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ryttu3k · 3 years

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Part 2 of my season 12 reaction posts! Find part 1 (Resolution of the Daleks to Fugitive of the Judoon) here!

Praxeus

Thoughts on Doctor Who - Praxeus!

OKAY FIRST. THANK YOU, SHOW, FOR FIXING A BIG ISSUE I HAD WITH THE FIRST SEASON. So they were doing a thing where they’d introduce incidentally queer characters, have a female character mention her wife, stuff like that, only for them to die. This episode had Jake and Adam, married/separated/it’s complicated couple, who face huge amounts of danger, who both come close to dying, but who survive! And have a Big Damn Kiss! And walk off together holding hands! They survived!!

Plotwise, I enjoyed it a ton while watching, although in retrospect it did feel a bit free of danger. The companions were never in true peril because the Doctor can home in on them automatically, and we never got the true scale of the risk of infection, since the only people we saw get infected were in isolated areas. I would have liked to see, for instance, the threat of Praxeus spreading beyond just the very Hitchcockian birds; all of the peril was on an individual level.

Good message, if unsubtle. Mind you, that’s kind of Doctor Who’s thing, and it pisses off conservatives, so all for it, really XD (They must have loved the core relationship in this episode, too!) Like. Subtle doesn’t work. There are literally climate change deniers that exist. Sometimes you actually do have to tell a message with all the finesse of a sledgehammer because .

(Side note, I was deeply concerned when I saw the cowriter was the guy who did the hot mess that was Kerblam!, so at least this was just an unsubtle and kind of questionably written story instead of an actively harmful one.)

The companions: Ryan seems a fair bit more confident on his own? His initial scenes with Gabriela showed that he’s starting to work well even without backup, and picking up the bird proved to be a damn good call. Yaz and Graham were a fun pair, and Yaz got a lot to do when she and Gabriela (again!) got to explore, and I can definitely understand the conflict between curiosity/doing what’s right and safety when it came to the teleport scene. She does seem to be bordering on the reckless. Intriguing!

Minor plot snag - Graham knows how to set up an IV, presumably because of the shitload of time he spent in hospital! …And yet he doesn’t know what a pathogen is?

Friend note!

“fun fact about graham seemingly not knowing what a pathogen is! in my reading of the scene, i saw it as graham knowing what one was. with "Well, I’m glad you asked that…!” he seems like he’s actually sort of pleased with himself, like he’s about to launch into an explanation, and then IIRC there’s a very brief shot at Ryan giving him a Look and Graham immediately changes tone to “…cause I didn’t want to look stupid.” he immediately changes from boosting his own ego to bolstering ryans and im love"

In which case, good shit gooood shit.

SFX - the infection was creepy as shit. The very obviously puppet bird near the lab was hilariously bad.

Apparently the filming was tricky because it was super windy so all the shorts of Thirteen with her hair Like That weren’t planned, it just kind of happened. Love a fluffy ruffled Thirteen.

So anyway. People calling for more plot focus - literally this is the Doctor trying to distract herself and not focus on the plot! This is her avoidance tactic! Emotional honesty? Who’s she? She’ll get back to it eventually, but for now she needs a distraction after being punched in the emotions. Give her that for one episode, c'mon.

Ryan: “…I do a lot of running.”

Graham: “Whatever is giving off those weird readings… is on the other side of that wall!” Yaz: *silently turns scanner around* Graham, not skipping a beat: “…is on the other side of that door!”

Yaz: “I don’t want you to panic, but… we followed one of those things through a teleport and now I think we’re on an alien planet.” Thirteen: “…well, you don’t do things by halves!”

Thirteen: “That’s why you smell of dead bird! I thought you’d changed your shower gel.”

Thirteen: “I’m having half a thought. Ooh, this one tickles!”

Thirteen: “What can I say? I’m a romantic~”

In conclusion, Doctor Who said gay rights.

Can You Hear Me?

Thoughts on Doctor Who - Can You Hear Me?

Trigger warning for discussion of depression and suicide.

You know you're in for a wild ride when iView warns for horror themes instead of science fiction themes.

Overall: at first impression, it felt sort of mashed together? There's 14th century Aleppo, and there's 21st century Sheffield, and there's a deep space station, and there's creepy monsters and dream villains; I do kind of wonder why Zellin targeted a random girl in Aleppo as source for his pet monster, although targeting people like Ryan's best friend makes sense if he's deliberately trying to lure the Doctor to him.

The theme, on the other hand, of mental health resiliance and reaching out, was done incredibly well. Oh yeah there'll be more comments about it - the Guardian described it as 'adventures in Wokeness' - but damn, sometimes you need to hear it. I loved getting more of Yaz' backstory, about being a desperate teenage runaway at the point of being suicidal, and her reunion with the older woman legitimately made me tear up.

But like, goddamn. Her nightmare - she's still hearing that. She's still hearing her sister saying that she should "do it right this time" and that this time she won't call and that no one is coming and holy fuck. God this makes so many of Yaz' scenes incredibly painful in retrospect, knowing that she was at that point only three years before and that she's still dreaming that shit! It makes her recklessness terrifying!

Ryan's nightmare, and his experience with Tibo - it's quite reflective of the Doctor, too. She wasn't there, and Gallifrey burnt. And Ryan is realising this now, and really thinking about the potential future in Orphan 55. I think this is absolutely foreshadowing Ryan leaving at the end of the season (there's been a lot of speculation given Tosin's new TV role), and I think Ryan and Yaz' discussion at the end of the episode was a definite hint in the direction of Ryan choosing to going back to Earth.

Would have really liked Graham, during his talk with the Doctor, to gently remind her that she can talk about her own problems, although I can understand the narrative choice on why she didn't (although, yeah, would have been good for Graham to ask). Because, yeah, if anyone needs a sympathetic ear (...sans fingers) or a shoulder to lean on, it's her!! The entire theme of this episode was like... reaching out. Conquering your fears with the help of others. Sharing your fears to lessen them. Getting help. And the Doctor deliberately... not doing that makes it into an actual Thing that I think is going to seriously be addressed by the end of the season.

