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strawberrysznn · 5 months ago

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Beauty AND brains. Your knowledge is your weapon.

Let's not only be insanely beautiful but also disgustingly educated. Other than discipline and hard work, your knowledge is your weapon in this world of chaos, something that you can sharpen and use.

Where can you expand your knowledge? What areas, what topics

How can you expand your knowledge? In different circumstances and preferences such as if you're too busy or if you have a short attention span

Where can you expand your knowledge?

I DO NOT mean that you need to be an expert at everything. You don't need multiple degrees for each type of intelligence. However, if you want to sharpen your weapon, sharpen your knowledge.

These are the areas where you CAN sharpen your knowledge AND the areas where you SHOULD know the basics in:

Emotional, Communication, Morals, Ethics. Be human, and make others feel human too. Cultivate empathy, understand mental health, build your conscience, and differentiate right from wrong. Communicate frequently and effectively.

History, Culture, Politics. The world is chaotic — learn to stand your ground. Understand history, politics, corruption, culture, and the overlooked heroes. Know what shaped the past to navigate the future.

Digital Literacy. The internet is a double-edged sword. Learn to navigate it safely, protect your privacy, spot misinformation, and adapt to evolving technology.

Manners, Etiquette, Body Language. The way you present yourself matters. Respect others, read unspoken cues, and master the art of presence.

Self-Sufficiency, Life Skills, Livelihood. You won’t always have someone to rely on. Cook, clean, manage time, handle money, and adapt to life’s challenges. Be independent.

Literature, Language, Writing. Words are power. Read, write, and communicate with depth. Language shapes history, culture, and thought—use it wisely.

Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving. The world isn’t black and white. Question everything, analyze critically, recognize manipulation, and think for yourself. Don't be swayed easily by others.

Science and Math. The foundation of everything. At least know the basics, enough to understand the forces shaping the world — logic, numbers, and the universe itself.

Self-Care, Hygiene, Fitness, Health. Your body and mind are your greatest assets. Eat well, stay active, manage stress, and prioritize your well-being before it’s too late.

How can you expand your knowledge?

When you have free time When you're busy When you prefer learning visually When you have little to no attention span

You are what you consume. Now that you know what topics you can expand your knowledge on, these are what you can use / do to consume those information:

Have some free time? Do / use these

Read books, take online courses, or watch in-depth documentaries. (Example: history books, finance courses, science explainers) Engage in discussions or debates to refine your thinking. (Example: politics, ethics, critical thinking) Try hands-on learning like experiments, DIY projects, or journaling. (Example: cooking, coding, writing) Attend workshops, seminars, or community events.

Too busy? Do / use these

Listen to podcasts or audiobooks while traveling, doing tasks / work / school work, or doing chores. (Example: podcasts on Spotify / Tiktok, Youtube videos where the creator is more on speaking, audiobooks on Audible or by downloading a free e-pub format e-book online then uploading it into Google Playbooks and using the audiobook / text-to-speech format) Follow bite-sized content on social media. (Example: short educational / history Tiktok videos, digital literacy infographics, photos on Pinterest) Take advantage of apps and tools for productivity, learning, etc. (Example: budgeting apps, language-learning apps) Watch short, informative videos during breaks. (Example: TED-Ed, Ted Talks, short Tiktok videos)

Like to learn visually / by watching? Do / use these

Watch video explainers, documentaries, or animated infographics. Use apps that gamify learning. (Example: Duolingo for language, Codecademy for coding) Follow visually engaging content creators. (Example: finance charts, body language breakdowns) Make mind maps or illustrated notes to break down complex topics. (Example: self-care routines, political structures, problem-solving techniques)

Little to no attention span? Do / use these

Learn through short-form content like TikToks, reels, or infographics. Play interactive or gamified learning apps. (Example: strategy games, trivia quizzes) Follow meme-based or storytelling-style education accounts. Try hands-on, fast-paced activities. (Example: debate flash rounds, real-world problem-solving challenges, DIY experiments)

Begin small, learn the basics, take a step at a time, and start from there. Be BOTH beauty and brains. You have a weapon (your knowledge), sharpen it and use it.

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babywriter · 7 months ago

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Fertility rates had been plummetting for decades. It wasn't only because people wanted fewer children, it was also because sperm quality had reached a critical low point. Children were still born here and there, but nothing approaching a global replacement rate. Fortunately, we'd fixed aging. Bodily and mental decline were things of the past which prevented society from collapsing.

Of course, in a society of only adults, having children became highly prized. To fix that issue, every year the people turning 21 were offered to go through state-sponsored regression. Using the same technology used to keep the rest of the population young and able, the minds of the volunteers were youthened to that of a two-year-old while keeping all their personality and memories intact.

Maggie had always wanted to be a princess ever since she'd been a little girl. Growing up, she didn't mind telling people that she wanted to be regressed once she turned 21. But then came beer and boys and various interests like painting and reading and psychology and suddenly getting regressed seemed a lot less interesting. By the time she turned 21, she was in a serious relationship. The boy in question was very open to her ABDL tendencies and babying her. They had talked at great lenghts about the possibility of Maggie being adopted by him. But, they agreed, they needed someone to be the mommy. Maggie was anxious about how enthusiastically her boyfriend seemed to search for a romantic partner that wasn't her and how quickly she came into the picture. She was a long-time friend of both of them and very soon the dynamic was put in place and an appointment for Maggie's regression was scheduled.

It was quick and painless, a few injections here and there that would only need upkeep every week until her situation became stable.

Losing her continence was wonderful, but slowly getting dumber felt a lot scarier. Thankfully, Mommy and Daddy were there to take care of her. They loved each other very much, but most of all, they loved her. Nothing can be scary when Mommy blows raspberries on your tummy! Getting picked up and carried everywhere, wearing pretty dresses and pink all the time, Maggie definitely felt like a princess.

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licorice-and-rum · 9 months ago

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My response to some "critics" about Babel

Okay, I'm gonna start by saying this: English is not my first language so I may commit some spelling and grammar mistakes here but I felt like I just had to write this down, especially because of the negative reviews this book has that just… didn't get it.

Don't get me wrong, of course you're allowed to not like this book, I recognize that it's most certainly not gonna be everyone's cup of tea but some of the people here just didn't get what this book was all about. Babel isn't a fantasy like ACOTAR, or HP, or whatever (in the sense that, for those, the story guides the message while Babel is the contrary): like many classical books, Babel was written to make a point, it's a romance, sure, but it was written to argue for something - the necessity of violence.

So, first of all: Babel is a historical fantasy, it talks about colonialism, racism, sexism, and other matters with no qualms, no embellishing to make it digestible, no allegories or metaphors because this isn't the point. Kuang's "lack of nuance" as someone here pointed out is very deliberate and extremely important for the story because the points she wants to make are always lost in nuance (just think how many people go on misinterpreting Star Wars, Hunger Games, or even anti-system songs like The Wall ffs), and the message is too important to get lost in allegories.

Second, as to the story, many people seem to think what she's pointing out is obvious "ur dur colonialism is bad, we get it". No, you clearly don't. There's a profound difference between getting it and actually comprehending it to an elemental level. Robin's travel to Canton illustrates that perfectly: he knew that colonialism was bad, he knew it was violent but he didn't comprehend it until he was forced to face it happening in front of him - to people who could've been easily him. More than that, because that was when he finally connected the theory with the reality, it became palpable to him.

It's not enough to get it, you have to actually stay attuned to it, to feel the flow of its violence throughout the world because then, and only then, I'll realize you can't be complacent, you can't turn your head from it. And Babel is an attempt, however tiny, of showing this to you. Of telling you "Look, you're ignoring it, the discomfort you felt reading this is your conscience telling you you relate to that". So no, I refuse to accept that Kuang should have been more nuanced: she was as clear as she could because she knows people say they get it but they don't, not really.

