SQUEE

[swatkat]

Once upon a time, I said here (upon viewing The Socratic Method): You know who he reminds me of? Sam Vimes (from Discworld, for those who haven't read). Take away the cane and vicodin and replace it with a policeman's badge and alcohol and send him to Ankh-Morpork, and you'll have Sam Vimes. The misanthropy. The way he cares. The intense hotness. And it fits - Vimes is a Discworld version of Sherlock Holmes. Pterry frequently uses him to mock Holmes (Clues *giggles*).


I even had Proof to back it up.




See? (Sam Vimes icon courtesy hyel and House icon courtesy awakencordy)

There was more.

House's line: 'Everybody lies.'

Vimes' line: 'Everyone is guilty of *something*'. (this is a paraphrase, but you get the idea)

Vimes doesn't like people, and has been called a very angry man, more than once. House is, to quote Cameron, 'an angry misanthropic s.o.b'.

You want more? There was a discussion in house_md today, where I compared House to Vimes. A poster (charliesmum) told me this: When I saw Terry Pratchett last summer, I asked him if he thought Hugh Laurie would make a good Vimes, and he said yes, if he were being 'House-like'.

Yes, Pterry said that (which means he watches House *dies*). There cannot be enough squee in the world to express how I feel about this.

... there should be a crossover. In which the Patrician is ill again, and Doughnut Jimmy has failed, so Commander Vimes has no option but to take him to the Ankh-Morpork Teaching Hospital (after being persuaded by Lady Sybil), which is run by Lady Lisa Cuddy (who happens to be a friend of Sybil's). Their only hope is the eccentric Dr. House and his sidekicks (Dr. Chase is from XXXX). I can picture Vimes being rude to Cuddy and Carrot blushing at the sight of her cleavage, and Vimes wondering once more how on *earth* Angua manages to stay with him (even if it is a very fine cleavage, as far as he is a judge. Vimes doesn't make a habit of looking at ladies' bosoms).

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Pterry also said (says charliesmum) that he thought Rowan Atkinson would be a good Vetinari (incidentally, jaybee65, you will *love* Lord Vetinari), and that his favourite movie is Galaxy Quest. Yes, that one, with Alan Rickman, and the affectionate riffs at Trek and the delightful portrayal of fans. How awesome is this man?

Comments

[merelymine.livejournal.com]

House as Vimes is not something that I would've thought of, but now that I think about it. . .

It all fits. It fits so well that I want to squee fangirl-ishly about it. The Grumpiness! The distrust of others! The addictive personality! Eeeeeeeee!

Although Rowan Atkinson as Vetinari. . . No, I can't see that one.

OmG Discworld/House OTP!!!

/fangirl

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

I know! *SQUEE*

Also, how awesome is it that Pterry watches House? How awesome? *squees again*

Although Rowan Atkinson as Vetinari. . . No, I can't see that one.

Yes, Vetinari is smooth. And kinda hot, which I don't think RA is.

[merelymine.livejournal.com]

Yes, Vetinari is smooth. And kinda hot, which I don't think RA is.

Exactly! RA is a little too mousy and strange. I dunno.

[plazmah.livejournal.com]

*suddenly wishes she read Discworld*

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

I thoroughly recommend the books. They're amazing.

[roga.livejournal.com]

Just thought I'd let you know: I was LJ surfing years ago and saw this post, and I loved the idea of House and Vimes, and today, out of nowhere (well, I'm procrastinating before a test, so not really nowhere), I wrote 600 words of a crossover. Just so you know. So if you're interested in offering ideas or betaing when I'm done, I'd be more than happy. If not, then thanks for this prompt :-)

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

Hee. That sounds awesome! Discworld makes everything better! What's the basic idea, if you don't mind me asking? I'd love to offer to beta, but given my current unpredictable net schedule, I'm not sure that would be wise.

[roga.livejournal.com]

Well, the basic idea is Vetinary sending Vimes to PPTH (via wizards, to make it "plausible") to track down a dangerous wizard gone bad. Cuddy will frown (because PPTH's latest experience with policeman hasn't exactly been pleasant), and will assign House to babysit Vimes, in a sense, both because he owes her and because his detecting skills can come on handy. I don't know why the bad wizard went to PPTH yet, but there will be a magic convention of some sort that'll bring lots of our-universe magicians to PPTH, so that'll keep House and Vimes trying to guess who are the tricksters and who's the real wizard. Eventually I want House and Vimes to bond (kind of like Vimes and 71-hour-Ahmed), not to antagonize each other. And I know the last two paragraphs of the fic. If you want, we'll continue this by mail? I'm open to suggestions - not sure how, if at all, the ducklings should fit in yet... my email is my lj username at yahoo dot com.

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

That sounds brilliant! We should do this on e-mail - I'm swatkat24 at hotmail dot com. *g*