WELL, DUH

[deelaundry]

In which I figure out the thing that had been confusing me about last night's episode.

I went into the episode gung-ho for the House/Cuddy kiss. For ficly reasons, admittedly, rather than true shipping, but still, I was looking forward to it. Then when it happened I thought, "That was totally random! It didn't really match the emotions of the scene at all."

Confused, I was, and befuddled. Then this morning it hit me:

HOUSE IS SOCIALLY STUNTED

He had no clue what he was doing or feeling, or how to deal with Cuddy, then Cuddy said, "Why do you have to negate everything?" as in "be contrary," and his rat-maze brain shoots out the signals to do the most contrary, out-of-place thing in that situation.

Voila, kiss.

Then his logical brain thought, "WTF? Why did I do that now?" and his emotional heart felt, "SCARY! FLEE!" and he took off. And Cuddy didn't want to deal with his issues on top of her own, so she let him go.

In other news, I REALLY want stephbass to analyze this episode. PLEASE!

Comments

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Which kind of story: House is himself but then gets diagnosed with Asperger's, or an AU in which House grows up with Asperger's? Because as far as I know, when you are diagnosed on the autistic spectrum as an adult, it's all about understanding yourself better and developing coping strategies to improve your life. Neither of which I see House having any enthusiasm for.

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

I'm only 3 years younger than HL is, I have Asperger's and I was undiagnosed until 10 years ago, for what that's worth. I went to a whole bunch of shrinks before I was diagnosed by one who had a lot of background in European and Australian studies, and Asperger's was better known there than it was in the US for a long time.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

How did it change your life when you were diagnosed? What did you do differently after diagnosis?

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

for starters, my parents stopped screaming at me about my utter inability to hold down a job. I had to go on disability, which pays less than minimum wage in the US. there is the comfort that it really isn't my fault, though.