#higher education is a trap | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

redcurrantarot · 1 year

Text

Pick-a-Card Reading: Who is your Future Spouse/Life Partner?

Hello everyone, and welcome to my first PAC reading! Use your intuition/call upon your spirit guides or higher self to choose the image/group that you feel called to as it holds the message meant for you.

Decks Used: Caroline Myss Archetype Cards, Tea Leaf Oracle Cards, Radiant Rider-Waite Tarot

PAC Theme: Howl's Moving Castle

Disclaimer: This is a general tarot reading for entertainment purposes meant for a wide audience and isn't targeted towards every specific person, so not every message will resonate with every person reading 100%. Take what information resonates with you and leave what doesn't. All of the info provided in my readings are my own personal interpretations of the cards and messages that come through. Because of the general nature of the reading, it's best not to take it too seriously and keep in mind this is just for fun!

Group 1

Cards: hills, caterpillar, elephant, hammock, samaritan, student, beggar, saboteur rx, chariot rx, page of pentacles, 8 of swords, 8 of wands, 2 of cups

Hello and welcome to your reading group 1!

Starting off, your future spouse/life partner is someone who is still figuring out their life and seems to be quite young and is just starting out their journey. Specifically I'm seeing they're still in school (higher education so college or university most likely) they're in a period of their life where they're a student and in a position where they're learning new things, as for what they're interested in or majoring in I feel like it's definitely something related to helping or communicating with others or societal issues. The thing is though, your future spouse at this point in time seems to also be kind of struggling with lacking direction and feeling stuck in life. It's giving me the feeling of being in school but also being confused with how their life is going, what they want to do and where they're headed. There's a lot of feeling trapped in their circumstances and not knowing what to do and feeling aimless. They're giving financially struggling college student, the type to barely make ends meet and might eat instant ramen a lot. It seems like they're probably lacking a support system in their life and feeling kind of helpless. I can also see them working a minimum wage type of job most likely and just trying to survive. I think the main reason for this is because of the fact that they seem to be some type of foreign exchange type student as in they're probably from another country and are attending school in another and have only themselves to depend on money wise. They're honestly working super hard to the point where it can be kind of unhealthy and they might not be able to take care of themselves very well because they're just trying to get by. Things won't always be this way for them though as things seem to be looking up and a change is coming their way. I'm seeing specifically that this is how the two of you meet each other, your person eventually decides to go on a trip or a vacation of some sort maybe back to their home country or wherever but it's definitely somewhere far away and then that's how both of you end up meeting!

Group 2

Cards: bear, coins, boat, heart, messiah rx, prince rx, don juan, angel, knight of cups, 4 of wands rx, 10 of wands, king of wands rx, king of pentacles

Hello and welcome to your reading group 2!

Alright this is interesting, your future spouse/life partner is someone who comes off or acts in a way that is arrogant and they're someone who is also very powerful I'm seeing when it comes to their position in life and their social standing. They're someone who has a very large presence and who gives the impression that they know everything and are pretty intimidating too as if everything is in their control, they have a god complex. But I'm also seeing the reason for why they act this way/give this impression and it's because it is an act/a mask or a defensive mechanism in a way, I don't believe they actually truly believe they are better than others or above them but they take advantage of their power, their charm and attractive qualities to protect themselves because there is a lot of burden on them since they are incredibly connected to money and might be at risk a lot because of this. I'm seeing that this facade they have is because of issues and pressures due to their upbringing/family and because it's likely they come from some sort of generational wealth, in a way it's like they have to serve them which gives me the impression on top of this pressure already, they might be the heir to their family as well which comes with expectations. They might feel like everything is on them to succeed and they carry a lot on their shoulders. There are always people flocking to them and around them, sometimes not with the best intentions because not only do they have wealth from their family, they're also very good at making money and doing business and are held to high expectations by others and also themselves. I also think they're someone who's very smooth and knows how to use their seductive qualities to their advantage. Despite all of this though, underneath it all, this act and this performance they are someone who is truly kind and incredibly caring at heart. I'm seeing that they're someone who is probably pretty sensitive and soft hearted which is even more of a reason to put out a strong front, despite having so much wealth, they're also altruistic too and they definitely use their money for the right reasons and give back to others and to the right causes eg. charities, non profit organizations etc.

Group 3

Cards: torch, july, tree, apple, mediator, king, priest, monk/nun rx, king of swords, king of cups, 5 of pentacles rx, ace of cups, 4 of pentacles

Hello and welcome to your reading group 3!

I'm seeing that for your future spouse/life partner, they're someone who has a talent for connecting with people and has great communication skills which can bring people together. They're someone who can combine their intelligence and perception as well as their emotional sensitivity and compassion to move people and persuade them. I'm seeing that they're also someone who commands a level or respect and they also have some type of authority and are a leader in some way, they're someone people look up to. One thing that comes out very clearly about them is that they're also someone who is incredibly devoted to their spiritual/religious beliefs, they're very pious to the extent where it's something that they're known for and they might dedicate themselves to their religious beliefs to the point that they take priority over material matters at times or become overly concerned with them. They strongly give me the impression that they use their skills to help others in some way and offer them care and compassion. For some people their person might be a counselor of some sort or a therapist but I also can't help but feel like they do in some way use their spiritual/religious beliefs to tie into their work somehow or that it is in some way related. I honestly wouldn't even be surprised if they were some kind of religious/spiritual advisor or even a priest or just someone important in their religious/spiritual community that people turn to for help or guidance. They kind of give me the impression of someone who is good at preaching or might even want to "save" others. Another thing that is coming through is that they have a lot of self control or discipline towards themselves because of their beliefs and seem to be conservative in some way and for some of you, your person might be the type to want to "wait until marriage" or at least further in into the relationship if you get what I mean. One last message that is coming through is that for some of you, you guys might be part of the same religious/spiritual community and your families might know each other and it's possible you'll meet because you're introduced to each other through them and that this could be an arranged marriage/pairing.

Group 4

Cards: mice, broom, camel, tree, healer, child: wounded rx, vampire, mentor, 8 of cups, 10 of pentacles rx, the hermit, 6 of cups 8 of pentacles, the sun

Hello and welcome to your reading group 4!

