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>>150109456Oh dear, what's Mike thinking?It's also not about the magazine ya twinkie, he just wants to spend time with you and David. Give him a gay ass hug already.
>>150109456>last panel + previewAt least the plot's going to finally move on from "Mike sad."
>>150109550>with David
>>150109532She looks cuter when frizzy, listen to Paulo, Daisy.
>>150109532I'd gripe that little real couple shit between these two has been shown in the comic beyond a few declarations of love, but Paisy is just so boring it doesn't really matter.
>>150109456funniest thing about this is david could give less a fuck about james
>>150109456Matchmaker Lucy has to handle Mike's gay crush for him
>>150109603And even though David will never reciprocate, James will lock in for the rest of the comic because Taeshi has no other plans for him.
>>150109617I don't think it's lucy, seems like a speech bubble
>>150109617Why is every teenage white cat in this comic just the worst?
>>150109643Never underestimate how stupid things can get in BCB but Augustus is definitely a stronger candidate.
>>150109626>because Taeshi has no other plans for him.you are not wrong, but I can see in 5 years from now on taeshi making a chapter of james moving on just to prolong the comic once more
>>150109691>just to prolong the comic once moreThat is a strong possibility that cannot be discounted, you are right. But it would probably be in a way that causes Mike yet more suffering. Two birds, one stone.
>>150109664oh yeah, most likely to shit on him for being outside
What does “land it to me” means in this context?Land Mike’s dick in his ass?
>>150109617Nah, she's baiting, Mike looks surprised, not shitting himself in fear, so until one of the poor sods that pay for the comic confirms that's just a speech bubble
>>150109646Lucy, Sandy, who else? Liam is cool though. Jordan, just a bit naive. Augustus has his negatives and well he's an adult. Matt doesn't have many issues.
>>150109742Yeah which matters alot, not like a 30m break or moving to a different spot will help Lucy.
>>150109732>But it would probably be in a way that causes Mike yet more suffering.I'm gonna be honest, I don't think this arc is gonna last more than 2 years max optimistic and I feel like the rest of the comic is gonna focus in setting up lucy and mike once again
>>150109742I'm going to laugh if Taeshi chooses now of all times to drop the suicide bomb to socially sabotage Mike, because that would mean she just got done flipping that whole situation around for no real reason. First, Mike claimed responsibility for driving Lucy away but no one knew how badly her "departure" had gone. Now Taeshi has decided the whole school knew what happened to her this entire time (with no explanation) but apparently not that Mike was the "culprit," considering he has not been publicly shunned.
>>150109742And unfortunately it makes sense with the panels she has leaked>Augustus berates Mike for not falling to pressure >Deploys some bullshit in front of James and David to make sure they know he's responsible for Lucy not being in the table and to keep Mike from going with them to the track>David is David so he will turn back to the Mike hate he's been too distracted to follow through, and James now a simp will take whatever he says to heart and ostracize Mike, maybe even kicking him from the team>The team finds out and instead kick James out because this isn't the first time he's pulled this bullshit and now his dick is putting the team in trouble>Meanwhile David goes to Lucy to glad about how they finally got rid of Mike and she can come back to the table, mentions Augustus told them and Lucy gives him an angry stare, and agrees because Gus won't follow her to the table>The whole thing finally breaks Mike who doesn't come back to school, the only person who notices is Paulo because of his gay crushTa-da, I've saved you a couple of months
>>150109829To me it feels more like Taeshi had finally grown bored with all this cyclical Mike torture and finally decided to move the plot forward. Hence her soft deadline of Chapter 140. But then she came out and said nah senpai actually she has way more plot ideas. I can only conclude that 95% of those are new and innovative ways to psychologically maim gray cat.
>>150109617I'm guessing that's either Augustus or Paulo.Anyway, I tried to do some collage experiment stuff, but it took longer than I wanted.
>>150110041Mood. Who's her daughter, the one with Mike from Fork in the Road?
>>150109975Much of what you wrote sounds annoyingly plausible so not yet quite dumb enough. But that said, these two lines>David is David so he will turn back to the Mike hate he's been too distracted to follow through, and James now a simp will take whatever he says to heart and ostracize Mike, maybe even kicking him from the team>The team finds out and instead kick James out because this isn't the first time he's pulled this bullshit and now his dick is putting the team in troubleI don't think they're going to happen because that would vilify James. The fans would cheer that James "finally saw through" Mike but the team telling James to fuck off would be too much of a red flag. Mike these days only ever gets private assurances that he does not suck, never public support. No, I think James may well abandon Mike, "hurt" that his ex-crush turned out to be such a "horrible person." He'll just no longer want to associate with Mike outside of the team and hang with David, who in turn wants to hang at the main table with Lucy-baby. Also Mike might sperg out to further justify James and hand Augustus a smug win.
>>150109617Its augustus guys c'mon. He is going to spill the suicide out>>150109975basically whats gonna happen, you got it almost right
>>150109456>>150109617If this comic was interesting, it wouldn't be Lucy asking. It would be Daisy with Mike being surprised that Daisy likes those movies.This would then led to Mike and Daisy hanging a bit more. May even get invited to James' movie marathon together. The more they hang out, the more Daisy realizes she's really not over Mike and maybe Mike gives in a bit more to getting attention from her because he's so desperate to feel liked/needed. This then puts Daisy in an awkward position where she's trying to be a good friend to Mike while regaining all her feelings for him while also trying to be Paulo's secret girlfriend.But this comic isn't interesting. So yeah, it's gonna be Lucy girlbossing her way into Mike's circle just to explode on him later for being his HIS circle.
