Bittersweet Candy Bowl — Lucy's mom is worried edition.Art stream about to go live now: https://www.twitch.tv/bittersweetcandyshowComic: https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/Booru: https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/candybooru/Previous thread: >>143334989
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>>143364113Lucy's mom knows better than to believe her daughter isn't cray cray. Meaning she may be smarter than Augustus, and honestly that is just sad.
At least we're free from the Mike x Sandy bullshit
>>143364161Just wait until Lucy spots Mike across the street and goes into mald mode.
>>143364174>mald modemore like maid mode, cleaning up after his ass
>>143364161why is she bending over
>>143364161Is this AI or is Taeshi's art degrading to look like AI?
>Book exclusive Jabbey chapter, guest starring MollyYou paypigs better leak this!
>>143364179>Lucy>taking initiative>doing anything that isn't forced down her throat
>>143364188>he doesn't knowit's fanart dummie!
>>143364161>>143364185>"Hey um.. Anon, just make sure not to stain the dress, okay?"
>>143364185easy_access>>143364188flak0ps>>143364238I like the look of the Jabbey chapter, I hope some nice anon hanging around here will leak it when it comes out.>>143364265I guess I was thinking of Daisy>>143364289>Sue>The hipserWould, but I know she's faking it all to fit in>>143364375>tries desperately to hold it all in during the catwalk
Been I_dont_know_how_much time, tried to catchup but alas. Don't care that much anyway Seen this >>143241074 in one old thread and wanted to redo it but I can't emulate the blurred brush or the background dots. How are you anons doing?
>>143364464Looks good
>>143364138There’s actually ““““people”””” (aka paypigs) ITT who are actually, unironically donating to this
Lucy's mom is stacked, god damn. Even Augustus can't look away.Holy shiit is this chapter decompressed though.
>>1433645023 times the updates, 3 times the padding.
>>143364502>Lucy's mom is stacked, god damn. Even Augustus can't look away.Remember eventually Lucy's body will be like that.
>>143364603Lucy is already a bit absurd.
>>143364603>>143364634Just needs to have two or three children to round out, but Lucy is going to be one hell of a MILF one day
>>143364687Apparently Taeshi did originally, long ago, have this idea that Mike and Lucy would have three children down the line.
>>143364720Hmm, if you count the kid Mike has with Sandy...
She lacks her mom's personality tho, personally I prefer the original than the unstable halfbaked copy
>>143364720>Lucy's parents have three kids>Lucy has three pets>Lucy and Mike have three kidsElektra complex. Lucy was trying to reenact her own childhood with Yashy has her proxy for her own younger self, Lucy taking the place of her mother and Mike being both her make-believe husband and stand-in for her bizarrely absent father. Ever since Mike told her to fuck off she's been going bonkers because she can't break this habit so she goes looking for other boys to invest her daddy issues into.
>>143364776I remember when Lucy was still somewhat likeable. She clearly got her nurturing side from her mom but unless you count EF we have not seen that in a long while.
>Taeshi took a year long break from the comic to...>Compile 10 chapters she already made into a book Jesus christ
>>143364824>Taeshi>anything resembling a work ethicThe three-drops-a-week schedule is going to destroy her.
>>>/trash/65213028someone made a trash thread. horny posters should regroup there.
>>143364113Hey, I made a Trash thread, let's see how fast it diesI don't know how to link it, so here is just the numbers65213028
>>143364884You do >>>/trash/[number of post]So like this:>>>/trash/65213028
>>143364865She did five updates a week for years, she'll be fine.
>>143364464>Lucy talking about getting DP'd by Alejandro and her favorite 12 inch pussy pounder
>>143364928>Sue draws doujinshis of herself and the cute boys at school>She accidentally mixes them into the notes she's sharing with Stacy>Katie finds them and shows them around at school>Everyone is creeped out by Sue>Stacy feels bad>She decides to stand up for her friend and lies: she drew that smut!>Everyone is even more creeped out by Stacy>Sue and Stacy both bond over being viewed by everyone as weird coomers>Even Abbey and Mike look down on them, though they're being very polite about it.
>>143364928That was long before she let herself get incredibly lazy.
>>14336494712 centimeters more like HAHAHAHA
>>143364999If anything, Mike would be a bit weirded out but also supportive.
>>143365009Do they even make 12cm dildos?
>>143365046Yes they sculpted it from Abbey
>>143364999>Sue draws doujinshisI don't think Sue draws, she's a writer. Imagine her shame if someone were to break into her room and publish the smutty fanfics she writes about herself and her classmates in the school newspaper. Everyone reading about how she wants Paulo to conquer her, and how she wants to climb on top of Mike and hump the manlet out of him!
>>143364911Thanks brother
If you think Lucy is not doing well then send her to therapy????
>>143365452You can't do that to that poor therapist. Lucy can figure that shit out for herself. Maybe get her some happy pills.
>>143365452Therapy? In Taeshi's christian comic?! AS IF! Back to jail you go for even suggesting such foolish solution!
>>143365452As if Lucy would do anything but snip at her therapist or sit through the sessions acting unresponsive and bored. She is the type of person who does not want to be helped unless it's within her very narrow definition of the term.
