O House, how I have missed thee

[bironic]

Oh, God, I missed House and House fic. Cannot wait for the day where I'm awake and not at work so there can be three weeks' worth of catching-up at house_wilson.

But I did just read this fantastic new 14,500-word H/W story called "My Favorite Year" by silversolitaire that you must see for yourselves. Nineteen-year-old Wilson and 26-year-old House meet at med school. A summary won't do it justice, so I'll just repeat part of my comment to the author: Solid throughout, funny and poignant, sensual and vibrant, and full of brilliant quips, actions and reactions that fit House and Wilson so well, despite (or thanks to?) it being AU. It's right up there with the other delightful story I've read with a similar premise, "Just One Kiss," and given a little time it'll probably surpass it.

While we're at it, before I left I read a fic called "Strange Attractors" by xeno that needs to be added to that list of unusually-formatted fics I posted a couple of months ago. Based on a principle of chaos theory, it lays out side-by-side what-if's tracing House and Wilson's friendship/relationship (or lack thereof) over the years, suggesting that some things, however trivial, are inevitable in both timelines—like House/Stacy and certain clinic patients and three divorces for Wilson—while others that seem so critical are actually delicate and hinge on the tiniest of coincidences. A butterfly flaps its wings, and the two men never get closer than nods in the hallway.

Am working on the trip summary, honest. It's just that the stubborn jet lag and swift-returning misanthropy keep getting in the way. Forty-eight hours home and already itching to throttle people. On the bright side, I found out today that one of my clients did his undergrad, internship and residency at McGill.

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*waves to new friends* Hi, you all met me at a Harry Potter conference but I talk about House a lot. If you're like ryokophoenix, my apparent Australian soul mate, and know both fandoms and happen to like Wilson and Lupin, you might enjoy this post, which I really ought to respond to soon. If not, stay tuned for my upcoming Sirius/Remus slashfest entry. And of course the Patronus write-up.

Comments

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Ha -- I had that Alan-comment in my reply but deleted it because it wasn't immediately relevant, along with the one Denny made about how Alan couldn't have slept with someone because she was "a guest" in the ep. Yay Boston Legal! It's on right after House here too, though on a different channel; and it'll be an hour after all through September as they're bumping up House so as not to be disrupted by the baseball season.

Mm, all-House channel. That's pretty much what my TV is these days, what with all the DVDs (S1) and tapes (S2). But oh, what heaven it would be to have enough extra materials to fill a whole network....

[captain-tulip.livejournal.com]

Gah, wish I had the seasons on DVD. I have the last two episodes taped, but no more than that, and I always feel a little guilty when I buy shows on DVD (don't know why). I've been trying to convince my mother that she wants it, so that I can nick it and have it for myself, but it isn't working. She's been buying Deadwood - have you ever seen it? Apparently it's good, but I missed it when it was on.

There's also the problem about having a Zone 4 DVD player, because it means shows like Boston Legal (which has only come out on Zone 1 and 2) I can't buy/watch. I really should get an all zone one. I'm pretty shitty at the guy at the shop, actually - you'd think they'd see it as part of their job to say, "Now, you know you can't watch a whole lot of really cool foreign DVDs on this player, right?" But no, they just let you buy it, completely unaware, only to find out when you excitedly rent Swing Kids and it says, "Error - wrong zone."

*ponders* I complain a lot, don't I? Sorry - I don't mean to. :)

[bironic.livejournal.com]

At least you rented Swing Kids and didn't buy it. That is pretty sucky about the store guy. You would think they'd have some customer service sense, but then again, I went to Radio Shack (specialty electronics place) a few weeks ago to get a US/UK plug adaptor and they sold me a UK/Europe adaptor instead, despite my vocalized doubts that it was the correct shape. Brought it all the way to England on their assurances, and sure enough, it didn't fit my friend's outlet, so it came all the way back here and I have to return it tomorrow.

There: now we are even on the complaining. ;)

Haven't seen Deadwood, but I've heard some pretty great things about it. I don't get HBO (the cable network it airs on) and haven't gotten around to renting the season(s) that have come out from our library yet. So many things to watch and read, and so very little time... But I do have every episode of House from this season on tapes scattered around the house, along with maybe half of the season of Boston Legal (since I tape them back-to-back). I like House too much not to keep them around for re-viewings while waiting for the DVDs to come out -- and while I also have to like a show or movie a lot to buy it on DVD (I only have some Buffy, Firefly and Odyssey 5), with House it's an easy choice.

[captain-tulip.livejournal.com]

I guess with shops you always experience some "I don't care, I just work here" people. The other day I went into a music shop to buy some new strings and a capo for my guitar. I got nylon strings, which should have been a HUGE clue to the lady behind the counter, who then proceeded to explain to me all the amazing benefits of the new capo they'd just got in. I only realised when I got home (it was early morning, and I am not a morning person) that this magnificent, amazing thing was for STEEL string guitars and I was like *fumes*. Yeah, sure, sell a capo for steel strings to someone who just bought nylon ones...*headdesk*

So many things to watch and read, and so very little time...

Yeah, I definitely feel like that sometimes! I've never even seen the programs you mentioned - I've heard of Buffy (of course) but not the other ones. I have seasons 1 to 6 of ER (because it didn't used to be as crap as it is now) but that's all - for a while I was Johnny Depp obsessed, so my DVD money was all going towards Chocolat, Sleepy Hollow, Pirates of the Caribbean and the like.

Incidently, one of Johnny's movies is called Dead Man, and it features cowboys and settings much the same as Deadwood. I wonder if there's a connection? Maybe one of the writers is a Johnny fan...*g*