It's been such an ongoing theme. A bunch of episodes have started with an obviously depressed Doctor. The Fam has tried to raise the issue multiple times and have discussed it amongst themselves even more. Scenes like Yaz' reaction after being abducted in Spyfall (...which makes her, "I thought I was dead" part even more worrying) and being comforted by Ryan, not the Doctor... her whole reaction to Graham being like, "I'm glad you talked to me but I literally can't do the same in return" - if it's not addressed by the end of this season, it's at least going to have to be an ongoing theme, because it's becoming very deliberate now.

An interesting note: the actor who played Zellin (an immortal manipulator of nightmares) also voiced the Remnants (who were the first to mention the Timeless Child in The Ghost Monument). Coincidence or deliberate?

Assorted thoughts:

"I'm still quite socially awkward." There's socially awkward and there's emotionally repressed... (I saw a description of it on Tumblr as 'weaponised dissociation' and... yeah. And also yikes.) Also the way she was so closed in on herself, basically hugging her arms to her body! On a semi-related note, talking to herself in Aleppo was a bit depressing. Like it's continuing the theme of The Doctor Does Not Like Being Alone.

The finger thing - ew ew ew ew it's in their EARS ewww D:

Stylistic comment: the traditionally-styled animation for the Immortals' game was gorgeous.

"Try not freak out, yeah, but you're on a floating space platform trapped in a gravitational pull between two colliding planets."

"Thanks for lending a helping hand!" Companions just being, "...Doctor p l s."

On an old lore note, loved the callback to Eternals, Guardians, and the Toymaker! On a concerning note, man, the Doctor has so many issues with immortals. They abandoned Jack, there was the punishment they gave the Family of Blood, they had those Issues with Ashildr (from what I've read), now this, an eternal punishment with no chance of redemption, perhaps because she knows what immortality does? Parallels with the Doctor as quasi-immortal too, which Zellin even pointed out.

"You're wrong about humans. They're not pathetic. They're magnificent. They live with their fears, doubts, guilt. They face them down everyday and they prevail. That's not weakness. That's strength. That's what humanity is."

(Contrast: "That's what humanity is." The Doctor isn't human. She's not prevailing against her fears, doubts, and guilt.)

In conclusion, literally everyone but the creepy immortals needs a hug.

The Haunting of Villa Diodati

Thoughts on Doctor Who - The Haunting Of Villa Diodati!

tfw you think you're just going to get a nice spoopy historical and instead get major plot?

Overall impression: Well, Jack is going to be pretty miffed, given that the Doctor had to do precisely what he didn't want to happen - giving the Lone Cyberman what it wanted. To save Shelley, and also to save the future, although that does bring up the question on if the death of one person can rewrite the future, why doesn't that apply to literally everyone? Fletcher the valet and Elise the nurse died too, do their deaths have the same impact? Either way, the Doctor takes the Cyberium for herself - then realises that the Cybermen are inevitable, and returns it. And now she's trying to go and stop them. So... a bit conflicting in the message there, I think.

Yeah. Bit of a Trolley Problem there.

The characters were really fun. I did enjoy seeing Mary's sense of morbidness, but also her kindness and sympathy towards the Cyberman; you can see the foundations of Frankenstein there. I'm seeing some criticism of how Byron was portrayed as a coward, but eh. Nice little callback to Ada. Also I love how one of the rules was 'no one snog Byron'. Put that dirty boy back, you don't know where he's been! Glad Claire realised that too, although historically, she was already pregnant with his daughter at that point (and that didn't go well at all)... Either way. Good display of all these bright young reckless things.

(And yes, they were young. Byron was the eldest at 28. Shelley was 23, Polidori was 20, Mary and Claire were just 18. And while Claire lived to 80 and Mary to her 50s, the three men all died young, too - Byron at 36, Shelley at 29 - yes, from drowning, Polidori at just 25. Also wasn't mentioned that Polidori also created something on that Dark And Stormy Night along with Mary's Frankenstein - he wrote The Vampyre, the first modern vampire story!)

The Lone Cyberman (and I am deliberately using that instead of 'Ashad') - creepy as shit. Not just the whole Frankenstein look, but the way he acted! Not emotionless and blank, but actively manipulative and sadistic! Mary showed empathy and he actively threw it back in her face! I mean, yikes.

House was terrific and also spooky as hell. (Am lowkey miffed that no one went "VIBE CHECK!") The jumbled layout was quite Castrovalva, and I actually really dig that Graham got to see some actual ghosts. Ghostly sandwiches!

I think we got actual confirmation here that Yaz does have feelings for the Doctor? (Bleeding Cool News is pretty sure that it was for Ryan, but... lmao no.) BBCA twitter certainly thinks so!

Claire: "His answers only increase the enigma." Yaz: "I know someone like that." Claire: "This enigmatic person of yours... would you trade them for reliable and dull?" Yaz: "My person's a bit different..."

I MEAN.

(It got deleted. So. There is that.)

Thirteen: "Hmm. Fourteenth... no. Fifteenth century... touch more umami." (Doctor, have you been playing Detroit: Become Human again?)

Mary: "I don't think they're really from the colonies!" Byron: "No, she... is from somewhere much, much stranger." Polidori: "The North."

Thirteen: "YOU HAD ONE JOB."

Cyberman: "You appear courageous. But your vital signs betray a heightened state of anxiety." Thirteen: "Or as I like to call it... Tuesday."

Thirteen: "Yeah, 'cause sometimes this team structure isn't flat. It's mountainous, with me at the summit, in the stratosphere, alone. Left to choose. Save the poet, save the universe. Watch people burn now, or tomorrow. Sometimes even I can't win."

Claire: "You pursued Mrs Doctor without a care for my presence, belittled my thoughts and opinions... and then proceeded to use my person as a human shield." Byron: "...And?" Claire: "And the spell is broken... my lord." Polidori's face: "haha you fucked up dude"

Next week: Shit Hits The Fan.

Ascension of the Cybermen

In lieu of a proper post for Ascension of the Cybermen, here are a list of questions we need an answer for.

Will Graham and Yaz survive, on a giant carrier full of Cybermen?

Who is Brendan, and what is his relevance to the story?

What is the Boundary?

How is Gallifrey in the Boundary?

How was the Master in Gallifrey, and not trapped by the Kasaavin?

Who is Ko Sharmus and why am I getting Yana vibes?

Who is Ashad and what is his story? (And why is his theme such a literal banger?)

Is he an actual Cyberman? Because I'm totally getting this impression he's human in armour?

