Lucy is an anime villain
Preview and commentary, taeshi is mauloposting
>patreon comments are framing it as getting called out for not sticking to a promiseThe narrative just dropped guys, Paulo has some work to do
Paulo could either stand up to her right here and now or he proved everyone right.
>>151319286At this point we should take a page from the Questionable Content threads and just make the comment on every thread "Terrible."
>>151319307Lucy could murder random kids and the Patreon would justify it
>>151319286Is Mike allowed to have even the most minuscule of comforts?>Paulo: i consent>Mike: i consent(?)>Lucy: i don'tIsn't there someone you forgot to ask?
>>151319307Anything and anyone contradicting bow cat must WILL be vilified.
>>151319286>sits down>starts emotionally manipulatingwhy do they even bother staying friends, literally everyone in this table has a secondary friend group they vibe better with at this point
>>151319286Sue's going off-script! Somebody stop her before Lu
>>151319307In a just world; Lucy would've been told "Oh, we're talking about old shit? The fact you brought in Daisy's rapist? Or the fact that you told us that we're not friends, or the fact that you said we were never friends? Or the fact that we never dated or that I didn't matter or the fact that you used me? I mean if we're just bringing old shit there babe.
>>151319348Mike certainly wasn't allowed to make any good points in his defense, so why would Paulo?
>>151319307It's like the Earth-3 of these threads.
Next page: its over maulosisters
>>151319399>Paulo caves like a bitchI wouldn't be shocked.
>>151319399>Paulo cavesUnsurprising. He already made it clear he wasn't a real nigga
>>151319399Someone just say what happens next
Next page:>Lucy uses her Geass>Paulo loses his face and sits down obediently >Daisy is still standing and looks extremely pissed
>>151319305Ahh, the eternal question of which is worse: the comic or the snarky bullshit comment.Trick question: both are the worst. womp-womp
>>151319307Is BCB the slowest and messier meltdown to ever happen to a person?
>>151319426Maybe Daisy will point out how things became immediately worse the second Lucy returned kek
>>151319420You know what happens next. In your heart of hearts you always knew(Paulo sits down and says "you're right sue. Lucy's more important right now." And Daisy stares there looking a little mad at him)
>>151319426Oh man if Daisy comes in for the win and fucking shuts that lucy space down, I might have to clap.
>>151319458at this point I expect nothing
>>151319426>Daisy is still standing and looks extremely pissedCould...could two-faced grass-is-always-greener Daisy actually be one of the real ones? Could we get honest frictional grit added to the smooth textureless gunk that is Paisy?
>>151319458you know she won't nigga, she's just going to look slightly mad but not do anything about it because mike needs to suffer so he can try to ketchup himself and lucy can go>ok, now we're even and stuff
>>151319399Maulofags getting mauled. How ironic.
>>151319458>expecting any light of hope to escape the event horizon of lucyspaceAnon, I...
>>151319399>>151319426>>151319452>Lucy doesn't want them, but she doesn't want Mike to have them either and will exploit that everyone feels sorry for Little Miss Kills Herself to keep them away from himIn every day in every way Lucy Whitecat becomes a worse and worse person.
>>151319458Theres only one page left now Daisy won't do shit Anyway now that Maulochads have been thoroughly cucked I wonder if theres an emerging plot thread here? Daisy wasnt over Augustus and Paulo looked mad about it, and now Lucy has Paulo pussywhipped and Daisy looks mad about it.
>>151319469I mean she was the only one to actually tell Mike what his problem was and what he needs to do (ie stop being guilt tripped all the fucking time and put himself first once in awhile)
>>151319471Lucy would never see them as being even. At this point she NEEDS stuff to hold over Mike's head so he's kept in line.
>>151319329>Is Mike allowed to have even the most minuscule of comforts?“Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.”
>>151319399Get fucked faggots
>>151319471They will never be even and the idea that Mucy is supposed to be endgame is completely baffling after all of this.
>>151319305Of course taeshi would write a comment like this the page right before Paulo caves
>>151319498I love how women take this as some sort of "Women are STRONG and INDEPENDENT GIRLBOSSES" phrase and not "Women are psychotic freaks who will wish the most manipulative, sadistic tortures possible on anyone that they dislike"
>wake up for my MWF @ noon alarm >peel myself out of bed>scratch nuts>check new page>go to 4channel slash co>post "Mike was right" just like I have in every other BCB thread for the past decade>pick nose>scratch ass>crawl back into bed>sleep until the next alarm
>>151319399>Paulo once again proves that when push comes to shove he does not have Mike's backand water is wet
>>151319307all not be lost.
>>151319488>I wonder if theres an emerging plot thread here?Feels like when Taeshi gaybaited with James. I'll also point out she did note, from time to time, in-story, that Daisy wasn't good for Abbey, and it took a long, LONG-ASS time for that to get resolved.
>>151319527No amount of ad hominen will make lucy less of a psychobitch, Taeshi.
>>151319525Some commenter on the comic page> Lucy isnt a saint but shes also been spending all her time alone with augustus had to go to a new school away from everyone she knew and tried to commit suicide. Shes not the same bratty kid she used to be. shes not a saint but shes not that same person really. Also Hes right. Mike has friends he can go see. but he doesnt care about them, he only liked hanging out with this other kid because of the attention he once showered on him. hes not alone. and he doesnt have to stay out there. he has friends. he just often chooses to sink into self pity> I do think she might be trying to guilt paulo. but again no one here is saints. there all messed up shitty kidsHow you read a comic were Lucy bullied somebody by proxy, used violence to silence him and is using bully tactics to isolate him and conclude "she is not a bratty kid, she matured!".Femoids are delusional.If they are scorned they want the universe to complot against you and destroy you.Remember that females always have more magical thinking than males.
>>151319498Ironically, here the perceived scorn is just Sandy still being a thing, in any capacity. Lucy is turbo insecure and will make it everyone else's problem to a far greater degree than Sperg Mike ever did.
>>151319286The BCB people don't pay anyone who works for them if they're a fan
>>151319527Based. Foids will never understand.
>>151319399lmao at anyone thinking anything would happen when its been a consistent 20 years of nothing happening.Also really shows once again just how bitch-made Paulo is that he's willing to cave over the possibility of Sue, Amaya and his street walker gf knowing he'd betray his ""best"" friend when he's also currently the only one showing concern for him.
>>151319452>"you're right sue. Lucy's more important right now."WHY!? What is so damn pressing about Lucy parking her ass down with a bunch of kids she's shat on? Why the fuck does anyone like this screaming maniac? I swear Psi-BCB is the only thing that makes sense given how people shat on Mike for how this prophetic vision made absolutely no sense and then it came true anyway
>>151319549I don't like it when people bring up that these are messed up kids, it's a cop out. Fucking punish them then jfc.
>>151319566The page genuinely looks like he got mind controlled, I'm not even joking
Yepppppp, pretty messed up.
>>151319549>SHE'S NOT A SAINT>SHE'S NOT A SAINT>YOU CAN'T CALL HER OUT FOR DOING SOMETHING WRONG, NOBODY HERE IS A SAINT>BUT ALSO FUCK MIKE HE'S A PIECE OF SHIT WHO ONLY WANTS TO BE SHOWERED WITH ATTENTION>BUT REMEMBER YOU CAN'T BLAME LUCY, BECAUSE NOBODY IS A SAINT.It really is amazing. It's like these people have literally no beliefs whatsoever. Everything and anything is relative they profess can change at a moment's notice depending on the situation so long as it paints them in the right.
>>151319550lolI was talking about the author and not LucyTaeshi was scorned and she doubles down on"The universe conspires to put the evil man, that faulted the woman, in his place"
>>151319581>she said his activation phrase
>>151319538Yeah also didn't it feel like the Daisy and Abbey fallout just got tacked on that one chapter Lucy came back in?It was just suddenly over and Daisy didn't even give one singular fuck she got broken up with like at all.
>>151319566OH MAN SHE SURE HAD IT ROUGH After torturing people, after literally calling people jerkfaces, after then trying to kill herself. Yeah. She sure had it rough.
>>151319581What a bitch ass nigga pulling this shit yet again. Don't want to hear any more of Paulo being Mike's friend.
>>151319581ASSUMINGDIRECTCONTROL
>>151319590That's because both Taeshi and Suitcase are manipulative, exploitative people who deserve each other
>>151319581JESUS CHRISTMIKE WAS RIGHT AGAINALL THESE ASSHOLES ARE SHIT
>>151319549Women and women with bpd are 2 very different things>>151319533How long till they get banned for daring to question Saint Lucy?
>>151319604Ah fuck they really aren't friends.
>>151319581>LUCYSPACE ACTIVATED
>>151319598>Acts like a perpetual bitch and hurting people>Get called out on it a single fucking time which the guy later apologizes before>Doubles down on being even worseShe is legitimately the worst
>>151319549The problem with "Mike has other friends" is that's also what James was going to be, but then first Paulo and David, and next Lucy and Augustus asserted themselves over it. Why wouldn't they fuck that up too? David's faster than Mike and after what James did Mike probably thinks the team would pick David over him every time.
>>151319581LUCY DINDU NOFINSHE GOOD GIRL
>>151319581JESUS FUCKING CHRIST DAISY DO SOMETHING, YOU CAN SEE THAT SOMETHING'S WRONG, GO IN HIS PLACE
man imagine being longhoused like that in front of your girl by your ex-crushtotal sissyfication, Daisy's pussy must be drier than the fucking Atacama right now
>>151319581Cancelled my BCI today
>>151319617If it makes you feel better the comments on the next page are the most Lucy negative I've ever seen them
>>151319581Man, leaving aside that Paulo backstabbed Mike again (lmao at the absolute state of autist-kun trying to tell us Paulo is Mike's good friend) imagine saying that shit IN FRONT OF YOUR FUCKING GIRLFRIEND ABOUT THAT BITCH YOU'VE BEEN PANTING AFTER FOR YEARS WHAT THE FUCK
>>151319581To think I had an ounce of faith in Paulo doing something for once. What an unreliable bitch of a ""friend""
>>151319307It's really hilarious how many of them don't want to believe it's Lucy saying that last line. Copium levels are skyrocketing.>>151319426Paulo might like Mike, but he is ultimately still compromised by the same brainworms that infest all of Lucy's thralls. Only Daisy has the ideological fortitude to truly stand with Mike.Ah who am I kidding she'll cuck out too. Mike needs to just transfer to a different school. Maybe when his parents divorce he can tag along with whichever one doesn't get the house.
>>151319612I mean reread december and holy fuck they're not friends. They're not good people. I'm sure Daisy will probably go though.
>>151319581Say it with me folksMIKE WAS RIGHT
>>151319581Does hidden eyes mean Lucy influencing them directly? First Sue and now Paulo have their eyes hidden and then they instantly assert their support for Lucy
>>151319581SIT DOG
>>151319639Really should have gone with Daisy x Mike. At least that'd have been interesting
>>151319581
>>151319638It actually does, thanks
>Another day>Another 'Mike was right' momentNothing new
>>151319581Does Taeshi not realize how obviously manipulative and evil this is? Paulo is a fag but she's now using his issues against him just to ensure Mike's miserable and alone now.It's so fucking obvious to me but this crazy bitch fumbles everything and I have no clue who she thinks is right here.
>>151319689>how obviously manipulative and evil this isUm, it's called being a "girlboss" sweatie, get with the times
>>151319689I have to wonder if its intentional that she is immediately having Lucy maliciously do the things she gaslit Mike as doing, or if she is just fumbling THAT hard
>>151319581Is Daisy resistant to Lucyspace? She seems to be the only one who who's actually able to contradict her to some degree and have thoughts that don't involve her in some way
>>151319581I wouldn't say Daisy looks "pissed." Mildly concerned/annoyed/confused, but maybe that's because Taeshi sucks at pretty much all aspects of art these days. I'll also note the vague possibility that Paulo doesn't want his declaration of war on Mike to become public knowledge and is secretly very upset with Lucy.But I wouldn't hold my breath. And even if that were the case, Paulo's still being a coward. Going behind Lucy's back to comfort Mike would help to reverse this bitch move.
>>151319689This is how Taeshis mind work.Mike at his worst did nothing to isolate Lucy, he just disengaged from her and she was isolated because she didn't want to interact with the othersThis is somehow equivalent to actually bullying and isolating MikeLucy is somehow not a villain and doesn't deserve any kind of consequences for these actions
...I had thought for a while that you guys had finally abandoned the comic.
