11-03-17 Hang in the van
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Re: 11-03-17 Hang in the van
Because he's too Gary
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Re: 11-03-17 Hang in the van
she is scared of falling in love with him? as far as we know, she feels "closer to him" as a friend than with anyone else except "maybe" Amber
either that or she delusions herself to see him as a brother, and brother-sister is a definitive no?
either that or she delusions herself to see him as a brother, and brother-sister is a definitive no?
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Re: 11-03-17 Hang in the van
Yep. More of a brother-sister thing she doesn't want to ruin. I can't remember in which strip it was mentioned, but I do believe it was mentioned.
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Re: 11-03-17 Hang in the van
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Re: 11-03-17 Hang in the van
I hope they don't literally run into her. It has been a while since we've seen nurse Peggy though. I think we need 15 cc's of Sexy, stat!samtheman wrote:Zii's face in the third panel cracked me up. Maybe Gary and Zii will run into Kiley as she's leaving the apartment.
It doesn't feel right. Now, Didi might be lamenting/crying over never being able to have an orgasm again. I can definitely envision weeping and gnashing of teeth and hair pulling. And since Zii & Gary are (now) apparently competent lovers (including rumors of such) I suppose it is possible that the subject might come up. Gary's empathy/peer pressure could cave in. And Zii, well, we know Zii desperately wants to make love to Didi. So far though, I don't know if either of them have the devotion to make Didi orgasm. I know they both could physically do it, but can either of them reach her emotionally? Not sure. Zii is too self-absorbed not to mention too pent up right now. Gary is still too inexperienced in the emotional side of sex, let alone still being a dork at romance.wiseguy wrote:what if........................... <snip> begging for "consolation sex"? can they handle that? *specially Zii
Part of Zii's hang-up over Gary, too, is that she can't imagine herself with a geek like him. Is he hot (or at least certain parts of him)? Sure. But her own self-image would be bruised at falling for him and/or being seen with him in that way. Even if/when they, as has been put out there - fuck already - there's going to be some social shame there from Zii. Private booty calls, maybe. But not at a music venue where she's performing. Although I am certain Amber wouldn't mind, the friends that Zii has aren't like Gary at all (save for that internet troll, and that is using the term 'friend' quite loosely). And then there is the Yuki/Gary subject, which could go amazingly well or shitballs maniacally.
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Re: 11-03-17 Hang in the van
What I was thinking. But hopefully not with the van.Maybe Gary and Zii will run into Kiley as she's leaving the apartment.
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Their mask don't completely cover their faces though.Spidrift wrote:
Hmm. What are the odds of Gary recognising Maura and Tess from the local TV wrestling? Probably low, actually, given that they fight masked.
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No, it just doesn't. Zii and Gary have some respect for their friends.worldshaking00 wrote:It doesn't feel right.
I think that this is entirely a pseudo-guilt thing, not a shame thing. Zii really can't be worried about the judgement of her friends here; most of them seem either to have banged him already or to have tried to get into his pants. But Zii combines a self-image as a too-cool-for-school rock chick with a view of Gary as a dorky kid brother. It's her own view of herself that she's worried about, not anyone else.Part of Zii's hang-up over Gary, too, is that she can't imagine herself with a geek like him. Is he hot (or at least certain parts of him)? Sure. But her own self-image would be bruised at falling for him and/or being seen with him in that way. Even if/when they, as has been put out there - fuck already - there's going to be some social shame there from Zii. Private booty calls, maybe. But not at a music venue where she's performing. Although I am certain Amber wouldn't mind, the friends that Zii has aren't like Gary at all (save for that internet troll, and that is using the term 'friend' quite loosely). And then there is the Yuki/Gary subject, which could go amazingly well or shitballs maniacally.
I imagine that Gary has great respect for certain genre traditions. Could he even allow himself to recognise somebody who he's seen masked? The ghosts of Zorro, Clark Kent, and El Santo would curse him forever.Cortez wrote:Their mask don't completely cover their faces though.Spidrift wrote:Hmm. What are the odds of Gary recognising Maura and Tess from the local TV wrestling? Probably low, actually, given that they fight masked.
