In the trash where she belongs edition.Comic: https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/Booru: https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/candybooru/Previous thread: >>143238580
>>143265841Commentary and preview. Looks like the nightmare is nearly over!Are we backing the kickstarter, anons?
>>143265841>Lucy running away from David's massive wiener
>>143265864Why would I support a Kickstarter to fund Suitcase’s next $44,000 basketball gamble?
>>143265864>not even going to reveal who she's running fromAll that build-up for nothing. A certified Taeshi classic.
>>143265923He'll be front and center in the next page
>>143266006Heaven forbid Taeshi surprise us. Since it's foing to be Alejandro no matter what, it would have been better to watch him taunting Lucy across the last three pages.
*Girlifies your Paulo*
>>143265864I would give like 5$ bucks if I wasn’t broke rn
>>143265923It'll be an image of whoever's chasing her, then a panel of Lucy waking up.
Oh did the comic go back to updating three times a week?
>>143266444Based
>>143266455Yes
>>143265841
>>143266507Damn finally. That was like what two years?
Trailer next Friday at 12 pm EST.
Damn I almost forgot this comic existed, didn't even check this week until now
>>143265864>Are we backing the kickstarter, anons?You are asking if we would pay good money to help immortalize in print what is quite possibly the worst run of BCB to date.
Can that anon who keeps claiming Mike is a Sociopath show up? I am bored as shit right now and I need a debate to stimulate by brain.
>>143266585Uh something something he stopped giving a fuck about his abuser right after dressing her down or whatever. This means he is very evil and you should ignore all the times when Mike has shown others compassion or felt badly for hurting them.
Is it just me, or is all of the art except maybe the center panel weirdly cartoonish for a scene where Lucy has a nightmare about that time she was almost raped? Feels like Taeshi must have been in a bit of a rush to get this one out.
>>143266697Taeshi's trying to do a thing with how perspective is warping around Lucy's fear but it doesn't work because Taeshi's lazy and it amplifies her shitty proportions.
>>143266697The fault lies with mostly in Lucy's bobble head. It is massive, even by the comic's low standards. I am sure that Taeshi bent the walls because dream perspective, which works thematically but only emphasizes the planetary roundness of her bloated cranium.
>>143266827Pic unrelated except that we're still dredging this stupid plot about how Lucy's anxiety makes her self-sabotage nearly twenty years later and Taeshi's so ham-handed she produced a fanbase of Lucy-stans who didn't get the point and thought she was a girlboss.
>>143266865It doesn't help that Taeshi is almost surely reveling in Lucy's bad behavior as a not-so-guilty pleasure. After all, this is the kind of shit Taeshi wishes she could get away with in real life while still being loved and respected. There are no real downsides because whenever they come up, none of them stick. Lucy just walks it all off without consequence.
>>143266623Eh good enough. I have a full essay but I don’t have it on me right now.I am just going to say that if Mike was actually a sociopath then he would have shoved Lucy off that building himself.
>>143266910Didn't Taeshi explain once that Lucy started off as her imaginary friend who could insult the teachers in ways she'd never dare to? You can really see it with how she constantly comes out with veiled insults and they don't just treat her as being a drag to deal with.
>>143265887>suitcase is a gambler nowWhat strange things happen in 7 years.
>>143267017Thst was even before Magical Girl Lucy.Paulo started out as a school shooter, the ancient comics have very little to do with the current comic.
>>143267017That would explain so very much. There are some people who insist that Lucy is not a self-insert of some capacity but frankly the more you learn about Taeshi as a person, the less that perspective makes sense.
>3 nothing pages in a rowAlmost doesn't feel like we are back to a m/w/f schedule
These two should kiss and make babies
>>143267221Imagine how torturous this would be on the page-a-week schedule. One wonders if even Taeshi recognized what an awful idea that would have been.
>>143267134>never wanted it
>>143267348>>>143267134Ignore the (you), this wasn't intended to be a response to you
>>143267369>Lucy has an awkward but boring dream of running through an alley and tripping>Logically this ruins her entire dayBros I feel so much empathy toward Lucy rn ..
I miss old BCB>>143267528PTSD can be a bitch like that.
>>143266527Is this related to this thing?
>>143267568>picThat might be the last time we saw evidence of Mike's libido.
