Sorry I just I love you people for shipping Hilson so hard bc I have been in that boat since 2006 but I’m so sorry I really don’t think RSL shipped it (Hugh Laurie did tho)
And what makes it so bittersweet is like
If you accept those acting choices
It’s one-sided pining for the whole show
House realizes he’s bi in the episode with the Orthodox Jewish woman, when he confronts Thirteen about bisexuality
And from then until the end, Laurie is playing House as in love with his best friend
Like he KNOWS he’s in love with Wilson but Wilson is straight
RSL plays it heterosexual the whole time
Arguably homoromantic but we didn’t have the vocabulary
I genuinely think House would have fucked Wilson but not vice versa
And I think Hugh Laurie played House with that understanding
Idk how much of this was written and directed but it *was* acted
"I think it’s true that there was a great sort of weird romantic love between House and Wilson. I suppose that was the show’s central core relationship, and it was irresistible to me." - Hugh Laurie