brasca wrote:
I find Dillon more tolerable in this strip than Menage a 3, but Sticky Dilly Buns doesn't wipe the slate clean of his history of insufferable behavior. Yes, he's kept his hands off of Gary, but he still keeps 2 pictures of him by his bed and was weak in the knees when he walked by.
I still get weak in the knees when James McAvoy comes on screen. Should my husband divorce me then? And I have met the man and made a minor spectacle of myself, though nothing to the extent of Dillon with Gary, admittedly.
Dillon is attracted to Gary. It happens. It's not against the law. He did some pretty ill-advised things in the name of that attraction, granted, but that seems to be in the past. I wonder if you feel that Yuki can't be reformed, either, because of her cock-kicking past, even though she's actively trying to get better. Does the bad or ill-advised stuff someone does forever taint them, then?
But my overall point is, in this scenario Dillon did nothing as regards Gary. He didn't follow him into the bathroom, he didn't follow him out of the bathroom to the concert venue. He didn't even attempt to engage Gary in much conversation once Gary figured out who Dillon was.
I mean, I learned my lesson before not to argue with people who have made their minds up about a character, but it's just strange to me that so many people read this comic who loathe Dillon. I get that the comic is about Amber and now, Ruby, but Dillon's name is on it. It just seems odd that the majority of the people who read this comic hate him. I loathe Kiley. I put up with her in the context of the Ma3 universe but I would not ever follow a spin-off comic of hers because I will never forgive her for her actions in the storyline where Gary lost her virginity. I just won't. You and others won't ever forgive Dillon's pursuit of Gary. That's fine, but it's going to lead to a lot of discussions like this one and a lot of frustrations, because I think that this comic is supposed to be a chronicle of Dillon growing out of his selfishness and single-sightedness. Here, Dillon's actually done very little wrong, yet he's being blamed. I have a feeling that if Gary doesn't seal the deal with Amber in Ma3, Dillon will be blamed for that, as well.
Yes Dillon was tempted to hook up with Matt, but his resistance was aided by Gary interrupting.
Fair point. I personally think Dillon's had enough of Matt, but it's a fair point that we'll never know how far it could have gone if Gary hadn't come in at that precise moment.
As for Jerzy coming clean about Angel do you really think Dillon wants to hear about his history with his ex? If Dillon had gone to the concert without a disguise and confronted Jerzy about all this it wouldn't be as bad because he'd have a reason to be there to support Zii. Instead he dressed up to spy on Jerzy which does seem creepy and obsessive.
I don't know about the first part of your statement. Dillon does seem to handwave a lot of things that come to bite him on the arse later. I can't believe he moved in with Matt and had what he considered to be a monogamous relationship with him without knowing that he was bi. Not that there is anything at all wrong with it, but that seems like it would have come up long before anything else happened. Possibly Matt did try to bring it up and Dillon had selective hearing. It's possible that Dillon wouldn't want too many details on Angel, though it might interest him to know that Jerzy fucked Zii when he knew Angel considered him a boyfriend. That seems to have been conveniently forgotten by some folks.
But the point is, Jerzy lied. Angel told him to, and he did. There was no reason, if Angel is as good a friend as Angel is, for Jerzy not to have been upfront with Dillon. After all, Angel has been in Jerzy's life longer than Dillon has been, and there was nothing wrong, on its face, with Jerzy wanting to support his friend. My husband has friends I don't like and vice versa, but we both understand that these are people who have been a large part of our lives for a long time and that we just have to deal with that. Dillon would had to have dealt with it, but Jerzy took it out of his hands by being sneaky and lying.
Angel may be a drama queen, but so far he hasn't gone as far as Dillon in pursuit of Jerzy.
But it was a mutual pursuit, wasn't it? Dillon didn't lie or cockblock his way into Jerzy's pants. He was a little extra in sending Amber over to Jerzy's to "test" whether he might be straight or bi, but I think that was more out of a desire to avoid a repeat of the Matt situation. Jerzy liked Dillon. Dillon didn't trick him or even pursue him that much. He made himself available and let Jerzy know he was interested. Why is this a bad thing?
He's remarkably adept at giving Dillon enough rope to hang himself. The first time was the pet shop and now this.
While I like some aspects of Dillon, I do agree that he is quick to the histrionics and that he probably deep down might crave something monogamous but may not be ready for it. I agree he shouldn't have flirted with the pet shop dude. He shouldn't have flirted with Andy, especially knowing he is straight. He is flirtatious and that's not an excuse to act out. If he liked Jerzy, he should have put most of his energy on seeing where that went before trying to get with other guys. Dillon is hardly perfect, by a long stretch.
Truthfully the only one I feel for is Ruby who will presumably be dealing with Dillon's waterworks since Amber will be sneaking away to Gary's, but at least that means she'll have more focus.
I think Ruby will continue to tell Dillon some hard truths about himself. He needs to hear them. The disguise thing was not a good idea. He should have confronted Jerzy the moment he knew that he was being lied to. Now he looks like the loon when in reality, he was more the wronged party. I like the friendship between Ruby and Dillon. He's getting her to get out of her comfort zone and she's hopefully showing him that he has to be more adult and consider others' feelings more than he does now.
I do agree that this whole half baked plot spawned Rudy and I hope "he" doesn't go away.
I like Rudy, but I am eager to see where things go with Andy. I was super relieved that Ruby and Gary didn't hook up in some sort of contrived way. It still may happen, but if it does, I hope that it's after the Andy storyline has played out.