27-06-17 Brave for ten seconds

[Abraxas]

Gary is become meta aware that he is in a comedy comic

[lordoffiling]

This could actually be good for Gary. Maura is about to meet one of the people who can confirm that Gary is most definitely not gay.

Interestingly, she's *also* about to meet one of the people who can confirm Gary likes to take it in the ass. So this really could go either way.

Or both ways! They could end up on a double date and before the evening is over, Peggy could introduce Maura to her favorite pastime with Gary.

[vampire hunter D]

Actually, while Peggy can confirm Gary does take ir in the ass, she can not confirm he likes it (he does not, but us too much a pussy to say no). She can however confirm he us not gay as Tess was suggesting*


Assuming no one invokes the 4chan definition

[Spidrift]

This could actually be good for Gary. Maura is about to meet one of the people who can confirm that Gary is most definitely not gay.

But that's not the term of the bet, is it?

My guess is that we'll see Gary yelling something about taking it up the arse from Peggy by the end of the evening, for some utterly idiotic reason.

Actually, while Peggy can confirm Gary does take ir in the ass, she can not confirm he likes it (he does not, but us too much a pussy to say no).

Actually, he specifically told Yuki that he does quite like it. He's presumably got used to having his prostate stimulated.

[wiseguy]

all depends on you Boy.

you either lose both of them, or you end up in a hot 3-some

sadly, there is a 75% chance you strike out.

and interesting that "the biggest person he confides on" for Gary has become Tracy

[edisnooM]

You know, I realize of course that this will probably descend into "wacky hijinks" because of course it will, but it really doesn't seem like it should. Gary did the surprisingly grown up thing of calling off with Peggy (interesting choice, was it preference or precedence?), and she seems both a smart enough cookie to realize the situation, and a decent enough sort not to make things difficult. Especially since it doesn't seem like she had any romantic intentions with the outing.

And Maura doesn't seem the sort to be put off by this (competitive flirting and all), so it seems like it should be relatively straightforward with Peggy going her way, and Gary and Maura theirs. Of course that won't happen, but still.

Off the top of my head I could see Gary firmly sticking his foot in his mouth in many possible ways, but I kind of wonder if he might make some remark about a relationship with Peggy, which could push her away since she has already told him she's not interested in that. And if Maura somehow takes it that Gary has chosen Peggy over her that might be enough of a slight for her go off, which could leave Gary dejectedly on his own. It does seem like the luck had to run out at some point.

[Lokitsu]

Tracy gave some intelligent, useful advice.

And... and Gary acts on it!!

Nothing can possibly go wro-

Damn you Giz and Dave!!!

[Spidrift]

You know, I realize of course that this will probably descend into "wacky hijinks" because of course it will, but it really doesn't seem like it should. Gary did the surprisingly grown up thing of calling off with Peggy (interesting choice, was it preference or precedence?), and she seems both a smart enough cookie to realize the situation, and a decent enough sort not to make things difficult. Especially since it doesn't seem like she had any romantic intentions with the outing.

Note that Gary had to be pushed into doing the right thing by Tracy. His character development is painfully slow, and involves an awful lot of prompting from better human beings. He's a borderline hopeless case who's going to need at least a full twelve years of strips if he's going to turn into something significantly better.

He may well have chosen to call off with Peggy at random, but if there was any logic involved, well, he knows that Peggy is a tolerant good-natured friend, whereas Maura is an unknown quantity. There's a level at which a friend is someone who doesn't mind you changing plans on them, whereas that's a rude thing to do to a new acquaintance.

Off the top of my head I could see Gary firmly sticking his foot in his mouth in many possible ways, but I kind of wonder if he might make some remark about a relationship with Peggy, which could push her away since she has already told him she's not interested in that.

Compulsively sticking his foot in his mouth is one of Gary's many problems. He's maybe a little better on this than when the comic started, but he's not cured. Note that he's already setting himself up for that in this very strip, whining to himself about how his life is so complicated - which gives him an excuse when he does something stupid.

And if Maura somehow takes it that Gary has chosen Peggy over her that might be enough of a slight for her go off, which could leave Gary dejectedly on his own. It does seem like the luck had to run out at some point.

Note that, in Ma3, having a confused, chaotic, somewhat disastrous evening doesn't preclude that evening ending in sex. Heck, I wouldn't 100% rule out a foursome with Maura, Peggy, and DiDi. Of course, this being Gary, having the evening ending in hot sex doesn't preclude having large objects shoved up his butt while he wears his tongue down to a stub.

[BlairFan]

No, no, no Peggy. Gary doesn't have something else to do: he has someONE else to do.

[edisnooM]

Note that, in Ma3, having a confused, chaotic, somewhat disastrous evening doesn't preclude that evening ending in sex. Heck, I wouldn't 100% rule out a foursome with Maura, Peggy, and DiDi. Of course, this being Gary, having the evening ending in hot sex doesn't preclude having large objects shoved up his butt while he wears his tongue down to a stub.

A fair point and more often than not that seems to be the case, but I still have this feeling like Gary has had quite the run of luck and is perhaps due for a change. His failure to "succeed" with Didi may have been a first glimpse. Granted he did get to be with Didi which seems like an achievement for most, but perhaps a round of not stumbling and succeeding into favourable situations might give him a bit of character development.

Personally I think if Gary has any rendezvous' that come out of this evening it wouldn't involve Peggy and another party, or at least not Peggy and Maura. Peggy know's that Gary is looking for something more serious so I would think that she would be considerate enough to bow out. And with Maura's competitive nature I'm not sure she would be inclined to "share" with someone else. We also don't know for sure if she's interested in women (though admittedly nearly all women in the Ma3-verse seem to be), and her asking Kiley if she knew of any men who provided a similar service seems to indicate that's at least her first choice.

I could see Peggy and Didi resulting out of this somehow, especially if they have the apartment to themselves. Though to satisfy the hijink quota, Lynn could show up to see that Didi has seemingly moved on already.

[Spidrift]

Maura and Tess have been consistently, quite blatantly labelled as "straight" ever since they first appeared. Heck, they're immune to the DiDi effect, which seems to require a degree of heterosexuality rarely found in nature. I can't see that really changing. Though, sure, Ma3.

As for Gary's luck - do you measure "luck" by what actually happens to someone, or by how they react to it? By the former measure, Gary has been fairly consistently insanely lucky every since about strip #4. By the latter, the tiresome little whiner is generally unlucky. Talking about his luck changing thus gets complicated, and probably meaningless.

[Don Alexander]

Well, in a general way, Gary choose right. Peggy = two friends going to the movies; Maura = date.

It's interesting Peggy choose to go alone anyway. Something I'd do but few people I know.

[Spidrift]

It's established that Peggy has a high-stress job, and she's well-balanced and self-contained. When she's promised herself a bit of rest and relaxation, I doubt she'll break that promise. The presence of friends would be nice, but is not essential.