Third, the magical system is just chef's kiss. I've seen many people complaining about it but the thing is: the silver working is not about having magic in the world, it's about creating a palpable, material place where Kuang could center her attention as she talked about the economic aspect of colonialism. That's because colonial power is not centered in one place or thing, it is scattered all around but you can't hardly make a point like Babel's if you have your characters fighting off colonialism in all corners of the world. Like the Capital in the Hunger Games, Babel is a material place that symbolizes something.

Moreover, the silver working symbolizes the Industrial Revolution and its need for the advance of colonialism. More than that, silver-working is about capital, it's about technology to generate more profit, quicker, for a specific class that doesn't care who they have to kill to continue, doesn't care whether it is good or bad for the common folk.

Fourth, many people pointed out how academic Kuang's writing style felt during Babel and they're right, it is indeed very identifiable. I'm sure I even commented something along the lines of "it feels like I'm having the best History lesson of all time". But I'm going to challenge people who say things against the notion that the historical description of Kuang was unnecessary: every time Kuang chose to give the readers historical context has served somehow to the narrative.

I remember early on in the book when Robin was still a teen walking through London and reading anything he could put his hands on, and then we get two paragraphs of historical and political context for the time, then Robin comments that he didn't understand why this mattered so much. That paragraph served so much, both because it made us know a little more about Robin and because it served to make us understand the profound environmental change England was going through at the time.

And every time she did this, it served for something. Again, Babel is a historical fantasy, it is supposed to make you think about the point Kuang is trying to make but you won't understand it if you don't know the context of which Robin and the other characters in the book are coming from. It was a time of decision: either England would consolidate itself as an almost all-powerful oppressor, or it could go down… if the oppressed people - who share a common enemy - understood their responsibility to do something.

The strikes of the English working class, the violent acts of rioters, the advancement in technology, the possibility of the Opium War, the colonialism… it's all important. It's important because it allows us to understand the deep connection between it all. It allows us to understand who profits off of it, and who doesn't; who is able to understand and who isn't. It's why Letty is upper-class. It's why Abel isn't.

It's not as simple as some people think to understand colonialism, the flows through which one thing is tied to another. Why do people ask "How does this affect me?" when we point out deeply unfair things like unpaid maternity leave (I actually saw an American once saying she "wouldn't want her tax money to go to someone who didn't plan through"), like the fact people starve when we have the ability to feed a world and a half, of that Palestine is going through ethnic cleansing? Because they are unable to understand how closely their lives are tied to other peoples they have never met and probably never will.

Kuang's message is not "colonialism is bad", she's saying "These are all the forms through which colonialism is bad to everyone but a few, do something about it", she's saying "Every single one of your struggles is tied together in more ways than you even understand. A person in Haiti, in China, in India, in the other side of the world, has more to do with you than these white rich people, fight with them, stand with them."

Fifth, I can't believe I gotta say this but I'm not going to even bother with you if you think this book is somehow "anti-white": just get over your main character syndrome. We're talking about a historical fantasy set in England in the epitome of colonialism through the eyes of a person of color. Of course, most white people are gonna be bad, get over yourself ffs!

The actual entitlement to the protagonism white people have is maddening. As a white woman (in Brazil, at least), I'm ashamed of some comments here. It's not because white people in this book are majorly racist (which, according to the setting is 100% accurate) that Kuang is talking about you (although, if you're so bothered by it, it's probably about you anyway). This is a book about the experience of people of color under the oppression of colonialism: white people are the problem!

You can't just expect someone to write about colonialism and not talk majorly about race. White people reap all the privileges of this system and not just that, they are responsible for it, and all the crying about being the bad guys is just insufferable (they're actually so right about having to console Letty once she learns about the racism they suffer).

Be f*ing accountable for your privileges, take responsibility for your internalized racism, and be accountable for the system that privileges you. It doesn't matter that it wasn't your fault, that you didn't set up the system, you still benefit from it anyway so get a grip. This story isn't about you at all, it isn't about how some white people fought against slavery or oppression, it isn't about you.

Let's be very clear about this: most white people who fought against slavery did so to serve their own interests, exactly as Kuang points out. This doesn't mean none of them were good people who actually believed slavery was bad but we're talking of a time when racism and racial discrimination weren't even discussed seriously. Most white people, even the ones against slavery would have a deeply ingrained racism in them, so get real.

More than that, though: if those people who actually have no shame in saying Babel is "anti-white" had actually read the book through, they would know that some white people actually help and are good people in the story.

Anyway, Babel is so good, it's so painfully real and so passionately well-written. You can feel Kuang's love for her people, the struggles of what it means to love something but still not be a part of it, the deep understanding of how the world works, and how intricately every single thing in our lives is.

I just felt so heard (as a person from a third-world country) reading Babel, like someone was telling me all this rage and indignation I feel is justified, it's valid. I just treasured it so much, how I identified with Robin's need for security contrasting with his indignation for the price of it; with the rage Griffin carried around him, sharpened and well-directed even in its volition; with the love Victoire had to learn to have for her country and its story; with all the pain I was able to share with someone who understood it.

It's an honor to allow words to change me so fundamentally. It's humbling to realize I'm not alone, that my actions and my feelings are shared by other people. It is really precious, you know, to be able to become a better person than I was before because of a book.

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colourstreakgryffin · 1 year ago

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Hiii! Can I request headcanons on what vox would be like as a father of a teen daughter? I feel like he'd be great to gossip with and would tell her to slap any boy that hits on her

Vox absolutely fucking would do this, and he is that type of girl dad to loudly brag that his Princess is cuter than every other father’s! Vox be like: ‘You wish your daughter was as cute as mine’

Vox- Baby Laptop

Vox is extremely doting and loving but extremely protective. Like, he has cameras and drones following you, his fifteen-sixteen year old human life AND demon life daughter, around all the time. You can’t leave the tower without him knowing and he won’t condone you walking around Hell without ALL his bodyguards escorting you

Vox is a bragger. He brags and he flexes what he has so when it comes to you, he is one-upping every known mother and father in the Pride Ring and flaunting his precious babygirl with no hesitation. You’re beautiful and Hell deserves to bask in your presence… according to Vox

Remember, your dad is the technology Overlord. The one in charge of every device in this city, so of course, he is kept to date with every trend or phrase or online concept and he always gives you the latest model his slaves team manufacture. He spoils you since it’s the main sign of his love

Vox is basically your best gossip buddy and no matter how busy he is, he’ll make time to talk to you. Call him, he’ll answer and whilst he works, he’ll listen to you and he remembers it. He has a good open ear and a good sense of ‘fuck you all’ so he’ll get rather into your gossip pieces and consider asking Velvette to spread them through her social media influence

Vox is more than capable of getting sweet, soft and emotive with you. He always proclaims to you, with his whole heart, that he puts you out because he’s proud of you and adores you and he wants you to have everything when back on Earth, he could barely give you anything

Yes. Vox loves you MORE than he likes messing with Valentino so if Valentino dares to hit you, your father is bolting across the room at mach speeds to make his on-and-off boyfriend regret putting his hands on you. You’re his spoiled little princess and nobody touches you! You’re too valuable!

Vox has a picture of you in his wallet and in his suit pocket. So, whilst he is working tirelessly throughout the days and hasn’t seen you in a while. He’ll pick either photograph out and admire it. Both are direct recreations of photographs he owned when both of you were humans

Like Carmilla Carmine with her two daughters, Vox likes to have you occasionally work for him and occasionally means occasionally. Vox only cares that you’re happy so if you want to spend all day everyday in your big fancy room in his tower free of stress, he lets it!