>>143267579No, but I am aware of it. Didn't know it was canned though. Putting a project together can be tough, Silvershore was incredibly complicated and time consuming to do.It's just a dub though, not animated. If I were put in charge of the collab project I could get it done but that will never happen.
>>143265841How does some boring furry mellowdrama comic have a general thread constantly up for so long?
>>143267528There's only one story that was able to make me like Lucy again
>>143267528We have yet to see what level of bitchcraft will be unleashed upon those unfortunate enough to be in range. Hopefully the explosion will not result in yet more unearned asspats.
>>143266034Should be Mike's face in Alejandro's body
>>143267528>Something reminds Lucy of Alejandro>she goes kookoo bananas, picks fights with her friends and has a weird compulsion to wander around town by herselfHappened in Escape Route/It's All in your Mind, happened in Double Down, it'll happen this chapter too. Maybe Taeshi really will canonize Second Confrontation.
>>143267874Or Alejandro wearing Mike's scarf. Or Mike wearing Alejandro's outfit. Or striped scarf Mike looming over Lucy and telling her what a parasite she is. Or another Lucy disgusted at how pathetic she is. Or just Sandy living in Lucy's head rent free.
>>143267963Or Lucy herself
>>143267874Come on, man, you want to give her the nightmare or the spiciest wet dream of her life?>>143266096Clearly this is Daisy's sly plan to make sure that James stops hitting on Paulo
>>143267957>has a weird compulsion to wander around town by herselfPerhaps Lucy did want it after all. By which I mean she has some self-destructive instinct born from self-hatred. More likely she's just subconsciously pissy at her friends for not coming to her rescue.
>>143267963>Or Alejandro wearing Mike's scarfThis would make sense as Lucy as it stands right now appears to think Mike and Alejandro have similar personalities?
>>143267995>Lucy screamed like a madwoman at Paulo that he'd never helped her because her broken brain couldn't remember that time he saved her life, she was stuck in Confrontation (again)Shouldn't have let her out of the loonie bin.
>>143267999Maybe in how they both dominate her mind no matter what she does. But outside of that, Alejandro is a cruel rapist whereas Mike is just a pathetic twerp who stabbed her in the back and cringes under Lucy's every displeasure. The girl is delusional, but could she really see them as all that similar?
>>143268055This would be an unironically good plot if the comic ever committed to it. Lucy realizing what a crazy ungrateful tunnel-visioned bitch she's been would be huge.
>>143268056I could be wrong considering how little we use of Lucy's perspective but it is not unreasonable to assume that she thinks the Mike and Alejandro are similar. Hell I wouldn't be surprised if it is relived that Lucy has a paranoid fantasy/conspiracy that Mike and Alejandro are working together to destroy her.
>>143267239The one couple that would've made sense
>>143268056Lucy treats boys as being basically interchangeable, so I could see it. I don't think she could even give a coherent answer to what Mike is like as a a person, she'd just say something that reflects how she feels in the moment.
Sue is right, Paulo has shit taste in media.
>>143268176Sue is a fucking phony who has no business looking down on Paulo. Paulo at least admits to being a plebe.
>>143268176>>143268188Both were right. Paulo has trash taste in media and Sue is a phony. Both deserve to be humbled (Sue deserves to be humbled in more different ways though).
>>143268142>>143268167While these are good points, a face to face encounter with Alejandro would leave Lucy frozen in terror. In contrast, she merely looks down upon Mike and stomps his balls when the chance arises. She's "afraid" of Mike, but only in the sense that he's a personal vulnerability.
>>143268236Perhaps Lucy realized that Mike has no spine but believes that if he did have a backbone, he would do what Alejandro did.
>>143267239>>143268157White cats together forever
>>143268236But Lucy's been working on her karate, as long as she doesn't freeze up she can take him in a 1v1.
>>143268287The last time Mike showed a hint of backbone was when he laid the scarf line on Lucy all "suave" like. She did look pretty flustered, so maybe you have a point. I don't think that Lucy could see Mike as a straight up rapist, but he did verbally destroy her in December and I could see her being terrified of that sort of power over her psyche.
>>143268326Gotta keep the bloodline pure.>>143268354>Alejandro>Enters without consent!Based BCB discord.
>>143268231DELET THIS
>>143268354Lucy can't even own him in her own dreams. It would take something like Mike or Augustus bleeding out on the ground to snap Lucy into action mode.
