I don’t want you to change

“I don’t want you to change. You’re screwed up, you’re always gonna be screwed up, but you’re the most incredible man I’ve ever known, and you will always be the most incredible man I’ve ever known.”

Does that sound like a woman who would dump her boyfriend for relapsing one time because he’s afraid she might die? Does it?

I get that they had other issues, but they had addressed and were working through every single one of them. We saw him getting better at actually listening to her and realizing he needed to do more to show her he cared about her. We saw him bonding with Rachel. We saw him promise not to lie to her again and actually basically keep that promise (there were still some veiled deceptions but that’s on both sides). We saw them coming to honest resolutions about work related issues and him actually taking her advice about Wilson.

And the writers decided they were going to bring their progress to a grinding halt. Which I was always going to hate, but if they really needed the drama that badly there’s also a million ways they could have done it. Have him lie to her. Have him go behind her back. Have him sabotage the relationship with his own insecurities. Hell, even cheating would have made more sense. And I hate that garbage overused trope.

They built up Cuddy x House for 6 years, then spent 13 episodes showing that he really does love her and is capable of being kind to her and for her (not changing who he is, just...being the best version of himself), and even that he's good with Rachel even her mother, and then they blow it up for dramatic affect for no goddamn reason. That's not emotionally satisfying. That's not even narratively satisfying. That's...hitting the reset button on seven years of character development and expecting people to be too stupid not to get annoyed by it.

And what in the DAMN HELL were they thinking while writing season 8? I know they wanted to mimic The Dying Detective, but they seem to have missed the part where 1) that wasn't actually the last Sherlock Holmes novel, and 2) Holmes and Watson don't actually die? There is...zero character development or plot structure or anything resembling good writing in anything I read there. Just pointless drama after pointless drama, no coherent arcs for anybody except maybe Foreman and then Wilson slowly dying for shock value. They all deserve SO MUCH BETTER, and I don't just mean the characters deserve to be happy, I mean they deserve to be written well. Gah. No wonder Lisa Eddelstein didn't want to be a part of it, especially since they weren't even willing to pay her what she was worth.

#10 Taub

-objectively the most boring character

-he's a shitty husband with the personality of plain oatmeal

-I appreciated that even he defended Thirteen against bi stereotypes

#9 Lawrence Kutner

-I liked him but he didn’t really stand out until he died

- a nice guy and it’s so sad no one knew he wasn’t OK until it was too late.

#8 Eric Foreman

-a cynical asshole like House but that’s part of what makes him great

-goes soft in the face of evidence that someone is good (unlike House who doesn’t really care about his patients’ personalities most of the time he just cares about figuring out what’s wrong and is also too good at reading people to be surprised when they’re decent)

-lower than Chase specifically because he fired Thirteen

#7 Robert Chase

-really substantial for being the token hot white straight nt guy

-more than just a pretty face

#6 Amber Cutthroat Bitch

-she’s a bitch, but she’s our favorite bitch

-I didn’t appreciate her until it was too late and tbh other than Wilson I think no one did

#5 Allison Cameron

-precious too good for this world too pure

-I didn’t realize JMo is so pretty (in my defense I’m used to seeing her next to Lana Parrilla)

#4 Thirteen aka Remy Hadley

-one of the most interesting characters and I didn’t think she was going to be

-total badass just for doing what she does while having Huntingtons

-also pretty good bi representation for 2009! and they all actually say the word bisexual and no one perishes! (Yes Glee I’m looking at you)

#3 James Wilson

-literally the ultimate best friend

-for a while I thought he was a terrible husband but no he’s just not compatible with any of his wives

-the sweetest doctor anyone could have

#2 Greg House

-psychologically destroyed genius with a side of autism

-emotionally stunted idiot but he’s MY emotionally stunted idiot

-annoying as hell but if he cares about you he WILL come through for you at his own peril

#1 Lisa Cuddy

-HBIC

-10/10 no notes

-nothing could make me hate you

A-current OTP

C-a pairing I never liked and never will

E-Have you added anything stupid/cracky/ hilarious to your fandom, if so, what

After I started shipping KatHannah I fostered a cat, named her Hannah, and called her CatHannah. She was horny and feral and hated everything but her kids. No one appreciated this but Marija.

G-Do you remember your first OTP, if so who was in it

Yes, even before Wildfire

I-Has tumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why

Finchel. Once you look past the nice singing voices and really examine their complete lack of character development it’s not nearly as fun. I do still ship it, but not like I did when Glee was actually on. 

K-answered

M-your favorite fanart or fanartist

Maryne or who writes the SwanQueen comics and if I can find the one who makes Imector comics I’ll tag her too 

O-Choose a song at random, which OTP does it remind you of

Super Trooper reminds me of Imector, Santhony, Finchel, and Jack/Rebecca

Q-A ship you've abandoned and why

The first time I watched Orange is the New Black. I shipped Piper and Larry. Now it’s Vauseman all the way.

S-Show us an example of your personal headcanon

CuddyHouse have a simple courthouse wedding because he hates tradition and ceremonies, but their reception is epic.

U-I don’t mostly ship straight or gay ships, it depends what makes narrative sense 

W-five characters from five different fandoms

Lisa Cuddy, June Osborne, Regina Mills, Leslie Knope, Christopher Wolfe

B-KatHannah wasn’t in my radar the first time I watched it but I don’t remember which one of us came up with it after that? I think you came up with bi Hannah and I came up with lesbian Katharina and it took about two seconds from there

K-I have several but these are the ones I’m kind of active in currently

The Handmaid’s Tale: 80% straight girls thirsting over the pretty white boy and romanticizing his deeply problematic ship, 15% lesbian misandrists, 5% other

House md: sadly this fandom seems pretty dead, which I guess is understandable since the show ended over a decade ago (this is just based on the lack of responses to my posts so I could be wrong, I haven’t searched the tags or anything because spoilers)

One Tree Hill: pretty friendly and chill and there’s really only one thing people ever argue about

O-Falling for the Villain reminds me of both Serena x June and Cuddy x House, I Love You, I’m Sorry also reminds me of Cuddy x House but in a really sad way (and from his POV)