#maybe im reading too much nto it because i use a cane myself but like

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i'm houseposting way too much another reason nobody but hugh laurie could play house is because he gets house's mannerisms with his cane down so well i'd genuinely believe he used one irl.

it's in the way house slides things over to himself, like coffee cups and papers, or his chair to grab his phone in the bath. he hangs it on hospital equipment without a second thought, on random surfaces in his house, and he knows exactly how high to raise it to hang it on his doorframe so he can have his hands free. he pressed elevator buttons with it instead of using his hands. he's so much more expressive when it's in his hand- he's had the thing so long it's like another limb. he gestures more, fiddles with it, blocks things with it. you can even see he's used to doing most things one handed, and holding as many things in one hand as he can.

it's a small thing, but it adds a lot to how hugh laurie plays him yk?