>>143268401
>>143268388Since it is implied the Lucy is a self insert for Taeshi it is possible that Lucy feels that December and Eternal Fuckfest were "Emotional/mental Rape" so to speak
>>143268462>Lucy's family being blatant nudists
>>143267134I don't think she's a self-insert (or at least Taeshi's only self-instert) I think she's Taeshi imaginary friend. That's why Taeshi talks about the main characters as if they are people, she doesn't really know how to write, she fantasizes about her imaginary friends going through this or that scenario and then writes it down. That's why all her other projects fail to hold her interest.
>>143268462That's better. Lucy's aunt on the right is pretty cute ngl>>143268496She's the one who decided to go full nudist every day, she can't complain when her brothers, uncles, and aunts join in on the fun.
>>143268462Just realized that's white Daisy
>>143268498Much of the cast is effectively Taeshi's self-insert, at least from time to time, because she really can't write from outside her own perspective. But Lucy has been pure wish fulfillment from day one and so has the least filter, if any.
>>143267239
>>143267239Augustus is basically slightly darker Mike with a spine and no fighting skills so I suppose that makes sense. Can't wait for edge cat to fail Lucy in her hour need so the endgame ship makes more sense.
>>143268858Ikr you could switch their circumstances around and I suspect the end result would be pretty similar. Actually that's the subject of a fanfic idea I have.
>>143265841>thought page 3 would at least start doing something interesting>NOAh yes, pardon my expectationsI will go back to reading the Abbey spinoff comic
>>143269080I'm sure the Lucy stan fanbase has been waiting with baited breath. Imagine their poor white goddess, in even the slightest bit of peril. It's almost unprecedented!
I wish we got to see helpless Lucy more often. She is infinitely more likeable than her usual self.
>>143268401Both Augustus and Lucy are of royal breeds from Thailand. So if bloodlines or house politics are in play Lucy's family would certainly love to have Augustus become a part of it. Besides I'm sure Lucy's mom would love a little Siamese in the family.
>>143270197Lucy's mom keeps telling him about the kinds of boys she falls for. And how well puberty has been treating her. And how he shouldn't worry too much about the threats her protective brothers keep making because they mean well. And how well-isolated the bedrooms are And that her bedroom door doesn't have a lock. She just wants someone to make Lucy happy the way her husband did for her!
>>143267239Does a character being as slutty as Lucy even fit the tsundere archetype?
>>143268455>Lucy is paralyzed with fear by a guy who got the shit beaten out of him by middle schoolers>it wouldn't have even taken the both of them if Mike hadn't gotten drunk on candyHow embarrassing
>>143270779Honestly Alejandro is a pretty pathetic final boss for this comic but somehow it feels fitting
>>143270779I can forgive Lucy that much, considering said guy still beat the living daylights out of her and would have gotten further if Mike hadn't intervened.
>>143270855>would have gotten further if Mike hadn't intervenedWow I hate Mike now.
>>143268561I really like the contrast of Alejandro's shit eating grin with Lucy's "deer in the headlights" expression. Really showing how little control she has over the situation.>>143269415Lucy can't be helpless in the presence of her "friends", the girl boss illusion cannot be shattered.
>>143271237>Lucy can't be helpless in the presence of her "friends", the girl boss illusion cannot be shattered.She's helpless against her own terrible personality.
>>143270486>She just wants someone to make Lucy happy the way her husband did for her!By giving her three maladapted children and leaving her alone most of the year?
Somebody edit verbalase onto Lucy running away
>>143266585he's a tad too young he could be entering his cocoon soon and come out one in his early 20's. Doctors don't like saying teens have antisocial personality disorder cause hormones and shit.Its easy to see Mike get a grip in reality and take the blackpill no longer giving a fuck letting go and finally being free. Finally being happy doing what he wants when he wants to who he wants. He needs to grow a fucking spine first tho, or else its off to the BPD cuck corner.
>>143273604I mean that's essentially what happens in my Red Scarf Mike total victory scenario.
>>143273293That's why she encouraged Lucy to play house with the pets and whichever boy she could force to play dad to that rotten brood.
>>143270197>>143270486Remember, Lucy's hearing problems and personality defects are canonically the result of multiple generations of inbreeding in pursuit of pure blood.
>>143273948>Lucy has half as many braincells and twice as many chromosomes as a mutt like DaisyNo wonder she low-key hates her so much
>>143273604Gives no fucks Mike is one of my favorite iterations. So much potential, especially since no one could tell off Lucy harder.
