Thanks. BTW, your take on Wilson in your fics was one of the two things that sensitised me to the ambivalence in Wilson's deeds, the other being many insightful discussions with my beta. I don't think he did it consciously, but as in 'A Merry Little Christmas' it is hard to separate motives here.
As for Cuddy, she has always been someone who looks out for herself. One of my key Cuddy moments is her behaviour in the Tritter arc. First she cuts House off from his vicodin supply, then she realises she can't deal with a detoxing House, so she puts him back on it again, doling it out pill by pill. When she makes decisions she often doesn't oversee their long-term implications for herself, and when she finally realises that something is backfiring on her, she'll rescind her original decision. IMO that's what happened between 'Now What?' and 'Bombshells'. She thought she can deal with an addict, but now that she's seen that she can't depend on him in a real crisis, she figures that she isn't up to it. So I'm not sure her motives are noble here at all. I'm okay with that - I'm selfishness personified - but I much prefer House's clear-cut, 'I take the consequences for the decisions I make, with all the backlashes that entails.'
What I'm not okay with is that she didn't see this coming. She's an intelligent woman who has known House for most of her life and certainly all through his addictive phase. I'm supposed to believe that she went into the relationship thinking he'd be able to cope with stress? As far as ridiculous behaviour goes, it still can't compete with the idiocy of Wilson donating his liver, but it's definitely second on my list of 'Plot Devices That Make My Eyebrows Recede Into My Hairline'. Okay, third, after House thinking he can help a man with delusions by supporting those delusions.
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As for Cuddy, she has always been someone who looks out for herself. One of my key Cuddy moments is her behaviour in the Tritter arc. First she cuts House off from his vicodin supply, then she realises she can't deal with a detoxing House, so she puts him back on it again, doling it out pill by pill. When she makes decisions she often doesn't oversee their long-term implications for herself, and when she finally realises that something is backfiring on her, she'll rescind her original decision. IMO that's what happened between 'Now What?' and 'Bombshells'. She thought she can deal with an addict, but now that she's seen that she can't depend on him in a real crisis, she figures that she isn't up to it. So I'm not sure her motives are noble here at all. I'm okay with that - I'm selfishness personified - but I much prefer House's clear-cut, 'I take the consequences for the decisions I make, with all the backlashes that entails.'
What I'm not okay with is that she didn't see this coming. She's an intelligent woman who has known House for most of her life and certainly all through his addictive phase. I'm supposed to believe that she went into the relationship thinking he'd be able to cope with stress? As far as ridiculous behaviour goes, it still can't compete with the idiocy of Wilson donating his liver, but it's definitely second on my list of 'Plot Devices That Make My Eyebrows Recede Into My Hairline'. Okay, third, after House thinking he can help a man with delusions by supporting those delusions.