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sick_wilson2007-04-30 07:05 pm
housepiglet.livejournal.com) wrote in sick_wilson2007-04-30 07:05 pm
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So... what is it that's so extremely addictive about sick!Wilson fics?
Hi, fellow addicts.
I'm wondering whether it's possible to put a finger on what, exactly, is so attractive about sick!Wilson fics :)
I'm wondering whether it's possible to put a finger on what, exactly, is so attractive about sick!Wilson fics :)
I know that making Wilson sick/injured/abused provides an opportunity for House to look after him and show concern, and that brings joy to slashy little hearts all over the Housefic community. Non-slashy little hearts too, I should imagine.
I'm not sure that's the whole story, though. Or at least not for me. When I read that theory, I spent some time thinking about whether I'd be interested in reading a sick!Wilson fic in which House didn't feature - perhaps because Wilson was stuck in the woods, or something, with no possiblity of rescue at any stage -- (somebody grab that bunny...) -- and I concluded that my twisted little heart would probably be pounding at the Wilson torture even if House wasn't there. Maybe not pounding quite so hard, but pounding nonetheless.
When I thought further about it, it occurred to me that my sick!Wilson fixation isn't the first manifestation of this rather odd kink in my personality :) My favourite episodes of various well-loved TV episodes over the years have always involved my favourite male character falling off his horse, or being shot by an outlaw, or battered by an alien, or even (most squeeful of all, in some ways) struck by the other person in my OTP of the time. (Who remembers when Starsky hit Hutch? Or was it the other way round? When I read in the Radio Times that it was going to happen I'd worked it all out as being simply a ruse to deceive a dastardly criminal gang before the episode came on a week later, but still... the moment lived on in my memory for quite a long time :)
I'm relieved to learn that I'm not entirely alone in this strange fixation, but I'm very interested to know whether anyone out there has any theories on what makes all this Wilson bashing quite so squeeful.
Any thoughts, peeps?
I'm not sure that's the whole story, though. Or at least not for me. When I read that theory, I spent some time thinking about whether I'd be interested in reading a sick!Wilson fic in which House didn't feature - perhaps because Wilson was stuck in the woods, or something, with no possiblity of rescue at any stage -- (somebody grab that bunny...) -- and I concluded that my twisted little heart would probably be pounding at the Wilson torture even if House wasn't there. Maybe not pounding quite so hard, but pounding nonetheless.
When I thought further about it, it occurred to me that my sick!Wilson fixation isn't the first manifestation of this rather odd kink in my personality :) My favourite episodes of various well-loved TV episodes over the years have always involved my favourite male character falling off his horse, or being shot by an outlaw, or battered by an alien, or even (most squeeful of all, in some ways) struck by the other person in my OTP of the time. (Who remembers when Starsky hit Hutch? Or was it the other way round? When I read in the Radio Times that it was going to happen I'd worked it all out as being simply a ruse to deceive a dastardly criminal gang before the episode came on a week later, but still... the moment lived on in my memory for quite a long time :)
I'm relieved to learn that I'm not entirely alone in this strange fixation, but I'm very interested to know whether anyone out there has any theories on what makes all this Wilson bashing quite so squeeful.
Any thoughts, peeps?
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Don't get me wrong, I enjoy sick/hurt!House, too. But for reasons I can't explain, there's an "Aww" factor with Wilson that I don't feel as strongly for House. Maybe I'm just shallow since I think Wilson is so darned cute and huggable. :)
Coffee's ready! Maybe I'll be able to think more coherently in a bit. :)
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We know he has to suffer, but he suffers in silence. Thus, we have to rely on fanfic to show his pain. It also provides a way for us to see House caring about Wilson in a more tangible way than he has, as yet, on the show.
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I think Wilson is really messed up, but he hides it well. IHMO, the sick/hurt! aspects of fan fiction lets us see past the mask. It also lets us see House's mask as well. Despite his gruff demeanor, House can be a real marshmallow inside. :)
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