she has to put her "face" on to deal with what ever Pete has done. Cuddy finds it very difficult not to step into the breach for her boys.
It’s funny how all of his patients tend to make value judgments on a given set of circumstances, instead of accepting the circumstances as a neutral given. This sentence made me look at myself :/ Yes, it's me too — join the club!
The House /Pete "It's my son" No. I want nothing to do with him dynamic I think that on a subconscious level House is very aware of the fact that he has a son for whose well-being he is ultimately responsible. But although he doesn't consciously remember his childhood, on a subconscious level fatherhood must have negative connotations for him. It's not something he wants. So, while he verbally denies wanting responsibility, his conscience/instinct/call-it-what-you-want is going to keep making him act in ways that will force him to take responsibility. He needn't have let Cuddy know that he's the father, he could have stayed in England instead of visiting Wilson in order to confess, he needn't have turned up in the morning for the meeting with Wilson and Nolan. He does what needs to be done in order to keep his foot in the door, but he talks like he doesn't really care. Hope that makes sense. And no, he shouldn't really rely on Wilson forgiving him, but in canon he does so too and is surprised whenever that doesn't work out (the Tritter arc).
Thank you for writing House & Cuddy. You'll probably hate me sometime around Chapter 17, but let's hope that you'll forgive me by Chapter 21. :)
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Date: 2015-09-24 04:00 pm (UTC)Cuddy finds it very difficult not to step into the breach for her boys.
It’s funny how all of his patients tend to make value judgments on a given set of circumstances, instead of accepting the circumstances as a neutral given.
This sentence made me look at myself :/
Yes, it's me too — join the club!
The House /Pete "It's my son" No. I want nothing to do with him dynamic
I think that on a subconscious level House is very aware of the fact that he has a son for whose well-being he is ultimately responsible. But although he doesn't consciously remember his childhood, on a subconscious level fatherhood must have negative connotations for him. It's not something he wants. So, while he verbally denies wanting responsibility, his conscience/instinct/call-it-what-you-want is going to keep making him act in ways that will force him to take responsibility. He needn't have let Cuddy know that he's the father, he could have stayed in England instead of visiting Wilson in order to confess, he needn't have turned up in the morning for the meeting with Wilson and Nolan. He does what needs to be done in order to keep his foot in the door, but he talks like he doesn't really care. Hope that makes sense. And no, he shouldn't really rely on Wilson forgiving him, but in canon he does so too and is surprised whenever that doesn't work out (the Tritter arc).
Thank you for writing House & Cuddy.
You'll probably hate me sometime around Chapter 17, but let's hope that you'll forgive me by Chapter 21. :)