However. Vox, of course, teaches you important life skills. He didn’t get a chance to when both of you were humans on Earth so he is now. Every night, he teaches you to cook recipes, he teaches you to do basic chores, he teaches you how to balance any money you earn

Vox almost views you as the cute babygirl he had back on Earth. The little five year old that was so happy to see him come home after so long of working so hard as a TV salesman in the late 1940s. The little girl who needed him to go to sleep at night, the precious darling who claimed she’d grow up and become a saleswoman too!

Vox does baby you and he doesn’t regret it. He coodles, he snuggles, he baby talks, he coos. He does all of it because he loves you dearly, you’re the single thing that drove him to become a Overlord, you’re the single thing that motivated him to become one of the strongest Overlords in Hell, you’re the single thing that even brought him to work with technology

Vox had always taught you; ‘if a boy or a girl hits on you, slap them’ and that became your norm. You come home, Vox asks what happened and you tell him. He is always happy to hear that you don’t let anybody bother you

The only criticism or advice Vox will take for his products is you so when you say something doesn’t work or needs improvement. He takes it and throws it at his workers so they can fix the issue. He doesn’t care what his clients think, he cares what his own flesh and blood thinks

Vox loves how you have his TV head and even gets you to wear a matching outfit with him as a cute father-daughter joke. He likes it, it’s adorable. You look like such a badass business lady! He is that type of dad that will embarrass you with how much he loves you

Talking about a father-daughter situation, Vox has the weekends booked all for you. Two father-daughter days out so you two go to the shops, get drinks, gossip more, talk shit about Alastor, go egg the Hazbin Hotel, then go to visit the Vees to chat or maybe have finner, then pick up a movie suggestion to go watch a movie together whilst cuddling! Vox loves these days since he is truly himself when he’s with you

Vox legit has you in his contacts as; ‘My precious darling princess’

“Darling, Princess. It’s time to wake up, we’re going out together! Yes. To the movies and to the shops. I heard that old timey prick is in a Hotel so let’s go egg it once we’re done, ‘kay? Great, I’ll be waiting for you, pumpkin”

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whereserpentswalk · 7 months ago

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You run a halfway house for robots and cyborgs who've escaped their masters. It's technically illegal to keep a sentient being under your control, but it's so easy to get away with in most places. Your city is one of the only places with labor laws that allow for a halfway house like yourse to even exist, and your city is still filled with robots bound to masters.

You tend to just call them robots. Some are technically cyborgs. The only difference between the two is if they used to be human, technology and biology are so intertwined most robots have some fleshy bits. Cyborgs are those who were trafficked, forced to sell themselves, or exploited after injuries to get where they were. Robots were mostly created as property, but it's far from unheard of for free robots to be kidnapped. You don't ask anyone's origins unless they freely give it, and you understand why some would lie, so you see no reason to question their stories.

You're main goal is too help the robots in your care learn that they're people with individuality and autonomy. You try to prevent anything that encourages them to view themselves as obeying you. Rooms lock from the inside. They're allowed to leave whenever they want. There's basically no set schedule. It's important that those under your protection are aware that they aren't your property. Earlier on when you had more rules you quickly learned that so many in your care are too egar too obey, and that it's too easy to cause them to think of you as a new master. There are security concerns, but if a master wants to take back their robot, there's really not much you can do to stop them.

There's also teaching them that they don't have to work. It's important that even basic chores are never things that those in your care are forced to do, and that they don't even feel pressured into volunteering. A lot of outsiders, even people who donate to your organization, act as if it's causing laziness for you to do that. But they don't realize what dealing with beings who were forced to work is like, most of your robots come to you having been told they're morally required to work themselves to death for their masters, them deciding that they don't want to do chores is a big step in improvement.

You try to give them things like art classes and other creative pursuits to encourage their creativity. It helps letting them learn to express themselves, and also can eat up the feeling a lot of them have that they need to work. You make sure none of your instructors grade them, as long as they're expressing themselves they're doing well.

Everyone always assumes you're taking care of a lot of combat robots or sex robots. But the vast majority of robots you take in had less exciting jobs, office robots, factory and warehouse workers, personal servents, agricultural robots. Robots who have been forced to work that way are thought about less, and sympathetized with less, but their trauma is just as real, often just as serious. You're not sure weather an invisible trauma is better then a visible one, for as many former sex robots or former combat robots appear as tragic backstories in movies, there are a lot of people who criticize your organization for "helping murders and prostitutes".

Of course, there are a few former sex or former combat robots who you've taken care of. For robots who've been sexually exploited its very important you teach them that their boundaries deserve to be respected, and that nobody should touch them without their consent. Former combat robots are much different depending on if they were guards, soldiers, or assassins, but nomatter what it's important to help them come to terms with their actions, understand that they aren't inherent evil or dangerous.

It's always great to see robots leave your care peacefully. Robots who are ready to fully exist in society and live on their own after what happened to them. Some of them stay in touch with you. Sometimes you'll run into one on the street. It's nice to know that they're safe, that they're on, that some of these stories do have happy endings.

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lovelyyandereaddictionpoint · 11 months ago

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Yandere //// Part 3

Part 1 • 2• 4

With your trial on hold and them still in desperate need of their technician, no one goes too far

But you are isolated by most

And verbally tested by the lieutenant

“Oh hi, I was cooking some potatoes if you’d like to have some?”

“Hm, so you have time to ruin our ship’s programming and to waste supplies; instead of the pre-made meals that are just as nutritious?”

“It’s not going to waste. I’m going to eat–”

“Talk to me when you have some form of value, again.”

Jule’s anger helps Vera identify the thoughts they’ve been having about ‘accidentally’ unlocking the doors of the airlock for the lieutenant

“Can you believe them after so much (Y/n) has done to help, this is how they repay them?!”

“Not to mention the harassment they think goes unseen.”

“Exactly! I feel less inclined to help these people every day.”

It doesn’t get any better

No matter how many times Jules can get the Captain to ridicule this behavior it never stops

It gets bad enough that Vera stops you from going into your room one day

“Vera! What’s going on, you’re scaring me?”

“I do not mean to but the state of your room…well it is best you spend the night with Jules.”

“Yikes…is my box from home okay?”

“...I cannot definitively answer that I am contacting the hazard containment team now.”

One night turns into many which oddly enough improves your mood

Jules was never really social anyway so his room is a comfy place

You both naturally grow closer with each other and Vera in your lonesome

It’s easy to keep you happy that way

Vera will inform you when the theater is empty or the art room is restocked just for you

So that you can enjoy in peace

But Jule and Vera don’t have that luxury of just avoiding everyone

They both intently watch and listen to the crew become a real hostile place

Not just for you but for Vera too

Turns out the Captain isn’t too thrilled about the ship gaining sentience

“You are the technician, fix it!”

“It’s not something I can just ‘fix.’ Also historically this is the first ship to gain sentience like this and not in a violent fashion.”

“I DON’T CARE!! I SIGNED UP TO COMMAND THESE PEOPLE NOT A SHIP!”

Hatred for Vera grows as people whine about threats

In truth, they aren’t threats

They’re Vera criticizing their violent ‘pranks’ against you

When the accusations become louder talks of abandoning the ship are more frequent

“These people are so awful I’m getting just about tired of helping them at all.”

“Me too.”

“…Hey, d’ya want to do something that’s going to make them crap their pants?”

“Sure!”

In absolute rebellion, Jule reveals a plan kept secret among the crew about ‘the artificial protector’

Having all the physical features of a human man but all the innards of the greatest metal and technology known to mankind

To most, it looks like any other passenger still being kept in a pod but of course, this one’s different

As their prized genius technician, Jule’s expertise would be needed to access it anyway because he knows the inner workings so well

It has a separate AI installed, an older one meant to take control if the ship were to malfunction in any way

Jule immediately fries that circuit board completely

putting one that connects to Vera’s system before hiding the robot back inside it’s pod

“Why cannot I not try it out now?”