Your future spouse/life partner is someone who is on a healing journey. They're someone who has experienced a lot of pain and trauma in their past, specifically their childhood and growing up from their family and is finally leaving it all behind in the past and recovering from this. I'm seeing that they've finally walked away from this and probably have cut them out from their life and moved away into a new home and life and have made a lot of effort and spent a lot of time alone to self reflect and introspect on the issues their trauma has caused them. This caused them to become aware and more protective of themselves and to not let others take advantage of them anymore, but I'm also seeing that through this self healing journey they found a new purpose in life that is part of healing their inner child and past wounds. It's really beautiful honestly, not only are they healing from this but they've decided to use their experiences and pain to guide others, specifically other children so that they can give them what they never had. I'm seeing that this person is very likely a teacher of some kind or at least for sure works with children, they could work in a school teaching them or could even be a daycare/kindergarten teacher or a child therapist of some kind or they could work with families, maybe even child protection services, something along those lines. But whatever they do they truly put in a lot of work to be a good mentor to other kids and to help and guide them. It's something that they're truly passionate about and it brings them a lot of joy not only towards themselves and their inner child but to other kids as well, they're someone who is constantly and consistently putting in effort to learn more and heal by working with other children and just spending time with them.

Thank you for enjoying and supporting my PAC readings! I'd love to know your thoughts, please feel free to let me know through my asks. Any feedback is appreciated ♡

858 notes · View notes

portsandstars · 2 months

Text

Very spur of the moment predictions before RSS might drop more of these graphs :3

Thought process below!

Kuras: ok, I feel like kuras is the biggest heavy hitter stat wise. Given that he's literally an angel, my guess is that he is very very strong. He also is hundreds of years old and is experienced with healing and .. politics? Certainly knowledge about Eridia. That means that he gets high wisdom too. Moderate useless facts because I'm sure that he's picked up plenty of info during his years in the mortal realm, but he also doesn't care about a lot of things so it can't be higher. Self loathing to the max bc he either hates what he did to get him trapped on Earth, or hates that he got caught. Obviously things didn't go according to plan for him, so luck is moderate.

Vere: he's a bit harder bc he's chained, so that limits him. I debated putting his strength at a three, as he's pretty limited, but he's also a very impressive killer - possibly more so than a regular "human" killer- or else the Senobium wouldn't find him as useful. He's afraid of Kuras's true form, and so to me that says he's weaker. Despite all of his teasing and jokes, he knows a lot of things and has a good read on the world, so his wisdom should be pretty high imo. Useless facts are moderate because he has very narrow things that he enjoys learning about (sex, music, tea..). He loves himself but I also think bitterly rues the day that he was caught, so moderate self loathing. He strikes me as fairly lucky inherently- he just pushes things further and further because of his personality, which overwhelms his natural luck.

Ais: TBH I feel like vere and Ais are comparable strength, and Ais and Leander are comparable strength, so .. they all end up at 4?^^; as they're all weaker than Kuras but stronger than Mhin. For luck- it's honestly a gamble about whether Ais made a huge mistake and doomed his gang (unlucky) OR - Sacrificed them somehow, landed a deal with a God, and now has a lot of cult followers(more lucky). Wisdom- pretty low. Ais seems to have some intuition but seems more focused on fighting first and asking questions later. Self loathing is low-i feel like he's accepted himself and the choices he's made, though in the past he may have deeply regretted them. Facts- he finds it endearing when others tell him about facts, but doesn't care about them himself and even when others tell him, he enjoys how animated they get, rather than the actual facts.

Leander: without his magic, I'd place his strength at a three. But given that his magic allows him to withstand MC's curse (and make flowers !!woot) it brings his strength up to a four^^. I feel like he is SO LUCKY because 1) he was born into wealth and power, and got a good education 2) due to his scars and rebirth icons, may have survived death, which is prettty lucky if you ask me. Wisdom- he has a good sense of how people think and act, but not that much wisdom past that. Self loathing- I think Leander thinks he's hot shit LOL Useless facts - Leander strikes me as the type of person who's always remembering details other people tell him (and seeking out more info) so that he can form connections, get to know people and get more power. He's also formally educated and probably had rich people tutoring growing up. So, useless facts is pretty high!

#touchstarved #touchstarved game #Leander #ais #kuras #vere #red springs studio #red spring studios #I'll be curious about if all the variables stay the same when/if the other characters get posted!!#some of these are based on very little info #especially luck tbh haha #I'd expect ais next if more are to come:3 #mine #touchstarved theory #pls give me ur thoughts #I'm not firmly adhered to any of these metrics so I could be swayed!!

66 notes · View notes

chaotic-archaeologist · 7 months

Text

Punk? Academia

I'm making this as a separate post to @librarian-by-day's very good point on this thread about dark academia.

As funny as this vibe is, I think the original ‘darkness’ of dark academia has been lost. Donna Tartt’s The Secret History is a foundational text of dark academia. But this book is all about the trap of elitism in higher education. Which is legitimately a problem. As someone from the US, I think the ways higher education fails us, promotes elitism (and oppresses the working class), and ergo supports white supremacy culture SHOULD absolutely be critiqued. If anything, dark academia should be called punk academia…or something along those lines. I don’t want to hate on enjoying aethetics, because they are fun and creative. And its lovely to consider the way you present yourself as an artform. I just think there is so much power behind these kinds of critiques. But dark academia, so perfectly set up to challenge higher education in this way, doesn’t seem to go there. (Maybe I just haven’t found those critiques yet, though?)

Really, I think they said everything I might want to far better than I ever could. Thanks for calling attention to this very real problem that lies beneath the surface of the ivory tower. My humble addition is in the form of a few reading recommendations.

I had the privilege to teach a class about Indigenous research methodologies, taught by an Indigenous professor. As part of that class, we did a lot of reading about how to work within and against an inherently colonial, white supremacist organization like a university.

I would highly encourage everyone who works in/adjacent to academia to read these two books. Both of them offer important insights on the nature of academia, and how research can be a tool of or a vector for pushing back against structural and systemic inequality.

#book recommendations #punk academia #anticolonialism #I'm not going to try to summarize either of these because I think that would do them a grave injustice

82 notes · View notes

yootaesowlwrites · 1 year

Text

It’s About You - Kim Taehyung

Note: Happy Birthday to @taeandpuppies

Warnings: AU, smut, nudism, explicit language, descriptive scenes, brief nipple sucking, tummy licking, thigh licking, oral(female receiving), fingering, soft sex, unprotected sex, aftercare.

