i can barely get thru the dinner date scene with house and cameron because hes so awkward!!!! autistic as hell like cant even fake a customer-service small-talk convo for 5 mins. gay as hell too cus how do u fumble this smart hot girl who knows how annoying u are and still wants ur old ass. my god
in queer reading wilson's heteronormative tendencies in season 1 episode 18 "babies and bathwater":
i really love this scene for two reasons, the first being that it exposes the deeper, underlying devotion between house and wilson, and secondly - which is entirely up to interpretation and a tad bit of delusional theorizing - is wilson's interesting reaction.
yes, he's reasonably upset, but why take a jab at his relationship with house by calling it a "stupid, screwed-up friendship"?
house didn't ASK him to defend him against vogler. furthermore, wilson was given the OPTION to quit, which he took; he was only fired from the board, but not from his job. at the time, house's speech really had no relevance to wilson, as it moreso affected house's ducklings. so why the wording?
let's consider the things wilson lists out before: 1) having kids, 2) marriage, and 3) having a successful/stable job. the three expectations of living a, dare i say, heteronormative lifestyle.
i think the subsequent criticism of his relationship with house is a response to losing the only aspect of the aforementioned lifestyle wilson had, which is a stable occupation.
wilson's frustration is a raw emotional reaction, and thus you can interpret his actions as a result of projecting his frustrated confusion through blame. almost like he's wondering why he himself would place his loyalty and devotion to house over something "normal."
sort of a delusional and stretch of a take but i like thinking about this scene in this way sometimes.
i just started watching house md— like literally maybe 12 episodes in— but i the undeniable dynamic between wilson and house is palpable. like half the dynamic is “oh yeah this is my buddy. i hate everyone except this guy who is forced to tolerate me.” and the other half presents as “oh yeah thats my friend. id do anything for him even if hes a criminal in most cases. id leave my wife for him” or something along those lines. its an odd codependency ive stumbled upon, though i cant complain.
somewhere on their painfully platonic post-canon road trip house and wilson end up in a super queer part of whichever city and decide to stay for a week or two because it's safe and walkable and they just think it's funny they can see drag queens at brunch. but then they keep getting stopped by young gays telling them they're such a beautiful couple and its clear they've been together for decades and it must've been sooo hard to be gay in the 80s and 90s and wilson is like um well and house is like oh mary you have no idea and starts talking about queer history and recounting way-too-specific-to-be-made-up stories about protests and nightclubs and friends he lost to the AIDS crisis. and wilson is like i had no idea?? and house is like jimmy we met when i was in my 30s did you think i was just sitting around doing nothing until then. pls
jae. 32. any pronouns. autistic lesbian. will babygirl (verb) any old man.
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