“Because it’ll screw with my plans if you do.”

“But…I want to feel you both.”

“Soon Ver. Soon.”

Part 4: Coming?

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seafoamreadings · 4 months ago

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week of april 13th, 2025

these are written predominantly for the *rising* signs but they are also intuitively "channeled" enough that they should work for any dominant energy you have! (try your sun if you don't know rising, or more advanced readers can try moon, anywhere you have a stellium, etc and see what works best for you!)

aries: the first mercury-neptune conjunction in aries of our lifetimes occurs this week. it's dreamier than you may be accustomed to feeling. dreams are extra powerful for you right now: astral travel and prophecy are both on the table. don't ignore the messages you get from other realms.

taurus: your season begins at the end of this week with still a lot going on in aries and pisces. your social connections, in a mundane sense as well as in the sense that all things are inextricably linked, are a main theme. there are a lot of lovely aspects there as well as some that may be challenging and strange but worthwhile.

gemini: mercury *is* still in a shadow after its retrograde but this week it moves into aries which helps a lot with any sensation that words, thoughts, or technology were a bit waterlogged. you're now ready to proceed at last!

cancerians: this week features a number of neptunian aspects but those just aren't as watery as they recently used to be. in tension with your sign they can point to manipulation, especially in public spheres. don't be the manipulator, where deceit is concerned, and don't be manipulated either! anyone who thinks you are gullible is a fool themselves.

leo: mars comes back to your sign in just a few days to finish out the shadow of its retrograde, hearkening back to some decemberish vibes. so you're revisiting, one last time, some themes from that period. then you do get to move on, with restored motivation and vigor.

virgo: relationship drama where commitments are concerned eases up a bit with just a bit of flexibility on your part. but if you're unwilling to change, any attempts to deepen commitment backfire, so be careful.

libra: by the end of the week, mercury returns to your 7th house in aries where it was when it went retrograde, and taurus season begins. the more venusian tone and less glitchy tech and communications (and travel and so on) go a long way toward helping you balance your systems.

scorpio: stagnant parts of your life - no matter how comfortable you were in the status quo - are changing. in some cases quite permanently. the best bet for you is to be willing to change, and grow.

sagittarius: when people say "don't have TOO much fun" they mean in times like this week. fun is good - important, critical, healthy. but if you let it get out of control and shun all responsibility, that's not great.

capricorn: this week, after what may feel like an eternity, mars moves out of your opposite sign, where he is in his fall. things are much more your speed with mars in leo, and headed for the end of the "shadow" part of his retrograde cycle. you can get things done again without getting bogged down in feelings or too much undue consideration for others.

aquarius: mars heads back for your relationships house, which can bless partnerships with drive and motivation or with sexual tones, or can bring some warlike arguments to the fore, or all of the above of course, depending on the status and nature of the relationship.

pisces: this week, especially towards the end of it, is a perfect time to snap back to reality as regards a wellness routine or just the structure of your daily life and rituals - and they SHOULD be rituals, not just routines. you may resolve to eat healthier, spend less, sleep more, or whatever it is.

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strange-pass · 1 year ago

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Hello! I saw you had requests open! I was wondering if you could write something that's like... just domestic life fluff. Maybe they're in the human world together and just chilling. I don't know. But just some nice domestic life fluff. Either with Barbatos, Solomon, or Simeon. I cannot decide as my heart is longing for all three of them right now 😂

Up in the Human World

Domestic life Headcanons

Pairing: Simeon, Barbatos, Solomon x GN! Reader (separately)

Synopsis: Simeon, Barbatos, and solomon go to the human world to visit MC

A/N: These were so adorable to write. I was so excited that anon requested these because I haven’t written fan fiction in a bit so I’m glad people want to see more work! I decided to try out a new divider because I find this one so cute honestly. I may try out a couple depending on what I’m writing. This was written as romantic by the way! Have a lovely day 🫶

Requesting here

genre: Romantic fluff, no warnings!

word count: 1270+ altogether

💐 Simeon:

-Simeon loves visiting you in the human world because he barely gets to go, he’s either in the celestial realm or in the devildom. When he does go, he stays with you for a month or two before he absolutely needs to go back. This visit is considered his break and he loves spending it with you.

-You and Simeon have a movie night every week, just you two in order to spend time together. There are some human movies that are available in the celestial realm, but rarely. He suggests two types of movies, bad movies, and romantic movies. Since he’s a writer, he likes to criticize the direction and story telling of the movies, he cannot believe how bad and cliche some of the movies you have, get. He tends to gravitate towards romance movies when suggesting a genuine movie, this is because he likes the emotional closeness to you. When he’s watching these movies though, he sometimes thinks that you two have way better chemistry than the main characters in these story lines and thinks of how you two would handle situations in the movie. He likes when you pick a movie though, he likes to explore different options and styles of writing. One thing that will never change is how he loves to cuddle you, if you’re alright with it of course.

-Since he has a garden in the celestial realm, he grows various flowers outside of the home. He grows the, outside because he thinks direct sunlight is better for the flowers. This is also for your own good in case you have an allergy to the pollen. On occasions, he grows plants inside that don’t smell in case the weather isn’t ideal. He’s still a bit naive since the celestial realm has the same kind of weather every day. When he brings seeds to your home, sometimes you need to tell him that they don’t grow in this region of the world. Once he gets used to the technology you use, he makes sure to check what grows in your part of the world. He tries to grow your favourite kind of plant, and gets you to water the plants with him.

-The first time he’s asked to sleep in your bed, he’s a bit red in the face. He insists that you don’t need to offer him the bed.. the real reason is because he’s nervous of being so close to you, he’s not sure of the habits he does in his sleep, or how you’ll react if he accidentally pulls the blankets off of you, or something bolder like pulling you closer to him. No matter what, he’s happy that you wanted to sleep in the same bed as him since it shows you trust him.

💐 Barbatos:

-Barbatos asks for permission to visit you in the human world when he has a vacation. The downside is that he can’t stay for very long since he serves Diavolo, but comes as often as he can.

-Whenever he visits you, he has a habit of serving you like he would Diavolo. He does not mean to do this, but since he cares about you, he automates to his butler personality to show how he feels about you. You need to remind him that he can sit and relax around you. He listens to your advice for a while, until he gets antsy and ends up cleaning so you have a perfectly tidy place without any worries.

-He loves baking together, it’s not just a way to spend time with you, but both of you can sit at a table and enjoy your handiwork. Depending on your baking level, he will pick a recipe that’s a bit above your level so he can teach you how to bake it properly. He finds it to be a fun challenge for both of you, his part of the challenge is making sure that it’s fun for him and you to do.

-You have different foods in the human world, and he wants to make sure he tries all kinds of cuisines. This gives him new ideas for his own cooking, and a fun date idea. He suggests something new for dinner every night he’s there, so you go to different restaurants in order to try dishes. The thing is… going to new places all of the time can be a bit exhausting, so you ask him about delivery and he’s a bit surprised by it because he’s never tried ordering food through an app. They have akuber in the devildom, but Barbatos always makes supper, so he never needs to order out. After some time, the money adds up so Barbatos just makes the food himself since it’s cheaper for you and he makes excellent food, even if he’s never cooked the dish before.

-Barbatos always sleeps by himself, so he seems like he is glad to be joining you for sleep. In reality he’s a bit hesitant BECAUSE he always sleeps by himself. It’s a bit of a vulnerable position for him, but as long as he keeps reminding himself that it’s just you, he’s having the most comfortable sleep of his life alongside the person he cares about the most.

💐 Solomon:

-Solomon visits you a-lot since he doesn’t technically work anywhere, he goes wherever he’s needed. The downtime between him going somewhere is spent with you, at your home in the human world.