>>150109944>Taeshi promises there's a big plot event chapter upcoming>Spends the chapters before it undermining and contradicting the main pointWhy the fuck does Taeshi keep doing this? The chapters before EF showed A: Lucy and Mike making each other miserable with their mere presence, and B: Sandy proactively calling and texting Mike. Then EF comes along and says that Sandy ghosting Mike is what's making him miserable, and he and Lucy still love each other. Everything leading up to Rain Check was showing off how Paulo sucks, he and Daisy are massive sluts, and them going down their list of crushes and getting rejected by every one. Then RC drops and insists that they're actually shy 'n wholesome childhood friends who are in troo luv with each other.Is it deliberate? Is reminding readers of the things that she's already set up that render the next plot point total nonsense Taeshi's idea of a red herring?
>>150110222Yeah, you're probably right. Augustus is gonna be a dick to 'protecc Wucy' - cause everyone to hate Mike, Mike begins to spiral because he has undiagonosed and untreated BPD. Lucy will only care to be his savior when he's rock bottom (bridge jump when?) thus cementing him NEEDING her (le ultimate catnip) and finally usurping Sandy as bitch-supreme.But yanno, we need like 7 or 8 filler chapters where "Paulo pisses himself" or "Daisy is fat AND sad?" or "Sue continues to be irrelevant," to pad out the Patreon.
>>150110238>picI'm sure it could be argued that moment of fawning was a brief oasis in a desert of ghosting, hence Mike's abundant enthusiasm, but you're not wrong that Taeshi is really bad at showing over telling. I honestly cannot nail down whether she doesn't bother to double-check her older work, rationalizes any monkey wrenches away, or simply does not care and writes whatever she feels like in the moment. There is certainly precedent for that last one.But my point about the suicide bomb isn't that Taeshi would have undermined an upcoming plotpoint, it's that the switcheroo would be so unnecessary and overcomplicated. It would have introduced a traffic jam of contradictions while achieving absolutely nothing. James already knowing one half of a damning equation is not going to matter if David declares Mike to be the devil incarnate and gray cat accepts the blame.
>>150109592Embrace the frizz, Daisy.
>>150110318>chapter kicks off by announcing that Lucy suffers from a psychological nigh-neurotic need for Mike in her lifeOh so we're finally dusting off this ancient crusty plotpoint, huh? Unearthing the tomb and cracking open the sarcophagus that were buried per order of her majesty the pharaoh? Propping up the mummy like it's Weekend and Bernie's? Well I guess this *is* what Lucy's clumsily half-aborted character arc should have been leading up to all this t ime, given the occasional word of god, so better late than nev->hahah nope you stupid reader it's actually the opposite lol thanks for playing get ready for another decade of Mike torture byyyyyye ;pOf course. What could I have possibly been thinking.
>>150110233Not a lot of love triangles in this drama comic. At least not active or interesting ones. Abbey is over Daisy, Augustus has not pined over her since Lucy told him to stay away and rubbed his nose in the rape cupcake. Mike does not seem torn up over "losing" her specifically. I think all we have is uh, Mike/Sandy/Lucy which barely counts since Lucy is neck deep in denial, and of course Mike/James/David which is obviously about to collapse.I like your idea a lot more than the status quo. It feels more organic to boot, whereas these days things just happen for the sake of the plot.
>>150110556"She's gonna be a big sensation, Daisy's got the frizzies!"
>>150110041Neat, good job
>>150109758On the other hand>bcb>consistencyI'd say it's more likely Augustus but the likelihood of Lucy dick-sucking is pretty high so expect maximum contrivance and stupidity.
Damn, thread died fast, anyways here's the something I was doing. Went with Augustus because cucking Daisy sounded hilarious as one anon saidhttps://gofile.io/d/g7ISLW
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>>150111165Shouldn't Sandy be taller than Augustus?
>>150109944>>150109975>>150110222Oh yeah, it absolutely makes sense for it to be Augustus, maybe as a ''''payback'''' for Mike not doing what he demanded (not going outside during recess)... though I guess couldn't be much anyone else, considering Mike's surprised/shocked expression.Man, how petty must one guy be to go out of his way to pester some guy who is already down in the dumps and isn't even doing anything... Augustus is a hoe.
>>150111165Looks great anon>>150111198In theory, but BCB heights are so inconsistent that I don't think it matters.
>>150111213Mike might as well be the devil, according to Augustus. All the out-of-nowhere sympathy gray cat got from him in Burned Bridges? Sorry, that was clearly a reskinned encounter with Lily and the real Augustus could not give less of a fuck about Mike's happiness. Because really, why would he? Even when Lucy was at her most insufferable, Gus still had a relationship with her and not Mike. Plus anytime Lucy flips out it's the resident almost-rapist who bears the brunt of it. If he's making excuses for his nutbag charge, then of course Gus will blame Mike for everything.I half wonder if Taeshi is doing this to spite some fans who openly pondered how interesting it would be if Mike and Augustus struck up an unexpected friendship, given how they randomly got along way better than expected. Then again, you know, poorly disguised Lily scene. At this point I wouldn't mind them becoming bitter enemies instead, always willing to fuck up each other's lives at the drop of a hat. Augustus could nuke Mike's reputation across the school by dropping the suicide bomb but then Mike could retaliate by letting everyone know what Gus tried doing to Daisy. Mutually assured destruction.