How did Brendan survive being shot, and why did his non-ageing father and mentor do that?

Why did it look like a chameleon arch?

Is Ethan's tech-savvy just warzone familiarity or something more sinister?

Are there any other large human populations left?

Was I detecting a hint of romantic tension between Graham and Ravio?

What's up with Yaz?

Why did the Cyberium get sent to that time period?

Who or what is this alliance Jack is a part of?

How do the Time Lords and the lie of the Timeless Child come into it?

WHO THE FUCK IS BRENDAN?

The Timeless Children

WELL THEN.

While I gather proper thoughts on The Timeless Children, here are the questions I had from Ascension of the Cybermen, now with answers!

Will Graham and Yaz survive, on a giant carrier full of Cybermen?

Yup! Disguises for the win!

Who is Brendan, and what is his relevance to the story?

Brendan is a filtered overlay memory of one of the Doctor's former lives.

What is the Boundary?

An anomaly, as far as I can tell.

How is Gallifrey in the Boundary?

No idea!

How was the Master in Gallifrey, and not trapped by the Kasaavin?

No idea!

Who is Ko Sharmus and why am I getting Yana vibes?

A big damn hero.

Who is Ashad and what is his story? (And why is his theme such a literal banger?)

We're still not actually sure. Either way, he's an action figure now.

Is he an actual Cyberman? Because I'm totally getting this impression he's human in armour?

Yeah, sort of.

How did Brendan survive being shot, and why did his non-ageing father and mentor do that?

Because Time Lords.

Why did it look like a chameleon arch?

It's probably related technology! If the chameleon arch rewrites memories, this one just wipes them.

Is Ethan's tech-savvy just warzone familiarity or something more sinister?

Just warzone familiarity. Poor li'l bean.

Are there any other large human populations left?

Possibly! If the Boundary really did send them to random places, there still could be surviving pockets elsewhere in the universe.

Was I detecting a hint of romantic tension between Graham and Ravio?

Maybe a bit XD And now they're all on Earth, who knows?

What's up with Yaz?

Who knows?

Why did the Cyberium get sent to that time period?

Ko Sharmus sent it. Didn't send it far enough.

Who or what is this alliance Jack is a part of?

Same organisation Ko Sharmus is part of. Also, young!Ko Sharmus/Jack please.

How do the Time Lords and the lie of the Timeless Child come into it?

In so many ways.

WHO THE FUCK IS BRENDAN?

The Doctor!

More thoughts later!

Thoughts on Doctor Who - The Timeless Children.

...Actually, first thought is the title. Timeless Children? Hmm.

Anyway. That is... sure a literally mind-blowing revelation for the Doctor, yes! Like, damn, the discovery that you're not even the species you thought you were, that your adoptive parent spent lifetimes abusing and experimenting on you, that your memories were routinely erased by people you thought you could trust (including your adoptive parent), that you're literally the progenitor for your entire species, that you've lost who knows how much time and who knows how many memories... yeah. Damn.

What's an appropriate birthday present for someone turning ten million?

Also, huh. Amidst all the old lore and casual mentions (like Borusa!) that got mentioned - were they taking hints from the Cartmel master plan? About the Doctor being some kind of founding figure for Gallifrey? Not exactly written as Cartmel had it, but that big main concept of the Doctor as a sort of... foundation piece of Time Lord culture was still actually there.

Brain of Morbius Doctors confirmed, I guess. I guess even Four was going, "...the fuck?"

Cybermen = still scary. Regenerating Cybermen = felt somehow obscene. Like, no, that's just fundamentally not right. Like the TARDIS responding to Jack by noping the fuck out kind of not right. God. And the Master was completely and utterly magnificently batshit, like, more than usual, come on, dude, you know they'd kill or convert you the second you turned your back.

Still. Deeply, deeply entertaining to watch just from a villain perspective, completely Chaotic, and like... I do understand where he was coming from? His entire life is a lie. His entire life is because of the Doctor, who, I think it's fair to say, he has Complicated Feelings regarding. (Their entire interaction this episode was a giant power play. Like damn guys just get into BDSM and leave the would-be genocide and universal takeover.)

Tecteun = Rassilon, I'm assuming. Goddamn. Like they were a pompous abusive asshole from the outset, this just kind of makes it worse. I also wonder if Rassilon chose the Master specifically to get the drums because he was friends with the Doctor? That actually may have been something the Master worked out himself, too. I mean, I'd be pissed off as well :-\

Also, how many people know about this? I assume Gat knew, since she was implied to be responsible for the mind wipes, but was it like... a super tightly-held secret or was it something a lot of higher-ups knew? Because that's fucked up tbh

Thought on the Master. Okay, he's hugely furious that he's been lied to, that the entire origin of his people is based on a lie, that his greatest friendrivalloveenemy is incredibly special and that a part of her is in him and not in the fun way, but like... I'm also wondering if he's looking at the Time Lords, the way they turned him into their puppet, how they drove him insane for their own purposes, then looked at the Doctor - someone who has also been used, abused, experimented on, manipulated, controlled, and went, "No. This is an injustice and the Time Lords need to be punished for it."

Oh, saw a nice theory regarding the TARDISes - Ruth!Doctor had the original busted police box TARDIS. When she was eventually taken in to be mind-erased, they sent the TARDIS off to storage to be eventually repaired. The Doctor manages to steal that one, goes to Earth, and it immediately gets stuck again because it's still broken. Explains how Ruth!Doctor can have the police box while also being pre-everything.

I really want the Doctor and Jack to sit down and have a nice chat about being timeless undying constants of the universe. Also for Jack to get one of the spare TARDISes around. Be kinda funny if he got the Master's old one, given the Year That Never Was, but it really is just sitting there. (Poor TARDIS stuck as a tree on a random wartorn planet in the far future, though!)

Also, Jodie was fucking magnificent in this episode. The hurt, the absolute fury, the almost glee when she's telling the Master he can't break her, her refusal to press the button at the end (so much like Nine's "coward or killer?" moment!)... just... so good.

Beautiful post I saw here on Tumblr - the Doctor as the Timeless Child, making the choice to help.