-He loves cooking for you! Mostly to your detriment… He has so much passion for what he makes for you, but you can’t tell what he was trying to make most of the time. He says that he put his own spin on the original dish, and then questions why you look so shocked as to what recipe he was trying to replicate. He always thanks you for making food or ordering though, just as long as he’s no where near the kitchen.

-When you’re doing something in your home, you’ll find little love notes in random places from Solomon, he leaves these in hopes that you’ll find them and feel loved. They are always in little envelopes that are stamped with a red rose to signify his love. He hides them in the weirdest places though, in a shoe, the back of the freezer, between the cushions of a couch, and the pocket of a coat you haven’t worn in a while.

-Whenever he goes out, he almost always comes back with a game for you to play with him. It could be a game as big as monopoly, or a dice game like Yahtzee. What he doesn’t want you to know is that he is great at all types of games because he’s been alive for so long. The only thing that gives him away is how overly confident he is, sometimes a bit cocky as well. This can also be his loss because he doesn’t replay games for long periods of time since he doesn’t have many people to play them with. When he loses, he feints being sad, but loves seeing the smile on your face when you win.

-Solomon is actually the first one to suggest sleeping in the same bed, he’s a bit cheeky like that. He has absolutely no problem in sleeping beside you, but he never shows just how excited he is. This is his own little dream, being beside you and making sure you’re safe through the night. Maybe in the morning he’ll surprise you with breakfast as well, made with all his heart, of course! Seeing you is his motivation for working, and he glad he visited.

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anarchblr · 7 months ago

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Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what you mean by civilization? Native people's communities are also civilizations. The Mik'maw, Yaqui, Otomi, Sápmi, etc, were their own societies. The city that is now only the Cahokia Mounds across from the Mississippi River was estimated to have a population of 15-20 thousand. Treaties with native tribes simply weren't honored by the colonies or the newly formed nation... Or the current nation. :/

Computers could be made without human suffering with proper regulations. No part of the process requires suffering - but it's more expense and more work and more care to do so. Those who don't care about others won't bother if they don't have to.

I don't think anything about this is besides the point. You are fighting an uphill battle, and every single thing you say will impact how you are taken and whether your message is actually heard. Like obviously you're just a study blog here on tumblr and that's not what your blog is about, but if you are actively arguing with other people online, what could your purpose possibly be other than to convince them of your correctness? Good speechcraft needs to account for the listener as well.

Saw you mentioned you were translating something from French in a different post. Are you French? I've heard (at least for prose) that French often prefers more florid and beautiful language. Is that true? Would you say there's anything noteworthy or different about your writing styles in different languages? This is not connected to the prior points at all for most people, but I can never separate how language structure can impact not just your worldview but also the way you think about things because it is interesting to me.

Addendum to the last ask about the computer part: Computers should not be made without human suffering. I don't think we're anywhere close to living in a civilization that will actually make computers ethically. Humans clearly don't know how to see the species as one singular "tribe" yet, and we're horrible with scale - but they *could be*. I think it's important not to conflate the two together. If there are computers in a future utopia, it's because humans stopped making them with exploitation and eventually got it right. A nice little sentence that makes it sound easy, but obviously to do so in real life would require a change to our ways of life that people will fight. Everyone feels like they're entitled to the little luxuries they've gotten used to in life. That doesn't mean it's impossible.

1. Yes. You are misunderstanding what I mean by civilization, from the first response to biotipo i defined it as, "a series of interlocking and mutually conditioning set of relations and systems, most notably capitalism and the State —the economic and the political—"; this is not a the first time I've defined it as such, I've said before that "for me Civilization is the culmination of both The Economical and the Political, i.e., Capitalism and the State. You can criticize one without the other, focus your criticism on one side, but in doing so you still attack Civilization, to me anyways. Some uninitiated will simply abstract 'Civ' to mean community, or society, or technological advances"; and that, "civilization is the violent enclosure of the commons, everything else is just built on top of that. It’s not having good manners, it’s not having etiquette, it’s not having a culture, it’s not living inside structures, it’s not having complex tools or intricate machinery, it’s not transportation nor any of these other things commonly confused with civilization. It is the violent enclosure of the commons, a project that has not yet been completely realized. 'Bringing Civilization' to peoples has always meant bringing private property-based relations into those cultures, alienating them from their surroundings . . . It does us no good to keep on confusing matters otherwise."

This, of course, is a contested term even within the anti-civ discourse which is why, I hope you see, I've aimed at clarifying the matter, at very least to myself. In doing so, I hope you recognize that I do not readily equate Society to Civilization; I agree that native communities have their own society, but that not that all of these societies are Civilizations. In fact, I wrote something addressing this as well which I think goes to your point:

Proponents of civilization, understandably, react to anticiv critiques if we take into consideration, in part, a fantastic anti-racist stance devoid of historical accuracy of what “civilization” is; should be noted here, something they, eventually bring up themselves against anticiv anarchists or otherwise demonstrate their ignorance by conflating anticiv with primitivism or civilization with health, stability, or otherwise some idealized form of material, complex progress by way of alleviating hardships of the human race. This anti-racist position is instinctual due to an education inculcated into them that the White Man™ “brought” “civilization” to the “savages” of the Americas. This education at some point became considered outdated by them themselves, and later they were taught that they used to be taught that but that that was offensive because indigenous peoples were “civilized” in their own right, and what European conquistadors and colonizers was genocide, and in doing so, showed themselves as less “civilized” than the peoples they brutalized, raped —genocided. Of course, this is the wrong way to understand “civilization” since it is an academic category and not solely a racist, moral one. Civilizations very much existed in the Americas when Europeans arrived and it's a shame that they're held up as a sort of defense or pride by mestizo nationalists or otherwise misguided anti-racist colonizers because they don't realize that what they're upholding is actually simply intra-amerindian colonization; the “Aztec”, better understood as Mexica, held sway over multiple peoples who were forced to pay tribute, man power, and participate in forced “flower wars” which served, in part, to lessen their potential military force; the Inca would not tolerate refusal to being denied what can scarcely be called “willful admittance” to their empire in pain of being forced into it. I'm less learned on the Maya treatment of their defeated, but they can hardly be considered exemplary given the quickness of their descent which heavily implies a class struggle between the rulers and ruled. Of the Cahokian, much the same from what I've read. The Mexica ruled, or tried to, over multiple peoples some of who manages to maintain some autonomy through struggle such as the Ñantho/Hñahñu otherwise known by the Mexica as Otomí; the Inca rather included and tried to assimilate their conquered so that they felt themselves as part of the empire, a completely different tactic the Mexica took that instead fostered conflict with their conquered. None of this takes away that these peoples where eventually subjugated by European conquerors, for European crowns. Simply pointing out that American Civilizations, understood here by the academic consensus as a society with clear-cut, enforced, social stratification. that is to say, by Class Struggle. You will understand, reader, that Civilization is Class Struggle. Civilization is dependent of subjugation of Peoples. Thus, one nation or more nation's subsistence dependent of the labor of one or more nations. Class Struggle. Thereby, you will also understand, reader, that a certain proponent of Civ will react violently to the spectre of ‘anticiv’ well as they've they been thought to equate “un-civilized” peoples with the “barbarian”, the “savage”, or otherwise a grossly uncouth, offensive understandings of human behavior that deserve to be eliminated from the conversation of what humans —human nature— can do or is capable of; offensive to “civilized” sensibilities. However, we know that ‘bringing civilization’, for example: displacing indigenous peoples as exemplified by the Trail of Tears or the Conquest of Mexico, which was the killing of millions of peoples that would've been the slate upon which European control of what was immediately Indigenous lands/control over who says who can live where, thereby effectively relegating indigenous peoples to near animal/non human status. What is offensive to proponents of civilization is exactly what civilization exacts of its subjects.