>>143365480>>143365487>>143365533Oh no I think Lucy would do horrible at therapy. I just think if her parents actually cared about her they would make her attend some.
>>143365564But of course that can never be shown nor even implied within the comic itself. It's like Veronica still hates the very concept of therapy despite allegedly benefiting from it nowadays.
>>143364502>Lucy's mom is stacked, god damn.How many drinks until her husband stops noticing the lack of wrinkles?
>>143365840Lucy's mom keeps getting wrinkles because of sleepless nights spent worrying about her nutbag daughter.
>>143365840Would wrinkles even be noticable on cats? Wouldn't fur cover those up?
>>143365840>beerSo she's definitely not with Mike in this scenario.
>>143364113I just noticed Taeshi used the same onomatopoeia for the sink in this chapter as she did for the BCI where Lucy pisses herself at the lemonade standCan you imagine pissing so hard you sound like a kitchen sink goddamn
>>143366315The original scenario for that pic was Lucy bringing her tipsy dad upstairs, so no, not Mike.
>>143364464Excellent work, it'll make a fine addition to my collection.>>143365068>she writes about herself and her classmatesDo people really do fanfic's of their actual life? Stories about fucking Argonian maids and werewolves gotta be more up Sue's street.
>>143364776Looks like she's belching really loudly
>>143366660>Do people really do fanfic's of their actual life?Yes. Some people do that.Though I don't think Sue would write them as overtly as Stacy would. Instead, She writes fanfiction about the strong warrior Susalia fighting but losing against the horrible orange werewolf of Palonia, followed by graphical depictions about how he has his way with her.A different monster or princess in every story!
Anons what are all the different versions of Mike?
>>143367146Canon or Fanon? By canon I mean everything Taeshi made.
>>143367169Both
>>143364113she looks like she _____ human men
>>143367171No way this is real
>>143367211Are you quite sure about that.gif
>Time for your examination
>>143367171My god. One of the legendary piss comics. I actually never seen this one.
>>143365533>>143365564Im not a psychologist, but I'd think a therapist, particularly a pediatric therapist, needs to have the patience and skill to let someone sit and sulk without feeling judged.Most kids/teenagers who need therapy aren't going to be going on their own initiative, nor are they gonna be super open and trusting.
>>143367211Turns out art students are quite cheap to commission if you're a pervert! OmoMeowth commissioned a whole bunch of these comics and the non-piss parts were turned into BCIs because why the hell not.
>>143367390Too bad all that patience won't work on Lucy.
>>143367412>the non-piss parts were turned into BCIs because why the hell notHonestly a power move by Tae and I respect it.
Mrs. Whitecat deserves to be happy!
>>143364238>includes MinaMy dick is ready!
>>143367715Mina is for one thing and one thing alone: corrupting Jasmine into sinful bisexual relationships.
>>143364238What's Jasmine dressed as?
>>143367770>>143364238Who's Molly dressed as? Bob the Builder? She's 12, not 6.But then again Taeshi has high schoolers trick-or-treating so I guess it washes.
>>143367850>>Who's Molly dressed as?Paulo's dad.
>>143367872nigga that's kawaii
>>143366368>Mom is busy so Lucy is left in charge of dinner>Puts on mom's favorite apron to cook>Dad comes home a little tipsy from celebrating a win at the races>Lucy brings tipsy dad upstairs>Dad thinks his wife looks very young tonight.>They have sex
>>143367909Suddenly, 9 months later. Their family has a fourth kid
>>143367850No, what's Jasmine wearing?
>>143368234ur mum
>>143367606The problem is that even if a good therapist was able to make some progress, Lucy might freak out and panic/despair/scream because Mike existed in her field of view or Daisy dared to say hi or something. The therapist would be thinking how Lucy's been more talkative, and they've gotten some good progress made, and then next session Lucy would be glaring into space or screaming because one of her friends assumed they were friends.She's super emotionally unstable, hyper-sensitive to perceived slights, and insists on continuing to do the things that set herself off, so the hypothetical therapist would have their work cut out for them.
Okay Im watching her drawthread now and theres no way it takes this chick a week to do pages. If she can do meme panels for twitch she can easily get an entire chapter out in 3 days.
>>143368234Probably some kind of video game reference. Or maybe the doll is her training herself to be a good Christian mother. I'm sure it'll be clear when the chapter comes out in three months.
>>143368443My impression is she needs somebody to help her write (not her husband), but she's got multiple hang-ups around doing that.
>>143368439That chapter makes me feel sorry for Lucy's mom.
>>143368443Taeshi is lazy as fuck and probably terrible at setting personal deadlines.
>>143368443Tae is just extremely lazy and is constantly surrounded by enablers who don't push her to stop being lazy.
>>143368443She's busy with Pokemon Go why do women love that shitty game so much
>>143368234>People don't get Juno references anymore
>>143369493It was a lame movie.
>>143369493Oh... Does that mean Jasmine is pregnant?
Should I pay $800 to FORCE Taeshi to make a Molly comic?
>>143369493Never really liked that movie, forgot all about it.The implication, though! Who's the father?>>143369513If she isn't, cosplaying as a teenage mother must surely be a signal Abbey can't miss,
>>143369530What would it be about?
