Water's October, Right?: House Fanfiction Discussion

how many of your personal kinks (food, music, fashion, whatever) do you manage to work into your stories? Well I made both Chase and House have knowledge of Rocky Horror (Chase was Rocky in collage! :P ) in a couple fics... Heh and once I tried to work one of my kinks into a fic, but got horribly embarrassed just writing it, and switched over to regular sex. And in a series I co-wrote with a friend, I gave Chase my obsession with vampires. And dressed him in silk shirts and tight leather pants. Mmmm tight leather pants... Oh and bondage! But that's semi-canon anyway with Love Hurts.

Speaking of things like being hungry while you write, how many of your personal kinks (food, music, fashion, whatever) do you manage to work into your stories? Do you try to keep yourself out completely? Do you work around canon? I have Wilson cooking sometimes because I like to cook; the fact that it meshes nicely into canon!foodie!Wilson pleases me. How many of your kinks has canon indulged? Incidental things, I'm talking about, like House playing a piece of music you love on the show or in the fic. Things that wouldn't drag the story OOC. Wilson eating mozzarella sticks. Chase buying a new sweatervest in your favorite colors. ENB doing just about anything. Hmmm. Interesting I never really thought about it. Actually, not much of me gets in there. But then I tend to write Chase fic, I'm not a guy, and my personality is nothing like his :D I usually start taking notes on a character, consult the canon, and then ask myself what he or she would like, do, hobbies, etc. If they happen to coincide with mine, great. If not, I hit the books. I actually don't enjoy playing chess much, though I know how to play. I did the Chase/violin thing because of something I knew about the actor and I thought it would fit. I did have Chase play a favorite classical piece of mine in Mind Over Matter, but I also made sure it would be one that a player of his level could tackle. And I have had House reference some '80s TV stuff that I grew up with and I figured he'd know because House seems to have a really good grasp of popular culture from a lot of eras.

The shirts he wears on the show are *not* band t-shirts. Very true. I wish I had more info on what they were in many instances. Maybe writers just decide to assume they are band t-shirts because its an easy route to take? I can't recall the source, but I remember reading somewhere that most of House's t-shirts have something to do with death or pain. Makes sense, considering we see shirts with skulls, one with Death Valley Sound Systems, Old South Clothing House shirts, one with Red Dragon Tattoos, etc. I guess it's easier for a writer, as you mentioned, to describe House's t-shirt if you only have to mention The Who and a Union Jack rather than launch into one about a skull with grunge patterns. Oh, oh! And, going back to the Wilson and showtunes discussion earlier, House references musicals a lot more than Wilson. It comes up in Autopsy and Hunting. So, if writers want to throw out musicals references, it would be accurate to fix them to House, rather than Wilson.

I guess it's easier for a writer, as you mentioned, to describe House's t-shirt if you only have to mention The Who and a Union Jack rather than launch into one about a skull with grunge patterns. But House wears such cool t-shirts. I hate to see them downgraded to band shirts :) Maybe my problem (other than it being a pet peeve) is that most of the time it's not really necessary to give a lot of description about House's appearance. The great thing about fanfic is that we all already know what he looks like. It's not necessary to describe his eyes or his height or his clothing (unless it's something unusual) any more than it's necessary to describe his office or his motorcycle. For me, this is one time less is more.

I guess it's easier for a writer, as you mentioned, to describe House's t-shirt if you only have to mention The Who and a Union Jack rather than launch into one about a skull with grunge patterns. But House wears such cool t-shirts. I hate to see them downgraded to band shirts :) Maybe my problem (other than it being a pet peeve) is that most of the time it's not really necessary to give a lot of description about House's appearance. Exactly - his t-shirts are interesting. I think if someone wanted to describe one in a fic, they could try to take a look at the ones he's worn and create one of their own. I don't mind when an author describes House, even though we know what he looks like. I'm not talking paragraphs upon paragraphs, but I don't mind a mention of details like that.

how many of your personal kinks (food, music, fashion, whatever) do you manage to work into your stories? House is not just a baseball fan, he's also a Yankees fan Three guesses which team I root for? I guess it's easier for a writer, as you mentioned, to describe House's t-shirt if you only have to mention The Who and a Union Jack rather than launch into one about a skull with grunge patterns Not to start something cause god I would not want to be the one responsible for this, but most of his shirts look like surf and skate shirts. Hey House skates it could be possible.