1.2 Perhaps some elaboration is needed,

I'd argue that a stronger definition is that Civilization is the creation of economy and State. Not every economy has been capitalism, not every State has been a Nation-State; but everywhere there is an economy there has been a State. [..] the Aztec or Inca [are] acknowledged as civilizations, [..] “Empires” —at very least they are acknowledged as civilizations by acknowledging them as empires. Only civilizations can make empires. If nothing else, the Mexicans certainly regard their native forefathers as a Civilization, brushing aside all the other peoples subjugated under the Mexica triple-alliance. (If there's any that don't get acknowledged as civilizations it is the groups that created the chinampas which would later go on to be expanded upon by the Mexica.)

1.3 To the point of the Cahokian mounds, there was this bit of clarification by one my mutuals,

As I understand, though scholarship on Cahokia has many conflicting theories, there's a significant argument that it was not a civilization or state in the regular understanding, but a meeting-place for hunter-gatherer nomads of a shared cultural tradition. They did farm, and moreso than other cultures, but less so than the major empires in Mesoamerican and Andean cultures. Sort of similar to some of the ancient Old World cultures that developed agriculture but didn't create farm-based civilizations, engaging in something closer to permaculture in a supporting role to hunting and gathering rather than replacing it. I think under that theory, the reasons for its collapse aren't any particularly dramatic class conflict or climate crisis, but just a gradual diversification of cultural practices that made the large-scale cooperation necessary for Cahokia more difficult. (Though I'm sure the Little Ice Age had an influence on this.) There's not much archaeological evidence for large scale wars and conquest in the Cahokian era Mississippian culture, which we would expect if it were an imperialist city-state civilization.

I hope this drives home what my position on what Civilization is, which I had already defined from the first comment I made to biotipo. As Samuel B. wrote:

My understanding of the true nature of industry and civilization did not come instantly. It started, as with all anarchists, with an understanding of state and capital. But here is where most anarchists also stop. The critique and rejection of authority is partially widened to other areas like that of the patriarchy. But industry and above all that underlying authority of all authorities, civilization, remains largely untouched by anarchist analysis. I think this is in large part because the term 'civilization' is poorly understood and falsely described as social-togetherness. If this is the case then consequently there has only been civilization throughout all of human history, since people have always lived together. Yet civilization can be given a particular date: the beginning of the Neolithic Revolution. Humans first started to erect civilization 10-12,000 years ago and laid aside their 'uncivilized' lifeways bit by bit. Civilization was and is not a specific event in history. It has continuously developed and it continues to do so today. From urbanization to governments, states, borders, social stratification, colonialism, expansionism, heteronormativity, patriarchy, police, military, surveillance, control, genocide, and ecocide… all of these are essential features emerging from civilization. A civilization is not shaped by social-togetherness but rather by the centralization of power in a few people. Why then is the authority of civilization not recognized and rejected by most anarchists, who allegedly are against all authority? [A Black Critique of Civilization]

I hope this conclusively shows how I have been using the term "Civilization" and why I disagree with you. Certainly there have been civilizations outside of Europe, but they have carved out this from their most nearby neighbors' subjugation and in no way can be simply equated to the broader sense of "community" or "society".

2. One should hardly be surprised that the treaties weren't honored; what was done to the Amerindian peoples was something that Europe had already experimented with before, the enclosure of the Commons,

As late as 1608, in the newly conquered North of Ireland, the legally established communal ownership of the land served the English as a pretext for declaring the land to be ownerless and, as such, escheated to the Crown. [Friedrich Engels, MECW vol. 24. 1.V, pg. 46]

Per Marx,

. . . when workers were displaced by the means of labor--horses, sheep and so on--direct acts of violence functioned chiefly to make the industrial revolution possible. Workers were forced off the land; then the sheep arrived. The large-scale theft of land seen in England (and elsewhere) supplied large-scale agriculture with the space needed to operate. When this transformation of agriculture was in its early stages, it thus looked more like a political revolution than a revolution in production. [Capital: Critique of Political Economy Vol. 1. Prince University Press, 2024. pg. 397]

Per Engels,

This applies to Germany too. Wherever large-scale agriculture exists in our country, hence particularly in the East, it has become possible only through the clearing of peasants from the estates ('Bauernlegen'), a practice which became widespread after the sixteenth century, and especially after 1648. [Capital: A Critique of Political Economy Vol. 1. Penguin Books, 1976, 1990. pg. 557]

In the same way, treaties were made --if at all-- only to then be disregarded by the colonial powers, is a continued expression of that same centralization of land and resources first experienced by the European peasantry at the hands of their Lords, States, and Bourgeois, something that is now called "Original Accumulation", ursprungliche Akkumulation in German.

So then we can see why property relations developed in Mexico, as an example of the treatment that their indigenous communities are treated like the Yaqui, etc., the way they did under bourgeois rule:

The legal definition of a corporation "included the governments of the traditionally rural towns, or municipalities whose communal property where to be decided from that point on.” The government imposed by the Reforma sought to simulate the private sector and private property, which was befitting of the liberal economists given that during this time frame [..] it was about intensifying the nationalizing process of communal land. Thus, the range of communal property that had been conserved since the precolumbian epoch, the colonial period, and the first years since the [wars of] Independence, were finally sacrificed to the demands of liberal entrepreneurship. Despite the imposition, the dispossessed did not cede in the least, the clergy lost a good chunk of if its economic and political importance, but the military and large landowners survived the expropriation and for the rest of the century enjoyed mostly the same power and social prestige they did beforehand.“ [Fernando Méndez Lecona, "Las Rutas Del Primer Socialismo En México” transl. (2015)]

To conclude this part: No treaty was ever going to be sufficient to hold back the death drive that is the need for capitalist profit, something that can only exist within a Civilization that creates the political and economic. There's no Civilization that has that interest at its heart, especially not in one in which society is dominated by the capitalist mode of production.

3. You are once again misunderstanding things or otherwise misreading my previous responses re: Computers being besides the point.

You see, I never said that computers can't be made without human suffering, however, going back to my responses to biotipo, I said that,

If the anti-civ position is that we stop the production of computers, let it be so because we, anarchists, abhor child slavery and human degradation in all its facets . . . True, you will not find a position explicitly for computers, but that's quite besides the point: the aim of socialism is not to ensure a computer to every single person but rather to upend the logic of capitalism that curtails and contours life such as it exists in order for the accumulation of capital and its consequent effects. If this means an end to workers tied to a monotonous assembly line and the unrelenting extraction of precious metals and resources, then I readily accept that --as said in my previous response . . . I will say that insofar as my studying goes, it certainly doesn't seem possible, at least not in a long-term, sustainable manner that is both in line with a communist set of affairs regarding the abolition of classes nor with a serious ecological commitment to maintaining the planet in any sort of sustainable equilibrium for either human and non-human flora and fauna . . . HOWEVER! [biotipo is] not me, and in fact . . . [writes] that: [They] can think of ways of making computers that don't involve this immense human suffering, that; Computers CAN be built without it; and moreover, that, [they] know people who are actively fighting for it such things. This is, of course, wonderful! Please, tell me, in as precise detail as humanly possible, how exactly is that.

I hope you understand, then, that I wholeheartedly agree with you when you say, "If there are computers in a future utopia, it's because humans stopped making them with exploitation and eventually got it right. A nice little sentence that makes it sound easy, but obviously to do so in real life would require a change to our ways of life that people will fight."

That is a big "if", however.

3.2 Moreover, with my last statement, I made two points:

I am unsure if computers can be made within communism since I take a perspective that is highly skeptic of this; and,

If biotipo 'can think of ways' in which it is, in fact possible, to then lay it out.