>>151319581This feels like some Soviet dictator lmao
>>151319590There is no other way to remain an honest Lucystan for long. It requires intense mental swerving to avoid terminal levels of cognitive dissonance.
>>151319718The expression alone doesn't look that pissed but the balled up fist pushes it into pissed territory
>>151319729We love being angry and this is good rage bait
>>151319689Pretty much in every other author's case I would be sure they would be setting up Lucy's downfallHere I'm not so sure
>>151319581It's not fair… All my favourite characters keep getting controlled by Lucyspace, and then hated by anons here for years to come. It's not fucking fair.
>>151319581So what will fatso do? Wasn't she always against Lucy? Can't she just go check on Mike by herself?
>>151319592>I was talking about the author and not LucyWhat's the functional difference?
>>151319729The Discord keeps brigading our board to spam this comic as a form of advertisement so unless we head to IRC to finally get this banned from the board (we should honestly) it will not ever stop being posted
>>151319729We're here forever
>>151319729...why? These threads hit bump limit fast as fuck every time
>>151319581>Paulo ignores Lucy>Talks directly to Sue>Pue finally happensThank fuck. I said before I don't care where the other characters end up so long as Paulo and Sue are together and I will stick by that.
>>151319637No! You could have leaked it!
>>151319638Why would they go Lucy-negative after shitting on Paulo for daring to "betray" her or whatever?
>>151319758>our board>we should complain on IRCthis is not YOUR board, you brown bitch
>>151319649Everyone here knows this and white cat is legitmately evil (even the trolls do). Even the author is somewhat aware of this but thinks being an asshole is awesomeYou have to tell this to the Patreon group
Reminder that if Abbey were still a part of this comic and not with his 72 virgins he'd most likely be staunchly against Lucy at this point, if he wasn't already after the shit she did to Mike outside.
>>151319751She'll probably make a side comment but ultimately do nothing since she is attached to Paulo now. There's only one page left so it'll probably be just a shot of an uneasy and kinda miserable looking table. See what a Lucy win results in
>>151319729That's the thing anon, this comic is just SO FUCKING BAD it's impossible to look away. It's just so ridiculously fucking delusional and insane that you have to keep seeing how much crazier it'll get. It's like a slow-motion train derailment, except it keeps happening over and over and over.
>>151319715Because Daisy is a girl and she actaully gives a fuck about Michael even when she's dating Paulo.
>>151319729its like WWE for melodramatic furries and McMahon is a BPD woman approaching 40 who started building talent when she was in middle school with a clear favorite
>>151319581Reuploaded! gofile dot io/d/ST2SIgUh, wow I had low expectations of where this comic was going but damn Taeshi sure managed to go below even that. Jesus Christ. The fuck is James' giving Paulo the side eye for? What a piece of shit.>>151319637If anyone is inspired to spite Taeshi by sharing then the Library is open for donations!
>>151319780Let Abbey enjoy his harems of horny girlsHe already suffered enough
>>151319581Sleeper phrase activated. Running spine removal procedures.
>>151319581>>151319633>>151319646the fact that Daisy is the one noticing the bullshit and actually looking like she'll do something about itI hope so
>>151319729I don't even care for the comic. I'm here for the rage.
>>151319712It does look like Lucy is intentionally doing what Mike threatened to do, and taking all his friends away just as a power move...The devil is in the details though: Mike was crashing out when he said that shit and wanted the abusive cunt to go away. But with Mike, to make the stringing along bullshit make any sense Taeshi had to whip up batshit contrivances like Lucy appearing at that tree Mike ran to when Sandy admitted to cheating, so he could kiss her then go back to Sandy anyways.Lucy has always been a fucking wreck, isolated herself, and is now abusing her powers of mind control to make everyone care about her more than Mike despite her giving them nothing in return. Meanwhile Mike had to get forced into the role of villain based on the dumbest bullshit imaginable, half of which is other people manipulating him. Why did he go back to Sandy? Cause he was worried she'd hurt herself if he didn't. Why does he think she might've done that? Cause that crazy bitch Lucy tried to kill herself because of his meanie words and then apology over said words.
>>151319581This comic hurts my feelings.
>...sy>...Dai...>Daisy!! Listen to me, we don't have much time. You saw what just happened, didn't you?>Paulo got ensnared by that... thing. He wasn't strong enough. Chances are, Daisy, you're next.>But you can still escape this fate! You can still make a difference! Go see Mike, now! Before the worms start crawling inside your brain!>...I have to go now, or "she" will notice me. Daisy... reality is unraveling, and right now, you are the final thread holding it all together... it's all up to you... save him... save them!
>>151319833She (and Lucy) are the only ones who know about Sandy cheating too, so she has the most reason to be worried about Mike right now
How are we going to go from Paulo bitching out on Mike to the double date?
>>151319850Except that Mike never actively isolate Lucy
>>151319780>leave the friend group>immediately winswhat did Taeshi mean by this?fancomic reposted cause it's so good
>>151319581lmao please tell me its AI, the lucyspace shitposting is going to far. Fucking leaks already god damn kek. this has to be a record.
>>151319581Daisy has been where Lucy has with Mike and took the high roadSurely she doesn't flip
>>151319864Either Daisy will set it up, or Pauli will speak with Mike in private later because Lucy has shown her true colours
>>151319689I think that Taeshi operates on two levels, when it comes to her writing. There is the academic level, in which she recognizes her eventual end-goals, hard plot points, and vague hypothetical threads of events that connect them. On this level, she recognizes the basic logical truth of things like Lucy being in the wrong. This can be seen in Paulo slowly (if unsteadily) acknowledging that Lucy is in fact a bitch, cares more about Mike, and is less than thrilled about her return or current actions. Then there is what I like to call the cocaine and hookers level, in which Taeshi happily revels in her BPD or other assorted whims without considering the consequences (and worsening her writing in the process). Mind, there is crossover between these two levels. Taeshi can and does talk herself into believing Character A would take Action B or hold Belief C in order to enable plotpoints which really should not happen if she was honestly consistent.
>>151319715>Is Daisy resistant to Lucyspace?Yes, on account of not liking Lucy all that much, but on the other hand Daisy is insecure enough that Lucy's obvious projection about boy complexes got her checking her own behavior and forsaking Mike.
>>151319689You're talking about someone who's legit insane
>>151319729>i'm_almost_enjoying_my_anger.jpg
>>151319864>Paulo coincidentally takes Daisy to the same place Sandy's supposed to meet up with Mike>Sandy ghosts Mike>Paulo berates him for picking Sandy over Lucy>Mike sadLike this!
>>151319892I rate how terrible a page is by how quickly someone ragequits and posts it25 minutes is quite a bad one
>>151319855>we dont have much time>he shows up between every single pageStop this gay rp
>>151319581>"Would you kindly?"
>>151319815i'm retarded but i'm pretty sure your link is busted lmao
>>151319850>Mike threatened to doNo, what Lucy completely made up and gaslit Mike of being guilty of after kicking him in the gut to the point of almost vomiting to prevent him from defending himself
>>151319880I said "threatened to do", but who knows, Taeshi retcons shit and goes back to rewrite old pages to make Mike look worse all the time, watch her add some shit making it look like Mike was isolating Lucy.
>>151319739These are people who look at this comic and go "yes, not only do I want to read this, I want to send it money." Logic has no purchase inside their craniums.
>>151319947>i'm retardedYeah
>>151319864Maybe Paulo feels guilt over caving to Lucy, especially after seeing the emotional smoking crater that used to be scarf cat.
>>151319957Lucy didn't make up that Mike said if he ditched her, all her friends would follow. That may not be him threatening her exactly, but it's not that much of a stretch.Again, that's still just shit he was saying while crashing out, meanwhile Lucy is intentionally doing it.
Is Daisy looking like Lucy when her hair is wet still cannon?
>>151319929not even an hour in and nearly 140 posts leaks bt half an hour. God bless this webcomic, just wait for all the reranged comments to roll in. Comfy mondays
>>151319862I think at this point its pretty clear Mike has snapped and his going to start planning his suicide, if he is already not actively about to do it
>>151319992>Is Daisy looking like Lucy when her hair is wet still cannon?All these cats look identical if you take away their hair/fur and height differences so probably
>>151320019Mike still has too much to live for, unless convinced that literally everyone else would be better off if he was gone, despite any protestations about needing him.
>>151320037I mean so did Lucy but yeah
>>151319581Once a rat bastardAlways a rat bastard
>>151320019I really can’t be bothered with a rehashed suicide arc. I want Mike to run away instead
>Taeshi is unironically making Lucyspace canon
>>151320052Lucy was never particularly empathetic, nor put the needs of others before herself. Michael's mindset is very different.
>>151320077As others have said, this comic would become vastly more interesting and fun if it went full supernatural or Word of Darkness esque
>>151320077Always has been
If Mike doesn’t want to get rejected by every normal function person he should have not cheated in middle school lol fuck that cuny
>>151320052She only did it cause hurr change of schools after Mike apologized to her. A spur of a moment
Wanted to post earlier but the cache time kept changing.
>>151320075>Mike the School Shooter ArcFund it.
>>151319581Hey Taeshi, are any of these people actually friends with Lucy or do they just pity her?
>>151319772The core delusion of a lot of Lucy-stans is that she's not to blame for anything, anything she does is basically passive and reactive. Lucy bringing up out of nowhere that Paulo promised to bin Mike for her to stop him from doing something she suggested in the first place can't be blamed on anyone else, so Lucy finally gets blame settling on her.
>>151320106What cheating lol
>>151319581I wish BCB were bigger just so someone would make a youtube video about why it sucks ass
Someone who is planning to cancel their sub: change your name in the discord server to "Taeshi's Piss Fetish" say nothing and see how long it takes you to get kicked
>>151319581At this point I'm just waiting for Mike to kill himself just to feel some catharsis
>>151320019>clickHeh
>>151320260Someone said last thread that the small dedicated fanbase is the only reason it can be so bad. Suitcase and Taeshi would lose control of a bigger one and actually face how most people view it.
>>151319581Fuck Paulo. Fuck LucySpace. Fuck Suitcase and Taeshi I hope your fucking home gets caught on fire you pieces of shit.
>>151320296makes sense
>>151320260If only there were a dedicated site to making fun of lolcows. I'm sure a decades old grudge against someone that probably never even thought about the grudgebearer would fot right in on a site like that.
>>151320260That would require researching this shit, which is not a fate I would wish on even the cringiest YouTuber (maybe DSP but he'd just go "whut da fuck is this gay furry shit *snort*" and go back to begging for money)
>>151320260Actually there's two webcomic reviews on bad webcomics.com...I think talking about the comic.
>>151319931Fuck off you Mongolian crackwhore, it's a good bit.
>>151320297I don't write this comic at all. Lol
>>151319286Unironically, if Taeshi makes Lucy a villain archetype, she wont be my most hated character. That would become rightfully David the backstabbing enabling creep
Mike will be the worlds most justified school shooter.
>>151319549>he doesnt have to stay out thereYeah Augustus would never start shit immediately if he just came in to sit with the rest of the track team right
>>151320448>Rachel might be one of the victimsNo, not really
>>151319581Bravo Paulo you fucking pussy. Then he'll probably go on to have the gall to talk shit to Mike about the date stuff under the guise of "being his friend". What a joke.
>>151320466She's already ruined with Augustus
>>151319566Cant Paulo just say "Yea I also remember you saying we were not your friends. So? It seems things have changed"Here taeshi, I can give free consuling if you need any... NOT! Stay moldy
>>151320448Taeshi does not have the ballsback in the day she would, but not anymore
>>151319566>picLove how Mike's "nightmare" here is this close to becoming true. Daisy is the only one who wasn't "reprogrammed" yet, but it's only a matter of time.
>>151320576Based?
>>151319566Mike needs to awaken to his mage powers and turn the tide
Well I guess now we know how much Paulo's guilt after saying he'd drop Mike was worth. And that goes for Lucy looking guilty after kicking him, too. What was it Augustus said about apologies not mattering if you keep doing the same thing? I wonder if that applies to briefly making a sad face, too.
>>151319286>>151319581So now they can all sit around with Lucy doing a Gendo Ikari impression watching memedog and fagcat droll over her too afraid to talk to each other or leave because that can trigger her, what a fun recess.
>>151320613He had powersssss. I miss when the comic was simple.
