This! Thank you! (though more in regards to the first half than the latter).James Rye wrote:Why should he be gay/bi just cause he didn't had "lots of kisses" or no gf over the couple last years? Maybe he had a girlfriend for many years and they broke up recently which is why Ray now wanted to do something else to get her out of his mind aka becoming an actor. Or maybe he is a good-looking Gary, a guy who just manages to not get laid for whatever reasons.
Assuming the guy is gay because he isn't bragging about how many lovers he had over the years is just grasping at straws. Maybe Ray feels that guys should have oodles of girlfriend by the time they reach his age and because he didn't have as many/very few in that course of time, is embarrassed to admit to a buddy (of whom he assumes is a ladies man) that he hasn;t been playing the field as much as he thinks he should have been.
The only things that are clear in this strip is a) Dillon is flirting heavily with Ray/is setting up to seduce his high school crush and b) Ruby thinks they're former lovers.
It also feels like it's being set up that Ruby is going to give herself away somehow (or Minew will draw some attention towards her) and Ray is going to show obvious signs of relief that there's a woman there to practice kissing on - alarming Ruby and upsetting Dillon.