#christopher taub

[holleringfromyourrooftops]

Another thing I want to rant about is the House-Thirteen dynamic that I'm starting to love

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My GOD I loved the episode "The Dig" (s7 ep18) because it features like two of my most favorite characters: House and Thirteen.

I've always been interested in their duo ever since Thirteen left the team and House was trying to win her back in his own House-like way and it was like a game between them. I loved their fights and my god did I love their fights in this episode in particular.

It started off fun with us also being in the dark about WHY Thirteen was in prison but there was always this sense of tension that something deeper was going on, and all the comedy, and diagnoses was just a distraction to drop a bombshell and my god did it DROP.

Of all the things I expected from Thirteen's mouth, I never expected her to say that she killed a man. And obviously, like House, I jumped to the most normal theories and deluded myself into thinking this might be a lie or the guy did OD, but even then I knew something was wrong. Mostly because Thirteen is an exceptional doctor and I doubt she would let anyone die on her watch without being more fucked up over it.

And my doubts were proven right during the scene where Thirteen was crying in the night and House didn't react and just listened. And that speaks a lot: he didn't pretend he was sleeping, he didn't do anything and simply listened and slowly worked out all the information in his head, further proven when House mentions this ("You don't cry at night...") to Thirteen while he was explaining how the man she killed must've been close to her. House is rarely emotional; he's logical and thinks of everything as puzzles and yet we can also see that he was starting to care deeply for Thirteen, even smiling fondly at her in one the previous scenes. Their relationship dynamic was getting more depth and truly it reached its peak when Thirteen finally revealed why she killed her brother.

House didn't react AGAIN; no witty quips, no revulsion, no anything. He just stood there and listened as Thirteen cried, didn't even offer her a hug---because that's who House is, he's logical, he knows that a hug doesn't fix anything so he didn't offer one despite Thirteen needing one.

The loneliness that Thirteen spoke of, her fear of being alone during her final moments, is something House can truly resonate with. He JUST lost the one person whom he thought was going to stick by him, who he thought would love his twisted, diabolical self and who MADE him a better--more happier--person, made him care more about something other than puzzles---and all of that had come crashing down in the form of Cuddy almost dying. I feel like this was truly the first time House was ever scared shitless, ever scared of losing someone so much that it caused his leg pain to spike up and revert back to Vicodin just to show up and be there for her. He truly went through HELL in just a day, stripped to his rawest form, and then left bleeding in his doorway by the one woman he has ever loved and cared for deeply. Of course House understood Thirteen, he was the embodiment of her fear; alone, with no one--except a half-empty bottle of pills--next to you to numb you, even momentarily, from the pain.

So of course House didn't say anything, because he was in that exact situation and simply, refused to tell the cruel truth that he's so used to telling other people. He didn't even comfort her because he was in shock about what she had revealed and what this had made him realise about himself. All he could do was turn around and go back to the competition. Perhaps it was his way of punishing Thirteen for hurting him and drive in the fact that yes, she was going to be alone and die alone, or perhaps he was running away. Regardless, his inability to take action at that moment and Thirteen's hurt at him for not doing anything was probably what Cuddy felt when he showed up stoned and was there for her.

However at the end, we can see how the parallels between what happened with Cuddy and what happend with Thirteen end where House offers that he could euthanize Thirteen if she wanted him too, thus proving Cuddy wrong about how he hasn't changed, how he couldn't change who he was, when in fact that scene alone proved how House had changed from his past mistakes. He offered to euthanize this person whom he cares deeply about, just because he didn't want her to feel lonely--to feel like he did and still do--doesn't matter that House suffers breakdowns even when he loses even one patient (the woman who got caught under the rubble, I dont remember the exact episode) whom he slightly interacted with (sure maybe you could chalk that upto him and Cuddy fighting), he was still willing to step up and be there for Thirteen, and he said this with the most sincere tone he could muster up. He comforted Thirteen with simply his words, something that House had previously stated he was incapable of, and showed emotional maturity in his relationship with Thirteen.

So yes, House did change and perhaps it was Cuddy breaking up with him that made him change the most---to allow himself to be a part of other people's lives, to empathize and care for them and even TRY to be there for them emotionally even though he had earlier told Wilson that he sucked at comforting people. Or perhaps, House has always been that kind of person and it took him years to finally let that side out.

[unaballerinascalza]

House, M.D. in 2024 headcanons

Pt. 1

House takes birdwatching seriously, although in amateur mode, equipped with binoculars, dad shorts and a wilson holding snacks bait for bird pics

Wilson is a Temu victim

House, in one way or another, verbally defeats Jake Paul

Cam and Thirteen get caught in Janitor's Closet™ 2.0 but in a very cute way where they're just standing there and kissing each other's noses. House makes gagging sounds after said discovery

Foreman has beef with [a dislike towards] peas since 5th grade

No one from the team can keep plants alive except for maybe Wilson (cue to 30 aloe vera types in his balcony or something)*. House, in theory, would be able to, but he would rather rot than have a healthy hobby

Chase genuinely considers creating his own shampoo brand

House and Kutner competitively play NYT Connections

Thirteen outlifts Foreman at the gym. She is smug. He is vexed.

Taub reads 50 shades of grey multiple times every year

Cameron almost got into a stevia pill selling pyramid scheme

Foreman is an android boi but with the rage of an average apple user

Cuddy has stolen House's whiteboard marker at least twice just to fuck with him

Thirteen sent House all 0.5x pics of Foreman after their breakup

Kutner has blown up the microwave in the break room

*we love a 420 joke

Pt. 2 Pt. 3 Pt. 4

[thisdastampdoesnotexist]

can you add christopher taub from house md over the next stamp

[avianhasnodignity]

i need to be put down

[tulip-wizard]

*walks out covered in blood*

so i just finished house md.