>>151319286ive had enough>>151319581IVE HAD ENOUGH DAMNIT
>>151319566>What is so damn pressing about LucyFrom the sounds of things, Paulo doesn't necessarily mean that so much as he just needs an excuse to sit back down and stop Lucy from airing his dirty laundry
>>151320260if the comic got that big, then taeshi would leave the internet due to the massive clowning it would receive. The moment someone points out how stupid many of the narrative decisions are in a place where she cant control things, she'd break.
>>151319581The irritating thing is he could say "yeah i did say that", swing it back on her that when he did offer, she slapped him, and then leave to go see Mike.The only other one who would be mad at him for being shitty to Mike at this point is Daisy, and she'd reconsider once she sees him going to check on him.But nah, we gotta have this mess.
>>151320260what youtuber do (You) anons think think could review this comic?
Is taeshi making her self-insert fursona this shit on purpose?>>151320773mr enter. idk if he would make a good review, and he doesnt really do comics, but his videos are a guilty pleasure
>>151319581This is literal mind control at this point what the fuck.
>>151319286Stop noticing things, Paulo.
>>151320754True. I don't really want to read this comic anymore but I gotta at know how it ends. So gonna pop some popcorn and disperse some chaos. Lol...
>>151320838you know its bad when i look forward more to the fan edits that mock the direction of the plot than the actual pages themselves
>>151320853Same. I stopped going to the site. Just going to read it here from now on.
>>151320430Oh I know, that's just my reaction to this garbage fire of a comic.
>>151320809>>151320838I love LucySpace creepy pasta AU anon.Thank you.
>>151319641It was never going to happen, he's already beyond the Lucyspace event horizon.It was always hopium that he'd ever escaped.
>>151320853The ride never ends, anon. The suffering will go on.
>>151320838Kino. Can't wait for more
>>151320708>in a place where she cant control thingsWell that's the rub, isn't it? The only two places where she still communicates with anyone are the tumblr blog and her bluesky account. Both of which are pre-screened by Suitcase before she ever dares lay eyes upon what the pre-washed fraction of the masses say.
>>151319481
So what's the latest cope of Taeshi's lemmings?
>>151321000I suppose it's not impossible that Paulo decides to "make it up to Mike" later on. Somehow coinciding with the double-date, though I'm unsure as to how Paulo and Daisy tagging along on a would-be private affair helps Mike in any way.
>>151320754Mentioning that she slapped him for saying it was my delusional hope for this page, especially since the BCB fandom bubble forgets Lucy's physical abuse unless it's brought up repeatedly - I doubt many of them even remember that she slapped Paulo for saying that.Hell, I doubt many of them even remember that just a couple of minutes before this she kicked Mike in the gut to shut him up. Long term exposure to Lucyspace causes real-world alterations in memory even indirectly. BCB itself likely qualifies as a memetic hazard.
>>151319399At least he's consistent in being a soggy little bitch
>>151320093The comic already takes place in the darkest fantasy world of all: the mind of a woman.
>>151321150While Paulo has been cowed into submission, I'm morbidly curious about what stupid bullshit will make him truly give up on Mike. I kind of want it to be Mike accidentally stealing Daisy away from him. Mostly because Paisy sucks and I want to see how Taeshi sabotages Maisy despite the better chemistry.
Lucy acting out like a bitch explicitly and make it blatantly obvious she’s a cruel bitch who is doing to Mike what they are hating him for makes me lose interest. Like no one of Mike’s friends are going to call her out? Not even the fags who read this can possibly think Lucy isn’t being a bitch . She’s even manipulating Paulo and putting him on the spot for not being a piece of shit like she wants him to be
>>151319581I feel sorry for Paulo's mother
>>151321199>Not even the fags who read this can possibly think Lucy isn’t being a bitchI'm sure you already know about Lucyspace but you probably haven't accounted for Taeshispace as well
>>151319581Nightmare puppet show.Captcha: NTG4AY
>>151319581>>151320838
>>151319638I wouldn't be surprised, the cracks are starting to show, we all knew shit would start crumbling the moment Mike wasn't there to absorb the damage
>>151321199>Like no one of Mike’s friends are going to call her out?No one but Paulo knows what she's talking about. All they hear is some cryptic bullshit coming out of her mouth and are not allowed to use their brains. Because otherwise they would be culpable.
>>151320613Mike is too cucked to be a mage, he'd be some fae shit
What's with the detail added to Lucy's triangular mutton chops? Last time that really stood out, Taeshi was trying to make her look all mysterious and elegant during Eternal Flame.
>>151319715As long as Lucy doesn't yell at all, Daisy follows the majority when things get rough
>>151321307The last time Lucy yelled at Daisy, fat cat internalized her criticism as legitimate.
>>151321249Daisy, no! Don't do it!
I will fucking clap if Daisy actually goes to check on Mike, even if nothing comes out of it. That's how low my standards for this shitshow of a comic are right now
Honestly, can we call in a mental / domestic check in for this bitch?This is the most outright "universe bend to Lucy" i have ever seen holy fuck.
This is as psychotic as it is retarded. Bravo Traeshi.
>>151321128Oh, just because I knew it was coming doesn't mean I'm not still upset for Paulo and Mike. Not all that upset with Paulo, we knew Lucy had her finger on the Paulo Character Development Reset Button.God this story would be so much better if Lucy was a psychic villain.>>151320838Love this shit.>>151320437I'll do you one further - I think I'd actually ENJOY Lucy as a character if the narrative treated her like the villain she ALREADY IS. I don't truly hate Lucy as a character, I hate that the story subjects her "friends" to a constant barrage of bullshit that Lucy somehow always seems to benefit from. As a villain - even if, yes, she'd still actually be a conflicted one - I think she just works better.The reason I like the Lucyspace AU idea is it cleanly fixes the main problem I have with the narrative without changing anything that happens in the story. Lucy becomes either a knowingly malicious entity wielding power over reality she shouldn't possess, an immature child clumsily wielding power she isn't ready for and doesn't understand for her own gratification (and to protect herself from consequences), or perhaps some mix of both.That's WAY more compelling than "uhm akshually Lucy did nothing wrong and will face no consequences for her actions."
>>151321341She might as well qualify as an SCP
Well, Taeshi said that Lucy and Augustus are next to enter the torture chamber. There's one problem with this, if it's actually true.There's no amount of payout to justify over a fucking DECADE of Mike torture porn and boredom. No amount of bait&switching can fix that. Veronica could literally splat Lucy on the pavement or have MikexLucy sex on page and I wouldn't give a single fuck about it
>>151319855I hope you keep doing these, anon. I always enjoy them.
>>151320052Difference is Mike would avoid causing his family grief unless proven otherwise while Lucy could have an army profess their love to her and promising to die with her and she would still do it because only Mike counts
>>151319581DOMAIN EXPANSION: LUCYSPACE
>>151321374nah shes a marauder soon to be nephandi Lucyspace is her quiet not only is she able to warp a small area of reality around here. If people dont have a high will she can control them/they get lost in her delusion as well.Hence why a chad like Mike is uneffected by her bullshit if not able to nullify it man this WoDBCB needs to go further than a few shitposts. The things that could be done.
>>151321421we'll probably have Abbey smiting Augustus somehow and I really want thisGus is my favorite character, but this chapter is so forced with how fast the LGBT table adopted him, he really needs a blow backalso, no clue how Lucy will suffer, everyone is so wrapped around her it's like mental illness
>>151321421I think Paulo not telling Lucy to eat shit was a big mistake. If she intended to start the Lucy torture, it needed to start with a bang to wake everyone up from this decade of Mike misery porn.Having Paulo say "Yeah, tell the table what you did and said to me after I said that" and leave to find Mike would've been exactly that. This ending to the chapter only implies that maybe Daisy thinks something is wrong, but still, no one's actually DONE anything.
>>151321421>or have MikexLucy sex on pageThat's like a letter of apology containing anthrax.
>>151321421I've said it before but knowing Veronica, it's all but certain she's planning to "torture" Lucy not to try and even things out with Mike, but to paint her in a sympathetic light again in case her recent actions may have changed some viewers' opinions on her. It's all calculated, anon. She's a BPD, yes, but a calculating one.>>151321422I'm not the same anon who did these before (if it's even just one guy) but thanks lol
>>151321421The other plain issue is that Taeshi would probably take for fucking ever to get there, assuming she wouldn't get bored of all the Lucy glazing and continued Mike torture. Because we all know she's not going to give THAT up until the very last possible minute. If ever.
>>151320689And these cunts wanted her back, lol
>>151321503NTA, and I agree with you, but given that these final pages were added on to "twist the knife," I think they were always going to be impulsively destructive to the characters to accomplish that. Wouldn't have made sense to expect anything else.
Is taeshi actually based and trying to show Lucy is an unhinged bitch? Look at how she's drawing her. That isn't an innocent character. That's an evil manipulative bitch. It's the bad guy. Is she trying to make Mike into the victim?
>>151319604>>151319639It's not that Paulo isn't Mike's friend, it's that someone missing half a brain is writing this story. In a sane and non-retarded story it would pay off somehow, what Paulo is doing makes absolutely no sense, character, or story wise. Not like we haven't been through worse, you can like Maulo all you want but if you thought 1 (one) single retarded cat was gonna be able to defeat the hivemind so easily, you were delusional.
>>151321421Probably not but the best route to "punish" Lucy is to have Mike write her off as dead to him and completely ignore her. Maybe even break up with Sandy and hook up with someone else over her too just to rub it in that she isn't even second place to him anymore.
>>151321525You know, I can imagine the final mental gymnastic of this comic; Where Mike and Lucy are about to have TOGETHER FOREVER moment. And just before the final page Taeshi gets cold feet and gives us EF 2.0
>>151321560I dunno, this does make some amount of sense given what we've seen of Paulo.>is subject to guilt changing his mind>can be a coward at times>keeps caring about Lucy on some level despite having fewer and fewer reasons to do so
>>151321421>Loose lips James goes around telling people that Mike threw Augustus to the ground and Lucy stepped in and stopped him>Game of telephone spins it as some twerp beat up the punk outside and a girl had to save him>Augustus' punk disguise fades and now he's open to getting bullied with no one to actually protect himI haven't read this crap since 2015 and I get why you guys tell people not to read it. Its like a cognito hazard for fanfiction
>>151321577If I had any control over the comic at all I would force Taeshi to do that, and make the new love interest for Mike a Golden Retriever named Any.
>>151321560As far as what has been demonstrated by the story itself, Paulo is not Mike's friend. Could he have been in a more competently written story? Sure. This is not that. Dude threw Mike to the wolves repeatedly and now when presented with the opportunity to run it back he once more sides with Lucy even if it was peer pressured. Paulo is simply not a real bro when it comes down to it.
>>151321604>AnyAmy, fuck.
>>151321122Paulo promised so it's his fault for getting uppity
>>151321559No. Tae is literally that fucking mental she is showing Lucy being 'powerful' in her mind.To us, she looks like a manipulative bitch (which she is, other anons have broken down just how good at it she is)She just missed the perfect fucking chance for paulo to take a stance here but apparently the power of Lucys stand is to much that he switched character again. It was over the moment David, who never gave much a shit, suddenly became her bestie.
>>151321577Perhaps the truly best route is to let Lucy finally "win" the Mike Bowl...only for her to discover she's basically killed the cat she fell in love with, once the victory high dies away.
>>151321577Following this comic's logic, that would result in everyone turning against Mike forever. And no, he wouldn't leave town, it would just result in MORE MIKE MISERY.>>151321601>>keeps caring about Lucy on some level despite having fewer and fewer reasons to do soThis is what kills it, I can live with the other two, but his reasons to care about Lucy are purely out of reverence for the shitty self insert she's become. It's so transparent.
>>151321630Right up there with Mike being forever bound to an indefensibly stupid and useless contract after being guilted into signing it.
>>151321634Nah. For chicks like Lucy, completely ignoring them is the worst thing you can do to them. Drives them fucking nuts. Mike hooking up with another chick (while not even acknowledging her) would be like dropping a nuke on Lucy with how devastated she'd be
>>151321601He will always care for her a bit, and is only a coward in so much he puts up a front.This right here though? Its some next level character breaking.She made a mistake showing just how confused he was by this whole situation, having 0 idea what happened and just wanting an explination.that is rational for anyone.But now he is being mind controlled into sitting down?Like, people give can paulo shit but this is just the author being mental
None of these people are friends, they all actively despise each other, the best it ever becomes is them seeing someone else as a tool that they can benefit from, or a source of entertainment, like a royal sitting on their throne laughing at the jongleur antics. He'd have him thrown in the stocks without a second's notice when the entertainment stops. That's this "friend" group.
