brasca wrote:Zii has done a lot of dubious or questionable things and alcohol probably had a lot to do with it, but given Angel's barely disguised feelings for Jerzy I find it hard to believe that she wouldn't suspect there was something between the two. However, alcohol clouded her judgement and Jerzy's for that matter since he did not seem to think Angel would have a problem with this.
I doubt that anyone was drunk when Zii banged Jerzy. They were supposed to be about to start a band rehearsal, so it wouldn't have been too late in the day and Zii would have wanted a clear head. Zii evidently likes a drink, but she's not an alcoholic, and she rarely blames booze for her dubious decisions.
If Angel was yearning for Jerzy but not sleeping with him (remember, they previously only slept together once), it probably looked to Zii like friendship expressed in Angel's campy-flamboyant style - especially as she had no reason to think that Angel would have an erotic attachment to any guy. That's the problem with being a drama queen like Angel; genuinely serious and subtle emotions get lost in the noise.
I am not willing to dismiss Angel just yet. Yes she has some troubling tendencies, but then again so do most of the people in the world of Menage a 3 and Sandra on the Rocks.
All these characters have flaws and most also have virtues, but Angel's obsessive approach to Jerzy tips much closer to the scary-nuts-dangerous end of the scale than most. Remember, Angel actively tries to control who Jerzy
talks to, pushing him out of the room when Zii is present. That is, literally, one of the standard diagnostics for a dangerously controlling relationship - a big red flag.
Angel is sad and emotionally damaged rather than being a sleazy slimeball on the Nathan/Yvan pattern, but sad and emotionally damaged is more dangerous.
JoybuzzerX wrote:It could be as simple as Jerzy has identified himself as gay, but just has some serious feelings for Angel, regardless of her gender or what gender she feels like acting like.
But why does he identify as "gay" rather than "bi"? He's had full sexual relationships with women, and Angel presenting as female doesn't appear to put him off. If he wants to say "I
mostly go for guys", that's fine, but refusing to use the word for what he is puts him in the Sonya class - but less comedy-dim and more just plain weird.