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The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
... But hasn't Ruby already made it clear to Amber that she pretty much hates her from the very beginning, for all of the bad things she did to her (porn career being only one thing among many)?
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Hemorrhoids.
Fanatical Dabbler
Not sufficiently clearly, as it appears. Ruby has been quite abrasive, and has complained about specific things like her sense that Amber is their parents' favourite, but Amber doesn't quite seem to understand Ruby's long list of reasons for being annoyed with her. (It doesn't help that Ruby isn't fully conscious of all of them herself, or that Ruby can't express some of the ones she does understand.) She's specifically said that Ruby often seems angry, but she never understands why
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So Amber knows that there's a problem, but doesn't understand the scale of it, and evidently thinks that she may be able to solve it by spending more time with Ruby and getting to know her better — whereas Ruby just thinks that this will lead to sororicide, because everything that Amber does seems to annoy her.
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New Sandra... Introspection and negligee.
Role Model
Poor Lavali. Having an unrequited crush can hurt.
The sad, REAL American dichotomy
Fanatical Dabbler
New Ma3. Full disclosure from Gary, but also more disclosure than she intended from Zii.
Student of Story
So I guess the big question is whether this is the arc where Gary and Zii will inevitably get together, or if it's more foreshadowing, like back in the day when Gary realized he was attracted to Zii after seeing her in the costume Jung made.
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I get the impression that this is going to be drawn out for a fair few strips yet. Zii is still finding ways to avoid admitting to the attraction, and Gary is still working out that he has the chance that he still doesn't believe is possible.
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New SDB. Ruby is getting somewhere. Wonder what the profit margin is on home-made lemonade?
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
Brilliant. Simple yet brilliant. Bravo, Ruby!
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New Ma3 strip. Really, really, really NSFW, despite the total absence of visible nipples. Also features some oddly sweet characterisation in with the Fanservice.
edited 3rd Oct '15 5:24:18 AM by Spindriver
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The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
... So Kiley is pretending to be the emodiment of the metaphorical wall that prevents Yuki and Sonya from admitting to themselves or each other that they're attracted to each other?
edited 3rd Oct '15 5:59:26 AM by MarqFJA
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Close the door. Walk away. Repress all memory.
Creed of the Happy Pessimist:Always expect the worst. Then, when it happens, it was only what you expected. All else is a happy surprise.
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...why would you repress the memory of what looks like a lesbian threesome? Unless you're a straight female or gay male, of course.
They do have medals for almost, and they're called silver!One that involved the sort of girlfriend you were looking to get back together with?
Creed of the Happy Pessimist:Always expect the worst. Then, when it happens, it was only what you expected. All else is a happy surprise.
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Matt may be in love, despite himself, but he's not possessive. I think that he'll be able to live with this memory. Once he gets over the weirdness (in about ten years).
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Role Model
He's also really full of himself.
The sad, REAL American dichotomy
Fanatical Dabbler
New Sandra... Poor Lavali.
Ruby worst girlfriend.
Role Model
I don't know what's worse, that he just up and decided "I'm your boyfriend now", or that she went with it to abuse his intent to make her happy.
The sad, REAL American dichotomy
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
New MA 3, borderline NSFW for the same reason the previous one was. Effectively hypocritical Matt is nothing new.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Fanatical Dabbler
Think of it as Ruby's revenge on the world. She spent the first volume being bounced into stuff by people who thought that they knew what was good for her; now, she's the one doing the bouncing.
Also, note that she's still working through her Friendless Background issue. Though she may have to be careful that she doesn't lose the friends that she's only just discovering she's made.
Ah, the joys of Exact Words...
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New Ma3. DiDi deploys the full range of her assets. And yet it's SFW.
Because that would mean explaining, flat out, to Amber's face, that she doesn't want to work for her (despite the obvious huge benefits of the arrangement), and explaining the reason for that - which comes down to "I don't like you". Which is quite hard to say to somebody who is currently providing you with a place to stay, and even harder to say to your own sister when you're someone who attaches a high value to family loyalty, and is harder yet for an introvert - someone who is, despite all the evidence, not naturally confrontational.
Of course, Ruby might have tried to find a way to say all this a little bit subtly. But she's just tried that once, and it bounced straight off her stupid, annoying sister with her stupid, annoying inability to understand a simple four-syllable word.
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