>>150110460That could be argued, but Mike goes "You never call me first, I always have to be the one to reach out!" in EF, when we just saw Sandy initiate a call at the end of the Lucy's birthday chapter. That's a direct contradiction.The overall impression it creates, for me at least, is that Mike actually IS unreasonably clingy and needy towards Sandy. She calls, texts, and schedules entire trips around meeting up with him when possible, but he apparently starts melting down if he can't get something from her every day. I know that's not the INTENDED takeaway, but it's what Taeshi actually wrote, and it makes Mike look even more like an asshole.
>>150111213Man Taeshi is SO good at character assassination. Honestly seen that shit thrown around for other pieces of media but legit - Taeshi has went out of her way to numerously contradict and even maliciously sabotage her own characters to hamfist in plot points.Im not actually sure i've ever seen another content creator go to these kind of lengths like she has.
>>150111421>schedules entire trips around meeting up with him when possibleI don't know about that one, chief. She's done that, what, one single time in their entire relationship? Not counting after EF once she tries putting in canonical effort, of course. But overall I get what you're saying. Again we could make the excuse that these are very rare exceptions and Mike is only slightly exaggerating, but again Taeshi does herself no favors.
>>150111504I'd argue that Augustus being a blunt asshole isn't even that out of character and the real problem is this completely sincere need to protect poor little Lucy. Like he's gone completely blind to her faults and lost all sense of objectivity. Augustus was not only castrated but lobotomized.
>>150111417Yeah see?Augustus started off as cliche anime villian ala Light Yagami tier shit for the irrelevant Alejandro gang to -> Says it like it is stoic gang member who calls Lucy's bullshit to -> Actually a traumatized kid with a shitty upbringing that just wants to escape -> Let's domesticate him Mom and Dad, he did the bare minimum of calling 911 that level of empathy is INSANE -> Lucy's security blanket who is reluctant but still seems like a slight realist -> Lucy's body guard that now goes ape-shit if Lucy gets SLIGHTLY perturbed and only lives for Lucy and Lucy alone.Like those jumps in character are insane and illogical. While Augustus being more protective of Lucy is maybe something she could do, him being malicious and causing drama when he is meant to be "lying low and just hurry tf up and get through school" makes no sense.He goes from being indifferent to be a total asshole to protect her..??Then we also have the wishy-washy nature of Paulo and Mike who waiver between pathetic assholes to pathetic soft bois constantly.
>>150111603Even this could work if Augustus' changes in attitude was portrayed as a slide into comfortable delusion. He's got a white picket fence life now so there's got to be a temptation to believe all is finally right in the world, and then get pissy when that illusion is threatened. Like say other anons are correct, Augustus epically destroys Mike, saves Lucy, all is well in the world...only no she's still a bipolar bitch and it's only getting worse because now she's back at the table amidst her "tormentors." I didn't see Augustus at the table in the preview panels so imagine if >>150109975 was onto something and she abandons him in a fit of pique. That'd be one one rude wakeup call. Sure, Lucy would act all huffy, spout some self-congratulatory bullshit, then give some non-apology later if Gus won't hold her feet to the fire anymore, but imagine how much better the story would be if Augustus began to scrutinize her again.
>>150112331I know I like to criticize Mike from time to time but Lucyfags are on another level
>>150112331Its past the point of fucki g comforting when now he is subject to random fucking whims. Fuck off and eat next to the fucking library, if you think that little bandaid would help her stop from a second freestyle ketchup popping.
>>150112331Somehow I doubt this individual and others like her would see that as such a minor concession were it asked of Lucy.
>>150111080Thank you>>150111213I am still mad that that panel was not because he was pissed at Lucy but glancing towards Mike.>>150111504She's somehow really good at setting up characters, but then she can take them down just as quickly. >>150111596 and those takedowns aren't just "oh now they are just stupid" but completely antithetical to how the character was set up/acted.
>>150112431There is also no guarantee that Augustus would not keep chipping away at Mike as convenient. First he was asked to stay away from Lucy, which was reasonable enough given the two get along like water and elemental sodium. Sure, fine. But then it became banishment from a public space. What would stop Gus from demanding that Mike drop out of their shared taekwondo class? Or telling him to take a different route to school? How much of Mike's life is he obligated to give up for Lucy's sake?
>>150112331Nothing this guy said was wrong, but of course /bcb/ is going to soi out over it.>guy hates Mike for immediately going back on his word and proving he's completely self centered>how dare he :((Augustus is going to dab on Mike's entire social life for being such a weasel and I can't wait.
>>150112422>but Lucyfags are on another levelThey sort of have to be. Sympathizing with Lucy--or rather, what she has become--demands a certain disconnect with reality. Now imagine the depth of delusion necessary to support her at every turn. I'm not sure whether I've ever actually seen a Lucy fan who could argue in good faith and not descend into shrieking accusations and denial.
>>150111421>picDid Taeshi mean to make it seem like Mike had already fallen out of love with Sandy? Because it really reads like Mike at some point became more interested in being able to say "I'm dating a model!", both as a brag and as a way to ward off Lucy/Daisy/Paulo whoever trying to jump his bones, than he is in Sandy as an actual person.
>>150112738>Did Taeshi mean to make it seem like Mike had already fallen out of love with Sandy?The idea, I'm sure, was to show "subtle hints" that Mike was becoming disenchanted over Sandy's neglect. His friends were finally proving correct about his "fake girlfriend," if only thanks to entropy, and it was getting under Mike's skin. Privately, his copium supply was running out. Remember the time he hurled his phone across the room and cracked the screen. It's why Mike finally stopped pretending everything was fine and confronted Sandy himself.
