"while it's okay for him to do every hooker on the East Coast and get married under his ex-girlfriend's nose, she may not have dinner with another guy. And that's misogynist to the highest degree." I think I wrote almost the same words. I'm happy (and sad) not to be the only one ranting.
" If, a few weeks ago anyone had recommended a fanfic in which an insanely jealous House drives his car through Cuddy's living room in the knowledge that there are five people in that house, I'd have laughed and said that I don't read fanfics with wildly out-of-character House in them. " Amen to that. Should be tattooed on Shore's forehead. Right-to-left so he can rid it in the mirror.
" Cuddy was a crappy girlfriend, period. " Yes.
" As for House, nothing can exonerate him, for no one deserves what he did there. Not even if Cuddy had been doing Taub and Chase on the side while she was dating House would House's reaction be justified." You're completely right. Now excuse as I go to scrub my brain with acid to remove that image from my memory.
" There's no way the largely female audience will forgive that. " I also finally figured out that there's a male/female divide at work here. And, to my utmost surprise (and mild annoyance), I'm on the female side.
Altogether, I've decided to behave as a responsible beta reader would to an overenthusiastic beginner: I rewrote from scratch the most obviously OoC parts. If tptb can go OoC, I can change a few minutes' worth of canon. Makes me feel better.
ETA: Of course I forgot to say that I liked all your argument, and the only reason I didn't cut-and-paste it all and intersperse it with "yes", "right" and "sure" is that it's almost midnight here and I'll soon fall asleep with my face on the keyboard.
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Date: 2011-05-26 09:40 pm (UTC)I think I wrote almost the same words. I'm happy (and sad) not to be the only one ranting.
" If, a few weeks ago anyone had recommended a fanfic in which an insanely jealous House drives his car through Cuddy's living room in the knowledge that there are five people in that house, I'd have laughed and said that I don't read fanfics with wildly out-of-character House in them. "
Amen to that. Should be tattooed on Shore's forehead. Right-to-left so he can rid it in the mirror.
" Cuddy was a crappy girlfriend, period. "
Yes.
" As for House, nothing can exonerate him, for no one deserves what he did there. Not even if Cuddy had been doing Taub and Chase on the side while she was dating House would House's reaction be justified."
You're completely right. Now excuse as I go to scrub my brain with acid to remove that image from my memory.
" There's no way the largely female audience will forgive that. "
I also finally figured out that there's a male/female divide at work here. And, to my utmost surprise (and mild annoyance), I'm on the female side.
Altogether, I've decided to behave as a responsible beta reader would to an overenthusiastic beginner: I rewrote from scratch the most obviously OoC parts. If tptb can go OoC, I can change a few minutes' worth of canon. Makes me feel better.
ETA: Of course I forgot to say that I liked all your argument, and the only reason I didn't cut-and-paste it all and intersperse it with "yes", "right" and "sure" is that it's almost midnight here and I'll soon fall asleep with my face on the keyboard.