>>151321625>Could he have been in a more competently written story? Sure.Yeah whatever, when all is said and done this is my takeaway as well. This comic has made me feel worse in the past, it can't take my sweet delusions of a better story away.
>>151321663My counterpoint is that Lucy is "used to" getting ignored, i.e. she's built up a supply of copium and employs maladaptive life strategies to deal. A hollow victory, though? She's never had to deal and it would be very Native Americans meet smallpox.
>>151321681Daisy and Paulo are friends. (Dating now?)Paulo and David are friends.Sue.. people just put up with her.
>>151321604Sorry but Mike is for suffering.
>>151321577This. Mike's problem is he cares too much and lets himself be guilt tripped by them. If he stopped looking all scared and shitty and went about his day with a smile while ignoring their glares they'd lose it.Though given what happened outside, next go around if Augustus pulls his shit again Mike should just punt him in the balls while maintaining a chill expression because Augustus is also a pussy. It's just with him instead of going pussy over a social battle, he cowers the second things get remotely physical.
>>151321560as a Maulo truther, i also saw this coming a mile away. doesn't really change how i feel about anything.and there's a good chance it's just the anon or two from the last couple of threads who really hate Paulo getting their rocks off on him sitting down and "failing" Miketheir current line is "he was never Mike's friend" which is retarded.
>>151321721Are they? Are they friends anon? Or has the mad god in control of their reality simply seen fit to put them together and see what happens.
>>151321709Even when 'ignored' she could rely on getting a reaction out of Mike to satiate her. Him not even bothering to react to her would give her pause until she loses her shit and gets up in his face. It's just how girls like Lucy are. At that point just keep ignoring em
>>151321577That's just wishful thinking
>>151321786Well yeah. It was in response to >>151321421
>>151321770Except that's not what happened. When Mike was all in on Sandy as a kid, he barely even noticed Lucy. Later, she actively cringed at his disgust toward her. Mike wasn't trying to ignore Lucy once she came back; quite the opposite, in fact.
>>151321681>Mike is supposed to be suicidal for not being able to associate with these “people” anymoreMost unrealistic part of this comic
>>151321705It's only a valid takeaway if you ignore the kind of person writing the story. As far as Taeshi writing an actual friendship goes, Paulo and Mike arguably have the closest thing to it in the entire comic, with the possible exception of background characters.And that's only because the background friendships haven't been in the foreground long enough to be ruined yet.
>>151321249>Daisy ready to put Paulo out of his misseryAmazing
>>151321734I feel like Augustus would still try to salvage his ego by insinuating that Mike was just a violent jerk the whole time, so it would be really nice if Mike could just grin and say he doesn't count the opinion of a rapist for much.
>>151321122Paulo said something to his clearly emotionally upset friend so she is fine to be using it against him now with absolutely no contest.Also just forget lucy hit him, she would never do that. But if she did it was deserved.
>>151321809I think at this point, it's more that Mike's been told he was always a horrible person. It's something he worried about to Daisy back in Double Down.
>>151321828>rapistIs Mike even aware of that? I forget
>>151321853Watch Taeshi retcon in that everyone always knew and also knows he's a good guy now to justify why Rachel suddenly likes him.
>>151319286I'm retarded, what imahio is Maulo? I was gonna figure it out a few days ago. But then my one brain cell died
>>151321735At this point the truth exists in our heads, and that goes for everyone who's following this comic, it's all rage, memes, headcanons and wishful shipping.>>151321816>It's only a valid takeaway if you ignore the kind of person writing the story.No it isn't because am not ignoring it, and I agree with you on Paulo and Mike's relationship. Which is not being capitzalized, BECAUSE Traeshi is a sadistic retard that's stringing us along, how are both things mutually exclusive? One thing explains the other.
>>151321895Ima-what now?
>>151321503For me is Lucy spending a good amount of her time since coming back being very firm about how she didn't want to spend time with them, how she didn't need them and that she wanted to be alone, and as soon as she's back the table is this tense drama weary battlefield where she isn't even happy to be at. Like these people wanted her there, and now that she's there the reader has to ask himself, why?
>>151321830God I hate these people.>>151321899>stringing us alongThe difference here is I tend to assume it's incompetence. I genuinely think it's as close to writing an actual friendship as Taeshi is capable of pulling off.
>>151321735Yeah, I too am a Maulofag and I called this two moment there was tension over Paulo worrying about Mike. Lucy cracking the whip on him now just raises the tension and adds some guilt and angst to the Maulo stew. We know for a fact they talk next chapter anyway.
>>151321932>as close to writing an actual friendship as Taeshi is capable of pulling offYeah. I think Maulofaggotry is at highest, only 20% homolust. 30 tops. The remaining percentatge is just desperately trying to cling to something that makes some kind of sense and feels sane and good in any sort of way man.
>>151319566who is mike talking to here? Sue?
>>151321977At this point, could've been her. But no it was Augustus.
>>151321360I tend to agree that Lucy would be an actual good character if she suffered consequences for her own behavior. Unless she never ever learned from them. Her being a cunt and running into the same walls over and over again would grow tiresome.
>>151319581I didn't think Lucy could get more insufferable.>>151319825Fucking based.
>>151320287Awww!
So we know this won't last much, right? Even Taeshi isn't crazy enough to think people want a year of the table being miserable while Lucy barely likes being there, so she's gotta move the status quo at least a bit>But the next chapter is more Mike abuseYeah but aside from that, the fact that Paulo bitched out this page means this won't be as much of a "lift and drop" as we expected and more of a "Paulo tries to get close to Mike out of guilt", which could also end on someone (James if they really are on burgertron) ratting him out and breaking one more of Mike's lifelines, but let's consider that's already gone after this
>>151322146Anon... its okay to jus let go.Taeshi is fucking mental.She just ruined the one good chance to turn this around by making paulo be sensible questioning this, but then suddenly be overpowered by lucy mind powers.David out of characterRunning fag turning on a dimeLucy hitting mike AGAIN to no punishmentEveryone just accepting the suffering.Its fucking over man. Unless daisy of all character says something, this is full retard. Beyond even her worse chapters or mental breaks, this is every single character acting out of character. The universe bending to lucys whim while she sits there like the villain she is.
>>151322232Make no mistake, I know that, but I have no idea what she plans to do with the comic if this is the new status quo because Lucy alone can't carry this comic without a weekly sacrifice to carry her sins
>>151319581Damn it Paulo, you're orange not yellow, stop being so fucking craven.
>>151319581Lucy needs to sufferhttps://litter.catbox.moe/sc3r5got9o9rd4ih.png
>>151322332Nice
>>151321828>I feel like Augustus would still try to salvage his ego by insinuating that Mike was just a violent jerk the whole timeHe could. He'd just get hit again and have to deal with the fact that his speeches no longer work on one of his tagets.So he could try again, but he risks physical punishment in doing so
>>151322332who is this?
>>151322364Eh. That's only giving her more victim power
>>151322332Cute OC
>>151322332Holy shit that's awesome!I might just start doing that next time Mike's on the page: Edits that insert Amy wherever there's Mike torture and change it so that instead he's just having a good time with her.Make her everything Lucy isn't: Popular because she's charming, happy, and uplifts others.
>>151322332>Golden retriever Amy>GOLDen retriever amYYou motherfucker
>>151322473Almost:>Golden Retriever: Goldie>Amy: Represents the SonicAmy shipping forum.
>Lucy, the chick I can't spend any amount of time alone with without her screaming at me, is more important to me than Mike.Nah, fuck Paulo. How many times does he have to pick Lucy over Mike before people stop huffing hopium that he's not going to do that? There is no outcome where Paulo will be much of a friend for Mike because this is a story where Mike Is Right, but also punished for it.
>>151322364She has to sit with her old friend group, I think she's doing plenty of suffering.
>>151322332Kino... let my boy finally be happy...
So if Taeshi ships MikexAmaya which is based, why don't these two interact? I would take back everything I said if Amaya went outside.
>>151322555Because that would give Mike a person on his side and we can't have that :)
>>151322555Taeshi's opinions on ships were set when the forums still existed and she's never revisited them. That's why she has an autistic hatred for MikexJasmine, it was too popular over a decade ago
>>151319928I hate that I can see this happening.
>>151322555Because Amaya isn't really a character.
>>151322511>How many times does he have to pick Lucy over Mike before people stop huffing hopium that he's not going to do that? This should be the last time. Paulo has shown he truely is a terrible friend to Mike. There is no excuse to stay here with Lucy. In fact, the second she tried to invole that bullshit should have involved him calling her bullshit/bluff and go. The second she tried to use that after Mike had actually shown Paulo what someone who actually cares about you vs Lucy who does not. Is the minute he should leave her and take Daisy with but everyone else should stay.I genuinely used to like Lucy at one point btw. Now all Lucy is now is a shitty and worse version of the mom from shounen abyss.
>>151322146>Even Taeshi isn't crazy enough to think people want a year of the table being miserable while Lucy barely likes being thereWhat makes you think they are going to be miserable? Taeshi could just have them go all happy smiles and settle into a new status quo until she decides to re-inject some drama. Back and forth, in an endless cycle of personal convenience.
>>151322598I can't think of any reason for her to hate it other than because it would give mike a stable relationship.
>>151322388Augustus is used to shutting up under threat of physical violence. It's much better to make him feel like shit by reminding him of past sins.
>>151322745I suppose there could come a point when Paulo has to really choose between Mike and Lucy when they're basically standing next to each other. For now, he can just tell himself that Mike will be okay until there's time to check on him.
>>151322332>Mike getting a loyal and loving golden retriever ggCute!>tfw it will never happen or if by some miracle it did, Mike would just be forced to pull a Haida in favor of Lucy despite it being negative sense
>>151322764Apparently there was some meme involving them that she hated? Very autistic of her either way.
>>151322332She's a big girl
>>151322745>This should be the last time.You'd think that, but people seem to be chosing to believe Daisy will stick up for Mike on the last page and not just be seething that Paulo implied that she's less important than either Lucy or Mike.
>>151322860For you
>>151322315Its not his fault anon.Even david couldnt resist lucys new mental powers of domination and space distortion.
>>151322745>calling her bullshit/bluff and goIt would make perfect sense. In fact, if it were ANYONE except Lucy saying this, he probably would do just that. That's not because he particularly likes Lucy, it's just how Lucyspace as a phenomenon works in BCB. Nobody acts like themselves when they are instead given the opportunity to support Lucy.The writing is such that I think Taeshi might have genuinely forgotten that Lucy slapped Paulo in the face right after he said it. She's no longer in whatever mood she was in when she wrote that part, so only the events that support her current image of the characters exist in her mind.It's foolishness to expect sense from Lucyspace. That's how it pulls you in.>>151322865Hopium and copium. I say this as someone who also wants that to happen.Remember, these pages only exist to "twist the knife.">>151322811Something like this is the only hope left, really. But like everything else, it's not safe from Lucyspace.
>>151322555>tranny winning the mikebowlNot happening.
>>151322824Taeshi constantly draws them together.
Fuck man the more I think about this comic was at its best when lucy was out of it.
>>151322865Tunnel-visioned seething does sound in-character for Daisy. But I'd like to believe a more entertaining alternative:>Daisy stalks off to go find Mike on the last page because Taeshi doesn't know how to end chapters>finds him>look at how they massacred my boy>they have a heart to heart>the Valentine's day date with Sandy comes up and Mike admits he's not keen on any real date-date right now>lightbulb>oh hey let's all go together on a double-date!>the logic here being that Mike needs a way to kill the romance vibe and be reminded he still has friends>(it also helps to make up for her and Paulo sabotaging Mike's "date" with James)>and definitely no ulterior Sandy-related motives here nope nope nope
>>151322959she was gathering eldritch powers during her absence
>>151322959Alejandro needs to show up and take her away.
>>151322953We're talking about Mike and Jasmine, though.
>>151319855>Do you believe in fate, Mike?"No.">Why not?"Because I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life.">I know EXACTLY what you mean..."...">Let me tell you why you're here.>You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You felt it your entire life.>That there's something wrong with the world, you don't know what it is, but it's there.>Like a splinter in your mind... Driving you mad.>It is this feeling that has brought you to me.>...Do you know what I'm talking about?"...Lucyspace.">Do you want to know... What. It. Is?
