#but like?? “we purposefully protrayed this character as autistic but he's actually not autistic because . . . we said so”

[scintillatingshortgirl19]

so a few days ago i watched the episode where house treats an autistic kid (s03e04) and i'm still hung up on it, because i genuinely can't tell what the writers want us to think re: whether or not house is autistic

basically they spent the whole episode showing house being very autistic and then at the very end had wilson say, "nah he just wants to be autistic to excuse his assholery" (which. yikes. but moving on)

i mean is the audience supposed to see wilson as a reliable voice here? aka all house's autistic signs were written as some kind of bait and switch? "lol you thought house was autistic bc he was doing all these autistic things but really he just wishes he were autistic to explain his behavior!"

except. bestie he DID do all those autistic things. he legit couldn't tolerate his office with the new carpet. He did identify with the autistic kid, and they made a huge deal out of the fact that house was the only one who figured out how to calm him down. my man stims nonstop. he has sensory issues. he knows social rules bc he's obsessed with analyzing human behavior, but he openly states that the rules do not actually make sense to him.

like i'm happy to just have a headcanon that fills the gap between what the writers seem to want us to think vs what their story is actually showing us (done that many a time) . . . but usually i can at least tell what the writers' intentions even are?

#anyone who has ideas about this please weigh in #i'm ignoring the whole 'autism vs aspergers' thing bc thats just bc it was the 2000s #but like?? “we purposefully protrayed this character as autistic but he's actually not autistic because . . . we said so” #am i reading that right?? #house md #hate crimes md #house season 3 #house s03e04 #videos - house #autistic house #op