house_bigbang | Apr. 1st, 2008

Apr. 1st, 2008

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Title: Untitled
Subject: Cover Art
Pairing/Rating: House/Wilson/Cuddy, G.
Medium: Photoshop
Artist:

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Title: The Roots of Rhythm Remain
Author:

sabinelagrande
Pairing: House/Cuddy/Wilson
Rating: NC-17
Length: 20 000 words
Spoilers: None.
Summary: Greg, Lisa, James, and Evan, and how their story goes on.
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Title: Scrapbook
Subject: Photos
Pairing/Rating: House/Wilson/Cuddy, G.
Medium: Collage
Artist:

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Title: The Roots of Rhythm Remain
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Title: Roots of Rhythm Remain
Pairing: House/Wilson/Cuddy
Rating: NC-17
Length: 20 000 words
Spoilers: Through "Finding Judas".
Summary: Greg, Lisa, James, and Evan, and how their story goes on.
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For

sabinelagrande, Roots of Rhythm Remain began well before the Big Bang challenge as the Rhythm of the Saints 'verse, and she details the challenges and satisfactions of the experience here. The story, however, stands on its own as an in-depth development of not only the House/Wilson/Cuddy relationship, but also the character of Evan, their daughter.

sabinelagrande uses parenthetical humour to great effect, and she creates interesting and surprising interactions between all the characters. Some scenes that particularly stand out are House and Evan's trip to Graceland--not only the trip, but the reasons for it, and its eventual fallout. Evan's first encounter with her Grandpa House is another standout scene. It can be a challenge to maintain a narrative that spans some twenty years, but Roots of Rhythm Remain reads like the best sort of family story, the sort told over photo albums and memories.

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Title: Illustration
Subject: Swallowing a sunset.
Pairing/Rating: Gen, G.
Medium: Original illustration
Artist:

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Title: Break Point
Author:

mer_duff
Pairing: House, Wilson
Rating: G
Length: 24 000 words
Spoilers: Through season three.
Summary: Wilson struggles to reconcile past and present in the aftermath of the Tritter investigation, while House just wants to understand.
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Subject: Trailer vid
Pairing/Rating: Gen, PG
Medium: Vid
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Title: Break Point
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Subject: Trailer for Strings
Pairing/Rating: House/Foreman, PG
Medium: Vid
Artist:

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Title: Strings
Author:

zulu
Pairing: House/Foreman
Rating: NC-17
Length: 42 000 words
Spoilers: Through Euphoria II.
Summary: Because after Foreman fucks up, he might actually be teachable. Because House is the best one to knock him down and then show him what a moron he is. "Because he could be better," he says, and he hates that it's the truth, that he's telling it to Cuddy like it matters.
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Title: Break Point
Author:

mer_duff
Pairing: Gen: House, Wilson.
Rating: R
Length: 24 000 words
Spoilers: Takes place between "Human Error" and "Alone".
Summary: Wilson struggles to reconcile past and present in the aftermath of the Tritter investigation, while House just wants to understand.
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mer_duff has deepened the canonical world of House, MD with Break Point. The story delves into Wilson's past, evoking an amazing, fully fleshed-out backstory that works perfectly with the man Wilson has become. Break Point is a fascinating look at Wilson's family, and

mer_duff creates excellent and believable OCs to show his family dynamics; his parents, his friends, and especially his brother, Michael, all come alive. House's motives for demanding to know more are unclear to Wilson at first, but they are simply one more way that House shows that he cares without ever saying so. The set up for the flashbacks--House's interrogation of Wilson, his incorrigible seeking for one last line that he cannot cross--is heartbreaking in its own way, and very satisfying. Break Point is a wonderful exploration of House and Wilson's friendship, and a profound and multilayered story.

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Title: Poster
Subject: Movie poster for "Your Hand In Mine"
Pairing/Rating: House/Cuddy, G.
Medium: Collage
Artist:

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Title: Your Hand In Mine
Author:

hihoplastic
Pairing: House/Cuddy
Rating: G
Length: 30 000 words
Spoilers: None
Summary: They can say anything to each other, now that there's no tomorrow.
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Title: Untitled
Subject: Metamorphosis.
Pairing/Rating: Gen, G.
Medium: Cover Art.
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Title: Half Life
Author:

oldblue
Pairing: House/Wilson, House/OFC
Rating: R
Length: 29 000 words
Spoilers: None.
Summary: The world changes forever. House and Wilson must cope.
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Title: If I Should Not Return
Subject: A music video prequel for Hihoplastic's "Your Hand in Mine", to "Ten Thousand Miles" by Mary-Chapin Carpenter.
Pairing/Rating: House/Cuddy, G.
Medium: Vid
Artist:

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Title: Your Hand In Mine
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Title: You Go Your Way
Subject: When there's no tomorrow, they can either leave everything unsaid between them, or take the last chance they have before they run out of time.
Pairing/Rating: House/Cuddy, PG.
Medium: Vid
Artist:

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Title: Your Hand In Mine
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Title: Your Hand In Mine
Author:

hihoplastic
Pairing: House/Cuddy
Rating: PG
Length: 30 000 words
Spoilers: Through season three.
Summary: They can say anything to each other, now that there’s no tomorrow.
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hihoplastic's apocalyptic AU, Your Hand In Mine, does a wonderful job of juggling several very distinct elements all at once.

hihoplastic creates an amazing world, where disaster follows on disaster, a creepy and unresolvable crescendo of external madness. The internal plot, of House and Cuddy dealing with the world's chaos, weaves through the growing despair of the outside world, touching on it and affecting it, in turns. Finally, the slow and steady growth of House and Cuddy's relationship provides a grounding center to the story, moments of calm and love amidst the storm. Your Hand In Mine pulls out all the stops, and seems headed for certain despair, but

hihoplastic keeps a last hope alive, even when it seems that the world must end.

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Title: Untitled
Subject: Farewell
Pairing/Rating: House/Wilson, G.
Medium: 3D CGI, using Poser 7, with postwork in Adobe Photoshop CS3.
Artist:

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Title: Half Life
Author:

oldblue
Pairing: House/Wilson, House/OFC.
Rating: R
Length: 29 000 words.
Spoilers: None.
Summary: The world changes forever. House and Wilson must cope.
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Title: Half Life
Pairing: House/Wilson, House/OFC
Rating: R
Length: 28 500 words
Spoilers: Through season three; AU for season four.
Summary: The world changes forever. House and Wilson must cope.
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Half Life is an amazing work of speculative fiction.

oldblue uses the universe of House MD as a jumping off point into an unsolvable mystery and a vision of a dystopic world with little hope for those affected. The level of detail and description makes the story believable and bleak. The richness of the characters' interactions makes the reader feel for them and follow them. Alone even among those who, like him, are afflicted with an ever-increasing lycanthropy, House escapes captivity only to ask Wilson for a more permanent solution. The points of view, especially House's in the guise of the wolf, are effective and powerful. The quietly inevitable last scene of Half Life is wrenching, and

oldblue does a wonderful job of carrying the reader through until that ultimate moment.

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Title: Untitled
Subject: Movie Poster for "Dark Water."
Pairing/Rating: Gen, G.
Medium: Photoshop
Artist:

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Title: Dark Water
Author:

delphinapterus
Pairing: House/Wilson/Cuddy
Rating: NC-17
Length: 23 000 words
Spoilers: None.
Summary: AU. Wilson has to do a freebie because of a mix up with a race horse. House is just getting back into the game and Cuddy finds both these ghosts from the past showing up at the same time. Things get complicated with two FBI agents are thrown into the mix and Chase finally gets a solo hit.
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Subject: Roadmap
Pairing/Rating: House/Wilson, G.
Medium: Cover art.
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Title: The Open Road
Author:

pun
Pairing: House/Wilson
Rating: NC-17
Length: 25 000 words
Spoilers: None
Summary: Wilson goes along for the ride.
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Subject: Strings
Pairing/Rating: House/Foreman, Wilson, G
Medium: Cover art
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Title: Strings
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Title: Untitled
Subject: Cover Art
Pairing/Rating: Gen, G.
Medium: Photoshop
Artist:

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Title: Dark Water
Author:

Title: Untitled
Subject: The open road.
Pairing/Rating: Gen, G.
Medium: Cover art.
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Title: The Open Road
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Title: Untitled
Subject: California King
Pairing/Rating: House/Wilson/McKay/Sheppard
Medium: Cover art
Artist:

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Title: In For A Pound
Author:

deelaundry
Pairing: House/Wilson/McKay/Sheppard
Crossover Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Rating: NC-17
Length: 23 500 words
Spoilers: None
Summary: Two days, four men, one California King mattress. Sometimes two and two can add up to something more.
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Title: Dark Water
Author:

delphinapterus
Pairing: House/Wilson, House/Wilson/Cuddy, Cuddy/Wilson
Rating: NC-17
Length: 20 000 words
Spoilers: None
Summary: Wilson has to do a freebie because of a mix up with a race horse. House is just getting back into the game and Cuddy finds both these ghosts from the past showing up at the same time. Things get complicated with two FBI agents are thrown into the mix and Chase finally gets a solo hit.
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Dark Water takes an interesting turn as a House AU where House and Wilson run a business together--as hit men. With Chase as their somewhat bungling assistant, they're doing well for themselves, until a woman from both their pasts shows up unexpectedly. When Cuddy becomes the target of an assassination plot,

delphinapterus's fast-paced, light-hearted story takes off. With banter, hijinks, and a hint of a fusion with Grosse Point Blank, Dark Water is a fun rollercoaster of a story.

delphinapterus makes best use of all the characters, including an amusing subplot for Chase, as House and Wilson slowly discover that everything between them and Cuddy is more than what it first seemed--and it has the potential to become something even greater.

