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foreman and chase both inherited house’s judgy, cynical, and bitchy personality, but I feel like foreman is intellectually more similar to house and also has a similar ego but he’s like actually constrained by the fear of real world consequences and is less willing to break rules because of his own desires. This guy likes rules so much. Even when he doesn’t, he still relies on them because, among other things, he thinks that they will save him from becoming house. Chase is kind of the opposite. He is a talented doctor, but not quite as smart as house or foreman. He definitely seems to have more of house’s sense of humor, but he kind of feels like if house wasn’t burdened by tortured genius syndrome and chronic leg pain. But he also has house’s selfishness and his willingness to break and disregard rules to get what he wants. It’s just he doesn’t have house’s need to solve puzzles so he ends up not breaking rules as frequently as house does. Both characterizations make a lot of sense for both of these characters, especially taking into consideration the themes of race and privilege. Foreman is less willing to break rules because he knows firsthand what consequences are and that he will have to face them even if house won’t. It’s shown multiple times that house very much does not face the worst of any consequences, and is largely seen as untouchable due to his undeniable talent, but despite being pretty much second to house in talent, foreman won’t ever experience the privileges house does because of his race. However Chase is pretty much all privilege. If foreman is “the black guy”, then chase is, “Mr. Privileged”. It’s how he gets the job, he gets a slap on the wrist for murdering someone (albeit a dictator) and he ends up taking over as head of the dept after house (even though I think we were all expecting foreman to). Chase is definitely a talented doctor, but I don’t think anyone really considers him a genius like they might of house or foreman. how they are/become like house, and how they view that are very much tied up in their own identities and place in society. There are each other’s foils.