>>143273948Makes the sounds of the family orgies more bearable
>>143274139Same its easy to see him enter into his chadcoon pop out of the second womb a new man. Lucy say a bunch of mean shit to him. And he just tears her skin off in front of everyone, really shoving the knife under her finger nails. Using anything she would say against her to mock her how much of a hypocrite she is. With no fucks given finishing it off saying you have no power over me I wont play your fucking games I wont let you use me to bettter yourself for others you are a horrible person who will never ever change. >And then Lucy mindbroken yet again walks infront of trafficTEHEDNZ
What if Mike became a chad nihilist that totally BTFO'd Lucy and then like he grows fourteen inches and a spine and he abandons his cuckoldry fetish that would be so heckin epic
>>143274418I mean with test injections HGH anything is possible. Wouldn't you be a good friend to mike and jab him in the ass with some man juice? If he cries and asks what was that. Just slap him in the face tell him to stop being a pussy, and to pick up that barbell right now. >nihilistFucking retard
the absolute state of Mikecels
>>143274618N-next chapter he's going to emerge from his cuckcoon, just you watch
>>143273807You really start to wonder why her mother would let her be the sole mother of a bunch of second-class citizens. Preparation for things to come, for sure.>>143273948>>143274200She's still got one working ear, so another generation or two won't hurt! No wonder Sam was pissed at every boy she hangs around with, she was probably promised to him. It's a real honor that her family is offering her up to Augustus.
>>143270197>Lucy are of royal breeds from ThailandLucy is technically a filthy turk since everyone in her family has the desu desu eyes and has hearing damage.
>>143274333>>143274418>>143274598>>143274618>>143274649>multi-post temper tantrumWhat, did Lucy getting shat on touch a nerve?
>>143274992>No wonder Sam was pissed at every boy she hangs around with, she was probably promised to him.Also explains why she's so tizzied over boys: she's angsty over the lack of choice. Hence why when her family decided Mike was a bad influence and to move her out while she went despondent and flipped off a building; it was the ultimate proof that it's not up to her.
>>143275093Here we see the humble Mikefag calling out four separate people for shitting on his self insert
>>143275352Imagine letting Mike of all characters live in your head, rent free.
>>143266455It's only temporary. These greasy fuckers wanna milk their paypiggies so they up their game for a nothing-burger chapter starring Luc-shit to up the intrigue. I wouldn't be surprise if there is random forced Mike x Lucy to bait the paypiggies into pledging to the Kickstarter.Don't be retarded anons and whatever you do - do NOT give them money - never ever feed the fucking rats.
>>143275307She would've fallen in line eventually, she knows she should forget about Mike and she's more than willing to throw herself at Augustus now.>>143275386Mike is the protagonist. He was also right. Whatever evil spirit Sandy has summoned to possess him will soon leave his body and return him to his true self.
>>143275483I doubt any of the patreons want Mike x Lucy.
>>143275608>She would've fallen in line eventuallyShe knows that when she tried to break free of her family's sick blood-purity plans, she only ended up hurting herself. She's still emotionally working through it, but on some level she's resigned to her fate as a purebred breeder.
>>143276287>picYou know, when Lucy says she never wanted it, I get that much. She didn't want the heaps of male attention and only really had eyes for maybe two guys max. But what's with this "I don't want choice" line? It almost sounds like she wants to embrace her pathological oneitis.
Lucy is spaced out for the rest of the chapter because the dream ends before Alejandro actually gets to rape her so she got massively blueballed
>>143275352>>143275386Mikefag vs Lucystan argument #42069In all seriousness as a Mikefag myself I would love to see Mike grow a spine and give no fucks(mentally destroying Lucy one more time on the way out is optional) but we all know this never happening. Mike is most likely doomed to end up chained to Lucy.
>>143267568It's realistic and funny, and I love the way Taeshi prolongs the moment before the reveal; the pace is almost cinematic.
>>143268231Paulo needs to man up and gain some self respect. He shits on other people because that's the way he wents his own self-hatred, just like Mike when he had relationship problems with Sandy five years ago.
>>143277914Given Paulo's history he's probably the most self-loathing out of all the cast.
i enjoyed the last chapter but really wish she'd get to the point
>No ass and no titsI know Taeshi nerfed Lucy's "assets" but this is ridiculous.