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Title: Untitled
Subject: Time marches on.
Pairing/Rating: Team, G.
Medium: Wallpaper
Artist:

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Title: Time Marches On
Author:

namaste
Pairing: None
Rating: G
Length: 24 000 words.
Spoilers: None.
Summary: House once called change one of the greatest tragedies in life. His teams -- the old one and the newbies -- are learning this even as House himself continues to deal with things he can change, and things he cannot. Casefic with multiple POVs.
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Subject: Vid to "Solemn Thirsty" by Malcolm Middleton
Pairing/Rating: Team, G.
Medium: Vid
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Title: Time Marches On
Author:

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Title: Time Marches On
Pairing: Gen: Team.
Rating: G
Length: 23 260
Spoilers: Through "Don't Ever Change".
Summary: House once called change one of the greatest tragedies in life. His teams--the old one and the newbies--are learning this even as House himself continues to deal with things he can change, and things he cannot.
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namaste creates a believable, canon-consistent episodic story in Time Marches On. The new team and the old are wonderfully characterized, each becoming an individual in their own point of view section. The story is centered around a strong medical plot, with well-researched details and interesting original characters who keep the mystery alive, with a very Housian twist at the end.

namaste takes the opportunity to dive in to how each member of House's team feels about the changes in their lives. And through all their lives, there is House: creating new Feng Shui in the office, chasing down a diagnosis, and in the end, opening up only to Wilson. Time Marches On is a strong ensemble story, and

namaste writes confidently and ably, getting into the minds of every character she takes on.

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Title: Untitled
Subject: A collage of various aspects that feature in the story.
Pairing/Rating: Gen; House, Wilson, Cuddy, G
Medium: Cover art
Artist:

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Title: My Brother's Keeper
Author:

shutterbug_12
Pairing: Gen; House, Wilson, Cuddy.
Rating: R
Length: 24 500 words
Spoilers: None.
Summary: An on-the-job incident forces House to experience his life beyond the visible spectrum; Cuddy and Wilson struggle to guide him through a darkness that neither of them can see and preserve the world that House remembers.
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Subject: Banner
Pairing/Rating: Gen; G
Medium: Photoshop
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Title: My Brother's Keeper
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Title: Untitled
Subject: Coming home.
Pairing/Rating: House/Wilson, G.
Medium: Cover art.
Artist:

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Title: The Open Road
Author:

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Title: Illustration
Subject: "The rain. I like it."
Pairing/Rating: Gen, G
Medium: Original illustration.
Artist:

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Title: My Brother's Keeper
Author:

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Title: My Brother's Keeper
Author:

shutterbug_12
Pairing: Gen: House, Cuddy, Wilson.
Rating: R
Length: 24 814 words.
Spoilers: None.
Summary: An on-the-job incident forces House to experience his life beyond the visible spectrum; Cuddy and Wilson struggle to guide him through a darkness that neither of them can see and preserve the world that House remembers.
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shutterbug_12's My Brother's Keeper is an incredibly intense experience. When House loses his sight in an accident, the result is a reevaluation of his entire life, especially his relationship with Cuddy and Wilson--the only two people he might trust enough to help him. All three grow and change as House first despairs, and then begins the long road to an uncertain recovery. Throughout the story,

shutterbug_12 uses detailed, precise description to draw the reader in to a sightless world. A particularly intimate moment is when House remembers Stacy in an attempt to forget everything going on around him...and only partly succeeds. My Brother's Keeper is a wonderful example of a hurt/comfort story; the hurt is the catalyst to show each character in sharp perspective without any over-the-top gratuitous torture, and the comfort grows naturally out of the characters' relationships, providing a very satisfactory denouement.

