You’d been bickering with Robb since the day you met him. Always small trivial things, blown way out of proportion. A side-mouthed comment, something callous and crass usually did the trick of setting you off.
Initially, it had just been children being children, arguing for the sake of argument. But when you two grew out of adolescence, childhood anger faded away and repressed attraction began to rule Robb’s life. Suddenly, you weren’t the sweet girl with round cheeks who he liked to tease. Now you were beautiful, and other boys began to take notice. Theon flirted with you relentlessly, as did a few other boys from Wintertown. Suddenly, Robb didn’t have you to himself anymore, and it annoyed him to no end. So, he did the logical thing.
He became even more of a prat in an attempt to once again capture your attention.
Alternatively, you’d been rather busy politely refusing the advances of a few very brazen boys who’d begun a quest for your attention, all while the boy who’s attention you actually craved ignored you completely. When he did speak to you, he was cruel and teasing, and more than once you’d been brought to tears. The things he said didn’t affect you as much as the anger in his expression, the coolness of his tone. You’d fooled yourself into believing Robb harbored no feelings for you.
Robb grip on your wrist was almost bruising, dragging you away from some poor son of blacksmith who’d finally worked up the courage to flirt with you.
Your ears rung as you poured over the things he’d said. No sooner had the boy tucked a strand of your hair behind your ear than Robb had stormed over and laid into the boy with a series of angry exclamations before finally turning his back and taking you with him.
Anger reared within you. How dare he treat you so cruelly and punish those who treated you with kindness? Grinding to a halt, you pulled back on his hand, planting your feet and forcing him to a stop. “You need to apologize.”
Robb scoffed, hiding the hurt that lurked beneath the anger in his eyes. Jealousy had overtaken him, seeing you with another man had sent him into action, which he now regretted, knowing it would only lead into another round of questions from you. “I don’t need to do anything.”
“Robb Stark, I have never seen you act like this. Are you a child? If you have some issue with me, I’d be glad to sort it out, but you are not allowed to berate those I keep in my company-”
He chuckled sparsely. “Why do you think you’re entitled enough to tell me what to do?” He couldn’t stop himself. There was something about the way yours eyes flashed when he angered you, something addictive.
“Why?” You parroted, staring back at him in a stunned awe. “I’ve known you since we were children Robb. I was there when you lifted your first sword, when you won your first fight, when you kissed your first maiden.” You sounded off, expression rippling as you worked yourself up. “Why do I get to tell you what to do? Because I love you, you bastard!” Your fists clenched by your sides, you finally caught sight of Robb’s expression.
He was shell-shocked, completely silent and staring with a slack jaw.
Your nerve began to give way and regret flooded your veins. You began to backtrack. “Robb, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have-”
He surged forward, smashing his lips to yours and holding you firmly in his arms, one hand on each of your biceps. The kiss was raw and fiery, the result of too many years of holding back. When he finally pulled back, he laughed. “I should listen to you more often.”
@legendsaresooftenwarnings requested: “Or one where Stark!Reader marries Loras and renly and loras still have that relationship while reader and margaery have a relationship as well?”
Warnings! Some mention of sex, but not actual smut!
Y/N watched Loras throw back another goblet of wine with dismay, resting her chin on her fist. Lazily averting her eyes, she sifted through possible conversation topics in her head. In the short few months since the two had been betrothed, she felt as if they’d exhausted all of them. She silently noted his untouched plate. “The feast is not to your liking, my Lord?”
Loras seemed to tense upon hearing her voice, his grimace turning into a pained half-smile. “It’s lovely, I’m just not very hungry is all.” In the brief sentence he spoke to her, he’d barely bothered to glance over at her, his attention elsewhere.
She sighed softly, rhythmically against her jaw. She’d never expected her own wedding to be this dull. The other guests appeared to be enjoying themselves, and few seemed to notice the unhappy couple.
“Gods Loras, you’re practically boring her to death.” The snide comment emanated from the youngest Baratheon brother and he smiled politely at the bride before reverting his attention to Loras. “Be careful, lest someone else steals her away.” Renly teased lowly, shooting the girl a playful wink.
I hope Wikipedia doesnt go bankrupt it will feel like the end times . I think I will literally panic
Encyclopedia Britannica is always there
there’s this place called a library. and they have these things called books. and then there’s this thing called Google Search. where you can find books in PDF form.
Wikipedia is user edited. you can literally put anything you want in an entry almost. I think you know where I’m about to go with this.
