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hi! sorry to bother u with a potentially lengthy ask but; i want to write cuddy and im really worried i dont fully understand her character. i see u talk a lot abt mischaracterisation in the fandom and i agree i think i see it a lot not just with Cuddy but she deffo falls victim to it more than others. do you have any advice for truly understanding a character? getting into their head?

oh anon, this is a big question — one i may not be fully qualified to answer, but will try to nonetheless lol. i'll preface with this: i am just a hobbyist! there is actually a decent amount of people within the houseblr sphere who are like. actually studying english. who can probably speak much more concisely on this topic. i am just an autist with a special interest and a lot of free time.

that being said, here's my advice:

continue to interact with the source material. a lot. a huge gripe i have with fandom characterization is that it is often parroted with complete disregard to canon by people who likely watched the show once and have survived on fanon material ever since. not that that's a bad thing — i don't expect everyone who participates in fandom to continuously rewatch whatever they're talking about —, but that in just interacting with fan material, you lose your grip on what truly makes up a character in canon. it's just helpful to stay knowledgable on what is definitive in canon and to be able to distinguish it from what may be popular — yet, oftentimes, completely untrue — within the fandom.

in conjunction with the first point, identify their focus episodes. by this, i mean episodes in which this character has a main plotline, an important story beat, or at least has an important presence in the episode that gives more insight into their character. for example, episodes like Humpty Dumpty and Joy are clear Cuddy Focus Episodes, but i count episodes like Babies & Bathwater and Finding Judas as focus episodes as well because cuddy's scenes in those episodes illuminate something important about her character. once you know where their focus is, you can examine those episodes further to understand what themes are frequently brought up with them, and you have a list of what episodes to come back to to refresh yourself on your knowledge of this character.

this point definitely leans more towards character analysis than just being able to write a character, but: ask questions while watching aka get curious about this character! the more that you ask yourself questions of "why did they do ___?", "what was their motivation here?", etc, and the more that you search to answer these questions, the better you understand the character. for example, in a part of my analysis of Finding Judas, i wondered why house lashed out at cuddy when he did and in the way he did, and thus spent a long time going through my own thoughts and theories about it, before ultimately coming to a satisfactory conclusion, and therefore understanding house as a character better.

lastly, make note of what makes up the character. bare bones style. what i mean by this is gender, religion, job, age, etc. things that are easy to point out, but still make a huge difference in how the character interacts with the world and vice versa. for example, cuddy is a jewish woman in her 40s, she is going to interact with the world differently from chase, who is a catholic man in his 30s. don't forget to take these things into consideration when talking about/writing them.

tldr: watch the show and pay close attention to the character that you want to understand.

there are also tons of phenomenal meta posters 'round these parts whose posts can definitely help you understand characters better — fandom isn't all mischaracterization, after all! for cuddy specifically, i'd reccommend checking out my cuddy meta tag if you haven't already, because those are all posts in which i analyze her ad nauseam.

i hope this helps !! as i've said a bit recently, i'm not really much of a fic writer so much as i am an analyst, so these definitely lean more towards analysis, but i believe they can help with getting into the head of a character, so to speak. and don't ever apologize for sending a lengthy ask! i have a lot of fun answering them :)

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grace, jeff buckley + ambteen

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I like to imagine it's Thirteen asking, "What's your answer to the trolley question?" and then Kutner following up with, "To run over the other five guys?"

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yesterday was like a relatively nice day for florida in august, not too hot and not too humid (87F and 67% humidity) and my wife walks outside and goes "i'm dying, anya" and unfortunately as someone who spent twenty three years in swamp humidity east coast maryland and dc, and then a year and a half in florida, i had NO sympathy. sorry babe. skill issue

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i am moving in two days. today i went swimming with manatees

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if you don't think House is capable of empathy & caring, you must've started the show and then closed yr eyes & plugged yr ears every time he was on screen

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hater moment. "wilson was the only person house really ever loved--" yknow, at the very beginning, i thought that too. i fell into that trap. but it's not true. house loved/loves stacy (their whole arc ends in s2 with 'they both will never stop loving each other but they can't make it work and house doesn't want mark to go thru what he went thru when stacy left' imo). house loves cuddy; he'll always love cuddy, and i think everything between them makes it so clear that they've been in love for years, and will have feelings for the other that will probably linger for a while even once things end. platonically, he loves thirteen- you don't offer to euthanize someone and risk your medical license being revoked and being thrown in jail for just anyone. and that's just the surface. so yes, he does care about wilson. he loves him! and we can celebrate that in whatever way you interpret/prefer (best friends, romantic, etc.) but he has so much more love in his heart to give, too.

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hate when u agree with the sentiment of a post but not the condescending tone . Why dont we do a cool prank that's called being kind for no reason and speaking respectfully Even on the internet

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You are never letting a WIP rot. You are doing it a service. Your WIP is a sourdough starter and the five words you wrote that one day were all it needed to sustain itself. It will bubble and be ready when you are.

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People loooove complex characters until they’re women

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if u feel like it maybe camteen adopting a cat....

Thirteen is going to have to learn how to share!!!! Thank you for requesting :)

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i understand that i complain a lot about the fandom's mischaracterization / undermining of cuddy and as much as i hate to complain (shocker! i don't like it! i don't like coming off as bitchy), these are problems that, as one of the very few people that actively talk about cuddy, i just can't pretend don't happen.

cuddy is a character that is willfully misunderstood and sidelined at best, and discharacterized at worst. the fandom loves to minimize her into a "she pegs him" girlboss, The Only Sane Person in The Show, or a narcissistic bitch, none of which are anywhere close to how she's actually written.

i understand that the block button exists (i have been and will continue to use it at my leisure), but trust me, if i blocked everyone who has posted something along these lines about cuddy, i'd have to block about 95% of the fandom, and i don't want to do that.

my complaints and criticisms are never coming from a place of hatred of other fans (i truly do adore interacting with y'all), and i want to make that very clear. it just becomes a bit frustrating trying to interact with fan content and it all has the same problems lol free my girl cuddy from the shackles of mischaracterization please.

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Thinking about that bit in Sleeping Dogs Lie where Cameron gets really really defensive about lesbian relationships like...girl what was that about hmmm

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Your art is so much fun, I very much enjoy scrolling through and seeing all the silly requests! And ofc you’re very talented.

If you feel like it, could I request house md beach episode outfit? Any character(s) your heart desires! I just think they should have had beach episode fits. For fun :)

Ive been so excited for this request!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much for requesting!!!! Thank you so much for the kind words as well that is very sweet of you <3

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i have acquired wife. she is asleep next to me

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HI CHOCO IT'S BEEN SO LONGGG... glad to see you're still making awesome art >:3 can i request kutner posting fanfic to ao3 perhaps!!! one of my fav kutner headcanons is that he writes INSANE star trek fic and has a notable following on that site... dude probably leaves shit like "sorry i took so long with the update i had to rob a grave and then i electrocuted myself" in the authors notes casually

DUDE NOT ON THE WORK LAPTOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hiiii!!!! Good to see you again!! Sorry im getting to ask several months after it was submitted 😭😭 Thank you for requesting!!

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