>>143369544i unnoMischief?
>>143369493>Jasmine dressing up as a teen momSo that's what her dad was so lecturing her about, she can't wait to get knocked up!
>>143369746>Jasmine suddenly starts having a lot of sleepovers at Haley's house
>>143364113If Augustus won't fuck Lucy, can he at least bag her mom?
>>143369775Jasmine's very organized, I bet she and Haley have it already scheduled out on who Mike will impregnate when.
>>143369775MikexJasmine is a lovely ship, well to be fair all Mike ships that aren't (Modern)Mucy, Mandy, and Maulo are.
The MikexSue kitten is cute
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>>143370120Ignore the typo.
>>143369886All kittens of those four are cute. MikeXSue, AbbeyXJasmine, MikeXJasmine, AbbeyXSue.
>>143364138wait did this make 25k in like 2 days?
>>143370203Little stinker
>>143370203Don't forget the "Mike the MILF Hunter" AU!
>>143370203You know speaking of MikexSue I find it an incredibly underused ship, there is a lot of potential in it.Also in my headcanon AbbeyxSue results in them becoming the Clintons 2.0 but minus the cheating.>>143370212God bless the paypigs
>>143370238I would do Mary and Jane.
>>143370277>MikexSueMight have happened if Lucy wasn't around, then it would be Sue that Daisy jealous of.
>>143370277In my headcanon AbbeyXSue results in them both going to the same college, getting jobs, trying to be the careerist who wears the pants - right up until Sue gets pregnant, at which point both of their parental instincts kick in HARD. Both cut back their working hours, working from home whenever possible.Abbey makes sure the kid(s) never see him mad.Sue tries to be supportive, never judgemental.Both of them are a nightmare during PTA meetings or when negotiating their vacation time at work.
>>143365901Yeah that would most def age you a decade within 2 years. God damn Lucy truly is a succubus and not even the good kind of succubus(male)
>>143371118Bless the paypigs
>>143370203>Paulo <3 Molly
>>143371118>5k>In one hourWait wait wait BCB is popular and really does have paypiggies?!?!?!?! was this kikestarted put out today? did she srsly hit her goal in a few hours? holy shit I wonder how much she is gonna get by day 30
>>143371163It probably helped that they did the drawstream today too.
>>143371144
>>143371163It's 151 people giving up all that money, that isn't even half their patrons, so no not really popular just has a small sycophantic group
>>143370277>You know speaking of MikexSue I find it an incredibly underused ship, there is a lot of potential in it.There really is; also it's funny to imagine Lucy/Sandy malding that a loser nerd stole Mike.Of course, any time Sue tries to have dignity, a cruel demiurge conspires to hurt or humiliate her. So if Sue was dating Mike I can only assume the world would be actively trying to kill her, Final Destination style.
>>143371192jesus thats rather good for 151 people. To bad this is taxed 50% and kickstarted steals 30-50% for doing nothing while steam only steals 30 for hosting massive infrastructure dealing with huge amounts of data and processing.Remind me why people use this shit service again when they take over 8% and even that is pushing it for a service like this the 3/50% is insane when you factor in taxes instantally steal another massive amount leaving you with almost nothing.
>>143371320I think the malding from everyone would be the best part.
>>143371320he could also form a threesome
>>143371320Good thing in that scenario Mike would be able to save her with his super reflexes, thus deepening their bond and love even more.
Speaking of MikexSue any of you got the drawing of Sue holding down Mike after he breaks up with Sandy?
>>143371533I'd recommend just looking through the desurchives. Start at the chapter Double Down on page 12 then go forward. You should find easy enough, along with a ton of other stuff.
>>143371332>Be Tracy Butler>Make Lackadaisy >Only has around 175 pages>Go on hiatus to make pilot>Kickstarter gets over 300k for a pilot>Pilot gets millions of views>Backerkit for a proper series>2 million raised>Over 16k backersTaeshi will never accomplish this.Tracey did the same with a fraction of the work, because her shit is just that good.
>>143371631The difference is that Tracy doesn't ban people for minor infractions and appreciates and works with the community, and understands the value of bringing your story to new mediums that may be more digestible for a general audience.Taeshi seems to go back and forth on whether she wants BCB to get an animated adaptation but until she can learn to accept criticism and play well with others (though this is mostly a SuitCase issue) then her comic will keep fading into obscurity. It is not lost on me that with each passing volume book, they contain fewer and fewer exclusives. If I'm being brutally honest, only providing one bonus chapter as the exclusive content for the book is very disappointing. I understand their reasoning is that the book is already very long at 420 pages (nice) but it seems like a LOT of people were pushing for more book content on stream today and Tae and Suit wouldn't budge on it. And honestly I expected a little bit more after over a year of once a week updates. It feels like they've produced far more content in the past.But hey, what do I know about running a webcomic?
>>143371320See, that's the best part. Sue constantly humiliating herself pairs well with Mike swooping in to comfort and support her.
>>143371713>animated adaptationYeah fucking right. Maybe if she hadn't gone off her rocker and BCB kept improving over the last decade or so, and even then it would be one hell of an uphill battle.
