What bothers me about the no pain=perfectly healthy and capable House is that, beyond just being unrealistic, it implies that his "disability" is not as bad as they had always suggested in the past. If the only reason he can't walk is that his leg hurts... I mean, it still sucks that it hurts that much, but that doesn't really make him crippled or handicapped... He shouldn't be limping as badly as he does, if it's only because it hurst to put weight on it. He says that the Vicodin takes away his pain, yet he still limps that heavily when he's on Vicodin and occasionally has to physically lift his leg with his arm?
Also, if the big problem with his leg is that it really hurts that much, then Wilson's cane-snapping prank was really awful. (But I'm irritated with Wilson these days anyway.)
About House's motives for asking Wilson for Vicodin... I don't think it had anything to do with wanting to be sharper. Cuddy didn't imply that he was being less intelligent than he usually, just that he was being more desperate. Wilson's theory was that House couldn't handle just being normal and healthy but without opiates and so felt he either needed to get the high of solving a puzzle, or needed his Vicodin. I think that that is probably partly true, though I think House was also honestly really afraid of the pain coming back.
But back to my point about the leg.
My rationalization for House being able to run and jump and skateboard is that the writers simply needed some kind of visual for House being pain-free. Just telling you that now he feels great isn't effective enough, doesn't provide a dramatic enough contrast, so they need to show him in action. Just like how whenever House is really thinking hard, they show him doing something phsyically, throwing his ball around, twirling his cane, etc. Because you can't really show thinking, just like you can't show being pain-free.
So I'm going to just pretend that his leg's mobility really had beem compromised (and not just from pain) all along and that that's how it will work again when the pain comes back, and that that's how it should work in good fanfiction.
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Date: 2006-09-08 04:56 pm (UTC)Also, if the big problem with his leg is that it really hurts that much, then Wilson's cane-snapping prank was really awful. (But I'm irritated with Wilson these days anyway.)
About House's motives for asking Wilson for Vicodin... I don't think it had anything to do with wanting to be sharper. Cuddy didn't imply that he was being less intelligent than he usually, just that he was being more desperate. Wilson's theory was that House couldn't handle just being normal and healthy but without opiates and so felt he either needed to get the high of solving a puzzle, or needed his Vicodin. I think that that is probably partly true, though I think House was also honestly really afraid of the pain coming back.
But back to my point about the leg.
My rationalization for House being able to run and jump and skateboard is that the writers simply needed some kind of visual for House being pain-free. Just telling you that now he feels great isn't effective enough, doesn't provide a dramatic enough contrast, so they need to show him in action. Just like how whenever House is really thinking hard, they show him doing something phsyically, throwing his ball around, twirling his cane, etc. Because you can't really show thinking, just like you can't show being pain-free.
So I'm going to just pretend that his leg's mobility really had beem compromised (and not just from pain) all along and that that's how it will work again when the pain comes back, and that that's how it should work in good fanfiction.