>>151322959It dragged pretty bad during the Paulo Show, thanks to the reset button.
>>151323094I love this
>>151319581This is such a vile way to take Paulo's character, man. Almost feels as OOC as Mike's sperg era. I hope Daisy gets to go nuclear on whitecat.I assume Taeshi understands what she's doing with Lucy, in which her comeuppance will be a "Hell of her own making" situation. I don't have a lot of faith, based on how she writes Lucy to always have epiphanies before anyone can take her to task.>>151319764Thank you for this Suelo food, patriot.
>>151322332Very cute
>>151323094fucking kek
>>151319764>>151323124>Pue>Suelo (floor/ground in spanish)Kek those both are hilariously awful names, good job.
>>151323124Do her epiphanies ever really bear fruit? She's only regressed and made negative character development as of now.
I wonder if Mike's gonna try to kill himself and Paulo is gonna go psychotic from the guilt of being a fucking rat after Mike had his back.Another alternative is the group turns on Lucy and she realizes that what Mike said would happen ends up happening: Paulo goes back to mike, followed by Daisy, followed by David and then by the gay running dude.Although its interesting that in the old flame chapter or however it was called, Sandy first fears Mike tried to kill himself. So foreshadowing?The most interesting result would be everyone leaving lucy. Also don't you guys think its time for that cat that Augustus and Lucy fear to come back to fuck them up?
>>151323478>then by the gay running dude.That would be the sleaziest shit ever, worse than the glasses bitch from Silent Voice. James deserves nothing else than swallow all his teeth if he ever tries that shit.
>>151323441Desde el suelo, amigo. All relationship requires solid ground.>>151323452No, but Taeshi uses them for both Lucy and Paulo as get out of jail free cards.
>>151323535I'd take it if James grew the fuck up, stopped being suck a spaz, took responsibility for his stupidity, sincerely apologized, and tried to make amends.
>>151323478I don't think Mike will try to kill himself. Unlike Lucy he actually cares about his family and wouldn't do that to them. That said, he will probably end up getting hurt somehow given his lack of eating and low energy levels due to depression
>>151323478People here long for Alejandro returning since it'll mean someone is likely to get fucked up. Doesn't matter who.
>>151323094>'This... this isn't real?'>What is "real"? How do you define "real"?>If you refer to what you can see, what you can read back and double check, then "real" is simply the latest version of what Taeshi allows you to read in her website's archives.What did he mean by this?
>>151323626>Unlike Lucy he actually cares about his family and wouldn't do that to them.The problem is, you think you know a BCB character but then Taeshi turns up and takes a huge dump all over that
More relevant than ever
>>151323688Paulo is Angel who woke up from a couple of moments before being dragged back in.
>>151323692Taeshi really needs to do something about that awful beanhead syndrome.
So whats' the end goal of this supposed to be. What trajectory is Taeshi aiming for since apparently Lucy is about to get her share of suffering too?She has the table, and Mike is alone. Right now nothing can really go wrong for her that she can't bullshit her way out of.
>>151323626Yes but Taeshi is insane and clearly never had Lucy give much of a fuck about what her attempt did to her family, so I wouldn't be surprised if she couldn't be arsed considering that Mike would care too much about his family to avoid it.
>>151323452The fruit they bear, by design or carelessness, is merely avoiding meaningful consequences.Lucy hasn't really learned anything from them or changed her behaviors or mindset. A false epiphany of remorse is being offered in place of actual remorse... which is something narcissists and psychopaths trying to fake remorse often do, because they don't understand that people with functioning empathy don't feel remorse that way. It's not a sudden realization that "I should feel bad," it's a persistent and mostly involuntary reaction to empathizing with suffering one has inflicted on another.All someone with non-functional capacity to empathize can do is attempt to pantomime the end result, and they will not be changed by the "epiphany" because they do not feel remorse, only fear of social consequences. This is why writers with this mental deficiency often assert through their narratives that "only fear of social consequences motivates people to not constantly assault, abuse, and harm one another." That MOST people innately feel some of the hurt themselves when they realize they've hurt another is a completely alien concept to them.
>>151319581Fuck is James looking at like that? Is he thinking of shitting on yet another ex-crush in favor of Lucy? The dude has been hollowed out completely, he'll probably crumple to the ground like a sheet once he exits the Lucyspace radius.
>>151323667>casually invoking the demiurge by nameRisky move.>>151323706He was getting too close to breaking out of Lucyspace, she needed to yank his chains back into place.>>151323714For Mike it's pretty much completely fixed if she just gives him a bit more cheek fluff, IMO.>>151323834The James we knew is no more. Perhaps he never existed at all.
>>151322332>pulled a tall bombshell againHow does he do it?
>>151323719If she was being all pottery about it, the most logical outcome is Mike's fake prophesy coming true simply because Lucy alienates everyone else through her own self-righteous, shitty, denial-heavy, blame-shifting, overly demanding behavior. It would fit with her learning to be less of a burden to others, which Taeshi made some noises about forever ago. Of course, Lucy has proven to be so fucking delicate that she'd need to be put back on suicide watch.
>>151323834James has no character anymore so Taeshi just made him into a Mike hating, David banging, Lucy simp.
>>151319652Lucy's powers are terrible. One shudders to imagine how she got them.
>>151319581Wtf does this mean?I skipped some pages, because this shit is insufferable.
>>151323834I guess he's glaring at Paulo for NOT going out to Mike? He's not looking at him like that here >>151319286, even if he is mostly covered up by a panelFFS if James ends up being preferable to Paulo again because Paulo finds a new low to sink to that'll be a hell of a ride.
>>151323862This comic would actually be a bit better if it focused on the fact that people are more likely to do what Lucy wants because they're afraid of her trying to hurt herself again and show that her using this for her own ends is a bad thing.
>>151323938James hates Mike now, I don't think this is it. And as disappointed as I am in Paulo for caving, I lean slightly towards feeling bad for him, because it seems less like he's keeping to his word and more like he's being blackmailed.
>>151323834James is unimpressed that Paulo cares about Mike in any capacity. It's not as if Paulo holds any special place in his own heart.
>>151323909Earlier on Paulo offered to stop being Mike's friend anymore to Lucy and she rejected him. Just another instance of Paulo being a shit friend. She's technically not wrong calling him out here but she's still a cunt with the intent. Also Paulo could have easily thrown that shit back in her face but he doesn't
>>151323993>more like he's being blackmailedthat's exactly what it is, yes, and as insane as that sounds it probably wasn't even taeshi's intention, but this is blackmail through and through
>>151323909Lucy assumed direct control over Paulo to pull him back into Lucyspace because he was starting to get too close to waking up.>>151323938Nah, given James' current attitude, he's giving Paulo the stinkeye for standing up and speaking up at all.Bear in mind that Paulo 'speaking up' was just him going "Huh? What's going on?" James was already glaring at him as soon as Paulo asked a question.
>>151323626I agree, it doesn't really make sense. His entire existence is people-pleasing and as miserable as it makes him that he's failed to keep anyone happy, he probably thinks killing himself would just be selfish for the guilt it would inflict on Lucy and his family. He'll just continue hurting himself through neglect until it causes a problem.
>>151321559I actually think lucy IS supposed to be in the wrong here, but everything thats going on is such bullshit that i've become totally disconnected from the characters. Its cool that theyre self aware enough for lucy to be the villain here but dont even care anymore.
>>151319715Daisy has her own Daisyspace, once utilized over Paulo and Abbey, which has counterbalancing energies
>>151323834James deserves insane levels of correction, holy shit
>>151324053>Lucyspace: gives Lucy luck>Mikespace: causes Mike misfortune>Paulospace: makes people sympathize with Paulo, especially strong when he's crying>Daisyspace: allows Daisy to use INT modifier in place of CHA for seduction.Lucyspace and Mikespace are the strongest because they amplify each other. Lucy's luck is Mike's misfortune, Mike's misfortune is Lucy's luck.
>>151319689Lucy is Taeshi's self insert and Mike represents Suitcase. Suitcase-as-Mike is a punching bag because Taeshi is still bent up over Suitcase breathing in the same general zip code as another woman almost two decades ago. Once you understand that so much makes sense.
BCB turning into a battle of Domain Expansions would be way better than what's going on now.
>>151323993Yes, Lucy is threatening to reveal what he impulsively said to PLACATE A DISTRESSED 'FRIEND' (Lucy herself) to the rest of the table. This with the next page is basically a "sit back down or I'll drop a social nuke on your friendship with Mike" ultimatum from her.It's almost textbook 'abuser attempts to separate abuse victim from support network' behavior.>>151324015There's never been any real indication that he meant it, and we've seen him regret saying it despite nobody but Lucy knowing he did. He also did this without anyone watching while turning away from Mike, so we know it wasn't performative on Paulo's part. You're taking the dialogue a bit more literally than you can reasonably take dialogue like that in BCB, ESPECIALLY when Lucy is involved.There's also the whole fact she slapped him right after he said it.Lucy is, as usual, not even REMOTELY "technically not wrong" here - everything about this is wrong, from motivation upwards. She is driving a wedge to further isolate Mike, nothing more, nothing less.
>>151324123>There's never been any real indication that he meant itAside from the immediate and blatant guilt Paulo felt upon seeing Mike thirty seconds later, anyway.
>>151324123>She is driving a wedge to further isolate Mike, nothing more, nothing less.So she isolates him and then what? Starts to feel the heat if he actually tries to kill himself? She might as well be trying to take it that far at this point.
>>151324123Yeah I'd be more likely to agree if Paulo hadn't said the same thing to Mike's face. It's not much of a social nuke to blackmail him with if everyone's shrugged him already doing it before.
>>151324155...You can't be serious, anon.He's feeling guilt over SAYING it, not BELIEVING it. If he meant it, he wouldn't feel so guilty.Do you understand how remorse works?>>151324167There is legitimately no telling. She might be.
>>151324186>Do you understand how remorse works?Better than you do, apparently.
The Patreon comments are funny today. It's weird to me how many people are legitimately upset by this when for my money (as a Mike fan) it's the first good sign in ages.Lucy is being vindictive and it's not even ambiguous.Taeshi is allowing her to actually exercise some fucking agency and do something pointlessly cruel for herself, instead of sitting by while Augustus and friends do all the dirty work for her. She's been a perfect victim for years which is why she's been so goddamn boring.The alternative would be another twelve chapters of Lucy doing fuckall while Mike spirals, until she saves him from himself and he tearfully accepts blame for everything so that she can absolve him. That's the dogshit I was afraid of.This page is the most promising development in years.
1. What would you do now if you were Mike?2. What would you do now if you were Paulo?
>>151324176That is very much not saying the same thing, anon (I've told friends to leave or stop if they were annoying somebody before - never for mere presence, but still - and we're still friends).And to reiterate:>You're taking the dialogue a bit more literally than you can reasonably take dialogue like that in BCB, ESPECIALLY when Lucy is involved.
I'm sorry Paulobros
>>151324202For how terrible Lucy is being, I do appreciate that it's, in fact, her being unquestionably terrible of her own accord, for once, as you said. There is no "I never wanted this," no plausible deniability.
>>1513242041. Find new friends 2. Probably the same, actually
>>151324155>>151324201fucking hell you're retarded
>>151324202>The Patreon comments are funny today. It's weird to me how many people are legitimately upset by this when for my money (as a Mike fan) it's the first good sign in ages.wait are they actually calling her out? this isn't a girlboss moment for them?
>>151324204>What would you do now if you were Mike?become an empty husk, incapable of loving ever again>What would you do now if you were Paulo?counter-blackmail lucy and go see mike
>>151324204>MikeTry to find new friends far away from the table group or even the track team. Maybe even look for an activity or something to do outside of school.Anywhere to have a decent escape from that crap.>PauloFlat out tell her that when I offered to cut Mike off last time, she slapped me for it. Then go to see Mike.
>>151324241You feel threatened by the notion that I am right and are reacting by lashing out instead of simply ignoring an opinion you comfortably believe is incorrect, or otherwise debating the point in a rational manner.
>>151319729I like bitching about stupid bullshit and having incredibly petty arguments, and these threads offer both.
Can we get this comic cancelled?It is toxic af.