>>143266527Based dude
>>143278593Her uniboob split when she hit the trash, proving that she does indeed have multiple boobs
>>143278593AAA HUGE HEAD
>>143278593who cares, fuck that useless bitch.
New Idea fresh from the crack oven: I just watched the movie Civil War yesterday and I was wondering if a Second American Civil War did start how would the characters future selves react?
>>143279810They see that Texas has aligned with California and realize they are in a badly thought out simulation.
>>143279810autism
>>143279888At least he's putting it to good use
>>143280327Am I though?
>>143278566The point is that when characters suffer, you should feel sorry for them. Which means turning off your brain and ignoring all extenuating circumstances. Now feel bad for Lucy, you empathy-challenged swine.
>>143276287I think it's supposed to be "I don't want choice because I might act like a huge bitch but I secretly have terrible self-esteem and I think I'll just fuck it up." but who knows?>It doesn't matter! None of it matters!If only Mike and Daisy would attain gnosis and stop falling for the Demiurge's tricks.
>>143280374No matter how ridiculous your antics I'm always entertained by you. So I think so.
>>143280652Uh... thanks? Also I think have come with up a idea for my scenario but I am too lazy to post it right now.
>>143280961Well most post it before the thread dies I suppose.
What would Lucy's cup size be
>>143282329330ml would be enough to slip a roofie into.
>>143279810The patches for the USF should be A LOT smaller, kek. The commie bullshit stops fast once you're beyond the suburbs of those cities.
>>143282427He meant the cup size of her breasts anon. Also it's certainly DD or higher.
>>143282329Hard to say, better go up to her and measure with your hands!>>143282427I don't think Lucy will accept drinks from strangers. You can try Daisy instead, but you'll need a higher dose.
>>143281719>Daisy is the leader of the USF uprising in Maraschino>Mike learns how to be a man so his family(With either Lucy or Sandy you anons decide) can survive this shitshow>idk about Paulo>Abbey is the leader of a Pro-UAD militia>Amaya dies when the Movie theater gets blown in a USEC airstrike(the UAD decided to put AA guns ontop of the theaters)>Sue is a journalist covering the thing>Alejandro and Toby have completely taken over the bad side of Roseville due to the collapse of Law Enforcement.
>>143283216alejandro wouldn't know what to do with his dick even if someone stroked it for him. pathetic lapdog, dude probably gets rammed by toby every night.
>>143283216She'd just straight up take the pills after he hands them to her.
>>143283294Profile angle of Alej feeding Lucy a mystery pill would go hard
>>143268231Sue isn't a phony, she's an elitist. She's very open about her interests and hobbies, she just thinks she's better than everyone else.And given how much the main cast drag the bar down, is she even wrong?
>>143284274>is she even wrong?Yes. The cast sucks and Sue is right there with the rest.
She really is built for being bred into submission, isn't she?
>>143284370that is a child
>>143284370>.. Mike firstIt's so fucking obligatory why does she even bother with this charade.So much of Mike's problems stem from being jammed into the Designated Male Love Interest box and then attacked as though he forced himself into that role despite being an awful fit for it.
>>143284479So?
>>143284274>she just thinks she's better than everyone else.Yeah, that's what's phony about her. She's not the smartest person at the table, or the most artistic, or moral, or popular, or even even the best friend for Lucy but she insists on acting as if she was.
>>143276349>She didn't want the heaps of male attentionYeah, sure she didn't. Who'd believe that after she got huffy when the school rapist said she's not his type?
>>143284686It's a real shame, because in theory the whole Mike x Lucy story could be interesting if allowed to cook right. Good stories often rely on pushing through conflict, and there is no shortage of that between the two. Entirely too much, even. Probably more than Taeshi could handle, but perhaps a more competent writer could make something of it.
>>143284986That's just Lucy being an insecure teenage girl in general.
>>143282329It would be C 32 growing larger in time.
>>143284831That's not phony, that's just arrogance.
More insane ideas from the crack oven: The year is 2040 and Mike has (somehow) become President of the United States in a landslide victory. His opponent was the incumbent president Sam. What is Sam writing in the transition letter?
>>143284686>It's so fucking obligatory why does she even bother with this charade.Idk what you mean here
>>143286134Anon is trying to say it's an affectation, forced, not natural, etc. She frontin'.
