I will forever be bewildered by people who think House (and Wilson) deserve any sympathy, for ANYTHING. Back when the show was new and the writers hadn't fucked things up yet, House was kind of a protagonist people sympathised with. At the very least, House often said things that people wished they had the social freedom to say, which is where a lot of the 'sympathy' aspect comes into it imo.
But as the show has progressed, House has become less and less protagonist and more and more not even antagonist but ASSHOLE. And people vehemently still defend his actions and his ~feelings~, as though he's deserving of having a shitload of slack cut for him just because he's a druggie who can't help his addiction and he's omg going through sooooo much angst, POOR WOOBIE.
After the amount of shit he put Cuddy through, I don't blame her for treating HIM like shit in return. He has done AWFUL things to her - he's demeaned her, demoralised her, devalued her, made insults at her expense, made constant sexist remarks at her expense, violated her privacy, violated her equal rights as a woman - and the moment she turns even a smidge of that back on him, SHE IS SUDDENLY SO OMG EVILLLLL. Because, of course, like people of colour, women are obviously evil, cockteasing sluts who deserve every ounce of misogynistic and chauvinistic attitudes that they experience when they don't appreciate male attention, even if the attention is dehumanising.
Bottom line is: House (and Wilson) deserve EVERY piece of shit they get flung in their direction because they bring it all completely on themselves. People who think they're deserving of having slack cut despite all the horrible, horrible things House and Wilson have done kind of says a lot about those very people.
dkkdljdfg just writing/thinking about all of this is making me angry and I've barely bothered with House or the fandom for ages. Yeah, I'm thankful for (most) of the people I've met through fandom but I sure as hell don't miss the constant ill-feeling I got from it nor do I miss the irky feelings I got from certain aspects of the show.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ninetydegrees
no subject
on 2011-05-20 06:59 am (UTC)But as the show has progressed, House has become less and less protagonist and more and more not even antagonist but ASSHOLE. And people vehemently still defend his actions and his ~feelings~, as though he's deserving of having a shitload of slack cut for him just because he's a druggie who can't help his addiction and he's omg going through sooooo much angst, POOR WOOBIE.
After the amount of shit he put Cuddy through, I don't blame her for treating HIM like shit in return. He has done AWFUL things to her - he's demeaned her, demoralised her, devalued her, made insults at her expense, made constant sexist remarks at her expense, violated her privacy, violated her equal rights as a woman - and the moment she turns even a smidge of that back on him, SHE IS SUDDENLY SO OMG EVILLLLL. Because, of course, like people of colour, women are obviously evil, cockteasing sluts who deserve every ounce of misogynistic and chauvinistic attitudes that they experience when they don't appreciate male attention, even if the attention is dehumanising.
Bottom line is: House (and Wilson) deserve EVERY piece of shit they get flung in their direction because they bring it all completely on themselves. People who think they're deserving of having slack cut despite all the horrible, horrible things House and Wilson have done kind of says a lot about those very people.
dkkdljdfg just writing/thinking about all of this is making me angry and I've barely bothered with House or the fandom for ages. Yeah, I'm thankful for (most) of the people I've met through fandom but I sure as hell don't miss the constant ill-feeling I got from it nor do I miss the irky feelings I got from certain aspects of the show.