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alright so, same anon as before since this is kind of following that same thread, and this makes sense in my head but i’m not sure if i’ll be to convey it over text in the most concise way so please bear with me if this comes out an unintelligible mess
i’ve been wondering for awhile just what was the catalyst for greg’s sudden need to ask out a woman, and then in turn try to get with any tenable woman within reason. we know he’s overcompensating with his comphet, but just what triggered it? when in the past two and half seasons greg has never been shy about displaying or announcing his disinterest in (hetero)sexual discussion or activities (asking if there’s a non sexual corner for him at tom’s bachelor party, his disgust at tom’s confession later, other examples i’m probably forgetting)
then it suddenly occurred to me. starting from 2x07 and up to 3x07 greg and tom have their “going to jail is a very real possibility and we’re terrified” arc. they both have reasonable anxieties, although greg’s is almost immediately honed in on the likelihood of him being assaulted (“yeah you’d like that pretty boy like you” “because of my physical length i could be a target for all kinds of misadventure”). tom definitely has that concern too, but included is also the worry of his entire life crumbling around him, the end of his marriage and lack of creature comforts. since the greg sprinkles line on the yacht, everyone has been aware of the possibility of tom and by extension greg serving time, and of course nobody else is sympathetic to it. when they view either of them with that in mind the possibility of them being abused in prison isn’t a reality to them, it’s a punchline. and tom and greg are aware of that
cue 3x07. tom has relieved greg of that outcome, prison is off the table. greg is thrilled, but it probably soon comes crashing down on him now that for the past few months the possibility of him being involved in (non consensual) homosexual activities has been a joke to his entire social circle. through no action of his own he is aware that the people around him have thought of him in sexual situations involving other men, even as a fleeting thought. (the soyboy insult from 3x06 can’t be far from mind either)
whether subconsciously or not, that is when he decides to make his (up until now, nonexistent) interest and desire for women known. suddenly he can’t ask comfry out fast enough. and he wants people to know. he seeks out kendall’s approval, he tries to get tom in on it and later brags when he secures a date. at caroline’s wedding when he’s no longer content with comfry, he basically steals the contessa out from roman, and makes sure tom and shiv know. he has two women on each arm at the ceremony. he basically puts up a giant flashing billboard, as if to say, look everybody! cousin greg who everyone thought was doomed to be a prison wife is actually a playboy, and not only does he exclusively like women, he can’t get enough of them.
(there is also something to be said about how when tom breaks the news of their freedom to greg, he is the most outwardly physically affectionate to greg he has been so far with the kiss, and how that also could have triggered a gay panic, leading greg to want to overcompensate and not deal with the feelings brought on by that action and their ever building tension. also how his demand for proof at the red sequoia line was an at that time uncharacteristically aggressive response regarding tom’s consistent sexual teasing, when he felt his masculinity was being challenged, but i digress)
on GOD your brain is absolutely massive anon i. OOGH! all i can say is YEAH this is completely sound and makes so much seeense ugh. the pain and torment and it fits very well in with jesse's usual sort of. display of masculinity and sexuality and all that.
but the LAST paragraph. oogh. this especially makes me LOSE it because of something i've discussed with a mutual about the way greg brings his hands up when he gets kissed by tom, almost like... he's expecting a kiss at the last moment and might reciprocate? i always thought he was bringing up his hands in self defence but surely they'd be more like. palm up? like when he pushed against tom at the recny ball [i think that's right, basically the episode where we found out he snitched to gerri] if that was the case right...? so. like. yeah. but then he thinks better of it. that would also fall in line with what you're saying here.
MUCH TO THINK ABOUT....
#tomgreg#greg meta#once again god BLESS my anons yall are so galaxy brain and mind pure of heart. thank you for my life
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I'm not the first to mention this, but one bit that I thought was really clever in Steven Universe is the ways in which the show subtly justifies the cartoonism of the principle cast always wearing the same outfit for ease-of-animation purposes. The gems are a gimme in that they're all hardlight-projections, and even before that's solidified as a plot point they're otherworldly and superheroic enough that you don't really think to question it. But Steven canonically just owns hundreds and hundreds of those star shirts, which are leftover merchandise from his father's fizzled-out career as a rock star. Into which you can read a whole bunch of other stuff if you really want to, right? And I do want to. It's reflective of Greg's misplaced optimism that he got hundreds of those made in the first place, and it's a benign but visible example of how Steven's life is shaped by the knock-on effects of decisions his parents made before he was even alive. He's got his mother's superpowers and he's wearing his father's shirts.
