>>He had his own sour memories of how 'teamwork' went in a typical schoolroom, which was to say, the most talented or responsible person wound up doing all the work. <<
A teacher of mine in middle school kept seating me in the back with a bunch of really irritating, unfocused students, and when I asked why I was back there, she said it was so I could influence them to behave better. This response frustrated me. I think I may have used the fact that I didn't yet have the glasses I needed to get her to seat me closer to the front (side note: not knowing you can return your glasses if they're the wrong script is a very bad problem. One would THINK that a full-grown man who has worn them since before I was born would be able to figure that out, but I had to wait an extra year instead). And the time I was assigned the least focused people in the classroom for science experiments so they wouldn't fail the class or something (Possibly it was not quite that bad. I don't think I always had them. Of course, I was the only person in the class who really cared. I was also in with the students a grade below me so I could take advanced math from a competent teacher.)
>>"Him," Phil said sharply. He leaned forward. "You can fight with JARVIS if you find that justified, but depersonalization is unacceptable."<<
Go Phil!
>>...Tony is fucking impossible to manage...<<
I get that Tony has been behaving in ways that are really unhealthy and frustrating for a really long time, but that is not an okay way to talk about your friends. It's creeping me out. I feel like I'm reacting excessively.
>>...Guess I can't argue with that one. ...<<
That was surprisingly quick. I expected much more resistance.
>>"Take care of him for me, would you?"<<
My instinctive reaction to this is "I will take care of him because I care about him. You haven't the least to do with it, you self-centered fuck!" But I'm pretty sure that's really unreasonable. Also obviously unhelpful.
>>"I'll think about that," Rhodey said. "It's just ... I miss Tony. We fight a lot, but he's still my best friend. He needs somebody to have his back. I don't even know how he's doing these days, aside from what I see in the news. We've barely had a chance to talk and he's still sore about what happened at his party."<<
Rhodey, do you need more friends? I'm starting to get an "insufficient backup" alert.
>>Distractions pulled its weight in ways that most agents never fully understood.<<
I like this part! Appreciating the underappreciated always makes me happy.
>>"Phil, trust me on this. ...<<
Bruce is asking for things! Asking for trust! Having an opinion and being firm! I'm so happy!
>>"The arc reactor changes how Tony can move his arms,"<<
Oof. That hit home. It's really cool that he keeps trying to play racketball, though. My reaction to most of my limitations is to not try to do that stuff so I can pretend I'm okay... and then get smacked in the face with "no, actually, you have limits in places other people don't, you aren't just being a drama queen" every so often. It's not great.
>>"Wait, this isn't Steve's ... well, I guess it is now..."<<
Dr. Erskine and Bucky never met, AFAIK. How does he know about it if he doesn't know it's Steve's?
>>The bruising is new, though. I don't think she meant it. I blew her off and she just tried to catch me. Stands to reason she'd be angry, I suppose."<<
shudder Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope.
>>"Okay, all I need is your signature and we're done here."<<
This is really cool. We should find ways to offer this kind of alternate paperwork modality. Lots of people have trouble with it, but it's genuinely the easiest way to receive the data. Therefore, a fill-outer of things could be very helpful in closing the gap between the ability of the paperwork fluent to get what they want and the ability of folks who find it more confusing to get what they want.
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Date: 2016-11-05 05:49 pm (UTC)A teacher of mine in middle school kept seating me in the back with a bunch of really irritating, unfocused students, and when I asked why I was back there, she said it was so I could influence them to behave better. This response frustrated me. I think I may have used the fact that I didn't yet have the glasses I needed to get her to seat me closer to the front (side note: not knowing you can return your glasses if they're the wrong script is a very bad problem. One would THINK that a full-grown man who has worn them since before I was born would be able to figure that out, but I had to wait an extra year instead). And the time I was assigned the least focused people in the classroom for science experiments so they wouldn't fail the class or something (Possibly it was not quite that bad. I don't think I always had them. Of course, I was the only person in the class who really cared. I was also in with the students a grade below me so I could take advanced math from a competent teacher.)
>>"Him," Phil said sharply. He leaned forward. "You can fight with JARVIS if you find that justified, but depersonalization is unacceptable."<<
Go Phil!
>>...Tony is fucking impossible to manage...<<
I get that Tony has been behaving in ways that are really unhealthy and frustrating for a really long time, but that is not an okay way to talk about your friends. It's creeping me out. I feel like I'm reacting excessively.
>>...Guess I can't argue with that one. ...<<
That was surprisingly quick. I expected much more resistance.
>>"Take care of him for me, would you?"<<
My instinctive reaction to this is "I will take care of him because I care about him. You haven't the least to do with it, you self-centered fuck!" But I'm pretty sure that's really unreasonable. Also obviously unhelpful.
>>"I'll think about that," Rhodey said. "It's just ... I miss Tony. We fight a lot, but he's still my best friend. He needs somebody to have his back. I don't even know how he's doing these days, aside from what I see in the news. We've barely had a chance to talk and he's still sore about what happened at his party."<<
Rhodey, do you need more friends? I'm starting to get an "insufficient backup" alert.
>>Distractions pulled its weight in ways that most agents never fully understood.<<
I like this part! Appreciating the underappreciated always makes me happy.
>>"Phil, trust me on this. ...<<
Bruce is asking for things! Asking for trust! Having an opinion and being firm! I'm so happy!
>>"The arc reactor changes how Tony can move his arms,"<<
Oof. That hit home. It's really cool that he keeps trying to play racketball, though. My reaction to most of my limitations is to not try to do that stuff so I can pretend I'm okay... and then get smacked in the face with "no, actually, you have limits in places other people don't, you aren't just being a drama queen" every so often. It's not great.
>>"Wait, this isn't Steve's ... well, I guess it is now..."<<
Dr. Erskine and Bucky never met, AFAIK. How does he know about it if he doesn't know it's Steve's?
>>The bruising is new, though. I don't think she meant it. I blew her off and she just tried to catch me. Stands to reason she'd be angry, I suppose."<<
shudder Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope.
>>"Okay, all I need is your signature and we're done here."<<
This is really cool. We should find ways to offer this kind of alternate paperwork modality. Lots of people have trouble with it, but it's genuinely the easiest way to receive the data. Therefore, a fill-outer of things could be very helpful in closing the gap between the ability of the paperwork fluent to get what they want and the ability of folks who find it more confusing to get what they want.