>>151324243You have to understand, Lucy rarely gets her hands dirty except to physically assault people. That's so common they don't register it anymore, they've been numbed to it in the echo chamber. Direct attempts to socially assassinate Mike, though? That's not something they're used to seeing Lucy attempt directly, since normally Lucyspace simply manifests the exact results Lucy definitely fucking wanted.
>>151324264>Maybe even look for an activityAre Lucy and him even still practicing karate or whatever the fuck it was? Was it in a school club, or outside of school?
>>151324267I would like to meet whatever RL girl inspired Sandy for Taeshi. Seems like an interesting person
>>151324286Lucy should get what she wants. she should get what she wants in this moment and not anything after she succeeds in shutting down Mike socially.
>>151324265he's right, you're wrong. simple asand hell yeah it's comfy
>>151324226Real Paulobros know this isn't anything new. Just another reset of his character development - like old times.I genuinely can't help but feel sorry for him. He's been trying to take forward steps for years only to be dragged backwards over and over again. It's like Sisyphus but for character development... and one can't even imagine him happy.
>>151324336>he's right, you're wrong. simple asOkay.jpg
>>151324284>I want to get off Mrs. Taeshi's wild ride
>>151324231Exactly. Actually allowing her to go too far is a good thing. Not having her immediately reflect on it and regret it (like the kick earlier). If Lucy is supposed to "grow" I think this is actually a great arc to take her on. Let her actually express that she wants Mike to suffer for what he's done, instead of saying she doesn't. Let it hurt her relationships with others. Let her fuck something up and not realize it until it's too late to fix.That's GOOD. That makes her a fucking CHARACTER instead of a blob of angst and screaming.>>151324243It's a mix, but most people think she's being too vindictive.>>151324226Paulo is doing exactly what one should expect. He loves his friends and he wants to do right by them. He feels guilty for not holding Mike accountable for what he said to her, and for not realizing she was suicidal despite her acting off. And now he's stuck between those feelings and his feelings toward Mike, who he sees exhibiting the same sort of signs Lucy did.It's sad that he kowtowed, but he's doing so because Lucy is ACTIVELY twisting his own goodness against him. And we know he still talks to Mike in the next chapter anyway.All of this shit is juicy. After months and months of famine these are good and interesting developments.
>>151324167No she'll just pull her usual "I never wanted this" shit like she always does and blame someone/something else. She'll only acknowledge personal fault if she thinks she has a shot of getting Mike back like she showed in Eternal Flame.
Any pretense of this comic being anything more than the juvenile power fantasy of a mentally ill woman is 1000 percent gone now. What an absolutely hilarious trainwreck.
>>151321604>>151322332Fun!
>>151324435I'm actually surprised that Taeshi had Lucy huff so much copium and make up a load of bullshit to justify her past abuse instead of hating Mike over recent forced bullshit.
>>151324219Yeah I'm sure you're besties with all the guys you started shit with to clear way for the girl you simp for. And no, you're being too literal. It's the same thing>IF Mike being at the table MEANS Lucy won't sit with us THEN Mike shouldn't sit with usLucy's not blackmailing Paulo. The Lucystans are psycho bitches but they're right: he promised her this. He promised he'd throw Mike under the bus if she just said the word and now she's taken him up on his offer. He could have refused, but he won't because his guilt meant nothing. A bitch's place is at its master's feet.
>>1513242041. Probably break up with Sandy, bail on track (wouldn't care for it anyway), and write off Lucy and the tablefags as dead to me. Go on to hang out with some of the NPCs or do my own thing. If Augustus pulls shit again I'll simply go "You're a rapist." If Lucy gets in I just list off all the bs and mental gymnastics she's been spouting and call her a terrible excuse for a person. If she makes it violent I'd tank it and continue to reaffirm that she is proving my point and that she will continue to be a detriment to whoever or whatever she is around until she grows the fuck up. Ideally though I would be free to just ignore them because they aren't worth interacting with.2. Call her out on her own bullshit. If the rest of the table cries about "rocking the boat" I will simply point out the boat began rocking wildly the second she showed up again.
>>151324204Glass Her and Augustus
>>151324499>Breaking Up literally has a montage of Lucy being a bitch which slowly gives way to her being tsundere and him remembering the good times and regretting that he blocked them out>second most blatant parallel being set up in this chapter, after the visual callback to December >people (including Mike haters lmao) taking it at face valuelol>>151324531>desperately says anything to try and bring his BPD friend back into the fold because he's worried about her>she flips out and says a bunch of bullshit back at him>they have meltdowns at each other and fuck off>he has multiple heart-to-heart conversations with Mike, who is a terrific friend to him now and cares about him deeply>but he's supposed to be accountable for some bullshit he said in the heat of the moment, while Lucy isn'tIt's so funny to watch simps and incels alike join hands in shitting on Paulo for the sin of caring too much, lol
Did the whole thing about Lucy's slapstick being legit physical abuse get retconned or something along the way? Because it is legitimately insane to me that lucy could even remotely have any business doing what she does to Mike when you consider the reason he said the things he did to her and I feel like no one ever brings it up. You dont owe your abuser anything even if they do kill themselves after
>>151324620>Paulo didn't mean itAnd other lies we tell ourselves.
>>151319286This comic isn't very funny. Where's the punchline?
>>151324620>>151323692>>151324651Paulo is just a really confused and proud retard with half a brain and a long loooong, history of failure, but the one time he's endearing is when he and Mike have these heart to hearts. It's like the one time when the comic has some sentimentality that doesn't feel like an evil mad god is twisting the universe around it into a stupid grotesquerie. It's one of the few things that has ever felt human in bcb.
>>151324651It's not a question of whether he meant it. If she had said yes, he'd swear to it and then immediately feel conflicted when he ran into Mike with his big friendly smile and had to tell him to fuck off. He'd still care about Mike which is the beauty of it.In a comic full of retard cats who overthink and never say what they're thinking or feeling, Paulo just does shit and it makes for way better drama than Mike and Lucy's idle moping.
>>151324729Paulo getting over his knee-jerk Mike hate and coming to see him as true best friend is an excellent arc. In theory.
>>151324620>make a stupid promise to not be friends with Mike if Lucy asks>feel like an asshole for it>go through with it anyway despite knowing that Mike's probably having a breakdown outside because of his abandonment issuesBut yeah, Paulo cares just so much. Real carebear. I give it half odds that Taeshi will vindicate her self-insert by saying this was a test and Paulo just failed.
>>151324783It's not like we're saying he isn't a retard, and judging by him reacting at all, he's starting to notice.But yeah, Traeshi will Traeshi.
>>151324531>Yeah I'm sure you're besties with all the guys you started shit withMy dude, do you not have the mental capacity to comprehend that different examples have different contexts?What the actual fuck are you talking about?>We got your back Lucy>WeAlso, hang on... he's saying that ALL of the friend group would tell Mike to get lost if his presence bothered Lucy. ...Did you guys manage to gaslight me into thinking he actually said "I'll stop being Mike's friend"? What the hell is this comic doing to my memory?
>>151324729>>151324755Not any of those anons, but I'd be more willing to like Paulo if he didn't keep resetting to the same kind of dickery all the time. It's hard to look kindly on his vulnerable moments when he always falls back into being just as much of an asshole.
>>151323854By being right constantly and earning our love. We are not the Demiurge who so torments him and so cannot free him, but our powers of imagination can grant something approaching a better reality.
>>151324818Because he did say that, read the comic retard.
>>151324818Either Taeshi changed the dialogue (again) or everyone simply assumed Paulo wouldn't be that audacious about it.
>>151324841So it's both. First Paulo volunteers his compliance, then everyone else's.
>>151324841It gets very tiresome, arguing with anons who need to be spoonfed screenshots because they only remember the stuff that supports their narrative.
>>151324827I really know how you feel, I still hate Paulo to a big extent, Maulo is the one thing that redeems him for me.
>>1513242041. recreate a e254e comic with Lucy and Gus2. "fuck off, that was pre-face slap, I'm going to see Mike"
>>151324891The important thing is that you can feel superior while arguing on a basket weaving forum about poorly written cartoon cats.
If i wasnt sure before, i am not. Taeshi is a malicious writer
>>1513242041. Kill myself2. Kill myself
>>151324841>>151324844Ah, it's the next page, got it. BCB alzheimer's scare averted.>>151324863No, you've got the order backwards - and it's one of the reasons acting like he truly meant it is kind of silly. He works himself up (or Lucyspace does) to offering his own personal allegiance after assuring her everyone else would go along doesn't seem to get her to open up.Then she slaps him.And she is currently holding what he said for her benefit over him like a sword of Damocles.
>>151324841>>151324891Do you not understand that he regretted saying that shit almost immediately. Do you know what a story is?
>>151324911Nothing about that indicates that Paulo is being insincere in his offering.
>>151324497I love how now we need OCs cause every single character is now a brain dead son of a bitch
This comic will not end before taeshi dies. Whether of old age, a freak accident, whatever.I don't care for her wellbeing but I want to see the end of this trainwreck and at this pace I don't think we will.
>>1513242041. Grab Abbey, bring him to the track team table, and tell them all what happened. Abbey goes and murder Augustus, the track team tell James he's no longer welcome, since he's clearly not going to stop fucking causing drama by being a flakey cunt.2.I would tell Lucy that she deserves every bad thing Mike said about her and worse, since she very clearly is a parasite sucking the joy out of everyone around her. Then I go see the grey cat who has stood by me in my darkest times without question or judgement.
>>151324937Don't tell me you've never offered something you weren't confident about delivering on to make someone upset feel better, anon.Maybe you're too autistic to navigate non-literal social interactions.
>>151324204>1. What would you do now if you were Mike?Go home and rest, trying to calm down since it seems everyone hates me. Yes, it would mean skipping school. Maybe try and talk to someone afterward but who the fuck would listen?
>>151324924Anon, I don't really give a fuck that Paulo promised something stupid. That he's doing it anyway even though he knows its awful is what makes him a piece of shit.
>>151324954>Maybe you're too autistic to navigate non-literal social interactions.Maybe you should learn that insulting people will never be a real counterargument.
>>151324924please understand, "Paulo was never his friend" anon is very autistic
>>151324984Depends on how many different anons with varying takes you're lazily lumping into your own personal Satan figure.
>>151324954>lying to people when they're upset is a good thing, actuallyDo neurotypicals really?
>>151324965He is acting like a piece of shit out of this irrational loyalty to this bitch that treats him like shit, but he at least also feels like a piece of shit. Look at that page with him forcing himself to fantasize about Lucy, but it turns into Mike. He knows what he's doing is fucked up and harmful for him. Even his dick knows it.
Paulo's problem is Mike hasn't dicked him yet.Once he gets that dick his gay sub genes will fully activate and he'll stop being so flaky.
>>151324226It is a disappointment to see him fail Mike in a way that Mike has never failed him, but as C.S. Lewis once said:>In a perfect Friendship this Appreciative love is, I think, often so great and so firmly based that each member of the circle feels, in his secret heart, humbled before the rest. Sometimes he wonders what he is doing there among his betters. He is lucky beyond desert to be in such company.So as the day goes by and the taste of ash and failure in Paulo's mouth grows ever more bitter with every moment and every glance at Mike, so too will his dedication to not fail again the next time he is so tested become more and more ironclad.
>>151325048I feel like Taeshi would punish Paulo horrendously for the sin of taking Mike away from Lucy.
>>151325000please direct your eyeballs to >>151325001at least one anon who hates Paulo's guts is absolutely autisticthe basics of tact are like unreadable arcane spells to them
>>151325078Nothing about that response indicates the person who posted it hates Paulo's guts.
>>151324977...I wasn't being serious anon. I didn't think you ACTUALLY were.Now I'm dubious.Weird how >>151325001 seems to have the same exact hangups and opinions as you. Curious, even.
>>151324305She gives me faith in a God, for it would be a travesty beyond acceptance that there is not some constant observer witnessing as Goldie goes through her life COMPLETELY FUCKING UNAWARE of just how much of a crashout machine she's made Taeshi all these decades later.
>>151325118Do you EVER second guess yourself?
>>151324204If I was Mike, I would have dated Daisy.If I was Paulo, I would have dated Rachel.
Oh I can't wait to see what the fuck is going on in there
>>151325145I never need to, inspect element-kun.
>>151325162Yeah, I didn't think so.