how many of your personal kinks (food, music, fashion, whatever) do you manage to work into your stories? House is not just a baseball fan, he's also a Yankees fan But it's canon that he's not. Sports Medicine:Beat the Yankees, and save the free world. "Who shares my suspicions that the Yankees were somehow involved? (Full disclosure-I root for whoever's playing the Yankees. Mostly the Red Sox or the Indians.) Let's see--personal references...I have put a couple of references to palliative treatment into fics. Oncology accounts for the largest number of referrals to the palliative care team. And if I have to suffer with that knowledge, I might as well share it. House been known to watch Judge Judy (but that's canon now, isn't it?) because it's my favorite non-House or General Hospital, (oh how I miss daytime TV!) show. I'm sure that I'm in my fics everywhere-but I try to make the references as logical as possible. For example, I have not yet been able to spin that Wilson listens to Robbie Williams when he's feeling moody. Which is too bad, because Robbie + Wilson= Awesome!

Sports Medicine:Beat the Yankees, and save the free world. "Who shares my suspicions that the Yankees were somehow involved? Sports Medicine came out the year after the Yanks had made the World Series for the third time in four years a Yankee joke was to easy to make and while damning do not prove either that House likes or dislikes the Yanks.

I think I could argue that prior year's record or not Sports Medicine is unequivacal proof that House is not a Yankees fan. Canon doesn't give us a lot of specifics-but there's 2 right there. But I like you-so I'll accept it as a difference of opinion.

But I like you-so I'll accept it as a difference of opinion. This made me smile, Ilike you too. Come on whenever is canon concrete, besides the discussionw as have you ever put your own personal things into stories. I also make Wilson a Red Sox fan Guess who wins the games when they watch?

Guess who wins the games when they watch? Red Sox! Am I right? Huh? Am I? Canon is not to be trusted-but when it agrees with my opinions, I embrace it wholeheartedly.

But it's canon that he's not. Sports Medicine:Beat the Yankees, and save the free world. "Who shares my suspicions that the Yankees were somehow involved? I'm with you, radiosweetheart. That's how I interpreted Sports Medicine, too. More on topic: I haven't really noticed too many of my personal quirks finding their way into the characters. Maybe in the food they eat or their passing references to pop culture or literature.

Speaking of things like being hungry while you write, how many of your personal kinks (food, music, fashion, whatever) do you manage to work into your stories? Do you try to keep yourself out completely? Do you work around canon? For one of my stories which touched on House's past in Japan, I drew on everything I knew and had seen personally as far as food, architecture, and cultural mores of Japan. However, I also set the scene in Okinawa, which I've never been to, so I also added internet research (i.e. Okinawan soba differs from standard Japanese soba), then crossed my fingers and prayed. But as for the people who write food--I LOVE food porn! Up till now, though, I've only had the opportunity to include it in my original work, not in any House fic.

I take advantage of the Michigan connection with House and Cuddy's past whenever possible, throwing in specific places I go now -- or went to during the era they would have been in Ann Arbor ... like Cuddy corners someone to talk to when she's at Rick's American Cafe, which was a student bar in the mid-80s. In terms of music, I'm a big music fan, but my tastes aren't necessarily the same as House's, so I try to avoid the direct connections there. In cooking, for the story I did on when Wilson learned to cook and why House didn't know, I intentionally had Wilson buy Calphalon pans because a male friend of mine who's a food snob had to have Calphalon.

how many of your personal kinks (food, music, fashion, whatever) do you manage to work into your stories? Do you try to keep yourself out completely? Do you work around canon? (snip) How many of your kinks has canon indulged? Oh, wow, is this a loaded question for me. Let's just say that I've drawn on my own experiences. Heavily. ;) I make every attempt to stick to canon (so far), but I do take some liberties. I have to, since I write a lot of sex, and we don't see much of that on the show. As for canon that has indulged me, when it was revealed that Chase knows his way around BDSM, I practically had to be scraped off the ceiling.

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