163. I'm inclined to agree. I can understand people "identifying with" him, because people can identify with anything, but striving to be like him and talking like it's a good thing... yeah. Scary. He's a borderline-abusive asshole, no matter how much you love him to have to admit that. And if not, we're not watching the same show. There's some merit in honesty and bluntness, etc., certainly, but only to a certain degree. All this is what primarily turned me away from the show, actually. He's an ass who gets away with everything, doesn't have to take responsibility, and has friends and people who stick by him despite how unforgivably horribly he treats them. It's totally idealized--we all *want* to not have to conform to social rules, but A), that =/= being a total bastard, and B), there's a reason they're called "rules"--you break them, there are consequences. When did being/trying to be a decent person go out of style? D: (I miss the time when this was presented as a moral dilemma, not a moral truth. Now the only time they ever question House's bluntness and say-whatever-the-hell-he-wants-ness is to prove that yes, it is indeed superior to being decent/caring/gentle/etc. And as a consequence (about the only one XD), Wilson, the character who's purpose was supposed to be leaving "which is better, blunt honesty or gentle lies, and how and when?" up in the air, gets beaten to a pulp both canonically and in fandom. D:)