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Created on 2008-07-10 10:31:05 (#16059071), last updated 2008-07-15

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Name:	Greg House
Birthdate:	06-11
Location:	New Jersey, United States

Bio

GREGORY HOUSE

House is a maverick medical genius and heads a team of diagnosticians at the Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. He is a first-rate doctor, and is qualified in three different medical specialties: diagnostic medicine (pathology), nephrology (diseases of the kidney), and infectious diseases (infectiology). House has been described as being a "misanthrope", a "cynic" and a "curmudgeon". House's unorthodox diagnostic approaches, radical therapeutic motives, and stalwart rationality has resulted in much conflict between himself and his colleagues. He seemingly lacks empathy and sympathy for his patients, a practice that he readily admits, allots him the time to solve pathological enigmas.

BACKGROUND

Gregory House was born to John and Blythe House. His Social Security number was issued in Ohio. House is a "military brat", as his father served as a Marine Corps pilot and transferred often to other bases during House's childhood. One place in which his father was stationed was Egypt, where House developed a passing fascination with archaeology and treasure-hunting, an interest which led him to keep his treasure-hunting tools well into his adulthood. Another station was Japan, where, at age 14, House discovered his vocation after witnessing the respect given to a buraku doctor who solved a case no other doctor could handle.

House was a bright child, a mixed blessing as his demanding father and loving mother obviously had high hopes for him. He cultivated a variety of interests, such as chemistry and playing the piano, which have served him well into adulthood. Dr. House loves his mother but hates his father, who he claims has an "insane moral compass," and deliberately attempts to avoid both parents. At one point, House tells a story about his parents leaving him with his grandmother whose punishments constituted abuse. He later confesses that it was his father who abused him.

After receiving his undergraduate degree at Johns Hopkins University, House studied medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, researching psychiatry and behavioral sciences until classmate Phillip Weber reported House for copying exam answers from him. Following his expulsion from Johns Hopkins, he applied and was accepted to University of Michigan where he received his M.D. and met Lisa Cuddy, his future boss, who he had a one-night stand with.

Ten years before joining Princeton-Plainsboro, House entered into a relationship with Stacy Warner, a constitutional lawyer. Five years later, during a game of golf, he suffered an infarction in his right leg, which went undiagnosed for three days due to doctors' concerns that he was exhibiting drug seeking behavior. An aneurysm in his thigh had clotted, leading to an infarction and causing his quadriceps muscles to become necrotic. House had the dead muscle bypassed in order to restore circulation to the remainder of his leg, risking organ failure and cardiac arrest. He was willing to endure excruciating post operative pain to retain the use of his leg. After House was put into a chemically-induced coma to sleep through the worst of the pain, Stacy decided to choose a safer surgical middle-ground procedure between amputation and a bypass by removing just the dead muscle. This resulted in the partial loss of use in his leg, and left House with a lesser, but still serious, level of pain for the rest of his life. House could not forgive Stacy for making the decision, so she left him. House now suffers chronic pain in his leg, and has to use a cane to aid his walking.

PERSONALITY

House frequently shows his cunning and biting wit and enjoys picking people apart. He often mocks their weaknesses. House accurately deciphers people's motives and histories from aspects of their personality and appearance. Dr. James Wilson says that while "some doctors have the messiah complex — they need to save the world", House has "a Rubik's complex" — he needs "to solve the puzzle". House typically waits as long as possible before meeting his patients. When he encounters his patients, House shows an unorthodox bedside manner and uses unconventional treatments. However, he impresses them with rapid and accurate diagnoses after seemingly not paying attention.

In addition to his medical acumen, House has a variety of other interests and abilities. He is an accomplished pianist and guitarist, and has an excellent knowledge of chemistry. Because he lived in several countries growing up, House has a command of several languages and has demonstrated knowledge of Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, and Mandarin.

His crankiness is commonly attributed to the chronic pain in his leg (as a result of an infarction) for which he requires the aid of a cane. According to Stacy Warner, his former girlfriend, he was "pretty much the same" before the infarction, and his boss Lisa Cuddy claimed that after the surgery he was "an egomaniacal, narcissistic pain in the ass — same as before." For his chronic leg pain, House takes Vicodin every day, and as a result has developed an addiction to the drug. He concedes that he has an addiction, but says that the addiction is not a problem because it does not interfere with his work.

House openly talks about and makes references to pornography. He will return the flirtations of attractive patients and has engaged the services of a prostitute.

He watches soap on TV, enjoys listening to music and likes to play video games (while at work).

He is an atheist and openly mocks colleagues or patients who express any level of belief in any aspect of religion.

House frequently says "Everybody lies," but jokingly remarked that he was lying when he said that. House criticizes social etiquette for lack of rational purpose and usefulness. He once explained how he envied an autistic patient because society allows the patient to forgo the niceties that he must suffer through. Dr. Wilson has suggested that House might have Asperger Syndrome, which is characterized by a number of traits found in House, such as difficulty accepting the purpose of social rules, lack of concern for his physical appearance, and resistance to change, although he later explains that he doesn't actually agree with that diagnosis.

House is a strong non-conformist and gives little regard to how others perceive him. He displays sardonic contempt for authority figures. House shows an almost constant disregard for his own appearance, possessing a permanent stubble and dressing informally in jeans and a t-shirt. He avoids wearing the standard white lab coat to avoid patients recognizing him as a doctor.

House's willingness to take risks and experiment with his patients extends to his own health. Beyond his use of Vicodin, he has frequently used himself as a guinea pig for drugs and medical tests. Some of these tests are aimed at curing his leg pain, while others are to help his patients or satisfy his own curiosity. This disregard for his own well-being horrifies Wilson and Cuddy, who see it as an expression of his self-destructive impulses.

House does not have much of a social life and his only friend is Dr. James Wilson. Wilson knew House before the infarction, and looked after him when House's relationship with Stacy ended. Dr. Wilson's moving into House's apartment after his failed marriage symbolizes his taking emotional refuge in his friend. Although they frequently analyze and criticize each other's motives, Wilson has risked his career to protect House. House has quietly admitted, at several instances, that he is grateful for Wilson's presence, including referring to Wilson as his best friend.

RP INFO

House is open for RP. We certainly don't mind interacting with multiple House muses, original characters, muses from different fandoms, et cetera. Feel free to add him to your flist. You can contact me through here. House's prompts will be based off the television series [canon], as well as based through RP interaction, etc [fanon]. You will be warned of any spoilers, and entries will be labeled with the appropriate tags.

I tend to stick to canon a lot, but from time to time I like to deviate because... well, I like to deviate. Just so we're clear, I ship the following:

House/Cuddy, House/Wilson, House/Chase, House/Cameron, House/Stacy, House/Thirteen...

You get the idea. There will probably be a few different versions of House written in this journal. Entries will be tagged accordingly.

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DISCLAIMER & CREDIT

Greg House is a fictional character played by Hugh Laurie in the television series 'House' and is the sole property of its creator, David Shore. He appears here solely for the purpose of role-playing, from which no profit whatsoever is being made. No disrespect or infringement is intended. This journal is completely fictional and it may contain content not suitable for kiddies below the age of 17 (16 if you're in Britain, 12 if your parents are really cool, I don't care).

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