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May. 22nd, 2011 11:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Quick thought on rewatching House M.D. 5X05 "Lucky Thirteen"
House is jealous because he thinks that Wilson is dating (and, okay, financially supporting) a prostitute. And he's jealous because Cuddy is buying baby furniture after successfully applying to be a candidate adoptive parent.
That's right. Emotionally, he's Wilson's boyfriend but Cuddy's child. And this only becomes clearer in this and subsequent seasons.
House is jealous because he thinks that Wilson is dating (and, okay, financially supporting) a prostitute. And he's jealous because Cuddy is buying baby furniture after successfully applying to be a candidate adoptive parent.
That's right. Emotionally, he's Wilson's boyfriend but Cuddy's child. And this only becomes clearer in this and subsequent seasons.
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Date: 2011-05-23 01:24 pm (UTC)I really wish they had explored that in a better fashion than they ended up doing.
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Date: 2011-05-23 02:07 pm (UTC)Me too! I think the first time I watched this, pre-online fandom, I didn't really "get" what House and Wilson were up to and found their prank war kind of bizarre. Now that I understand the way their friendship works, it makes perfect sense and is truly adorable.
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Date: 2011-05-23 01:53 pm (UTC)Absolutely true. :) There is another episode where Wilson or maybe it is Cuddy says something like "your'e just unhappy because mommy doesn't have as much time for you now that she has a new baby" (paraphrasing).
I definitely think that House has been searching for maternal (read: unconditional) love. Someone who would protect him in a way that his mother did not from the abuse of the world. He pretended he didn't believe in it (as a self preservation device) but deep down he hoped thought that Cuddy would be it. But she wasn't and that might be why he is melting down so much.
Wilson is his best match in the way that he completes him. They are complementary personalities, filling in for eachother where the other lacks and usually bringing the best parts forward. The sexual component could be there, but it doesn't have to be, and they still fit that way.
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Date: 2011-05-23 02:05 pm (UTC)I wish that the show's writers would explore this more (directly).
Wilson is his best match in the way that he completes him. They are complementary personalities, filling in for eachother where the other lacks and usually bringing the best parts forward. The sexual component could be there, but it doesn't have to be, and they still fit that way.
ITA. They're a couple, with or without a sexual component.
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Date: 2011-05-23 03:52 pm (UTC)"Damn! I knew the fake works was too much."
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Date: 2011-05-23 04:03 pm (UTC)But I'm with you. And
"Damn! I knew the fake works was too much."
SO MUCH LOVE FOR WILSON HERE.
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Date: 2011-05-23 05:39 pm (UTC)As for the emotional dependency, who's to say that breaking loose from one's parents isn't as harrowing an experience as losing one's girlfriend? Lots of kids go on alcohol and drug binges when they hit college. Besides, House used Cuddy as a quick fix for his leg (or his emotional problems or what you will), so his reaction on being dumped by her is a combination of many things, such as losing the hope of ever being in a successful relationship, needing a new fix, being pissed at having got himself into a situation that justified being dumped, etc.
My ideal scenario has always been one where Wilson, Cuddy and House become housemates; Cuddy gets help with Rachel, House gets a bit of mothering and Wilson gets to be needed by everyone. I tend not to see House and Wilson in a sexual relationship, but House without Wilson? Not to be thought of - there'd be something vital missing, a part of his character. It would be like him losing his will to solve puzzles.
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Date: 2011-05-23 06:07 pm (UTC)Sadly, I have found this to be true.
As for the emotional dependency, who's to say that breaking loose from one's parents isn't as harrowing an experience as losing one's girlfriend?
Excellent point!
My ideal scenario has always been one where Wilson, Cuddy and House become housemates; Cuddy gets help with Rachel, House gets a bit of mothering and Wilson gets to be needed by everyone.
Had to smile at the "Wilson gets to be needed by everyone," because it's so true.