>>143286134Not that anon but why are we pretending Mike is Lucy's oneitis when she's WAAAAAAY more attracted to Paulo? No wonder the only BCI where she and Mike are together as adults is the one where they're sharing Paulo.
>>143286409And by 'we', I mean Taeshi and her intended audience, not /bcb/.
>>143286409But Lucy has never once told Paulo that she loves him.
>>143286409I honestly don't know, it's incredibly jarring to be told Lucy only loves Mike but be actually shown Lucy being far more affectionate and caring for Paulo
>>143266513RAPEMAN SAMA!
>>143286409Lucy does not appear to give one flying fuck about Paulo, given how their last interaction went.
>>143286480She only cares about Paulo when Mike isn't available. She sees him as a rebound, but there's no love. She just wants an emotional crutch.
>>143286903Mike is an emotional crutch too, just one that Lucy has never treated with affection, she looks at Mike like she's bored and can't help creaming her panties anytime Paulos around
>>143287264Ever since Lucy came back, she has at best humored Paulo whereas all Mike had to do was drop some line about his scarf and she went to work on his lips.
>>143287264He is to a certain extent, but Lucy genuinely trusts him completely.
>>143286903There are all these tells in the ferris wheel chapter that she realizes she's been taking advantage of him and wants to stop, but I don't think Taeshi was interested in that story by the time she actually made that chapter.
>Taeshi: Mike was too perfect so I needed to remove everything good about him>Also Taeshi: Paulo is just better than Mike in every way lol!
>>143288009she used to like the ship but then changed her mind
>>143288068I don't see how PauloXLucy is relevant to what I said, but that comment is from when she released the omnibus a few years ago, this one too.
>>143288068Since when did Lucy enable Paulo? Does she mean when Lucy goes bonkers and she sucks up validation like a sponge?
>>143288009>>143288068>>143288208Taeshi is on record saying that she loves assholes. I think Mike just bores her whenever she's not in romansu mode.
>>143288834>Mike just bores herTHEN MAKE HIM INTREASTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>143288862B-but, her long-term vision!
>>143288862It's such a retardedly obvious concept to have your main character be a character that interests you, how Taeshi has managed to subvert a core tenant of storywriting is beyond me
>>143288887Fuck all these schizophrenic plotlines and stalled Character arcs, fuck this 3 times a week spew of nonsense and melodrama bullshit. Fuck Taeshi. Fuck the fandom! Fuck all of it! BCB is diseased. Rotten to the core. There's no saving it -- we need to pull it out by the roots. Wipe the slate clean. BURN IT DOWN!
>>143288926Well, you see, Taeshi is a moron who is high on her own supply per design. I think that Volumes 2-3 Mike, after becoming colder toward Lucy, did intrigue her but to an unhealthy degree.
>>143288926>Taeshi has managed to subvert a core tenant of storywriting is beyond meWell I mean Taeshi was always obessed with "subverting" stuff(see Mike actually disliking Lucy's tsundere shtick) so...
>>143288980We've been saying this for awhile. BCB is just a weird outlet that became surprise profitable thanks to Taeshi's autism of drawing it so damn much. But it's basically a way for her to vent out her frustrations and live out her fantasies. Every character goes from bland stale archetype that's had the same "character arc" no less than 7x over thanks to reused plotpoints OR they revert to BPD-Taeshi sockpuppet mode.This is when Mike is "standing up for himself" or "feels bad, but in the way you're suppose to sympathize with" Paulo and Lucy do this too, even Daisy randomly gets super bitchy and BPD-esque. The only characters that don't are like nothingburgers like Amaya, the parents or side-characters.But yes, people really should stop supporting such awful creators and read better comics.
>>143289017The whole tsundere subversion thing was the last really interesting thing that happened in this comic and it nearly killed Taeshi. No wonder she keeps hitting the reset button on the same five recycled plot"lines."
>>143289133I am going to be honest the only thing this webcomic is good for is fanfic fuel. That is it. Like my autistic ass has come up with some many fanfic ideas, some barely related to the comic. I have come with everything from a cyberpunk AU to a Fork in the Road spy thriller fic, and over course the Korat-Khao Manee war headcanons.
>>143288068>Lucy's a huge needy wreck and it's a burden on everyone who cares for herBoy, it'd be nice if Taeshi had actually developed on this instead of just meandering around doing whatever these last 8 years. Like, I don't know, how her family feels about their crazy suicidal daughter refusing to talk to them about anything and blowing them off in EVERY FUCKING SCENE they're together in.