W/C: 3.9K

Age Warning: I will not take responsibility because you wanted to read this, but if you’re under the age of 18+, DO NOT INTERACT OR READ. Do not take this as educational, this is fiction!

You step into the cabin and just as you closed the door you heard the heavens open and rain starts to pour down, Taehyung steps into the hallway, a big smile on his lips as he sees that you had returned home safely. You unsheathe your sword and lay it down to clean later in the evening, he watches as you remove the smaller dagger strapped to your thigh and place it down next to the sword.

“Did you catch it?” He softly asks, knowing the villagers nearby had asked for your help in catching a beast that was terrorising the town. “Or was it an unlucky day?” You make sure all your weaponry was removed before you stepped out of your shoes and towards him.

“A slightly unlucky day, but I’ve laid out a trapped for it,” You say and wrap your arms around his waist, his hands immediately fall down to your hips, and he pulls you against him. “Did you wait long for my return?” His forehead touches yours and his scent quickly invades all of your senses.

“Not long… just all day,” He says. When you and Taehyung had met roughly over eight years ago, you had saved him from being attacked, and had taken him in to tend to his wounds, when he had healed and was healthy enough to return home, he refused to go and insisted on staying with him, and slowly you both fell for each other, which had led to you dating, and now eight years later you couldn’t be happier that he had decided to stay. “Come, sit and relax, I know just the thing to make all your stress melt away,” He pulls you towards the couch and has you sit down.

“Relaxing definitely will help,” You say. He only hums and leans over you, pressing his hands into the backrest of the couch. You lift your head and come face to face with him. You could feel his breathing gently reach your face before his head dips a little lower, his lips almost touching yours.

“There is another method…” He mutters. His eyes are half-closed as he looks down at you. “If you’re up for that method,” You slowly nod your head and his lips make contact with yours. You immediately reach up, placing your hand on the back of his neck and pulling him closer. The sound of lips moving quickly begins moving through the room, the temperature quickly rises, and you can feel the want, the need to have him, grow just as quickly.

He pulls away from the kiss and his lips begin moving along your jaw before going down your neck, his hands move away from the backrest of the couch, and you feel them curl into the hem of your shirt, and he begins removing it. Your hand slides into his hair and your breathing become heavier. You feel him move his legs between yours to push them apart.

“Tae…” You breathe out, your eyes shutting at the feeling of his lips and warmth against your skin. His knuckles brush over your skin as he pushes the shirt higher and higher. You pull your hand away from his hair as his lips pull away from your neck to remove your shirt completely. His head dips down, and his lips attach to your skin just at the curve of your breast started and kiss downwards while his hand slips between your back and the couch. “Oh, hmm,” Your eyes flutter as you feel his warm lips moving over your skin.

“The most amazing woman on the planet,” He mutters against your skin. You could feel his fingers fumble with the fabric of your bra. “My angel,” You feel your bra loosen before feeling him pull the straps down your arms and pull the fabric away from your body. “My badass beautiful angel,” His lips slide lower and pause at your nipple. “So hot also,” His lips wrap around your nipple, and his eyes continue to look up at you as he begins sucking on it.

“Oh… my…” You breathe out. You watch him lower down between your legs onto his knees, and his hands grip your sides as he holds himself against you to keep his lips on you. “Tae…” Your eyes flutter and you move your hand back to his hair, running your fingers through it. You could feel your skin heating up more and more and wetness pooling between your folds. His lips release your nipple, and you gasp as you watch his tongue flatten against your ribcage and slowly move lower, leaving a wet trail behind on your skin.

“It’s about you,” He says. “Making you feel good, and me showing you how in love I am with every part of you,” His tongue presses down against your skin just above your waistband, and he licks upwards. His hands, on your sides, slide down and curl into the waistband and begins pushing it down. You lift your hips, allowing him to completely remove your pants along with your panties and quickly discard them to the side.

“And what if I want to do the same with you?” You ask. Your breathing already deepening as you feel his tongue glide over your tummy. His hands rest on top of your thighs, and you could feel his chin rubbing against your mount every few times.

“Then you should save it for another night,” He says, and gently squeezes your thigh with one hand before sliding his tongue lower. Your legs press into the side of his arms as you feel his tongue slide over the crease of your hip and over your thigh before sliding to the inside of your thigh.

“Tae…” You moan out and tilt your head back against the backrest. Your hand moves with his head, and you feel his tongue swipe along the inside of your thigh, his nose brushing against the crease of your thigh before disappearing as his tongue slides away. “Hmm…” His tongue disappears, only to reappear on your other thigh and slide closer and closer to your pussy. Only to pause when his tongue almost reaches your folds. “Fuck…” Your fingers momentarily tighten in his hair before loosening.

“Want me there?” He asks, and before you could respond his face was pressing against your pussy, and you gasp at the sudden feeling. Your legs move over his shoulders and your thighs press against the side of his face. “Hmm, that’s it.”

“Shit, I,” You gasp. His breath was hot against your pussy, and you could feel his nose rubbing against your mound as he was slowly moving his face lower and lower, his hand on your thigh disappears and moments later you feel him spreading your folds a little more for him. Your eyes flutter as you feel his nose rub lightly against your clit, while you could feel his breathing against your soaked pussy. “Fu— Tae…”

“Just relax, it’s about you,” He mutters against your pussy before you feel his tongue swipe over your entrance, causing your entire body to twitch and for you almost to turn onto your side against the couch. His tongue slides upwards and reaches your clit, making your breathing deeper and deeper.

“Oh my…” You breathe out. You could feel your insides knotting together as they twist from the feeling he was causing you. His tongue slides over your clit before sliding back down to your entrance and circling around it. “Oh, ohhh,” His tongue moves upwards again, and you think he’s going to lick over it again, only to gasp and lift your hips into his face as he sucks the sensitive nub between his lips. “Oh, oh, my…” Your eyes shut, and you press your head against the backrest. His fingers spread your folds slowly and begin rubbing along the inside of your folds before slowly moving closer and closer to your entrance.

“Fu— Tae… oh,” Your skin was becoming wet as sweat coats it, your toes curl, and you press your legs harder into his shoulders. “Oh!” His fingers circle your entrance, and you could feel your insides shift and twist before a tightening feeling begins forming inside you. “Go—” You were cut off by your own gasp as you feel him tease your entrance, teasing to slip his digits into you.