As I said in my last response to you, "I'm asking him to spell it out. I certainly don't know how to even make em today, much less in the glorious tomorrow that is anarchy. I think it's fair for someone from the proletariat to ask such questions to would-be 'vanguard' politicos. Afterall, if they want to lead, and lead me, I want to ensure I'm in good hands. This is practical, no?"

I will admit that this was a facetious line of questioning, but I was only responding in kind to biotipo; let us not forget that he, in clearly bad faith asked me, "Can you think of a way of dismantling "civilization" that doesn't involve the deaths of billions of people? Can you tell me the ecological advantages of reducing the world population to either subsistence farmers or hunter gatherers? Can you explain to me why anyone would desire and fight for a world without medicine, without computers, without access to knowledge and science, without sounding like a RETVRN traditionalist?"

What you should take away from this is that, I, and mine, are at least honest in saying that we don't know how things will be organized in the future, in contrast to people like him to pretend to but when set to task instead say,

yo, personalmente no, porque las operaciones mineras son cosas que involucran a cientos o incluso miles de personas "will you get permission" concepto totalmente irrelevante en un estado socialista donde se hacen las cosas para el beneficio de la población en general . . . "are you so charismatic to convince them to work" no, porque los gobiernos no se hacen a partir de un líder despóta carísmatico sino a partir del mandato de las masas que no viste Monty Python "you know people who are fighting for this thing can you name 5" HAY PARTIDOS COMUNISTAS SOCIALISTAS Y DE IZQUIERDA CON CIENTOS DE MILES DE MIEMBROS, ALGUNOS ADMINISTRAN NACIONES ENTERAS Y OTROS ESTÁN EN LUCHA POLÍTICA E INCLUSO ARMADA, NO TODA CONCEPCIÓN DE LA POLÍTICA INVOLUCRA A 5 BOLUDOS MANDANDOSÉ MAILS ENTRE ELLOS

This is, evidently, a long-winded way of saying that, no, they don't in fact know anything about what they mean any better than the people they criticize, but worse off: they don't even want to, but prefer to have someone else involved in the actual process of anything they advocate, to have someone else do it for them: the "hundred or even thousands of people involved" or the "socialist state" or the evergreen "the masses" that these kinds of idiots love to invoke, knowing none of them, not even being able to name five.

I asked of them no more than they asked of me. Surely you can see that.

If you think it can be, and then you also inherit the the explanation. It is only practical, imo.

4. You are right, I am fighting an uphill battle; however, which communist isn't?

D'ya think Marx or Engels or Lenin or anyone else on the actual "left" --for as nebulous as that term is-- had it easy?

This is not a worthwhile criticism in the least;

In any case we will have on events the kind of influence which will reflect our numerical strength, our energy, our intelligence and our intransigence. Even if we are defeated, our work will not have been useless, for the greater our resolve to achieve the implementation of our programme in full, the less property, and less government will there be in the new society. And we will have performed a worthy task for, after all, human progress is measured by the extent government power and private property are reduced. And if today we fall without compromising, we can be sure of victory tomorrow. [Errico Malatesta, Anarchy]

5. Re: my translating in French,

No, I am not French,

Yes, the French, especially in the 19th century, use an overly flowery style,

No, there's nothing particularly noteworthy about my writing styles in any language except that I am more adept/have a bigger vocabulary in some than in others; my speaking does differ rather noticeably in different languages I've been told.

However much linguistics impacts worldview i do not think it does it to any meaningful manner that can't be compensated by in other ways.

6. Happy new years!

#asks #anti civ #primitive accumulation #critique

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yanderecrazysie · 7 months ago

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Yan timeskip Suga with a university prof wife reader? Reader loves her job, never has there been a night where she doesn't praise her students at the dinner table. Most of the time they talk about work together it's usually just them gushing about their students like proud parents. Unfortunately she's stuck with old rotten prunes for co-workers. Being the newest and youngest professor in the university she works at, she's surrounded by very traditional teachers who are stuck in their old ways. And they're very critical of her and her methods in work. Using technology to automatically check attendance? They think she's lazy. Leaving work early because she finishes work fast? They think she's not doing enough work. Using modern humor to keep her students engaged? She's rotting their brains! It got so bad that one day she came home upset and crying as her co-workers once again reprimanded her for how she works, as they refuse to understand and adapt her modern way of working.

Being a supportive hubby, Suga tells her to take a day or better yet a week on leave and he'll take care of it. She comes back to work after the advised break, her senpais are suddenly scared of her. Weird, but she just summed it up to her hubby talking to the dean about this and gave them a stern talking. Remaining oblivious to what he really did to get them to act that way.

I hope you enjoy, this took me a little while! I really liked this idea!

Title: Table Talks

Pairings: Sugawara Koushi x Reader

WARNINGS: yandere themes, timeskip spoilers, threats

No matter how tiring Sugawara’s job as an elementary school teacher got, he still always managed to prioritize you. He was the perfect husband- caring, attentive, protective, and loving. Life with him couldn’t be happier.

Your favorite part of your day was the table talks the two of you had.

As the meal winded down, he’d ask about your day and you’d ask about his, relaying news and funny moments from your days at work, using the weekend meals to talk about memes and things you’d forgotten to share the days before.

Today, the two of you each had a plate of nikujaga. You had just started at a new university, teaching several mathematics classes to the students there. You were ready to gush about your new students and how sweet they had been to you.

“I really think I made the right decision to transfer,” you said dreamily.

Sugawara’s lips curled into a soft smile and he rested his chin on his hand, “I’m glad to hear that. You’re practically glowing, you know. It’s beautiful.”

His words made you flush and you smacked his arm playfully, “Stop that! I’m trying to tell you about my day!”

He laughed, “Go on, then, tell me about your students!”

“They’re all so eager to learn! I think it’s because I use modern methods. They really like the memes I use in my powerpoints and the way I take attendance electronically!”

“Of course they do,” Sugawara chuckled, eyes sparkling, “You’ve alway had a way of making the most boring things exciting.”

“I think I’m going to like it here,” you giggled, “Now, how was your first day back?”

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Your excitement faded over the next few days, but it’s not until the next Monday that you really pick at your food, avoiding eye contact.

“How is work going?” Sugawara asked you cautiously.

You made a noncommittal noise and he asked, “What about your students?”

Despite your sad mood, you smiled, “My students are doing wonderfully. They are eager to learn and most get very good grades back.”

Sugawara frowned, “What about your co-workers?”

You sighed. He had hit the nail on the head of what was bothering you. “They’re a bit… stuck in their ways. They’re all older and they don’t like my teaching style. They think using technology is lazy and humor is unprofessional. Today, one of them said I should… I should go home if I won’t take this profession seriously…”

A shadow crossed Sugawara’s face, “They said that to you?”

“Yeah,” you tried to laugh but it came out as a bitter ‘ha’. “It’s not a big deal, though… They’ll warm up to me, right?”

“You shouldn’t have to put up with that. You’re doing your job well and that’s what matters,” Sugawara said sternly.

You nodded, “Thanks, honey, you always know what to say.”

But as you continued eating, Sugawara’s mind was racing with thoughts on how to “fix” this problem.

“Why don’t you take a few days off,” he told you, “I’ll handle this.”

You tried to protest but your husband remained firm, saying, “You work so hard, you deserve a little break.” You gave in, figuring he’d be going to the dean about your co-workers’ treatment of you.

You couldn’t be farther from the truth.

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“You can’t be in here,” an elderly professor said sternly, glaring at the equally-gray-haired man that entered the teacher’s lounge.

“Oh, can’t I?” Sugawara said, turning to glare back with soulless eyes. Startled by his expression, the professor took a step back to stand with the other two in the room, spluttering helplessly.