>>150112528>How much of Mike's life is he obligated to give up for Lucy's sake?As much as August wants apperantly. He doesn't even know what th3le fuck dreams Lucy is having. For all he knows it coukd be her dreaming of nearly drowning or some other shit. This is a major issue Id the sight of Mike was causing the issue but it cannot be that or Lucy is very good a quiet screaming in her sleep at home.
>>150112331Lucyfags are autistic retards who are too stupid to get that Augustus asking Mike to do something doesn't mean that Lucy wants him to say yes.
>>150112835Lucy asking herself woulda probably mean a bit more vs ausgustus treating her like she is 7 imo but that would make no sense as Lucy would try and distance herself instead.
>>150112835To be fair, they've seen that Lucy does enjoy causing Mike to suffer. To be even more fair, they also grin and nod their heads in agreement whenever Lucy claims the opposite. But in this case I think you are right because Lucy likes to watch Mike suffer or remains indifferent so long as she is not to blame. But once she can't dismiss her own fault, yeah that's a problem to be dealt with.
>>150112859Lucy's time to shine will come when Mike goes ballistic and would kill Augustus were Lucy not interposing herself between them.
>>150112829I suppose it's possible that Lucy has confided their nature to him, to some extent or another. But that's for the comic to show.
>>150111421>Mike is schizophrenic>"Sandy" is a personality that's more reflective of inner turmoil than a fully cogent identity of her own>Mike needs a hug? Sandy's on the line.>Mike feels worthless? Sandy never calls.The ultimate pottery will be Mike ending up in a psych ward
>>150112950>Mike needs a hug? Sandy's on the line.Mike has needed a hug many times while Sandy was not available, so that wouldn't work. Not that any such logical flaws would stop Taeshi. Nor the fact that, you know, Daisy apparently always wanted to sloppily make out with her as a little kid.
Mike needs to pump and dump Sandy
>>150113047At this rate, I'm not sure how much of him will be left for their alleged valentine's day date. Could Mike even work up the enthusiasm to smile and nod when his entire life has gone to hell and This Bitch is the only one who still gives half a damn? Because ever since James, it seems like Mike's standards have unconsciously gone up when it comes to companionship, even if he hasn't quite figured that out yet. If Mike finally dropped her purely out of bored frustration, would anyone blame him?
>>150112944Can't be that, or he would know what the dreams or about and that Alej is in them but not Mike. I sincerely doubt Lucy would leave ALej out of the convo if she talked. pretty sure Lucy tried to play one off as nothing too.>>150112994>Nor the fact that, you know, Daisy apparently always wanted to sloppily make out with her as a little kid.>Sandy was actually just Mike having an episode in drag.> It's why his dad is around, too.Makes about as much sense as the plot.>>150113140Nah, the cheating and being guilted back into the relationship already killed it. Him being nice enough to break up to her face would be fine.
>>150112692I think one could, theoretically, *sympathize* with Lucy without supporting her godawful decisions and coping strategies. I even think it'd be the majority opinion, if not for the problem where Taeshi keeps framing Lucy as right and justified, winning arguments and solving other people's problems without them asking.But that framing makes it hard to notice that being Lucy is generally miserable and she's a total fuckup girlfailure. Which then creates two camps: the people who DO sympathize with Lucy lose sight of the fact that her problems are almost entirely self-inflicted because she's insane, and the people who DON'T sympathize with Lucy think she's a cold-hearted abusive manipulator rather than just a dipshit who's also mentally ill.>>150112800>The idea, I'm sure, was to show "subtle hints" that Mike was becoming disenchanted over Sandy's neglectI know that was the IDEA, but at risk of repeating myself, what the comic actually shows isn't Sandy neglecting Mike; there are as many instances of her calling, texting, or visiting as there are of Mike being sad because it's been a while.Which to me at least, makes it look like Mike is clingy/needy and trying to blame all his emotional problems on Sandy rather than acknowledging that he's been super tense and stressed out ever since Lucy came back, while Sandy IS trying and putting effort in to keep a difficult LDR together despite Mike getting more demanding and withholding. Admittedly this view largely ignores Sandy "cheating", but EF in general and Sandy's cheating in specific are already subject to SEVERAL retcons and plotholes, so I choose to think of it as Sandy having been gaslit into feeling guilty about being exploited and manipulated by someone older than she is in the course of her job. Trying to talk about BCB without discarding contradictory evidence is impossible, anyways, because BCB contradicts itself constantly, so pick your own interpretation I guess.
>>150113200It's just very strange to me that Augustus jumped straight to 'oh no there's Mike I'd better make sure Lucy-chan is alright,' and then the way she reassured him. Like why would he make that leap and why would Lucy act like it was a perfectly rational mistake to make? Either she had to give him some clue in the past or they share the same wavelength of insanity.
>>150113270Does Lucy even know why Augustus was pissed off seeing Mike? I ask cause that would make he more insane if she thinks not seeing Mike for 30 minutes will help. Also, Augustus should tell her fucking Mom instead of having a pissy fight with Mike.