You could hear your heart rate drumming in your ears, and for a moment, you swear you could hear your own blood rushing through you with how hot your body was getting. You lick your lips and quickly realize how swollen they were from already licking them so much, your fingers curl into his hair and your heels dig into his sides as you try and squeeze your legs even more together.

“Hmm, mhh,” He hums against your clit, the sensation, the feeling, immediately makes you lift your hips again and right into his face, seeking more of that feeling. “Hmm,” You were practically rubbing yourself against him before you felt a hand, his hand, press down against your tummy and push you down against the couch.

“Dammit, Tae… fuck,” You gasp out, barely finding enough breath to get your words out. Your mind was slowly slipping, and you could feel your muscles beginning to stiffen. “TAE!” You gasp out, tugging at his hair for a moment before releasing it and reaching up and behind you to grip not the backrest. Two digits slipped into you, and you could hear your wetness squelching as he pushes them more into you. “OH!” You grip onto the couch tighter and feel his fingers press against your walls. “Taaaeee,” You could feel his knuckles almost press against your pussy before he slid his fingers from you halfway, pushing them back into you and repeating the movement.

“Shit, fuck, I,” You could see specs of dust starting to form behind your eyelids, the tension inside you was becoming bigger and bigger. His fingers curl inside you and press down against your walls, almost tugging on them, before pulling his fingers from you until just the tips remained inside you. “Tae… Oh,” Your legs press down harder against his shoulders as you feel a third digit slip into you. “Taaaeeee,” His tongue flicks over your clit, and it feels like your breathing was caught in your throat for a moment. Your toes curl and you feel something inside you snap before a heat moves through your body, stars explode behind your lids and your mind was tossed into the clouds. “TAE!”

“Hmm,” He hums against your pussy as you cum on his face, coating his hand and chin with your juices. His fingers move faster and faster, easing you through the high while his lips were pulling at your clit, making it feel like he was pulling your orgasm right out of you.

“Oh, fu- oh, my, I, Tae,” You babble out, not finding any words to say from how good you felt. “Uhh, I,” His fingers tug at your walls before they disappear, and his mouth release your clit. “Taaeee.” His tongue presses down against your entrance, and he licks a strip upwards, licking up some of your juices.

“Hmm, my angel, so good,” He says and sits back on his knees, moving one hand to your knee while bringing his fingers to his mouth to clean them. Your chest heaves as you try to catch your breath, stars still dancing behind your lids as you come down from the high you just had. You hear a wet sound and lift your head, opening your eyes as you do, and found him licking his fingers clean while his eyelids were fluttering. “Delicious,” You swallow and feel a whimper leave the back of your throat. He looks at you and reaches for his shirt and pulls it over his head, your eyes immediately move lower to take him in, all of him, every part of him that you loved so damn much. You sit forward and grip his shoulders and pull him towards you, crashing your lips against his and kissing him hotly.

One of your hands slides down his shoulder, over his chest and over his stomach to reach for his pants, feeling his hands already working on undoing them. You feel him begin to push you back against the couch as you both work on getting his pants off, it doesn’t take long before he was kicking his pants and underwear to the side and turning you to lie down on the couch while he moves to hover above you. He breaks the kiss, leaving you both breathless and gasping for air.

“Your kisses always leave me so dazed and wanting more,” He says before sitting back on his knees. “And this, you, all of you… leaves me intoxicated,” His hands press against your hips and slowly slide down and over your thighs.

“And how do you think you leave me?” You ask. “Just fine?” He smiles and rubs his hands over your thighs. “You steal my breath away every time, and leave me dizzy,” He lifts one hand and wraps it around himself. “My heart drums in my chest every time…” He smiles and squeezes your thigh with his other hand. “For over seven years now, I love you.”

“I love you too,” He says. “For maybe a little over seven years,” You smile up at him and feel him move his cock between your folds. “And I’m going to make slow love to you now, to show you just how much I love you,” You suck in a deep breath as you feel him move his cock up and down between your folds, coating it with your juices. He pushes the tip of his cock into you before moving his hand to your thigh and slowly moves his hips forward, pushing himself into you slowly and making you feel every inch of him. “Ohh, uhm,” He moves your thigh that was against the backrest around his waist and leans over you, his heat quickly radiating onto you.

“Hmm, mh,” You moan and wrap one arm around him, moving your fingers through his hair and pulling him even closer to you. “Already… feels…” You could feel his breath hot against your face. “Good,” His hips meet yours, and he groans loudly as he feels your warm walls softly pulsing around him. His forehead rests against yours, your noses touching and your stomachs rubbing against each other, the close intimate feeling building and building.

“Hmm, so good,” He mutters. His hand moves upwards and runs his fingers through your hair, pushing them back, and keeps his hand there. His hips slowly lift, and you feel his cock slowly slide out from you halfway before stopping and sliding back into you. The sound of your wetness squelching reaches your ears and fills the room, his soft groans and grunts also fill your ears, and it sounded so good.

“I, Tae, fuck,” You moan. You wrap your other leg around his waist and hook your ankles behind his back, digging your heels into his lower back at the sensation you were feeling. His movements were slow and deep, which was making your mind spin.

“My badass angel,” He mumbles and presses his lips against your jaw, and begins kissing along it. “My beautiful angel, hmm, uhh,” His groans are getting closer to your ears, and you could feel your walls begin to squeeze around him. You reach up with your other hand and grab onto his shoulder.

“Tae, oh,” You breathe out, your eyes shut as you feel your body becoming lost in the sensual feeling. The slowness of it all, how you could feel the love practically oozing from him onto you. “I love you so much,” His lips reach your earlobe, and you feel your insides twist and flip, his hot breath right there against your skin.

“I love you so much, so much,” He mutters, and then you feel a harsh thrust into you, making you gasp for air. Your head presses against the couch as your high gets closer and closer. “There aren’t enough words,” Your legs were starting to feel tingly, and you could feel heat travelling up your legs. One of his hands slip between your bodies, and he cups your mound before his fingers were on your clit, slowly rubbing around the throbbing nub.

“Taaeee,” You whine. Your eyes roll to the back of your head behind your lids, and you could feel yourself edging closer to your release once more. “Tae, Tae, oh, fuck, Taaee,” His hips were slow as they rolled into you and his fingers were toying with your clit. “Ohh, uhh,” Your grip on his hair tightens as you feel your walls clamping down around him.