You’re condescending and annoying. I am attached to Wikipedia out of sentimentality it’s always been there for as long as I remember and reliable to me for some casual trivia. Wikipedia is iconic and I love her. go write a research paper or something
who let high school teachers find tumblr
me: hm i wonder how many countries drive on the same side as the UK
friend: let’s check wikipedia in 2 seconds on our phones
some asshole on tumblr: um excuse me why don’t you stop what you’re doing to go to the library and look it up in an outdated book that’s edited maybe twice a decade and that definitely doesn’t have a single page article called “list of countries with left-hand traffic”
also “user edited” really doesn’t mean as much as you think it does. there are millions of people displaying accurate information, for every one person displaying inaccurate information. and that inaccurate information is usually changed quickly, and the person who made it can get their ip blocked from wikipedia if it was bad enough. way more accurate than textbooks or a library.
Librarian here! I’ve worked at both academic (college/university) and public libraries, and let me tell you this: most print encyclopedias are useless garbage we can’t get rid of fast enough. With the exception of subject-specific sets which we need to buy again every few years because the information has become outdated, most of the information in any volume of an encyclopedia is far more accessible and far more in-depth on the internet.
Wikipedia as a reference resource is fantastic because, just like print encyclopedias, it serves as a jumping-off point for research… and so do librarians! A librarian isn’t going to just write your paper for you, we’re going to point you to the books, articles, and websites that contain the information. Wikipedia is great for that, too, because any article that gets more than a bit of traffic will wind up with sources and external links. But print encyclopedias don’t go that far in citing their sources, and because they’re static media, the references may not only be outdated, they might be entirely inaccessible due to age, obscurity, or cost of access.
And there’s an interesting thing about all those books we have on the shelves… anyone can write one, and usually they only have a handful of other people checking their work. Academic journals are somewhat notorious for the ease with which a completely falsified paper can see publication (especially in cases of electronic journals), but printed books can also be easily falsified, whether as a result of publishers with an agenda or just fact-checkers slacking off.
As has been pointed out above, wikipedia is really great at getting obscenely specific in terms of the topics of articles. It’s an amazing collection of data, and more importantly, it’s an amazing collection of sources of data.
The role of a reference librarian and a wikipedia editor are basically the same: show you a brief summary of the information you need, and point you to more in-depth, reliable sources.
I was helping a friend clear out their dad’s old stuff from their home recently and we came across encyclopedias from the 90s.
They all went to the dump. They were ASTOUNDINGLY outdated. Totally fucking useless.
High school English teacher here–I regularly get crap from some of my colleagues, but I am completely fine with students using Wikipedia for info. Wikipedia does an excellent job of flagging articles that have been recently edited until someone can verify the changes, so pages with inaccurate info often have giant warnings at the top saying “THIS PAGE MAY CONTAIN IANCCURATE INFO”. Won’t find that in an out-of-date print edition.
Not only that, but Wikipedia cites its sources. It tells you right at the bottom of the page where all its info came from, so if you want to use a fact from Wikipedia but don’t want a teacher annoyed with you, just cite the source in the footnote. Teachers and professors are (a) not likely to check up on this and (b) it’s a real source so even if they do it’s legit?
The biggest problem I have had with letting students use Wikipedia is actually that Wikipedia articles are often written in such academic language that students sometimes struggle to understand them. That part kids have to overcome on their own or with the help of their teacher. But there’s nothing wrong with Wikipedia as a source. Hatred for it is a remnant of academic elitism, thinking that “peer-reviewed” can only mean some handful of crusty white dudes instead of literally anyone with enough knowledge and motivation to review it.
Honestly. My dad is a college professor and he’s told me time and again to always start my research at Wikipedia. You have to go further, obviously, but its such a great jumping off point for information.
Plus, where else can I find an itemized and updated list of every Cryptid known to human kind?
For the impenetrable articles, here’s my tip.
The list of other languages in the sidebar? Look at it and check whether the article has a version in Simple English.
Simple English is a mode for non-native English speakers but is also great if your reading comprehension is not super good, you’re having a slow brain day for any mental health or developmental disorder reason, or the English version is just poorly written.
Librarian here, and this whole post gives me so much joy.
I feel like people think “not a reliable source” means “not true” but it actually means “can’t be quoted because the words might change”
I’m here to add a bit about the other languages offered: they’re a godsend for when you need to do translation assignments. specifically for when you’re looking for a specific term and you need the equivalent term.
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