Fluffy wrote:Am I the only one super creeped out by this?
No. Well, I'm certainly somewhat creeped out. The whole idea seems somewhat creepy, and the fact that Dillon clearly feels exactly that way, and has said so, but Julian is still pushing it... Well, like I said, the writers have finally got me feeling sorry for Dillon.
(I've often found him
annoying in the past, but whether or not that was intentional on the part of the writers, they've always done a fair job of not making him look too
pervy. The sight of him fighting not to cross that line is really rather likeable. Now all we need is him recognising that his approach to Gary and Ray has occasionally come somewhere almost close to Julian's approach to him.)
Don Alexander wrote:Early 20s? Is Dillon babbling?
Pretty sure he - and much of the rest of the main cast - are in the 25 - 30 zone. So he probably would have been in his mid- to late teens when Julian was a kid (not a little child) to be babysat. Which is your very typical age to be a babysitter.
This makes it sound like Dillon is just a few years older than Julian, which would make the whole thing really stupid.
Yeah, I was wondering about that myself. I put it down to Dillon's vanity. He'll probably call himself "early 20s" until the eve of his big-three-zero birthday.
Don Alexander wrote:lordoffiling wrote:Dillon was probably pretty hot when he was a teenager
No, not really.
I'm sure that some people would consider that fairly cute. And judging by other flashbacks we've seen, Dillon matured to his current shape not long after.
brasca wrote:Readers imagine Dillon's better angel would take the form of Ruby, but I think right now she would be in business mode with a powerpoint presentation detailing why Dillon should have sex with Julian. It would be all the better if devil Ruby and Zii join in for the free yaoi.
Actually, I could imagine
both Dillon's shoulder angel and shoulder devil looking like Ruby these days. Remember when Ruby called Dillon out for vamping Ray - then looked really unhappy when she realised that she'd talked herself out of another free yaoi show. Ruby was all super-ego when she first appeared, and has just had her id unlocked; she could play either role for Dillon, who tends to live in the moment.
And of course, she herself needs to develop a healthy working ego to balance the other two personae.
Fluffy wrote:I don't know - maybe it's different for us girls; but I know that I would be reacting very much like Dillon if any of my former wards were to look to me to take their virginity once they reached adulthood. Depending how long you babysit a kid, you're essentially watching the child grow up as if they were your own kid or a younger sibling - so the idea sexing them when they're old enough is just super squicky; which is why I don't find this particular arc to be endearing/cute like others do.
So far as I remember, I was only ever babysat by my older siblings, and I only ever babysat family members. So you can imagine that I can't relate at all to any ideas about babysitter/ward fixations.
Whisky-Tango-Foxtrot wrote:You know, I'll bet that Ruby was just the sort of serious, responsible teenager who could and did have a great reputation and a great (for a teenager) income as a much-sought-after babysitter. I'm sort of hoping that Dillon has a chance to explain his feelings about Julian to Ruby in a way she can relate to; it might actually turn into a great bonding experience for the two of them.
(And then, of course, they'd have to collaborate on a plot to get Julian laid... ;) )
I do think that Dillon could get the point through to Ruby; he'd just have to flip her from id to super-ego mode. And I can just imagine Ruby introducing Julian to yaoi, though she'd probably have to be rather clinical about it.
chupacabra555 wrote:I don't really see a problem, other than that Dillon still sees him as a 'little boy' ...
That's not an "other than", it's a huge stonking squick-inducing stop sign of a no-no.