>>143371163>Wait wait wait BCB is popularIt isn't, it has a small inner cadre of whales who support Taeshi, their patreon is down below 500 subscribers this month. For comparison Questionable Content is also a pretty nothing webcomic but it has nearly 26 times as many subscribers because Handstab does put in the work to keep it up in the ratings.
>>143371729>Sue gets BTFO in a debate aganist Ben Shapiro>On the verge of tears afterward>Mike comforts her>Leads to sexy fun timesWonderful
>>143371631Butler is a perfectionist. It's possible those 175 pages did take more work than the thousands in BCB.
>>143364138>Welp time for the next volume of BCB!>Who should I put on the cover?>Oh I know I'll put five losers from a chapter everyone hated on itNot like Eternal Flame is included in this volume and that chapter almost tripled her patreon earnings alone
>>143371813Yeah wouldn't Lucy standing at the tree be better??
>>143371813This entire era was one long painful dud unless you are a Lucy stan.
>>143371896Mikefags like me were so in shambles by the end we were dust!
>>143365564for all we know they probably tried and Lucy guilted them into not making her go. In one of the non free chapters, her mom raised a point about Lucy needing someone to watch her because she tried to kill herself. Lucy somehow turns the tables and makes her feel guilty
>>143371969that sperg era was so weird. The only reason it feels like it stopped because the fans were starting to hate Mike much more than Taeshi wanted.So now we have constantly sad Mike that can't have shit outside that table group. It's a special kind of hell for him, isn't it?
>>143372170>So now we have constantly sad Mike that can't have shit outside that table group. It's a special kind of hell for him, isn't it?As a Mikefag I have accepted that he will always be fucked over but I read and support him anyway. Then cope by coming up with fanfictions where Mike is the armed forces.
>>143371856Sandy and Francis would've really hit hard
>>143372120If only Taeshi developed on how Lucy's in denial and it's a huge burden on everyone sooner instead of fucking around 'making it up' to her and tricking the Lucy-stans into thinking Lucy isn't deranged.
Sorry I had to make this
>>143372353>Taeshi states that a big part of Lucy's character arc is to stop being such a burden on everyone else>portrays white cat as this noble soul unfairly put upon by friends and family who refuse to understand her plight
>>143372353It's been said in past threads, but making Lucy better isnt THAT hard at all. A big part of her problem is that we go long stretches without having any idea of what she's thinking and we still have no clue what she did while she was gone and how it factors into how and why she came backShe's mainly this mystery girl half the time and when she does get screentime, it feels like she's the same old Lucy from before December mostly
>>143372435I honestly don't know how well mild-mannered Mike would do in bed, but it would be sincerely funny if the resident asexual turned out to be some sensual dynamo in the sheets.
>>143372474I think it's possible he'd be good. He just needs someone to walk him through good enough and not someone that will expect him to do all the work from the first time.I sitll think sandy is going to try to fuck him next time she visits and it's gonna fuck him up somehow
>>143372473>it feels like she's the same old Lucy from before December mostlyNo, she's clearly much worse. Pre-December Lucy at least introspected a little. We've seen enough of nuLucy to tell she wants to pretend her suicide didn't happen and that she's all better despite regressing to old shitty behaviors left and right. Lucy desperately wants to feel above it all and hates being reminded that is not the case.
>>143372474>>143372506Mike needs Rachel>I sitll think sandy is going to try to fuck him next time she visits and it's gonna fuck him up somehowThat would be a nice arc but I do not trust Taeshi.
>>143372506Mike's hesitance might make things awkward, but he'd probably try his best to please the other person. In this case, open honesty means a better time for them both.
>>143372435>Paulo can get a table at DorsiaThere is an idea of an Abbey Browncat, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusory, and though I can hide my cold gaze and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable: I simply am not there.
>>143372509I'm just not sure what she expected from Mike when she came back and shunned his attempts at making up.Why go through all that and then comes EF where she claims to not like seeing him in pain? Does she only care about him when she thinks he's romantically available?
>>143372524>sandy is going to try to fuck him next time she visits and it's gonna fuck him up somehowI could easily see that going south.>Sandy takes Mike to dinner as planned and they have a lovely time>later that night she ambushes Mike with sexy times>something to reward him for being such a good boyfriend to her despite everything>nervous Mike keeps trying to dissuade her to Sandy's mounting frustration>she pushes hard and corners him>Mike finally blurts out they both know this isn't going to last and he doesn't want to waste his first time>a very awkward car ride home ensues
>>143372597Assuming that's not just Taeshi's insane perspective poisoning the story? Lucy lies a lot, most often to herself. Her standards for "pain" may also be fucked, as in getting cheated on equals pain but getting dunked on for her amusement isn't that bad and he should have manned up.
>>143372540FEED ME A CAT
>>143372599either it doesn't happen, or despite not actually wanting to do it, Mike goes through with it anyway to make sandy happy, and his first time is just a horrible memory he regrets
>>143372644At this point, I don't see Mike as that willing to sacrifice himself on the altar for Sandy anymore. He pays honest attention to her but that's about it.
>>143372597Just BPD things, Mike made her feel bad about herself by saying that she looks down on him (she does) and she talks shit about him behind his back (she does) so she reversed black and white. It switches around again to the other extreme when she felt safe to reel him in and admitted that yes, she has (and will) hurt him to feel better about herself.