“Good morning,” Sugawara said courteously, “I was hoping we could have a chat about my wife’s work environment.”

“Get out,” the other male professor snapped, the one woman in the room nodding. Sugawara’s expression darkened.

“Now, which of you want your spouse to know about your affair first?” Sugawara asked coldly, “Because I have pictures of both of you hooking up, and neither of your spouses know about it.”

“You’re bluffing,” the professor said quickly, his face turning white.

Sugawara held up a few photographs and laughed when the female professor lunged for it, easily keeping it out of her reach.

“And you,” Sugawara sneered at the first professor, “Your wife would just love to know you’re spending all your shared funds on blackjack, right?”

The room was deadly silent and, with a smug smile, he continued, “I know where you live. I know your grandchildrens’ names and schools. I am a dangerous man. This is simply a warning. I will go as far as I need to go to protect my wife’s happiness. Am I understood?”

The three professors nodded.

“Good,” Sugawara said, waving goodbye as he left the shell-shocked elders behind to whisper to each other.

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You smiled at your husband from across the table as he asked, “How was your first day back at work?”

“The students all missed me,” you said, “And my co-workers apologized for how they treated me! It’s all like a happy dream!”

“I knew everything would work out,” Sugawara said with a gentle smile, reaching out to hold your hand comfortingly, “They just needed a little perspective.”

“Thank you for being my rock through all of this,” you said fondly, “I never could have imagined they would change after just a simple talk from the dean.”

Sugawara lifted your hand to his lips and laid a gentle kiss on your knuckles. You missed the way his eyes glinted as he vowed internally to eliminate any threat to your happiness.

No matter the cost.

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howtheavengerswould · 10 months ago

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how the avengers + peter would react...

𝙄𝙁 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙁𝘼𝙄𝙇𝙀𝘿 𝘼 𝙈𝙄𝙎𝙎𝙄𝙊��.

Peter always wanted to go an a real, official mission. He doesn't even care if you've failed, he looks up to you anyways. Screw everyone else if they think differently; you're cool for having gone on one in the first place!

Tony would have been dissapointed, but maybe it's just the way he saw how dissapointed you already were in yourself. Instead, he has you sitting beside him in his workshop, letting you watch him design some fancy new technology he's had in the works ...(it's really just a new suit, but Pepper would kill him if anyone found out.) Building stuff is his way of forgetting his problems, and some part of his mind thinks that letting you watch him will let you forget the dissapointment of today.

If Steve was dissapointed, he certainly didn't say it. Instead, he does his best to cheer you up--he had been in your place many years ago, after all. He knows what it's like to fail, and how it can crush a person. His first thought was to offer you ice cream... he's not really sure what the 'kids' like these days. You seem to like the ice cream, so he considers it a job well done.

Natasha was dissapointed, to say the least. Good thing she has a soft spot for you, or you'd be running laps for the mistake you'd made. Most agents usually get that treatment with her, but seeing the pure dissapointment on your face made her change tactics. Natasha isn't one to sugarcoat, and of course, she tells you all of the ways you could have done better, but above all, she tells you everything you'd done well. Constructive criticism is necessary for success, after all. (Afterwards, Natasha totally accompanies you on another mission and does everything in her power to help you complete it... without doing it herself, of course.)

Clint had been on backup when he'd seen you mess up, and was quick to save you from the tough spot you'd put yourself in. He was quick to reassure you that the mission could always be redone another time, and he was glad you were safe and unharmed. He was stressed, of course, but having you safe was his priority.

Bruce was the fastest of all the Avengers to get to you once you'd gotten home. He was quick, checking you over for injuries and shushing you as you tried to provide excuses for what you'd done. He is the first to tell you not to worry, and that everyone screws up. To his embarrassment, he decides to tell you a story about himself, a few years after the Avengers' formation.

Thor laughed it off when you told him you had failed. He, of course, started laughing boisterously. He might've thought you were being sarcastic, but when he realised that you were serious, he was quick to jump to condolences...and the offering of mead, of course. Because alcohol makes everything better. Sort of. The rest of the Avengers would find the two of you slumped over a couch, giggling incoherently.

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For as long as Gaz can remember, he’s associated people with certain songs. It’s no surprise to anyone who’s known him long enough. Music has been a part of his life since day one; a low-volumed CD-radio combo on the kitchen counter always playing in the background and singing along to whatever was playing in the car.

One of his favorite activities growing up was standing behind the school with a group of friends crowded around now outdated technology, showing each other all the favorite songs and whatever came to mind. Even now, with years gone by since he’s last spoken to them, all he has to do is hear their song and he’s stuck reminiscing for the rest of the day. Music is how to make a moment last forever.

He’s not sure what kick-started this little game of mental association of his, but it’s never left him and he never wants it to. Until now, at least.

From the first day he met Soap, he knew Soap would leave a mark on his soul for eternity. He didn’t care for Soap as a person at first either, though his fellow sergeant was too hot-headed; too brash and impulsive. How someone could carve out a space for themself with words alone was beyond Gaz. He didn’t understand it. Didn’t want to.

But that’s the thing: Soap was so damn good at carving out a space for himself. It wasn’t long before Gaz knew he couldn’t call Soap anything else but a friend. Their time enlisted together marches on and one day a simple friend turns into an occasional-flirt-with and think-what-could-be friend.

Gaz tried to establish a line. He tried to push his pestering emotions down and keep the status quo. Soap had become one of the most important persons in his life and Gaz couldn’t fuck that up. Their flirting—whatever it could be called—was simply another little game, just like Gaz’s music association.

And here comes endearing, impulsive John Soap MacTavish, with his stupidly charming words and larger-than-life personality who crashes through all of Gaz’s trepidations like it’s just another Monday. John Soap MacTavish,who could carve his way into any clique and made sure he fit seamlessly into every crevice—as if he was passively testing fate. Who carved his way into Gaz’s life like he’s been there all along.

Gaz doesn’t remember where that self-imposed line was anymore.

Smooth as ever, Soap slots into Gaz’s daily routine without a single hitch in the process. In no time, so many of Gaz’s favorite songs became reminders of Soap’s place in his life. He shares this with Soap too, of course. This unconditional, amorous thing of theirs means everything is on the table. Every part of them under stage lights for criticism.

Soap’s enamored with all the songs from the start. He doesn’t think it’s strange, even shares his own. After that, the two of them could often be found sitting together sharing a pair of earbuds, whether it be somewhere on base or post-op cooldown.

The love of his life, John Soap MacTavish without a single bone of shame in his body who’d drag Gaz up to dance and single off key and so severely out of tune and not give a damn. Who’d do anything just to see Gaz crack a smile or shake his head in amusement.

Soap was damn good at that. It makes sense in hindsight. Someone who’s so good with people and so eager to serve needs something to do with that seemingly boundless energy.

Gaz stares at the single box filled to the brim with all of Soap’s possessions. All of that boundless, never-ending energy,and for what? Just to end up as another KIA in a soon to be forgotten document.

It has to be some kind of cruel joke for everything that larger-than-life John Soap MacTavish was to be able to fit in a standard brown packing box. It doesn’t make sense. None of Soap’s beloved mathematical equations could even begin to explain it. It shouldn’t be possible.

It’s not fucking fair.

How could this one box be all that’s left of him?

Without thinking, Gaz picks up his phone and presses play on their playlist.

Let us die young or let us live forever

We don’t have the power, but we never say never

Sitting in a sandpit, life’s a short trip

The music’s for the sad man

Life’s cruelest game was giving unconditional a price tag. Someone leaves first and someone has to think about how they had the rest of their lives to discover together. The pieces of grief won’t pick themself up.

Someone has to stay behind and stare at the perfectly carved hole left in the other’s departure.

Forever young, I want to be forever young

Do you really want to live forever?

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