“That’s it, let it go, for me,” He whispers before tugging on your ear with his lips. It was like a switch was flipped inside you, you lift your hips to meet his, and you feel the tension inside you snap. Your toes curl in pleasure, and you let out whimpers and whines as you come undone, your grip on his shoulder was slipping as sweat was coating his beautiful honeyed skin, and yours as well.

“Taaeeee!” Your bodies were slipping against each other, it was a hot sweaty mess, and the feeling of it was intoxicating, addicting. His movements begin picking up, not able to hold himself back any more from moving faster, his high was close, and he could feel the head of his cock throbbing with a heartbeat, needing to get his release also.

“Oh, oh… it’s you, oh,” He groans out, words spilling from his mouth, not even sure what to say at the feeling. He pulls his hand away from your clit and holds onto your hip, his stomach presses against yours each time his hips make contact with yours, and you could faintly feel the muscles in his stomach twitching and pulling. “Go- oh,” His head drops against your shoulder as his hips move faster and faster. “Angel…” He groans out, and you feel his hips falter for a moment before feeling ropes of cum spilling into you and his hips rocking against yours to ease himself through his high as you were coming down from yours.

“Tae, fuck…” You mumble and slowly release his hair and run your fingers down his neck and pause once they reach the spot between his shoulders. “Next time I’ll take care of you,” You feel his lips move against your shoulder before he lifts it up to look at you.

“Did it melt away some stress?” He asks. He runs his fingers fully through your hair before moving it down your arm and pulling your hand away from his back to interlock his fingers with yours. You nod your head with a soft ‘Hmm’. “I knew it would,” He sits back on his knees and slowly lets his eyes roam over you, taking in all of you. You do the same, taking in his sweat-coated skin, and the glow surrounding him. “Next time, this will be in the bedroom.”

“Oh, much easier, that way I can also tend to you,” You say. He licks his lips and looks down to where he was still inside you.

“You already tend to me so much,” He mutters. “But if you wish to tend more, I wouldn’t say no,” He squeezes your hand before slowly sliding himself from you. You whimper and take in a deep breath as you feel your walls pulse around him, trying to keep him in place. “But now it’s time for another type of tending,” He leans down and places a kiss between your tits before unwrapping your legs from around him and climbing off the couch. You could feel your mixed releases spilling from you. You quickly sit upright, gasping at how wet your inner thighs felt. “Let me help you,” His arm immediately moves around you and lifts you from the couch.

“Thank you.” You softly say. Your legs felt like they could give out from underneath you at any moment. The trip to the bathroom was slow and steady, but neither of you minded. “Just clean me, we can shower later,” He nods his head and lifts you onto the bathroom counter.

“Can’t promise that I won’t make you cum again at some point,” He says. You watch him wet a wash cloth before stepping between your legs, your legs twitch as you feel him cup your pussy with the lukewarm cloth and slowly clean your folds and inner thighs.

“If you do that, then I can’t promise you won’t be on your knees later in the shower,” You say. Your head falls back as you gasp when he presses the cloth against your clit.

“Can you do that whether I make you cum right now or not?” He asks. “Because I want to be on my knees for you every way I can be,” You lift your head and look at him, his fingers carefully and slowly moving the cloth between your folds. “To worship my goddess angel,” You swallow and slowly nod your head before he pulls the cloth away.

“Let me clean you right now, though,” You say and take the cloth from his hands. You rinse it before reaching lower, he lets out a groan as he feels the cloth wrap around his cock and slowly moves along his length. You slowly clean him, making sure everything was off him before rinsing the cloth once more. “How about we cuddle tonight, in a blanket fort with a view from the window?”

“I’ll begin to get the blankets for the fort,” He says. “And then we should make something to drink and snack on also,” You nod your head, and he helps you off the counter. “But first, let me just get my shirt for you,” He disappears out of the bathroom and a moment later he was back and helping you into one of his shirts.

“Nothing for my lower half?” You jokingly ask. He smiles and places his hand on your asscheek.

“I kind of want to keep looking at your pretty ass,” He says before urging you out of the bathroom with him behind you. “It’s so beautiful,” You shake your head and turn around, pushing yourself against him fully, your hand pressing against his chest and slowly sliding down. “I…”

“It might cost you dearly later tonight if this is what you want,” You say. He swallows and feels your hand travelling lower. “Are you prepared for that?” He rapidly nods his head. “Then stay just like this, I always look at your handsome self,” You move onto your toes, and he lowers his head to meet you halfway, kissing you softly while wrapping his arm around you, and pulling you more against him. You quickly break the kiss and stare up at him. “Let’s go start that blanket fort,” And with that, you break out of his hold and move down the hallway.

“Coming,” He mutters before quickly following you. He was going to have a lot of trouble keeping his hands to himself with you looking this beautiful because he purposely forgot to bring you some panties. You, however, were going to make him squirm just a little, especially while setting up the blanket fort.

#taehyung imagines #taehyung imagine #kim taehyung imagines #kim taehyung imagine #taehyung scenarios #taehyung smut #taehyung scenario #taehyung smuts #Taehyung oneshot #Taehyung one shot #taehyung oneshots #taehyung one shots #bts imagine #bts imagines #bts smut

159 notes · View notes

catdotjpeg · 1 day

Text

Early this morning, around 1:20 AM EDT, an autonomous group of students liberated a building on the Columbia campus, renaming it "Hind's Hall" in honor of the six year old girl in Gaza who was trapped in a car with her family and martyred while awaiting help from paramedics. Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) released a press statement shortly after:

After 206 days of genocide and over 34,000 Palestinian martyrs, Columbia community members took back Hamilton Hall just after midnight. An autonomous group reclaimed Hind's Hall, previously known as "Hamilton Hall," in honor of Hind Rajab, a Gazan martyr murdered at the hands of the genocidal Israeli state at the age of six years old. This escalation represents the next generation of the 1968, 1985, and 1992 student movements which Columbia once repressed yet celebrates today. Protestors have voiced their intention to remain at Hind's Hall until Columbia concedes to CUAD's three demands: divestment, financial transparency, and amnesty.

