06-02-15 You can really feel the attraction

[Giz]

New strip! http://www.stickydillybuns.com/strips-s ... attraction

[Azrael]

Look out, Ruby! IT'S A TRA....nevermind.

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[vampire hunter D]

So, does this remove Amber from the Gary pursuit club?

Because that frees him up to pursue Tracey and/or WannaZii now....

[TheDude]

Smooth!

[Odd Man Out]

So, does this remove Amber from the Gary pursuit club?

Because that frees him up to pursue Tracey and/or WannaZii now....

Not really. I imagine if Amber decided to be monogamous with Ray then sure but they certainly haven't discussed it yet. She's not exactly bound to a quick hook up.

[lordoffiling]

Checkmate!

[crimzontearz]

FINALLY

[Spidrift]

Heh. Dillon isn't entirely stupid. Mentioning the yaoi shelf that morning was a bit of a clear pointer that he was thinking about this situation. Heck, cheerfully catching her spying on him with Jerzy, way back, was probably a sign that he had a clue. And while he may not now dig into Ruby's problems with Amber straight away, he can start with this, and she really does need to admit that, yes, she does find attractive guys attractive. She doesn't have to do anything about it straight away, but that level of denial isn't good for anyone.

Now, do we get a proper conversation at this point, or do we get another dream sequence? There are details in Ruby's history that might need to be filled in.

Oh, and Dillon is being admirably noble about Amber bagging Ray - he's genuinely improved - but I'm now more or less betting that she'll mention that she's also been with Gary recently. Dillon's improvements do need testing. Plus, it'll give Ruby an excuse to challenge her promiscuous behaviour, probably letting slip that Dillon had a crush on Ray in the process.

So, does this remove Amber from the Gary pursuit club?

Technically speaking, no. Amber doesn't default to exclusivity. She probably barely understands the word. But she effectively removed herself when she started hoping that he'd call her. She doesn't understand Gary at all.

But in any case, they weren't really suited. Amber was looking for a macho hunk, and really, Ray is a better fit. And they're supposed to be based in different comics.

Because that frees him up to pursue Tracey and/or WannaZii now....

Or Zii. Or Yuki, sort of. Or Sandra on a visit to Montreal. Or Peggy after Matt brings her to his bed. Or Senna, when she shows up acting like nothing happened in Paris. Or...

But the grammar is wrong there. Gary doesn't pursue, he is pursued. He's a sex toy who passes the Turing Test (if you don't mind talking about Transformers a lot). Which means that he doesn't default to exclusivity either.

[brasca]

Personal growth and intelligence on Dillon's behalf and it seems at a faster rate than in Menage a 3.

While Dillon is right about the lovemaking Ruby's bias is not entirely based on Amber getting all the attention. No one wants to think about the sexual activities that their siblings or parents get into so Ruby's reaction is not completely unreasonable.

I appreciate that Dillon is not needling Ruby about this, but she's not really in the position to escape since Amber's bed is occupied so I hope she doesn't react with fight over flight. Dillon is the only other person she knows that like yaoi and it's always good too have an outlet to discuss things you like and dislike about various forms of entertainment unless of course you have a message board. ;)

[Spidrift]

Personal growth and intelligence on Dillon's behalf and it seems at a faster rate than in Menage a 3.

It does seem to be Ruby's influence, I think. Even when she isn't directly reminding him how he ought to behave, having someone in his life who he has to respect, but who doesn't just enable his bad habits, is pulling him up. He's not quite having to ask "What would Ruby think?", but it's close. Certainly, Ruby is the big identifiable material difference in Dillon's life recently, so logically the improvement is likely to involve her. Their discussion in the kitchen about Ray kind of hammered the point home.

The irony is that she doesn't want him to behave better on this occasion, but that's life.

While Dillon is right about the lovemaking Ruby's bias is not entirely based on Amber getting all the attention. No one wants to think about the sexual activities that their siblings or parents get into so Ruby's reaction is not completely unreasonable.

