why do you want so bad not to be human

one take that i see kinda often that always tickles me is "cuddy should've haunted the narrative in s8" because like.... she does. in a pretty noticeable way. just because she's rarely mentioned by name doesn't mean she isn't haunting the narrative. because her absence (and the consequences of the events that led to her absence) is kinda a huge factor in what makes season 8 the way that it is. maybe this is because serious discussion of s8 is so limited. maybe it's because a lot of cuddy fans refuse to watch it. maybe it's because s8 "returns to form" in such a way that makes a lot of people underplay its differences. maybe there's a million different reasons. but, at least in my eyes, cuddy's absence is felt all through s8 and that season would be. pretty different. if not in substance than at the very least in tone, if she were still there. house as a character (our protagonist, let's remember) is influenced, not minutely, by her absence, by the events that caused her absence. she haunts the fuck out of this season!!! what do you meannnn

reading sepideh's thoughts on the finale is so fucking cathartic i love her so much

Have you seen The Pitt? If not have you seen any of the news/discourse about how they wrote off Supriya Ganesh’s character, Samira Mohan? In the show’s two seasons, this is the second time they’ve fired/written off a central female character of color and “replaced” her with another (the actress joining the main cast was announced at the same time it was announced that Supriya would not be returning for season 3). I was just wondering if you’d be able to offer any insight into the this as someone in the industry?