07-02-19 The truth is

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I can honestly say that I didn't expect that. Haha!
Well, one of the possible outcomes that I thought would happen is one involving DiDi's idiocy, and I guess it is her stupidity at work here, albeit in a manner I didn't see coming (no pun intended).

I suppose this shows that, even in some stupid way, DiDi does actually value the relationship with Zii enough to try to "stock up for winter," although it still seems apparent that she covets the physical pleasure part of the relationship well above any sort of emotional one.

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I think Zii’s jaw is going to be as sore as Gary’s after that birthday marathon.

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Good on Zii for not bailing on the talk.

I wonder if she actually considers stockpiling munitions to be a plausible concept.

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That went smoother than expected.

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This strip typifies Ma3 in a nutshell - there's a romantic problem and a logical solution that turns out to be as dumb as a bag of rocks. Never change, Ma3.

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Lmao. So the Zii/Didi situation is resolved just like that. But that probably means the Gary/Peggy situation is going to be more complicated. I could see them wrap this up in five strips but the creative team confirmed on Twitter that they are going "over by a bit" so who knows what will happen. And who is going to take Zii's place at the comic shop? Izzy? Ramona? Dillon in drag?

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Well, that's one solution. My suspension of disbelief can't actually stretch to it working, and in normal previous circumstances I'd assume that this was a one-off joke prior to an actual, relatively sane resolution to the plot problem. However, with the end of the comic looming, however uncertain we are exactly when, this may just be the writers giving us The Answer(TM), and if we don't like it, tough.

I guess that we may see this being treated as the answer for current purposes, but those vaguely promised follow-up stories showing DiDi and Zii's relationship crumbling under the strain of separation. Or maybe we do have time for a bit more plot twisting here.

And in a comic which has shown us a lot of genuinely erotic or at least entertaining sex scenes, for me, this has to rate as one of the least emotionally engaging, ever. Even Gary and the Porn Star Conga Line was funny and ironic. This is just a junkie demanding her fix.
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well, didn't see that coming :D

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Well, really who didn't see that one coming? And the formatting codes don't include strikeout so the pun is lost forever. Seriously there were only two possible Didi reactions, and the odds for breaking down in tears and leaving were mighty slim. :-= ~O)
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Thank-you for having Zii have the talk with Didi. Something similar to this was an outcome I had in the back of my mind. And while stockpiling her orgasms won't work, she won't have to worry about overdosing (using the 'junkie' reference above). It is the comedy of the moment. But, it is what is going to happen after that matters. How will they try to keep their long distance relationship working? How will Zii tell Didi her insecurities with Didi getting her orgasms elsewhere?
  • video sex facetime? teaching DIdi how to give them to herself and just having Zii's words be the stimulus she needs?
  • agreeing to an open relationship? and if so with whom?
  • will Didi cheat behind Zii's back? Didi has displayed 'child-like' defiance to being swayed from seduction by others. How deep is her love?
A whole (short-lived) tumultuous comic could be written on these two's escapades. I don't think it would be particularly engaging, as it would be just various pretty people being held in front of Zii and Didi like carrots on a string... seeing where they can be led astray. It would have these two, the nostalgia, and obviously a helluva lot of fanservice. Mixed bag.

Just saying, that I'm hoping for some character growth from Didi.. some sentence uttered from her lips that isn't selfishly moaning about her future lack of orgasms, that includes how much Didi understands how important this tour is to Zii. Or at the least, some mutual compromise from the two lovebirds that would make the other as happy and faithful to the other they can agree upon considering the tour.
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I don't post often here, but here's a thought I had.
I was thinking that DIDI would be touring with the wrestling as well. they look over their tour dates and find a few "crossovers".
Or that the Wrestling Manager hears the Troublemakers audition tape and includes them with the show as a live band doing ring entry themes.
Probably even gets a push with the entrance music for DIDI and helps Catapult the Troublemakers to Super Stardom! I'll be sorry when the comic ends.

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Oh yes, I get to say it . . .

WE HAVE LIPLOCK!!!! :ymparty:
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worldshaking00 wrote:
Thu Feb 07, 2019 1:56 pm
Just saying, that I'm hoping for some character growth from Didi..
Character... growth... from... DiDi... Sorry — do those words make a sentence? I guess it’s semantically valid, but it’s a bit “Colourless green ideas think furiously”, you know?

We’ve seen something like character growth from several characters in this comic, but DiDi is eternal and unchanging. (Achieving orgasm isn’t character growth.) She doesn’t have the brains to change. She’s meant to be a Cute Ditz, she comes across to some of us as a Vacuous Pneumatic Moron, but either way that’s how she began the comic and how she’ll end it.
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