He could manage a bit more sympathy for her over that - and help her see that, yeah, she's allowed to feel a bit squicky about this, but that doesn't make Amber a bad person for it - yeah. But this is Dillon. We can't have everything at once.

I appreciate that Dillon is not needling Ruby about this ...

Well, not yet, anyway.

... but she's not really in the position to escape since Amber's bed is occupied so I hope she doesn't react with fight over flight.

Well, she could always try the sofa, but yeah. And she'll probably get quite spiky for a frame or two, but she hasn't really got a leg to stand on at this point, so Dillon can probably force her into conversation.

Dillon is the only other person she knows that like yaoi and it's always good too have an outlet to discuss things you like and dislike about various forms of entertainment unless of course you have a message board.

Ruby is fond of her smartphone, so she could go looking for something online if she needs an outlet, yes. But she's also an introvert, and probably actually shy under that shell - not one of nature's message board ramblers. Anyhow, talking about which yaoi she likes will come later; right now, she needs to talk about the fact she likes yaoi at all.

Actually, if she was being really quick on her feet here, she could say "Okay, I have to admit it - I looked at those books and liked them. It turns out that I have my own hormones, damn it. But I'm not going to demean myself by acting out with some man. So that stuff gives me an outlet without me making too much of a fool of myself. I can get things safely out of my system. I'll go back to the shop tomorrow and buy my own copies if you like."

Which would leave Dillon unable to say very much apart from "congratulations and no don't worry", because if he tried to go on from there to, say, pushing Ruby towards Andy, she could accuse him of pimping her out when she's got what she needs already. (The fact that Ruby would be landing a fairly vicious backhand snark on him and Amber in the process would be pure bonus for her.) But unfortunately, she's probably too flustered to pull that off.

[FlashD81]

...and there it is. Good work Dillon, good work. No seriously, Dillon has grown and is being surprisingly cool, and the way he caught Ruby was well done.

Now how is Ruby going to handle the situation?

[Quinlan1973]

HAH! Busted!

['J']

huh, dillon's actually kind of likeable when he acts like a mature adult. who'da guessed?

[Artemisia]

J. . .he's growing up.

He'll regress sometimes, but he'll still grow

[Spidrift]

No seriously, Dillon has grown and is being surprisingly cool, and the way he caught Ruby was well done.

It was competent, but it was basic comedy stuff. "Mention giveaway things and let the other person comedically give themselves away".

The interesting question is how far back Dillon realised that Ruby had a thing for guy-on-guy action. I mean, he guessed that she might like hunky guys from the start, and he caught her sneaking looks at him and Jerzy, though he just thought that she was jealous then. He may have seen her expression when she watched him kiss Jerzy, but he didn't think that she'd want access to his yaoi at the concert, and he didn't appear to pick up her interest there. However, he trailed the yaoi collection past her the next morning; it's just possible that what he heard of her dream gave him a hint, though that would have been ambiguous at best.

So, did he actually pick up that Ruby wanted him to kiss Ray more, or did he just realise that her denials about the yaoi were kind of thin? Probably a little of everything, I guess; her acting has just been plain unconvincing. If he realises that she was trying to get him rather than Amber to kiss Ray for her sake more than his, he's unlikely to be offended, being Dillon, but he may be (rightly) censorious towards her. On the other hand, that'd be one way for him to find out more about the real problems she has with Amber, rather than just the relatively trivial matter of Ruby having a libido she doesn't want; some time, eventually, Ruby is going to flame out about Amber always getting stuff for free that costs Ruby sweat and tears, but it's probably not something Ruby wants to mention to a non-family-member unless she's pushed very hard.

Now how is Ruby going to handle the situation?

With a bit of a panic and some feeble attempts at continuing denial, I'm afraid. As I said, if she kept her head, she could fall back to the position that, yes, okay, she likes yaoi - but she can use it as a substitute rather than a menu - a way to avoid stuff that she really doesn't want to do. But I fear that she'll flail around and hand Dillon the initiative, without offering much explanation until he's bounced her into something she dislikes.