>>151324204Mike>cut ties with most everyone, specially Lucy, Sandy, and the table group>move to a different school, OR>rush the school year (don't talk with his 'friends', don't engage in afterschool activities, just go home as soon as it's done)>graduate HS>go to college in another townPaulo>ignore Lucy's commands, remind her of the slap>go talk with Mike, with or without Daisy>hear him out, offer some sympathy and friendship>take his side and defend him>remind everyone of Augustus' creep moves>cut ties with fucking David>cut ties with the table group, just go hang out with Daisy somewhere else.
>>151324305>>151325134>GoldieWho's that?
>>151324891Anon I think you need to keep in mind that Taeshi goes back and edits the old comics regularly. It is entirely within the realm of possibility you are arguing with somebody who genuinely read a different comic than you.
>>151325185I don't need doors to validate me. Always being correct is enough.
>>151325213Whoosh.
>>151323535David too to be fair
>>151325147Anon it got posted hours ago. >>151319581
>>151324204>MikeGo home and hide in the bathroom and cry until I dry heave>PauloIgnore Lucy, go find Mike and hug him
>>151325162>People disagree with my assertion that Paulo and Mike are good boys?>No, it must all be one anon who is clearly wrong.You do this every thread.>>151325208I know, when I'm looking back to check I try to use the omnibus pdfs rather than the website versions for that reason. It's just very frustrating arguing with anons who can be shown a half-dozen examples and still go "nuh uh".
>>151325266I meant the comments anon, peep the number
>>151323478>followed by DavidI would never be David's friend after what he said, that was the most two-faced shit ever.
>>151325194LONG AGO, IN A DISTANT LAND, THERE WAS A SONIC THE HEDGEHOG FORUM OR SOMETHING, I'M KIND OF VAGUE ON THE DETAILS! It was on this internet forum that Taeshi and Suitcase first met, but there came another girl: Goldie, who Suitcase vibed with better and so was in an e-relationship with for about six months or so. When I said long ago, I'm not joking either, this shit was when he was 14 and Goldie was 12. Now, literal decades later, Taeshi still fucking seethes and has an annual three months of crashing out that Suitcase liked another girl before he started dating her. And we know all this because THEY FUCKING TOLD US LIKE A BUNCH OF SPERGS!
>>151325222Did you really not comprehend that "I am literally always correct and never wrong" was sarcasm?...Fucking hell, you ARE autistic.Right yet again.
>>151325194Goldie is the chick on a SonicXAmy shipping forum Suitcase used to chat with when he was a teenager before he decided to date Taeshi, and had trouble ending his relationship with her before she dropped communication with him altogether.As a result Taeshi uses that as a way to guilt and emotionally manipulate him into staying with her. Yes they're that petty.
>>151325194Unfortunately, I don't have a TL;DR
>>151325330The way you've been acting so far has not demonstrated any intelligence whatsoever. Certain negative assumptions are warranted.
>>151325277NTA but they are good boys. They fuck up a lot but they have many wonderful qualities. They're both thoughtful and sweet when given the chance to be, although Paulo is still clumsy about it sometimes.
What is it about minors and acting like perceived betrayal is the worst thing you happen to a person? Are the children simply too coddled and sheltered? Not imaginative enough to think of something worse? Should we teach them about betrayal at an earlier age?
>>151325324>>151325359>>151325376So Lucy is supposed to be Taeshi and Mike is supposed to be Suitcase?
>>151325069Another pertinent C.S. Lewis quote:>Alone among unsympathetic companions, I hold certain views and standards timidly, half ashamed to avow them and half doubtful if they can after all be right. Put me back among my Friends and in half an hour - in ten minutes - these same views and standards become once more indisputable. The opinion of this little circle, while I am in it, outweighs that of a thousand outsiders: as Friendship strengthens, it will do this even when my Friends are far away. For we all wish to be judged by our peers, by the men "after our own heart." Only they really know our mind and only they judge it by standards we fully acknowledge. Theirs is the praise we really covet and the blame we really dread.So yea, just give Paulo time and he shall find his footing again and hold it far more firmly this time, inspired by the constant fidelity and perseverance of his dearest friend and target of homolust Mike.
>>151325277Neither of them have done anything particularly heinous. You've got to keep in mind the standard of BCB, too. They're like the two best people among the horrid specimens currently arguing over that lunch table.
>>151325439The funniest thing is that we used to have anons in these threads that insisted this was a stupid conspiracy theory.
>>151325418>What is it about minors and acting like perceived betrayal is the worst thing you happen to a person?In comic we have Ausgustus who did try to sextually assault daisy and before the retcons david and Paulo constantly molested Lucy's chest. Retconning out the molesting was actually a mistake since it would give Paulo some reason to feel this debt to Lucy vs having it for zero reason.
>>151325310David is such a terrible 'character', hot damn. I think I hate him more than Lucy or Augustus.
>>151325290Oh ok, people ask repeatedly for spoilers that were already posted so often around here I just assumed otherwise.Probably "Lucy isn't perfect and she's being mean but really she's doing nothing wrong and is perfect" over and over again.They probably banned everyone who would say "Holy shit what a manipulative cunt."
>>151325454Is that the endgame then? One day Sandy will fuck off without a word and Mike will have to come crawling back to the oh-so-benevolent Lucy who will "forgive" him by turning him into a bitchboy forever, and that's the "happy" ending?
>>151325467>zero reasonThe new reason is that the sex was really just that horrendously bad. Paulo feels he has so much to make up for.
>>151325439>>151325454I think after this long (and knowing they need to stretch it out for income) they've potentially diverged a good bit. Also possible they haven't, but all I know about the drama is the basics that anons have repeated in these threads, mostly Taeshi's jealousy.
>>151325439Yes. That is part of what makes this comic so god damn sad, and so god damn funny. It is a thirty year tantrum because her husband had the audacity to be interested in a different girl before he ever started dating her. If he would actually put a baby in her, it might actually calm her down as now she has living proof that she won out over Goldie. Of course, then he would have to deal with the responsibilities of being a father and dealing with HER as a mother, and I'm pretty sure he would actually kill himself rather than do that. Ain't that right Soupy, since we know you read these threads.
alejandro and sandy will destroy lucyspace
>>151325500bagfag and taeshit are a perfect fit for eachother.grumpy egotistical reddit admin x lesbian bpd artist
>>151325504Delusional, take him to the infirmary.
>>151325404>Paulo>thoughtfulDaisy get off of /bcb/
>>151325492I keep forgetting that batshit sex scene implication was ever added in.
>>151325504No, they will marry each other and leave the rest of the cast to suffer in Lucyspace forever.
>>151325489If the BCB = blatant Taeshi self-therapy/fixfic hour theory holds true, then no. That's just repeating the past. In this rendition, Taeshi has to actually win through Lucy. So Sandy can't just vanish; Lucy has to truly beat her. The rest is negotiable according to Taeshi's personal whims, but I suspect at some point she will realize that utterly pathetic Mike isn't much of a prize and Lucy would look awfully silly for blowing so much mental energy on him.
>>151325504Honestly, the notion of Sandy showing up and just FUCKING SHATTERING LUCYSPACE because it turns out Sandyspace is far more potent is one I quite enjoy.
>>151325542>she will realize that utterly pathetic Mike isn't much of a prize and Lucy would look awfully silly for blowing so much mental energy on him.Conveniently, this arc will finally arrive only as Suitcase announces his divorce from Taeshi
>>151325558Lucy getting blown the fuck out for any reason is pretty enjoyable, but I do hold a special place in my heart for Sandy pulling the trigger since Lucy malds over her so badly.
>>151325440the fact he's never allowed to keep the footing he finds is why these resets are so infuriatingwe've been through all of this before, except lucy's never been so directly responsible for the actions of Lucyspace
>>151325310David is a cancer, a void of all things good. He literally exists to cause problems:>Encourages Paulo to be a bully and an asshole because it's funny>Breaks the rock bridge under Mike and Lucy, causing them to nearly fall to their deaths - they survive solely because of Mike's anime protag-kun abilities>Calls Paulo gay and encourages him to slut it up>Tells Paulo to go for younger girls because they're "easy to impress">Repeatedly jokes about Lucy being dead after she "leaves">Lucy returns, immediately starts fawning over her while instigating her and Mike to snip at each other>Makes Daisy miserable by insinuating she's ugly and bringing up Paulo's other crushes>Overrules Paulo and Daisy knowing that messing with Mike and James not-a-date would be rude and a bad idea, dragging them along to stalk the not-a-date >Then actively sabotages the whole thing in a way that leaves everyone but himself unhappy>Dunks on Mike in track>Physically carries Lucy back to the table leaving Mike outside and alone, helps bully Paulo into accepting it
Actually, the comic is very weird with violence overall. >Mike slamming Paulo's head into the table is a briefly serious thing but going back you see Paulo did the see to Mike and enacted physicals violence against Mike without provocation.>Alej trying to rape Lucy is an extremely serious incident that gives Lucy nightmares but Augustus trying to to do similar to daisy is treated strangely. TO daisy wanting it to everyone acting like emobitch didn't try to assault daisy after manipulating her.>Lucy's violence. Once goofy for a bit before revealing it very much wasn't but afterwards attempting to find any thin cope/justification for her to physically hit people.>Mike's relationship with Lucy overall sine the comic actively punishes hi for not being a teddy bear when it at one point lambasted Lucy for this creepy behavior.Honestly sometimes its a mess.
>>151325615>sometimes its a mess>sometimeslollmao
>>151325581I can't decide which is better. Sandy running into her, having no idea who Lucy is and Lucy malding the fuck out over that, or Sandy running into her, recognizing her name, and saying "Oh, did you and Maishul mend fences like I asked him too? I'm sorry he thought he had to pick between the two of us, you seem to be such a big part of his life I would have to be a monster to demand he cut you out of it" and then Lucy absolutely going fucking ballistic over Sandy being a better person than her.
>>151325615Suitcase is lucky he's married to physically harmless gnome.
>>151325492Paulo was so bad at sex it made Jessica a lesbian and Lucy decide to kill herself.
>>151325642Ok, its more of a mess than Lucy's head.>>151325653Well yeah or we wouldn't have this comic cause she would have murdered him.
>>151325646Oh, I like the latter a lot. Lucy can handle Sandy not knowing who she is (while still being pissed), but finding out she's actively worse than the airhead whore she keeps losing to? Yeah, that's going to hurt bad.
>>151325585>Lucy's never been so directly responsible for the actions of LucyspaceThat's progress. It takes more and more effort to dislodge him every repeat of the cycle.
>Mike suicide arc when?Many fall in the face of chaos, but not this one. Not today.
>>151325753Might happen, all we need is the divorce and Haley/story laying the blame on Mike(somehow). That would be a decent way to convince Mike his "family" would be better off if he is gone. He doesn't even have to kill himself, just runaway.
>>151325658>Mike finally tries to kill himself only because he had sex with Paulo.
>>151319581HE SAYS THIS TO YOU AND THIS IS HOW YOU FUCKING REPAY HIM?!
>Lucy has been honest with Paulo about how she basically hates all of them>now emotionally blackmailing him to sit down so she can continue being a passive-aggressive little waste of her dad's spunkHey one of you discord fags engage with me and explain how Lucy isn't being absolutely vile here
>>151325804This is Mike's just desserts for callously keeping Paulo's hope alive
>>151325611>>151325615It makes a lot more sense if you understand that "take the violence seriously" was a pivot the comic made (sorta) at a certain point. Prior to that, it was played as slapstick comedy. But it has still never fully committed to said pivot - it's still not taking the violence as seriously as it would need to. A certain pale-furred perpetrator of violence still faces no serious consequences for it at all, ever. Funny, that.
>>151325658How remarkably homosexual of him.
>>151325785I like Maulo but I cackled at this, Polo's such a bitchfailure I can see it.
>>151325804One of Paulo's problems is that he is very fucking impulsive when he's emotional, from making fun of Abbey about his dead mom when bothered by Daisy's "preference" of him, to asking Rachel for sex when feeling "betrayed" by Daisy saying he's mean, to throwing Mike under the bus when he's desperate from Lucy staying a wall, to declaring a love of Mike when he's depressed about his mother. What he's not used to is shit coming back to bite him in the ass, with the exception of Abbey obliterating him once and even then he was more of a victim
>>151325814never touched the discord, but I agree.and i think it's an improvement, since even the discord people are struggling to fit it into their cognitive dissonance about her.
>>151319581THERE IT IS.This cunt is irredeemable. I won't be happy unless she is full-on raped at least once and attempted suicide at least 2 more times before this comic ends. Maybe then I'll care about her, Taeshi
>>151325404It's hard to remember their good qualities when they keep fucking up, and in the same ways every time. It's kind of a fool-me-once situation: the first time a likable character does a dumb/mean thing, suffers for it, then says "I was wrong to be dumb/mean", they come across as sympathetically flawed. But when they do the same dumb/mean thing N times, each time suffering for it and swearing to be better, they burn through my good will.>>151325450Paulo and Mike are miles better than Lucy, Augustus, David, Jess, and now apparently James, but they still suck. They aren't gaslighting monsters, but they are jerks who upset or hurt their friends, then get all mopey and self-pitying because they "didn't mean it".
>>151325785>>151325958>Yoooouuuu killlled usssss, Paulo>You killed us by being bad at seeeex
>>151326094>then get all mopey and self-pitying because they "didn't mean it"It's worse, because they'll both go through with the effort of trying to make amends, only to get regressed back to the "mean," if you catch my double meaning, the moment it's convenient for the plot (or Taeshi's mood).
>>151326073Bonus points if it's Mike that rapes her.
>>151326163Then David gets nabbed mid-Resident Evil reference and is painfully devoured alive over the course of an hour and a half.
>>151326228>Mike pinning her down and aggressively stripping herHe wouldn't even get to penetrate before being washed away by the flood pouring out between her legs.
Line in the Sand is basically December 2 but there are a few key things that make it fall short, but I will save that for the video.I will say that Lucy is still more sympathetic in December than Mike is in Line in the Sand. Lucy acted the way she did over mental health issues, Mike did what he did because he is a simp and 'too nice'.However I think the tradeoff we are about to see is that Lucy will actively tell Mikes friends to not associate with him, while Mike never actually encouraged any of his friends to avoid Lucy. I imagine this is how Taeshi will TRY to balance things out between them, to make Lucy unsympathetic by kicking dirt in Mike's eyes.And I guess her trying to actively isolate Mike and guilt tripping her friends into doing so is the 'Line' that she crosses.But I don't know if that is what Taeshi intends and if it is, will people view it that way?
>>151326228this is literally what lucy wantsshe is pissed at mike because he HASN'T raped her yet
>>151325753He'll try to off himself but he'll just in time he'll awaken his avatar and join the Akashic brotherhood.
>>151326280This lol.>>151326276The biggest issue with Lucy having actual mental issues in-canon is why, after a fucking suicide attempt, she's not on any meds or in therapy and seems to be allowed to self-treat however the hell she wants while her mother is relying on a kid she barely knows for info.Her family is unbelievably incompetent.
>>151326203Is it too much to ask for some sweetness between these supposed friends? Must it always be bitterness?I can't remember the last time Mike or Paulo had a moment of happiness that wasn't immediately spoiled by a sudden bout of random hostility or by Lucy/David coming in to cause problems. The absolute closest they've gotten is offering each other melancholic comfort, but that's not happiness, that's just a less painful form of misery.
>>151325290There's a lot of people saying Lucy is being fucked up and manipulative and disappointed in Paulo for caving. There's still people running defense as always but there's more anti-Lucy sentiment than I've ever seen before
Become the most bitter and venomous sea urchin Mike, It's what they all deserve from you.
>>151326276> will say that Lucy is still more sympathetic in December than Mike is in Line in the SandehhhhLucy's not being actively and maliciously cut out by her entire friend group in December - the lead up is her isolating herselfmental health issues are not a get-out-of-jail free cardand Mike is probably also in the neurodivergent bucket, but the story isn't going to admit that the entire cast basically is because 1. it's Taeshi almost admitting she's an idiot and 2. it makes Lucy's brain boo-boo less special
>>151326320we do get that. quite a good amount of it, too. this is just one of the low points on that endless rollercoaster ride.
>>151326312Lucy defusing Alejandro's desire for revenge by becoming his pet was the good ending all along.
>>151326320>>151326395 (me)oh you meant genuine happinessi'm afraid that concept no longer exists in this world
>>151319581HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
>>151326380When I speak about them being sympathetic, I mean the runup to the respective chapters. What did they do to deserve to be treated the way they were, and how were they treated in the chapter?Using mental illness as a get out of jail free card is a stretch but I think that's what Taeshi is going for, specifically with Taeshi calling out Lucy for being mentally unwell in the page comments recently. Lucy DID isolate herself after December, but she also didn't reach out to become closer friends with anyone else leading up to it because her mental illness had her latching onto Mike.Mike merely assumed all of Lucy's friends would abandon her, but I don't think that's how that would have played out. I guess we'll never know because Mike ended up regretting what he said before January rolled around and apologized to Lucy, and I assumed he was not going to enact his plan of... leaving a lunch table. He didn't seem all that into his apology but idk that's splitting hairs at this point.
>>151319581Daisy better do something drastic next page. She's always been jealous of Lucy.
>>151326607>Mike merely assumed all of Lucy's friends would abandon her,Actually no, Mike was just being a dick. he later admitted while drunk that he is the one who feels alone and doesn't believe that would leave Lucy for him. Even during December he let that slip a bit.
>>151326607>Mike merely assumed all of Lucy's friends would abandon herI think the general consensus here is that he never actually believed that - in fact, he believed the exact opposite, that they'd do to him exactly what they're doing now. His December spergout is a little bit of a Paulo moment for him.
>>151326607I should also mention that Lucy WAS actively trying to better herself for Mike, and maybe even to others, in the leadup to December, which is why December hit as hard as it did.The tragedy of it being that by the time she tried to be nice, it was too little, too late, at least for Mike.Mike wasn't trying to really 'better' himself leading up to Line in the Sand, he was just dealing with a relationship he was and is very much uninterested in. Now if he dumped Sandy, avoided Lucy but there was some misunderstanding that led Augustus to doing what he did, THEN Line in the Sand happened, that would be more devastating
>>151326647There wasn't a pattern of abuse for Mike to "better himself" about. This is a very weird way to compare the two.
>>151326629>>151326630Can you two provide examples of this?
>>151326647do >>151321559 look like the eyes of a girl who ever bettered herself, anon?
>>151326667That's literally my point, the leadup to December and Line in the Sand is uneven, leading Mike to be unsympathetic for HIS beatdown, while Lucy remains sympathetic.However, the tradeoff will be how the two handled things afterwards, with Mike never encouraging his friends to avoid Lucy, even when HE was trying to avoid her, but Lucy will kick dirt in Mike's face by telling his friends to avoid him.
>>151326703She WAS bettering herself until she moved away and then who even knows that happened, it would be nice to see how Lucy went from trying to be nicer to being vindictive. Like, I get it, but what was the process on that? I guess we will never know.
>>151326683NTA but the thread's about to die, you picked a very bad time to start this...
>>151326607>Mike merely assumed all of Lucy's friends would abandon herI'd point out again my amusement that Mike never said anything about Sue since she'd obviously never pick him over Lucy and Amaya would stick with Sue, but Lucy doesn't gaf about Sue.
>>151326740I re-read Happy Hour but I'm not sure what they are talking about.
>>151326718I'm really not following you here - it seems like you're saying that Lucy is more sympathetic because she had something to be remorseful for, whereas Mike never did.How does that make Mike less sympathetic in your eyes? What does he have to atone for in comparison to what Lucy has subjected (and is still subjecting) him to? He's already given her more apologies than she's ever given him for doing far worse.
>>151326647>Mike wasn't trying to really 'better' himself leading up to Line in the SandBut he has significantly less need to 'better' himself. He's apologized for being a bastard to his friends, he's done all in his power to honor to keep clear of Lucy within reason, and has mostly just been hollowly floating through life. Line in the Sand was an act of unprovoked aggression by the Lucy faction, just as December was provoked by Lucy insistently flouting his incredibly clear desire for her to leave him the fuck ALONE.
In order to finally make Lucy's head explode, we need a Mike-Paulo-Goldie threesome.Tie her to a chair and make her watch the whole thing.
>>151326791she'll just get off on being tied up
>>151326784I am literally saying this, I am agreeing with you. I am saying from a META perspective on the story, it is uneven
>>151326408I wish this could've had a one-shot story made from it.
Do you think that the adults being useless is a mirror of the adults that were in Tae's life?
>>151326784>Lucy insistently flouting his incredibly clear desire for her to leave him the fuck ALONEYeah as much as she might've been trying to be nicer you can see why Mike didn't buy it, first with refusing to leave and insisting that they're "meant to be friends" and then putting on an obvious front that she's okay with Sandy. Mike was already a few miles deep into the "Lucy just wants someone to cling to" rabbithole, ain't no way he was taking that well.I mean, look back to her confession. Lucy suddenly becomes a lot nicer, tries to leverage that into a commitment, and then becomes sullen and aggressive when he turns her down, siccing the lunch table on him. Mike was out of line, but you can see why he might've wanted to shut that shit down as hard as possible.
>>151326874Highly likely, might explain why Lucy mom is Nice but ineffectual vs Taeshi real mum.
>>151326839NTA, but are you asking why the story is putting more effort into making Lucy sympathetic than it has for Mike?Because the most coherent answer is legitimately just the cause of the "Lucyspace" effect: Lucy's the author's blorbo/self-insert, and Mike isn't (mostly). She was never going to put as much effort into her December redux for Mike as she had for Lucy. Hell, he's getting sloppy seconds of an entire plotline right now.
>>151326874Honestly, no. I think it's mostly just the standard thing where a kid/teen centric story has to make the adults useless, absent, or indisposed, because otherwise nothing would happen.
>>151326888>Mike was already a few miles deep into the "Lucy just wants someone to cling to" rabbithole, ain't no way he was taking that well.Yes but with Lucy confession that does confirm Mike was kind of right. Does not help that the rest of her behavior shows her not actually changing for the better.
>>151326888Lucy doing anything to better herself is a myth. Mike just stopped giving her opportunities by avoiding her. If he was dumb enough to close the distance she'd have just started everything up again, same way she transferred her 'slap them in the face for defying her in any way' habit to Diet Mike 1 and 2 aka Paulo and Augustus.
>>151326941You know, her publicly hitting Mike like that very much explains alot about why Mike acted up on December.
>>151326983She couldn't even wait a month after "I'm sorry for being a pain in the ass, I love you" to go back to punishing him for being stupid enough to give her a chance.
>>151326888And you know what? That's perfectly understandable for her to do, especially for the age they were. Who hasn't made a bad situation worse by constantly throwing ourselves at it because we think if we can just find the right words we can talk our way out of it instead of just taking a step back and letting everyone breathe a bit? But instead of taking her time away from Rosedale to reflect upon her own flaws and come back with an ounce of accountability and attitude of "Fuck you for what you said to me, but I acknowledge my own part in the situation and it's not your fault I tried to suicide, let's just agree to stay well clear of each other", she came back with an axe to grind and a mind to punish Mike.
Dumb slut
>>151327082why does he have such feminine hips and waist
>>151327067The fuck was she even so desperate to come back for except to go back to her pathetic waiting for the perfect moment where Mike makes all her wishes come true and she doesn't have to make any hard decisions?
>>151327139Gayness
>>151327179hot
>>151327082the hell page is this from again?
>>151327082
>>151327186Yes. But the real answer is, Veronica can't draw men.>>151327196Damn I forget but I think he was in an attic???>>151327204Cunt.
>>151327154I think the most aggravating part is her refusal to just fucking thug it out. She waffled around for too long so Mike decided to date the girl who doesn't make him feel miserable, but if Lucy had just hung around Mike as an actual supportive friend she would have been able to win him into her bed by now.
>>151327204I am still mad he didn't get his ass beat.Learn to draw fucking action Taeshi.
>>151327248Like, even after her return and full on bitchery, she saw major fucking weakness in the relationship during Halloween. All she had to do was just somewhat bury the hatchet with him and WAIT.
>>151327250I'm still mad she didn't get her ass beat too, but I think I mean something different than you mean by it.
>>151327289Lucy isn't smart and any possible work toward mending the bridge she might do she throws a bomb at. After her recent stunt combined with what she had told him in EF, Mike has absolutely zero reason to believe anything she has to say. Any future attempts at apology are hamstrung on her part for her stunts
>>151327248she resorts to vindictive and manipulative strategies because she's not capable of being a good person
>>151327082CHILD BEARING HIPS