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Title: The Open Road
Author:

pun
Pairing: House/Wilson
Rating: NC-17
Length: 25 000 words
Spoilers: Through season three.
Summary: Wilson goes along for the ride.
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The Open Road is the consummate roadtrip fic.

pun combines the best of the travelling tropes--sleeping together in tiny rundown motels, country fairs with carnies, and being trapped together for hours in the car--with a wonderful exploration of House and Wilson's characters at a crossroad in their relationship. The road itself is a character;

pun does a marvelous job of evoking the changing setting. The disconnected mood of the story fits Wilson's POV perfectly, as he follows House's lead and tries to understand his motives. This works especially well during their intense first kiss and Wilson's subsequent confusion. The sex scenes are incredibly hot, but they don't discount the importance of the way House and Wilson's friendship is changing. In the end, The Open Road leads to a conclusion that feels flawlessly appropriate.

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Subject: Pairings
Pairing/Rating: House/Wilson/McKay/Sheppard
Medium: Cover art
Artist:

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Title: In For A Pound
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Title: In For A Pound
Author:

deelaundry
Crossover Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Pairing: House/Wilson, McKay/Sheppard, House/Wilson/McKay/Sheppard
Rating: NC-17
Length: 20 500 words
Spoilers: Through "Whatever It Takes" for House; through "Quarantine" for Stargate: Atlantis.
Summary: Two days, four men, one California King mattress. Sometimes two and two can add up to something more.
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If you have a great love for both House, M.D. and Stargate: Atlantis, then you'll love a crossover between them that brings both fandoms' favourite characters together. In For A Pound is

deelaundry's extension of a 'verse started with the story Out Of The Blue, and it involves House, Wilson, McKay, and Sheppard meeting up and deciding to spend the weekend together engaged in every indecent and salubrious activity they can fit on a list.

deelaundry's dialogue is well done, and the interactions between House and Sheppard are amusing. The moment when House and McKay play the piano together is particularly endearing. In For A Pound is a fun romp of a story, wherein each character and each pairing is given its own moment and individual dynamic.

deelaundry takes great delight in offering up every possible fantasy for the reader's delectation, and the result is explosive.

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Title: Strings
Author:

zulu
Pairing: House/Foreman
Rating: NC-17
Length: 42 000 words
Spoilers: Through "Euphoria".
Summary: Because after Foreman fucks up, he might actually be teachable. Because House is the best one to knock him down and then show him what a moron he is. "Because he could be better," he says, and he hates that it's the truth, that he's telling it to Cuddy like it matters.
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zulu's Strings is an addition to her Percussion-verse stories, which follows the relationship of an alternate universe version of House and Foreman, where Foreman was not hired on as one of House's fellow, but in fact, works in PPTH's neurology department. Strings itself deals with an alternate version of the episode Euphoria and explores the impact of such an intense event on House and Foreman's burgeoning relationship. As in most of her stories, Strings benefits greatly from

zulu's keen ear for dialogue, light sense of humor, and sharp attention to detail. The emotional beats of the story ring true, warm and painful in turns. All of their characters get their moments to shine, to come alive. Foreman's father in particular is well-drawn for a character who has only had a few appearances in canon. We, as the readers, already know how this story goes, but that doesn't mean it's not worth telling again.

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Title: A Better Idea
Subject: House and Wilson during one of House's dream sequences, when Wilson decides he has a "better idea" as to what they could be doing and acts on it.
Pairing/Rating: House/Wilson, NC-17.
Medium: 3D CGI, using Poser 7, with postwork in Adobe Photoshop CS3.
Artist:

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Title: A Joy Forever
Author:

bell
Pairing: House/Wilson
Rating: R
Length: 21 000 words
Spoilers: None.
Summary: Wilson's dead, but that doesn't mean he's gone.
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Title: Dream Meeting
Subject: House and Wilson meet on a porch in House's dream.
Pairing/Rating: House/Wilson, G.
Medium: Photo manipulation, digital.
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Title: A Joy Forever
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Title: A Joy Forever
Author:

bell
Pairing: House/Wilson
Rating: R
Length: 20 300
Spoilers: Through "Sleeping Dogs Lie".
Summary: Wilson's dead, but that doesn't mean he's gone.
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A Joy Forever is an intriguing story about love, loss, and the powerful attachment between House and Wilson.

bell engages the reader from the very first scene, where House's reaction to Wilson's death is believable and very in character, but it is also unresolved enough to carry the plot forward. The set up and the world-building were both very well handled, so that the speculative element arises from the plot naturally. All the original characters fill their roles admirably, while having enough quirks that they become real people. House's breakdown--when it inevitably arrives--is made all the more effective by the subtle writing and carefully drawn details, as well as its precise pacing and timing within the narrative. A Joy Forever is a deathfic with a twist, one whose ramifications for the world and for the characters definitely linger beyond the final scene.