#steven universe#steven universe analysis#greg universe#thoughts#meta#su#contrast Connie who actually does have a range of diverse outfits#and tastes in outfits which evolve over the show!#because she's part of Steven's Universe#but she has somewhere to go home to
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i don't know if anyone has talked about this before but i've been thinking about the symbolism of cancer in connection to house and wilson and. i am going insane.
wilson has a stage II thymoma and he's given a 5 month sentence. from my (limited — i am not a doctor nor particularly good at science) research, this seems unrealistic; everything i've read about them says that thymomas are rare and slow growing. it seems incredibly unlikely that a stage II thymoma could only be treated by chemotherapy and would only give wilson 5 months to live. so why did the writers decide to do that? it's like the medical version of an anachronism — something (in the real definition of an anachronism, historically) inaccurate used to make a specific point. so what is the point?
well, thymomas are cancer of the thymus gland, which is right in front of and above the heart.
and then that got me thinking about house's (faked) cancer in season 3 (e15 half wit). he pretends to have brain cancer.
so their cancers are literally in the heart and head.
cancer in HOUSE'S HEAD AND WILSON'S HEART.
david shore i am in your walls
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in the old guard, immortality = statelessness. to become immortal is to become a permanent non-citizen, to never be able to return home the same way.
#the old guard#immortality#meta#sometimes i think abt the fact that greg rucka is jewish and how this has translated into his ideas about immortals#the addition of Yitzhak in the TtT too
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Not only does House being autistic and queer make sense, it thematically and emotionally fulfills the heart of the show. Firstly, almost every aspect of House's character makes more sense through the lens of him being on the spectrum, and the fact that they literally pointed this out in the autism episode but refused to commit to confirming it is emblematic to a misunderstanding and disrespect to what autism is (the show thinking oh house has autistic traits but he has to be his own unique thing, or that an autistic character couldn't be as complex as him). But we knew that.
The thesis of House MD is, what happens when someone refuses to follow societal rules? When someone is brutally honest, goes against authority, has no filter, and does everything their own way? House tests this in every episode- when the stakes are high, will he still push the boundaries? Will he self destruct? Will he get away with it? and also in every episode, the PATIENT is also outside social norms in some way. They have an unusual lifestyle, career, personality, or sexuality, and usually their "difference" is making them sick, or they have an underlying medical condition that is causing it. It usually destroys their personal lives, but ultimately the "thing" they commit to is what makes them happy.
This is the medical, or "main plot" core of the show. The emotional "B Plot" answers the question- When someone (House) refuses to follow societal rules and can never be "normal" (his addiction and disability), can he still have a lasting relationship? Can he still be happy? Every single season tries to answer this question. For a while Cuddy is the answer, until the show disproves this. But from the first episode to the last, Wilson is there, always emotionally pushing house to be vulnerable, to improve his life. Every season tests their relationship, but wilson always comes back. Just like House, he's not normal.
Being queer and autistic explains much House's difficulties with conventional norms and conventional (heteronormative) relationships. When we do see House have sex, it's a weighty moment of emotional vulnerability, because most of the time sex is a mechanical act for him. He rarely has a girlfriend, never dates. We barely ever even see him have sex, but he makes a big deal out of hiring hookers for companionship (and comphet) because he cant form a meaningful lasting relationship with anyone but wilson. The thesis question of the show is "Can House be happy?". Wilson is the answer.
#house md#house#hilson#housewilson#gregory house#greg house#james wilson#autistic house#autistic greg house#meta#mine
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some of my favorite little parallels within SUF that radically enhanced my viewing experience.mp4 :)))
this was IMO the most tightly written part of the entire show, every single WORD out of a character's mouth, every last gd shot... is absolutely intentional and i love it
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So in the episode where House is on methadone
Everyone is trying to figure out what’s going on with House, why he’s being nice, etc etc and eventually Wilson is just like “he’s on heroin.”
