Editing Teacher (section)

==Personality==
Benjamin is an extremely long-term planner,<ref name="purpose"/><ref name="describ"/> setting up situations that unfold years down the line.<ref name="herring"/> In his interactions with [[Saint]], [[Tattletale]] speculates that not only did Teacher fake having a son, but the actions Teacher took may have served multiple plans at once, from different angles, and serving various agendas.<ref name="herring"/> Teacher himself claims that none of his plans ever failed.<ref>“You spend over a decade as a supervillain, put plans in motion, great and small, with a flawless rate of success,” Teacher said, “First bump in the road, and you get questioned.”<br><br>“You were arrested.”<br><br>“I was ''between'' plans,” Teacher said. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/11/16/teneral-e-5/ Excerpt] from [[Teneral e.5]]</ref>

Indeed, Teacher has supreme confidence in his own plans<ref>“You can’t cover every eventuality,” Ingenue said.<br><br>“My plans ''work'',” he said, dusting himself off.<br><br>Her voice was hard. “If you want my help, fine. But don’t involve me in your lunatic schemes.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/11/16/teneral-e-5/ Excerpt] from [[Teneral e.5]]</ref> and abilities,<ref name="learned"/> often appearing smug in his interactions with others.<ref name="smug_dick"/><ref name="ugly"/>

Teacher favors being in control,<ref>There were a ''lot'' of capes out there who didn’t like being made into puppets. I suspected that more than a few of them had been victim to it in the past. Yet others were used to being the ones in control. Lung, Teacher, the child surgeon. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/10/26/speck-30-6/ Excerpt] from [[Speck 30.6]]</ref> yet praises the value of submission to others,<ref name="quote">“I give people power, and I think there is a submissive kind of appeal to being a slave. To being ''numbed''. Some fall for me like an alcoholic falls to drink. Love, after a fashion. In your case, that’s almost a defense mechanism.”<br><br>“A defense mechanism? I fall in love with you, you get the benefit of my power…” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/11/16/teneral-e-5/ Excerpt] from [[Teneral e.5]]</ref> even genuinely believing his students are happier under his command.<ref name="power_explain"/> He frequently offers the use of his powers to others,<ref name="influence"/><ref name="lung_offer"/><ref name="final_offer"/> and is not above lying to get his students to submit<ref name="misled"/> or to subsume his enemies.<ref name="happy_thrall"/> Nevertheless, Teacher is self-aware enough to call the time he spends under [[Khepri]]'s control "karma."<ref name="misled">I backed away, releasing him.<br><br>Teacher staggered a little, then muttered what must have been a swear word in that other language.<br><br>“Karma, I suppose,” he said, panting a little. “A… little nerve wracking there. I can’t help but notice you didn’t pursue with yourself, while you had me in command.”<br><br>There would be no way to use the power without leaving myself open to Teacher’s influence. No, I wouldn’t be able to get myself a voice this way. Not if it affected my ability to make decisions. Not if it left a lingering window open.<br><br>These people who’d taken his promise of a lifetime of power, no strings attached, had been misled. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/10/19/speck-30-3/ Excerpt] from [[Speck 30.3]]</ref>