08-04-17 Fair is fair

[Spidrift]

Also considering that they pulled Vyndicator out of mothballs, I wouldn't be surprised for them to dredge up something like that.

And before the Vyndicator reappearance, we had Dillon's "27 straight guys" being explained in SDB. Yes, every now and again, such things happen; I get the impression that TCampbell occasionally prods Giz and Dave into tidying up loose ends. But Gary's Freudian excuse is very old and not really very important; my bet is that the comic will never talk about it again. But I may be wrong.

(I have a bit of unwritten fanfic in my head in which Gary meets one of the "horrible taunting girls" from his past on the street, and she turns out to be a pleasant, charming woman with a wedding ring and a kid. She grabs a coffee with him so they can chat about their home town, and seems very pleased for him when she hears that his life is going okay. Eventually, Gary stammers out something about her being a lot nicer to him than when they were younger, and she frowns, pats his hand, and says "Yes, but Gary - you were a complete jerk back then.")

I'm still expecting in a future strip that we'll see Gary and lover-du-jour having to scramble when his parents (probably fairly WASP-y) visit unannounced... maybe even let into the apartment by Izzy or Eulice because comedy. Because a similar embarrassment like Jeff's surprise birthday party from Coupling would fit on Gary like a well-tailored suit.

That's entirely possible, and it's not like Coupling invented the "young lovers interrupted by parents" comedy scene. But I don't think it's particularly inevitable. (I also have a sneaking arbitrary suspicion that Gary's mother might take the line that, well, so long as he's careful and treats the girl with respect, she just wants him to be happy, and young people will be young.) The parental visit that would actually be a real plot-kicker would involve Mr and Mrs Larose in SDB...

[edisnooM]

I have to admit I am surprised that Didi actually is going the more direct route, of course still the possibility that things will get derailed. If they do though hopefully at the very least Gary won't end up bearing the brunt of whatever happening throws it off.

As far as the main event itself Gary has shown in the past that even if his *ahem* fortitude isn't that great he has been able to use his signature move to finish the job. Also since apparently in the Ma3-verse Didi is "peak" sexy this could not only do wonders for his confidence, but also help him acclimatize to intimate interactions. Who knows, it might also help Didi to figure some things out for herself too.

Then again, Zii may set the place on fire.

[Spidrift]

The trouble is, bedding a series of women who'd be considered close to peak sexy in most realities doesn't seem to have done much for Gary. Sure, DiDi is sui generis, but still - Gary seems essentially beyond hope.

Actually, though, we seem to be getting something of a regressed Gary here. Okay, he's never lost the love for Transformers and comics, but nonetheless, wheeling them out like this seems like a very early-version-Gary joke.

[edisnooM]

True, though at the same time Didi at times seems to posses an almost Chloe level ability to influence men (I'm sure that they had some sort of montage at one point).

Also the bringing out the Transformers and comics just brought to mind a random thought, this could be derailed in an almost positive way if somehow wrestling and potentially Didi's foray into it is brought up. Kind of a longshot at this point, but I could easily see both of them geeking out over it.

[Aleric]

I'd really like to see either Gary putting on the brakes or some form of sex. The interruption thing has been done. And done. I don't know if it'd be out of character for Gary to be the one to stop DiDi. Well, he did dump with Senna.

[brasca]

Gary may have gained some self confidence in the past few years, but I can't blame him for being taken off guard by this.

[Cortez]

I see where this is going. DiDi wants the swirly, but she doesn't KNOW she wants the swirly, and she's going to get the one-pump-chump instead.

Didn't he improve his stamina? I mean between his time with Senna and his threesomes with Peggy and Matt.

[Spidrift]

He does seem to have been improving the basic technique, mostly thanks to Matt's advice and practice with Peggy. Whether that's enough to overcome DiDi's weird supernatural effect might be another matter.

And I can't see DiDi suddenly becoming distracted or Gary being able to stop her at this point.

[worldshaking00]

I think that part of his stamina increase training was jacking it before a planned encounter, so as not to go off too early like a high schooler (paraphrasing Matt). Most of his encounters with Peggy, we assume, are her pegging him. At least that is the running joke. While he can get prostate stimulation by the truck load, we don't quite know much about how he handles penile stimulation as well. Obviously, better than he was right out the gate with Kiley. And judging by how he satisfied Yuki, I assume significantly better. But enough to handle Didi's outright divine sexiness? I don't know. Fear and pain and a sound throttling might have helped to distract Gary with Yuki. Didi *wants* her orgasm.

[rpr]

Gary may have gained some self confidence in the past few years, but I can't blame him for being taken off guard by this.

Yes, I mean, I am trying to put myself in his shoes... Think about it: a roomie of yours (a very beautiful one, I agree) with which maybe you developed a relationship between familiar and platonic. Yes, maybe you fantasize about her every now and then, but you know that it belongs to fantasy realm. Suddenly, she comes to your room with nothing but a robe, ask you to get naked and she gets naked too, asking without too subtlety to do sex.

I do not know about you, but I would be definitely taken off guard about this. I do not know if I would get excited. As Teddy said, "it is not a switch!". Maybe I am traditionalist, but for me to happen it should be more gradual, even at least a bit romantic...

[wiseguy]

I think in this case, it is not that Gary is not eager to be with Didi

is that what he expected ( she would never give me me even something tiny of a chance as she will never be interested in me ) suddenly has become a TAKE ME TAKE ME stance

[BlairFan]

Poor Gary, he's still a virgin at heart.

[samtheman]

Does anyone know what's the current strip number? How close are we to the end of the current run of 150? What if the intention of this story arc is to get Gary, Zii and Didi involved sexually with each other so that the comic can reach its possible conclusion: a permanent ménage à trois?

Giz has been so busy working on so many *paying* projects, I wouldn't be surprised if this comic ends during the next year or two.

The last I read is that the comic is going to run for 12 volumes and we are currently just over halfway through volume 9 so around 3.5 more years (Summer or Fall of 2020?) unless Giz changed her mind.

Because of that I'll be very surprised if Gary has sex of any kind with Didi and/or Zii during the current arc. But I could see Gary get another booty call from Peggy thus interrupting the moment between Gary and Didi.

[Spidrift]

There would still be stories and jokes to be told if any two of the original menage of three persons actually bonked each other, same way that there have still been things to say since Gary got laid or DiDi had her first orgasm.

Don't assume that Giz and Dave are stuck in some bone-headed narrative rut. One of the best things about this comic is that they aren't. And remember, once upon a time, in a lot of non-porny sex comedies, the lead character having sex at all, with anybody, would have been a sign that the story was over - after all, everyone knew that sex wasn't funny, only frustration was funny.

[Abraxas]

It is kinda funny that originally start of the series Gary wanted to lay Didi and Zii... and now that Didi is throwing herself at him and he has no idea what to do.