#Martini getting to me

[martiniluvr]

zack snyder looked at this man

and said “what if we made him so miserable and tortured and angry” and everyone at dc just agreed.

sleep with one eye open mr snyder. I’m coming for you. for all your crimes.

[starcurtain]

One thing I wish I'd see more of among Ratio fans is some thought about how he views himself as a teacher.

Like yes, of course he refuses to compromise on the quality and rigor of the education he imparts, and he would find it unforgivably unethical to lower his standards in order to pass more students who had not genuinely learned the material. This is core to his character.

However, as someone who is a teacher IRL, I know the absolutely miserable feeling setting that kind of standard can cause. There's the obvious disheartening sense of disappointment ("Are students these days really not capable of doing the work correctly? Is our future in danger, if this is the highest level of understanding our current generation of students can achieve?"), but even worse than that is the self-doubt.

"Is this somehow my fault? Am I not teaching this material in the right ways for the students to learn? Is there something I could have done differently to get through to these students? Would a better teacher have a higher passing rate?"

We know that Ratio does (or at least did) struggle with feeling inferior to the Genius Society, so I think it is also likely, as much as he absolutely will not budge on his academic standards, that he has doubts about his teaching ability as well.

This is the man who wants to educate the entire world to cure the disease of ignorance, and yet only 3% of his actual students are able to get there. How can someone who gets so few of his direct students to a state of enlightenment hope to enlighten the whole universe? If so few students are successfully learning the material of a given class, doesn't that mean the teacher is doing something wrong?Would a better teacher--would a genius, maybe--not be able to impart their knowledge more efficiently and educate even the most challenging of students?

As someone constantly struggling with that balance between keeping academic standards high while also meeting the needs of today's students, I think the passing rates of his courses must affect Dr. Ratio much more deeply than I've seen fans discuss. I think he would question himself harshly over his class success rates, and I think he must be constantly trying to push himself to become the best teacher he possibly can be.

tl;dr: I hope one day the HSR fandom will stop sleeping on the fact that Ratio is an actual practicing professor who probably has astronomical levels of teacher angst. 😂

[pinkinsect]

i am nothing like him. my anger is only righteous. i am righteous.

[snackugaki]

"sure you can get that... you got money for it?"

tmnt au shit below the cut

my tmnt au (where everyone made it past their 20s, splinter’s alive just old, venus is here, and they deserve some goddamn respite and shenanigans)

tmnt au part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 | part 6 | part 7 | part 8

tmnt au omake 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11

lny visit 1 | 2

[ickypuppi3]

i know this says 1950’s but this is almost exactly how i imagine steve’s mom to act

[blushft]

also just to be clear! this isnt a "who is the dumbest" poll. this is which gordon has sustained the most amount of brain damage in their life.

(i am a firm believer in. many other gordons existing... but for the sake of simplicity + to not mess with results, i'm only putting the main 4 here... sorry guys!)

[dykewhxre]

had one manhattan at dinner and now i think i am the most delectable being ever

[alwaysneedyforsir]

i’m um. a very happy drunk hehehe

even gigglier than usual 🤭🤭

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

i want nothing more than for Ezra & Thrawn to be not enemies, not friends, but a secret third thing - roommates

[chaos0pikachu]

the bar patrons while Ray and Co. are having their Main Character Bullshit on the main floor:

[manebioniclegali]

Day 5

Egotober: Jar

Cringetober: MS Paint

I did not know how I wanted to color the jar so we're sticking with this lol

[cakebatteronabrickwall]

Roman and Gerri are a dynamic that is hard to handle and I'm not saying there is a definitive answer but I am saying that one can't just conveniantly leave out important dots that were made to be connected. Not denying that there is fondness between them, their humor and general assholery seems to be on the same wave length, which is why they enjoy the company they keep, but this is a deeply exploitative dynamic on both ends for different reasons. I wrote way too much about this, but here it goes-

Gerri's perspective:

Before their brief phone conference era, Gerri fixes the rocket launch disaster for him and notices that he takes to her because of it; think of him calling her about Vaulter. After the Hunting insanity he asks her advice which is when she realy knows there is something to be had here and then the phone call happens, which... look. Is there ever an indication Gerri enjoys this on the sexual gratification (not attraction, but I'll get there) level that Roman does? Not really, she can't quite believe it, finds it funny/ interesting but it is simply also such a perfect bonus to know this Roy sibling is with her while Kendall is out and god knows what Shiv might be up to. On the yacht he is also the one to defend her right away about cruises which on one hand, sure, is because they are fond of each other but you can't deny how conveniant that is as well. Throwing her weight behind Roman also seems to be paying off during season 3, he literally causes her to be interim CEO by nuking his own chances. It all blows up though with the dick pic, something that is implied Gerri isn't comfortable with (rightfully so, obviously) but seems to have maybe accepted for a time because of their "alliance". But when it all blows up, especially towards the end, she turns her back because it isn't worth it. "How does it serve my interests" is a fun callback but it is also quite literally the entire summary of Gerri's approach to the relationship. She might feel sorry in a way, but season 4 clearly shows how she does not talk to Roman after this, does not interact if she doesn't have to. Like, why would she comfort Roman on the boat, he just tried to fucking fire her and then he actually fires her because he is spiraling. The last real interaction between them has to be at the election party, because at that point it isn't just 90% business for Gerri, it's 101%. She will get something out of this and, honestly, good for her that she gets re-hired in the end; if anything she was made for this type of environment. It actually speaks to her character that she isn't into the funeral recording, a very human moment but it's important that that is the only thing we get from her on screen. What about the script? Sorry, didn't really happen, did it and it is for the best. (I would have found it insane if Gerri was the one to get through to Roman when Shiv can't, like, no)