Resistance is justified in the movement for liberation. Liberators acting in solidarity with Palestine continue to hold themselves to a higher standard than Columbia. This university repeatedly endangers its students by instituting a police state with military-style checkpoints, repressing and isolating students on campus, calling armed riot cops for the largest mass arrests on campus since1968, and weaponizing food insecurity and houselessness as leverage in negotiations. Columbia has forced protestors to escalate by contributing to a genocide while refusing to follow baseline standards of conduct that make negotiation possible.

As this group continues to hold down Hind's Hall, we reiterate that CUAD's encampment is a peaceful form of protest as demonstrated over the last 12 days. Students and community members are risking suspension and arrest to end the true state of emergency on campus, Columbia's complicity in the genocide in Gaza. Taking back our own campus is the only and last response to an institution that obeys neither its own "rules" nor ethical mandates, which is why we began the Gaza Solidarity Encampment. We call on the press and members of the public to hold Columbia accountable for any disproportionate response to students' actions today. To Columbia's administrators and trustees: do not incite another Kent or Jackson State by bringing soldiers and police officers with weapons onto our campus. Students' blood will be on your hands.

We are grateful for the brave students and community members who put themselves in harm's way to protest Columbia's complicity. Taking over a building is a small risk compared to the daily resistance of Palestinians in Gaza. As we inch toward Israel's planned invasion of Rafah, which now houses over 1.5 million displaced Palestinians, it is more urgent than ever to fight Columbia's contributions to the ongoing murder, maiming, and forced starvation of millions of Palestinians. We cannot sit by as our tuition and labor support mass murder.

For the last two weeks students have put their safety, homes, education, and careers in jeopardy,knowing no universities remain in Gaza due to US-funded bombs. As members of the imperial core.the least we can do is pressure this university to divest. Open the gates, end the occupation, and welcome the free movement of all people, from Palestinians to our neighbors in Harlem; from the river to the sea. We cannot act for our Palestinian comrades, but we see them; we are with them. We are honored to join the mass movement of students, workers, and comrades across the world in the fight for Palestinian liberation.

Sent from the People's University for a Liberated Palestine.

#palestine #usa #new york #new york city #nyc #columbia university #youth activism

21 notes · View notes

atomicnerdbeing · 7 months

Text

the captain's death really adds a layer of depth to him only allowing himself to be referred to by his military rank. the rest of the ghosts were not there to see him die and had no way of knowing he 'was no hero' and would have instantly assumed he was one. this is, as seen in the show, not an assumption he would correct, especially in the immediate follow-up to his own death. what he could do was cling to the one part that was really his - the rank of captain.

but even the title he had was likely not earnt due to military merit. captain is the third lowest rank of officer and officer titles were often given to both members of the upper classes and those with university educations in wwii. he worked in weapon development and the understanding and interest he is shown to have of technology throughout the show (explaining the limpet mine to robin, his attentiveness and engagement when modern tech is explained...) suggests an engineering or technological background, and his mannerisms and accent suggest a higher class status. combining the two factors, a university degree is likely, and decades of experience after that qualification would make him entering the army as a captain more than possible. the fact he is unable to earn any promotion between the surrender of france in 1940, less than a year after the war started, and VE day, really supports the idea that they didn't have enough captains to have one managing each unit, and he was given the position when he signed up due to his career and intellectual merit.

so captain, dying at an event for merited veterans, who defined himself by the military, would have been seen with medals that were not his. he would have been seen after leaving button house for some period, a gap in his life the other ghosts knew nothing of and could fill with whatever romanticisations they wished. he held onto his title because he was lying by omission but would not lie outright. all they needed to know was that he was a captain, that he died after serving his (their) country, show some respect. they didn't need to know the medals aren't his, they don't need to know whether or not he earnt any promotions in the army.

and when he does tell them about his death, they don't care, not only making the moment important to his sexuality arc as an implicit coming out, but making it the final key step to allowing himself to exist as a person outside of the army. because they don't care! the army doesn't define him to his family, there's no moment of their reaction to the stolen medals, firstly because it's his story and we as viewers don't need to see the reactions of the rest of the ghosts, and secondly because they don't truly have one. they're not disgusted by the lie, they lose no respect for him (it can be argued they actually gain some because he talks). they'll continue to call him captain because that's what he prefers (if he were to ask, they would change); it's a title he clung to and trapped himself in but was nothing but a name to everyone else. If he continues to use it, it's no longer him trapping himself in a rank, it's just that it's his name at this point.

#bbc ghosts #bbc ghosts spoilers #this ended up far longer than intended and has like three different main points but alas

56 notes · View notes

justinspoliticalcorner · 13 days

Text

Lex McMenamin at Teen Vogue:

College students have been at the forefront of the movement for a ceasefire in Palestine since Israel's ongoing incursion of Gaza after the October 7 Hamas attack. As soon as organizing for that movement began, there was backlash against it, including doxxing and harassment at Harvard, attempted state-level bans of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapters in Florida, and also the banning of protests and SJP chapters at other universities. In Vermont, Palestinian college students on a walk, wearing kuffiyehs, were shot at during Thanksgiving break. (The reported shooter, who has pleaded not guilty to attempted second-degree murder, remains in jail as the case proceeds.)

Over the past few weeks, several student protesters have received criminal charges, expulsions, suspensions, and campus bans due to their involvement in protests for Palestine. This includes students at Columbia, who say they are being scapegoated before an April 17 congressional hearing to investigate Columbia University over campus antisemitism. (After a similar proceeding in December, the president of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania each stepped down.) According to Inside Higher Ed’s reporting, "some observers have described [the April hearing as] a political trap set by Congressional Republicans critical not only of campus leaders’ response to antisemitism but also of higher education in general.” The apparent suppression on campuses, while currently intensifying, isn’t new or recent: For the past several years, the organization Palestine Legal has represented and supported student organizers facing similar backlash. A representative for Palestine Legal tells Teen Vogue that, since October, the group has received “over 720 reports of suppression of Palestinian rights advocacy on campuses across the country.”

Meanwhile, the movements for ceasefire and Palestine are credited with reanimating student organizing, as well as pushing President Joe Biden’s policy stance on US support for Israel. That outcry has manifested in Uncommitted campaigns that have built momentum in presidential primaries across US states, and may also be pushing Biden to shift his policy. But these same organizing movements are seeing pushback on forms of protest that are historically common on campuses. Some students have been suspended or arrested for occupying campus buildings. In other instances, the backlash comes after students pushed to hold student body votes on divesting university funds from Israel or Israeli companies; at Vanderbilt, Ohio State, and Harvard, attempted referendum votes on the matter were canceled, suspended, or indefinitely postponed.

