there are a few points indicating that Pete/House's stands a better chance, Yes, very much so, if he can be made to see it. That was Nolan's aim in this chapter, and I think he was pretty successful. It took a bit of bullying and a bit of praise, but ultimately he got Pete to see the bright side.
I had such a 'In your face' moment at Wilson here. And yet what Nolan says about comparing him to the blade is very accurate too. In this fic, no one and nothing is black-and-white. There are just varying shades of grey. The question is whether Pete, who thinks in absolutes, can be made to see that, and whether the readers can accept that. Wilson is good and bad, a pain in the ass and a wonderful friend, truly caring and a sucker for neediness. What he is at a given moment is as much a question of whose perspective one sees him from as that of his actions.
That's what I mean. Sometimes it takes strength to go. I really believe Wilson's talking about himself, here. I think Wilson couldn't leave, even when he should have, and on some level he admires Stacy, who could.
It might not be, but intention doesn't really matter with that kind of sure outcome, does it? I'm with Wilson, too, but Pete, poor sod, has no inkling of the havoc he can wreak even when he has no intention of doing so. As Wilson remarks, he really doesn't understand until Wilson spells it out for him.
while watching the series I found I could sympathize, in the sense of understanding and feeling sorry for, each time House did something stupid and fell again, but after S7 and while reading, I have come to accept (though I knew before) that they are such screwed Yes, that's the manipulative effect of media such as television and also the printed word. The creator can pretty much steer our reactions to the point where we'll deny our own moral code. We're supposed to sympathise with House, but if we put ourselves into the position of the people he abuses verbally or otherwise, it's anything but amusing. Your reaction to House's jackassery is different when reading this fic because you get other perspectives, which is something the series more or less denies us. I admire House's relentless and uncompromising professional morality, but I've never been attracted to 'bad boys', so my desire to excuse the rest of his behaviour is limited. I'm more inclined to identify with the victims of whatever abuse he's pouring out on people than with the abuser himself. His personal background and his suffering explains why he does the things he does, but it doesn't excuse him, a fine difference that House himself would be the first to subscribe to.
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Yes, very much so, if he can be made to see it. That was Nolan's aim in this chapter, and I think he was pretty successful. It took a bit of bullying and a bit of praise, but ultimately he got Pete to see the bright side.
I had such a 'In your face' moment at Wilson here. And yet what Nolan says about comparing him to the blade is very accurate too.
In this fic, no one and nothing is black-and-white. There are just varying shades of grey. The question is whether Pete, who thinks in absolutes, can be made to see that, and whether the readers can accept that. Wilson is good and bad, a pain in the ass and a wonderful friend, truly caring and a sucker for neediness. What he is at a given moment is as much a question of whose perspective one sees him from as that of his actions.
That's what I mean. Sometimes it takes strength to go.
I really believe Wilson's talking about himself, here.
I think Wilson couldn't leave, even when he should have, and on some level he admires Stacy, who could.
It might not be, but intention doesn't really matter with that kind of sure outcome, does it?
I'm with Wilson, too, but Pete, poor sod, has no inkling of the havoc he can wreak even when he has no intention of doing so. As Wilson remarks, he really doesn't understand until Wilson spells it out for him.
while watching the series I found I could sympathize, in the sense of understanding and feeling sorry for, each time House did something stupid and fell again, but after S7 and while reading, I have come to accept (though I knew before) that they are such screwed
Yes, that's the manipulative effect of media such as television and also the printed word. The creator can pretty much steer our reactions to the point where we'll deny our own moral code. We're supposed to sympathise with House, but if we put ourselves into the position of the people he abuses verbally or otherwise, it's anything but amusing. Your reaction to House's jackassery is different when reading this fic because you get other perspectives, which is something the series more or less denies us. I admire House's relentless and uncompromising professional morality, but I've never been attracted to 'bad boys', so my desire to excuse the rest of his behaviour is limited. I'm more inclined to identify with the victims of whatever abuse he's pouring out on people than with the abuser himself. His personal background and his suffering explains why he does the things he does, but it doesn't excuse him, a fine difference that House himself would be the first to subscribe to.