Maybe the reason why Lucy flips out on people who try to help her because she doesn't want to be a burden (as it makes her feel worse about herself) and, being Lucy, addresses this in the worst way possible.
>>143372620>Taeshi's characters can't be taken at their word>Taeshi's writing is hopelessly vague and gets worse when she decides to be mysterious>Her fanbase is so smooth-brained they don't always get what a flashback isWhat a trainwreck.
>>143372599This is BCB, Mike won't have the balls to say anything pre-coitus. He'll either call Sandy Lucy as he cums, or he'll break up with her the morning after so he gets to feel like a scumbag who only kept things going so he could have sex
Jesus FUCKING christ. I've seen these threads on here for years, and finally read all of it in the past 3 days. Why is every single character's issues their own fault except Paulo who just deserves happiness for once. Also holy fuck I was expecting Sandy to stop being a problem half way through. Lastly, where the fuck is Tess. Go make trailer park babies with Paulo, all the bitch drama turned him gay.
>>143370986Incubus.>>143374227Oh no anon you're here forever. :(>captcha D0H 00Y
>>143374227>TessShe went to college anon. She ain't EVER coming back, ever! Mwahahahaha!
>>143374227Because Taeshi (tho Paulo runs into plenty of fuckups of his own making), because Taeshi, because she was oc and best girl and had to be removed to prevent making a trailer park of babies with Paulo while solving Mucy and etc dramas
>>143371533This one?>>143372264That's the next volume, probably.>>143372474He's an athlete, he can learn.
>>143374712MikexSue kitten will happen, with or without her gamer friend consent
>>143374719But anon, Amaya will be jealous!
>>143374738Silly you, good teammates share the rare grey loot (just not with Stacy)
>>143374227Welcome to the threads, anon. You're here with us forever.Make sure to also check the original versions before the rewrites (books 1-3 are free to download as a PDF on the website). Also the extras at the bottom of the archive page, there's a real neat SuexDavid AU that I will consider canon until proven otherwise.FYI there are also a whole bunch of exclusive comics that get dumped every now and then and give great insight into the characters and all the ways in which they make their own lives worse.
>>143374712Thank you anon
>>143374227>Paulo deserves happinessI laughed.
>>143374227>Paulo who just deserves happiness for onceHe's a two faced shit so he doesn't.
>>143374712I feel like Mike x Sue really could work. If only she wasn't such a lucy stan.
>>143374227Wrong the only ones who deserve happiness are Mike and the side characters>>143375704>Lucy ruins stuffMany such cases!
>>143372474"It may not be big but he knows how to use it!"
>>143375939I really wish Taeshi would return to water colors. They look so much better it's not even funny.
>>143376003Maybe they'll come back after volume 8 ends...Oh who am I kidding.
>>143375939Ngl, I want to see Mike and Daisy giving it another try after anon's brainstorming that she was supposed to be in everything after Double Down instead of James. Just so Sandy and Daisy would swap places in such artworks
>>143375939I wonder if Taeshi watched Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu, which is a romcom about the prettiest girl in school (a model, also idiot) and a manlet.
>>143376084>anon's brainstorming that she was supposed to be in everything after Double Down instead of JamesI missed this because I quickly grew tired of gay. Please recap.
>>143376153Pretty self-explanatory but I will explain anyway: Basically after looking over the comic again the anons concluded that Maisy was supposed to happen after double down but Taeshi didn't do it because there would be no good reasons for them not to breakup for the Mucy/Paisy ending. After that there was a ton of mopping about how we were robbed.
>>143376153In short, someone suggested back when threads were still weekly that it makes more sense if instead of fluffy boy it was a fluffy girl that Mike tried to be friends with after library kiss. Going to cinema to watch anime together, Paulo's jealousy towards both of them, David trying his best to make James-Paulo happen despite being main Paisy and Mucy shipper, cheerleader getting grey cat into local sports team instead of random stalker, etc. As well as suggesting that maybe it was the initial plan for everything after Eternal Flame but then it got rewritten. Anons liked the idea for sheer reactions of everyone from Paulo and Lucy to background characters to this
>>143376330Anything's better than fujo pandering
>>143376330>Anons liked the idea for sheer reactions of everyone from Paulo and Lucy to background characters to this>Paulo reacting to the fact that not only did mike have Lucy after him but he's close friends with, if not flat out dating another girl he holds in high regard.>Lucy's reaction to not only did Mike leave Sandy but he got closer to Daisy instead of trying it with her and she's mentally healthier than her as well.It would have been glorious. I'd have taken that or if James was still in, that one anon's version of the mall chapter where it's Stacey trying to keep a low profile instead of Lucy Schizo teleporting all over the place.
>>143376503We could have had variant of Stacy at mall in this scenario too, with Daisy bringing Mike to hang out with her cheerleader friends since he's cool sports team dude now and not even Katie would bitch about him All while Paulo can't cope with wanting both Daisy and Mike yet they hanging out with each other instead, Lucy not handling well losing Mike race to Daisy, and rest from Abbey to Sue thinking that Daisy regressed back to Mikey simping and took advantage of Mike at his weakest and what about Sandy?