Teen Vogue reports on the disturbing trend that colleges across the USA are suppressing pro-Palestinian protests and referendums against divesting funding from Israel Apartheid State by arresting, suspending, or even expelling students protesting for Palestinian rights.

#Colleges #Palestine #Ceasefire NOW #Israel/Hamas War Protests #Israel/Hamas War #Ceasefire NOW Protests #Protests #Free Palestine #Israel Apartheid #Boycott Divest Sanctions #BDS #College #Higher Education #Israel/Palestine Conflict #Gaza Genocide #Students for Justice in Palestine

21 notes · View notes

starryeyedadmirer · 2 months

Text

Going into his first year at SEAU, Jeremy thought that he knew what he was getting himself into… that he had a pretty good understanding of the many horrors that he’d have to put up with while living on campus. All throughout his high school years, he’d heard about the countless humiliation rituals that the upperclassmen would put the new freshman through, to welcome them to college. Every day, there were at least a dozen new stories.

So many students were put through horrific “trials” — things like surviving in the woods at night, naked and alone… getting their heads flushed in all the dirtiest toilets on the campus, until their lungs were liquified and their hair smelled like potty-water… eating the disgusting foods that the upperclassmen would make, using stuff that they found in the garbage bins… and so much more. Trials were just part of the culture… more innocent than they were harmful… and, with the mandatory first-year stay policy being strictly enforced, “Froshies” were always the most populated class; that made them easy targets.

After graduating high school, Jeremy immediately set his sights on SEAU and applied to enroll in the following fall semester, knowing full-well that he’d be put through hell during his first year on campus. It was a risky decision, but he didn’t care. SEAU was located in the heart of his hometown, just across the river from his parents’ house… and with his transcripts looking the way that they did, it would’ve been riskier for him to go any farther than that for schooling. Like so many of the other kids in his town, SEAU was his only choice for higher education… at least, the only realistic choice. It was either SEAU, or he’d have to go work a hard job at the shipyard…

_________________________________

Before Jeremy knew it, the first day of school had already come and gone. He was officially a college student! The first in his family to continue his education past the twelfth grade.

He had no clue what career he wanted to pursue yet… but, nevertheless, he was happy to be there. Walking through the halls made him feel powerful… like he was a real adult, making his way in the world. He was studying his core curriculum — math, science, english, and economics — making new friends, eating delicious foods, and living in his own dorm.

Every weekend, he’d visit his family across the river, and be showered with praise and affection. His parents were so proud of their little boy, for pursuing a higher education… even if he wasn’t going to the best school in the state. Him living so close by made his mother feel like she still had her baby in her arms, and his father liked that he could still watch football with him on Sundays. They couldn’t have been happier!

Things were looking up… that is, until Jeremy was ambushed with his first freshman trial…

_________________________________

The day started out like usual. Jeremy woke up in the afternoon, put on his baggiest pair of pajama pants, bathed himself with cheap body spray, threw on some open-toed sandals, an even bunchier hoodie, and left for class.

He was planning to meet up with one of his buddies before class, and hang out in the student lounge for a while. The guy was in his junior year at SEAU, and Jeremy had only known him for a few weeks… but he seemed cool enough. Mitchell was his name, but everyone called him “Tuck.”

Jeremy strolled up to the building and swiped his ID card at the door… but, unbeknownst to him, when he stepped into the lobby, he walked right into a trap.

_________________________________

Alright, guys… where should I go with this story? Jeremy is about to experience his very first trial… and his belly is about to be pushed to it’s limits. Should our little freshman get pregnant, or have his belly stuffed with food?

#starry eyes #quick write #jeremy allen white

24 notes · View notes

enemy-to-the-state · 9 months

Text

I Am Transsexual and Want An Education

Most of you know I am a transsexual. I do not hide it and I have never tried to.

I am also a college student. Like many Americans, I cannot really afford to be there. Many trans people like me cannot afford higher education either.

Transgender people don’t have the same kind of opportunities that cisgender people do. Either you live a lie and torture yourself because you know your family will forsake you if you say anything, you tell them everything and are kicked out, or you are lucky enough to get a neutral to positive response. Yes, neutral is lucky.

The trans folks that say nothing and live in agony being unsupported and trapped can maybe go to college but know that if they say anything their tuition might be out the door, that their parents or family or guardians will throw them to the wolves. So they either suffer in silence or end up committing suicide.

The trans folks that came out and were kicked out have basically no chance at ever going to college. You might be able to get government and private loans, but you’ll be drowning in debt by the end of it all. Debt you may never be able to pay off alone.

The remaining lucky ones most likely still come from low to middle income families that can’t really afford college anyways. It is a borderline no-win scenario.

How is this fair? Can’t everybody see this is cruel? This is a struggle faced by all queer people, but is intensified by the trans label. We are easy targets.

I was once talking to a girl who was also queer, but not trans. I said, “Rae, in my state, it is illegal for me to use a public restroom. It is illegal for public institutions to give me my life saving medication. I have almost no rights. We are witnessing a modern-day segregation.” I live in Florida.

She turned to me and said, “You know it’s hard for me too. There are like, no gay bars in my city. No fun ones anyway.”

I felt like I had been slapped. I never really talked to her again.

Of course, all queer people face oppression, but for her to dismiss the violent and dangerous actions that are being taken against my people in favor of her own problems highlights a deeper issue with the attitude towards trans people.

We are an afterthought.

We are different.

Other people are so far removed from the plight of trans people that they do not recognize how privileged they are by comparison and damn it I refuse to be an afterthought for much longer.

I do not want to live in quiet, secret moments anymore. I do not want to be in the shadows and behind closed doors. I want to feel comfortable out in the open. I shouldn’t have to hide. Let me wear what I want and be what I am. Let me hold my boyfriend’s hand in public. Let me be able to take off my binder or just not wear it at all. Let my people have healthcare and basic human decency. Let us get an education and let us use the goddamn bathroom. Let us. Let us. Let us.