The surety with which Wilson says this really struck me. Like Wilson doesn’t just suggest House must on drugs that aren’t Vicodin, doesn’t even merely suggest House could be on heroin. No he says with absolute certainty that House is on heroin.
The only way Wilson could be so sure, would be if he’s seen House on heroin before.
Now while I’m quite convinced that House was an occasional recreational drug user prior to the infarction, heroin usually isn’t a drug you might take just for fun at a party every now and again. This leads me to believe that sometime in the early days post infarction is the most likely time House used heroin.
I’m imagining Wilson showing up after work to check on House. Stacy left weeks ago and House is still dealing with that on top of healing and being newly disabled so he’s been in a pretty god awful mood that only Wilson seems to be able to tolerate.
But when Wilson gets there House is in a better mood. Not just a better mood, he’s happy. Wilson knows immediately something is going on.
“What did you do? What did you take?” He’d ask. He knows people’s moods don’t change overnight like that, so either House took something or he’s planning to kill himself. Both are equally possible given his recent trauma and mental state, and Wilson needs to figure out which.
“What? Nothing. Well Vicodin but you know I’ve got a prescription for that.” House would reply, waggling his finger in Wilson’s direction like this is all some kind of joke.
Wilson frantically searches through everything within arms reach of House. Thankfully even with his better mood House can’t move very quickly, and Wilson manages to unearth a bag, and dashes out of House’s reach to open it. It’s filled with powder and syringes and Wilson has done enough ER shifts to know what it is.
“No, House. No. How did you even get this?” He’d ask, shocked.
“It’s easy when you know the right places to go.” House would say, not looking at Wilson anymore.
“The right places to… House you can barely get from the couch to the bathroom how the hell did you get this?”
“I guess I was sufficiently motivated.”
And Wilson’s heart breaks. He doesn’t have it in him to be mad at his friend. His life is upside down and House has never been good with change. Wilson does throw away the needles and flush the drugs and it pisses House off (“Do you know how much I paid for that?”) but once House calms down he makes House swear never again, that he won’t go down that road. Wilson says he’ll do anything, even write him more Vicodin prescriptions if he just promises not to use heroin again.
And House promises.
So when House is suddenly in an unexplainably good mood years later, Wilson thinks he knows exactly what’s going on. He’s angry, House promised. Wilson held up his end of the deal for the most part, so he comes up with a plan to catch House and make him admit to it.
But we all know how that plays out.
#housethemd writes#just regular Saturday thoughts#house md#james wilson#hate crimes md#greg house#hilson#dr house#dr wilson#wilson x house#house/wilson#gregory house#house md meta
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This scene in its entirety is one of my absolute favorites in all eight seasons, but in this clip specifically I want to draw attention to:
The change in House's voice before and after Thirteen tells him, "No, you don't know because I don't know." He is so utterly gentle and quiet when he says to her, "How could you not get tested?" There's no judgement there, no anger, no scolding. To me it's pure shock, concern, empathy. He cares. So much.
Thirteen's line: "Not knowing makes me do things I think I'm scared to do. Take flying lessons, climb Kilimanjaro, work– for you." She was scared to work for House. The whole season until then... she's been afraid that entire time. And, save for the moment with the patient in Mirror, Mirror– which we (the audience) are privy to and House is not– she hides it so well.
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That s7 episode where House is fangirling over that children author. you know which one i mean. „unwritten”. This one
Objectively hilarious premise, especially when we find out:
There are two love interests for a girl character and while Sam Carr,
(who is also a fangirl. Wilson has to put up with Two dearest to him people infodumping about their favorite kids book. autism real)
supports one of them, House says something along the lines of „Why can’t she have both?”, implying a polyamorous relationship between a girl and two guys.
