Tumgik
#suddenly folks had a chance to read the holy book in a language they could understand (if you were lucky enough to be literate at least)
canisalbus · 1 month
Note
as a 16th century clergyman what does machete think of the printing press
I think by the time he was born the printing press had been around for almost a century and a half, so I'd reckon the society as a whole was largely past it's initial novelty and controversy. Machete himself is bookish and nerdy, he's very invested in gathering knowledge about various topics and trying to piece together a good picture of how the world works. Getting access to reading material would be a lot harder if every book was still copied individually by hand. His standards are pretty high though, there's a lot of poorly translated, shoddily printed and flimsily bound books around and he's prone to scrunching his nose at them.
199 notes · View notes
thorne93 · 5 years
Text
Stan Lee University (Part 9)
Prompt: What would the Avengers be like in college, more importantly, what would they be like if Y/N existed around them?
Word Count: 2110
Warnings: drama, language, betrayal, adult content (not smut, but it’s like TV-14 rating...)
Notes: This is based on a HC from @carryonmyswansong. They helped brainstorm and write part of this series. In this AU, no one will have powers, everyone is a normal human. Beta’d by @carryonmyswansong​
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The next morning, you woke up really late and decided to go get some lunch. You were starving and you left your dorm, in search of food. You weren’t sure if you’d go off campus or just go to the cafe and grab a sandwich. You figured you’d decide once you stepped outside.
Just as you were about to leave the lobby though, Loki walked in, holding a bouquet of colorful flowers.
Must be for a girl he met last night, you thought with irritation.
His eyes found you and he breathed a sigh of relief.
“Ah, Y/N. I found you.”
“Oh, yes, because I’m so hard to locate.” You rolled your eyes and started to walk by him.
“Wait, wait,” he said, stepping backwards and in front of you. “I’m sorry. I’m sorry about last night. I was drunk and an ass.” He pushed the flowers toward you. “For you.”
“You think you can just hand me some flowers and you acting the way you did will just make this all go away?” you demanded, flabbergasted.
“No. That’s not it.”
“Then what? Because I can forgive being drunk if you were just a lot to handle, but you went and kissed other people on our date, Loki. That’s pretty shitty.”
“I know it is. I’m.. I realize you weren’t trying to stop the game or having a good time, but I took it personally. When I drink, I turn into a dick.”
“That’s a poor excuse,” you said, starting to walk around him again.
“I only did it because I wanted to kiss you.”
Your eyes narrowed and you turned, your hand on the handle to leave the lobby of the dorms. You spun, your gaze on his. “What was that?”
“I wasn’t trying to do it to kiss other people. I was doing it because I’d hope you join and it would be an excuse for me kissing you without making things awkward.” He peered at you with such apology, you were actually starting to believe him.
“A guy that flirts like you doesn’t exactly need an excuse to kiss your date. It’s kind of all part of the experience,” you commented, the annoyance gone from your voice.
“Yes, but, you’re rather intimidating,” he informed with a tiny smile.
“So I’ve heard,” you muttered. “But why didn’t you stop when I didn’t want to join?”
He sighed. “I hoped, stupidly, that you would join anyway. Maybe you’d get jealous, or change your mind. Idiotic, I know.”
You screwed your mouth to the side in thought. Maybe he really wasn’t that bad of a guy. Maybe he was just trying to kiss you without rushing things.
In a swift motion, you grabbed the flowers and reached your hand up to his neck and pulled him down into a kiss. His lips were short of freezing, but you didn’t mind. They moved quickly, after the initial shock, his lips firm and precise on yours. The kiss was quick, but filled with promise.
You let him go and grinned.
“Wanna go get lunch, you idiot?” you asked.
“Ah, just what a man loves to hear, insults on being asked to a date.”
“Well as long as you don’t make out with anyone else on this date, we’ll be okay,” you assured laughing as you put your arm through his.
---------------------
“You’re giving him another chance?” Natasha asked as the three of you sat in Clint’s apartment.
“Yeah. I mean, he was a dick but it was for kind of a cute reason.”
“Or a stupid reason,” she muttered, taking a sip of her water.
“Well, if he’s really a jerk, he’ll show his colors again.”
“Are you sure?” Clint interjected. “You were pretty upset last night.”
“Yeah but I was just being over emotional.”
