Muse's Triad

I probably speak about the Muse far too often, but sometimes the timing of things just is too perfect. (Isn't it odd how I attribute all the shit in my life to a malicious, bitchy omnipotent God, and all the perfection in my life to an ethereal, practically powerless Muse?) She speaks out to me with three things that will happen or are happening this week.

1. House.

If you asked me a few weeks ago about this would all end I wouldn't have a clue. It really has felt like one long episode starting with Kutner's suicide. The result of this is the catalyst for Cameron and Chase marrying, but also House's introspection into who he is and why he is the way he is. But this latter point was deftly avoiding overt explication, rather it was symbolically represented in Amber and how he handles with that.

And that final moment at the end, when he realises his detox and sexual encounter were part of the delusion... So perfect and unexpected and yet you feel like you should've seen it. They dole out precisely what the fans one, the long awaited Huddy relationship, and in our fervour, we don't examine its possibility. No one cried foul and accused them writers of writing unrealistic scenes - the situation in which House and Cuddy fall into each others' arms was too perfect. I could learn a thing or two from that.

Seriously though, the delusions aspect of it has been hinted at for ages. Like that bus scene with Amber at the end of season 4. He wasn't in some drug addled state, such as season 2's finale, perfectly lucid and rational and yet he converses with Amber on a celestial bus?! Surprised no one joined the dots sooner.

Where can they go in season 6 with House in an institution? I have no idea. But I seriously hope they introduce a psychiatrist character (STEPHEN FRY!? OMG!) that examines him ferociously. Why not even have the guy sit in on differentials (whilst House is still there)? Alternatively, they could focus on the hospital with them trying to work without House there. Imagine a whole episode without Hugh Laurie in it... that would be an amazing ep (from an artistic point of view).

2. Lost

Lost finale on Thursday. Incident fever has hit an all time high here. My mind is just constantly running and trying to come up with some ideas as to how it all pans out.

3. 8-Bit theatre.

If you don't read 8-Bit Theatre, then you haven't lived. Go do it. Now. I've always maintain that despite it being a webcomic, despite it being designed for comedy, despite its "subpar" graphical style, that the plot and the characters were the work of a genius. That they were characters capable of ringing true, archetypes that spoke to the irrational. That, and they were fucking hilarious.

All of my time at Grammar, I had pinned up the infamous episode 434. Why? Because of the intense and rapacious discussions it created. A vague and wholly unfunny episode generates the most discussion out of any episode for a comedy based comic? That only spoke to how powerful the plot and its fans and speculation would run.

But people are only realising now how perfect the characters are. They're morons. It was apparent from the very get go (after 100 eps or so) that it all started to fall together. Despite the variable personalities, such as a character was as dumb or as smart as the joke needed, there was some core truth to it all and now it's coming out.

The shits real now. Everyone can feel the ending coming soon. Maybe he'll cut to a tangential arc and keep us in the lurch. If he does, great, the lols are needed. But I suspect he may not, Mr Clevinger, that clever man, will truck along, going down this inevitable path towards his story's end.

This afternoon when I read the latest episode, I sat here stunned, in silence. Were it another time of day, I may've got emotional. Over pixelated characters on a screen? wot?! But that feeling of having everything you thought you knew pulled from underneath you. That's so powerful. Again, another lesson I could use for my own writing.

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All this to say that Colby has (finally) given me the latest Spiral chapter. I'm planning on staying true to my word, that I would get it back to him within 1.5 weeks. So that gives me until about Friday of next week. I suspect, if all goes according to my tenuous plan, I will give it to him on Monday, having utilised the weekend to my advantage.

What can I say about Colby's latest chapter... Well, he's managed to throw a spanner into the works. That is, disrupted the things I wanted to do with a few characters and suddenly lit a fire under my plot's ass. That is, he's placed pressure now onto me to write something I hadn't planned. Which is great. I sort of did plan something similar, but his way is probably better.

He's also ruined my larger mythos that I wanted to use. Well not totally ruined, but definitely placed it udner duress. I think I can still manage to salvage most of it.

However, there were no mindfucks, as he promised. Just spanners. And that was to me as a writer. No minor-mind-fucks for the readers... But I intend to throw him a mindfuck next chapter. Pretty much planned it tonight just sitting here studying. From there, I have a few spanners to throw him as well. Partly to salvage my plot and partly just to fuck with him :D