Anyway, in this essay I will prove how the House/Wilson/Cuddy agenda is basically canon-
#house md#in da house#okay ill admit i havent watch the ep in a while but like i’m 80 percent sure#also the screencaps are from yt im sorry#this was the only way#gregory house#greg house#james wilson#hilson#huddy#lisa cuddy#hudson#as proposed by someone#meta#not really#sam carr#unwritten#s7#season 7
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as part of his eulogy for logan, ewan says: “he was mean, and he made but a mean estimation of the world and he fed a certain kind of meagreness in men. perhaps he had to because he had a meagreness about him and maybe i do about me too”. he connects them via this meagreness, a metaphorical lack of something in their spirits as the brothers roy, but it can also used to mean a physical lack, thinness, which i think is relevant both to ewan’s lifelong fear of and disgust with excess, and greg’s void of hunger for everything he was ever denied.
ewan was only five when had to take on the role of his four year old brother’s parent and protector, all alone, the only protection logan had against adults who hurt them. they were physically abused by their uncle noah, and if logan was whipped with such force as a child that the scars were still visible in his 80s, then i don’t doubt that ewan had scars of his own.
if you viciously beat a child, if you deprive a child of love and comfort, if you make children kill animals as ewan and logan were made to, they will be traumatised, but they won’t express it in the same way. ewan’s response was to become strict with himself, and strict with others. in 1.05, logan accuses ewan of never eating even a blueberry without first checking it against the ledger - the same episode where ewan doesn’t let greg eat anything for a period of about 24 hours. ewan’s life is one of forced asceticism and self-denial as penance, and is characterised by a profoundly sad inability to connect emotionally with his grandson, and by inference his daughter marianne, and quite probably his wife, who has been dead for many years judging by the framing of ewan, marianne and greg as a family unit of just three from greg’s childhood onwards. the life of abstinence he leads is further entrenched by his repulsion towards logan’s excesses as a capitalist, a media tycoon, political opportunist, and as a destructive force in the natural world via those identities. ewan says there is an argument to be made that logan is worse than hitler, and he is completely and utterly serious about it.
he wears a hair shirt of his own and others’ sins. in an attempt to compensate for the meagreness he feels within and his inability to love his family as he should, he devotes himself to saviour-type social causes, especially environmentalism. ewan views himself as having stewardship over the natural world, a domain he can defend (and demand others defend) through giving up their material desires as a means to attain moral purity. but crucially, ewan’s austerity is a response to a traumatic childhood defined by poverty, abuse and neglect, and when he makes the same demands of his daughter and grandson, by forcing them to live on an artificial breadline despite having millions, he enacts poverty, abuse and neglect on them. marianne and greg profoundly resent ewan for denying them a comfortable upbringing that was always within reach. ewan has enough self-awareness to realise that he made mistakes with his own family, but he is tragically unable to grasp the enormity of the damage he inflicted.
#ewan roy#greg hirsch#marianne hirsch#succession meta#succession#meta on meta#sorry if this is a mess i’m falling off my perch
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I love anon's analysis of Greg's comphetness and the start of it! I'd like to add that imo the way it amped up post s3 was perhaps because of Tom's, and following him, Greg's proximity to Logan Roy himself. Since they sided with him and got even more close. It wasn't a secret how homophobic he had been even in front of many others. In fact, the episode where Greg brought a date to Logan's birthday, as if to show off to him?, Logan made it known again, how gay Greg's father was and what he thought of it
I think it almost definitely acted as a perfect shield in that environment, whether Greg was doing it consciously or unconsciously. A protection both for him and for Tom as well, or so Greg thought
He would most likely stop that little tactic after Logan died, and he kinda did?
OOOOOOOHHHH!!! god so huge brain are my anons i love y’all so much. honestly insane i never thought of this because it’s so. yeah. can’t even add anything else to this just. your third eye is so open.
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what's a nonbeliever to god? what's god to a judas who thinks he's jesus? what's fake jesus to another judas/jesus who's been in league and in love with the devil all along?
