Ménage à 3 III: 47 Seconds Later

[Coidzor]

My best friend once found and then hid his father's porn collection. It was stored in about as "standard" a cardboard box as you could imagine. Then about 5 years later he stumbled upon the rebuilt collection of about similar physical dimensions and storage method, and hid that one too, finding the old one in the process and then went on playing cat and mouse with moving and rehiding them when they started clearing out the house in preparation for its sale. And those were both in the day and age of VHS tapes.

[Surfing HalfOrc]

And... Dillon Blocked.

You KNEW Gary wasn't going to just cheat on Yuki, didn't you?

But things might not end up all bad. Maybe Amber and Dillon will talk to Gary about standing up for himself, and hopefully Dillon will go talk to Yuki about her phobia. Gary wants (or at least THINKS he wants) Yuki, even though Amber may well be a better fit.

[Draconi Redfir]

i don't know who i should feel worse for right now, Gary or Amber :|

[Morph Bark]

This may be the first time I felt a modicum of hatred for Dillon.

[Weimann]

Bwahahahaha! Man, that was spot on.

This may be the first time I felt a modicum of hatred for Dillon.

I don't know. I don't feel like the comic would have let anything happen either way. If Dillon didn't come in the way, there would have been some other thing.

From an internal perspective, I can agree that Dillon was pretty brash and assuming, but he has been before. That doesn't excuse it, but I don't really see how this time stands out to make it particularly bad.

[Morph Bark]

Him coming in wasn't a problem for me. His assume-everything and how he was rather domineering here (at least over the strip itself since nobody else said anything) did it for me.

I realize this is very much a YMMV thing, but I just hate how he is here, and I've never really disliked him even before.

[Yora]

I think the part with the psychology-student was the only one in the comic so far, where things did not get interupted in a hilarious way. Which was rather weird.

[Coidzor]

Now how is Gary going to get out of this one without developing a spine?

Him coming in wasn't a problem for me. His assume-everything and how he was rather domineering here (at least over the strip itself since nobody else said anything) did it for me.

I realize this is very much a YMMV thing, but I just hate how he is here, and I've never really disliked him even before.

He's taking Gary off for implied rape. It's very YMMV, because some people won't get or accept that part of it, and some people will really not like it being played for laughs.

[Weimann]

From what we know about Dillon, I can't really see him being serious here. At least not stone-cold serious. He might tease and tempt, but really. Gary has never had a problem fending him off earlier, and after all, he's a decent guy.

[Somebloke]

Yeah. All Gary has to do is say "no."

...

Gary is doomed.

[Coidzor]

From what we know about Dillon, I can't really see him being serious here. At least not stone-cold serious. He might tease and tempt, but really. Gary has never had a problem fending him off earlier, and after all, he's a decent guy.

I must have forgotten the times Dillon decided that they were going to have sex and Gary fended him off then.

[Kato]

I'm with Weimann. Teasing him is one thing but it's just not in Dillon's character to RAPE Gary. Or anyone. I can't see how anyone could take it for anything but a joke, really.. maybe not Dillon's best joke but nonetheless.

[Draconi Redfir]

Juuuust gunna point out that throwing around the R-word might not be the best idea. Nothing has happened yet, he's only bringing Gary to his room, for all we know Dillon's been saving up on female porn for Gary as a favour or something. At least wait until we actually know what's going on before throwing that word around.

[The Glyphstone]

true. If it was Matt, there wouldn't be any question. Dillon is more ambiguous.

[Coidzor]

Juuuust gunna point out that throwing around the R-word might not be the best idea. Nothing has happened yet, he's only bringing Gary to his room, for all we know Dillon's been saving up on female porn for Gary as a favour or something. At least wait until we actually know what's going on before throwing that word around.

It doesn't even make sense why you'd throw that out as an example.

[Ravens_cry]

Remember your tropes! You know the one I mean.
That one, rife with all sorts of unfortunate implications.

[Coidzor]

Remember your tropes! You know the one I mean.
That one, rife with all sorts of unfortunate implications.

Yeah, um, there's a couple that are rife with unfortunate implications that come to mind both from the in-thread discussion and the comic and the interplay of the comic and the discussion.

[Ravens_cry]

Yeah, um, there's a couple that are rife with unfortunate implications that come to mind both from the in-thread discussion and the comic and the interplay of the comic and the discussion.

Pretty much. That being said, I doubt it would happen. Things generally end up in a "Man, I wish I had your problems" kind of way for Gary.

[Coidzor]

Pretty much. That being said, I doubt it would happen. Things generally end up in a "Man, I wish I had your problems" kind of way for Gary.

Oh, I'm pretty darn sure the comic is going to veer off at some point, but that's still part of the humor of today's strip.

I'm just at a loss for how it's going to do so, and can't even think of some good spec.

[Ravens_cry]

Oh, I'm pretty darn sure the comic is going to veer off at some point, but that's still part of the humor of today's strip.

I'm just at a loss for how it's going to do so, and can't even think of some good spec.

The same way it started, surprise entrance by another character?

[Winter_Wolf]

Dillon always seemed like a "bottom" kind of guy, having him in the dominant position seems weird and out of character.

But the thing is, why would Dillon assume that Gary was there to see Amber? It's not like Amber and Gary are exactly friends ,or ex-roommates.

Plus Dillon is (obviously) still crushing on Gary. It's probably like a fantasy come true for him to find Gary in his home and apparently ready for action. In fact he seems like the type to whom it wouldn't even occur that it could be anything but that.

Edit for new info regarding latest comic:
Okay, now I see how Dillon is really a part of the Ma3 world. Completely deluded. His anti-reality shields are fully as powerful as anyone else's.

[Brother Oni]

The same way it started, surprise entrance by another character?

Surprise entrance in more ways than one...


But seriously, I doubt anything will happen. As Gary mentioned, he's happy able to sleep naked in a bed with Dillion, simply because he knows that Dillion prefers to bottom, thus any penetrating going on will be by Gary.

Chances are, Gary's going to shrivel up rather quickly at that prospect, thus no sex.

Edit: Actually, have we seen the effects of the swirly on males yet?

[Weimann]

Well it was a kissing tech from the start, so in that manner, yes. Not in any other other ways, though.

[Morph Bark]

Edit: Actually, have we seen the effects of the swirly on males yet?

You mean other than Gary?

[Domochevsky]

Well, the towel certainly wasn't for his dignity.

(I am... impressed? Wondering more, that he actually went along with that, given the course of events. Somewhat of a left turn, that.)

[The Glyphstone]

I guess Gary's spine only stays hard for 47 seconds too...

[Mordokai]

Something about that last panel just makes me want to kick Dillon between the legs hard.

[Coidzor]

Something about that last panel just makes me want to kick Dillon between the legs hard.

It's the eyes for me.

[Lynn]

Dillon is trying to use any pretext he can think of to leer/fondle, there's nothing new nor especially shocking by ma3 standards. Why the hatred?

[Coidzor]

Dillon is trying to use any pretext he can think of to leer/fondle, there's nothing new nor especially shocking by ma3 standards. Why the hatred?

Dillon is actually supposed to be Gary's friend, unlike every other member of the main cast, of whom Zii is the closest to a friend and is basically almost entirely just using him, though she's at least transitioning away from that due to realizing that there's things called human beings and there's simply no necessity to use Gary anymore now that she's no longer destitute.

The fact that even he doesn't respect Gary is sort of annoying. Plus I just don't like his mannerisms and established character.