you do!". Skip to S4 beginning, and Cuddy doing her best not to enable him and admitting that she does, at times, enable him. And then hiring Foreman. AM I THE ONLY PERSON SEEING THE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT HERE? (It feels good to vent.)
I can't really see House "being there" for her - in any respect
Oh, he wasn't *there* for her! He didn't blab it to the whole hospital and kept it to himself to torment her at will. That's surprisingly decent, coming from House. And yes, re. the timeline - the 'I'm not pregnant' lines over the first four episodes gain a whole new dimension post-3.09, don't they?
Speaking of, though - are you okay with the 'free for all' list of prompts idea? Combining unclaimed prompts from rounds one and two into one list, and just telling people that they're welcome to use them for inspiration, no claiming necessary, and all we ask is that they include the prompt in their fic info and post to cuddy_fest?
Ohh, like the porn battles! That's cool! Multiple people can claim same prompt, etc etc?
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Date: 2008-08-18 07:17 am (UTC)Heh. Me too. It's just a... bizarre episode. I like the exploration of House's health issues, but WTF was up with the dreams? Was House channeling one of Buffy's slayers for a moment? Is he secretly a vampire slayer? Is that why Riley was here?
Maybe the difference isn't in the way people see Cuddy directly, but in the way they see House - in season one it's, "lols, Cuddy 1 - House 0!" in Season Three it's, "OH NOES! Don't be mean to poor Housey Wousy!"
Sometimes I think they don't see Cuddy at all. They (the Collective Fandom Mind) have this impression of Cuddy in the pilot (and EVEN IN THE PILOT she basically states why she won't kick him out, why she trusts his decision, and there's this intriguing line of dialogue about Cuddy being afraid to make mistakes with patients), the "LOLZ" version, and anything other than a two-minute comic relief is 'soft'.
And so apt for their relationship, I think. Working relationship, anyway.
I watch the episode for Cuddy. I can't help it, she's got some wonderful scenes in it! I try not to think about the plot, and think about how wonderful Cuddy is and what a great friend she is and get generally mushy about her. I also ignore the ending and concentrate on the cute goodnights between House and Wilson. This strategy works marvels.
Oh, and in 3.23, we have the Wilson/Cuddy conversation about Cuddy being an enabler. Cuddy is all "I don't enable him!", and Wilson is, "yes you do!". Skip to S4 beginning, and Cuddy doing her best not to enable him and admitting that she does, at times, enable him. And then hiring Foreman. AM I THE ONLY PERSON SEEING THE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT HERE? (It feels good to vent.)
I can't really see House "being there" for her - in any respect
Oh, he wasn't *there* for her! He didn't blab it to the whole hospital and kept it to himself to torment her at will. That's surprisingly decent, coming from House. And yes, re. the timeline - the 'I'm not pregnant' lines over the first four episodes gain a whole new dimension post-3.09, don't they?
Speaking of, though - are you okay with the 'free for all' list of prompts idea? Combining unclaimed prompts from rounds one and two into one list, and just telling people that they're welcome to use them for inspiration, no claiming necessary, and all we ask is that they include the prompt in their fic info and post to cuddy_fest?
Ohh, like the porn battles! That's cool! Multiple people can claim same prompt, etc etc?