30-09-17 I can destroy him
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- Milnoc
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Re: 30-09-17 I can destroy him
Oh, goody! Gary gets to do to James what Peggy's been doing to Gary!
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Re: 30-09-17 I can destroy him
I get the feeing that the punchline to this storyline is that Tracy's boyfriend is an "Oprah Gay".
Which in hindsight means he has a very low opinion of gays. Which means he doesn't really respect Gary as much as Gary's ability to BJ.
Tracy, dump this asshole. Now. Our Gary needs you more
Which in hindsight means he has a very low opinion of gays. Which means he doesn't really respect Gary as much as Gary's ability to BJ.
Tracy, dump this asshole. Now. Our Gary needs you more
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Re: 30-09-17 I can destroy him
Well Gary, you're gonna have to swap that peanut butter for some Brando butter...
- Error of Logic
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Re: 30-09-17 I can destroy him
Gary, you witless buffoon. Deflect. Refuse. But for the love of sanity, DO NOT ESCALATE!
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Re: 30-09-17 I can destroy him
Gary has probably been watching the new Trek series. He’s gone for the Vulcan Hello option.
But he’s still a witless buffoon.
But he’s still a witless buffoon.
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Re: 30-09-17 I can destroy him
The stupid...it burns! At least this isn't the wrestling subplot but they are many other hanging plot threads that I would like to see the comic focus on instead.
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Re: 30-09-17 I can destroy him
I used to be like Gary once, too afraid of hurting someone's feelings by telling them off (mind you, it wasn't about sex at all though) when I was asked to do something that inconvenienced me the most. If anyone ever asked me to do anything and I didn't have a good excuse not do it, I agreed to do it.
It was at the end of my teenage years when I finally grew a spine and finally started telling people when what they asked was something I didn't want to do reasons be damned. I was wibbly wobbly at first but have grown into a confident and assertive man over the years and am much happier for it. And didn't get into a fight or hurt anyone's feelings either. Go figure.
So I hope this chapter is where Gary finds his spine and finally starts being honest with himself and others.
It was at the end of my teenage years when I finally grew a spine and finally started telling people when what they asked was something I didn't want to do reasons be damned. I was wibbly wobbly at first but have grown into a confident and assertive man over the years and am much happier for it. And didn't get into a fight or hurt anyone's feelings either. Go figure.
So I hope this chapter is where Gary finds his spine and finally starts being honest with himself and others.
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Re: 30-09-17 I can destroy him
We can only hope, Walrus.
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Re: 30-09-17 I can destroy him
So the butt-monkey has become the butt-monker
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Meh. I prefer Star Trek: Renegades over Discovery. Wish the networks would have picked it up.
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Re: 30-09-17 I can destroy him
Gary pragmatically accepted the violent nature of his adversaries and met strength with strength until they accepted his right to exist?
- Error of Logic
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Nope. That, he did not do. Instead, he bluffed on an empty hand....
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Re: 30-09-17 I can destroy him
Replace “violent” with “sex-crazed” and “strength” with “perversity” and, well, that’s roughly what he tried to do. However, he failed to ask himself how many Vulcan ships got blown to crap before that worked and oh god why am I doing this it’s not like I’m a Trekkie?Gil Hamilton wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2017 4:42 pmGary pragmatically accepted the violent nature of his adversaries and met strength with strength until they accepted his right to exist?
Which is also true from that angle. Stretching the metaphor slightly, he was dumb to do that because he had nothing much in the pot to start with and no need for a big win.Error of Logic wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2017 4:45 pmNope. That, he did not do. Instead, he bluffed on an empty hand....
(A Russian would presumably say that he offered a queen sacrifice that was made to look like a trap, but didn’t actually set a trap first, and has now traded his queen for a knight...)
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"Brevior vita est quam pro futumentibus negotium agendo."
-- Motto of Hogshead Publishing of fond memory, and wise words to set your Foes List by.
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- Quinlan1973
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Re: 30-09-17 I can destroy him
I'm getting a strong vibe that James is a closeted male-leaning bisexual. Am I wrong?
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Re: 30-09-17 I can destroy him
Weird rule of the setting, apparently; a guy receiving oral from another guy isn’t gay. All James wants is good oral sex, whereas he doesn’t want another guy doing stuff to his butt. And he has an enthusiastic sex life with a woman. Therefore, probably not gay, and if significantly bi, looks like he’s more on the hetero side. So I think you’re wrong.
By the rules of the setting. Don’t ask me to justify those rules.
By the way, I’ve been reading this strip as “James said no, Tracy went back to Gary with a lie about him saying yes for some deranged reason of her own”. But I’ve just realised that panel 3 could be Tracy saying “take it or leave it”, and panel 4 being her delivering the news that James wants that blowjob so bad that he said yes anyway. (Which makes James more stupid and Tracy a bit less.) How are other people reading it?
By the rules of the setting. Don’t ask me to justify those rules.
By the way, I’ve been reading this strip as “James said no, Tracy went back to Gary with a lie about him saying yes for some deranged reason of her own”. But I’ve just realised that panel 3 could be Tracy saying “take it or leave it”, and panel 4 being her delivering the news that James wants that blowjob so bad that he said yes anyway. (Which makes James more stupid and Tracy a bit less.) How are other people reading it?
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Spidrift
"Brevior vita est quam pro futumentibus negotium agendo."
-- Motto of Hogshead Publishing of fond memory, and wise words to set your Foes List by.
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