>>143375773Being mean to Mike is not only okay, but the morally correct option.
>>143376605>what about Sandy?It would be insanely funny if he double times them if only for the anger that would generate from certain sections of the community.
>>143376736Drama queen is that you?
>>143376605Perhaps Sandy should have remained dumped. Mike could walk back his kiss with Lucy after realizing what a mistake that enabled, white cat would mald regardless, and Daisy could see her chance to swoop in and pick up all the pieces.
>>143376303>>143376330If Taeshi ever admits to doing this, I guarantee she will have had the absolute dumbest reason in the world.
>>143377327inb4 because Suitcase likes Paisy too much to make this happen
>>143377043Nah, I'm the anon who read the whole comic in 3 days. I'm half joking with Paulo where it seems like everyone has had their terrible horrible moment, and he was just a shithead with jokes and everyone pretends he's the worst.
>>143377639People just miss times before literally everyone had their terrible moment(s)
>>143377639>pretends
>>143376736Mike and Lucy would get together and be happy if it weren't for outside forces
>>143377693It's weird how the aesthetic quality of Taeshi's art is inversely proportional to how much digital shit she applies to it.
>>143377693But you forgot saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaandy. She was honestly the worst part of the read. Not because there's anything wrong with her per se it's more that it was so obvious that they weren't going to work out mixed with her being so busy that she never got much characterization. So any time she was involved with the story I felt like I was doing homework to just know context of why Lucy is a bitch again.
>>143377786Welcome to the Namefag club
>>143376503>>143376605Lucy would've gone absolutely ballistic seeing Mike play games together with Daisy at the arcade. Even more so if she saw him hanging out with the whole cheerleading team.
>>143377639I'm with you; before nuPaulo emerged roughly after the end of watercolors Paulo was best boy.
>>143378226I mean yea of course Paulo is selfish. Literally everything he does is for himself or to maneuver into a more favourable position. For example he only ever uses Rachel to comfort himself, and broke things off with her to free himself up for Lucy.
>>143378226It's more accurate to say that Paulo would have sporadic flashes of non-selfish behavior. They never lasted long.
>>143378288It was Rachel who insisted on the fuck-buddy thing with Paulo and insisted on hanging on when he expressed how it was "unfair" for her.
>>143378226Why's Paulo lying to Mike? He didn't break up with Jasmine because she was so busy, he broke up with her because every time he gets a whiff of Lussy he loses his mind.
>>143378288That's not quite fair, him and Rach had an understanding. I think a lot of his faults of interpersonal interaction are based off bad communication. Him and Jazzy for example ended poorly because he wasn't able to communicate his point well. Versus him and Tess ended well for not the same but similar reasoning and Tess was just more able to understand the situation due to maturity and acceptance. Paulo's greatest sin is he's dumb. Also Abbey is a bonafide psycho and actually shouldn't be around people.
>>143378226Good collage, really emphasizes how much of an obnoxious Author's Pet Paulo is.
>>143378592In a series that includes Lucy, how do you come to this conclusion?
>>143378288Paulo and Rachel were no strings attached, but then Rachel fell in love with Paulo. She should've just told him how he felt and either end it or actually start dating.
>>143378581>Him and Jazzy for example ended poorly because he wasn't able to communicate his point well.He told her exactly that he wanted another girl more and she pretended she was fine with it then got salty about it later.
>>143378553He doesn't say that's why they broke up, he just said it wasn't working (at that time) for that reason (which is true; before Jasmine surprised him by promising to take more time for him he was going to break up with her). This is the part of his experiance which applies to Mike's situation and why he's mentioning it.
>>143378607Because Lucy gets cucked and then all but disappears from the comic after she tried to kill herself ten years ago, Paulo is in every single chapter often more than anyone else, has no real flaws and even when he does something wrong the comic goes out of its way to show you how it's actually not so bad, absolute mary sue
>>143378621There's a bit more context here where she had initially considered him a womanizing man-whore. She connected the dots and assumed this is what was happening. That communication wasn't really had, but should have. They had issues where her life didn't have space for him, that is not her fault but she was able to communicate that. If he had communicated his want for something deeper that their relationship couldn't provide, it may have made him come off less 'slutty'
>>143378691>she had initially considered him a womanizing man-whoreWhen? She was super-impressed an older boy asked her out and they became a monogamous couple until he broke up with her exactly because he couldn't control his desire for Lucy after feeling guilty about it for weeks.
>>143378691Jasmine never considered him a man-whore, or she wouldn't have gone on a date with him. She didn't know about Jess and Rachel when he asked her out.She was hurt when Paulo said out loud that he wanted Lucy more than her, but she was the one that wanted to break up first. They weren't all that close, partially because she never had time for him.When she met her future husband (Abbey) she started slagging off Paulo to bond with him. She knew Abbey hates Paulo, so talking shit about Paulo was an easy conversation subject for her.Plus, she wasn't making shit up about him, Paulo is a slacker with a childish attitude. What she's forgetting, is that she's just as bad as him. But hey, Abbey can fix her, so she'll be okay. Now Abbey and Paulo can date each others' exes and everything works out for the best.
