Wilson just can't seem to say it - yeah, you almost died, House, but Amber actually did it. She's gone, and I'm never going to get her back and you doing everything you could to save her actually doesn't mean shit
Oh, this entire thing is so messed up, I just... Because on one hand, what House did doesn't mean anything, because Amber still died, and on the other hand, House did it, because Wilson asked, and that *should* mean something. And Wilson right now is not in a state to acknowledge the latter, I think, but he will have to some day. Because Amber is dead. House is alive.
like another creepily devoted person I could name
Which one? *is curious*
he asked, and it still didn't do any good.
I keep thinking of the exchange in 'Mirror, Mirror':
WILSON: You would pick up my laundry if I asked you to. HOUSE: Go ahead, ask. WILSON: Oh, I wouldn't do that to you.
It was a joking exchange, of course - but there was an element of truth there, and now I'm wondering: House, of course, has done almost nothing good for Wilson over the course of the show (did, in fact, get him fired once and lose his license another time), but has Wilson been aware of his power to ask from the beginning, or is it something he learnt only in S4? Put this alongside 'Histories':
Foreman: Okay. Why are we on this case – just because Wilson asked? Wilson: [opens mouth in protest] House: Do I need a better reason? Foreman: Most people wouldn’t, you do.
I'm not being very coherent here, but what I'm trying to say here is that while House is the one who takes and Wilson is the one who gives in the relationship, the dynamics in the relationship probably makes it so that Wilson's giving gives him power over House and that makes their relationship slightly different from the POTW's relationship with her boss. The boss is the bird, the POTW the flunky; Wilson may not be the bird (though he is, of course, a very intelligent and accomplished man), but he has a power over House that the flunky POTW cannot even dream of.
Eh. That probably didn't make any sense whatsoever.
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Pt. 1
Date: 2008-09-19 05:05 am (UTC)Oh, this entire thing is so messed up, I just... Because on one hand, what House did doesn't mean anything, because Amber still died, and on the other hand, House did it, because Wilson asked, and that *should* mean something. And Wilson right now is not in a state to acknowledge the latter, I think, but he will have to some day. Because Amber is dead. House is alive.
like another creepily devoted person I could name
Which one? *is curious*
he asked, and it still didn't do any good.
I keep thinking of the exchange in 'Mirror, Mirror':
WILSON: You would pick up my laundry if I asked you to.
HOUSE: Go ahead, ask.
WILSON: Oh, I wouldn't do that to you.
It was a joking exchange, of course - but there was an element of truth there, and now I'm wondering: House, of course, has done almost nothing good for Wilson over the course of the show (did, in fact, get him fired once and lose his license another time), but has Wilson been aware of his power to ask from the beginning, or is it something he learnt only in S4? Put this alongside 'Histories':
Foreman: Okay. Why are we on this case – just because Wilson asked?
Wilson: [opens mouth in protest]
House: Do I need a better reason?
Foreman: Most people wouldn’t, you do.
I'm not being very coherent here, but what I'm trying to say here is that while House is the one who takes and Wilson is the one who gives in the relationship, the dynamics in the relationship probably makes it so that Wilson's giving gives him power over House and that makes their relationship slightly different from the POTW's relationship with her boss. The boss is the bird, the POTW the flunky; Wilson may not be the bird (though he is, of course, a very intelligent and accomplished man), but he has a power over House that the flunky POTW cannot even dream of.
Eh. That probably didn't make any sense whatsoever.