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17-04-18 Your ticklish spots

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Seems almost certain that Bianca and Peggy either dated or were friends with benefits (pretty much the default relationship status of most characters , it seems. Ha!)
It could be a big misdirection - after all, Peggy and Bianca appear to have been good friends, and it isn't beyond believability for them to be "hetereo-life mates," although hetereo-anything in this universe seems to be fictional. :))

Gary is being a bit of a creeper; his subconscious trip to the restaurant can be justified, however, by eavesdropping while skulking behind a tree, he is actively behaving like a stalker... Or, to be generous, a shy love-sick waifu, but even in this strip, it probably wouldn't be acceptable.

I adore the expressions shown by Peggy and newcomer Bianca; there is genuine affection there, as well as hints of flirtatiousness, yet remaining vague enough to be open to interpretation.

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OllieOrOlly wrote:
Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:21 am
Seems almost certain that Bianca and Peggy either dated or were friends with benefits ...
"Almost certain"? That's explicit at this point. From Peggy's "experimented in college" lines through the bottom pat to the heart in that speech balloon. What more do you need? Six strips' worth of explicit girl-on-girl flashback action?

(Not that I'd object... Ahem.)

So it looks like "Kinsey one or two" Peggy has enough fond memories of those experiments that she wouldn't mind recreating them. Fair enough. One possible consequence of her doing so, given that Bianca may well be further up the scale and seems to want to rekindle the fire, could be a melodramatic plotline wherein Peggy says "Well, that was nice, but I still like doing it with guys" and Bianca goes all Fatal Attraction (or at least all weepy tantrum) on her. I mean, we really don't need another new full-on plotline at this point, but who knows?

I suspect that the main point of this development, though, will be Gary being strongly reminded that Peggy wants their thing to be strictly casual -- if he goes all green-eyed monster on Peggy, it won't help -- giving him a final mood downswing from which he emerges to intersect with a Zii in DiDi withdrawal. But all guesses about future Ma3 plots are chancy, so no bets.

And Bianca is cute, but could be a slightly sharper-featured Annette. Is Giz running low on inspiration for new character designs?
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And now we have the deus-ex roommate. And Peggy is fully bisexual...

*sighs*

I'm really having a hard time caring what happens to the cast. It's just turning into a series of ass-pulls in order to force the unlikely pairing of Gary and Zii. This comic feels at times less like the culmination of years of storylines and more like the writers are grinding out strips in order to wrap up the story and then bail.
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Spidrift wrote:
Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:41 am
And Bianca is cute, but could be a slightly sharper-featured Annette.
http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/some ... n-be-there

They dont seem that similar.

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Love the facial expressions on Peggy. Giz is great at doing g those. Really makes the characters come alive.

At least one more chance for Gary to get caught by Peggy. Once they get in the conveniently located taxi, there’s no way he can follow them to Bianca’s place.

@Ollie, Gary’s may not be a creeper. If this page follows immediately after the last, then he is simply stuck behind the tree trying to not get caught.

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Unless Gary is able to follow that taxi or he is spotted by Peggy, I don't expect this sequence to continue. Unless the creative team are going to give us some fanservice, that is (ahem indeed, @Spidrift). It might linger with Gary's continued introspection and opinions of the encounter he witnessed. It might even escalate/develop into Gary being jealous (if his speech emphasis here was that of being spurned, rather than just a more matter-of-fact statement during a heated moment). Should we get more of Gary's internalizations, I think he will decide that he isn't interested in the FwB scene any longer... or at the very least his desire for a permanent female partner will be rekindled. Scene change imminent.

Gary's reaction puzzles me a bit. Is he jealous? Is he disbelieving that Peggy is bi? Is it fear that his FwB relationship with Peggy might be concluding? I suppose those aren't mutually exclusive either, although he has to be aware that Peggy wasn't shy about eventually going down on Kiley at the failed foursome. While he is sexually mature & experienced now, he is still emotionally uncalloused. Despite losing or dumping Kiley, Yuki, Sonya, Senna, and Yuki again he still hasn't had a sexual/romantic dry spell since learning the Swirly. His normal lesbian porn fetish might have him imagine Peggy & Bianca having sex, so there might even be a little bit of lust mixed in to the guy's confused state. I don't get that vibe, as much as Gary experiencing some level of fear. But then Gary's life is all about that emotional roller coaster ride.

Bianca still intrigues me. I suppose she could just be a hook to yank Peggy out of the way of Gary's life. I guess it depends on how hard Bianca can twist Peggy's Kinsey dial, or how much more drama Peggy can stomach from Gary's apartment... or how quick the creative team want to eliminate a distraction for the Gary/Zii relationship. Having Peggy inhabit Zii's old room would be a constant reminder should the titular menage not include Peggy. I'll admit that having her dash out of the apartment so soon after becoming a roommate would be a little messed up, but weirder things have happened before. I'm still not convinced that Bianca's only reason for visiting Peggy in Montreal was for just to catch up (potential/inevitable sex included). The timing to the wrestling event storywise is too convenient.
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I love the call back to Peggy getting a sick set of ABS thanks to hours of fucking.