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Re: 11-03-17 Hang in the van
Zii going 'OMG OMG SINGLE DIDI SINGLE DIDI MUST ENGAGE IN (technically not) COITUS UNINTERRUPTUS" would serve as the perfect break to her supposed flirting with Gary *but*...
Despite my lack of sympathy for Zii as a character at this point she does seem to have some level of care for her friendships and always expressed a comforting and friendly side of herself to people who just suffered from breakups, so for some reason I just can't see her pulling *that* off.
Then again, the Didi effect.
Despite my lack of sympathy for Zii as a character at this point she does seem to have some level of care for her friendships and always expressed a comforting and friendly side of herself to people who just suffered from breakups, so for some reason I just can't see her pulling *that* off.
Then again, the Didi effect.
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Re: 11-03-17 Hang in the van
but isn't that what she finds attractive about him?vampire hunter D wrote:Because he's too Gary
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I guess we'll find out soon enough if Zii will still try to make another run at Didi despite Zii's character development. I'm betting that Zii will try to make another run at Didi only to fail but then Zii will look to Gary for some pity sex for a touch of irony. And no I did not mean that Gary and Zii would literally run into Kiley with the van because that would be too much of a serious turn for this comic. I meant that as Gary and Zii are getting out of the van after parking it in front of the apartment they catch Kiley as she is slamming the door and running down the front steps.
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No. She's finding him attractive because he's a tall, slim, good-looking guy with, she understands, an uncanny gift for oral sex. That, in her mind, is the opposite of the Gary she knows; a hopeless geek who she can patronise as a kid brother figure.Abraxas wrote:but isn't that what she finds attractive about him?vampire hunter D wrote:Because he's too Gary
The problem is cognitive dissonance caused by a narrow world-view; it's perfectly possible for your hopelessly geeky (metaphorical) kid brother to be tall, slim, and good looking, and maybe even to be a maestro with the mouth music.(Though Gary is insanely lucky with his looks, metabolism, and oral gifts.) For comparison, Sonya previously ran into the problem that Gary was all these things at once (though she'd never actually treated him as a brother figure), eventually decided that the sex appeal didn't compensate for the hopeless geekiness for her, and dumped him. Senna tried to ignore the dissonance, and stuff crashed and burned. Kiley and Yuki both quite liked the idea of a sweet geek who's also a sex god, but the sort of women who want hopeless geeks as such turn out to have their own issues.
If this current UST actually turns into a relationship, Zii will have to decide what to do about the geekiness. She could try to change him, but my own guess us that they'll bring Yuki into the relationship to bring balance to the farce.
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Re: 11-03-17 Hang in the van
Replace "daughter" with "mother" and it'll be more Zii's style.Spidrift wrote:Plus a bumper sticker saying "Don't laugh, it's your daughter inside"?True_Avery wrote:I could really go for a car with a mattress; would help so much with school.
Which reminds men, it would be funny if we got a callback to this panel.
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Re: 11-03-17 Hang in the van
Did anyone else notice how Zii's pupils were:
A) normal size in the 1st panel where it looks like they just left the restaurant and she thought she was safely leaving the sexual tension behind
B) 2/3 size in the second panel when she is thinking about how she had imagined having sex with Gary back in the restaurant
C) pinpoints in the 3rd when Gary mentions the mattress and you can now tell her mind is painting a VERY vivid picture of her and Gary on that mattress? I am also surprised she was not bending the steering wheel when he said that.
A) normal size in the 1st panel where it looks like they just left the restaurant and she thought she was safely leaving the sexual tension behind
B) 2/3 size in the second panel when she is thinking about how she had imagined having sex with Gary back in the restaurant
C) pinpoints in the 3rd when Gary mentions the mattress and you can now tell her mind is painting a VERY vivid picture of her and Gary on that mattress? I am also surprised she was not bending the steering wheel when he said that.