Amazing post here on Tumblr about abuse and repressed memories. Even if the Doctor doesn't remember it all, the abuse they underwent at the hands of a beloved parent figure still informs a hell of a lot of their behaviour, but it doesn't define them. The Doctor's need to run = informed by abuse. The Doctor's desire to help crying children = informed by abuse. The Doctor being an inherently good person = being their own person, no matter what their upbringing, no matter what their past was. They made the choice to be the Doctor, and that's a hell of an important thing.

Extremely painful post I saw on Tumblr about the Doctor being 'hip with the kids' by calling her companions her Fam but hell if they're not more family to her than her actual adoptive mother ow my heart.

Also, the scene between Yaz and Graham was so sweet <3 I do want to see Yaz, at some point, admit that sometimes she's so terrified she can barely move, and to tell him what she came so close to doing when she was sixteen, and Graham to just go, "Yeah, but you keep going." Also I'm trying not to think about how Yaz would respond to the Doctor going off on a suicide mission when Yaz was suicidal just three years earlier because ow my heart. She knows that Ko Sharmus went after her, she knows the Doctor might be alive, but either way, she's just seen someone she loves leave with the intention of dying (and Ko Sharmus too, actually). Someone please give her a hug. Actually please just let the Fam have a big group hug in general.

"Have you ever been limited by who you were before?" "Huh. Now that does sound like me talking."

So, remaining questions to be answered next season!

What actually is the Doctor? Since they were found near the Boundary, they could be from anywhere. It's fair to say they now are recognised genetically as a Time Lord, but what were they originally, why were they abandoned in the first place, and are there any more of their original people out there?

How do the Remnants know about the Timeless Child, or were they just picking up on that unconscious knowledge from the Doctor's own mind?

Like... we're generally under agreement that the Master, the eternal cockroach, survived, right? Despite definitely being lowkey suicidal like oh, was hoping the Death Particle would kill me? Like the Death Particle was made by the Cyberium, it could have gone, "Nah, keeping this one."

What's going on with the Kasaavin? Remember them? Still out there, stationed all through time and space? And are we going to see Daniel Barton again?

Is something going on with Yaz?

Will the Fam stay on? (I personally think Ryan will elect to stay on Earth to account for Tosin Cole's new TV role, and if Graham and Ravio enter a relationship, he might too.)

When will we see Jack again? If he was connected to the Lone Cyberman arc, that seems... pretty conclusively finished, unless we're going to learn more about it?

Is it Christmas yet?

............so the Christmas/NY special is going to start with Jack using his vortex manipulator to bust the Doctor out of prison and get back to the Fam and it'll never be mentioned again, right.

"At least buy me diNNER!!"

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mythiica · 5 years

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Reader x Gavin - A Night Full of Surprises

Title: A Night Full of Surprises

Fandom: Mr. Love Queen’s Choice

Character: Gavin

Genre: okay hear me out it starts off as crack but i swear the smut part is legit kinky so dont close the tab

Warnings: hONhoNhon

Kinks: lingerie (heavy emphasis on undressing), sensual sex, sucking/licking/biting, first time sex, ??? idk its pretty vanilla, 👏 we 👏 practice 👏 safe 👏 sex 👏 in 👏 this 👏 fic 👏 (condom)

Intended Gender Audience: Female Audience

Word Count: 2499 words

POV: second person

Requested by: anon(s)

Prompt(s):

Other comments: okay so im evil, anon did not specify the lingerie, so this is the lingerie mc is wearing - enjoy!!! thank you to @ikesenrambles and @breadcheese444 for helping me out with the beta reading! Also, thank you to @gracelesslamb for the idea that MC picks the wrong superhero... you’ll see what I mean ;)

It is mandatory movie night with Gavin, and this time, it is your turn to select the film for the evening. Gavin is popping popcorn in the kitchen as you flip through the titles. Nothing in particular catches your eye, so when Gavin calls from the kitchen, you get up and join him instead of screaming across the room.

He slides you two beer bottles from the other side of the counter as he goes to retrieve the snacks from the microwave. “Did you find anything?”

Dejectedly, you mumble back, “There’s nothing good.”

Gavin pours the small clouds into a large bowl. “What about that one romantic comedy that just came out?”

Raising an eyebrow, you take the metal caps off of the beers. “You want to watch a romantic comedy? Did I just hear that right?”

He laughs sarcastically at you. “I don’t mind what we watch, as long as you’re sitting next to me.”

Turning your head down, you blush at the words, but Gavin nudges you with his hip as he makes his way to the living room. “C’mon now, let’s look for it.”

Back on the couch, you cuddle up in the crook of Gavin’s arm and search for the movie that he mentioned. It sounds promising, but then again, you cannot say for sure. Nonetheless, you opt for this rather than the horror movie Gavin suggested.

However, you really should have gone for the horror. This “comedy” is worse than anything you have ever seen before, and you wonder if the two of you should just call it a night. However, when you get up to stretch, Gavin catches your hand and pulls you back down.

It all happens pretty quickly – one moment he is sitting on the couch with your head pressing against his shoulder, and the next, you find yourself straddling his lap as his lips trail down your exposed neck. It does not help that you are wearing one of his button down shirts, and the fabric hangs loosely over your shoulders. This gives Gavin the perfect opportunity to kiss your skin as your fingers tangle in his hair.

Really, it must have been the last minute decision to have two beers that caused the shift in his aura. The movie was terribly slow, and even you were wondering when something interesting would happen. This, though much different from what you expected, definitely counts as interesting.

Breathlessly, you tip your head back and release a soft moan. Gavin looks up and swallows nervously. Your skirt had risen up your legs, exposing the flawless skin of your thighs. He would be lying if he said that he wasn’t intrigued by the sight.

The moment of hesitation is enough to make Gavin remove his hands from your waist. He brushes his thumb over his lip to wipe away the gloss that had transferred from your lips. “Sorry,” Gavin chuckles light-heartedly. A blush spreads across his cheeks as he rubs the back of his neck as he struggles to gather words for an explanation.

Your heart is still pounding from the spur-of-the-moment kiss. The warmth of his lips lingers on yours, and all you want is to feel it again.

As Gavin opens his mouth to continue his thoughts, you cut him off with a swift kiss. When you lean back, you smirk slightly. “Do you want to go further?” Your voice is soft, barely above a whisper – this would be the first time that the two of you progress past playful teasing. Still, you feel ready for it, and if he is as well, you want to continue.

