#dr hanover

[simu-ladora]

I CAN'T DO THIS

[idontonknowanymore]

Fic writers out there please give me some Huck Finnigan content. I need to keep my love for him going some how since #Ratched did him dirty 😭😭

[asdecemberfalls]

Ratched

Dr Hanover: I should have left you on that street corner where you were standing.

Mildred: BUT YA DIDN'T

[always-in-myveins]

Betsy Bucket: There's a delicious French pastry waiting for you on your desk! 😋🥰

Dr. Hanover: Is there any substance in it that may cause a change in my organism's physiology?

Betsy Bucket: Of course not, dr. Hanover!! I'd never give you any drugs!!

Dr. Hanover: Well then consider yourself fired.

[tvandenneagram]

Ratched: Richard Hanover - Type 5w6

Dr. Hanover is inquisitive, intelligent and introverted. He seeks knowledge and wants to understand the human mind and the ways to rehabilitate and fix mental illnesses.

At his best, Hanover wants to use his knowledge to help others and treat their afflictions. He takes his oath as a doctor seriously and believes he can treat any human, regardless of their diagnosis. He is more emotionally connected to his patients and listens to their needs while trying to treat them.

At his worst, Hanover begins to unravel and crumble under the pressures he is feeling personally and at the hospital. He abuses medicinal drugs and start acting more scattered and unfocused. He snaps and goes to great lengths to take Charlotte with him as an effort to retain his professional reputation and still prove his capability of treating patients successfully.

Hanover is always looking for new research and information to fuel his practice. He is eager to make innovative discoveries and is always trying to experiment and observe the results for future use. He is very particular and will become stubborn if he believes he is correct, which can be seen when he begins trialling the lobotomy. When the first lobotomy is deemed too extreme and inhumane, he doesn’t give up but instead attempts a less intrusive version of the procedure. He also goes to great lengths to learn new practices and enjoys travelling the world and working with others to find new ways to treat patients.

Hanover is running from his past mistakes and takes on a new identity when working at the hospital. He keeps a side of himself hidden to the world and is very closed off and private. No one at the hospital would know about his personal life, instead only knowing about his credentials as the head doctor of the hospital. He is a workaholic and doesn’t seem to have any friends outside of the hospital. It is only when Mildred discovers his identity that he comes clean with her. He seems remorseful for his actions but is not willing to take responsibility for his part in the tragic circumstances that occurred. He believes he is better off trying to learn and improve his medical practices and help others and he would only be restricted in his efforts to find new medical discoveries if he came clean.

Hanover has a wing 6 as he is more practical and people oriented than a wing 4 might be.

Tri-type: 5w6 - 2w3 - 9w1

Some quotes to describe Hanover’s motivations:

“I should’ve never let you into this hospital.”

“I’ve treated you poorly, Betsy. You didn’t deserve that.”

“The behavior your son exhibits. The violence. The delight in harming others, these are not his illness. They are but symptoms. His illness, whatever it may be, remains cloistered deep in his psyche. And my job would be to find it, diagnose it and treat it.”

“I take my oath as a physician very seriously. I’ve sacrificed everything for it. So I will not deceive you, Mrs. Osgood. No matter what financial incentive there may be for me to do so.”

“Since the day I set foot in this hospital, I have loathed you. But you came with the facility, and the previous owner liked you somehow and begged me not to fire you. Nothing is going to happen between us. Nothing!”

“I think I helped someone today. I really helped someone.”

“Dissociative disorders are notoriously difficult to diagnose. They present as a whole host of maladies; mania, dementia, melancholy, amnesia, schizophrenia. She’s an extraordinary case, which makes the proper treatment all the more important.”

“I believe the human mind can crack. I believe a person can snap when experiencing certain stimuli, specific traumas. A person can quite literally lose control and commit unspeakable acts of violence and depravity. They can rape and mutilate one priest, stab another, shatter the skull of a third, and nearly decapitate a fourth, and still they are not necessarily insane, nor are they beyond rehabilitation.”

[dream-girls-evil]

Ratched: Episode 2 Reactions

The Lobotomy

Oooh a red light for Dr. Hanover! Getting high before drilling into someone’s skull. That can’t go wrong.

Okay this actor man is very exuberant and it’s just a lot for me mentally rn

Ahsdfldsjfkdljfksdjlk Mildred you can’t just call someone a lesbian. She has absolutely no tact; it’s hilarious. If only you could actually tell someone’s sexuality by their facial features. My life would be so much easier.

