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Brrrrr :D

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Perhaps it won't be the schemes of Lynn that destroy the feeble relationship, but rather Zii's own ever-reliable, uncontrollable lust. Izz has been on the sidelines for some time, so maybe she will be the one to undermine the other half of the selfish duo; hell, it is possible that DiDi and Zii both will cheat on one another - wouldn't put it passed them.
Izz either broke in again or realises there are apparently no locks in this world. Aha. On a tangent, kudos for the sense of longing on Izz's face, as well as the arguably false stance she is in panel 2, which suggests shyness before such a confession.

Anyways, it is somewhat nice to see - well, infer from text - that Gary and Peggy have a mutually beneficial arrangement continuing.

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Ah, the dilemma. I really want Zii and DiDi to become better people, but not with or because of each other.

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Gary has done it with at least three different women. Why does his dirty talk sound like he just got off the blow up doll? πŸ˜‚

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Gary's just overly polite and he's still not very 'take charge' in life let alone the bedroom. Of course depending on Peggy's mood and the scenario (we are just getting a small audio-only snip of their encounter), he could be in a more submissive RP role/cosplay and Peggy could be giving him loving permission to motorboat. Either way, Peggy & Gary are good in my book.

I don't fault Izzy for trying. While it might be unorthodox, it fits Zii's pattern and I am glad Izzy caught on to it. Old Zii vs. new Zii, though... don't quite yet know where that is going. As the saying goes: a tiger doesn't change <her> stripes.

If Lynn is invited into the apartment while Gary & Peggy are being so into one another, this could get really interesting.
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Oh dear

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I think this will lead to them declaring an open relationship like Lynn mentioned rather than a breakup. I'm pretty sure Didi knows how her complex works and wouldn't just throw out one of few people that can get her off. Not with the way she is desperate for sex.

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Looks like two trains are on a collision course.

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Are we certain Izz is suggesting sex? She really REALLY means she and Zii should have sex?

I ask this coz, last dozen times it happened, Zii reacted like "HELL YEAH I'm gonna bang this hot groupie!" and moved in for a grope and kiss - and then it turned out that Izz didn't mean sex at all, it was just a misunderstanding.
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Cortez wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 15, 2018 2:38 pm
Looks like two trains are on a collision course.
That's pretty much what it looks like. Both Lynne and Izz are saying the perfect things to bring out the the fundamental flawsin the DIdi/Zii pairing. I.E. Didi's orgasm addiction and Zii's chronic promiscuity. They should really ditch the whole monogamous aspect of their relationship and embracy polyamory; it really seems to be a better fit for them. That being said, I would get more petty pleasure out of watching their "relationship" crash and burn.
On another note, I find it interesting that Izz brings up that Zii has better band chemistry with those she's had sex with. While I think that there might be some merit to that theory, I'm pretty sure she'd go after drummer boy if he dared to try this with Zii.
I'm really glad that Gary and Peggy are continuing their . . . arrangement? Relationship? Well whatever you call it, it seems to be working out for them in a healthy way. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that their relationship is the healthiest one I've seen in this series yet. Eric/Zii and Kiley/Matt came close, but I couldn't really see them going the distance if you will, due to Zii's ifatuation with Didi and Matt's need to be the most desireable man in the vicinity. And sure enough, they didn't. Gary/Peggy though, I can see that working out for a good long time, even if they never become an official "couple".