His hands fall on your thighs, but now, he grips you tightly and hoists you up. Confirmation is written all over his expression, and Gavin tries to contain his smile.

The two of you stumble to his bedroom, pulling at each other’s clothes before you fall onto the bed. Your hair fans out around your head, and your legs fall open, inviting Gavin to sit atop you and work at the remaining buttons of the shirt you are wearing.

The fabric falls open, exposing your undergarments – Gavin freezes for a split second, and raises an eyebrow.

You glance down and nearly scream, realizing why he had paused.

“Batman lingerie?” Gavin tries to stifle his laughter as he traces the stitching of the black and yellow corset.

Covering your face, you whine. “I got it as a practical joke because I thought you would like it!”

He pulls the waistband of your skirt back – of course, the outfit would be incomplete without matching underwear. “Superman is the superior hero, but actually…” Gavin is trying to lighten the mood, but you are still embarrassed. “I don’t mind Batman like this.”

To be honest, you had completely forgotten that you were wearing it, and of all days as well. Still though, you kick off your skirt, having already been exposed for the underwear as well.

Gavin leans over you and kisses your hands, coaxing you to move them away. “Don’t be shy. They won’t stay on you long…”

You peek through your fingers, and are surprised to see that his demeanor has not changed in the slightest. Gavin waits for your consent, so you throw your hands around his neck and whisper into his ear, “I’m a virgin…” His muscles tense against you as he hears your words. “Can you fix that?”

He inhales sharply to collect himself, and then plants kisses along your jaw. Gavin follows the contour of the bone until he reaches your chin where he tips his head down to nip at your pulse. “Gladly,” he replies, his voice suddenly deeper than before. It catches you off guard and sends goosebumps rippling down your arms.

You squirm slightly under him as Gavin sits up. Seeing the corset again, a smirk takes hold of his lips. Again, he dips his head to meet the supple skin of your breasts that fall out from the edge of the cups. Bracing yourself up with your arms, you watch Gavin take hold of the zipper between his teeth and pull it down slowly, all the while keeping his gaze locked with yours. Really, you never imagined that Gavin could act like this, especially considering the fact that you were both equally inexperienced. After passing the curve of your breasts, he leans back again and opens the rest by pulling sharply with his fingers.

The corset panels open like doors, and your breasts slip outwards, finally released from the pressure of the fitted form. Quick to react, Gavin takes a handful of your breast and paws at it, watching your reaction. Unaccustomed to the sensation, you inhale deeply and twist your hips around.

Still looking at you, Gavin drags his tongue over your free nipple before sucking on you sharply. His eyes flutter closed as he works your breast with his mouth and the other one with a hand. He has a gentle touch, but pays close attention to the things that make your heart leap out of your chest. Once your nipples go numb, he pulls back and simultaneously pinches on them.

“G-Gavin!” you squeal, reaching to cover your breasts. They sting momentarily, making Gavin smirk. He gives you that irresistible look – his fingers rake through his already sweaty hair, he bites his bottom lip slowly, and his eyelids fall slightly to give you his best bedroom stare. Honestly, you can feel yourself getting wet from the look alone, and you let your legs fall over the edge of the bed.

“You want me to keep going?” he asks, his voice low and sultry. Gavin very well knows what your answer will be – it is obvious from the growing stain in the underwear, but he wants to hear you say it.

“Please, Gavin–”

He lifts your leg effortlessly and continues to trail kisses over your stomach and then down your thighs. Gavin only stops once he reaches your ankle and once he does, he pushes you up on the bed. Your back presses against the headboard, and in a swift motion, Gavin pulls off the corset and your underwear off. They go flying through the air, but you do not see where they land because Gavin crashes his lips against yours once more.

As his fingers dig into your sides, you fumble with the waistband of his boxer briefs until you manage to pull them down. He’s still kissing you though – his hands are clasped over your cheeks, trapping your lips against his. The beer you shared from earlier is heavy on his breath, peppering your tastebuds with the subtle sharpness of the alcohol. Gavin is completely and utterly intoxicating – and it is not just from the lingering liquor.

When Gavin is fully undressed, he tangles his fingers in your hair and reaches for the drawer of his night stand with a lazy hand. From the corner of your eye, you can see the illustrious glint of gold packaging – a condom.

Despite having your limbs tangled with his, Gavin tears open the package and begins to roll it onto himself. You watch and inhale sharply, realizing that this (besides that one instance when you accidentally saw him changing) would be the first time you see him completely naked. Your legs are open, inviting him forward, but you reach out and run your fingers against his member. Lubricant from the condom sticks to your fingers as you touch him, and he lets out a breathy moan when you wrap your fingers around his base.

This is surreal really – he reacts to every subtle flick your fingers make as you pump him. His head is tipped down, almost as if he is relishing in the show. Swallowing hard, you lean back, returning to your position against the headboard, and spread your legs open once more. With your fingers slick from the condom, you rub yourself while keeping eye contact with Gavin.

His pupils dilate and he grips your ankle, pulling you forward so that your cunt meets his cock. Rocking your hips back, you throw your arms around Gavin’s neck and pull his head down to whisper into his ear. “I’m ready.”

Gavin nods and inserts slowly, giving you ample time to adjust to the sensation of being filled. It is completely different than the moments you had indulged in some self care – Gavin is not plastic, and you can feel the warmth of his member inside of you as he stretches your walls. His thrusts are steady, and rock the bed back and forth. It creaks beneath your combined weights, but you don’t care to pay it much attention.

He braces himself on the headboard with one hand while the other fondles your breast. It does not take long before you can hear the unmistakable squelching sound of his length entering into you over and over.

As you drag your nails down his muscular back, Gavin begins to thrust faster – his hips clashing with yours after every fluid motion. It’s like elastic, despite the fact that his movements are unsure. He has never done anything like this, but Gavin is more than pleased with how your walls pulsate around his cock.

When he buries his nose into the crook of your neck, Gavin sinks his teeth into the skin of your neck, successfully giving you a hickey.

“Gavin! Ahh–” you moan, whipping your head to the side. “You’re going to leave a mark.”

But he only smirks and tucks your hair behind your ear. “It looks good on you.”

You flush at his words and want to protest, but Gavin tips his hips upwards the slightest bit, leading him to hit the spot that makes you see stars. This sends you spiraling into bliss as the knot in your abdomen tightens sharply.