>tfw not Lucy in an incredibly submissive relationship with Alejandro>Alejandro will never completely glaze my face in cum before I go to school >Every breath I take is overwhelmingly perfumed with the scent of his semen sending my libido into overdrive all day>But Alejandro doesn't let me cum by myself so I have to struggle with it until schools over
>>143290628The no orgasms allowed arc of SC was an absolute banger.Hey Square now that it's finished you gonna post to AO3 so I don't have to navigate through a 400 page pdf?
>>143284831>She's not the smartest person at the tableGranted, Daisy is canonically the smartest. That said, the bar is subterranean when a character written like Mike is supposed to be smart.>or the most artisticSue is the most artistic, though. The only other characters with creative hobbies are Stacy (poetry) and Jasmine (violin).>or moralArguable, but again, the bar is subterranean with most of this cast. Sue isn't a liar, a manipulator, a bully, or a sexual predator, so she's in the top 3 no matter how you slice it.>or popularThe most popular character in and out of universe is Lucy "I never fucking wanted it" Whitecat, I think that's a point in Sue's favor.>or even even the best friend for LucyLucy is a psycho who doesn't see girls as people; Sue probably would be Lucy's best friend if Lucy was sane, since Sue has been trying to help cheer Lucy up for in-universe years.
>>143290998It was the best part of SC imo, I miss SC every week I check the threads
>>143291031>smartestFucking David beat Sue to AP English, Sue's dumb as a rock.>artisticShe wrote one shitty play to manipulate Mike into being a better friend to Lucy>Sue isn't manipulativeSee above>Sue probably would be Lucy's best friend if Lucy was saneSue just projects qualities she'd like to see on Lucy without ever noticing what Lucy is really like.
>>143292501Sue is best when she gets humbled. She's sort of cute when she desperately pretends to be Lucy's friend, too. Maybe Lucy and Sue should go on a date, cause some drama when Jessica finds out Lucy is into girls while Madison sits right besides her.
>>143292631I think Sue should meet current whiny Paulo. She would laugh at him at first of course, but she'd inevitably feel bad when she sees how sad and broken he is.I mean, this whole comic is about prejudices and how imaginary things can ruin real life. All of the cast have wrong and warped opinions about each other, after all. Lucy and Mike believe that no one really cares about them, Abbey is a mega-virgin misandric simp, Paulo believe that Lucy does consider him a friend and can be reasoned with and Daisy thinks about Paulo way better than he deserves.It would be fitting to the main theme to have Sue open her eyes for the first time. Abbey did, therefore she can too. She'd have to leave the main cast like Abbey tho, but it's not like we see her that often anyway.
>>143293072Unless it's merely the side effect of Taeshi overusing such drama writing tools as Misunderstanding and Poor Communication Kills, with no intent of making all characters face reality that breaks their warped view of it, from Sue's arrogance to Paulo's pride But yeah, Sue meeting current Paulo and seeing him as more than "that one manwhole asshole" would be nice, if it ever happened
>>143293072I don't exactly blame Mike for thinking the way he does. Time will tell whether Paulo will stab him in the back again, for example.
>>143293072>All of the cast have wrong and warped opinions about each other>Mike believes no one really cares about himThat's clearly correct though. Even his own creator has never let him have something nice for his birthday.
>>143293486It would be nice storybeat for Lucy to realize how blind she's been to everyone loving her because she largely takes that behavior for granted, and sees that one reason why Mike has been so helpful and kind over the years is because he knows everyone would leave him otherwise.
>>143293528Oh, and an increasingly pathetic pushover. That's clearly a symptom of desperation.
MikexStacyxAbbey art when
>I just realized I haven't read a single page since this chapter started 3 weeks ago>3 page of Lucy literally doing nothingholy fucking SHIT, does this bitch have no shame?
>>1432936783 times as many updates but it's mostly padding
>>143293678You mean Lucy? She'll try to fuck Augustus when she's sad so probably not.
why does it look like she is farting constantly....
>>143293678Given all the poses, Taeshi probably half-killed herself pushing out last few pages. That is not a compliment, but it goes to show how much she loves Lucy.