>>150113214>the people who DON'T sympathize with Lucy think she's a cold-hearted abusive manipulator rather than just a dipshit who's also mentally illI haven't seem much evidence that the Lucy-skeptical consider her particularly manipulative. Most complaints are about how Lucy does lie to herself (and others) constantly as a defense mechanism, but that makes her a bullshitter not a manipulator. But yes, I agree it would be possible to feel sorry for Lucy if she was subject to basic consequences. I am starting to wonder whether Taeshi can actually write Mike and Lucy to both be miserable at the same time, or if one must stand astride the other in victory at any given time.
>>150113319Lucy absolutely does not want Augustus to let her mom know about her issues. She already chafes under the family's reasonable concerns. Even Lucy should know how badly they'd react to her insane dreams because then she would have to explain the near-rape. And if they ever find out Augustus was part of that same gang, if absent at the time....Anyway, if we pretend that established facts matter in this comic, then Lucy has already pretended she is not specifically, nigh magically harmed by seeing Mike running around outside. Siccing Augustus on him like a dog would mean admitting she has a problem. Which does not seem very Lucy-ish.
>>150113449>Lucy absolutely does not want Augustus to let her mom know about her issues.And look how that went down. Augustus promised her mother that he would tell her if shit wasn't right. It would be understandable if December never happened, but Lucy bottling it up and barely letting anyone in led to December. Not like Ausgstus needs Lucy's permission for everything unless he finally managed to steal his balls.>Siccing Augustus on him like a dog would mean admitting she has a problem. Which does not seem very Lucy-ish.Which means she cannot know why Augustus was ticked off at seeing Miek, cause that would be admitting the problem. It also makes what Augustus was doing fuckign stupid.>ven Lucy should know how badly they'd react to her insane dreams because then she would have to explain the near-rape. And if they ever find out Augustus was part of that same gang, if absent at the time.... They can only find out that latter if one of them decides to be a complete retard. The dream stuff should lead them to getting her a therapist because, as far as they know, trying to move her out of town could end with aanther suicide attempt. The issue is that no one knows exactly what will set Lucy off.
>>150113591A sane writer would be treating this as a well-meant but perhaps desperate mistake on Augustus' part. Remember that Augustus told Mike he sent Lucy "back to square one." Gus wanted to believe Lucy had been all better and any regression was Mike's fault. But she had gotten better once before so, if the source of her problems is removed, she'll bounce back, right? So Gus just needs to make that transition smooth as possible, without exacerbating Lucy's stubbornness by getting her family involved again. Plus, you know, she might stop trusting him because wuh oh he stepped on the wrong eggshell and that was a BETRAYAL. Augustus can promise the family whatever they want to keep them off Lucy's back, and maybe he would finally tell them if shit went completely belly up. But right now Augustus thinks he can fix things well enough on his own. Which won't work because he just does not understand how deep this rabbit hole goes.
>>150113372There was one patreon who had personal experience with people like Lucy who were more manipulative. But dont worry the others bullied and gaslit him because he didnt like Lucy, such a horrible unforgivable sin!
>>150113740To be fair to Augustus, it's hard to understand where exactly Lucy is coming from. The dreams don't paint someone of stable health so all Lucy ever did was give the apperance of getting better and kept this deep inside.>Augustus can promise the family whatever they want to keep them off Lucy's back, and maybe he would finally tell them if shit went completely belly up.Issue with this is I get why and see the pov your painting but if Lucy starts Detroiating again like prior to December than her mum will know something is wrong and Augustus was keeping that from her and she would have no idea for how long. It might be better imo for Augustus to harm Lucy's trust now vs having to bury her later.
>>150113820>if Lucy starts Detroiating again like prior to December than her mum will know something is wrong and Augustus was keeping that from her and she would have no idea for how long. It might be better imo for Augustus to harm Lucy's trust now vs having to bury her laterI do not disagree with that assessment, but what I'm talking about is essentially Augustus huffing the copium. While he should do X, instead he's doing Y and hoping/thinking it will all work out. It probably helps that the mom already suspects something is up and only seems to half-believe Augustus, if I remember correctly.
>>150113764Lucy is also a fictional, somewhat idealized character. At least so far as someone with BPD can idealize themselves.
>>150113764>anon mad other people don't want to hear about him projecting his real life problems onto a cartoonBeing a paypig won't save you
>>150114030I think its kinda hypocrit and somewhat funny how the guy cant share why he thinks a certain way about a character, but the others can insult, belittle, gaslit, jump on and other stuff to protect said fictional character from the EVIL opinions of EVIL payfags (currently one in number as far as I know)
I wonder if Taeshi can grind Mike down so far that it's no longer any fun to torment him.
>>150109456Completely random but it may be fanfic relevant, but who would most likely become an O.F model or pornstar? Rachel sounds too obvious though, frankly it's a better speculation than wondering who likes which dinosaur species.
>>150114454Sandy.1. She's vapid, brainless, and can be convinced it's the adult thing to do2. It relies on her looks3. Taeshi would get a thrill out of debasing her
>Gus asks Mike to not go outside and clearly has more than a passing interest in this>Mike agrees to not go outside but eventually decides to go outside anyway>Mike is actually surprised and afraid when Augustus came over to confront him What the fuck was he expecting to happen?
>>150114645Augustus to not actually care or stick with lucy.that or he wasn't thinking.
>>150114497I wonder if she would with or without her mother's influence. Rachel, Daisy, and Lucy strike me as so slutty and attention seeking that they'd do it. Amaya too just cause it would be hilarious if she of all people tried.
>>150114645Probably not confront him in front of other people, seeing as Gus has only talked with him one-on-one twice before.