[did-sm1-say-catfish]

house md memes but its me and my friends weird text messages :P

!!!

[alex--kid]

This. Just this.

[bitchlesslesbian]

I think that being a nurse in ppth would've hilarious in gossips terms , like yes i would love to bet $100 in the poll of "Are James Wilson , head of oncology and Gregory House , head of diagnostics fucking?" And talking about Chase and Cameron crappy divorce and how Taub cheats on his wife with nurses and who is going to be next

[wilsonteav]

Pov: When two of your biggest crushes from House MD are literally next to each other

[unaballerinascalza]

House, M.D. in 2024 headcanons

Pt. 2

That Nora lady uses the f slur with her besties at cocktail hour

House is THE Chappell Roan fan (loves her more than Thirteen does)

Someone from the team makes an artpiece out of defected IV needles while Under The Influence™. It either sells for tens of thousands at an auction or 31 dollars and 24 cents on Ebay, depending on the marketing

Chase has starred in a deodorant ad where he was on a motorbike and with sideburns

Chase and Thirteen constantly sing that one line from teenage dirtbag ("I've got two tickets to iron maiden, baby") together at the randomest times for no reason

Wilson feeds seagulls fries on purpose

Cuddy has a secret history of participating at fried chicken eating contests (and having won at least 4 times)

Thirteen gifts House a hot wheels colour changing monstertruck set. Kutner adds the garage from his collection. House keeps it all in his office

Chase wins a rap battle against an annoying kid who was bugging Cameron

Taub doesn't understand why everyone hates karma by Jojo Siwa

To make the ducklings concentrate during doctoring, House plays them royalty free music (e.g. spinning monkeys)

House steals Cameron's copy of "Red, white and royal blue" and doesn't give it back because it'S GENUINELY GOOD

Foreman orders boxes of samyang ramen noodles. He adds all the sauce and eats it without batting an eye

Chase takes Thirteen to Australia as a siblings trip. They get arrested.

Park has a cleaning tiktok

Pt. 1 Pt. 3 Pt. 4

[righteousenjoymentofthunder]

“how did you know?” - “a little wallaby told me recently…” - “you told him!?” - “he asked 🤨”

ohhh chase never change. doesnt even consider not telling house when he asks things

[cyborgnoodless]

i just watched Cloverfield and domino back to back and freaked out both times I saw actors that were in house. Like I saw peter Jacobson in domino and “OMGGG TAUB AGGAH HI TAUB X3”. yes i am in fact a taub fan im sorry

[avianhasnodignity]

taub does chase's top surgery and then chase does kutner's top surgery. the circle of life

[holleringfromyourrooftops]

And also oh my god s8 gave me a gud HouseThirteen breadcrumbs (ty writers)

As always,

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Most of the episode (s8 ep3 'Charity Case')House tries to get Thirteen back on his team. Again its a game for the both of them and AGAIN Thirteen decided to stay despite her many initial protests but in the end, House tells her that she's fired and lets her go. Now, this may be far-fetched but when House was dating Cuddy, I remembered how House had said that being in a relationship with her was affecting him being a doctor. The number of people who had died was greater compared to the number of people who died BEFORE he dated Cuddy. This was a huge problem for him because he prided himself on being this great doctor that solves puzzles and saves patients (those things usually go hand-in-hand) but as of that moment, he was solving puzzles but couldn't save his patients in time. For the first time, House was truly conflicted between wanting to continue dating Cuddy and believe that his relationship wasnt affecting his relationship and wanting to break-up with Cuddy and become the phenomenal doctor he once was.

But in the end, he chose Cuddy, even though he believed that he would be killing most of his patients by doing so, even though it meant that the one thing that he takes pride on the most (his brain) was going to be affected, He still chose Cuddy.

Now back to the episode; it was all about a guy who gave away large amounts of money to people who needed it, but in turn, he was fucking up his personal life. Again, this can be paralleled to House where he would always give it his all to solve his puzzle, damning whatever social bridges he had built with others in order to do this. But in the end, the patient chooses his family over helping those in need (ANOTHER parallel to how House chose Cuddy despite it going against everything he stood for)

Now coming to Thirteen: she was supposed to go on a trip with her girlfriend but changed her mind. Why? Because she felt guilty. She was a great doctor, so how could she just decide to not save patients and have fun? (Again, this is paralleled to the patient's story where he donates large amounts of money to charities and everything because he had the ability to do so (we later learn that this was a symptom but forget about that for a moment) and AGAIN ANOTHER PARALLEL WITH HOUSE'S DIAGNOSTIC ABILITIES DULLING DUE TO HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH CUDDY) and I don't think House had changed his mind yet, not fully UNTIL he saw Thirteen and her girlfriend being so in love with each other. And I think that moment reminded him of how he used to be with Cuddy, ergo reminding him of how he chose her over saving people.

Thats when he calls over Thirteen and fires her, no tricks no games, but pure sincerity and honesty. He stops Thirteen from going down the same path of misery he did, and saves her from making herself truly alone. Despite him not saying all of this, you can tell that Thirteen understood what he meant and us as audience too understood why Thirteen didn't say anything either.

Their whole relationship was built on meaningful subtext, and I just think thats beautiful because that means that both Thirteen and House are connected so deeply that they can understand the words the other is NOT saying. Thirteen was what House could've been if he had a House-like figure in his life when he was younger. By the time he met Wilson it was already too late to change his fundamental beliefs, thus why it took so long for him to come this far. I just love House's dynamic with Thirteen in all the later seasons because they are two sides of the same coin, except one had a House and the other didn't.

[rantingwhileraving]

genuine question do taub fans exist

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