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everybodyliesmd) wrote2009-04-29 12:04 pm
everybodyliesmd) wrote2009-04-29 12:04 pm
I've got a question...
Does the word "couch" mean something different than "sofa" where you're from?
because I've read a ton of fanfic where the authors have placed a couch in House's office and/or conference room. Now for me, a couch is either a long piece of furniture meant to seat 2 or more people side by side, or a kind of extended chair psychiatrists use for their patients to lie down on. Your mileage may vary.
However, unless I'm far less observant than I give myself credit for, I've never seen a couch in either of those two rooms. (Wilson DOES have a couch in his office, but I'm talking about fic scenes that take place in House's office or conference room).
I know fanfic is fiction based on canon and may contain elements that are not canon (or can be completely AU, which I don't care for). But I've read some stories where the authors go out of their way to keep everyone in character and believable but toss in something like a couch and it just throws me. I like fanfic that sticks as closely to canon as possible, especially when it comes to character traits and personalities (I don't like a mushy, overly emotional House or a very Dark!Wilson). Sticking closely to canon makes it believable for me and I can really get lost in a story, but little details like sofas that never existed just spit me out of that pleasant little "zone" I'm in. (This goes for anything I read, not just fanfic; if I don't get completely involved and totally invested in the characters and the story, then I lose interest. To me, a story with good writing, characterizations, and plotlines grabs your attention and sweeps you into their world.)
Am I too picky? Do things like this bother you?
because I've read a ton of fanfic where the authors have placed a couch in House's office and/or conference room. Now for me, a couch is either a long piece of furniture meant to seat 2 or more people side by side, or a kind of extended chair psychiatrists use for their patients to lie down on. Your mileage may vary.
However, unless I'm far less observant than I give myself credit for, I've never seen a couch in either of those two rooms. (Wilson DOES have a couch in his office, but I'm talking about fic scenes that take place in House's office or conference room).
I know fanfic is fiction based on canon and may contain elements that are not canon (or can be completely AU, which I don't care for). But I've read some stories where the authors go out of their way to keep everyone in character and believable but toss in something like a couch and it just throws me. I like fanfic that sticks as closely to canon as possible, especially when it comes to character traits and personalities (I don't like a mushy, overly emotional House or a very Dark!Wilson). Sticking closely to canon makes it believable for me and I can really get lost in a story, but little details like sofas that never existed just spit me out of that pleasant little "zone" I'm in. (This goes for anything I read, not just fanfic; if I don't get completely involved and totally invested in the characters and the story, then I lose interest. To me, a story with good writing, characterizations, and plotlines grabs your attention and sweeps you into their world.)
Am I too picky? Do things like this bother you?
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Did you notice that Thirteen said Kutner was 28 years old in Simple Explanation and his obituary says he was born in 1975?
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Then again, I think it was Fox that did the obituary saying he was 33 (can't anyone ADD any more?), not DS, KJ, or any one of the myriad of House writers.
They did the same thing with Chase in Autopsy. And they're still doing it with Cuddy. Unless she's lying, there's no way she can still be 38. That would make her 11 years younger than House and they were supposedly at the University of Michigan at the same time.
Drunken monkeys.
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In Cursed, House refers to Chase as being 26. The following season, Chase tells Andie he is thirty.
The list goes on.
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Also, he went to Hopkins before that, thought they don't say for how long, so that adds to his age as well.
I 'm going to do a timeline and post it on my LJ. Just for kicks and giggles.