08-02-12 Multitask like you

[vampire hunter D]

Nice to see that LaRose considers her sister's presence a deterrent to male companionship, rather than a tool to acquire it...

Well, it may not be her presence in the apatment but rather in her bedroom.

Though, we don't know much about her yet. Though, often a meganeko who dresses like that usually come in two flavors: way too uptight, ot outwardly conservative but with a really wildside.

Edit: you'll need some other way to condescend Amber than refering to her by her last name now. You could have meant either Amber or Ruby that way.

[Error of Logic]

VampireHunter D... Someone far less ethical and moral than LaRose might have used the idea of two sisters sharing a room as bait for a man.

[Azrael]

Okay. o_o I didn't see that development coming. This... could be interesting, and of course I don't mind a girl like Ruby on the cast - yet. Let's see what she's like.

If it happens you don't like her how will we know which Sister you are refering to? Red LaRose and Yellow LaRose?

[Error of Logic]

I could always start calling her Bottles.

I'm allowed; I wear glasses myself.



Hmm! That's actually quite clever! Not only do the two sisters have gem names, when combining their birth names with their family names, you get different species of rose! Nice.
I wonder whether it's symbolic... Red roses for love, yellow roses for... what was it again?

[Spidrift]

Though, often a meganeko who dresses like that usually come in two flavors: way too uptight, ot outwardly conservative but with a really wildside.

And, of course, Giz and Dave are complete slaves to pointless manga conventions, and never screw with fanboy heads by violating those clichés in any way.

Edit: you'll need some other way to condescend Amber than refering to her by her last name now. You could have meant either Amber or Ruby that way.

Never underestimate the dedication of a geek who wants to sneer at an imaginary person. Though I'm still waiting for some berk to decide that they don't like Chanelle, so we start getting forum references to "Numberfine".

Talking of surnames, though; "Amber LaRose" sounds like the sort of name that a sane parent might give a child, but "Ruby LaRose"? The poor girl sounds like a '50s burlesque dancer. If she does turn out to be the uptight type (despite that miniskirt), I'll assume it was a reaction.

[Azrael]

I wonder whether it's symbolic... Red roses for love, yellow roses for... what was it again?

Friendship and Joy as IIRC.

[Error of Logic]

Well, she is dedicated to 'joy'. Getting it, sharing it. And despite her best efforts, she hasn't gotten herself a steady boyfriend yet, so you might say she's been 'friendzoned', right? Symbolically accurate.

Now Ruby just needs to get into a full-on romantic relationship, and the symbolism is completed. ... And her sister will go green-eyed with jealousy.

[Spidrift]

By the way, TV Tropes says that "mega neko" is a giant cat, while "meganekko" is the glasses girl stereotype. I won't link any of that, because I'm feeling kind this morning.

Anyway - if Ruby turns out to be reserved enough to throw a serious spanner in the works of Amber's social life, or just a lot more sheltered than her sister, this comic may end up having to walk a bit of a tightrope. There's a general assumption in the Ma3 universe that everybody gets laid, sooner or later - and even the desperate virgin character got laid a lot sooner than a lot of readers expected. Which is fine with characters who basically want to get laid; even if individual incidents turn out to be mistakes, well, put it all down to experience. But a reserved, possibly virginal character thrown into the middle of all this either is going to look like a frigid freak, or will end up being steered towards sexual relationships despite her own preferences, which could look like a kind of bullying.

But hey, it's very early days with Ruby. Whatever the glasses, jacket, and bossy attitude may suggest, the skirt length, and proven inability to prevent panty flashes, say either something different, or lousy judgement.

[CSeal_Mile]

So, how long before Ruby visits Ma3 and falls for Gary?

Lurker here, has crossovers ever happened in Pixie Trix comics before?
I've only read Ma3 and SDB so far, so I wouldn't know.

[wiseguy]

would not be surprised if the LaRose sisters end up knowing how to handle the guitars ;)

[Don Alexander]

Lurker here, has crossovers ever happened in Pixie Trix comics before?
I've only read Ma3 and SDB so far, so I wouldn't know.

ED, MC and DC are one giant crossover.

Anyway, looks like Amber is the (hidden) black sheep of the family!

Also, Chanelle!

[Azrael]

Several times. Although I still hesitate to call them "crossovers" as the ones that do or will (Ma3/SDB and the *C s) are all the same 'Verse.

[Spidrift]

Yeah, Eeerie Cuties/Magick Chicks/Desperately Chloe are pathologically incapable of not crossing over, while the lead characters of SDB come straight from Ma3, and have a bit of unfinished business over there, so further crossovers are confidently expected (and have been promised). However, the two sets exist in completely different universes and styles of story, and the former three canonically exist as fiction comics within the Ma3/SDB universe, so no crossovers are expected between the two.

(EC has also had a crossover of sorts with Vampire Cheerleaders/Paranormal Mystery Squad, while characters from the old Penny and Aggie have been glimpsed in Ma3; as they have their own crossover connections to several other Web comics by other writers, this theoretically puts Ma3 in a a much larger universe of crossovers, if you really want to play that game.)

[Hoosier_Jedi]

I am far more amused by Chanelle than I really should be. Though the great outfit likely has something to do with it.

[Milnoc]

"Grunt, grunt"