Epic House fic! "A Princeton Odyssey (Alexander Pope Is Turning In His Grave Remix)"

[bironic]

I think it will come as a surprise to exactly no one who visited remixredux08 that I was the sad soul behind the 300-line mock-epic House remix, OMG so much work and I loved it.

Title: A Princeton Odyssey (Alexander Pope Is Turning In His Grave Remix)
Characters: House, Wilson, Cuddy
Summary: A night on the town, in heroic couplets.
Rating: PG
Warnings: May leave you thinking in iambic pentameter. Otherwise, none.
Spoilers: None
Word Count: 2,600 (ca. 330 lines)
Original story: Three Sheets to the Wind by joe_pike_junior
A/N: Thanks to synn and moonlash_cc for cheerleading as this came together bit by bit, and to joe_pike_junior, in whose story this one lurked.


O Muse! do sing to me of 'Ventures grand,
The great and glorious Exploits in the Land
Of Princeton, where resides our Hero true:
A Man with Razor Tongue and Eyes of Blue
Who makes Fun of the Morons, heals the Sick,
Outwits Disease with Mind and Med'cine quick,
Annoys his Friends by acting like a Dick,
Delights in fig'ring out what makes Men tick,
Lives by the Credo that Ev'ryone lies,
And swells with Pride each time a Patient cries.
...


And because I love talking about myself and House and writing and poetry all at once, I whipped up a DVD commentary on the writing process.

Now, off to see who's who, respond to feedback, and, er, do some legitimate work.
 

Comments

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. It would be a midterm in itself to study -- I'm having trouble articulating this -- what different students thought the original text was based on the translation they read, wouldn't it? Did they read the original and a translation?

Anyway -- thanks! I'm so happy you liked it. I'd hoped the epithets and rosy-fingered dawn reference would make classicists happy. :)