Re: 09-09-14 You were played for a fool
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 9:34 pm
Fuck you, Ruby. You made Dilly cry.
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Not saying that's wrong - Ruby's truthfulness really is a big thing with her - but at the same time, her body language there seems to me to involve problems bringing herself to touch him.Cortez wrote:I think the issue in the last panel is that Ruby wants to comfort Dillon, but at the same time she can't disagree with what he's saying.
That works, I guess.themacnut wrote:Maybe that's how the conflict is manifesting. Ruby can't separate physical comfort from verbal comfort, she doesn't know how to comfort him verbally without lying, so she can't bring herself to touch him either.
Pretty well any contact probably counts as an invasion of Ruby's personal space. Nothing about her says "tactile". But she puts up with Amber sprawling around the bed, and she handled Andy's brief kiss fairly well. I think the problem with Dillon is that he's usually invading her emotional space at the same time.themacnut wrote:As for Ruby's specific discomfort with Dillon touching her, remember every time he's touched her has pretty much been an invasion of her personal space. So it makes sense that she's not comfortable with any kind of physical contact with him anyway.
Perhaps more interestingly...Azrael wrote:Does Sway still need these?
Okay, okay, this is all a Ruby Truthfulness issue.Zippy wrote:Spidrift, the gag seems pretty simple. She's trying to "comfort him" by saying "You're not a fool", but can't bring herself to do it because he so obviously is. Him dogpiling on himself with more complete truth is just making it harder and harder for her not to say "Yes, you are" rather than "You're not a fool/etc".
Thanks for that; an interesting illustration of the art and skill of inking and shading. Someone keep a copy of the #153 bluelines so they can do the same with that, perhaps.Zippy wrote:Perhaps more interestingly...
Ah, but what happened last night was just the latest in Dillon's long list of failed relationships. He didn't enjoy it, but it's just Dillon's melodramatic life being what it is. This is Dillon's whole self-image being called into question; his life being exposed as cardboard.DrAngryEd wrote:I'm feeling it for Dillon, but I think he's just being a baby right now. I know there are quite sensitive people, but those tears are flooding the room worst than last night, and Jerzy's conflict is way more serious than this Oprah nonsense.
That's the other possibility (although Dillon may be scaling his crocodile tears to the scale of the perceived problem). And I know that we're being reminded that Ruby is a nice, soft-hearted person under her paper-thin attempt at a hard exterior, but she's not supposed to be stupid; she really should be questioning the sincerity of any of his crying jags by now.Mistress Dizzy wrote:I'm not certain those aren't the same loud crocodile tears he always displays.
Yes this.Mistress Dizzy wrote:*shakes head* I'm sorry, but... let him 'cry'. If that's what it takes for his straggling, atrophied neurons to fire off and learn some sense, then... yeah. I'm not certain those aren't the same loud crocodile tears he always displays.
I'm confused. What is the "interesting" thing that everybody's seeing? That the bluelines and the final (inked and shaded) are practically identical? Is that it?Spidrift wrote:Thanks for that; an interesting illustration of the art and skill of inking and shading. Someone keep a copy of the #153 bluelines so they can do the same with that, perhaps.Zippy wrote:Perhaps more interestingly...
That wouldn't really be very hard.MoonshadowDark wrote:Fuck you, Ruby. You made Dilly cry.