Gwen, yay! Okay I was right, she is his “secretary” but more like PR

Ooh the little glance between her and Mildred

Aw poor Gwen, her face when she finds out one of the lobotomy patients is a lesbian :(

But also “juvenile distraction” like on the one hand that could legit be ADHD but also just like being a child

Omg why does everyone look so disgusted, there’s barely even blood

Okay so Mildred is visiting the survivor of Edmund’s killings--she’s gonna find out how much he knows and then kill him, probably

Omg the peach scene. The full thing is even better. This nurse’s aide is so not helpful, but she’s funny.

I can’t wait to see what revenge she gets on Bucket

“Oh look, my peach” MILDRED XD

Hanover going off on Bucket! I almost feel bad. Meanwhile, Mildred is riveted.

Ew Hanover, don’t get a thing for Mildred

Mm campaigning to get Edmund’s leash lengthened, one inch at a time

Look at the way they talk to each other. They’re absolutely siblings.

Gwen

Ah, bonding over having their food stolen by Nurse Bucket

Bologna is her favorite food?? Really??

Mildred is a very serious, matter-of-fact person. And very awkward. I hate that it’s cute.

Gwen is totally, obviously asking her on a date, and like a true lesbian, Mildred is completely missing it aldkjsfldjfksdjlk this is the most realistic lesbian romance I’ve ever seen

Omg the oyster scene is even better in full. Mildred is SO awkward and she’s BLUSHING and Gwen is smitten.

Is Gwen taking her to a lesbian bar? Is Mildred gonna freak out?

Yep

Edmund

Ooh Edmund playing crazy

Honestly I just need to gush for a minute about what an amazing actor Finn is. Like we’ve seen him do some solid roles before, but this scene is just...wow.

Oh damn, Hanover is totally not fooled!

His philosophies are actually fairly progressive, and he does seem like he truly wants to help his patients, which is a lot better than many doctors at the time. It’s just that their ideas about “helpful” techniques at the time were so backwards.

Oh this kid :((( no thoughts, head empty

Omfg the opera lady singing while she’s getting eaten out sakldsklfjdklfjsk I CANNOT

Fuck, Mildred has gained the priest’s trust and she’s gonna get him alone and find out what he knows and kill him fuck

“You’re suffering, I’m going to relieve that suffering” did I or did I not say she’s an angel of mercy

“Edmund Tolleson is my brother” I CALLED IT

Ooh home lobotomy practice! That’s even better than killing!

Ugh this man is practically a zombie now and they think it’s progress just because he’s not agitated. That’s! Not! How! That! Works!

Thoughts and Theories

So, I’m really interested in how they’re going to play this whole “gay awakening” thing with Mildred. I think she kind of knows already but hasn’t accepted it, and one of my big theories after some stuff in the trailers is that she wants to learn how a lobotomy works to try and cure herself. Except now, as she’s seen, a lobotomy doesn’t fix lesbianism. So, what’s next to try?

Her conversation with Gwen is interesting. Mildred clearly has a very strong, if messed up, sense of morality. She freaks out when she realizes Gwen is a lesbian and thinks she’s one, too. They also come down strongly on different sides of lobotomies as a medical practice in general. I can’t wait to see how they’ll interact going forward and how I’m guessing Gwen will help her accept this part of herself.

I was totally right about Edmund being her brother! Mildred’s line about him not being born a monster but someone making him that way is really interesting, because I think it’s definitely going to be a theme of this show and in general is a theme in Murphy’s works. I also think it definitely plays into what she said in episode 1 about not being able to protect him, and she probably carries guilt about that, which is playing into her desire to help him now.

Also, I just noticed that the next episode is literally called “Angel of Mercy.” So, yeah, called it lol!

[mask-knife-is-buggys-wife]

I started Ratched and all I can think about is how handsome Dr.Hanover is my god yes

Jon jon briones what a treasure.

We love a rich well off hard working Filipino doctor that did amazing during the 50s. Haven't finished the show 4 episodes in so I'm sure it'll end badly. I shall stan this man.

[venomousgirl17]

I watched episode 3 of Ratched last night and I CANNOT get that imagery of Henry Osgood sawing off the gardener’s arms and his own out of my head. I haven’t watched any of AHS so maybe this is run of the mill for most folks but I am disturbed. I honestly wish Hanover had just told the story instead of showing it. 😖😖😖