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... about Dominika?

Oh, no, no - I'm not worried about House screwing her, thus violating the vows of chastity and purity that bind him to Cuddy forever and ever. Cuddy haters would say that with his little detour into house renovation (no pun intended; I'm not a green card aspirant) he and Cuddy are quits and there's been closure. I'd put it a bit differently, but it amounts to the same thing: House can screw whom he likes, for all I care.

As long as it isn't a character that I'm invested in. Because even though the Amazing House With His Magical Swivelling Eye can see through walls when driving a car up the curb at 40 mph, he may discover the next time that he repeats that stunt that he can't brake in time if someone is actually inside a room that he's demolishing, and I'm not in the mood for DS and Co smirking triumphantly and saying, "People don't change and isn't this a wonderful series finale? This is what real guys do."

I've learnt more about 'real guys' this season than in all my years with my partner.

1. Wilson and House:
Real guys solve disputes and the like with their fists. Why speak about things like endangering the other's life or nearly killing a mutual friend when a gentle healing touch on the chin says more than a thousand words?
2. Adams and House:
Demolishing real estate is a probate remedy for problems with one's xy ex-partner (substitute 'selfish', 'cheating', 'bitchy', or what you please for 'xy').
3. House to Park: "Maybe it's time to recognize [violence is] not a character flaw. Maybe it's your character."
So, six years after 'Acceptance', when House didn't accept a tumour as an exculpating factor for violence, having a 'violent' character - whatever that may be - is considered reason and excuse enough for physical violence.
4. POTW of  'Man of the House': Only men unfortunate enough to have been kneed in the groin can control their baser urges. 'Normal', healthy men can't be blamed for their aggressive behaviour - it's all testosterone, without which they'd be perfectly peaceful and caring individuals - who can't fulfill their partners' sexual needs. And we wouldn't want that, would we?

If House gets involved with Dominika - I thought I sensed a hint of wistfulness in House's eyes at the idea of Dominika loving him - is she in danger? And if so, would that bother me? The answer to the second question is, not yet, but Dominika is a character whom I think I could like. She's a lot less irritating than Adams, she's clever, manipulative and funny.

As for the first question: of course she isn't in danger! She'd never order House around, belittle his pain issues, worry about his addiction, be 'all nag and no shag', or set him off by cheating on him like she did on two of her previous three spouses ... oops, got mixed up over there.

What with all the hoyay subtext this season, I'm a bit worried about Wilson. There are, after all, still a lot of episodes to go this season, more than after Bombshells last season, which means that there's plenty of time to set up something nasty. And I'd really hate to see this thing that House and Wilson have go up in the flames of a Shore-written finale.

If House puts anyone in the morgue, let it be Thirteen. That way, I can con myself into believing that it wasn't an act of pure undiluted hatred, but his way of fulfilling his euthanasia pledge. As for me, I'll risk a few more episodes and then I'll put myself into hiatus again until I'm sure that Wilson doesn't leave the show in a body bag.


Date: 2012-02-22 10:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stenveny.livejournal.com
I think you either came back from your viewing hiatus too soon, or too late. I can't tell which.

I've expressed concern several times this season that nearly every episode has someone punching someone or something else, threatening to punch someone else, or going to a disciplinary hearing because they punched someone else. A lot of attention was paid to that stupid gun in "Perils of Paranoia," and now there's been a near-fatal stabbing.

The PotW who has to compromise his sex drive in order to be able to act like a non-agressive, decent human being might be an invocation of the general theme of love/sexual relationships that must always be traded off against gifts like career success or medical genius, (ETA: It's just been pointed out to me that the last 2 PotWs have chosen a sort of celibacy; could this be where they're going with House? He's too devoted to some Greater Cause to lower himself to another try at a relationship?) but I'm not ruling out a series finale that includes serious violence. Not as a justification for House's behavior in Moving On -- they addressed that at the end of "Transplant," by showing that even mild-mannered sweet-eyed oncologists have violent impulses sometimes, and then hammered home in "Risky Business" the idea that wanton destruction of property is a fun and cathartic thing -- but as one of their grandly overwritten statements.


Glad to have you watching again, though. I always appreciate your thoughts.


Edited Date: 2012-02-22 11:07 pm (UTC)

Date: 2012-02-23 12:48 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] flywoman.livejournal.com
So really what you're asking is, should we be worried about Wilson?

I'm plumping for Thirteen over Wilson, but I still think that House himself makes the most sense.

Date: 2012-02-23 11:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] damigella-314.livejournal.com
I'm still unable to really buy all the nonsense and OoCness we've been fed in growing amounts. House and Wilson being violent. Cuddy having sex with House not because she enjoys him as much as he enjoys her but as a way to keep him under control. And now House enjoying a traditional coupledom, revealing that what he (and probably any manwhose balls haven't been crushed) needs is a hot, young, convetionally pretty, woman willing to act as his sex entratainment/maid/cook.
Much as I like Dominika, I'm not believing any of this and find myself not really caring for the show as is.

However, if one does manage to accept canon,then your analysis is spot on, and I think we should worry more about Wilson than about Dominika.
Thirteen dying in the finale would make sense, yet I would hate having the finale being all about her.

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