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Character Basics:

Character Name: James Wilson
Journal: dr_conscience
Age: 44
Fandom: House, MD
Canon Point: A few months beyond the series finale; at the time of his presumed death the following fall, if permissible
Debt:

Class A: 27 years, for: assisted suicide with terminal patients and a few counts of betrayal because that's a thing. His own death via refusal to submit to traditional cancer treatments followed by a presumed assisted suicide.
Class B: 6 years, for: assault, breaking & entering because his friends are bad influences, kidnapping because he has totally kidnapped his bff.
Class C: 3 years, 7 months, for: property damage, disorderly conduct, perjury, reckless driving, and assorted minor offenses.
GRAND TOTAL: 36 years, 7 months

Canon Character Section:

History: iiiiit's a wiki!

Personality:

Doctor James Wilson is a man who has lived his life searching for meaning, not only in the sense of an overall meaning to life but also in the seemingly arbitrary events and incidents that can so often leave a deep and lasting impact. This applies both to his own life and to those of the people around him, as he not only seeks to define and validate himself but to help provide purpose and guidance to others.

As the head of oncology for Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, he applied this daily by supporting his patients in coming to terms with cancer diagnoses, which at best involve strenuous treatment leading to recovery and, at worst, involve strenuous treatment to postpone the progression of an inevitably terminal prognosis. He also applies this in his personal life, in his relationships with those for whom he cares. This is seen particularly in his frequent (and futile, by and large) attempts to push House into more open human interaction, to soften his misanthropy and, of course, to discourage his dependency on Vicodin.

It has been said that Wilson essentially feeds off of neediness; this is not entirely untrue. He often looks outward to find his own purpose, generally defining himself by the roles he can play for others. He becomes focused on people through this tendency, which can be problematic. When his support and attention are fixated on an individual it is often at the cost of others in his life, and so his other relationships can suffer greatly as a result. This has contributed to the downfall of three marriages, both because his emotional support has led him to develop romantic feelings that lead to affairs, and because his neglect of his relationships has driven at least one of his wives to an affair of her own, leading directly to the termination of their marriage. He can easily become emotionally overinvested without realizing that it is happening.

In serving these roles to others, he also frequently neglects his own desires. He is willing to compromise on goals and ambitions that he'd like to pursue in his life in order to accommodate those of the people around him. This can lead to him developing an unconscious resentment towards the very same people for whom he has willingly sacrificed his own wants and needs. It simply does not occur to him that he should consider his desires to be as important as those of others.

Not at all irrelevant to these traits, Wilson has been prescribed antidepressants in the past. Many of these tendencies are in fact consistent with the less severe symptoms of both anxiety and depressive disorders. His constant search for external validation often appears to be the only thing that motivates him, seeking other people to connect with and having trouble defining his life as being primarily about him.

In his interactions with others, Wilson is almost always friendly, but does not often put himself out there on a personal level, preferring to listen to what others have to say about themselves. As a result, he is on good terms with many people, but only forms truly deep and genuine friendships with a few. While a bit of light banter is quite likely to present itself in even light conversation, his sharp wit and his own brand of snarky commentary is generally reserved for those with which he feels most at ease. As much as he wants to help House become a better person by conventional standards, for instance, Wilson enables his snark and sometimes admires the readiness with which his friend speaks his mind. He'll call House out when he's being an ass, but he'll also laugh when a cutting commentary is well-deserved.

As the series concludes, we find Wilson's fate is one of a rather cruel irony; the oncologist who has guided so many patients through cancer diagnoses and treatments has himself been diagnosed with cancer. Faced with an unusually aggressive iteration of a typically less serious form of the disease, he refuses to go through with the same drastic treatments he has watched untold others struggle through so painfully. In his ongoing consideration of life in the context of its meaning and value, his priority rests on the quality of the time he has as opposed to an extension thereof without consideration to the cost. After one all-or-nothing drastic measure to fight it fails, he moves into working to accept his fate, to find purpose and meaning, satisfaction, and personal truth in that time he has left.

He must accept and make peace with his own loneliness as he confronts a certain lack of deeper relationships in his life, alongside the slight callousness that has always underscored his closest friendship. And then House makes a decision for him - rather than wind up imprisoned (see: House, poor life choices, etc.) for the time Wilson has left, he sacrifices his own life. He fakes his death and they take off for whatever time they have left. Having already resigned his position, Wilson has the opportunity here to leave behind what responsibility remains in his life and fully embrace freedom, to explore, pursue adventure, and truly live while doing so alongside a friend who has finally proven, openly, precisely how much he cares in a way that the kind words he would never employ never would have been able to convey anyway.

In this, he can find some meaning that he has always lacked; to at least know that he has mattered, more than anyone, to someone. Being removed from this experience, rather than his life in its prime and the midst of his career, will grant him a certain flexibility that he has not previously had, to be willing to move out of his comfort zones now that he has truly nothing left to lose - no matter how difficult he may ultimately find that in practice.

Powers/Abilities:
Trained in oncology covering both medical and surgical treatment, Wilson is a skilled physician with solid general medical knowledge alongside his specialization.

Appearance:
here's a wilson, and another wilson, and a third one too

CR AU

Game You’re Transferring CR from: This one right here! teleios

How has your character changed from their canon self? He hasn't changed too drastically; at his core, he is still very much Wilson. What he has gained is the knowledge that this place, and others like it, apparently exist. Having been here before, he knows that those who are dead can turn up here, though he'll still have difficulty coming to terms with the fact that he himself is now one of those people.

Wilson has developed a certain openness to possibility, a willingness to accept things that are generally considered to be impossible or the work of science fiction. Having met people from vastly different universes before, he'll have an easier time relating to those who come from exceptionally disparate backgrounds, who are nonhuman, or who have unusual abilities. Certainly, he'll get a lot less caught up on what is and isn't real, and find himself more willing to engage with and learn about this reality, in general being more capable of moving on from his own life into the possibility of opportunity here.

All this will mean a great deal to him in his belief of a deeper meaning to life; having been here before and returning now, after the conclusion of his own life, will imply a much closer connection between the living and the dead than he may have considered and imply a great deal about the possible complexity that lay beneath reality as he had known it.

Are they gaining any abilities from their time in game? Did the game setting take something from them? Nope! Just the power to not be quite so confused.

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