This time, Gavin nips your collarbone. He makes it his personal mission to find the spot that makes you yelp with pleasure. Your reactions fuel him to go faster – in fact, maybe you are a little more responsive than he was expecting. The way you squirm around under his body reminds him of something he once saw in a porn film. And when moans drip from your bruised lips, Gavin cannot contain himself.

His slender fingers strum over your throat, and he presses soft kisses to your pulse. Gavin rubs his cock against your folds, sending sharp pulses through your clit.

You try to bite back the moans in your throat, but Gavin quickly learned how to coax them from you. Tilting your head back, you release a powerful cry. “G–Gavin, I swear, I’m going to cum–” you whimper against his glistening skin.

A low grunt rumbles in his chest. “Then cum. I want to feel you.”

You are surprised to hear those words come from his lips, but then again, the night was full of surprises. Once again, you tangle your fingers in the hair at the nape of his neck. Gavin lifts your leg over his hip and delivers his most powerful thrusts yet. Each one buries you into the mattress of the bed and makes you sing out your praises.

Gavin’s lips find yours, and the next moment, his tongue is in your mouth. He no longer tastes like alcohol, but you love it just the same. Without warning though, the knot in your abdomen bursts, making you arch your back and press yourself close to Gavin. His hand tucks around you to hold you close, and with a few more thrusts, you ride out your climax and he reaches his own.

Despite using the condom, a new type of warmth fills your insides, and your legs start to tremble from being overstimulated. Gavin sets you down against the bed and sits back on his heels. He pulls out, but then waits to catch his breath before he removes the condom.

You are still in a daze, so you don’t see him toss it into the bin in the corner of his room. Gavin returns quickly and hoists your body carefully as to tuck you under the covers. He holds you tightly, and your ear presses against his pec, allowing you to hear the thundering beat of his heart.

No words are exchanged at this point, but you do not mind. It is enough to listen to the steady rhythm of his breathing as it synchronizes with yours. You grip his bicep and pull yourself up just enough so that you can kiss Gavin in thanks.

“Was it good?” he inquires, the corner of his mouth curling into a grin.

“What do you think?”

Gavin nods happily and peckers your face with kisses. He settles against you and closes his eyes, so you nuzzle against his chest and catch a glimpse of the black and yellow lingerie in the corner of the room.

Gavin was right – they didn’t last long anyways.

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Putting the wide in widescreen: the Toshiba Satellite U845W looked into This 21:9 exceptionally widescreen Ultrabook targets multitaskers and Windows 8 users.

One of the issues with today's Ultrabooks (and with PC tablets when all is said in done) is separation—so a considerable lot of the parts and components are comparable crosswise over various models and producers that it's difficult to emerge from the pack. Ivy Bridge processor? Coordinated illustrations? 1366x768 screen? Everyone has those. What else you got?

With its Satellite U845W, Toshiba is accomplishing something that is in any event extraordinary, if nothing else: this tablet takes similar internal parts utilized as a part of different Ultrabooks and includes a far reaching 1792x768 show with a 21:9 viewpoint proportion, focusing straightforwardly at motion picture buffs and multitaskers who need or need bunches of flat breathing room for their windows. Is this broad screen enough to give the U845W an edge over different Ultrabooks, or does it push the tablet too far into specialty domain?

The screen

The 21:9 1792x768 screen is advertised as being perfect for two things: watching motion pictures in their local perspective proportion, and putting two windows alongside each other. The screen's corner to corner size is 14.4", however the extraordinary perspective proportion really makes the U845W closer the tallness of a 11" scratch pad while as yet holding the width of a 14" or 15" model.With two windows taking up precisely 50% of the screen, there is undoubtedly significantly less level looking than on a standard 1366x768 screen, however it's not ousted altogether—most Web locales are planned around a base 1024x768 canvas, so the approximately 890 extensive window still isn't exactly sufficiently wide to see everything.To upgrade the utility of the wide screen to substantial multitaskers, Toshiba has incorporated a Split Screen utility, a standout amongst the most valuable OEM additional items I've experienced as of late. It enables you to resize a couple of windows to take up lopsided parts of the screen—permitting, for instance, one window to take up a 1024 or 1366 vast space, and the second window to utilize the rest of. This can be helpful in situations where you have a program or an archive that needs more space, and another program like an IM or Twitter customer that lone needs a restricted strip.Widescreen motion pictures do in fact look pleasant on the board, however 4:3 and 16:9 substance winds up with even more extensive flat letterboxing than before—the portable workstation's wide screen is valuable for the individuals who jump at the chance to watch recordings while they work or peruse the web, in any case. The tablet's speakers are noisy and don't mutilate at high volumes, however just like the standard for portable workstation speakers, there's very little bass going on.The U845W's TN show is generally unremarkable—humble flat review edges, poor vertical ones, and marginally dull hues—yet the principle downside of the screen is that, while the additional width is pleasant to work with, the primary issue with the 1366x768 screens that such a large number of portable PCs are saddled with isn't level determination, yet vertical determination. 1792x768 is only the 21:9 form of 1366x768, and when I had utilized it for a couple of hours I was at that point longing for a knock to 2100x900 (which, unexpectedly, would likewise resolve the issue with survey two 1024x768 windows one next to the other).

Development and style

The U845W is part "midnight silver" aluminum (however to my eye it's somewhat nearer to burgundy), and part rubber treated dark plastic. The pleasant part about the last is that it doesn't go about as a unique mark magnet, however tidy does promptly stick to it. Its port format is better than average however not remarkable—two USB ports and a 100Mb Ethernet port on the left; a card peruser space on the front; and another USB 3.0 port, a HDMI port, and earphone and amplifier jacks on the right.Open the tablet, and you'll be welcomed by a hard plastic wrist rest and Toshiba's standard illuminated Ultrabook console—a similar one utilized by the 16:9 Satellite U840 Ultrabook, the up and coming U925t convertible tablet, and others. It's not my top choice; the keys are somewhat shallow and soft even contrasted with other chiclet consoles, and they are marginally rectangular—they're similarly as wide as the keys on consoles from ASUS, Apple, Acer, and so forth, however for reasons unknown not exactly as tall. Like all consoles, you get accustomed to it with some time, yet it simply doesn't feel as firm as I'd like.The trackpad is a vast, finished plastic multitouch undertaking with no committed catches. With the most recent drivers introduced, it works typically—tap-to-snap, right clicking with two fingers, and kind of-inertial two-finger looking over are all accessible. The two-finger looking over makes a go at being inertial, yet the final product is crude. The rendition of the drivers I utilized additionally had a "drifting" choice empowered naturally which makes the looking over constant until you move the mouse, which you'll either need to get used to or debilitate in the trackpad's settings. Tapping the lower-left and lower-right corners of the trackpad (where the catches would be on a more seasoned style trackpad) additionally conjures left and right snaps.

