Artist : @star_ry_eyed

"I don't think these guys are even at the shipping stage yet, there's just tension" skill issue I was shipping these girls the moment they stepped into the elevator

based off this post by @75screamingtoads that made me start watching. as you can see my art gets progressively worse each panel lol

How to draw?

here, take these links

The Complete Famous Artists Course

Collection of Art Books and Resources

I honestly think House could burst into the cafeteria frantically and march up to Wilson and say, out of breath, "don't ask questions, just kiss me" and then Wilson would go along with it, assuming there's some legitimate reason why that's happening

turns out it's just the only way House could think of to get Wilson to kiss him without doing that yuck "communication" myth

my cutie patootie and his freak dog or something

"House and Wilson are dating and haven't told anyone yet, but they accidentally give themselves away by doing something couple-y" trope except it's not an absent-minded and automatic kiss that gives them away, it's how House straightup licks Wilson's face (to be annoying) and Wilson looks back at House with the wettest heart-eyes imaginable (rather than immediately wiping his cheek and/or hitting House with something)

biblically accurate hilson

So apparently the version of the "Isn't It Bromantic" interview that gets passed around isn't the full thing

So after seeing a tumblr post I can't find, about two and half hours of intensive internet digging, and one purchase from a sketchy second-hand site later (full story under the cut, I promise it's interesting, but also long), I got the physical magazine and scanned it

So here you go: the full "Isn't It Bromantic?" TV guide interview with Robert Sean Leonard and Hugh Laurie

Feel free to repost wherever you want- I want people to be able to find the full thing

SO, as for how I found it:

I saw this tumblr post forever ago that I can't find anymore because tumblr is just Like That with a cropped screenshot of an interview with Hugh Laurie and Robert Sean Leonard. In the interview, they're asked about the "bromance" between their two characters. Leonard makes an annoyed comment about how "everyone [is] obsessed with homosexuality", followed by the interview apologizing and Laurie immediately jumping in with, "No, no, let's talk about it. Wilson and House have an unusual relationship so you have to explore…" and the screenshot cuts off there. Cue funny comment from the OP about the interaction, roll credits.

Except, as these things tend to do, it ended up becoming a bit of a brain worm, and I wanted to find it again. But I couldn't find the tumblr post. I looked absolutely everywhere, and in the process of looking everywhere, I found what I thought was the original interview- a blog post with the full quote from the actor. I didn't think too much about it, I figured it was just a short quote given to a popular blog in 2008. There's a magazine cover above it, but I don't think too much about it, because I'm focusing on the quotes in the article instead of the rest of it.

So I send screenshots to a couple friends to make jokes, and it probably should have died there.

However, late at night I end up thinking about that interview again, because of course I did. I start to think about how it's weirdly formatted for, what I assumed at first reading, was just an entertainment news blog reaching out for comment and getting a response. So I pull up the screenshots of the article (because weirdly enough, the old-ass blog only loads on mobile) and look at it again.

This is when I realize that this isn't an original piece from a blog interviewing these two after reaching out for comment. This is a blog post quoting and commenting on a full interview from a magazine, which I had originally thought had just been the inspiration for the piece.

So naturally, I go looking for the magazine.

Luckily, the name of the magazine is displayed on the cover, and so is the title of its main piece. This should be easy to find, right?

Wrong.

This is an interview in a physical magazine. From 2008. October 13th, 2008, to be exact.

I know this exact date because searching the article title and magazine name leads me to an archive on the TV Guide website.

Of covers.

And nothing but covers.

I spend like forty-five minutes searching everywhere I can think of on the web. Internet Archive, the TV Guide website, any search result that comes up when I search any combination of the words "House" "Interview" "Bromantic" "Bromance" "TV Guide" "Archive" etc. Over and over, all that's coming up are that original blog post and the cover from the official gallery.

The only things I could find online were:

The cover and date of the issue on the TV Guide website

The original blog post that was screenshotted in the original tumblr post

Another blog post that had a much shorter version of the quote, references something Leonard says from later in the article, and makes a comment on the nature of his reaction to the term "bromance"

An entry on Leonard's IMDB page's "interview" list mentioning it in title only

And:

5. A single listing for the issue on what seemed to be a second-hand site that looked like it hadn't had its UI updated since the mid 2000's, with a listing with no date or additional information besides what issue it is.

