28-09-17 Who is the girl you wanna ask - Vol 10 begins

[worldshaking00]

I don't see much of a journey on his part. He started as Gary the Nebbish and looks set to end as Gary the Nebbish. The biggest character development has been Sonya's; the big outstanding issue which could just about plausibly be fixed in the time available is having Zii gain a sense of responsibility for her own actions.

I'll agree Sonya has had some development. Don't forget Yuki too, and her overcoming her phobia (mostly). I did not mean that Gary was going to transform into a Hugh Hefner-esque Lothario {btw, RIP Hef }. I also did not mean to imply his trip was going to be extensive. 30 year old virgin to above average-ly experienced lover isn't to be scoffed at. Part of the fun is to see what remains of Gary after his change, and who enjoys him enough to want to spend the rest of their lives with him. His spinelessness isn't ever going to go away fully; that's what makes Gary Gary.

Let's get this straight; Tracy and James are a good-looking pair with shared interests who clearly like each other, and have excellent sex. And yet, the fact that he has a slightly over-developed and misdirected sense of respect for her somehow stops them being "a couple"?

Truth be told, I am not too sure what interests they share. It seemed like Gary and Tracy had more in common. The fact that Tracy still feels the need to hide her cam-girl show from him is also a bugger. No, my statement is still valid in that they are happy together as a couple. Apparently mind-blowing vanilla (?) sex between two gorgeous people infatuated with each other is enough to make a relationship last a while. I am intrigued by James's desire to introduce Gary into their bedroom as a threesome. He bewilders me with his moral stance, since it is so blatantly a double standard. Echoing others though: they aren't my favorite coupling.

But is even Matt as satisfying a source of fellatio as a grapefruit?

Actually, a more economical solution would be a quick blindfold trick and then let Tracy supply the services which she's aching to provide.

I would assume so, but that is just an educated one considering his vast experience. I would imagine Dillon would be better. Come to think about it, didn't Matt not 'bottom' for guys (but did for Senna, Kiley, Sandra, et al of the females he's bedded with)? Not that fellatio is exactly 'bottoming', but it is more on the receiving end as it were. More research required.

As to the economies, hell yes! That would also allow Gary to start his spine-growing, AND help out his coworkers' relationship for the better. I support this 100%. In fact, have a blindfold reveal afterwards to prove that James's convention is backward and unwarranted between him and Tracy since they obviously dig each other.

[vampire hunter D]

My call for the Final strip: Gary will be offered a 3some...by Zii and Didi

[Azrael]

And then he died of nasal exsanguination.

[brasca]

Gary will never grow a spine. Being spineless does not stop him from getting laid, even if it's not as often and not exactly as he'd like. This new romp with Tracy and James will most likely end up either with a blindfolded James being blown by Tracy after all while Gary sneaks out, or it turns out that Gary is bi after all, and was just hesitant to come out of the proverbial closet. Which will probably be much to Tracy's disgust as she'll now have to share her boyfriend with another man.

He doesn't need to grow a spine just think quicker. Tracy doesn't look happy about this and doesn't want this threesome to happen so that's Gary's way out already. Now things could transpire as before with blindfolds and deception or possibly something different.

I'd be disappointed that the focus is shifting away from Sonya joining Angel's band regardless, but it's worse that we're returning to a couple I have little interest in.

[Spidrift]

First time she hired Yuki for the wrong reasons, as she was reaching stardom, Yuki's condition destroyed the band (to be fair Zii didn't know about this... EDIT: I re-read that, and she did know, another point against Zii), and her clingyness made Zii run away...

Nitpick; Zii didn’t know about Yuki’s psychosis when she hired her. She did know about it by the time it crashed the band.

I'll agree Sonya has had some development. Don't forget Yuki too, and her overcoming her phobia (mostly).

Yuki has accepted that she has a problem, and learned to suppress the reflex (mostly). Okay, I’ll allow that as a little character development. She’s a better person now.

I did not mean that Gary was going to transform into a Hugh Hefner-esque Lothario {btw, RIP Hef }. I also did not mean to imply his trip was going to be extensive. 30 year old virgin to above average-ly experienced lover isn't to be scoffed at. Part of the fun is to see what remains of Gary after his change, and who enjoys him enough to want to spend the rest of their lives with him. His spinelessness isn't ever going to go away fully; that's what makes Gary Gary.

Gary hasn’t changed significantly as a person; he’s simply been acted upon. He’s gone from spineless nebbish virgin to spineless nebbish who gets fucked a lot. Early on, Zii tried to tell him that he’d have to change a bit if he wanted to get laid, at least at the level of dressing a bit smarter, but then he found that wasn’t true, so as themacnut says, he naturally stopped bothering.

Truth be told, I am not too sure what interests they share.

They both not only work for a games company, they hold intelligent conversations about games (at least until Tracy loses the plot).

Apparently mind-blowing vanilla (?) sex between two gorgeous people infatuated with each other is enough to make a relationship last a while.

Umm, duh?

He bewilders me with his moral stance, since it is so blatantly a double standard.

Basic-model cognitive dissonance. He’s clearly been brought up to respect women, in an old-fashioned way, and treat them somewhat as fragile flowers who shouldn’t be subjected to anything too distasteful. But he’s also an intelligent guy living in the modern world, who can see that women are rational people in their own right who enjoy sex, and who can enjoy a little kinky naughtiness (and who’s perfectly willing to put the effort in to make sure that his partner has fun). And now he’s having a little trouble fitting what he’s been taught with what he knows, and he’s bodging the join. He’ll get over it eventually; he’s not stupid.