The tablet's all inclusive size may bring about issues with packs or different extras—my portable PC sack is made to convey 13" and 14" tablets, however the finish of the U845W stands out a bit. The U845W likewise tips the scales at a powerful for-a Ultrabook four pounds, while the more slender 11" and 13" Ultrabooks frequently weigh in the vicinity of two and three pounds.

Internals and execution

The U854w utilizes Ivy Bridge processors and chipsets and the Intel HD 4000 incorporated GPU, which ought to disclose to you essentially all that you have to think about its execution. Our audit unit incorporated a Core i7-3517U CPU running at 1.90GHz, precisely the same found in the ASUS UX31A we evaluated, so I'll point you toward that path in case you're searching for benchmarks. Less expensive adaptations of the note pad likewise transport with a 1.7GHz Core i5-3317U, a similar CPU in the Acer Timeline A5 we audited—in any case, Ivy Bridge Ultrabooks keep on being okay for most broad registering assignments. The base of the tablet gets warm while the portable workstation is buckling down, and when the single framework fan kicks in the tablet can get entirely noisy—in typical utilize, however, it wasn't upsetting to deal with or to tune in to.

Our audit unit additionally incorporated a zippy 256GB SSD, however bring down estimated variants can accompany standard turning hard drives combined with little SSD reserves. Be that as it may, the U845W falls behind a bit in its systems administration capacities. While others in this value class generally offer gigabit Ethernet and double band 802.11n remote, our survey unit offered just 100Mb Ethernet and single-band 2.4GHz WiFi.

Toshiba rates the SSD-prepared models at 9.05 hours of battery life, and the hard drive-toting models at 8.36 hours. This will clearly fluctuate in view of utilization and screen shine, among different variables, however the producer's gauge appeared to be slightly hopeful in light of our time with the gadget—hope to get battery life in the in the high six-hour or low seven-hour go with the greater part of Windows' default settings.

Repairability and upgradeability

The U845W has eleven Phillips head screws on its underside, one of which is covered up under a little elastic stub in the focal point of the tablet. Evacuate them, and the base of the portable PC pulls away without much exertion. There is a little link that associates the power jack to the motherboard which falls off with the base case—you'll need to be cautious with it while dismantling the tablet, and obviously make a point to reconnect it amid reassembly so the portable workstation determination on.Opening the portable workstation gives you access to the RAM, mSATA hard drive, remote card, and hard drive (for models with a mechanical hard drive). Strangely, the SSD-just models seem to utilize a mSATA SSD and leave the fundamental hard drive narrows purge to spare weight. You can see the territory where a hard drive (most likely a 7mm high form) would go beneath the memory and to one side of the SSD and remote card.

There is a solitary accessible RAM space in the U845W which can bolster up to 8GB of RAM, making for an aggregate of 10GB when you calculate the 2GB of RAM patched onto the motherboard. Some other redesigns or repairs would require advance dismantling of the tablet, putting them well into guarantee voiding domain.

Windows 8 encounter

The U845W's odd screen size is in reality exceptionally appropriate for Windows 8, which will extend to exploit extra vertical pixels however is still on a level plane situated. The Start screen can show additional sections of tiles, and the Snap include specifically turns out to be less prominent when you have more space to work with.Toshiba is likewise offering beta Windows 8 drivers that empower the local trackpad signals: swiping in from the correct edge of the trackpad with one finger raises the Charms menu, swiping in from the left will go through your running applications, and swiping down from the top summons application particular menus. The beta drivers are somewhat irritable—not each signal I made enlisted—but rather we trust the creation quality drivers will be somewhat better.

Conclusions

The Satellite U845W makes them intrigue thoughts, particularly for multi-screen multitaskers—given the decision between its wide 1792x768 show and a standard 1366x768 show, I'd be extremely enticed by the more extensive choice. Notwithstanding, that same largeness can make it clumsy to convey, and it's a bit on the substantial side contrasted with its other 13" brethren.

It's an extremely fascinating thought and Toshiba merits focuses for creativity, however standard 16:9 PCs with 1080p showcases (like the ASUS Zenbook Prime) can at present fit more on their screens than the U845W, and they do it in a standard-sized bundle that measures less to boot. Indeed, even 1600x900 16:9 showcases are near the U845W regarding the measure of information they can appear on-screen: Toshiba's widescreen try looks at pretty positively to the 1366x768 screens that excess the Ultrabook and low-to-mid-end tablet markets, yet much of the time a higher-determination 16:9 show will be a superior decision.

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What I'm Playing Now: Far Cry 4, Zelda Wind Waker and Sports Champions