This is the only listing anywhere. I checked every other second-hand site I could think of, and then some that only came up through google searches. There's not a single listing for that issue on any of them. There were plenty of listings of TV guide magazines, including one that seemed promising because it included issues from that year, but it was missing all of October.

It seemed like the only listing for this issue on the entire internet was this one copy on this one obscure website. For all I know, this was listed in 2008 and abandoned, and just never got marked inactive. It could also be a complete scam.

A few quick google searches show that that website seemed to be legit, albeit a bit loose on quality control (which makes sense, this website seemed like the kind of thing you'd have to use the Way Back Machine to access). It also had an option to pay via PayPal, which meant I could file a chargeback if need be.

It was $11.50 when you include shipping.

So at about half past midnight, I bought the listing.

Naturally, about an hour later, I manage to actually find a scan of the interview. I had to follow a link in the comments of a post on FanPop, taking me to an old wordpress blog, and I'm sitting in front of the damn interview at last.

But something doesn't make sense. Why would their cover story only be two pages of text that aren't even full pages, and why would it cut off so strangely? There was no concluding sentence or paragraph, even though it started with a fairly long lead-in. It also led right up to the edge of the page, which felt like there should be more to it. There were more images in the interview than text, and the fact that there are so many of them and they clearly did a whole photoshoot indicated that they had them on hand for a while. The silly string one, for instance, I imagine probably had to require a couple takes, which means cleaning off Wilson's hair and face, adjusting makeup, etc. for it. Meanwhile, the conversation itself seems like it could have taken ten minutes total. I could have been totally wrong and that was where the article ended, but I couldn't shake the feeling that there might be more.

So I hold tight. A couple days pass with no update, and then the PayPal purchase gets updated with a tracking number. Promising, but it could still be a scam. Whether or not I get the actual magazine becomes a source of anxiety for the next week.

Until today, when I get told it was delivered. And when I opened the envelope it was sent in: there it was.

When I tell you I was happy stimming in my bedroom just holding the damn issue in my own hands... And then opening it and finding out that I was right, there was a missing page... I was elated. I still am, just typing this.

So I spent half an hour getting my scanner to work, and I give you the above issues.

Like I said above, feel free to repost however and wherever you want. I want all this to mean something.

In the meantime, I have two more House-themed TV Guide magazines coming to try and get articles from.

hey sweetheart! now, this might be a bit of a challenge for a list, but if you would find time for it, i would appreciate it beyond words!

im really into stories where they have sex before they are in a relationship. before they confess or even realise their feelings. or when one thinks 'i know we had sex, but its just sex, its nothing emotional'

i cant explain why, but it really keeps me going! any fics like that on the mind?

Hi Lovely!!!

GAAWWWWD I know that I have more than I think I do, but I'm going to use your ask as an excuse to post up my next FWB list... because that's genuinely the only tag that's coming to me that this could relate to your request!! I'm PAINFULLY oblivious to stuff like this, I'm SO SORRY.

I'm sorry if it's not what you're looking for but I hope that you'll like this list anyway, and if anyone has anything to add, please do!!

FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS PT 2

See also: Friends With Benefits

BOOKMARKS

Isosceles by SilentAuror (E, 56,609 w., 7 Ch. || Post-S4, POV John, Original Male Character / Sherlock Dates Another Man, Love Triangle, Jealous John, Virgin Sherlock, Sexual Coaching, Angst, Romance, Domesticity, Unrequited Feelings, Miscommunication, First Kiss/Time, For a Case, Friends With Benefits, Bottomlock, Love Confessions, Spooning) – After solving a case for a major celebrity, Sherlock gets himself asked out. When John asks, he discovers that Sherlock has no intention of going, at least not until John agrees to coach him through whatever he might need to know for his date...

Bakers with Benefits by Raina_at (E, 88,130 w., 14 Ch. || Great British Bake Off AU || Strangers to Lovers, Switchlock, Friends with Benefits, Mentions of Alcoholism / Past Drug Use, Banter, Flirting, Fluff, Light Angst, Semi-Public Sex, Past Sherlock/Victor, Mutual Pining, POV Sherlock, Obsessive Sherlock, John’s Bum) – Sherlock Holmes has a successful YouTube baking channel, but what he really wants is his own bakery. When an old friend sends him a call for the very first Great British Bake Off, he seizes the opportunity to finally win a sponsor for his bakery. Here's the plan: Win Bake Off, get the bakery, don't fall in love with the handsome Army doctor at the neighbouring station. Easy.

