Given that American society has slowly started to accept gay marriage (which I have no problem with; if marriage is a religious institution, then the government has no right to make laws concerning its legality, and if it’s secular then religious beliefs should not influence who can or cannot marry), it was inevitable for gay marriages to crop up into webcomics. Still, I must admit I was rather surprised to see Namir Deiter’s Gabby’s girlfriend Joan ask for Joan’s hand in marriage. Part of this lies with Gabby’s personality; I always had the feeling she was only dating Joan because Joan was insisting. I’m not really sure if we’ve even seen any moments of intimacy between the two girls. Though when you consider Isabel Marks has a tradition of pairing off her characters (with only Blue and Joy of the old cast having avoided being paired off), I suppose I should have seen this coming. And there is always the remote possibility Gabby will say no… if only because she’s not sure of how she feels. To be honest, I think that would make for a more interesting story than to just pair the spares once more, but I suspect they’ll be the next to succumb to the matrimony bug that keeps biting ND cast members.