This week, I dove into Far Cry 4, exercised my mind with Brain Age (I know, I’m about ten years behind on this one), started The Wind Waker HD, and played my first PlayStation Move game in Sports Champions. Let’s take a look at what I’m playing now! Far Cry 4 My backlog is rather extensive, and with an abundance of new titles releasing in the coming months, it goes without saying that I need to be efficient in choosing which games to play, to manage my time and have the most possible fun (for as much as I’d like to, restarting Fallout 4 with a focus on melee wouldn’t make much sense at the moment; there are just too many other games to play). However, Far Cry 4 wasn’t among these games—those which I hoped to clear from my backlog ASAP. I purchased the Kyrat Edition some time ago for $30, and until the realization that I’ll detail next hit me, I didn’t really plan to play it anytime soon. As I was choosing my next game, though, I noticed something odd: a sizable stockpile of new Assassin’s Creed titles waiting to be played. AC 3, 4, and Unity were all purchased for next to nothing, and it hasn’t slipped my attention that Syndicate is rapidly dropping in cost. Also, another new title is coming out sometime next year! Ubisoft’s affinity for releasing yearly installments and my affinity for good gaming deals has created quite the conundrum—one that may never quite be repaired (the odds of me playing all four of these AC games before the next title’s release are close to zero). With Far Cry: Primal plummeting in price as well, and history indicating that Ubisoft won’t delay in crafting another entry, I realized I didn’t want to find myself in the same situation with another series—or at the very least, I didn’t want to find myself in a situation that was this bad with another series. So, somewhat begrudgingly, I began Far Cry 4 on the PlayStation 4. My first impression was that the game looks technically impressive, in terms of its graphics, and that Ubisoft has dedicated quite a bit of newfound energy to developing the story and character of this entry. Both impressions were true. From the enemies to the animals and even the aerial views, Far Cry 4’s graphics are beautiful. In terms of adding personality to the game, the characters speak for themselves (two hippy stoners trapped in Kyrat and occupying your parent’s home, the main dictator antagonist, a gun-toting warlord-turned-priest with a knack for righteous justice, a surprisingly funny and interesting radio host, etc.). The player choices found in the game also add to this personality, as completely different main-story paths can also be chosen from. Furthermore, even relatively minuscule details—like some one-line item descriptions—earned a chuckle from me. The lush landscapes and never-ending supply of exotic animals—especially elephants, which can be rode and used to trample enemies—are also of a very high quality. Moreover, the numerous vehicles, main quests, side quests, capture missions, and the sheer amount of things to do in the game are impressive—for new players, that is. For those of us who have played previous entries, the laundry list of tasks to complete in Far Cry 4 will be an annoyance more than anything else. Climbing up and liberating radio towers to change their propaganda frequency to a pro-democracy message is all well and good, but I did so in Far Cry 3 (and something similar in 2, if I remember correctly). The same can be said of the races and outpost missions! Even the involved healing procedures, where the character removes a bullet from his body, puts out a limb that has caught fire, snaps a finger back into place, or performs another healing action based upon the specific damage incurred is getting old! It was appealing when I saw it for the first time in Far Cry 2, cool in Far Cry 3, but now, it’s just a bit worn out. Therein lies the problem with Ubisoft’s quick-fire release schedule: they continually come-up with an exciting concept, revolutionize it (Far Cry 1 to Far Cry 2 saw massive improvements, as did Assassins Creed 1 to Assassins Creed 2) and then replicate this revolutionized product with minor variations through each new release. For as intriguing as the healing system is, it first made its debut in 2008—nearly a decade ago! This point is further illustrated in Far Cry Primal. It took me about an hour to find that the animals were the coolest part of Far Cry 4—throwing bait (it helps that your character is equipped with the launching power of an MLB pitcher) and watching as a ravenous predator attacks your enemies is awesome, as is riding elephants and trampling all who stand in your path. This unique, albeit relatively minor in terms of size, bit of creativity appealed to other players as well, and Ubisoft in-turn developed an entire game around the theme in Primal. The point is that, if Ubisoft delayed releases and focused on further innovating titles, their games wouldn’t be stockpiling in my collection. While it’s true that I don’t represent the whole of their sales community, it’s important to note that I’ve been playing Ubisoft’s games for years now; new players will be in the same boat as I am in no time at all. The long-term implications of this development style aren’t purely financial. Sure, Rock Band and Guitar Hero were beat to death, but by then, Activision had made boatloads of money. Call of Duty sales are continually slumping, but once again, the profits are already there. The real long-term implications of this quick-pace development style are simple: their games will be played because they are technically sound, but they won’t make history. When Rockstar releases a GTA title (or any other game), Naughty Dog creates games like The Last of Us and Uncharted 4, or Nintendo launches a new Legend of Zelda or Smash Bros entry, for instance, they are able to make history, capture the attention of the entire gaming industry, and still turn a massive profit. Brain Age While I’ve played a lot of DS games, I haven’t quite experienced everything the system has to offer—mainly because I focus primarily on consoles. Brain Age is one of the DS’s most notable titles, and because it’s been sitting in my collection for well over a year since I bought it for fifty cents at a yard sale, I figured I’d give it a go (sound reasoning, right?). I’ll keep this brief, as I’m sure you don’t want to hear too much about it, but this is an awesome game! Admittedly, I thought it was purely a collection of mind-bending mini games before playing. While these mini-games are present (and very well made), I’m finding a lot of use in the title’s one hundred Sudoku puzzles. Performing one per day is a lot of fun, and they make me wish I’d enjoyed Brain Age a while back. I’ll keep my eye out for a cheap copy of the sequel. Sports Champions I bought a PS Move bundle from an FYE store for 75% off, bringing the cost down to about fifteen dollars. I’ve wanted to try Move for a long time, and with two new games as well, I thought the bundle was worth it for the price. Sports Champions is another one of those titles that I imagine you’re not interested in hearing too much about, so I’ll keep this brief. In fact, I’m not even that interested in playing it—while it’s technically sound and well-made, I think the lack of another player (the bundle only came with one controller) and my Wii Sports days have burned me out on motion-controlled sports video games. I really wanted to comment on the Ping Pong portion of Sports Champions. While I breezed through the opposition in the title’s other sports (and had fun doing so), I can’t seem to find much success at all in table tennis. To be fair, I suck at Ping Pong in real life, but the way the CPU players return my serves and hits repeatedly seems to be a bit much! Has anyone else had the same experience? Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD Finally, I began The Wind Waker HD on the Wii U (or more specifically, my brother did). While I only played for about twenty minutes and watched for an hour or so, I was reminded of what makes the game so incredibly special—this is a great example of a title that truly deserved to be remastered. The HD graphics look spectacular (the pigeons on the side of the telescope your sister gives you at the beginning really made this clear right before the landscapes and characters did), the gamepad works impressively well (in the interest of full disclosure, I’ve been an outspoken proponent of the gamepad for a while—I thoroughly enjoy playing with it), and the game had aged outstandingly overall. Now, if only the fun I’ve had with the Wind Waker HD (and will have when I play it myself) didn’t remind me of Breath of the Wild’s delay! Next week, I’ll dive into one of the many downloadable games I have on the PS4 from Sony’s numerous sales, as well as a new title altogether (retail). I should be finished with Far Cry 4 soon, and I’ll record my final impressions of that too. Until next week!

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