Has House (or other main characters) Changed?

[barefootpuddles.livejournal.com]

One of House's mottos, and David Shore's themes, is that "people don't change". Yet for some of us, there is some compelling evidence that this may not be true.[Poll #1821759]


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[pgrabia.livejournal.com]

You know, when I first started watching House back at the beginning of season one and especially for the pilot, the way House was written and played by HL, I was convinced off the bat he was either bi or gay. It was subtle, nothing stereotypical, just a certain nuance about him, the way he viewed people, looked at people, interacted with Wilson and Chase. I don't know. I didn't sense sexual tension between House and Cameron in the first couple of episodes; in fact, I sensed more of that between House and Chase and especially House and Wilson than I did between House and Cameron or House and Cuddy. When that nonsense with Cameron's crush, his reasons for hiring her, and that stupid date arc occurred I thought, "Oh, that's too bad. I thought House's character was more interesting and complicated than that." Am I crazy?

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

I even saw the Cameron's arc with the date and the corsage(!) as one more piece of evidence. How classical is that, the good looking woman being attracted to the one man who doesn't show any interest in her? So I'm crazier than you at least.

[pgrabia.livejournal.com]

How classical is that, the good looking woman being attracted to the one man who doesn't show any interest in her?

That makes me think about something that happened with my daughter the other day. We were walking out of a department store the other day when this very good-looking, well-dressed young man (early twenties?) passed us going the other direction. My 15 year old smiled at him flirtatiously and he smiled back so she turned around to get a good look of the rear view when he walked up to his boyfriend and gave him a lingering kiss on the mouth.
Em turned to me, huffed, and said, "Damn! Another fine piece of flesh taken! Does every good-looking guy in this hick town have to be gay?" Then she quickly added, "It doesn't bother me if someone is gay. i have lots of friends at school who are gay, lesbian or bi--but could mother nature have the courtesy to leave a few of the hot ones for us poor straight girls?"

I have to admit I laughed at that one!

[damigella-314.livejournal.com]

could mother nature have the courtesy to leave a few of the hot ones for us poor straight girls?
LOL! There was a time when I felt the same. I sometime wonder whether gay men are better quality as average. I hope not.

And I'm a bit envious that you live in a part of the world where gay men feel safe kissing each other on the mouth in public. [In Milan two young men were beaten up for hand-holding last December. In center-town, in the middle of the Christmas-shopping crowd.]