>>150109456Suck absolute shit, Mike. You made your choice to stick with your vapid, iinfluencer, THOT now live with it.I hope James explains - in excrusiating detail - how he LOVES IT when David rails his tight little twink ass every day while you just sit there quietly seething, too cowardly to tell him you don't want to hear it.Worthless cunt.
>>150114774James is for the streets and would've cucked him anyway
>>150114774Getting so wound up over a fictional character seems like a poor life choice.
>>150114774>James>tight
kill ALL mike haters. if you hate mike don't read this comic.
>>150115009Legitimately, why are you reading this comic if you don't hate Mike?Almost all of it is Mike getting dunked on or made to look like a pathetic clown.
>>150115059i hardcore ship mike and lucy. i also see mike as quite relatable, he's kind of literally me in many ways.
I feel like, if the comic really is heading towards, MxL, then it's gearing up to have the same problem as PxD but even worse. Cause Lucy will also end up being Mike's last resort, except Mike has to be literally brain-broken by his other attempts at companionship having the worst possible outcomes before he goes for her. It's gonna be hard to buy as anything other than pure desperation, and I'm saying this despite finding it easy enough to believe that they both still hold a flame for each other, even now.>>150115009>vindicatingI don't get it man, how do you read this comic and it takes you until the current arc to figure out that Taeshi thinks Mike was wrong and should suffer
>>150115009>>150115059>>150115081
>>150114921He's tight because he changes partners before they even reach 3rd base. He's just that vapid. David's probably his longest interest yet, since he makes no moves whatsoever. Captcha: RRRRA
>>150115163It would be kind of amusing if Taeshi makes the exact same blunder, but only if she was aware there is a problem with Paisy to begin with. Which I doubt. So far, you're looking pretty correct.The only way to avoid that, I think, is to yank the emergency brake and swerve. Get Lucy gussied up in her angel costume and hoist her up on a rope, ready to descend from on high and save Mike from the delusion that he could be happy with anyone other than her. Then drop the stage out from under Lucy with the reveal that he just does not want her at all. Life finally beat him down, Mike has retreated behind his own walls (pottery) and that boy is not coming out. If Lucy wants to be the correct choice, she needs to do some legwork to clinch that victory.
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>>150115371>If Lucy wants to be the correct choice, she needs to do some legwork to clinch that victory.Anon, this is Lucy. She does not put in the legwork. Others do things for her. >If Paulo wants Lucy to be the correct choice, he needs to do the legwork for her to win Mike.Would be more apt.
>>150115577Who's this semen demon?
>>150115163I still think PxD is worse in that regard, because Paulo and Daisy are both each other's last choice. Paulo got rejected by Tess (3 times), Jess, Rachel (twice), Jasmine (1.5 times), Lucy (like a dozen times), Mike (twice), and James before he finally decided Daisy was acceptable, while Daisy got rejected by Mike (3 times), Abbey (twice), got told by Lucy that Augustus wasn't an option (twice), and is salty that she's never blipped on anyone else's radar. So they're BOTH settling for the only person who'll take them.MxL on the other hand are childhood friends who've always had a bit of a thing for each other, so they're far from each other's last choice. Their problem is that they're like two subcritical chunks of fissile material: the instant they get close, they start to melt down while spewing toxicity everywhere. They SHOULD be each other's last choice, below even being alone until meeting someone later in life.
>>150115577Ha, I love the pink and white clothes.
>>150115586I said that's what would need to happen, not what Taeshi would actually do.
>>150115607She wants raep
>>150115577Damn, Daisy really got dolled up
>>150115637At least post the proper edit, anon.
>>150115607>before he finally decided Daisy was acceptableAnd even here, Taeshi sabotaged herself for absolutely no gain whatsoever. The whole reason why Paulo never went for Daisy is because he felt she was so much better than him. She would not be interested and, even if she was, he'd end up sullying her. If Daisy had confessed to Paulo and he felt majorly conflicted? Boom, there you go. A reason why Paulo looked literally everywhere else. But in the comic, Paulo just accepts her love, no problem. There is no obstacle, no mental hangup. It's gone, evaporated. He's not in awe that Daisy chose him of all people. Hell, Paulo is not even that enthused. Daisy really does end up looking like his last possible choice, one he just casually picks up. And she didn't need to do this! It was completely avoidable! She had every reason to avoid it and she just...DIDN'T! WHY?!
>>150115668More Second Confrontation content from the threads?
>>150115627Fair enough, while on the subject. Why is it that Lucy seems more dependent than even when with Mike or Paulo?
in a weird bubble where i hate both mike and lucy for acting like supreme retards nonstop and yet the only reason why i tune in is because i want to see them kiss
>>150116574Same. I think
>>150116013Well, if this were written by someone more consistent, I'd argue it's because Lucy has not done much to address her core issues. How she carries herself has seen the most progress, which I suppose makes sense given she is used to putting up fronts. Naturally she would learn to use better ones, even if they are shallow and riddled with fracture points. Lucy did not consciously indulge her past issues, rationalizing that she only gave Augustus a home out of gratitude and not that he was a transparent security blanket replacement. She wasn't keeping her friends at arms length because of insane trust issues but for their own good or because they were annoying.Then Eternal Flame came and went. Lucy's mask of indifference toward Mike broke, along with the masks of self-worth and mental health. She could not handle Mike continuing to date Sandy and her response was to sexually assault Augustus. Lucy might still be huffing the copium and insisting she's fine, but she's also stumbling more often because the illusion is failing.You know, if there was consistency.