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OllieOrOlly wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 15, 2018 11:04 am
Izz either broke in again or realises there are apparently no locks in this world.
Meh - that's just a leaning-on-the-fourth-wall in-joke about one of the best-remembered running features of this comic.
OllieOrOlly wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 15, 2018 11:04 am
Anyways, it is somewhat nice to see - well, infer from text - that Gary and Peggy have a mutually beneficial arrangement continuing.
Yep, (a) Gary does still seem to get into being pegged, and (b) his sexual relationship with Peggy consists of a bit more than just that.
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Thu Feb 15, 2018 11:57 am
Gary's just overly polite and he's still not very 'take charge' in life let alone the bedroom.
Gary is still Gary. He wasn't a hopeless dork because he was a virgin; he was a virgin because he was a hopeless dork. And he's found a way round that problem, in that he's got laid, but - surprise - it turns out that getting laid doesn't automatically cure him of dorkiness. So yes, his bedroom talk may well be a bit porn-derived. But anyway, this scene isn't about how Gary is in bed; it's about Zii. So Gary's dialogue has to be something that will torture Zii, whether or not it's in character.
capicoli wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 15, 2018 1:31 pm
I'm pretty sure Didi knows how her complex works and wouldn't just throw out one of few people that can get her off.
DiDi knows fuck-all about anything.
Rosa wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 15, 2018 2:51 pm
Are we certain Izz is suggesting sex? She really REALLY means she and Zii should have sex?

I ask this coz, last dozen times it happened, Zii reacted like "HELL YEAH I'm gonna bang this hot groupie!" and moved in for a grope and kiss - and then it turned out that Izz didn't mean sex at all, it was just a misunderstanding.
Izz is just a mixed-up kid. It's not even at all clear that she has much in the way of lesbian tendencies; she's just a Zii fangirl who thinks that means she ought to want to bang Zii. And she's probably psyched herself up for this moment, for one reason or another - either because she does think it's necessary to make the band work, or because she reckons that a Zii fangirl is inherently required to bang Zii, or both

My own current guess is that this scene won't actually lead to sex between her and Izz, she'll leave in some confusion, and we'll later find that she's ended up in bed with Terry. But I'm usually wrong about this stuff.
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Thu Feb 15, 2018 3:05 pm
On another note, I find it interesting that Izz brings up that Zii has better band chemistry with those she's had sex with.
That's an optical illusion caused by the fact that Zii has always tended to end up having sex with almost anyone she has half-healthy interactions with, partly because she's compulsively promiscuous but mostly because sexy sex comedy.

Oh, and two observations:

(1) This strip is tagged "Izz". Her previous appearances have been tagged "Isabelle". This is confusing.

(2) The poses in this strip ... just look wrong to me. Everyone looks like they're about six inches away from where they should be, or like they're adopting forced stances. The facial expressions are fine, of course, though Izz's childishness seems to be getting even worse. Or is it just me?
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Spidrift wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 15, 2018 3:31 pm
Rosa wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 15, 2018 2:51 pm
Are we certain Izz is suggesting sex? She really REALLY means she and Zii should have sex?

I ask this coz, last dozen times it happened, Zii reacted like "HELL YEAH I'm gonna bang this hot groupie!" and moved in for a grope and kiss - and then it turned out that Izz didn't mean sex at all, it was just a misunderstanding.
Izz is just a mixed-up kid. It's not even at all clear that she has much in the way of lesbian tendencies; she's just a Zii fangirl who thinks that means she ought to want to bang Zii. And she's probably psyched herself up for this moment, for one reason or another - either because she does think it's necessary to make the band work, or because she reckons that a Zii fangirl is inherently required to bang Zii, or both.
Whoa that's a lot of talk to say that you think that all the other times she didn't want sex but this time she wants it. Okay.

It's also good to see people are slowly starting to renounce the idea that Izzy is a Machiavellian chessmaster out to destroy Zii. Never bought it myself.
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I never really pegged Izzy as being the chessmaster type. As Spidrift pointed out, she's a fangirl in love with a fantasy. The way I see it, Izzy's character development can go three ways: she will either become disillusioned and storm off, find someone "more awesome" to fixate on, and/or grow out of it and mature. Now I'm gonna rule out the mature option becuase that's something the adults in this strip struggle with perpetually, and we are on the final volume. Personally I think that it's going to be a combo of disillusionment and new fixation, because you can get more comedic value out of that.

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Rosa wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 15, 2018 3:46 pm
Whoa that's a lot of talk to say that you think that all the other times she didn't want sex but this time she wants it.
No, it's three lines to say that she doesn't know what she wants, and to explain why.
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