#trans #transgender #transsexual #college #university #scholarship #education #trans rights

81 notes · View notes

tethered-heartstrings · 7 months

Text

studying for an exam with retention and focus issues feels like a saw trap. except I am paying money for it because it's higher education which makes it so much worse

#i have never seen saw btw #do you ever feel the surface of your brain slough off and pool at the base of your skull #putting pressure on your brain stem and suffocating your vitals? or is that just me #the speaking clown #i have an exam every week until the semester ends in December :')

46 notes · View notes

rubra-wav · 2 months

Text

[Entry #2] Dealbreakers in the Hazbin Hotel universe

A/N This is just lore/worldbuilding with various headcanons, so no x reader for this one - if you really liked pt. 1 of the x dealbreaker reader post I did/want more context for that and the second part that'll be out soon tho I'd recommend reading this one 🙏

I'm mostly talking about those who have soul deals with people in this post.

Yes, I have Audhd, how did you know? /j

Cw: SFW, discussion of corrupt legal systems, violence/murder

The type of sinners dealbreakers are:

Dealbreakers within the Hazbin Hotel universe are demons who review contracts of all kinds with the intention to break them.

These demons are most often extremely corrupt and/or lying about their abilities in some way, however.

The bad dealbreakers

Most dealbreakers in their past lives were some kind of worker for the legal system - either as some kind of law room official (Judges, lawyers, etc) or as law enforcement (ie. Police officers) and got here due to being some sort of terrible person through that.

Due to this, they prey on those who are desperate and dealbound in various ways to exploit them, and usually do this by trapping them into new deals with them - often soul ownership deals with the promise of a better life.

This doesn't happen, obviously. Most of these dealbound sinners find their deals being broken and then are immediately pushed into brand new terrible deals by the ones they sought help from.

Or their deals aren't broken at all, and the dealbreaker was working with whoever owned the sinner in the first place to test their loyalty

- Ending up punished for seeking out the dealbreaker, co-owned by the both of them now, or exploited for every cent they have by the dealbreaker with their interactions being used as blackmail.

These dealbreakers are often lesser Overlords, however most don't ascend past that status as Overlords would feel threatened by their presence. If they attempt to ascend higher, they will be killed or put in their place in various manners.

The good dealbreakers

For dealbreakers who aren't corrupt, however, their fates are often never good.

Most good dealbreakers are taken out very fast as you make some very powerful enemies giving souls back their autonomy fast.

Especially considering most of those who own souls are involved with other people who also own souls in some way.

Actually breaking deals and how it works

The procedure for breaking deals usually follows one particular formula:

Understanding the contract

To break deals, you first need to be completely educated on the contract's terms and conditions; every potential underlying thing that is not fully obvious, anything which is vague and thus bendable/a loophole, the kind of format that's used to make it, etc. Etc.

Any good dealmaker hides their true intentions under false pretences, so you need to fully understand the method and how they do this.

After a dealbreaker becomes sure they fully understand the contract, they can begin to write a counter-contract.

Counter-contracts

Counter-contracts are contracts that contest the things written within the original contract and essentially begin scratching away at/undoing the grey area/loopholes.

Any grey area and between-the-lines terms and conditions get undone in the counter-contract first, and then the Dealbreaker will move on to the more set in stone requirements - basically uprooting it one word at a time.

You usually need to make several counter-contract drafts before actually writing out the real, binding contract.

The reason why dealbreaking for souls in particular is deeply dangerous is because if you get one thing wrong? You're absolutely fucked.

Failure at dealbreaking

Demons who own souls can feel when the soul is slipping from them in some way, so if you don't fully succeed in breaking the deal the first time around? That demon now knows that you are trying to break the deal.

I also headcanon that demons who own souls also can tell where their souls are at all times, so if you fuck up you now have a very pissed off owner of the soul who knows exactly where you are.

Deals can only be broken when the demon whose soul you are trying to break out is immediately in your proximity to agree to the counter-contract being crafted, so yeah, they're like a GPS to your direct location.

You may be able to try and make another counter-contract, but usually its already too late.

Even if you don't fail at breaking the deal and you just have a really complicated one that's time-consuming, you're screwed if the soul owner catches on as well.

Again, you need to review the contract for several days to 100% understand everything because if you take too long, they will feel the soul slipping away and come find you.

Success at dealbreaking

If you do succeed in the creation of a counter-contract, then the new contract will begin effective immediately and the former soul contract will cease to exist - being destroyed on the spot.

All former control over the soul is lost, and all things binding the formerly dealbound ends.

The former owner can no longer detect the soul's location either, so you and the soul are then safe from instantly being found.

After successful dealbreaking

Obviously, what happens afterwards is heavily varied depending on whether the dealbreaker is good or bad. However, the main thing is that you are not 100% safe from the former owner.

The former owner can still find the soul they used to own if they know where they live, or if they know where they frequent, their friends, etc. And thus find you as a Dealbreaker as well by getting the information from the soul.

To combat this, in the counter-contract most Dealbreakers who are smart will hide a non- disclosure statement in the new contract's fine print to avoid this - but if the dealmaker is a skilled one, they will also know how to break deals as well.

It's probably one of the most dangerous careers someone can have in hell - especially as one as the good ones.

Other ideas/headcanon stuff

- Personally, I really like the headcanon that those who become dealbound for their souls take on certain characteristics of those who have made the deal. (One example would be Angel not having the gold tooth before his contract with Val, but then gaining it afterwards)

With breaking a soul deal, those characteristics that the dealbound takes on fade in and out of existence in the middle of the counter-contract being written. When the contract gets broken, these traits disappear completely.

- Elaborating on the constantly knowing the loaction of owned souls headcanon I have is that the chains and collars that the dealbound seem to have (think Husk and Angel) are constantly there for those who have made soul deals.

So even if they aren't visible to others, the leashes are still there in the owner's hand - at all times tied to the soul.

The owned souls also always feel the pressure of their collars, and when the deal is broken, this pressure and weight disappears along with the characteristics.

- There are also other manifestations of deals.

A potential example of this could be that if the contract is signed under the pretences of the sinner getting another name, then that sinner can no longer speak their real name.

Ie. In part 2 of the dealbreaker S/O Angel Dust can actually say his real name after having the deal broken, and before when he would try to say his name is Anthony he would find himself unable to, choking on his words because his collar grew tighter around his throat.

#hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel headcanon #hazbin hotel dealbreaker #hazbin hotel angel dust #hazbin hotel husk

27 notes · View notes