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uzivatel wrote:
Tue Apr 17, 2018 12:42 pm
Spidrift wrote:
Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:41 am
And Bianca is cute, but could be a slightly sharper-featured Annette.
http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/some ... n-be-there
They dont seem that similar.
I just thought there was a resemblance... Narrow-faced blonde, I guess.
worldshaking00 wrote:
Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:55 pm
Unless Gary is able to follow that taxi or he is spotted by Peggy, I don't expect this sequence to continue. Unless the creative team are going to give us some fanservice, that is (ahem indeed, @Spidrift). It might linger with Gary's continued introspection and opinions of the encounter he witnessed.
I’m guessing we’ll soon cut to later that night or next morning, Peggy coming home, and a conversation/confrontation between her and Gary. But that’s just a wild guess. Giz and Dave write in classical comic strip style, which means that they don’t tend to give us vast wall-of-text thought bubbles full of angst-wank introspection. That’s bad writing.
It might even escalate/develop into Gary being jealous (if his speech emphasis here was that of being spurned, rather than just a more matter-of-fact statement during a heated moment).
I think that it’s pretty clear that he’s suffering at least twinges of jealousy. It may not run very deep or serious, but just as he’s starting to think that he might have some kind of deeper feelings for Peggy, she’s going off with someone else. The nicest guy in the world would surely feel a tiny bit of hangonaminute at that.
Is he disbelieving that Peggy is bi?
We’ve never seen her tell Gary so. (She seems more interested in drawing him out about himself.) As you say, he saw her at the foursome, but that could rate as a special case; after all, he got physically closer to Matt than usual there. And she mostly goes for guys, so she may not feel it’s a noteworthy part of herself. She let slip a comment about DiDi, but hastily skated past that. I’d have thought that Gary might have picked up on the fact by now, but if not, I wouldn’t call shenanigans.
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BioYuGi wrote:
Tue Apr 17, 2018 2:11 pm
I love the call back to Peggy getting a sick set of ABS thanks to hours of fucking.
Not the first time ... also Peggy does seem ticklish.

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Suddenly yuri. B-)

worldshaking00 wrote:
Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:55 pm
Unless Gary is able to follow that taxi or he is spotted by Peggy, I don't expect this sequence to continue.
Oh, you. Now you've gone and made me imagine a scene where Gary flags down the next taxi, gets in, and, pointing at Peggy's taxi, yells "Follow that car!" :YMDAYDREAM:

Of course that's not going to happen, heh. The only thing for Gary to do now is return home, pet Lita and sort out the feelings in his shaken heart.

worldshaking00 wrote:
Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:55 pm
Gary's reaction puzzles me a bit. Is he jealous? Is he disbelieving that Peggy is bi? Is it fear that his FwB relationship with Peggy might be concluding?
I do think he's jealous. Color me surprised. It's a first, I think. He didn't show even the tiniest hint of jealousy when Zii moved in with DiDi and claimed that she had found the One True Love of her life.

Add that to the "I love Peggy too much" he almost said two strips ago, and, all of a sudden, endgame doesn't look as distinct and clear-cut as it looked before.

worldshaking00 wrote:
Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:55 pm
Bianca still intrigues me.
You and the whole forum. We all want those six strips' worth of explicit girl-on-girl flashback action that Spidrift demanded. :p

(Maybe an idea for a future pledge?)

worldshaking00 wrote:
Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:55 pm
The timing to the wrestling event storywise is too convenient.
Well, it could be so. Then again, cum hoc ergo propter hoc is not an infallible rule of fiction. Image If we're going towards a Gary/Zii ending (I'm not so certain of this as I used to be, but let's assume it for the sake of argument) both of them must first end their current relationships. The wrestling match this weekend will, most likely, lead to a Zii/DiDi breakup. That's one down. As for the other one, something, anything, should happen to make Gary and Peggy stop their FwB deal -- and it does look like this will be it, without any necessary link to the wrestling event.
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It just doesn't look like an end to their FwB deal, but Gary actually getting emotional - probably a little angrily or ugly - towards Peggy for being Peggy. Gary is attaching admiration/love to Peggy because they are having sex. Undoubtedly most people would. Apart from Peggy & Gary not sharing a lot of interests, they are having somewhat of a life most couples have. Considering the drama & hijinks he has endured and the fact that he does enjoy what relationship they have developed, it is only logical that he would keep wanting more of her. Whatever rationale is, Peggy has her reasons (and probably plenty of them) for keeping things casual between them both.

I have a feeling that Bianca won't share the same hang-up about cunnilingus that Peggy's ex had. Which also brings up an interesting potential development, should Peggy bring up Gary's magic tongue to Bianca. Strap-ons too.
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