>>143378880>>143378781 During "pillow talk" she was talking to 3 girls who, 2 who fucked him back to back, and 1 who was in a relationship with him. The conversations about him seemed fairly logical to conclude a certain opinion of him, and her resolve of "no no, I get it?" And her question assuming he already fucked the other girl(Lucy). I could very well be conflating what other people had said about him and assumed she shared the opinion at some point, but it seemed like the situation to me.
>>143378880>Jasmine never considered him a man-whoreJasmine certainly considers him that later when she sees Paulo fooling around with Rachel during the group study session at Daisy's house
>>143379031Jasmine saved him from that mess. While everyone was shouting at Paulo for getting some action, she walked up and called him "boyfriend" to deescalate the situation.The original Jasmine story had Paulo take Jasmine's virginity and quickly move on, thinking she was a hussy like Jess and Rachel, but after Jasmine proved too popular with the fans, her character was redacted.
>>143378581>Abbey is a bonafide psycho and actually shouldn't be around people.Lmao Paulostans
>>143379116Speaking of stans which are the worse:Mikefags, Lucystans, Paulostans, or Daisyfans?
>>143379076That would have been a neat climax of the man-whore polo arc, but Jasmine being a sincere Christian who won't consider pre-marital sex (and Paulo deciding to accept this rather than break up with her [perhaps realizing he isn't that bothered]) would also have been...but it's not actually brought up in the comic.
>>143379188I don't think Daisystans actually exist except for maybe Suitcase. Lucystans are deranged, Paulostans are dumb as a plank and Mikestans are pathetic.
>>143378880>Plus, she wasn't making shit up about himNot only does nothing she mention actually happen in the comic, the KIND of thing she mentions doesn't resemble his behavior in the comic at the time they were together.Her thinking that Paulo working hard to help Daisy get elected to student government means he wanted to fuck her is stupid.
>>143379206>Jasmine being a sincere Christian who won't consider pre-marital sexShe was also asked out for the first time by a hot, older boy, and wanted to look mature for her age. Stupid kids will peer pressure themselves into those kinds of situations all the time.
>>143379227>Her thinking that Paulo working hard to help Daisy get elected to student government means he wanted to fuck her is stupid.The lengths /bcb/ goes to deny a Paisy endgame so obvious even a retard like James noticed it...
>>143379369Anyone who does not believe Mucy or Paisy are endgame are nuts. Look man it fucking sucks but you don't need to cope via performing mental gymnastics.
>>143379369It is sex-starved psychosis to think that a teenage boy helping his oldest friend win a student election must necessarily have something to do with his dick.Paulo doesn't usually give a shit about stuff like that, but again, Daisy is his oldest friend. He does usually have strong reactions to Daisy wanting or needing help.
>>143379434It's pretty impressive how despite supposedly hating MxL people in this thread have absolute belief in it happening even though there isn't a single shred of evidence for it, almost like the hate is sour grapes
>>143379434I don't know that Mucy is endgame, Mike could still end up Mingle or Mandy for some stupid reason, but Taeshi's foreshadowing for Paisy is getting more aggressive and retarded every time it comes up.>>143379498Is Taeshi the sort of person to write Paulo as campaigning harder for Daisy than his girlfriend because he's in love with Daisy but won't admit it? Yeah, she is. Seethe and cope more Paisy denier.
>>143364776It's very weird and unnatural that girls never call out Lucy.
I do like Paisy currently just because the Daisy going full horny on Paulo ruining his innocent sister vision of her assuming she's acting this way because of him not realizing nah she's just God damn in heat is a perfect amount of suffering for me. Ties in nicely to those dropped story lines of jasmine too.
>>143379188Lucystans are the most outright delusional. At least with the other characters, some positive qualities and basic hope for their future selves can be sifted out. Meanwhile Lucystans outright celebrate all of white cat's worst qualities.
>>143379824Jasmine couldn't run because she was a freshman. Daisy was running against Sue.
>>143379824I do admit Mucy is a less likely then Paisy. Paisy is a 99% probability while Mucy is more 80-90% percent. Personally I would prefer if Mike is single at the end or with Sandy or Amaya. Actually Mike should end up with my OC/s
>>143380004>Jasmine couldn't run-as secretary, she still ran as treasurer and she didn't have Paulo prowling the school and threatening Amaya on her behalf.
>>143380004Jasmine became treasurer.>>143380069We don't know if Jasmine had any serious opposition. Plus, Paulo not behaving like a hover parent for an emotionally unstable toddler for her is probably a good thing.
>>143380113The giant heads continue to baffle.
>>143380172I gathered it was because there was a bit where they had very human proportions, it was a bit uncomfortable with the fur no clothes thing. Felt like an over correction. The whiplash when it ended was insane.
>>143380271It just looks so fucking bad. Taeshi could have done anything else to cartoonify her characters and she chose the worst option.
>>143380012I'd put the Mucy percentage a lot higher than that, given Mike is not allowed to date anyone else but Sandy while Lucy doesn't seem to want anyone besides Mike. Even if she wants to kill him half the time. It's like they're both stuck in narrative cold storage.
>>143380012OCs are cringe but your art is cute. I don't know how I feel about this.>>143380012>>143381035Given the readership, I don't think any pairing has a percentage that high.