Actually, Tracy really needs to tell him about the camgirl thing. It’d hopefully kick him into the necessary adjustment. So come adore me, but know I'm gonna fall/Off of this pedestal that I hope you've put me on... You never know, that might indeed be the point of this plot strand.

[uzivatel]

Let's get this straight; Tracy and James are a good-looking pair with shared interests who clearly like each other, and have excellent sex. And yet, the fact that he has a slightly over-developed and misdirected sense of respect for her somehow stops them being "a couple"?

Tracy is not perfectly happy, if the last panel is anything to go by. Seeing she brings up the bj thing, she may be really missing it (or its a matter of pride for her), him asking for threesome with Gary is not helping in the slightest.

Jim refused to deliver oral and look how that ended. Those names may or may not be coincidence...

[nottere]

Why are those two still together?

[jish55]

I still feel like Tracy should of ended up with Gary since the two had some real chemistry together, and actually got along. But hey, at least we'll get some interesting development hopefully.

[Maechris]

Seriously, is it really so hard for Gary at this point to say to Tracy "I'm straight!"?

Is he, though?
If Sonya's dramasexual, Gary has strong signs of still being desperaphiliac or however his condition could be termed.

Remember he actually got into pegging to practice to get banged by a guy to turn Zii on, or something along these lines, originally.

It's THAT bad.

[Fairy Glade's Fairy]

Mind-blowing vanilla sex between two gorgeous people infatuated with each other is enough to make a relationship last a while.

lol
I'm forwarding this one to Jenny Holzer, to be included in her list of truisms.

I did not mean that Gary was going to transform into a Hugh Hefner-esque Lothario {btw, RIP Hef }.

hm?
why the tears? you were a big fan of Hugh and his magazine?

[rogermart]

Seriously, is it really so hard for Gary at this point to say to Tracy "I'm straight!"?

Is he, though?
If Sonya's dramasexual, Gary has strong signs of still being desperaphiliac or however his condition could be termed.

Remember he actually got into pegging to practice to get banged by a guy to turn Zii on, or something along these lines, originally.

It's THAT bad.

Until now, he is still straight (maybe a 0.5 on the Kinsey Scale), he doesn't like guys, and the doesn't enjoy doing stuff with guys, for example, he enjoys being pegged by Peggy, but when Matt joins the party, he says it's a little awkward...



And he wants to turn Zii on with her guy-on-guy fetish, but for the sake of getting Zii, not a guy, and he is still not ready to do that...

[LegendaryKroc]

Why are those two still together?

`Because they deserve each other, that's why.

[Gil Hamilton]

Guess it's time to threaten Gary with penis again.

[worldshaking00]

lol
I'm forwarding this one to Jenny Holzer, to be included in her list of truisms.

It was meant to be read a little sarcastically. This is the Ma3 universe, where if there isn't a little non-vanilla kink going into a relationship one has to wonder if there's an actual relationship or if it is just hormones. I wasn't trying to dig for deeper information on what Tracy & James do in their bed, apart from vigorously humping each other's brains out... in ways that so far have been depicted as rather tame (if full of vigor as I just mentioned). Obviously they work in the same industry (or Tracy is trying to use her internship to get into the field), but they have some philosophical differences in the realm of females & (perceived?) exploitation in real life & video games.

"Sex sells" is a viable advertising standard since it strikes a primordial chord inside so many of us. Tracy understands this, and makes bank on it through her cam-girl shows. Quite literally she is a businesswoman in this regard, and she takes pride in knowing what men/women/her fans desire. She is a very attractive woman and takes pride in the fact that she knows she's a brick house. She doesn't see it as denigrating, but rather female empowerment at being able to satisfy (them) so well. I can understand her level of pride. I can also understand the fundamentals of James's opposition, in that he wants to give (what he considers) utmost respect to his female lover. The double standard is where I don't groove with his rationale, saying that he believes in modern equality of the sexes. The real dilemma is how pouty and upset Tracy gets. Is her pride so big that she can't swallow not giving James fellatio? {had to wrap my brain around that one} I understand she wants to please him, and she considers this act one of her best. But there should be some compromise from her, or at the very least not explode over it. In that same token, he also needs to reconsider his position on the matter. Try it with her, James; you might like it.

hm?
why the tears? you were a big fan of Hugh and his magazine?

No more than your average forty-something hetero male. He was a cultural icon who was a pioneer in the sexual revolution, and helped to bring some critical thinking and candid interviews to print. Yes, I read the magazines and enjoyed both the pictorials & articles. Of course he was most well known for having near-bacchanal parties at the Mansion & having nude and semi-nude women in droves hanging over him. As far as the crying emoji, I couldn't find a sad or solemn one so settled on the next best thing.

[Spidrift]

Tracy and James are comedy comics characters; they can slightly overdo the pride and self-righteousness respectively without being monsters. And even on those terms, they are willing and able to talk about their differences (which makes them quite rare in the Ma3 universe, gods know), however imperfectly. The fact that their talks periodically explode into either flaming rows or hot monkey sex just makes it a colourful relationship.

They’re a couple of nice people with a working relationship that features a lot of mutual physical satisfaction, and a few issues to work out. That’s actually better than most Ma3 characters, let alone people in the real world. Demanding that they have to be perfect right out of the gate is just silly.