“What about that one guy, in your lab?” Natasha mentioned and your stomach did a flop.
“Who? You mean Stephen?”
“Yeah, what’s happening on that front?”
You snorted and shook your head. “He made it clear he didn’t want to date me. I asked him to the party and…” You shook your head, stopping the statement. “But then at the party he was really sweet and I drove him back to school and… I don’t know he’s too hot then cold. At least Loki’s sort of consistent.”
“Yes, consistently an ass. It sounds like you need to tell both guys to fuck off,” Nat remarked.
“I second that,” Clint said.
“It’s easy for you two. You’re practically married, you two are perfect. But for us single folk, it’s a little harder.”
“You act as if your choice is an asshole or a dick,” Nat noted disdainfully.
You shrugged. “I’m just saying, this campus is small. I’m going after the few guys I didn’t go to high school with. That’s all.”
“Well don’t settle. College isn’t the end all be all of the dating pool.”
“Again, you two can’t lecture me,” you sternly said before laughing.
-----------------------------------
Three more weeks passed and Loki was more affectionate and on a fast track to becoming your boyfriend. The two of you got lunch together every day, and spent nearly every evening in your dorm discussing books and movies. Not to mention Loki showing up before Lit class at your dorm just to walk you to class.
When he actually tried, he was very romantic and sweet.
Stephen on the other hand was still very on and off, and frankly it was driving you mad.
Sure, Loki seemed better, great even. But something about Stephen. He seemed more grounded, more mature, he knew his life was heading in a certain direction and he was working to get there. That was always something you’d admired and wanted in a life partner was a guy with goals, ambitions, and the drive to make it happen. Bucky didn’t seem to share that. Sure, Bucky was going to school for engineering, he hoped to do something with prosthetics, but he lacked maturity.
While Loki was smart, funny, and entertaining, he lacked the seriousness you desired in a guy. Stephen might’ve been hot and cold, but there was just something about when the two of you had such close moments that you couldn’t write off. Especially that sense of trust. You didn’t quite have that with Loki, but it was there with Stephen.
But the fact of the matter was, Loki was putting forth effort to be with you, to be around you. And so far, all Stephen had done was give you his number, and that was just for the physics project. And the hand graze when you reached for the worksheets. And the staring at you then smiling.
Damn him.
No, you were with a guy who was actually trying, you thought, trying to convince yourself. If Stephen wanted to be with you, he would’ve said something by now.
Loki was lying on your bed, his head at the foot end - as usual, when he patted the space next to you. “Come on, we’ve got three chapters to get through tonight,” he encouraged.
“Are you sure we aren’t just going to end up making out?” you asked incredulously with a grin as you climbed onto the bed. That’s usually how it went for you two. The homework would start, but then ten minutes in, you two would be making out - rather heatedly.
The last time this happened, he had his hand up your shirt and his other hand traveled to your pants but you stopped him. You weren’t sure you were ready for that yet.
“It’s highly likely, darling,” he cooed as he kissed behind your ear, making you shiver.
You let the feelings wash over you of arousal before your senses snapped back.
“Okay, if you’re going to be here, you have to behave.”
He raised his hand in surrender and oath. “On my word.”
“Good.”
The two of you started to read, you got past the first chapter, swapping off characters, when you suddenly read a line about desire and lust.
“And their hands just wouldn’t stop. They wanted them to, they needed them to, but the fire was building, growing…” Your eyes drifted to Loki’s who was already trained on your face.
Like a switch was flipped, you two lunged at each other. In a split second he was on top of you, his hands moving through your hair, your mouths colliding almost violently. He was between your legs quickly, grinding on top of you.
His hand moved up your shirt to cup your breast before he nearly attacked your mouth again. You we're already panting as you grabbed at his shirt, your legs wrapping around his hips.
He took the hint and helped you pull his shirt off. You figured he would help pull yours off, but in a twist of events you didn't see coming, he grabbed at the hem of your shirt with his teeth and pulled up.
Well if you weren't aroused before, you sure as hell were now.
He leaned up and you ripped at his belt as if your life depended on it and he watched you with lust blown pupils. In a swift motion, his belt was off and you were making quick work of his pants.
Now that he was in his boxers, he tugged your jeans off quickly, his fingers digging into your flash as he drug them down your legs.