MARKED FOR LATER

Holding Hands by loveanddeathandartandtaxes (E, 9,494 w., 7 Ch. || Escort Service, Inexperienced Sherlock, Voyeurism, Oral / Anal, Rimming, Demisexual Sherlock, Repressed Bisexual John, Friends with Benefits to Lovers, Sherlock/OMC) – "I'm not actually gay." Peter shrugged. "It's all just skin and orgasms, in the end." "I... suppose so. But - we're not like that. We're friends; we don't have sex." "You're about to watch him have sex," Peter pointed out.

above the gloomy copse by HOverSeas (M, 9,849 w., 1 Ch. || Vet / Farmer AU || Farmer Boy Sherlock, Veterinarian John, Friends with Benefits, Insecure Sherlock, Horny John, Sheep and Goats) – John and Sherlock have a good agreement, no strings attached. Of course John’s feelings for James Sholto won’t interfere with it, John thinks, like a fool.

Strictly Business by milverton (E, 14,153 w., 3 Ch. || Friends With Benefits, Angst and Humour, Gay Bar) – Sherlock and John try being "friends with benefits." It's nice, for a bit.

The Chemistry is Incredibly Simple and Very Destructive by  starrysummernights (E, 43,862 w., 14 Ch. || Friends With Benefits, Friends to Lovers, First Time, Humour, Angst, From Sex to Love) – Sherlock is too busy to continue to go out and procure willing sex partners for himself so he comes up with the perfect solution: John. After all, he knows John is attracted to him and they are already living together. Why not make their friendship one with benefits? What could go wrong?

Dive by FinAmour (E, 65,595 w., 15 Ch. || Unilock AU || Mutual Pining, Love Confessions, PWP, Passionate Sex, MLM / WLW, Soul Mates, Idiots in Love, Mysterious Disappearances, Suspenses, Case Fic, BAMF John, Plot Twists, Protective Sherlock, Past Lives, Oral/Anal, Top Sherlock, Top John, Rimming, Coming Untouched, Frottage, Sexual Tension, Enemies to Lovers, Blow Jobs, Semi-Public Sex, Friends With Benefits, Bisexual John, Polyamory, Dirty Talk, Body Shots, Rough Sex, Found Family, Wall Sex, Love Letters) – It’s John’s third year of studying abroad at Harvard, and he’s still struggling to fit in. On a cold night in December, he finds his girlfriend with another man—and meets a tall, gorgeous bartender with horrible manners that he can’t stop thinking about. Just as John falls for him, madly, swiftly, deeply—the bartender disappears, and the bar unexpectedly shuts down. Unexplained occurrences begin to happen to John and his friends, and he slowly discovers the truth about the one he loves. Will he find him in time to tell him how he feels, and more importantly—can he keep him safe?

Will You Take Me Home? by Jobooksandcoffee (E, 114,689 w., 22 Ch. || Post S4, Sherlock / OC, Post Break Up, Angst With Happy Ending, Angst and Feels, Parent-Child Relationship, Therapy, Friends With Benefits, Ex Sex, Messy Idiots, Fights, Mutual Pining, Mutual Jealousy, Slow Burn, Mentions of Drugs/Overdose, Suicidal Ideation) – Inspired by the wondrous "Know You All Over Again" by the brilliant Poppy Alexander, it is story of a painful break up. Two men are looking for ways to cope, to raise their 10 year old girl, to find reasons for going on. They need help of family and friends to make it through. Will each be able to do what the other needs? Will they be able to trust again? Sherlock and John must find themselves and unearth what went wrong, so they can build a new relationship. 

WORK IN PROGRESS

Who We Are in the Dark by LaKoda0518 & WritingOutLoud (E, 27,417 w., 6/? Ch. || WiP || Post TGG/ASiB, Internalized Homophobia, John in Denial, Sexuality Crisis, Jealousy, Repressed John, Hand Jobs, Shower Sex, Friends With Benefits, Bathing, Angst and Fluff, Happy Ending) – John uses sex as a weapon, wielding it as a barrier of protection rather than face the truth. Sherlock is a more than willing target, choosing to bear the scars of the man he loves in order to keep him close. If Sherlock is only allowed a fraction of John, empty promises in the middle of the night, that is enough. Isn’t it?

Wilson buys House one of those reversible squid plushies as a joke and House dismissively tosses it on his desk and it sits there on the angry side for days

but then Wilson comes in after House solves his case and he notices that while the squid hasn't moved, it's been flipped to the happy side