We had a chat (http://sick-wilson.livejournal.com/370224.html) about what defines a sick!Wilson story back in December. It's hard to pin down. Our fearless leader, geekygecko who is a sick!Wilson aficionado joined in with her explanation:
Trying to describe what makes a sick!Wilson fic work for me is kinda like Justice Potter Stewart trying to define obscenity. It's hard to explain, but I know it when I see it. :)
However, as a general rule of thumb, I like fics in which:
1. Wilson suffers from a fairly significant injury, illness, and/or some type of emotional hurt, and it's an integral part of the story.
2. There's a point to Wilson's suffering, whether it's to give House an opportunity to show how much he cares about him, to help him realize something about his friendship with House, to learn something about himself, etc.
3. And there's someone to provide the comfort part of the h/c equation (preferably House), or at least address why that doesn't happen. I'm totally cool with having my heart broken into a million little pieces if there's a nice angsty reason why Wilson has to suffer alone. ;)
Of course, there are always exceptions to any preconceived ideas I may have. It never ceases to amaze me how writers can...well, amaze me in "some new and unexpected way."
If you base your story on the Gecko's guidelines, by making Wilson's nightmare the major focal point of the story so the reader becomes involved, I think it could work.
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Trying to describe what makes a sick!Wilson fic work for me is kinda like Justice Potter Stewart trying to define obscenity. It's hard to explain, but I know it when I see it. :)
However, as a general rule of thumb, I like fics in which:
1. Wilson suffers from a fairly significant injury, illness, and/or some type of emotional hurt, and it's an integral part of the story.
2. There's a point to Wilson's suffering, whether it's to give House an opportunity to show how much he cares about him, to help him realize something about his friendship with House, to learn something about himself, etc.
3. And there's someone to provide the comfort part of the h/c equation (preferably House), or at least address why that doesn't happen. I'm totally cool with having my heart broken into a million little pieces if there's a nice angsty reason why Wilson has to suffer alone. ;)
Of course, there are always exceptions to any preconceived ideas I may have. It never ceases to amaze me how writers can...well, amaze me in "some new and unexpected way."
If you base your story on the Gecko's guidelines, by making Wilson's nightmare the major focal point of the story so the reader becomes involved, I think it could work.