#lauri speaks

[feathered-iridescent]

I'm aware of the news. I'd rather not talk about it.

[secret-strawberry]

not sure if someone has done this already, but here's a collection of my favorite hugh laurie answers to (mostly the house md) questions from a livejournal q&a in 2009

(you can find the link to these and the rest of his answers archived here)

[slashermovhigh]

Some older drawings that I never posted (or I forgot I posted, idk this blog has been going for a while)

Uhhh drawing of both groups meeting as kids in camp crystal lake (not canon, but hc whatever you want) and the girls getting summer jobs as camp counselours (canonicity: ...eh??)

+ Chibis for the girls and a drawing I'm pretty sure I posted? But not really so have it again because I still think it's really funny

[1mlostnow]

They had to have enhanced the colors in Hugh Laurie’s eyes. No fucking way they’re that blue

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

[thefandomlesbian]

So no pressure at all not to answer if you don’t want to. Just if you do know…

*could* House still have his leg amputated? Would it help?

Initial disclaimer: I am not a doctor and I don't claim to be, any misconceptions are my own!

So we know that amputation was originally on the table in 1999/2000 when House initially had his infarction and then brought back into the limelight in 2011 when he committed bathtub butchery. But outside of those two acute incidents, could he have an amputation in the interim?

It's sort of a multipronged question because amputations, particularly above knee amputations (AKA) are pretty involved, risky surgeries. There's a lot of significant vasculature in the thigh that can be difficult to control. The femur in the thigh is the strongest bone in the human body, breaking a healthy adult femur is the equivalent of cracking concrete. Contrary to what House says when he claims surgeons are going to err on the side of "caution" and take his leg to protect themselves from complications, there are a lot of risks involved in taking a ~70 lb limb from the body. Patients after an AKA are 4x more likely to suffer a cardiac event. It's not just about preserving function if at all possible (though that is a concern). AKA is lower risk than, say, allowing a necrotic muscle to continue to rot inside the body, but if a healthy person with a mobility device walks into a surgeon's office and says, "I would like to have my leg amputated because of chronic pain," many surgeons are resoundingly going to say no.

That is especially complicated by House having had an infarction, a blood clot. Muscular infarctions are rare and almost exclusively happen in diabetics, so for House to have had one as a nondiabetic man in his late 30s/early 40s, he probably has something unusual going on in his blood to cause atypical clotting factors. He should be taking bloodthinners to prevent another infarction from occurring. By definition, that makes him a higher risk patient for any surgeon--he comes off the bloodthinners for surgery, putting him at risk for another infarction, or he doesn't and he's now at risk for hemorrhage.

Add to the equation that House is American in the world run by insurance--no insurance company is going to approve an amputation in a guy who's walking with a cane. Some would probably try to slide it by as a cosmetic/elective surgery to escape any financial responsibility, so he'd be looking at around $50,000 out the gate for surgery alone.

But the question will it help? is one that... really can't be answered. Again, contrary to what the canon displays, phantom limb pain is seldom easily fixed and can become chronic, plus the physiology is extremely poorly understood, so it's much more difficult to treat than standard acute or chronic pain. There's a pretty good chance that, with time and healing after amputation, House would have a fairly normal, pain-free existence, given he'll always be disabled and he'll face the struggles of using a prosthetic/walker/crutches/whatever mobility aid he chooses. There's also a chance that he could continue to live in chronic pain, now less treatable, while healing a surgical incision and learning how to walk again. It could fall either way. (And potential complications, ie a second infarction, cardiac event, no limitations, there's a lot to work with.)

All of that said--this is just in terms of my experience and limited knowledge. I think amputee!House is something that should be explored more often in fandom, from all sides of the equation (1999, 2011, favorable outcomes, unfavorable outcomes). It's worth mentioning that within the scope of the House MD universe, House does believe that he would be a happier person in less pain if he had had his leg amputated.

In terms of fanworks, anything goes! (I mean I literally wrote a soliloquy on how/why Wilson's cancer is considered terminal while simultaneously writing my WilsonLives!AU, so it's safe to say we should all be comfortable hurling realism in the toilet for the sake of Fix It FanFiction.) There are no rules, medicine as we know it doesn't exist, you can do Whatever You Want for the sake of the narrative.

[bewithdagays]

Hugh Laurie is a zionist

and so is Lisa Edelstein, David Shore and so on

he’s quite literally acting in a show based in Israel and has been quiet about most of the stuff going on

almost more than half of the house md cast are zionists

[salembehindbars]

I would have never dropped her for being “too depressed”. She deserved better.

[in-love-with-movies]

Speak (2004)

[resolutepath]

TEST MUSE INCOMING. The brain wanted chaos today and so we are testing out a new muse. I'm not officially adding him to the roster until I know for sure I can do him justice comfortably, but I would like to explore the themes of both Scaramouche and Wanderer, predominantly Scaramouche atm, so expect an inbox / small starter call soon.

[stevie-petey]

Rules: go to Pinterest and select a ✷ character ✷ lyric/quote ✷ weather ✷ random object ✷ color ✷ hobby ✷ food ✷ movie ✷ and album! ✷

thank u for the tag @strangerstilinski <3 loved doing a lil brain dump

some no pressure tags: @southelroy @itwasallblue @hsllfirescoops @bitchkeery @procrastinationprincesses @criesinlies @eddiemunson-86-baby and anyone else who wants to im absolutely blanking rn omg

[kxllakxm]

cower in the corner of your mind, leaky faucet trickle and the SILENCE. lips sealed, white knuckled, the vibrations in your ligaments. you are all alone. the roaring waves of isolation. born screaming and raised mute. you say nothing because it doesn't matter and it never did.

[setacin]

KAKASHI NARUTO JUMPSCARE

[trixree]

Absolutely obsessed with the TikTok community that is just reposting clips from House MD and making the most unhinged House/Wilson fancams and writing shit like this in the comments on every single one

But this one is for SURE my favorite

So far, MY favorite House MD arc is the one in season 4 when he just fucking kidnaps a man

[fatherdmitri]

people think situationships are tough... how bout really strong friendships with a male friend that ended abruptly when he confessed that hes been in love with you the entire time

[queeringclassiclit]

Theodore 'Laurie' Laurence

from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott