Everybody loves Lucy editionLet's see how fast we can hit the bump limit today!Website: https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/Booru: https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/candybooru/
>>151119620He is so tall, he should fuck lucy on the table right then and there in front of everyone
>>151119620Can't wait for Madison's reaction to Lucy sitting right next to her
>>151119620Commentary and preview
>Amaya :D>Sue in painWell, it's something
>>151119661Those two features alone make this the best page of the chapter so far
>>151119620Taeshi's awfully quick with that legbreaker to punish Sue for trying to be a main character
>>151119620so gay
Damn, Sue is really cursed for pain. Or she has child osteoporosis
>>151119620why is Lucy so small in the last panel
>>151119655>>151119656Please don't associate happy Rachel with Augustus The Rapist.
The anon saying Lucy's reaction was to Sue was wrong, no one but Paulo even paid attention to that, Lucy's just back to her "oh right I just remembered I don't actually want to be here" attitude
I actually enjoy this page for the sole fact that Paulo is unbothered by Lucy appearing
>>151119705Too bad, the LGBT squad has now been tainted with Lucy's sloppy thirds. Enjoy your back up Lucy cheerleading squad
>>151119705They love each other!
>>151119729I like that he says it like it is, she's the one that kept refusing to come around, let's see how Mr simp extraordinary continues the rest of the arc
>>151119655Madison has been assimilated into the Lucy asspat brigade and will surely eviscerate Mike over his role in her suicide attempt.
>>151119655>Augustus sent to another table to side-step that whole "tried to molest Daisy" fiasco that might cause some fucking consequences to his actions here at the main table.Can we go back to Pabbey gaybaiting? That was at least funny.
>>151119620What's up with Lucy's eye in the last panel? Is that supposed to be her face squishing up against David's side?
>>151119718Anons keep trying to see a better side in Lucy, and they keep being proven wrong.
>>151119794yeah
Excellent work, AI anon
>>151119718So over the next ten years, she will alternate between random acts of generosity and quietly seething in hatred toward Paulo, Daisy, and Sue. Then find a reason to hate James as well (but not David because he's not a real character).
>Lucy just letting a larger guy man-handle her
>>151119840David is not a real character so he does not count. He exists outside the comic's tenuous grasp of actions and consequences.
>Achewood gone>Poppy O'Possum gone>Cucumber Quest gone>Unsounded on a long-ass hiatus>This fucking shit, Questionable Content and Dumbing of Age will continue to be shoveled out like clockwork until the earth crashes into the motherfucking sunWhy are we still here? Just to suffer?
>Upcoming senior table pageOkay so how will Tae ruin them?
>>151119705He supports Lucy so has therefore been forgiven of all sins and allowed into heaven. Michael Graycat, archfiend of BCB, will remain the scapegoat.
>>151119620>James fourth-wheeling Lucy's return to lunchSomething about it just pisses me off. This ZESTY motherfucker is desperate for doggy dick
>>151119874Implying she hasn't already with that pointless Jessica play gaslighting bullshit that left every frontal lobe at that table hopelessly destroyed.
>>151119874>Okay so how will Tae ruin them?by making rachel and augustus date
>>151119882It'd be funny if James gradually realizes that David is paying him less and less attention now that both Paulo AND Lucy-baby are right there.
>>151119655>>151119656>>151119705we're gonna have the ship boys
>>151119872I miss Poppy, even though Morbi was a huge fucking fag. Did he troon out?
Poor pathetic friendless Taeshi. I'm sure you want to fantasize this is how people would recieve your BPD ass after being a total flakey unpredictable bitch. This how you dream high school went for you, right? This shit can't quite get more Mary-Sue self-inserty than this, but Taeshi pedastaling her fursona and shitting on her Husband's fursona is pretty par for the course.>>151119705IDK why tf they are shipping Rachael and Augustus?? Like what the fuck happened with Jordan? Isn't he already a simp she wants to bone?Literally Jordan is so fucking useless and pointless istg.>>151119620I doubt this one will aspire people to yap as much unless leak Anon comes back. Leak Anon didn't give us Monday's page on Friday so w/e he probably won't/can't do it anymore.OFC that is if it wasn't just a ploy by Suit/Taeshi to get more people pledging to the Patreon before November hit. The leaks conveniently stopping like that when past leakers were DMCA/banned? Yeah, its pretty fishy.
>Mike is left outside in shambles off-panel while the perspective shifts to Lucy being shown (again) that all her friends love and support her
>>151119729I was pretty disappointed when Lucy got credit for making Paisy happen because I assumed that was supposed to put Paulo and Lucy on good terms again. Pretty cool if there's still at least some tension.
>>151119897But Rachel finding out what Augustus did and telling him he fucking sucks would be based. He needs a good solid kick to the balls.
>>151119794the size difference thoughis there a /trash/ thread today?
>>151119872Try reading other comics bro. There is lots still out there going on.>>151119911Poppy was kind of shit and cringe, Morbi did that weird mouth-demon porn comic then peaced out or whatever.Shits been dead for years upon years.. I think Pre-COVID.
So, Mike was the villain?
>>151119926>comicUnless that person is Mike
>>151119926>so w/e he probably won't/can't do it anymoreOr this is such a nothing page that there's no point.>OFC that is if it wasn't just a ploy by Suit/Taeshi to get more people pledging to the Patreon before November hitI suppose they might be stupid enough to believe that would work.
Im going to rape and murder each and everyone that was mean to the grey cat.
>>151119959It's possible. I assume all the "big bombs" for this chapter have already been dropped. Just mostly Mike getting shat on, which again - isn't anything new."Hey guys, Mike is now 10 percent more depressed then he was 2 chapters ago, t-that's progress, right?! That's the character arcs you want right? I'm a good writer, RIGHT?!" - Taeshi, probably.
>>151119882That's not James anymore, that the David Orbiter that wears his skin.If Taeshi cares to ever write him realizing that David is nothing but a walking meme he'll just fall away into the void.>>151119984Based.
>>151119928>"what you do a couple of good deeds here and there so now we're supposed to be all buddy-buddy?">"Lucy you're a bitchy ice queen like 95% of the time be real"
>>151119930I keep trying to imagine a future where anybody respects Mike and the people that hurt him face consequences but it all just feels like unrealistic wish fulfillment. The little dude's gonna have to grovel for forgiveness and spend the rest of his life knowing his social life hinges on staying in Lucy's good graces.
>>151119894It really went to shit when Jessica and Rachel told Tess that they fucked Paulo cuz muh revenge. I still don't know why she just let it slide and not go 'Oh, so you REALLY are a bunch of whores'. She's a former bully, she could prbly verbally massacre them
>>151119930She won't though, Aug has Lucy Stan status and is currently untouchable.
>>151119872To be fair Achewood felt as did the author's personal life, Poppy was Morbi moving to Seattle and becoming unbearable, and chewing more than he could swallow, and /co/ always gave CCQ shit so I don't see where the turn on it comes from
>>151119926>Leak Anon didn't give us Monday's page on Fridayhe gave us the last panel and a description though, he has exactly been consistent (for a good reason)
>>151119996It was barely even a good deed, Lucy took Daisy to Paulo's workplace and failed at having a conversation so badly that Daisy ran away. It was sheer dumb luck that made it end well Paisy being shit notwithstanding.
>>151119620>the dirt of loyal friendshiplol, lmao
>>151120034*hasn'toops anyways leakanon isn't exactly sticking to just posting pages only
>>151119620Paulo having a hint of character development and unfazed by Lucy's presence put my hate towards him at ease, but I don't know. I want to believe, but it is BCB after all.
>>151120009It seems like a running theme in this comic that feeling a sense of guilt prevents anyone from fighting back against those who use it against them.
Augustrash will get away with this, will he
>>151120065Hey now, dirt actually has merit. This is more like the disgusting pubic hair-ridden dust bunny of friendship.
>>151119994>>151119882Remember when James was annoyed at Lucy for being a bitch for no reason?
>>151120065He forgot to mention he made Mike swallow said dirt and then kicked him in the stomach, but it's a detail of no importance
>>151120105>Lucy doesn't even need to do anything to regain his trust and adoration this time>the double date will go so badly that Paulo just gives up on Mike altogether and sides with Lucy by default
>>151120180Recontextualized as a justifiable reaction to confronting the horrible monster that is Michael Graycat out in the wilds. Truly, James' feelings were justifiable collateral damage.
>>151119939Make one
>>151120188kek at pic.
>>151120180He didn't know better, he didn't know he was being a victim of MIGUEL GATOGRIS
>>151120180Or you know - her constantly dickblocking all the arcade machines and being pouty - only to then get really pissy that Mike is in her 'area' at school of all places?
>>151119620My standarts are so low, that simply witnessing Paulo and Sue share the same page makes me a bit happy.Damn, I'd even take a page with Sue OR Paulo in it over the crap we've been getting the last month.>>151119655Damn, jealous Sue is the best Sue.
>>151120242it's the little things like lucy acting as if mike really wants to antagonize her
>>151120242Taeshi needs to add more scruff to Mike's cheeks to avoid the beanmouth look.
Was there anything more forced than Arcade Lucy teleportation?
>>151119620So the brown dog is Mexican or something? He seems very insistent on using Spanish randomly.
Next page is Daisy asking if Gus is joining them too and then gets flustered looking and all n-not that id want that that'd be weird while Paulo gets increasingly pissed off looking. Lucy says no hes going to the senior table and Rachel anime girl squees and cries out to him in excitement >Rachel is very excited to see the guy that tried to rape a girl that one time>another crack in Paisy>Paulo not only not giving a shit about this chain of events but actually pissed about it I want to believe in the Paulo redemption arc
>>151120264Lucy's built up this malicious copium-fueled effigy of Mike in her own head to spare her own ego.
>>151119930To be fair, she forgave Tess because she'd bettered herself.
>>151120242>I have a right to be here, you don't tho. Stop trying to scare and threatening me to leave by staying there, motionless
>>151120292>Daisy asking if Gus is joining them too and then gets flustered looking and all n-not that id want that that'd be weird while Paulo gets increasingly pissed off looking.based>Paulo not only not giving a shit about this chain of events but actually pissed about it ultra based
>>151120277Did you skip James' character being replaced by a straw man?
>>151119927And she will continue to be a pouty bitch about it for the umpteenth time
>>151120292>Daisy asking if Gus is joining them too and then gets flustered looking and all n-not that id want that that'd be weird while Paulo gets increasingly pissed off lookingFinally, some fucking texture to this ship, and one based in established characteristics at that.>I want to believe in the Paulo redemption arcI'm wary about a James 2.0 situation but so long as Paulo gets brain retention privileges and makes a bid for character development, I'll give that version of him credit.
>>151119948No, he was/is the Meg
>Back to Polo showBoy oh boy. How many resets will we experience this time?
>>151120292I'm laughing thinking of this interaction like Lucy dictating how everything must work the moment she arrives, like no one's actually questioning why, just oh dear saint of no consequences, tell is if we are to be graced by your prophet
>>151120292>gets flustered looking and all n-not that id want that that'd be weird while Paulo gets increasingly pissed offPlease oh please let this not be bull shit like that one from last thread
>>151119620>but no, seriously, how did you convince Lucy to come back?>oh I just told her you'd all be down for ostracising Mike for the rest of his life if she asked you to, btw rapey guy is in too
>>151119951The people here who seem to think that Lucy is intended to be the "good guy" in this comic are probably making a mistake
>>151120297>he's a short little stupid freak who adds nothing of value to societyglass houses
>>151120364I'd like to hope that even Sue, once she finds out the truth, would give pause and have at least a low key wtf reaction. Like I don't trust her to truly hold Lucy to account and reject her in favor of Mike, but it would be nice if she actually felt conflicted.
>White cat is 1 head shorter than the dog in one panel>2 heads shorter in the nextShe's been doing this for at least 20 years and still can't draw her own characters to scale?She sacrificed her fertility for this?
>>151120379When the universe keeps bending over for her benefit and twisting into knots to punish the guy she hates the most at the moment, over and Over and OVER again, reaching other conclusions strikes me as a trifle naive.
>>151120379It's what the rest of the fanbase seems to think
>>151120405I think the official excuse, when this started becoming a blatant problem, was that Steven Universe did it so therefore this must be an acceptable artistic convention.
Alejandro redemption arc when?
>>151120379don't say that, people here get an aneurysm when you point it out
>>151119620>Everybody loves Lucy edition"But when the world needed him most, he vanished."
>>151120297It's interesting that the only way to get Lucy to open up or be sociable at all (counting that time with her mom) is focusing her on shitting on Mike
>>151120393>so... did Mike do something this time?>I don't know, I only saw lucy kicking him in the ribs from a distance but by the time I got in earshot they were all bitching at him so you know I jumped in on that anyway too late for takebacks I already told him we all think he sucks
>>151120422The rest of the fanbase isn't restricted to people who would pay to support this dogshit cat comicRemoving on-site comments was a mistake
>>151120393Hell, forget Mike it’d be nice if the comic was logical for once and Sue was hurt and offended that Lucy’s been going around screaming to people that Sue ain’t her friend but doesn’t have the decency to tell Sue that to her face.
>>151120379Well let me say it in Taeshi terms, "no one's supposed to be the good guy here, they we all acting shitty :)"
>>151120422Nah just the patreon cult and even they were a bit shook about Augustus blatant wrongness
So we've definitely entered the Punished Mike arc now, right?
>>151120430He did solve the problem, the personal one, he just walked away from it
>>151120486>EnteredWe've been in the Punished Mike arc for a long time. We are probably entering Suicidal Mike arc. That or the Murderous Mike arc if we are feeling optimistic
>>151120430this>>151120492McCain wonned
>>151120486That happened ~9 years ago
>>151120450>was a mistakeNo, it was done with a very guided purpose, of the only way to see what people think of the comic is the comments of the people that pay for it you're less likely to want to go against the grain and just keep your complaints to yourself
>>151120476>yeah they're all being shitty here seriously their behavior really sucks aha what? are they gonna suffer consequences for this?... no :)God I hate that woman
>>151119620Allowing Taeshi to keep writing events and Lucy but allowing non-mentally ill people to write the reactions from the rest of the cast would be the funniest shit.
>>151120492
>>151120486Anon, this is going EVEN FURTHER BEYOND Punished Mike, this is Punished Mike[Tortured Soul 3]
>>151120440>ribsit was his gut. he looked like he was about to vomit just before Lucy left. was literally foaming at the mouth in one panel.
>>151120432Not entirely true. Paulo shat on Mike in Double Down and Lucy put up her walls because the circumstances were not 100% in alignment with her preferences.
>>151120540>picrelkek
>>151120486I'd guess would-be-suicidal/dead-eyed Mike.
>>151119620>friendshipTry bad writing, you shitty plot device
>>151119906Actually based if true. A normie nympho could fix this freak.
REMINDER that the central conflict of this comic isn't December, but simply the fact that Mike told Lucy no. >Mike tells Lucy he can't be in a relationship with her>Lucy spirals>tries to pretend like everything's fine (repeating the behavior that will get her DECEMBER'd)>Mike having none of it>DECEMBER'd>spirals harder>Sue's play, Mike apologizes>NOSEDIVE>https://youtu.be/ggJI9dKBk48?si=6y7pC_SiulYVcw_Eand many IRL years later we're still dealing with the fallout
>>151120551I wonder if there is a level of punishment at which Mike simply ceases to care about anything.
>>151120601Apparently the central conflict has retroactively always been that Mike didn't stop writing Sandy letters, according to Lucy.
>>151120609That's his evolution. Gray soul -> Black soul. It shows up at [Tortured Soul 5]
>>151120609I think he'll hit that stage if he ever learns Paulo was wholeheartedly ready to abandon his 'friendship' with Mike without a second thought if it meant getting in with Lucy. At that point he will probably just hit "everyone around here outside of my family fucking suck and can't be trusted" mode. That combined with his own perpetual guilt/gaslighting further pushing anyone away he might possibly consider beyond that
>>151120599A normie nympho is what broke him for starters, like I get your point but being raped by Melanie also put Alejandro's goon's boot on his neck with blackmail if he didn't stay an obedient lackey
>>151120227This is a great meme Anon, gonna use that one.Anyways I tried to compile how many times Taeshi made Mike groveled and/or apologized, Im sure I missed some though.
>>151120609drawstream commentary while she was drawing this insinuated that he's pretty much there
>>151120609>at which Mike simply ceases to care about anythingMike becoming emotionally numb is the better outcome at this point, but since Tae is a fucking hack, it's all but confirmed this is just gonna be a repeat of December
>>151120626It's part of the same negation shit, he wanted to focus on her and she refused, and then went "no, you must focus on ME only! I need you but you don't get to get anything from me! No relationship, only dependence!"
>>151120423So a disenfranchised and underpaid set of korean animators subcontracted for a major american network and kept in a basement and fed only instant noodles and despair did it, therefore the creator themselves are ok to do it?You'd think if you have no eggs, no savings, live in a shitty apartment you don't own in one of the biggest shitholes on the eastern seaboard and your boyfriend gambles all of your money you'd, you know, have some sense of professional pride to cling to.
>>151119620REMINDER - It's been 9 years since Lucy came back to Roseville. 9 years of this fucking arc of her refusing to sit at a lunch table or even in the cafeteria.
>a Kingdom Hearts game where Sora & Co. travel to different niche webcomic worlds and in BCBworld Sora helps Mike overcome the darkness in his heart to realize that Lucy was right the whole time and gives a big anime apology in front of everyone
>>151120731Lucy is the antichrist
>>151120695so Taeshi knows his mentality is one of a mass shooter/suicidalif I had to guess she's going to give one more filler chapter, and then a suicide attempt for real
>>151120379The obvious reason that it isnt true is because if Mike was the bad guy then what just happened (him basically getting ousted from the table and abandoned by his "friends" and major emotional touchstone) would be a major victory in this comics progression; and the problem has always been that Taeshi refuses to allow BCB to progress (hence always being stuck on the same fucking problems and characters like Paulo constantly regressing after a so-called character development) because the closer BCB gets to concluding the closer she is to cutting off her income. Theres some pretty obvious milestones in BCBs overall story, most of all Mike breaking up with Sandy, that are basically BCBs equivalent of Goku catching up to Beerus (aka can't happen its too endgame so they keep pushing it back), so anything that actually does happen has to be incidentalHonestly I feel like the smarter move would have been for Taeshi to open up to progressing into college and adulthood rather than set a hard limit of high school only. New locations and new people are what this comic needs not constantly recycling the same plot points of Mike's relationship and Paisy will-they-wont-they that we've been stuck on since god was a gasson.
>When the fanart comic is better than the original.Wonder when conspirators going to upload a new page. I'd rather watch 2 lucys beat the shit out of each other than this.
>>151120695>The darker the background the less comfortable the character is with petting>Daisy is a slut so she craves more>Both Abbey and Augustus have trauma about receiving affection >David is not a character and is Paulo sexual>Mike is too broken >Lucy is a bitch
>>151120746I was going to say her clothes here remind me of Lucius for some reason
>>151120695I guess it'd have to be "pretty much" because in pic related, Mike still cares about whether or not he "deserves" positive attention. A Mike who has truly ceased to care would factor in neither his own guilt nor the value of the headpat.
>>151120695>>151120779>Sue and Amaya are massive headpat sluts
>>151120689Where does eternal flame fit on this timeline?
>>151120768If Taeshi let this play out until college, most of the characters would grow up enough to abandon each other and move on with their lives. Only Lucy is neurotic enough not to.
New VCD! It's a pretty laid back update.https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ventura-city-drifters-/chapter-25-21-24/viewer?title_no=644014&episode_no=211
>That scaled down Lucy in the last panelEmbarrassing.
It will go like this>More Paulo show where we get Paulo/Daisy/Aug drama>Double date where Sandy gets exiled for being a female cuck demon who dared to oppose Lucy>Junior prom set up and Mike NotDecember moment>Ends with Mike kneeling and apologizing to Lucy for existing>Everyone hates it There, anything else is wishful thinking
>>151120829>More Paulo show where we get Paulo/Daisy/Aug dramaThat would honestly be better than what I'd expected. If anything in this horrible comic would actually benefit from more drama, it's Paisy.>Junior prom set up and Mike NotDecember momentAnon, we just had Mike's notDecember moment. That last page with James leaving Mike alone on the field was pure in your face pottery.
>>151120813Subscribed last week and favourited a few pages on webtoons! Sonokido is a fantastic artist and the story is fun and exciting, protagonist is amazingly fun too! Thanks for the rec bud!
>>151120806For BCB, most of the characters liking each other to be friends after high school would require a pretty minimal amount of suspension of disbelief compared to what Taeshi writes on a regular basis. The comic is already a pretty even split between Paulo wageslavery and chasing tail and Mike emotional abuse with an occasional side story of one of those other randos pretending to do something. Conceptually itd be pretty similar to have a post high school setting of one primary group of them going to a local college, another primary group centered around non-college adult life, and the occasional outlier (someone moving away?)
>>151120868>last thread there was a page of Taeshi complaining about how no one (who matters) praises BCB>part of her probably knows the only accolades it does receive are because of the cult(ivated) fanbase purged of any dissenting voices>meanwhile here's another furry webcomic which is roundly superior in pretty much every area and actually earns any praise sent its way
>>151120379by taeshi's own words, she's not. But she couldn't let Mike not being shitty slide so she said everyone in the outside situation was.But there's also the fact that not only did she frame it badly but she's so bad at showing Lucy fucking up and telling the audience that she's in the wrong that her fandom believes the entire stunt with her and augustus was supposed to be a good thing.Taeshi has a habit of portraying things badly despite her intentions and then wondering how people pick up the wrong result from it.
>>151120689What happened between each of these (beyond the first) to just wipe them away? In each it feels like Mike is really struggling to come to terms with what he caused and is genuinely remorseful. I kinda understand where the latest spergout came from when I imagine him having to be in that place over and over until there's nothing left but the memory of why he lost it on her in the first place
>>151120746looking good for "Lucy possessed by a demon" theorists.
Bullshit comic with a boring story that loops in on itself over and overPages crapped out 3 times a week that keep the story moving at a snails pace because the artist has to try and milk their patreons for gambling moneyTerrible, inconsistent artGoing over 20 years and still a small time ventureThey deleted their webtoons account because their view figures were embarrassingly lowWhy are you all reading this again? VCD is what BCB could have been if it wasn't written by a sour piss fetishist and a chronic loser.
>>151120916I think the way to look at BCB's "morality" is that Lucy is indeed not in the right, but only in a theoretical sense. Basically there's this mental pretense that Lucy should *eventually* suffer some consequences for her actions, yet practically speaking that day just so happens to never arrive. And in the meantime, she gets all the asspats she has never earned and her abuse victim is once again her abuse victim but with even less recourse than every before.
>>151120952>They deleted their webtoons account because their view figures were embarrassingly lowIt still exists, I just looked it up.https://www.webtoons.com/p/community/en/u/Taeshi
LEAKANON GIVE US THE SCOOP
>>151121020Someone already did. I am hoping they aren't pulling our collective leg about the Paisy friction, because that's the only interesting thing about it.
>>151120896Oh I made the mistake of wandering onto their discord about a year ago. Got the fuck out of there quickly. What a disaster.
atleast polo isnt being a retard. hopefully tae is still competent enough to have him go outside and check on michael since james is here, and polo should be smart enough to figure out that somethings up. also what the fuck is up with the smug ass expression in picrel, he just backstabbed his love interest for some cuckoo insane whore he barely met, he has no right to be this happy.its interesting that no matter how much horrible things lucy baby has done everyone always comes back around to loving her. waow shes back at the table ooooo now we gotta do a little dance around our queen and kiss the ground she walks on because she ketchuped herself once ooooget the fuck on with it the pacing in this comic is SO BAD with how much it likes to tread over the same fucking shit every few chapters.
>>151121020I was out in the pumpkin patch gathering their delicious pumpkin spice so I could land basic bitches when the Great Pumpkin rose out of the patch. I asked me if I was naughty or nice: I said nice but it said lying was naughty so it ate meBefore that happened it told me that "Fucking bullshit nothing page. Augustus will sit with the seniors, Rachel wants to smash, maybe Daisy wants to smash and Paulo is mad. Lucy is a cunt."
>>151121077>atleast polo isnt being a retard. hopefully tae is still competent enoughOh, my sweet summer child...
>>151121102i like deluding myself into hoping for better writing despite being burnt atleast 60 times by now
>>151121093I know it's a drama comic and these things are to be expected but it's really funny that Paisy is having trouble in paradise like fifteen seconds after they got together.
>>151121111Has anyone ever told you the definition of insanity?
>>151121077>polo should be smart enough to figure out that somethings upQuestionable, but even if Paulo is allowed to use that much of his brain, I suspect Mike will play along with everyone else's schizo delusions out of guilt.>he has no right to be this happyJames probably saw himself as Mike's victim too, and that he's right to be this happy about dodging a bullet.
>>151121102he and Mike can fix each otheri just know itplease don't fall back into Lucyspace, Polo, Mike needs you
>>151120999>BCB | 2.9M Views | 15k Subscribers | Going for over 18 years>VCD | 1.1M Views | 7K Subscribers | Going since mid 2021BCB looks like it was drawn by a freshman high school student for an art class project and the story sounds like it was shit out by a schizo who can't self-reflect. I have absolutely no doubt that VCD will top their subs and views in half the time.
>>151121115No, fifteen seconds after they got together, Daisy was hoping to upgrade Paulo's personal goals and put their obvious compatibility issues on the backburner in favor of tepid lovey dovey times.
>>151121138>James probably saw himself as Mike's victimEven though he's the one that initiated contact between them, and then wanted to homewreck?(a pretty shitty home but still)
>>151120952Stockholm syndrome or something. We all know that the "ending" to the whole Mike/Lucy drama will be a MASSIVE shitshow. Hell, it will prbly kill the comic (and by kill I mean majority of readers dropping the comic, especially here).
>>151119620Disgusting how those three kiss this cunts ass now. Let Mike and James be a thing already.
the bcb site recommended me this candybooru imagei think its trying to tell us something
>>151120921>1 to 2Mike apologizes to Lucy for December because he was feeling guilty of going to far, offers peace and a do over, she jumps and he feels responsible so he's back to being guilty. She doesn't want it>2 to 3Lucy uses the suicide attempt to torture Mike while being careful it doesn't slip to anyone else besides Augustus, Mike feels beaten down about it but feels this is the price he had to pay for Sandy, then he finds out she cheats on him so add more "they were right all along" guilt to the flame. Apologizes to Lucy because he feels she was right to be so hostile to him >3 to 4Mike takes Sandy back, feels guilty for doing so immediately after patching things up with Lucy (?) and she doesn't give him a chance to explain himself so that only adds more guilt. She appears in front of him at the arcade while he's enjoying himself with friends for the first time in years and she makes him feel worse with the whole "I deserve to be here and you won't chase me away" like he even did that, which makes him worse and he tries to correct himself that he didn't mean to bother her and was trying to stay away (self imposed at this point). She doesn't care>4 to 5Turns out she did care, first thing she did after finding out Mike took Sandy back was try and rape Augustus so he confronted Mike to avoid having to sleep with one eye open from now on. Mike apologizes and repeats his promise to stay away, at this point he feels himself irremediable already, Augustus shows a shred of concern. He never tells this to Lucy or if she knows doesn't care>5 to 6Despite that Lucy becomes more unstable and Augustus decides to become more hostile, puts more pressure on Mike who is on the lowest point he's been after he believed to finally get a break and had that ruined. At this point it's less apologizing and more beating himself up. Augustus doesn't care actually, he just wants Lucy off his back but won't say it. Mike feels a tingle in his spine and disobeys him
>>151121184>Let Mike be a thing with the psycho who is mad about 'emotional cheating' when he'd been stalking Mike while dating FelixHow bout no
>>151121184>Let Mike and [heel-face turning piece of shit] be a thing already
>>151121165I'm starting to wonder if James is what David would be were he stripped of toonforce and "downgraded" into a real character. And all that convenient lol randumb bullshit got converted into actual retardation.
>>151120999>It's still there>The lazy piece of shit hasn't bothered updating itI unsubscribed years ago. I don't even bother checking their website either. Fuck'em.
>>151121153isn't VCD aimed towards furries though, one time I gained 300 followers in a day for posting starfox fanart
>>151121165>Is it really homewrecking if the home is already on fire?
>>151120778Oh you mean Consequences? Yeah it's neat. Surprised Taeshi hasn't deleted it yet.
>>151121213James isn't a character either, he's a set of lever Taeshi thought it'd be funny to pull to make other characters feel bad. James being 'obsessed' with Mike is just something she did because it'd make Paulo upset, which is why it makes zero sense.
The only good thing about James chapters was Taeshi btfoing faggots and fujoshits
>>151120999Did eternal flame kill the interest in the comic? I remember that being the last time I bothered to check and only to see if she had fixed any of it's glaring issues (she did not)
>>151121229>isn't VCD aimed towards furries thoughBCB isn't? I was about to make a joke about it being aimed at mentally fragile piss fetishists but that venn diagram is practically a circle.
>>151121229>isn't VCD aimed towards furries thoughDespite all of Taeshi's pretensions on the subject, let's be real here.
>>151119620I'm bored
>>151121276But it's Lucy time! How can you be bored when it's Lucy time?!
>>151121267i think you meant to type "suitcase" theretae isnt the one with a stick up her ass about furries, atleast not to the extent that suitcase is
>>151121253No, eternal flame was the highpoint. It was Taeshi looping the plot back over immediately that killed it.
>>151121184Anon we just had a couple of weeks of why that's NOT a thing that should happen
>>151121253No because the comic would be solved and tolerable if Mike just dumped Sandy and got with Lucy.
>>151121193>girl almost rapes me so imma threaten the guy who almost fucked her. dude lost his fucking mind.
>>151121266>>151121267Taeshi did not like to be lumped with the furries and bcb doesn't exactly have a style appealing to furries, it goes both ways
>>151121320Well I also don't like the BPD bitch using moments of being catcalled to fuck with her friends but I guess we don't all get what we want now do we Veronica.
>>151121289Suitcase really isn't one to talk about jack shit. He's a pretentious loser with a superiority complex who's over 40 and hasn't managed to do jack shit with his life and fires blanks. That's about as pathetic as it gets.
>>151121320Hahah. If you draw anthro animals, it's consumed by furries. You'd think being in the game for OVER 20 YEARS Veronica and Oliver would have realized or acknowledged that, but then self-reflection was never their strength, delusion and denial? That's more their wheelhouse.
>>151121296>>151121311You know what I mean, EF marking the moment the comic could not recover from
>>151121311The comic would end right there. Nobody cares about rest of the cast enough to carry the comic.Stable, fixed Mucy will kill this comic, and everyone(+Tae) knows it
>>151121320>bcb doesn't exactly have a style appealing to furries...It doesn't? Animal Crossing has a similar style and I'd say furries "like it" well enough, if you catch my drift
>>151121190i want to believe>>151121311[LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER]anon he'd be better off with nearly ANYONE else in the comic.
>>151121333he's the most stereotypical forum admin ever. he's like a living relic of the pre-reddit internet
>>151121289I dunno, she seems to be on the same bandwagon, if only because original thoughts are hard for her.
>>151121333triple trips. it's the objective truth.
>>151121311>because the comic would be solved and tolerable if Mike just dumped Sandy and got with LucyAre you kidding? Mike and Lucy had a ton of unresolved shit between them and Another Flame showed they would just go right back to sweeping it under the rug in favor of easy solutions that would lock them back into the same old cycle of abuse.
>>151121395The comic's peak was before the cast went on vacation and Mike told the older perv that he hated Lucy.
>>151121379Oh. In that case sure. The comic was basically unsalvageable by its author at that point because in spite of being an author for decades they somehow avoided becoming a half-decent storyteller.I find it incredible that both Oliver and Veronica are carrying this shit show on. It really is just about the money to them. If it wasn't then Veronica wouldn't be taking her characters round in circles over the same tired as fuck plot points.
>>151121366>If you draw anthro animals, it's consumed by furries.in some capacity sure, but taeshi's western moe anthro style isn't exactly very appealing to the average firry
>>151121381Thats why she pumped the brakes real hard right after eternal flame. Progress? Mike and Lucy being happy? THIS IS POISON FOR MY VIEWERSHIP! Back to your cuck relationships, both of you!
>>151121431That is how real life relationships work anon. Do you think Mike is getting another partner before the end of the comic? Just settle.
>>151121455What if Taeshi is just such an awful storyteller and so obsessed with this insipid love triangle bullshit that she actually wants to keep looping it?
>>151121463That's mostly due to artistic incompetence. Look at Lucy parading around her boobs and hips.
>>151121366Damn, who knew that smth like Maus can have a large furry following. It does, right?
>>151121471>settle with the BPD psycho it will be fine trust me this is how normal relationships work
>>151121463Then you haven't visited their Discord server... don't bother. seriously It's wall to wall predators with very furry fetishistic avatar pictures. They're the only types who can stand sucking Suitcases dick.
>>151121511He might as well. Mike stayed with Sandy after she cheated. They're both fucked in the head. How much enjoyment are you really getting out of Mike on his phone. The panels add up.
>>151121333The moments and times that he wants to get all uppity is literally me giving a side eye to him. Even back in the old autism days of my youth, he was always up to something. Either bullying 15 year olds or being a fucking loser that he couldn't even find a sockpuppet account. He's a Mac obsessed wannabe moron, so already he's a fucking sniveling weasel.
>>151121493Bingo. I don't know how anyone draws for 20 years and learns nothing about character composition. Veronica should be ashamed at how long and how badly she's stagnated, hell that last panel in todays comic proves she's given up giving a shit.
I think I'm pretty much at the end of my rope with this comic. I can handle most things but this constant state of retconning and re-contextualizing things has driven me up a wall. There is literally 0 evidence to suggest Mike has any romantic interest in James, or ANY of his friends save probably Lucy, yet now Taeshi wants us to believe that Mike has been two timing the whole time? What evidence is there for this? And I could almost write that off as Augustus willfully misrepresenting things to make Mike look as bad as possible, and Lucy getting things mixed up with that in her emotionally vulnerable state, but the way the chapter ends with James walking away and Mike not even trying to deny what Augustus was saying is indicative of yes, Taeshi genuinely meant that even though there is no evidence outside of Augustus's word that any of that happened, and how would he even know he wasn't there for any of it?Genuinely go read Ventura City Drifters instead. It updated today. Am considering just transitioning to a general webcomic channel instead of being BCB exclusive.
>>151121383You can't seriously compare animal crossing's character designs with taeshi's. Look at Kyle's fanart (furry leaning) vs Judy's (anime leaning). There's a range there to appeal to a lot of people.
>>151121544>guys Mike should have no other options it's got to be binary for some reason it's a good thing i swear
>>151121553You're not supposed to question it, tae retcons and changes things jsut for the sake of being convenient, I suspect it's because she doesn't want to end the comic because that will mean no more patreonbux.
>>151121553Actually that's pretty on the nose. Augustus is basically fucking around with a lot of the memories. One of the people that knows Taeshi pretty well basically confirms it.
>>151121583I didn't say that, you're putting words in my mouth. If it was me, he would end up with Sue or Rachel, but I know who's writing it. I also read this without an agenda and the way his character is written, he's stuck in a cycle with Lucy. He's even depressed right now because of his choice. I hate it, but people realistically do get caught in cycles. Just remember Suitcase mourns for something trivial each year. He should settle so we can move on from this, Lucy tried to kill herself a DECADE ago.
>>151121610Except the issue is that Mike NEVER DENIES doing what Augustus is accusing him of! He doesn't even try to defend it when it's just him and James, only specifically mentioning his tantrum to Lucy.THAT is the issue I have.
>>151121553>Lucy getting things mixed up with that in her emotionally vulnerable stateWow, that's a lot of undue credit you're lavishing upon her. This was Lucy completely recontextualizing her years of abuse to turn herself into the poor innocent victim of the villainous two-timing Michael, who tried to take advantage of her special needs while she regularly fended him off.
it makes me think back to the webtoon retconi didnt bother reading it. how much of lucy's abuse towards michael in the early chapters was removed through it?
>>151121636>I didn't say that, you're putting words in my mouthNo, I pointed out you were assigning a bullshit binary, as if it had to be one or the other.
>>151121397Hahah. Don't get me started. Oliver is the most limp dicked insecure discord admin I've ever seen. He'll happily pick on people using reaction emojis and nicety/bitchy comments but the moment anyone calls him out they're gone. That server is his whole world and has been for many years. Reminds me of early 00s IRC admins except they were 15 and the IRC chat was for counterstrike clans to set up matches.One of the funniest things about those two is that they'll never escape who they are, both because they're incapable of self-reflection and because everything they do on the internet is documented by someone somewhere. Hell look at those snarky forum posts and that embarrassing self-humiliation ritual post about him "emotionally cheating" on Veronica and having to make a public apology for it. The funniest part is that he'll be reading this now (because he's ALWAYS reading the /co/ threads) and saying "heh, rent free".Oliver. You're basically a dollar-store chris-chan. You're not living in anyones head rent-free mate. You're a clown for people to point and laugh at whilst they eat their happy meal.
>>151121679I still can't yet very much can believe how Taeshi said basically "whoops my bad" upon realizing she rewrote Lucy to be less guilty, thereby undermining her own later plot points.
>>151121685It does though.
>>151121702Then there is no winning move and there is no "might as well." There's whatever Taeshi writes.
>>151119620>Lucy being grabbed and paraded around, and instead of doing anything to resist or protest she just leans her head up so her cheek squishesHow shameless.But seriously, is Taeshi trying to characterize Lucy as a slut-in-denial? Because that's the only consistency in Lucy's attitude and outlook.
>>151121687I kind of doubt he's even looking at these threads anymore, simply because the spoiler pages were not taken down and Confrontation remains on candybooru.
>>151121320>bcb doesn't exactly have a style appealing to furriesAs a furry I disagree
>>151121712It wouldn't be if Mike dated anyone else in the last 20 years outside of Sandy, who was established in middle school. Lucy gave Paulo head one time and there was 3 years of rewrites and an ongoing "what if".
>>151119767>Abbey realizes that Paulo is pathetic and sees Daisy as a surrogate mommy rather than a conquest>Tries to offer some basic advice and help since every time Abbey sees Paulo he looks like he's tearing up>Paulo immediately mistakes this for an invitation and starts trying to suck his dickDon't believe Taeshi's post-hoc edits, this is the original and canon story.
>>151121757Well, tough shit. The binary exists purely because Taeshi says it must, and to hell with all logic or other possibilities.
>>151121764>Abbey realizes that Paulo is pathetic and sees Daisy as a surrogate mommy rather than a conquestThis would be so much more convincing than their alleged blossoming friendship.
>>151121778Don't seethe too bad when Mike kisses Lucy at prom.
>>151121757Anon, you have to understand. Would the comic succeed if Mike was allowed some wins? The answers is maybe and I lean towards yes because having wins despite tragedy can make the tragedy better but taeshi isn't sane. So instead we get korat torture our a Chinese meat festival minus the end.
>>151121804>don't seethe at the fact that rocks fall when they're droppedYou pick the dumbest battles to fight.
Funniest part is the consequences comic basically beat Taeshi to the punch on Mikes suicide attempt. It's been done.
>>151121714David is immune to her never fucking wanting it. He is the natural enemy to Lucyspace.
>>151121714Mike could fix his life so easily if he would just take control and Lucy his
>>151121903memedog is a shit character and acts as Veronicas "get out of bullshit writing free" deus ex machina card.
>>151119930Rachel already knows what Augustus did.
>>151121918Tae's sniper got anon... No happiness for Mike today.
>>151121902>Well dawnCan't be Taeshis work lol.
>>151121903>immune to her never fucking wantingHe doesn't care what she does or doesn't want and she's into that
It just gets worse. But I have a̶n̶ ̶h̶o̶n̶o̶r̶a̶b̶l̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶p̶r̶o̶m̶i̶s̶e̶ some advice for you, Veronica. And I know that you're here; There are very, VERY few creators(especially terminally online) on this earth who have enough self-control NOT to view shit related to themJust drop MikexLucy and MikexSandyThis will give you more freedom in terms of the story, allowing you to continue this comic for decades to come. Just drop it and there will be an end to the horror.
>>151121918I think it's fitting that Lucy has carelessly helped to utterly destroy the version of Mike that would actually make her happy. But I guess so long as he's in Camp Sandy, that makes him irrelevant/the enemy and there is no point in trying to preserve him. Lucy can't win him over from Sandy so who the fuck cares about Michael Graycat? Let him bleed out on the floor, what's it to Lucy?
>>151121940I wonder if Taeshi remembers this little detail. It feels like people in this comic on one hand forgive truly reprehensible shit but then clutch their pearls over things that matter much less.
>>151121940Judging from how she reacts to him in the preview, looks like it's all forgiven! Good for him! :)
>>151119818Thanks anon, I thought the Lucy choking turned out rather wellGot any suggestions I can try out?
>>151121952>Oh no it's not furry porn!>Draws thislol again, no ability to self-reflect. This is as bad as making her piss fetish public knowledge.
>>151121955>Taeshi left her own discord because it wasn't enough of a hugbox>but no she'll definitely hang around /co/ threads full of insults and quietly seethe instead of lashing out
>>151121902Taeshi wishes she had the writing ability to actually go through with something like this.
>>151121955Delusions of grandeur: the post
>>151121950Is that why she accused the artist of using AI?
>>151122004>I've never heard of lurking or people who have google alerts set for anything related to themLucky you I guess
>>151122033I see you have no clue how Taeshi in particular works.
>>151122033Yeah, not Taeshi. The bitch who needed her loser husband to prefilter tumblr asks for her or else she'd have a melty isn't coming to a thread that regularly jokes about her childhood rape and hopes that she's barren.
>>151121610>Augustus is basically fucking around with a lot of the memoriesWait, Psi-BCB is canon?
>>151122053Yes anon, BPD people tend to do crazy shit and are unpredictable. The ultimate wildcard, which you, apparently, can read like an open book
>>151122033Why did you think this insane schizo babble was a good justification for why you think Taeshi visits these threads?
>>151122099You're absolutely right anon. I could not possibly notice basic patterns like "an inability to not lash out at the smallest hint of criticism" or "a lack of any practical working knowledge of technology that isn't her Nintendo Switch." She's a total wildcard and could magically become an incredibly mature individual who owns several degrees in computer science.
>>151119620>Lucy completely shrinks in the last panel>Except her breasts stay the same size and are now as big as her headGod I love when she becomes her true tittymonster form
>>151119620JFC Tae how is it your perspective is so god damn fucking terrible. Like how fucking hard is it for you to keep shit on model woman.Srsly you draw a fucking comic for 20 god damn years and its physically impossible to keep shit on model with correct perspectives with such simple god damn art. That you can train AI to create better BCB comics with just sub 200 fuck even 100 pages. With an ultra barebones model sheet for each main character and throwing in like 5 per model sheet for secondaries.HOWTHEFUCKIS THE PERSPECTIVE AND FUCKING MODEL OF EVERYONE ALWAYS OFF AND COMPLETELY FUCKING WONKY ALL OVER THE PLACE EVEN ON THE SAME GOD DAMN FUCKING PAGE HOW HOW MAN HOW AFTER 20 FUCKING YEARS OF DRAWING THIS COMIC.Bruh suitcase my man dude srsly like fucking for realizes you need to go uhhh Tae this looks really off why is X 3 times the size of Y when they are standing beside each other when Y is ackshally a tad taller than X. When shes fucking working on the layout. inb4 >Nooo noooo im sorry Tae I didnt mean it please stop hitting me im sorry your art is perfect imsorryimsorryimso-nooonooooo put the exacto blade down please stop your pushing it far far to down with to much pressure your gonna hurt yourself im sorry this page is perfectyour perfect i didnt mean it.
>>151122138Nah, I get what he’s saying. Sometimes these folks will go to a place such as this SO they can get mad/upset/justify victim hood. But even if she does, she won’t be here absorbing anything meaningful, or likely very long.
Who's got that one taeshi diary of suit reading bcb co threads to her? how the times change
>>151122146>immediately jumping to such extremes like 'become an incredibly mature' or 'several degrees in computer science'Grasping at the straws, eh? But alright, clearly you're in the right about everything.
>>151121795It's a more fair interpretation, Abbey painted Paulo as this Casanova manipulator for long and then has him come undone and crying with such a childish phrase anyone else that didn't have an understanding of mom related trauma would have beaten up dead right there. He saw a Paulo that cried not having her mom's love and suddenly understood why he was always joking about his own mom and why he seemed to be attracted to the more dismissive girls like Lucy. Abbey was the bigger person by deciding to see Paulo's brashness as cries for attention
>>151121989things I haven't gotten SD to generate right:- lucy collecting naughty pics of her sleeping friends in a sleepover scenario- paulo ucking jess while madison watches from the cuck chair- amaya groped in her cinema worker outfit- mike fucking lucy while sandy rides her face - haley being sinful to jasminealejandro things:- lucy covering her mouth getting fucked with her friends jus around the corner- alej breeding lucy in public- more of the play dress- those two sharing a tent- lucy riding alex in his van parked in the school parking lot
>>151122004>Taeshi interacting with /co/She's terrified of reality.
>>151122187Are you okay? Do you need assistance?
>>151122026She accused the artist of using AI? Where?
>>151122214>But alright, clearly you're in the right about everythingWhat was that about immediately jumping to extremes?
>>151119620I don't read this comic but why are they making me feel sorry for the gray cat?
>>151122237https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/candybooru/post/view/17157
>>151122259because hes the punching bag
>>151122022I'd prefer if you used the term "Delusions of humongousity"
>>151122279Okay whats the worst thing he did?
>>151122272Is she retarded? It looks nothing like ai, ai does not do shaky lines like that
>>151122249I have changed my stance and agreed with your point of view
>>151122285>Is she retarded?
>>151122259Because bipolar artist wants us to hate the grey cat but because of her own projection fails to see how she made him sympathetic while having characters either act contrary to how she’s previously established them or just having them be plain mean to him all at once. With a whole bunch of the shit coming from the would be rapist we hate far more so it’s like, whatever the Grey cats fuckups we’d rather just see him stomp that fucker into the dirt.
>>151121553gofile dot io/d/XVYNDEI'm going to echo that. I'll give it till the next chapter but if Taeshi doesn't turn this trashbarge around lickity split then I'm not reading another volume's worth of misery porn. I'll try to repost the Library on the regular before I go so that everyone who wants one has got a copy.It's not like she's even getting better at writing this comic despite working on it for nearly twenty years.
>>151122288Good, now we can both suffer through the same hell together.
>>151122235I smell burnt toast ever since clicking on the page, the pressure in my right eye hurts so god damn much. Why does the right side of my face feel so weeiiiigfffafs jhalpo vcaslll dsfoctoirrnoesewwwwwI just fucking cant man how the fuck does she do this. Is it laziness is it just no longer caring her paypiggies dont care so why should she is her art legit degrading that badly over the years does she have like neurological problems and she just doesn't notice it and when someone calls her out she just bitches fuck off troll and if someone has the balls to redline it she starts seeing red and has a mental breakdown taking it out on suitcase?
>>151121989NTA, but I would appreciate any of the following:>Sue by herself: enjoying some erotica, sucking on a banana for practice, experimenting with hands-free methods>Daisy being humiliated: cuckqueen, denial, getting used/bred, denigrating outfits, etc.>If the sloppenheimer can handle multiple parties, AbbeyxJasmine-Mina-Cassidy-Haley>Rachel pegging Mike
>>151122285If I had to guess she doesn’t like the comic so she’s inventing a reason (might even believe it herself) to get rid of this horrible horrible person.
>>151122216Really good suggestions, I'll actually try to do all of these over the week since they're interesting to accomplish thanks brother Also, if you couldn't do the Paulo fucking Jess one it's because his lora is like poison to mix with and it takes a lot of inpainting
>>151122325The really sad part? Years ago, Taeshi did genuinely try to improve in most areas of her craft. Anatomy and perspective were always shaky but there was reason to believe she would eventually get around to addressing those.Those were the good old days.
>>151122285>How do I turn my readers, who seem to be supporting this comic that paints my fursona as a consequences dodger and makes me look bad, against it without looking like I'm personally affected?
>>151122272This is so pathetic
>>151122272>>151122285Not that I care if her booru is filled with slop or not but it's clearly AI
>>151122332It might also be a cope, of sorts. The artist seems to largely stay on-model across multiple pages whereas Taeshi very clearly cannot.
>>151122272lol listen to the language in that post>I think you should be allowed to finish your comic>allowedIs that how a sane creator treats fans who contribute towards their content? I wouldn't be surprised if the artist dropped it. Fan artists often move on for less. It really is like they live in their own little world.
>>151122279The rock-and-rolla casanova?
>>151121955taeshi will never drop mucy because the whole point of the comic is to be a wish fulfillment fantasy for BPD cunts who have already dug their own social graves. mucy has to happen because otherwise the bad things people do have consequences and where's the fun in that
>>151122348Unfortunately extra fingers is also an easy mistake real people do. Been there done that, and even professional artists done that way before AI was even in out minds
>>151122272>to a dude who's posted lineart WIPs in the discordlol?
>>151122348I struggle at drawing hands too and it isn't like they're being paid. Taeshi can't even scale her characters right and she's earning thousands a month from it.
>>151122285The later pages look like they're just traced AI. Which is stupid because the actual art style is a lot more interesting.
>>151122382Could you post some?
>>151122348Dunno man, as other people have pointed out, hand mistakes also happen with real artists, and the lines look too shaky to be AI.
>>151122382Oh fuck me is THAT why Freya disappeared!?TAESHI YOU SHIT STAIN SHE POSTED SKETCH WORK TO YOUR FUCKING DISCORD! SHE HASN'T LOGGED IN FOR DAYS NOW WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!
>>151122392>he later pages look like they're just traced AIThis would be an interesting situation, because Taeshi doesn't exactly have a leg to stand on since it's painfully obvious she often traces over (decidedly female) 3d models.
Tell me AIsloppa anons, what are your guilty pleasure ships? You know, the ones that you endlessly generate for your wicked desires
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>>151122412I have this one.
>>151122426Is there, uh, a story here?
>>151122348That's not AI, anon, that's sloppy brushwork. If it were AI, there'd be anti-aliasing all over the place, but there isn't, and the lines and color pallet are consistent.I believe this is a human work made in GIMP or some other such IMP.
>>151122448>>151122458Thanks, appreciated.
>>151122441>shipsShips are a pain. male_pov is much better anyway
>>151122458>>151122448>Shaky as fuck linework>A few bits and pieces off modelYeah no that's just half decent fanartlol you're telling me Taeshi shit talked a fan artist? Because... their shit was almost as good as something they've been doing for 20 years? New fucking low.
>>151122458That one is nice
>>151122441I don't use AI and if I did, that effort would not be wasted on the lousy characters of this comic.
>>151122441MikeXFrancisBut it's too autistic even for the booru and no one will ever see it
>>151122462If you'd drawn 10 pages of fan content for a comic you like and the creator spoke to you like that would you be in a hurry to log in anytime soon? They're probably bummed out.
>>151122507Just wait 10 or more years and maybe it will be as easy as slapping 2 loras together without masking, regions etc
>>151122340Yeah no its very clear when she updated to the modern digital full colour art. She was slowly trying out new paneling/layouts working on backgrounds and etc keeping every character detailed and on model. Like I dont know where to call it when the comic reached its plateau of artistic creativity and writing. But its clear at some point she just went, meh paypiggies dont care what I draw as long as I draw it on schedule. Slowly shit started degrading layouts&panels became all the same simple as fuck. perspective is all over the place no one is the right fucking height or size shit changes all over a single page.The money kept rolling in and kept getting higher and higher. So just pump something out as quick as possible. Shit you can tell she started using sprites to fill in a lot of stuff, nothing wrong with that it saves time IF you do it correctly.... I just dont get it man how does your art/comic regress this fucking much. Its your livelyhood your god damn job your legacy in the world and towards the end its just so poorly done. We have gone far beyond pandering to the most mentally ill fattest of the fat paypiggies that they are all fighting to pay the most so they can control the story&plot. Yet all she does is cope&seeth when called out on this I TOTALlY had this plot in mind ages ago no no no the retcont makes perfect sense that its not even a retcont it was just an error on my part in the past etc etc etc.How low does the pit go we are deep in the abyss now No such thing as standards,logic,history Only voices throwing money all screaming at once the loudest onces Tae reaches out too in the darkness grabs the money and follows the monies instructions over and over again. Sooner or later some ultra degen is going to give her a fucking massive lump sum at once demanding a 40-75 page comic with X Y Z that completely fucks up everything and is full of nonstop massive retconts. Causing a never ending spiraling exodus of readers&pay
>>151122516>>151122563>Taeshi>biting the hand that feeds herIs there a more iconic duo? Probably so; Taeshi is rather obscure.
>>151121383Suitcase once went on a delusional rant about making the comic "less furry." Truth is, the game was lost from the start.>>151121559The girls are anthros with obvious tits. They're MORE 'furry' than Animal Crossing.
>>151122348Yeah this guy is using AI. This is not just a simple badly drawn hand, it's the blend thing the AI does when it tries to focus on specific details.>>151122458>>151122448This is doesn't mean shit because I can generate an image, trace it and make it look like a sketch. The lines look too amateurish.
>>151122448>Using belt and braces stick figure>Using segmented head and starting with primativesYeah that isn't AI. Is Taeshi fucking nuts or did she honestly hate their work enough to publicly embarrass a fan creator? That post would be humiliating if you'd spent hours on that kind of thing and that's how the creator spoke to you. Poor Conspirator. If you're around fuck that turd and her limp dick caretaker. You're welcome to post your comic here.
>151122663>desperate shilling when the narrative collapseslollmao
>>151122663Hey Oliver! Managed to pull your head out of your ass yet? Roughly how many fucking people do you know can rig up ANY AI? Go and read Freyas fucking posts on the server you supposedly admin. The poor girl needed help from her little brother for a minor IT issue and thinks he's amazing because he can use a multimeter. You absolute fucking goon.
>>151122670If Taeshi is no longer on the discord, then it's quite possible she never saw these. But on the other hand, the final work is pretty clearly not AI and she's either not very smart or fishing for a reason to delete the artist's work.
Is SquareShapedTriangle still around? I miss his fics
>>151122348Other artfag here, I don't think it's AI but I wouldn't be surprised if this person was tracing or HEAVILY referencing other work and can't draw well. Some of us just suck at hands and if you're drawing it rapid fire(cause who the hell wants to spend a lot of time on this), those mistakes will be more prominent.As to why I say tracing, the Lucy here just looks weird. >>151121902They give me that baby's first DA post type vibe where you just drew lines over and recolored another drawing of a character and called it your own.
>>151122740>she's either not very smart or fishing for a reason to delete the artist's work.>or
>>151122670That's what I thought, but the post the comment is from does kinda look AI, so idk.Incidentally this is why I think AI is satanic and that Altman and Ellison and co. should be publicly executed.
>>151122756Yeah, fair.
>>151122752There was an 8 month hiatus. 8 Months is more than enough time to practice and get half way to ok and you just said it yourself. Who the fuck would want to spend any significant amount of time when good enough works? It's fanart and Taeshi has gotten away with more. The fact that you can see them slowly improving tells you a lot.
>>151122764The linework looks very baby's first drawing tablet.
>>151122752now that you point that page out, I think it's a mix of both
>>151122752>the Lucy here just looks weirdMaybe it's cause of the front view
>>151122764That doesn't look AI, that looks like an amateur who has their settings wrong so their line strokes looks like shit.
>>151122752>but I wouldn't be surprised if this person was tracing or HEAVILY referencing other work and can't draw wellthere is zero evidence of this and there are literal lineart sketches from the artist in this thread. you don't have nearly enough to go on here to act like an asshole to another artist (assuming you are one - this argumentation is remarkably weak; surely you can do better than "looks weird," 'artfag')
>>151122576>Entire readership evaporates, audience dwindles to exactly one deranged freak with endless funds to payroll his own degenerate ideas>Taeshi is forced to spend the rest of her career as a dancing monkey for a wealthy lunaticTo whoever is in charge of reality: I vote for this ending.
>>151122764Uh... That's Clip Art Studio. I've used that background and I recognize that font. The worst you could accuse Conspirator of here is tracing Nezukos dress. lol you can see where she's fucked up the sash.
I'm curious how many of you are actual artfags that don't think it's AI/traced?
>>151122764>line work without stabilization is AI now guysNONE OF THIS LOOKS ANYTHING LIKE AI WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU GODDAMN CONCERN TROLL RETARDS ON???
>>151122576This
>>151122822>Taeshi mistakes garden variety tracing for AII guess that tracks. It's not like the woman ever tries to educate herself on any given topic.
>>151122831All artists post a quick sketch and your opinion
>guys the AI argument isn't sticking>quick, pivot to accusations of tracingthis is one of the most pathetic things i've ever seen
Unironically the best ending for Mike
>>151122831The halloween pic? Traced, I could believe. But when it comes to the Confrontation pic, the amount of autistic work required to fake the sketchwork leaves me very skeptical that it's anything but the real deal, albeit with an asset used for the railing.Outright AI generated? No, the linework is too messy and amateurish across the board.
>>151122831It doesn't look traced or AI to me. It looks like they're extremely new to digital artwork and art in general and they're still figuring out the basics. See the giant fucking sphere head in >>151122764 ?One common mistake of many when drawing a lower angle shot.
>>151122816(you) can be in charge of reality anon! be the paypiggy hero we deserve END THIS free us from this eternal suffering
>>151122880I dunno, first Paulo has to prove he won't abandon Mike again and Daisy's grass is greener on the other side mentality hasn't yet been nipped in the bud. Supposedly she's still jazzed for her would be rapist to join the table come next page.
>>151122831>actual artfagsIn my dreams I trace Botticelli art and later make copies of Michelangelo's sculptures
>>151122909>she's still jazzed for her would be rapist to join the table come next page.The fuck?! Seriously, wtf is wrong with Daisy?
>>151122750I'm still here but I haven't felt like writing shit in ages. Just don't care enough anymore.
>>151122934The same thing that was wrong when she could have accused him from the start or why she was being so defensive of Paulo with Abbey>But WHAT IF he wants to date me later?
>>151122858I feel horrible for the artist tbqh. >>151122735If that's true then Taeshi and Suitcase have just shit on one of their fans that was just trying to do a nice thing for them. A fan comic is hard work especially when you can see them improving page by page. They were really trying.What kind of condescending prick makes a comment like >>151122272 to a fan? Who does she think she is? Walt Disney?
>>151122934>wtf is wrong with Daisy?Similar to Taeshi, Daisy has talked herself into believing she is past her chronic problems. This is largely her coping after Lucy tore into her self-image and her impulsive Mike kiss.
Glad to see we're on schedule for Taeshi having yet another breakdown because people didn't like her big chapter as much as she thought they would. I wonder if this will happen for literally volume finale.
>>151119872>we'll never get to see my teenage crush Friedrich ever againStop reminding me...
>>151120813crono stop spamming this happy go lucky shit it's not relevant
REEEEE ITS AI ban this bannn itits fucking the 3D possible model you can use on clip studio for tracing/reference and they fucked up with the hand because fucking around with the hand model is annoying and beg's suck at drawing hands/feetthey are also not using a drawing tablet hence the huge thick lines that are not straight at all thus jittery as fuck. Odds are this was drawn on like a small phone with their finger or some really really shitty object used as a stylus god damn Tae how the fuck did you not realize this right away and screeched AI its very clearly a traced model
>>151122973Someone earlier in the thread mentioned that the artist pretty much beat Taeshi to the punch when it comes to Mike's suicide and Lucy's regret. I'm sure that Taeshi's insecure twerpish self would take poorly to A) being scooped by a fan who B) is taking it in a much less "mature" (read: more interesting) direction because C) it's not hard to see where this should all be going while Taeshi likes to believe that ambiguity = good writing.
>>151120813Insane how night and day reading this compared to BCB is with the writing qualityWish I could have afforded the Makeship plush...
>>151122984But her readers love the Mike torture and she's been happily leaning into it.
>>151123014Or traced AI
>>151122764If this is AI, it's the result of someone manually tracing AI artwork with a drawing tablet. Or maybe one of those pressure sensitive stylus pens for phones. The stroke ends show that the pressure is set up wrong, seems weird for AI to do make that mistake.The colors are a bit off but they look like they're taking directly from some candybooru post and not adjusted to the dark background.Actual AI would look a lot more like BCB artwork. The lines would be cleaner unless they're transitioning into AI fuckiness and the coloring would be more consistent.
>>151122880which is why it can never happen
>>151122831I dabble, and the hand/line issues look just the imperfections I get from using GIMP with a mouse.
>>151123166>AI can now pretty much ape Taeshi's so-called styleI would not be at all surprised if, once more of the kinks are ironed out in terms of content control, Taeshi starts using AI herself, wholesale.
>>151123090nah srsly anyone can draw if they learn how to use the models on clip studio and just trace it. Literally every managka does this now because it saves so much time. Pose the model either trace it fully or use it for reference. Fucking around with the hands on a tiny ass phone screen would be a nightmare so they did it themselves or pasted a hand and traced that.Literally nothing wrong with tracing a nodel its rather obvious when its done, i mean shit artists use detailed dolls where you can change parts and do all sorts of insane poses. body-kun dolls are really popular they come in male female child and chibi you can get a massive set for like 100$. artists used wooden mannequins for centuries. japan pumped out some really cool figurines with tons of changeable parts objects jead/faces hands feet etc etc. they are an amazing tool for drawing
>>151122973>I feel horrible for the artist tbqh.i just don't understand the headspace somebody has to be in to essentially sic your fans on somebody making fanart of your work. getting fans to do the ostracizing work is literally the only reason to make a comment like >>151122272. it's fucking disgusting behavior.
>>151123223Probably a combination of jealousy, ignorance, and spite. I seriously doubt that Taeshi knows the stuff gets crossposted here or else she'd just use that as an excuse to get rid of the artist altogether.
>>151123166>Actual AI would look a lot more like BCB artworkfun fact: one of the things AI still struggles the most with is consistent character scaling between generated images.
>>151123223>Getting your fans to do the workReminds you of someone? That aside, it's obvious this is not about AI since I don't think she's been that hung over fanart unless she knows it comes from here, this is Taeshi seeing someone pull something more interesting that what she dares to do and possibly hitting some plot points she was saving for her retirement, and using that as an excuse to stop it from gaining more notoriety (which is failing as per usual). So I guess we have yet to see if Lucyspace applies for the author too or of the cult is sane enough to notice that actually that's a very damning declaration and she's just jealous
>>151123090Traced anime/manga, more likely. Although looking for animu references has become impossible now thta slop has overtaken image search.>>151123209Doubtful, she wouldn't save any time. Every minute saved sketching would be wasted fourfold trying to make the extra tail disappear.>>151123217No you're supposed to draw everything straight from your imagination, don't be a hack like Leonardo da Vinci copying from a model, learn to be a real artist instead.>>151123223>>151123235Lots of people can't recognise AI. With schools and educational institutions using fake "AI detectors" to fight the problem, we're pretty much doomed as a species.
>>151122880>polygamy bullshitMike deserves a healthy fulfilling relationship with someone who was born right and properly adjusted
>>151120254Immaculate art, anon. Thank you for the gift.>>151123272>consistent character scaling between generated images.Taeshi's probably in utter panic about current AI, then.
>>151123290I doubt anyone will respond in the comments, but it would be very funny if they just started pointing out the very obvious problems with her AI theory and that just pisses Taeshi off all the harder.
>>151123296>with someone who was born right and properly adjustedLike?
>>151123296>Someone who was born right Roseville discarded
>>151123072Not that many actually, most readers were waiting for some kind of resolution of things between Mike and Lucy which is why the patreon is now starting to lose subscribers again. There's only so many times Taeshi can rugpull people.
>>151123330Maybe they are losing subscribers because the Mike torture hours are over and while they might be Lucyfags, just watching her get asspats is kind of dull by comparison.
>>151123291>we're pretty much doomed as a species.The constant overexaggeration of the impact of AI has the exact opposite effect that you want it to.
>>151123296>>polygamyRetard-kun...
>>151123330>It's bleeding patrons again Gee, it's almost like anyone not on her cult can see this chapter was a load of shit and spelled how she plans to guide the comic for the foreseeable future. Are we talking EF numbers?
>>151120731In the comic its been what, 3 months?
>>151123330This sounds a bit too good to be true. This implies Taeshi is gonna finally start speeding things up instead of continuing to relish in torture & misery porn for weeks and weeks to come
>>151123296what if they're just being kind and supportive friends, anon? must everything be about sex?
>>151123359Monogamous. Monogamy. OKPolygamous. Polygamy. Nooooo that sounds bad and makes us sound like mormons. Im not playing your little word games that degenerates like you use to sugarcoat what youre doing. Youre not fooling anyone
>>151123448you can see the ship tag in the filename but hey nice try you disingenuous nigger
>>151123448>must everything be about sexThey're teenagers and Daisy must be the horniest of them all.
>>151123486I wonder if AI can be trained to ape Taeshi's art but also use better action poses at the same time.
>>151123452Polygyny > rest
>>151123452>Lets ask all 0 people in polygamous relationships long term if they work out long term
>>151123452>Polygamous. Polygamy. Nooooo that sounds bad and makes us sound like mormons.Good of you to tell us exactly what it is. I didn't even have to ask, just call you a retard! How nice of you!
>>151121553Flannel has finally seen the light and became disillusioned with this shitty BPD self-masturbatory experiment, huzzah. Im proud of you, become a generalized webcomic review channel instead.You will have a better time.
>>151121311No because Lucy is still an abusive piece of shit that has learned nothing. Mike getting with her now is just another bad ending
>>151123486Super cute AI-Stacy!
>>151123356I for one can't wait for the Lucy show to kill this comic
>>151121553At last you finally see. Welcome back to reality Flannel.
>>151123616>implying Taeshi's horde of ass-lickers wouldn't be fine with a Lucy show
>>151121544Sandy is still better than Lucy. She cheated and was neglectful but she is at least trying to fix things even if its a bit hollow at this point. Its also a lot harder for her due to her psychobitch no fun allowed mom.Lucy physically and mentally abused Mike whike simultaneously "cheating" by her own logic. She also doesnt have any excuse to get her shit together and try to fix things of her own accord. She is actively being malicious
>>151123668Lucy can't carry shit.
>>151122272I've seen how Freya acts on Discord, and she has been an angel, it makes my blood boil to see Taeshi treat her like that, and humiliated under one of her posts. With the "I will graciously have the mercy to allow you to finish", that is a low blow, that is not how you solve this, private conversation first, ask her for proofs, the whatever editing program file should be enough to see if AI is used, resorting something like that is simply shameful.Do better.
>>151122348That doesn't look like IA. Looks more like they fucked up and forgot about the extended finger. It's our fault as artists that AI learned sloppy hand work.
The shit show continues.Anyway, next chapter of my schizo Mike au is out. Go read it.>>151119705Decent chance its gonna happen anon. Sorry.>>151120297I still remember this lol.
>>151123601Stacy is never not cute>>151123747I wonder how this kid must feel if she found out the only people coming to her defence are us /bcb/tards. I hope she finds a better fandom to draw fanart of because BCB doesn't deserve her after this.>>151123907>MisogynyMost normal BCB fanfic
there's no evidence whatsoever of AI use. it's just flinging a baseless accusation at a fan artist to wield the BCB fandom like a weapon since Taeshi didn't like her art being compared unfavorably to a fan artist.remember when Taeshi complained about not getting adulation? acting like nobody gave her compliments because her fans don't have big enough names for her to care about what they say?this sort of behavior is proof that no artist should ever make BCB fanart. it's not worth it to risk exposure to someone prone to such unprofessional bouts of jealous maliciousness. with >>151122272, Taeshi has demonstrated that it is a hazard to associate yourself with her, and thus BCB, in any way. especially if you are just starting out. she will attempt to leverage the BCB fandom into destroying your potential career as an artist the moment she gets jealous or upset. that is the kind of person she is.
>>151123668Perhaps short term, but I have to wonder if they, along with Taeshi, could go long without a Mike torture fix.
>>151123955I have been debating removing it or not since only one character(Crimson Scarf Mike) is misogynistic, but I will keep in until I run out of tags.
>>151123668Nah, they enjoy the anger and self growing vitriol of being in the right and defending their golden ox. Take Mike from them and all they have is an idol, so either they stay and pray in silence or leave
>>151123486Wild how much potential stacey could have had as a friend to mike, even if they kept it secret.Those mall edit comics with her in lucy's place really sold me on it
>>151123974>Taeshi is legion
>>151124011The only trouble is, self-confidence issues aside, Mike has ever reason to fall for Stacy instead of just staying good friends.
>>151123668It wouldn't last long.Without Mike there to take the majority of the anger, you're just left with Lucy acting shitty to everyone. That itself would get old quicker than you'd think even for them.
Which BCB fanfic/fancomic/fanart/BCI is for you?for me Fork in the Road
>>151124030Imagine all the bland nothingness of Paisy but applied to the knot in reality that is Lucyspace. That's what the Lucy Show would become. Unless, of course, Taeshi started to vilify other characters to take Mike's place.
>>151124063>Unless, of course, Taeshi started to vilify other characters to take Mike's placeShe may be trying to do this with Paulo, but we will see.
>>151124087He does seem like the prime candidate. I also feel like Taeshi's psychosis has to be consulted. Which characters would she enjoy punishing and why?
>>151123955How do you get your Sandys to come out so good anon?
>>151124063I mean you could make every other character work, everyone but Lucy. You can give some roughing to Paisy by how they manage Abbey or how Paulo and Daisy are both still kind of sluts, or how they have to term it doesn't seem like they can be that open to each other. You can make Sue and Amaya interesting by putting them on some shenanigan to try and make Sue more popular or well liked to end up back in the hospital, you can make a gag out of that like it looks like Tae is doing now. You can even make David the fucking meme dog a bit interesting by showing how much of a shit he doesn't give about JamesLucy tho? You can't squeeze much from her, she's constantly grumpy and mostly wants to be alone, has problems she refused to take action about and sits to be annoyed instead, needs to be angry to engage and only dord nice things out of "I guess someone has to do it" annoyance. You can't take her out of the shrine Taeshi put her on
>>151124087>Paulo narrowly escapes the Lucyspace singularity>it must now destroy both him and Mike>causality and logic begin to warp towards Paulo's misery>he notices parallels to what happened to Mike>Paulo and Mike must both keep Mike's broken spirit alive, or both will be doomedsounds pretty kino to me
>>151124152>Which characters would she enjoy punishing and why?Sue. Abbey. Paulo. Daisy, to some degree. Basically any of the named characters are up for game if their name isn't Lucy.
I thought this was a penis...
>>151124224The ongoing Paisy must play a role. Either Daisy finds a way to escape as well or breaks up with Paulo.Would be nice if there was a way to escape. Maybe when they leave for college.
>>151123528Enjoy your aids degenerate loser
>>151124152The easy answer is James because she already painted a target on his back, her cult already decided he sucks and not in the fun way, and she can have him put up with most of it for the promise of reaching David
>>151124187Lucy could easily be the best character in the comic if she got slapped across the face and realized she needed to shape up, then struggled because it's a muscle she's neglected for so long.
>>151124011I don't think Mike could keep up appearances with Stacy's friends. Maybe in college, when Stacy can nerd out and find more appropriate friends.>>151124174The illustrious models seem to get better as you pump up the resolution. Mixing in a bit of Mike also helps. This was the prompt:<lora:Mike3:0.4> <lora:SandyNu:0.9>, female, solo, (((sandybcb))), wearing kimono, Halloween, pumpkin bag, smiling, sandybcb, long hair, domestic cat, feline, white fur, whiskers, blush makeup, hair accessory, blush, view from below Negative prompt: lowres,3d, {bad}, {{futanari}}, error, fewer, extra, missing, worst quality, jpeg artifacts, bad quality,watermark, unfinished,displeasing,tie,bad face,chromatic aberration,signature, artistic error, username,long neck, scan, [abstract], worst quality, low quality, normal quality, {{{extra fingers}}}, mosaic, extra toes, earrings, watermark, patreon logo, patreon username, artist name, artist logoSteps: 36, Sampler: Euler a, Schedule type: Automatic, CFG scale: 7.5, Seed: 1387693071, Size: 1280x1440, Model hash: 89cb4ec0a9, Model: waiNSFWIllustrious_v120, VAE hash: 235745af8d, VAE: sdxl_vae.safetensors, Lora hashes: "Mike3: 580b71124e2d, SandyNu: 12042b32c16c", Version: f1.7.0-v1.10.1RC-latest-2190-g8731f1e9>>151124330Lucy facing consequences for her actions would fix most of BCB's problems
>>151124326>her cult already decided he sucks and not in the fun way,Im kinda surprised they didn't praise james for what he did to Mike.
>>151124264>Either Daisy finds a way to escape as well or breaks up with Paulo.the tragic way to end it would be that they can't pull her out in time. or maybe they do, but the three end up losing a member to the Lucyspace singularity while trying to rescue someone else.
>>151124326>her cult already decided he sucksExcept that Taeshi didn't mean for that to happen so she's upset that they didn't read her mind
>>151124377I am too, but perhaps it's because the cult thinks that other characters have legitimate grievances to bring against Mike whereas the actual damnation should not have been terribly convincing from an outsider's perspective, so James comes across as a flake.
>>151124377Turns out phrases like "seems I dodged a bullet" and "I'm sorry for your girlfriend" are too much even for them, and technically he's not Lucy's friend so they don't have to make up excuses for him being a shitty person like Augustus
>>151122790>>151122801>>151122822>>151122834Sorry bros I admit my ignorance
>>151124413>they didn't read her mindalright forget subtext for a momentthe literal text makes him a complete ass - it's unavoidable at this point besides simply ignoring it. ...which i suppose is par for the BCB course.
>>151124413She is? With how heavy handed his brainwashing was you'd think she was glad they aimed their complaints at him and not at Augustus
>>151124377>stalk the depressed kid>lovebomb the depressed kid>toss aside the depressed kid for an easier fuck>neg him when he's distraught that you tossed him asideJames is like a sleazy pick up artist, of course everyone hates him
>>151124434It's alright, anon. At the very least, you are learning more than Taeshi ever will on the subject.
>>151124439I guess she really believed people liked James for his robust character (she likes assholes) and not because he was a breath of fresh air as someone who wanted Mike's friendship with no ulterior motives AAAAND then he wasn't
>>151124413>Except that Taeshi didn't mean for that to happenNo fucking way. What did she expect would happen with how quickly james went from heaping praises on mike to just coldly abandoning him like that?How do you do that and not intend people to see them as a piece of shit?
>>151124516But James wasn't an asshole at first. He was almost completely the opposite, unless you count mentally skipping over Paulo.
Gotta love how Lucyspace is talked about like this horrifying, eldritch entity that constantly threatens to swallow BCB characters
>>151124253Sue is an unlikely target in my opinion. She is forgotten about.>>151124405Maybe they fail to rescue Daisy in time, but find an unlikely ally in Abbey and Stacy
>>151124552>Mike didn't defend himself well enough against a shifting pile of accusations so of course James didn't give him the benefit of the doubtVia being insane enough to think James' actions were reasonable apparently.
>>151124516>she likes assholesThis, we're talking about a woman who thinks that Polo dindu nuffin. And soon we'll get Augustus into that category as well
>>151124612I think he already is honestly
>>151124612You mean Augustus "you have a lot of atoning to do" Rapecat? The creep who never even apologized to Daisy, just tried to trick her into thinking being groomed wouldn't be so bad and fished for pity? He's already there.
Gonna make a map of BCB
>>151124573I'm still proud over coming up with the name>>151124571Imagine if you will that Taeshi did plan the character to be flaky on purpose >whole team calls out James at the arcade chapter before Mike is even wary of it>team sides with Mike next day telling him not to take it too personal, he's just like this>show James looking at Augustus with a spark in his eyes>Both David and Augustus mingle with Lucy so taking her side would put him close to both Would that be stupid and forced? Yes it would, but coming from the same author that's using emotional cheating as a driving force of the comic would you expect different?
>>151124664Gerrymandering Stupidfuckistan into sects?
Lucy and David look like different species, like beyond being dogs and cats. It's like they're in a fantasy world where Lucy is a goblin or something and David is an Orc.
>>151124612I firmly believe she forced both David disappearing from the drama and coming back only to force a solution, and James being this brainwashed "you didn't explain yourself despite being cornered, flustered, and attacked. Guilty much?" non character just to make the reader ignore that Augustus came guns blazing and calling hostility as it was, and doing so against Lucy's will
>>151124593This woman has no idea how friends and teammates actually work, does she?
>>151124770>Women>Knowing how friends work
>>151124698Kind of yeah
>>151124770I'm honestly surprised she has IRL friends.
>>151124413Good. I'm glad she fucked that up>>151124770And that's why the Lucy show is destined to fail, imagine if Lucy is actually not wrong about her friends not actually supporting her because her definition of friendship is this
>>151124906I suspect that Taeshi knows how friendship is supposed to work thanks to society, but Lucy is her way of indulging what her BPD tells her to be true.
My personal headcanon map of RosevilleRMNA stands for Roseville-Maraschino National AirportThoughts?
>>151125028Where would you place the school, homes and I guess the bar where they met Alej?
>>151125028RMNA?
>>151125059Their school and homes are in Upper Roseville, which is the suburban nice area.The Bar is in Lower Roseville which is the rough side of town.
>>151125073>RMNA stands for Roseville-Maraschino National Airport
>>151125108Ah got it, thanks bro. Nice map.
>>151119620Why is James suddenly best friends with this literal who person he just met?
>>151125295I think he's just there for David and Lucy's incidental.
>>151125295he wants David's dog dick (he won't get it)
>>151125295because he's a drone and a plot device to hurt Mike rather than an actual character. Also if you mean Lucy, he did meet her before at the arcade where she was a cunt to him.
>>151125346David vouches for her so she must be a-okay, right? As in understandably irritable at seeing her longtime abuser who James oh so foolishly "forced" her to play with. As opposed to a horrible thundercunt who just got finished re-abusing her longtime victim for the sake of her own ego.
>>151124573Paulo has already been reset-brainwashed by it multiple times after having character development. we literally just watched it absolutely annihilate James' character over the course of a few days.it's terrifying.
>>151122563For a comic that uses "Words hurt" as a big moral lesson, she sure like to used them like daggers here.I checked the other posts and there are no comments from Taeshi under them, maybe there was some stuff in private or on bluesky or something, I really hope that's not the first interaction they had with each other.For all its worth, the Discord absolutely loved Freya's work, and I'm sure they'd come to her defense too, but I doubt the moderation would allow any of that.
with how james has been this chapter, it makes it hard to believe that he hasn't fucked up things badly for the track team at some point.Either he's really just a shitlord of a person underneath that smile or he's lethally stupid
>>151125434To be fair, James got a double whammy of Lucy and Davidspace at ground zero. His mind and soul might as well have been spaghettified by an actual black hole.
>>151124590>Maybe they fail to rescue Daisy in time, but find an unlikely ally in Abbey and Stacythen of course the moral and ethical conflict, with the urgency created by Lucyspace expanding. how many can they save? who are they willing to let go of? who is already too far gone? will anyone ever truly be safe?i think this could be a very fun story to read.
>>151124593Every pro-James post that she is tagged in is liked by her. Future pages and potentially chapters will dick ride James so hard. I think Paulo disagreeing at the table is the worst James will get, he's part of the group and here to stay.
>>151125081The problem with that is that I'm pretty sure most times they've been to "the rough side of town" they were trying to get to Maraschino. So I'm pretty sure the industrial/poorer area is actually closer to Maraschino than the super-suburban area where Lucy and Mike live.
>>151125469>that one scene where Lucy's mom tells her embarrassing stories about Mike but instead it's Felix rolling his eyes and recounting to gray cat all the ways that James proved to be a huge pain
>>151125469Probably the latter. The track team already warned Mike not to take him seriously and that he's kind of a retard.
>>151125480This would be a great fanfic, unfortunately I already have like 3 I am working on.Wonder what happened to the Psi-BCB dude.>>151125481Good for my fanfic, now I can justify Mike kicking James in the balls and then starting a massive riot.
>>151125481Maybe he'll be replacement Mike so Mike can finally be free
>>151125479>James is left completely catatonic drooling on the floor as soon as David and Lucy are out of range since he no longer has any will or mind of his own
>>151125492I never realized that, I may switch it around later then.
>>151125512What will you do about David and his superhuman strength?>>151125517I know you think Mike has been punished, but Mike hasn't yet experienced the full extent. Him being ostracized by the school still has to lead somewhere in the narrative. Sitting outside alone is too light.
>>151125295Because he's the new Male Lucy.>huge slut but mortally offended that Mike might have mixed feelings>all his crushes line up with ships Taeshi also likes for Lucy (Mike, Paulo, Augustus, David)>everything he does with Mike are things Mike used to do with Lucy
>>151125512Psychic BCB was something of a hodgepodge group thought experiment with no set canon. Ergo, I don't think there was ever a single Psy-BCB dude.
>>151125481I believe Taeshi fucked any chances of ever making him likeable, like she can do PR for Lucy because she's the eternal victim, but we have seen how it works when she tries with anyone not her, like Mike, Paulo and now possibly James
Daisy raping James
>>151125591Masturbatory
>>151125589>the old water works trick fails to work for the 27th consecutive time>Taeshi gets the bright idea of giving James a past trauma for the cult to fawn over>she unironically writes the gay kid as a victim of sexual abuse
>>151125556David isn’t around when it happens. The fic is set during College. >>151125580There was this guy who said he was going to make a fanfic of it at some point. Might have left.
>>151125619>she unironically writes the gay kid as a victim of sexual abuseI wouldn’t be suprsied. Despite being “progressive” Taeshi has tendency for reactionary plot points. See most of the female cast being walking incel stereotypes.
>>151125580>hodgepodge group thought experiment with no set canonHow appropriately meta.
>>151125631>There was this guy who said he was going to make a fanfic of it at some point. Might have left.this is tempting me to try my hand at it but i don't know what threads to look for to find ideas people had. would've probably required me being there at the time, and i wasn't.
>>151125659Check desuarchive I found a lot of what I was looking for there.
>>151125670i'm aware of where i would find it - i'm just too daunted by how many threads i might need to read through lmao
>>151125659Feel free to throw out ideas of your own regardless. They'll likely be better than anything Taeshi puts out.
>>151125684Just look up Psi-BCB in the desuarchive /co/ search bar and you’ll find stuff.
I just want David to suffer slowly as he realizes nobody actually liked him except Mike. Meme Dog better deliver the goods here.
>>151125631Speaking of which what are your headcanons for upper education in the area? I have Ivyshire, Roseville University and Steepdom State
>>151125619Taeshi really has the ability to turn any attempt to make characters likeable into reasons they're worse people
Make Mike clam up and become the pointiest sea urchin under the sea. Every "frienship" is met with betrayal. Haley will be the only lifeline he needs.
>>151125847Oh boy, can't wait for her to blame him for their parents' inevitable divorce.
>>151124224>Paulo wakes up to Lucy tying a scarf around his neck>somehow this is concluded to be his fault
>>151125864Ok ok, uhh Amaya will be the only lifeline he can depend on.
>>151125890Nah Stacy is better
>>151125915She was in the chamber in case of more pushback.
>>151125713I meant James, I'm sleepy
What we need is for someone to just hit mike with a rock, put him in a permanent coma so he can be eternally suffering and then Lucy can drag him around like a stuffed toy that will never change or answer back.
>>151125864Somebody on the subreddit mentioned Taeshi talking about future events during the stream. Not sure how much is that user's speculation, but it looks like Haley might get pissed at Mike focusing on his love life while their parents are divorcing. Maybe an anon here might've watched the stream to confirm.
>>151120430I know Mcain and Kizuna were removed because they weren't taeshi characters, but I miss the gimmicks of the characters so much, don't need Paulo being the American vision of an perverted guy in anime, but losing the giving it up to be serious kinda of killed a little of the soul in the comic. I get it it was a conscient decision, Taeshi choose to treat things seriously, its even one of the main points of the main cats relationship problem (lucy gimmick of punching mike like an anime characters), but damn, this removed a little of the soul of all the cats, the only characters that are loved in this god forsaken thread are the ones who kept their gimmicks, Rachel was able to keep being the school bicycle, amaya was able to be the fun speechless characters, why can't we have more fun characters anymore? The best idea for the comic now would be make Sue be hyperfocused into clowns and starting to honk her nose every time before speaking in the story.
>>151126020>but it looks like Haley might get pissed at Mike focusing on his love life while their parents are divorcingWhile Mike's getting ready for his Valentine's Day date with Sandy, no doubt. Or just thereafter, when he's at his lowest.
>>151122516>Taeshi being shitty to her fans? More likely than you think bud. It's been years since her last sperg out, ol girl is due for another one.
>>151126020>Haley might get pissed at Mike focusing on his love life while their parents are divorcing...as opposed to the bitch who is taking off to get plowed every single night without a word?
>>151123511We could do that but honestly it would just make shit too yellow.
>>151126091That does sound like the kind of bullshit Mike would get blamed for. And it would fly in the face of Haley's sudden inexplicable and unprecedented concern over Mike's wellbeing. A very Taeshi move all around.
>>151124350holy fuckaroni I thought that was real, oh ol girl gonna have a problem quicker than a hoe finding out that her suga daddy got put in a home.
>>151124377Oh it's cause he's fucking new. He's not part of the crew. Douchenozzle thinks that he can just assimilate to fucking places. No faggot, earn your lumps like everyone else
>>151125468Shall we put another candle in vigil for artists who get shit on by cunt authors?
>>151126020Sounds par the course
>>151126020Mike will cuck his dad. I've solved BCB.
>>151121991>piss fetish What in the fuuuuck....
>>151125890Oh boy can't wait for Amaya to blame Mike for Sue's gruesome disappearance into the fog when she attempts to retrieve a ball
>>151126283>Amaya>blaming anyone when she can't speaklol>Sue>Being important enough to be killed offlololol
>>151126020>Haley will get pissed at Mike for putting his relationship before his parents problems Taeshi really climbing to the mountaintops and screaming "This is Goldie's/Sandy's fault!"
>>151125654There's an undercurrent of sexism to BCB in general. >Cross-gender friendships are assumed to be or conflated with romantic relationships>Friendships between boys have an ever-present degree of gay panic>Friendships between girls are indistinguishable from rivalries due to the level of competition and hostility therein>The most common insults are slut/whore/bitch for girls and gay/wimp/nerd for boys>Masculine and Feminine value are both defined by level of attractiveness and sexual availabilityAll this would be understandable from a cast of highschoolers, but the comic doesn't frame them as wrong. Lucy's dependence on attention from boys and dismissal of girls as either irrelevant or rivals isn't noted as her being sexist, just "insecure". Same with Daisy's fixation on keeping her options open, or Mike's Madonna/whore complex. Paulo IS framed as sexist, but it's "charming" and everyone regards him with fondness rather than disdain.
This comic is still going?How?
>>151126498Sheer retardation and stubborness.