>>143381239The readership's collective opinion means nothing. Taeshi has long-term plans that she will force into the comic no matter how bad the fit.
>>143381239>choosing to sit with the couples and not her own girlfriend and sulking about itMadison really is Chocolate Lucy!
>>143381239It’s not my art, Kizunanon drew it
>>143381348You're the one that drew the hypothetical Alejandro x Lucy kitten aren't you.
>>143380012I'd put it at 1/3 chance Mike's single at the end of the story and he and Lucy decide the romance thing has brought them nothing but misery. I don't get why Taeshi would be building towards a Mucy ending when she started shoving in so many weird parallels between Lucy and James that she ended Track Meet and Link Play showing that Mike cries himself to sleep when he thinks about Lucy but sleeps like a baby when he thinks about James. Would Taeshi really want to depict Lucy as the inferior option again?
>>143381431Actually no that was my friend, who requested I post it on his behalf. This is my actual art:
>>143381564I'm glad you have a friend politicanon, I wouldn't want bcb to be your only source of socialisation.
>>143381564Alright, I'll bite: what did Mike do to unite California and Alabama?
>>143381593Do not worry I have a life outside this>>143381596Get both Abbey and Sue on his side at the same time
>>143381643Also Mike is very unpopular in Northern California and just barely won the state.
>>143381295No wonder she's mad that Jess only started dating her after giving up on Lucy. She'll always be a Lucy replacement.>>143381348Oh okay then it's just cringe
>>143381553I am pretty sure that was just showing that James was the new guiding light in Mike's life. He always has that one special person who he hyperfocuses on. First it was Lucy (who fucked it up by being abusive), then Sandy (who fucked it up by cheating on Mike and ghosting him for months).
>>143381553>>143382101That’s kind of what happened in my crack fic where Mike joins the Army. The Army itself becomes Mikes new “guiding light” so to speak.
>>143364138Autism: After You-Eternal Flame is only 367 pages, and the book-exclusives aren't that long since Taeshi doesn't need to pad them out to give herself time to goof off. I predict Eternal Flame has been retooled to at least have On Call incorporated into it, and possibly to retcon the kiss to be more in line with pic related to make Mike look less like a spineless asshole. If it is retconned then the way Paulo seems to be talking about Eternal Flame but has never brought up Lucy's suicide attempt even in his own thoughts may indicate more retcons are coming down in the line with the Webtoons release of Double Down.
>>143382260I don't think that Paulo knows about Eternal Flame. Lucy never told him about it and Mike never confessed anything. So this is probably referring to how Mike being so nice got Lucy wanting his dick.
>>143378581>Also Abbey is a bonafide psycho and actually shouldn't be around people.Abbey has anger issues but is fine if you aren't constantly ragging on him. To this day I don't know why Paulo kept actively fucking with the kid with known issues and then acted shocked when he put hands on him. Same with Daisy's inability to tell Paulo to fuck off with that.
>>143383138That was a retcon on its own; Paulo is showing messing with Abbey like 10 times and sometimes Abbey pushes back.
>>143383186Nah, Paulo was a habitual ass to Abbey and it was clear the guy didn't like it. This shit went on for way too long.
>>143383354I'd say any mom comments were some throwing stones in glass houses shit. At least Abbey's mom loved him. However Abbey from everything I saw was an awful person to be around, who would have a mental break down every ten minutes "I'm not my father, I'm not going to strangle every person in the room"
>>143383465Abbey chilled out pretty quick once he and Daisy started dating. Paulo just couldn't stop exacerbating shit and pissing Abbey off on purpose.
>>143383465>At least Abbey's mom loved him.That's not some shit you say to someone about their dead mom, especially not in front of a class, and Abbey had a right to break up with Daisy in the first place. Paulo guilt tripped him back into it and it ended up not working out anyway.>However Abbey from everything I saw was an awful person to be around, who would have a mental break down every ten minutes "I'm not my father, I'm not going to strangle every person in the room"Abbey would have these moments every now and then but he was working on handling them and when he started dating Daisy, he calmed down quite a bit. Even then the only people he'd get that upset with after the student president thing against sue were Augustus and Paulo. Again, if you constantly go out of your way to mess with someone with known anger issues, You're basically asking for a physical confrontation at that point. It's why although getting choked in the bathroom was a bad move by him, the lead up to Abbey even thinking about Paulo the way he does didn't come out of nowhere and made it hard to feel bad for him.
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>>143384088I haven't read any of the extra, behind the scenes, or dropped plot points yet. Is there anything that actually comes out of the Alejandro gang? Seemed like a big plot point, aaaaaaand then 2 years pass and Mr. Creep just stops answering his phone.
>>143384147Alejandro is probably talking to Augustus's voicemail message like it's actually him.
>>143384147Lucy's recent PTSD nightmares as of this chapter. Maybe that means Taeshi is finally moving on that plot point or maybe it's just to remind the reader to feel sorry for the resident Mary Sue.
>>143383465What >>143383800 said is true, plus: Abbey proving he could and would physically hurt Paulo worked. Abbey repeatedly and consistently told Paulo to fuck off, and Paulo never did, but once he got physical Paulo started watching his step.
