A little whorish to kiss and stab.

who do you think they should've brought back? like I agree that Lucas isn't a good fit for Cuddy, but as you said she doesn't have much of a social life, so reusing an old character fits more than suddenly introducing Cuddy's never-seen-before male friend. and I doubt she'd leave Rachel alone with a male stranger she only met a few weeks earlier, so that crosses out the dating site option.

thank you so much for asking. and for your input!!! you're right on the money here. i’ll cut to the chase and say: my line of thinking, most recently, has been along the lines of “s6 but instead of luddy it’s wuddy”

this comes with the (hopefully obvious) disclaimer that i’m not a wuddy shipper — probably the last person who would actually ship them — but that i think it would work for what the show was trying to do in that season with those characters. pairing cuddy and wilson together is far from unheard of for the show, and i think that it would have made for an even more interesting arc. house having to deal not only with cuddy and wilson both being in relationships, but them being in a relationship with each other is a concept that has been eating away at house for seasons. to see it become a reality, especially in the state he’s in in s6, would be a very interesting predicament for everyone involved.

outside of house misery, i do think it just kinda… makes sense, in a way, for what was being done with both characters. with what they seem to (want to) want. cuddy and wilson getting together out of this shared desire for normalcy and “settling down” — especially after seeing house go off the rails — makes sense! it’s kinda what was already being done with both of them and lucas and sam respectively, but gets rid of the need for bringing in those characters. and i’m all for strengthening the cast we have without needing to add to the bloat of it. i think often about how lucas and sam are not really their own characters, just plot devices, despite the amount of episodes they’re there (and supposed to be important) for. i think having Wuddy Real would just… in general provide more character development for everyone involved and cease the need for bringing in unnecessary side characters. also it would be MESSY AF! a lot more to dig into there with having two og characters, especially the two with the most significance to house, get together. the more drama the better imoooo

i think the main cross to bear here is going without wilson being house’s “advisor” when it comes to cuddy. which really… idk, i don’t feel like it’s super necessary to tell the story that’s being told. house is mostly self-directed in what he chooses to do anyway. and it doesn’t mean that he can’t still queen out with wilson it just means that there’s a lot of forced proximity between the three. which is fucking awesome.

are cuddy and wilson necessarily attracted to each other? i think the answer is that they could both condition themselves into believing it if they tried hard enough. which i think is what was happening with their arcs in this season anyway (just directed elsewhere). i think the conflict of wuddy being together but still individually dealing with the fallout and meaning of what happened at the end of s5 (for cuddy) and trying to keep house preoccupied and safe (for wilson) as well as wilson and house living together and house still pursuing cuddy is… sooooooo juicy and dramatic and would keep that plotline central without feeling like it’s shoehorning in a character/ship (lucas/luddy) we have no reason to care about. and it gets rid of the fucking sam plotline because who cares. what was the purpose of that.

i think the collaboration of cuddy’s desire for normalcy and stability & wilson’s desire to be seen as a Good, Stable Guy is something that could have been played with. i think it gives a deeper reasoning for the relationship and for what it means than the ones that each character got in reality. leaves room for a lot more to be (overtly) said about these characters and their… well, relationships to relationships. and their relationships to house.