that's why I have never, ever been in favor of a present-day relationship between House and Cuddy - her characterization as a strong person could only suffer when she allowed him that much more power over her.
Ha, yup. Hence why I chose to create my own House/Cuddy universes when I was into fic writing/roleplaying, lol. I could enjoy the dynamic AND control the characters/choices/actions! Way better than cringing at every turn on the show.
I would even go so far as saying that show not just excused their actions but also exploited them. The show has come to capitalise on inexcusable behaviour. I know it's "just a show" and fiction should never be taken seriously - except fiction is a huge commentary on society and socially "acceptable" opinions and behaviour, not to mention media in any of its forms hugely influences society. Inexcusable behaviour is still inexcusable behaviour, whether that's in the real world or the fictional world, and it irks me so much that the show now PRIDES itself on inexcusable behaviour.
You're very right about how much a lot of us have grown since we've met each other. If anything good has come out of House and the fandom for me, it's that it helped me identify privilege, -isms and the way in which apathy or indifference towards any form of injustice is taking the side of the oppressor. Well, it helped me with the foundations of understanding those things, which I've since built a lot of knowledge on (and a huge amount of that foundation was because of you and bammel, which I will always be extremely grateful for ♥). Some people might think it stupid that I've learned such lessons from a fictional show and through a fandom founded on fiction, but there's no wrong place to learn such important things really.
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Ha, yup. Hence why I chose to create my own House/Cuddy universes when I was into fic writing/roleplaying, lol. I could enjoy the dynamic AND control the characters/choices/actions! Way better than cringing at every turn on the show.
I would even go so far as saying that show not just excused their actions but also exploited them. The show has come to capitalise on inexcusable behaviour. I know it's "just a show" and fiction should never be taken seriously - except fiction is a huge commentary on society and socially "acceptable" opinions and behaviour, not to mention media in any of its forms hugely influences society. Inexcusable behaviour is still inexcusable behaviour, whether that's in the real world or the fictional world, and it irks me so much that the show now PRIDES itself on inexcusable behaviour.
You're very right about how much a lot of us have grown since we've met each other. If anything good has come out of House and the fandom for me, it's that it helped me identify privilege, -isms and the way in which apathy or indifference towards any form of injustice is taking the side of the oppressor. Well, it helped me with the foundations of understanding those things, which I've since built a lot of knowledge on (and a huge amount of that foundation was because of you and bammel, which I will always be extremely grateful for ♥). Some people might think it stupid that I've learned such lessons from a fictional show and through a fandom founded on fiction, but there's no wrong place to learn such important things really.