>>150115790Speaking of it... is the fanfic section of BCBNSFW down? I cant access it.
>>150116574you get me, gotta some sort of stockholm syndrome
>>150116795Yeah, site been down for a while, look up SC on furaffinity, it is there.
>>150116795>error 451Uh oh.
>>150116574Similar, but then Taeshi started bending the plot into pretzels to make the dumbest shit happen and I realized the kiss would almost certainly be hollow. Taeshi would write some absolute horseshit to bring Mike and Lucy back together while the story pretended that was a good thing. Part of me wanted to stick around to see just how insane and/or stupid it could get, because there is some entertainment value there. Then Paisy happened, Rachel and co acquired brainworms, and suddenly everyone always knew about the suicide attempt so please ignore your lying eyes. I realized that Taeshi no longer has qualms about abusing author fiat. The likelihood that Mike x Lucy happens purely because she says it does has gone through the roof. That is incredibly boring. The only thing keeping me here is the foreknowledge that Taeshi is going to upset the ossified status quo. That and, being a Lucy chapter, Line in the Sand may feature some of the old plot pretzel horseshit.
>>150115790Nothing will ever fill the hole Second Confrontation left behind.
>>150116829Tried looking but couldn't find it. Send link?
>>150117092nvm found it. Thank you
>>150117092https://www.furaffinity.net/view/52158660/
>>150116574>picI do like this dynamic. I assume Taeshi likes it too since she's made at least a couple drawings in this genre, which makes it weird how hard the comic itself veers in the opposite direction. Like if you want Mike to calm down for 2 seconds and Lucy to not girlboss her way through all her problems then you can just write that.
>>150117196It's called having your cake and eating it too. See the upcoming BCIs in which Lucy babytraps Mike because boy howdy they sure are not getting together anytime within the next decade.
>>150116950i feel like all she had to do was not immediately go back to the status quo after eternal flamemike should have either dumped sandy right then and there or have his own cheating arc on her with lucy
>>150117092>>150117170Among others I hope and pray I can write as well as them. Fucking anxiety. Nonetheless trying is better than not.
>>150117248"Lucy becomes a domestic abuser and there's a nasty custody battle" is an idea I really want to do. Especially interesting since apparently statistically women are more likely to win despite being more likely to be abusive unless the husband can prove she's unfit for motherhood. That alone would swing in Lucy's favor. Maybe that'll happen in the future and Sandy can remind Mike why she's the better partner, then Mike joins her and her boyfriend Francis to get cucked.
>>150116574i've been here for 17 years
>>150117440My condolences. Your pain is far greater than mine.
>>150117440Lucky, I've only been for 2. Life has been so empty without Bittersweet Candy Bowl.
>>150109456By the way, Thea didn't give us bunny simp cryng over stuffed toy today.
>>150117440Jesus, are you alright anon? You want to talk about some romance/drama comics that aren't infuriating or something?
>>150117440How have you not snapped and tried to assassinate her and Suitcase by now?
>>150117440That is more than three quarters of my life span. I hope you have a good labor day at least.>>150115775I know you looked more on the Paulo side of things, but Daisy could have (had) a very, very interesting viewpoint/wrench to throw things in. I believe Daisy is smart enough to realize that Paulo and her wouldn't be able to last after highschool, and that her confessing her feelings is actually just to satiate her id/image and she knows that it's mostly going to be carnel/not a real affection.Already set up with her and Augustus, she already knows Paulo's a horndog (when they sent the condoms to him), and she already kissed Mike. They'd be teetering on the edge of second and third base because Daisy would internally not want to be romantically involved in Paulo.Of course, any internalized drama if there came to be some dark side of Daisy would be hastily written with wild swings that wouldn't have the breathing room to make any sense.
>>150115790I dare to dream of a Third Confrontation, perhaps Confronting the challenge of motherhood.
>>150115059>Legitimately, why are you reading this comic if you don't hate Mike?Almost all of it is Mike getting dunked on or made to look like a pathetic clown.Because Mike is hot and Mike getting humiliated is hot
>>150117312I'm not sure that Taeshi could bring herself to do that. If BCB really is one long drawn out Goldimald, then Lucy MUST win out against Sandy. Mike has to choose Worst Cat over Dumb Whore in the end. It's a psychological imperative. Sandy dumping Mike robs Lucy of that chance and negates Taeshi's power fantasy victory.Ignoring that, the story still would have petered out and died. Another Flame showed that Mike and Lucy would have just gone back to the same old status quo they shared years ago. One big fat circle with no resolution. Now, in a better story, they would come out of Eternal Flame enjoying a brief honeymoon period before reality sets in and they remember the mountain of unresolved issues between them. And then, you know, try to do something about that.
>>150117794Wouldn't that be a little too self-aware for Daisy? She was in denial throughout her relationship with Abbey and is currently in love with a person who seems blatantly incompatible with her on multiple levels.
>>150119007The dawning of self awarness of her acts was what would be the driver of the drama. Though that was really in my idealized world were she isn't currently being written as giddy and dull.
>>150119247>The dawning of self awarness of her actsI really really wish that this was not officially her current arc, nor that it kicked off with Lucy talking down at Daisy about relationships of all things. Like fucking hell Lucy this is not your wheelhouse do not act like an expert. But then Daisy listens to her and is portrayed as better off for it.
>>150111165Is this your first piece?