Roman's perspective:

Not exactly news that he can't seperate business and family; getting the top spot is literally earning daddy's love and the only motivation for Roman in the first place. So, in comes Gerri, a person he has known for a long time (I want to let the implication "since childhood" slide, because that sounds unnecessarily creepy, but just know I have considered it), and she fixes his mess and holds out a helping hand. She provides guidance that he wants from his father but can't have, because it makes him weak and therefore less in Logan's eyes. He keeps reaching for Gerri in the way that, in an ideal world, he would for his father. But, and this is the most important thing, Roman goes to Gerri whenever he fails to perform masculinity (= heteronormativity=business). Dad calls him a moron? Gerri. Failed phone sex with Tabitha? Gerri. Failed sex with Tabitha? Gerri. Tabitha didn't want his proposal (it's not how you get someone to stay), maybe Gerri does. This is so interesting, because that is the text pretty directly pointing out that whatever Roman and Gerri have is neither romantic nor sexual attraction; because this is in many ways what he had with Grace and Tabitha- only this time it is someone who can actually fill out the paternal role (not mommy, never mommy) because of the business side of things that parallel Logan. Gerri playing into the humiliation kink on the phone is paralleled by Roman listening to dead Logan's fake voice message. And when he sent that dick pic to Gerri but it ended up with Logan... do you really need me to go on?

On a side note; isn't it interesting that any form of "sexual" interaction between Roman and Gerri needs this layer of seperation- phone call, screen, or bathroom door, a home video on the TV (okay that one isn't sexual anyways but still), you get to pick. And then in season 4 he can't even look at her... well. Season 4 also generally cashes in on the Logan and Gerri parallel; when she tells him "i could have gotten you there" and walks out on him a few days after his father, who had just made a business related promise, died..huh. And when she walks into Waystar at the very end, unaware of him, it might as well be Logan's ghost which is why Roman reacts the way he does after.

tl;dr: This ain't romantic or sexual, and it is a shame to not afford it the complexities of being fucked up; it's also not some doomed romance like... no. Gerri kinda got what she wanted in the end, Roman didn't. Shouldn't. At least he's out.

Picture of me after typing all that:

[gender-euphowrya]

tell me why i'm seeing people saying it's ok for people to drink while pregnant because "it's their choice" what the hell is going on

[tomsmusictaste]

it has to be said

[missyourflight]

update from the universe where max and daniel are on strictly come dancing... it's the grand final baybee

They don’t win.

Daniel just has time to wrap Max in a quick hug and say in his ear, “It’s okay, it’s okay,” before they get hustled over to talk to the presenters.

He manages to get off a line or two, standing with his arm around Max’s waist, trying to psychically dissuade him from kicking off –

“It’s like Swayze said, y’know, I’ve had the time of my life dancing with this fella –”

Max is upset, he can tell, but he behaves, just says, “It is of course a shame not to win for Daniel,” before he congratulates Ellen and Kai.

And then there’s the glitterball, and the music, and the dozen other couples descending on the dancefloor, and he loses track of Max in the crowd, the blur of colour and costumes.

It seems like forever until Daniel catches him again but it can only be a few moments. Max still looks mad, eyes bright, cheeks hectic red.

“I think it’s not right,” Max says, voice raised loud enough for Daniel to hear him over the racket. “You deserved to win.”

Daniel looks at him, this man who has trusted him completely for the past four months, and it’s like his whole brain is running a highlight reel of Max: Max shaking his hand the first time they met, so uptight; Max lifting his eyes to Daniel’s in the mirror in the rehearsal studio, nodding determinedly; Max crying laughing in the spray tan booth with his little goggles on, saying, “Okay, one more time,” past midnight in the studio, taking Daniel’s weight, kissing Daniel after their rumba with the kind of desperation Daniel had never felt, making Daniel want him more than he’s ever wanted anybody.

“Max,” he says. “I did win.”

“What?” Max says, gesturing. It’s so fucking loud in here.

“I won,” Daniel repeats, and it must be written all over his face, because Max says, hopeful, wary, “Daniel, you said. Not while we’re on the show.”

Daniel grins at him, leans in and cups Max’s cheek in his hand. “Show’s over, baby.”

He kisses him, sweeter than victory, and when he pulls away to breathe Max lets out this little disbelieving noise that squeezes in Daniel’s chest. He presses his mouth to Daniel’s cheek and says, “Technically I think the cameras are still rolling,” and Daniel says, “I’m good.”

A cheer goes up as Max hoists him into the air, just the way Daniel taught him, and he kisses him, kisses him, laughing against Max’s mouth as the confetti comes down around them.

[loubella77]

Banana espresso martini (at brunch)

(18+ account)