Knots: Like a Diamond in the Sky (12/12)

[extrabitter]

Part One (By Pitza)
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Part Six
Part Seven
Part Eight
Part Nine
Part Ten
Part Eleven

Author's note: This is the end, told from House's point of view. I'll include a few acknowledgments, but there will be a longer piece on the process of writing this series on housefic_meta soon. So, thanks to namasteyoga for a very quick sort of beta

Comments

[drunken_kurage]

...guh...

this is such a fantastic story, it really is. utterly gut wrenching and beautiful at the same time. it's good to see how they more or less managed to get all their issues settled.

The first thing he sees on his desk when he walks into his office the next morning is an envelope. He opens it, and a silvery key falls on the floor in front of him
i have to be honest, when i read that part i audibly whined. thoughts of wilson returning house' key came to mind before i could finish the paragraph. have to say i was relieved to know it was the key to wilson's new apartment.

i love this entire story, i really do. kudos upon kudos to you and those who helped you through it all.

[anonymous]

No doubt about it: you can write.

House and Wilson look at each other without judging. This was a necessary line. Good call.

[geshonesix]

Glad you finished this fic. I reviewed an earlier chapter and I feel the strength and potential of this fic and its premise have not been be realised in either the subsequent chapters or the conclusion. The AU angle and the ‘out of character’ angle (because I do believe Wilson raping House falls within those parameters) attracted me to this fic. Initially it felt like an exploration of these characters through a much different lens to those usually seen in fanfic and capable of breaking beyond accepted scenarios into something more challenging. However the later chapters betrayed this early promise and I feel as though the brutal reality painted in the early scenes lost the courage to push this situation to a harsh and realistic conclusion. The therapist session evolved into an exposition tool to gloss over, rather than offer insight into, Wilson’s, motivation and related guilt. As this piece developed, it seemed more apologetic for its premise. The character’s action and thoughts morphed to suit this end and retracted from a sexual

[extrabitter]

Yes, the story ends with both characters in denial, getting back to a place where they can function out of necessity. I agree with you that the piece backs away from the premise, and from the original style. I'm not sure why that happened, and I'm glad somebody else noticed.

Honestly, I'm not sure that I would have been able to publish anything that met your expectations. (Written it? Possibly, but not while carrying on my day-to-day life.) I'm not completely satisfied with the way this turned out. On the other hand, having written this may enable me to get closer to what I want to produce. I started spinning my wheels a little more than half way through and wanted to be done with it.

Thanks for noticing; I mean that.

Well Said

[geshonesix]

Wow. Thought the end vaguely unsatisfying but couldn't say why. You were able to put my thoughts into words....excatly! Thanks.

[albinolady]

my dear, all i know to say is this:
Bravo.
this whole fic was awesome, and worth the wait.
*thumbs up*
very lovely

[namasteyoga]

I like how you managed to get House to the bar in a believable manner:

Out, that means a bar. Wilson hasn’t been to a bar since that night. “If you want to make sure House shows up, tell him somebody else is picking up the check,” he says.

Also I think Cuddy worked out well in the end.

Congratulations on finishing this. Heck, just the idea of taking over a premise launched by someone else in the first place is a pretty frightening concept, so kudos for pulling it off.