I can make new LoRAs again so finally ported Daisy, it feels like an enormous coinflip if one turns out good or not sadly, this one's pretty goodhttps://drive .google. com/file/d/1zRVIFkRd3y5yE7QSysCIU_eqsdMDgGTE/view?usp=sharing
>>150116574taeshi for fuck sake people have two fucking eyes and so do those two characters
>>150116574I've come around to Mucy. I never used to like it; even before December and all, I thought it'd be bad for both of them, since they clearly got along best in small doses. I hoped Mike would get to stay with Sandy, since he clearly loves her more and she was better for him. And I wanted Lucy to get with Paulo, since he seemed to have the combination of unconditional love, lust, and respect Lucy claimed to want, and he CLEARLY wanted her. And frankly I never liked Paulo much, so I thought it had an appropriate air of irony, in a careful-what-you-wish-for kind of way. Or better yet she'd get over needing a boy and be able to engage in romance and friendship without it being an act of desperation.But now Mike and Lucy are both so despicable and pathetic that I not only think they deserve each other, I kind of want to see them continue to make each other worse. There's a certain appeal to two incredibly depressed characters who hate each other and themselves coupling up so they can die of self-neglect together.
>>150121111I dont know, I think Lucy should look further away
>>150120643That's a very thin Daisy, Must be taking ozempic.New batch of generations is nice, but your AI does seem to give Mike boobs for some reason.
>>150121367Thanks anon, also I honestly prompted for the small boobs because I thought the implication of him going full femboy Michelle was hotterI really don't know why it hates pear shaped Daisy though, training on illustrious doesn't like to play nice and it's being picky about being accurate on either her face or her body but not both, it might also benefit from just prompting for thiccer so I'll just play around with it more.
>>150111173Probably not, sorry>>150111198Shit, you're right. Thou to be fair the guy was a blank slate while I waited for suggestions, maybe I should have gone with David>>150111259Thanks :D>>150120118As a NSFW bcb related, yeah
>>150120643Sad we don't have a trash thread, I've been working on something spicy and might get deleted here
>>150122021Make one then
>>150122028Ok I made it /trash/thread/77508292hope you guys like it.
>>150120643"Pust is choricu cam to chomy!"So true girl speak fire
>>150121342Thank you anon
>>150122443The tension is getting to her brain so she's just babbling
>>150124084thanks mate, I'm also taking r63 edits requests there
Whoops>>>/trash/77508292
>>150122443Don't fucking repeat it, that's how you accidentally summon Things.Generative AI may have gotten better at veiling itself, but never forget that it's pulling images directly from the noosphere. Strange and terrible things lie on the other side of that window, and we've thrown it open. Now humanity must once again learn law and caution to survive amidst its bastard spawn, or be swallowed by the incestuous madness of collective unconscious.
>>150125842The good old days of AI horrors
>>150125842Eldritch Lucy that haunts Mike's dreams
>>150116975Don't be sad it's over, be happy it was written. >>150118455I like to imagine these pics being brought up in Sam's trial by the prosecution.
>>150129180>The jury all agree Lucy looks too happy to have been blackmailed >Roseville has Romeo and Juliet laws that clear Alejandro of any wrongdoing
>>150129542>Thanks to Lucy's testimony (perjury) and the legal services of Saul Goodcat, Alejandro gets away with everything>Lucy's family is forced to accept that their daughter belongs to him, now, or else he'll press charges on Sam's assault>Alejandro twists the knife by being Lucy's "date" for every party>Sometimes brings along or takes home a side piece as well as Lucy, just to really rub it in>At birthdays and proms, taunts "The hot one", "The fat one", "Green-eyes", Augustus, etc. by being Lucy's new "openly talk shit about my friends" friend>And by none-too-subtly implying that he will (or already did) get to them, too
>>150130300If Alejandro became Lucy's new BPD favorite person that's exactly what she'd do, totally be a ride or die bitch>Lucy's extended family slowly stop showing up to family get togethers after Lucy gets busted jerking Alej off under the table during thanksgiving dinner
>>150131016Family thinks that Lucy is getting abused by Alejandro. But then find out that Lucy is actually getting off by the abuse and practically cut her off after that.
>>150130300Lucy is definitely the type of girl to bring her older boyfriend to prom
>>150130300Perfect exploitable
>>150131016Mike can never say it to the friend group, but he breathes a sigh of relief at finally being free from Lucy's insanity.
>>150130300>Alejandro occasionally flirts with Lucy's friends to either get into their pants or to creep them out so they distance themselves from her, making her focus more on him. Either result is fine by him.
>>150131058Lucy's mom is way too much of an enabler to ever drop Lucy no matter how abusive or toxic her behavior.
>>150137342True.
>>150121496>the implication of him going full femboy MichelleI'm glad Mike is still taking the pills Francis gave him. He'll be happier as his second girlfriend.
Since the bullshit levels will begin to spike tomorrow, it would nice to be have a fresh thread.
>>150138916Started out as a fetish and became a way of life, just look at that.
Fucking hell, tomorrow's page has 42 patron comments
>>150139441I guess Lucy does show up
The ride never ends
>>150136735His threats and flirting might frighten off Sue (assuming they don't go over her head), but Daisy would appreciate an older bad boy taking open sexual interest in her.>>150138969Post limit on /co/ is 450 or so, it's fine.
>>150138916I wonder if Mike and Haley would get along better after Mike becomes a girl
>>150139441I wonder what they’re saying
>>150141550Glazing Mike, overwhelmingly.
>>150140343>Post limit on /co/ is 450 or so, it's fineCool beans, use sage anyway because there is literally no good reason not to.
