House as a friend

[deelaundry]

I feel like there've been a lot of posts, comments, and fics lately about how Wilson is not a very good friend to House. In the spirit of positivity, let's turn this around and list all the things House has done to be a good friend to Wilson.

I've got:
- House let Wilson stay with him after the Julie break-up
- House didn't turn Wilson in for sleeping with a patient

What else? The S4 season finale is fresh in all our minds, but things that happened in canon or were referenced in canon before then would be great.

(PS. Hi, I'm back.)

Comments

[shutterbug-12.livejournal.com]

Hmm. How interesting. To me, being a good friends isn't exactly about doing things for the other person, at least not exclusively. I think House is a good friend to Wilson in general, because of how he seems to get him, most of the time. Sure, he pries. Yes, he stalks. And, of course, he sometimes treats Wilson like a lab rat in an experiment. But he doesn't speak to Wilson like he's an idiot, for the most part, and he trusts him, confides in him. In general, I think, he keeps Wilson's secrets, even if he does use them as ammunition against him sometimes. Even though he wasn't happy about it, House didn't really try to sabotage Wilson's relationship with Amber. It just seems to me that they way they operate, even though it's a dysfunctional at times, points to 'House is a good friend" to me, despite that he doesn't make many gestures that say he is. If that...makes sense.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Very true that friendship is not a tote board of things done for one another, not at all. And House is a complex, complicated individual, so sometimes gestures that look mean or impersonal are actually intended to be helpful. People have cited the practical jokes House played on Wilson during the "Odd Couple" arc as an example: the tricks were highly annoying to Wilson but House was trying (at least in part) to provide some humor and levity to keep Wilson from getting overwhelmed in negativity about the end of another marriage.

[shutterbug-12.livejournal.com]

...the tricks were highly annoying to Wilson but House was trying (at least in part) to provide some humor and levity to keep Wilson from getting overwhelmed in negativity about the end of another marriage. And that is a totally logical conclusion. I completely agree. House knows well that distractions of any kind can help relieve the burden of almost overwhelmingly tough situations, or hell, even mildly tough ones.