"House" musings...

[agilebrit]

Dude, I am so this show's bitch. Poor little Cameron. Of course he doesn't like you, honey. He doesn't like anyone--except Wilson. But he took you to the Monster Truck thing...so it may be that he loves you. Which, I hope the show doesn't go there, really. Not only would it be bad for the team, but that way leads to heartache for everyone involved, and I watch this show for the funny, not the angst.

Interesting that he was willing to go to the mat for that patient. He really is a good doctor; he just hides the fact that he cares under a bunch of snark and sarcasm--because caring opens you up to being hurt and he doesn't want to show that vulnerability to anyone. Wilson knows; I think Cuddy might have an inkling (and how very interesting that her answer to "Did you sleep with him" wasn't an unequivocal "Hell NO!"). I'm not sure the Ducklings have figured it out yet.

In fic writing news, I've been staring at the Temp!Corp fic. And man...I think Spike's going to have to drink from Fred, because I've totally written myself into a corner. *sobs uncontrollably* I think I'll be working on something else (the new MustardVerse "what if I stumble" fic) until I solve that problem--because I don't want to go there. That would be three fics with that particular element, and I'm starting to see a pattern here. And while I don't think it's a bad pattern per se, I don't want all my fics to start looking alike either.

Argh.

Comments

[dragonflymuse.livejournal.com]

I don't like Cameron either, so I'm with House on that one :)

I like this show too, but they really need to get a medical advisor. There are always a couple of really blatant medical gaffes every episode: one from last night was the mispronunciation of 'Wernicke' by House as 'Wer-NICKs'. If someone is familiar with that condition/term/anatomical landmark, they know it's pronounced 'VWER-ni-kay'. One other grossly mispronounced term/misused term was in an earlier ep, where everyone insisted on pronouncing 'MRSA' (a nmemonic for methycillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) as 'mersa', which is wrong beyond the telling. It's M-R-S-A (you say all the letters).

::sigh::

But I really wanted to snog him after the Cameron thing :g:

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they mispronounced Wegener's Granulomatosis a few weeks ago too. But hey...the incredibly rare disease my sis has struggled with for, lo, these twenty years got a mention! Which was cool.

Any show that uses a specialized field is going to get stuff wrong unless they have someone on the staff that really knows their stuff. The CSI:NY ep with the dog show death had a couple of things that drove me crazy, although I can't remember specifics right now.

Heh. Isn't it funny how we as fanfic writers hold ourselves to higher standards of research than these shows appear to?

[dragonflymuse.livejournal.com]

Any show that uses a specialized field is going to get stuff wrong unless they have someone on the staff that really knows their stuff.

Exactly my point. Paul Attanasio and Bryan Singer are smart, talented guys. Attanasio was a reporter; he should know the value of resources and fact verifiers.

Heh. Isn't it funny how we as fanfic writers hold ourselves to higher standards of research than these shows appear to?

Very true!! Maybe because as fanfic writers, we have more to prove to people who are actually detail-conscious. Last night, I'm sure the producers were more concerned with whether or not Cameron looked cute while pouting rather than if she actually knew what she was talking about.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

...whether or not Cameron looked cute while pouting rather than if she actually knew what she was talking about.

"Less reading, more TV." *snerk*

[whirligigged.livejournal.com]

Gah. I gave in and started watching 'House' again. I couldn't help myself. The snark is too good!

Ha, I was really afraid that he was going to go and say "No. I love you." But hurray, he left it at "No." I should have known better. And was the whole debate book thing just so that they could get to that one scene?

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

I think Cameron is still looking for her place on the team, myself. But...he took her to the Monster Truck thing. I keep coming back to that. Argh.

[crayonbreakygal.livejournal.com]

Oh, come on. House can say more things with just the word no than just about any character (other than Wes, that is). I wasn't waiting for him to say he loves her. He does feel something for her. And is pushing her away. She is so needy. I thought it was kind of mean of him and even screamed it at the TV. OK, so I'm weird.

The Cuddy stuff? Man, he so obviously slept with her at some point in time. No denials there. Now that would be a relationship I would like to see. Would be very interesting. If he would just stop flirting with Wilson, that is. But I think that Wilson is very angry with House right now, so no more banter?

My father-in-law is a doctor and I'm sure he'd sit there and snark his way through the episode about the medicine in it. Sure it is probably wrong in places. He did that for ER one night for us. They messed up all over the place. He should know. He was once the head of a trauma unit. So I definitely don't watch for the medicine.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think it's pretty obivious that House and Cuddy had a very *cough* close relationship sometime in the past. They both know each other's buttons to push, and neither one holds back either. I don't think it was necessarily a bad or bitter breakup, though.

LOL I yelled at the TV too. "He doesn't like anyone, you dummy! What a stupid question to ask a misanthrope!"