#logan roy#kendall roy#greg hirsch#tom wambsgans#tomgreg#shiv roy#lukas matsson#meta#mine#this has been in the works for.. a long time lol
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yes i am thinking about the c word again. this episode is my roman empire. but right now i’m specifically thinking about how house literally goes against his nature for wilson. cuddy says “everything you’ve ever done is to avoid pain — drugs, sarcasm, keeping everybody at arm’s length so no one can hurt you” yet he gives wilson the rest of his vicodin, willingly detoxes, so wilson can be in less pain before he throws them up again. house is rational; in his book in any other situation, this would be a stupid decision. it wouldn’t cause much relief to wilson and would deprive house of a lot of it. it’s completely irrational. i’d wager that house would mock it in anyone else. but yet he does it anyway for wilson.
in my humble opinion (with no nuance) house is a good person, but, nonetheless, he will defy that and hurt people if it will cause him less pain. nobody likes pain, of course, but house has experienced so much of it from such a young age, an issue only compounded by his infarction, that (while he does subconsciously inflict it on himself as punishment because said pain from a young age made him think it is necessary because it made him think there is something broken in him that needs to be violently fixed — i could talk for hours about how much i hate john house) he will go to any lengths to avoid it. it is a pattern we see time and time and time again. house constantly hurts others, himself, as long as it can possibly lessen some potential short- or long-term pain.
but then he gives up his vicodin for wilson. he endures the pain, not just of his leg without painkillers but also of detox, for wilson. cuddy says “you’ll choose yourself over everybody else over and over again, because that's just who you are” and yet house chooses wilson. he gives wilson the last of his vicodin. he’s willing to let wilson die on his couch because it’s what wilson wants. he endures wilson saying he should be the one with cancer. he accepts that wilson will die and lets him go the way he wants. he accepts that he will never be able to go back to practicing medicine, will probably cut his own life short as well, and goes off with wilson for his last five months. he literally transcends his own nature, his base instincts from his childhood, for wilson. and if that isn’t incredibly poetic then i don’t know what is.
#*incredibly poetic and gay#i felt that was tonally dissonant#but here in the tags i can say whatever i want#including#[unintelligible sobbing]#i get to the c word tomorrow on my rewatch schedule and i have seen this episode 5 times but i am still not prepared#house md#hilson#the c word#8x19#greg house#james wilson#analysis#meta
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“I really do feel myself a despot, and I really do feel Alex is my…is my subservient.”
More of Greg getting lost in the world of Taskmaster. (X)
#I also find it fascinating Greg#y’all are doing some serious fucking roleplay if you’re getting lost in the role like this#probably gonna tweak that caption…#taskmaster#greg davies#the plot#meta
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i think house perfectly encapsulates dog imagery throught the show. not in a cutesy way, but in a.. scared, snarling, growling way. he's rude and off-putting and gruff because if he drives people away, he does not have to worry that they don't care. if he bites the hand that feeds, they'll stop feeding him. he loves in a way that nobody understands. he is waiting with a bird at somebody's door, but they just yell and get angry, because they don't understand that devoted expression of love. but it's all he has. he's fighting for scraps and nipping at heels, because it's all he knows. he is not a violent dog, but he bites anyway
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Re: the High Wizardry cover you reblogged earlier — do you remember who the artist was for that series? They’re the ones I grew up with and have a lot of nostalgia for!
That's the multiply-award-winning Greg Swearingen, who did all the covers for the Young Wizards digest editions in the mid '90s. (Just to clarify: these were a larger-format edition containing the books' full texts, not condensed or abridged in any way.)
The wraparound cover for the 25th anniversary edition hardcover and paperback of So You Want To Be A Wizard:
...Deep Wizardry (for which he won a Spectrum Award that year):
...The High Wizardry cover, which we've seen:
...A Wizard Abroad:
The art for The Wizard's Dilemma:
...and for A Wizard Alone.
...That's where the digest series stops. The publisher felt that the books that followed were slightly darker / more mature, and therefore that the hardcover and mass market paperback formats that our artist Cliff Nielsen had been doing were more appropriate for them. It's a pity: I'd have been glad to have more covers by Greg.
(BTW, we still have copies of some of these available at Signed Books Direct, if anyone's looking. We're in the process of reorganizing our inventory at the moment, so anyone interested should drop the store a note and inquire about what they're interested in.)
HTH!
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