>>143293528At the very least, she needs to learn by herself or from someone else that "their entire friend group gives close to zero fucks about Mike if he's not useful, nowaday even Daisy" is a constant, as she probably thinks that halloween trick-or-treating and her birthday were exceptions to the rule
>>143293637Abby is the smartest fucker in this comic. He knows when to walk away
>>143293820It's a real shame that Taeshi seems to think emotional independence is Lucy's big arc rather than learning to be more than a self-centered idiot.
>>143289017That was an interesting subversion though.
>>143291031>Daisy is canonically the smartestShe gets the best GRADES but is she actually smart?
>>143294386Veronic retconned Daisy into being a radical socialist so, no, no she is not smart. But to be fair, none of these characters can be functionally smarter than their own creator.
>>143294369Oh I agree doesn't change the fact she fucked it up
>>143293820>their entire friend group gives close to zero fucks about Mike if he's not usefulShe doesn't either. It's not even that Mike got her hopes up with the scarf thing, she can't be friends with Mike if Sandy is in the picture and if she is then Lucy will turn into a spiteful lunatic who projects all kinds of hateful things onto Mike.
>>143293678>since this chapter started 3 weeks agoAnon is from an alternate timeline somehow even worse than this one
>>143295014Yep. But she also thinks that Mike is a manipulative smug bastard on high horse from december essay monologue and not the lonely kid that only people with hopes of scoring him cared about (aside Sandy but we know how that ended), just like Lucy the Never Wanted It herself
>>143295184Daisy is a certified two-face
>>143295293Lucy is the one bitching in the picture, not Daisy.
>>143295293>>143295394She doesn't exactly stick to her principles much, though. Perhaps she's not two-faced, just stupid.
>>143295394If this came after the library kiss then I would absolutely label Daisy as two-faced.
>>143295184Lucy is a bad combination of blind and absolutely psychotic. Confirmation bias incarnate.
>>143295293She could be worse
>>143295293>>143295575I'm still not sure whether Taeshi is hinting at this as a theme in her usual obtuse way or if we are picking patterns out of her static.
>>143295575I truly believe he knew that it isn't something she would ask him to do (e.g "I would die for you") and was actually saying it to disprove her Mike-hating act… and now I understand that I don't believe it as ferociously as I did two years ago. You know, he must've really lost his mind at the slighest chance to understand Lucy and finally help her. It seems so much sadder now.
>>143295616Who knows, not the first time she did this cycle of "Paulo wants to trade Mike for Lussy, then Lucy shoots him down and he and Mike cry and hug." Is it supposed to be meaningful how Paulo tells Daisy to shut her whore mouth and all she does is try even harder to win him back as a friend, but when Mike does it she's still seething about it over a week later?>>143295759>I truly believe he knew that it isn't something she would ask him to dolmao
>>143295759I always knew he meant every word because all it took was some random girl crying about anime dubs vs subs for Paulo to fantasize about punishing Mike.
>>143295808Ugh, don't even fucking remind me. Taeshi just had to make her own characters go OOC to deliver a punchline to an absolutely unnecessary joke.>>143295791It's a cycle. Paulo tries to remedy his friendship with Mike after Mike him, Daisy does the same with Paulo and… err, Abbey does the same with Daisy, I guess?
>>143295949after Mike hurt him*
>>143295949Jasmine picks up the pieces because she's best girl.
>>143296089She sure is
>>143296089Jasmine is one of the best people in the comic, except for the stupid shit she talked behind Paulo's back.>>143296208Looks like she enjoys being on top
>>143295949I do remember some post in which Taeshi semi-detailed her creative process and it turned out to be, unsurprisingly, that she comes up with storylines then talks herself into believing that here characters are not behaving ooc just to make the plot work.
>>143296523I bet she had a general outline at some point but ended up destroying it in a fit ar some point.
I can't believe Abbey dumped Daisy to be together with Paula!
>>143297164I think she still adheres to it but goes in random directions on a whim, then clumsily tries to tie it back together. The whole James/Mike thing reeked of a rebranded Daisy/Mike plot for example.
>>143298357The reason why the MikexJames thing happened was because Taeshi realized there was no good reason for Maisy to fail and for Mucy and Paisy to happen. Even though it would make much more sense from a storytelling standpoint.
>>143298357>The whole James/Mike thing reeked of a rebranded Daisy/Mike plot for example.If it turns out that this was truly the case I will never not be mad. Taeshi would've literally had gold on her hands and a way to bring back old readers and even bring in new people with all the engagement that would've been going on.