He left you in your bra and panties for just moment while he kissed you again, trailing the kisses down your jaw, neck, and cleavage.
“I need these off, now,” he ordered huskily, pulling you up to your knees. He helped you with your bra, throwing it across the dorm. His hands trailed down your sides, leaving a searing mark on your skin. He kissed all the way down your torso until his nose was nestled over the sweet spot, resting above your panties.
You let out a nervous, aroused laugh, making Loki react. He smirked before reaching up and throwing you onto your back, before removing your panties.
He followed this by diving down between your legs, his tongue working quickly over you, making you gasp and cry out, your hand flying to his hair.
“Holy shit, Loki,” you panted.
He laughed but kept up the attack on you.
What followed was Loki practically worshipping you as he paid attention to every detail of your body. You returned the favor as best you could, your hands and mouth working over his pale, toned physique.
By the early morning, after round three, the two of you were utterly spent. When you were done, you both laughed as you grabbed water from your mini fridge for both of you.
Without a word, you two settled down in the bed and you felt happy. Finally, you were moving on from Bucky, and you weren't thinking about Stephen.
So maybe Loki wasn't the most practical or business driven. But he was kind, funny, gave you the time of day, and you had a lot of similar interests.
----------------------
Early the next morning, you woke up, long before your alarm went off, around 5 am, it was still relatively dark out. You smiled, hoping to roll over and greet Loki, but when you turned, he was nowhere to be found. His clothes weren’t there, and there was no note, his side ice cold.
You frowned. Maybe he just went to the bathroom. Or maybe he was out getting coffee.
Rolling to grab your phone, checking for messages, you found one from Loki.
“Thanks, now do me a favor and lose my number.”
For what seemed like eons, you stared at the text, reading it over, and over, and over again. This couldn’t be right. This just… This had to be a joke that you two would laugh about. Loki would come back, stating it was a joke.
You didn’t do this. You didn’t do things like this. You weren’t a one-night stand kind of person. You’d only been with Bucky, and the only reason you were okay with friends with benefits with him was because at one time, you’d been in love with him. You thought you were falling for Loki, that’s why you did this. That’s why you gave yourself to him completely.
But now… Now he just used you for a piece of ass? All that sweet talk and complimenting and the flowers was all just to get in your pants? You felt so cheap.
How had you been so blind and stupid? You knew Loki was a player, that’s why he was flirtatious but you just thought maybe he was interested in you.
Guess not, though.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Forever Tag List
@essie1876​
@magpiegirl80​
@letsgetfuckingsuperwholocked​
@iamwarrenspeace
@marvel-imagines-yes-please​
@superwholocked527
@missinstantgratification​
@thejemersoninfernoo
@rda1989​
@munlis​
@thefridgeismybestie​
@bubblyanarocks3​
@igiveupicantthinkofausername​
@kaliforniacoastalteens​
@feelmyroarrrr​
@kaeling​
@friendlyneighbourhoodweirdo​
@damalseer​
@heyitscam99​
@yknott81​
@sorryimacrapwriter​
@glitterquadricorn​
@xxqueenofisolationxx​
@little-dis-kaalista-pythonissama
@bittersweetunicorm​
@alyssaj23​
@sea040561​
@princess76179​
@thisismysecrethappyplace​
@sarahp879​
@malfoysqueen14​
@ellallheart​
@breezy1415​
@marvelmayo​
Steve Rogers
@nedthegay​
@camigt1999​
@lostinspace33​
@alwayshave-faith​
@elleatrixlestrange​
@ultrarebelheart​
@lenawiinchester​
@esoltis280​
@patzammit
Bucky Barnes
@nedthegay
@lostinspace33
@alwayshave-faith
@elleatrixlestrange​
@ultrarebelheart
@lenawiinchester
@its-not-a-tulpa
@esoltis280
@thirstresponsibly​
@valecitainwonderland​
@buckybarnesappreciationsociety
@howling-at-that-moon @sneakygitsune @whiw0lf
Loki Odinson
@lostinspace33​
@ultrarebelheart​
@lenawiinchester​
@esoltis280​
@tngrayson​
@wangdeasang​
@harrymewmew
@jayfantasyatyourservice
SLU
@eagleandthebutterfly​
@disneyfanatic77
@disneyoncerlover815
@meraki--mei
73 notes · View notes