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>Lucy should be louder, angrier and have access to a time machine. And when Lucy's not in the room everyone should be asking "where's Lucy?"

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4th for fuck mike

Terrible

>>151549423
taeshi is so predictable, I knew she was gonna make mike turn around and hit that stupid hopeless smile

>>151549402
Mike knows

Daily reminder that Mike was right

the polo dilemma

Mike did nothing wrong 2025 2026 and so on and so on.

Is Mike gonna say something like "you should check on Daisy because she's so much more important than me haha" to complete the character assassination?

>Isn't there somebody else you should orbit around, ya fucking simp?
Wtf Tae

>>151549423
>>151549482
the question is, will this be the start of dead-eyed Mike like we saw with Lucy? I'm happy Mike's eating habits are becoming a more serious plot point, makes me think the preview image of Paulo yelling at Mike in the diner setting could be over his refusal to eat something rather than yet another 'you suck Mike' rant

>>151549423
After all, who would care about used goods? Ara ara~

Here's hoping we're in the Mike realizes he's better off without any of these people in his life arc.

>>151549599
>Mike faints from hunger
>Polo being Polo takes him to burgertron to try to get him to eat on employee discount
>The drama of the chapter is that this is James' shift so he has to make sure both sides are away from each other else he'll get ratted on to Lucy and Mike kicked from the premises
Would actually be interesting

Garbage Day Michael Edition incoming

>>151549657
James having a gay sperg out and trying to kick Mike out while he just stares at him dead eyed would just make people hate him more so I hope it happens.

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>>151549721
>A two panel sequence of Lucy, white cat girl with pink ribbon wrapped around her neck and blue eyes, from the webcomic Bittersweet Candy Bowl, looking at someone off-screen with a sad surprised expression, only to switch to anger and disgust, as if the person off-screen did something wrong, and she knows it, and she will hold you to it. She’s in the distance and there’s a crowd around her, all figures obscured, in the foreground and the background, all walking along minding their own business.
Just think, this could well be because Daisy/Paulo had the audacity to not throw Mike into the trash on Lucy's whim.

>>151549657
>>151549741


I mean, she might as well go all in on him being a piece of shit. Last I remember, even her fans didn't like him at this point.

There's no real way to redeem him so she might as well just make him worse or write him out

>>151549423
Psycho Mike incoming.

>>151549578
How is that inconsistent with his character trajectory?

>>151549599
I would appreciate that angle, with Paulo being upset that Mike is low key trying to kill himself and not listening. But he could also solve this by just going to Mike's mom, right?

mike's suicide attempt won't be needed, he's gonna end up in the hospital for malnutrition at this point lol

>>151549946
That feels more sensible with Mike. He wouldn't try to kill himself directly like Lucy. He'd end up fucking himself up due to lack of self care

>>151549965
>it'd be fine so long if they let me die right?
>that's basically like giving me permission

>>151549741
I hope she does this, just make him a turbo faggot
Might as well do the same for David while she's at it

>visit mobile site
>"oh cool christmas theme"
>check desktop site
>not a drop of christmas cheer
>built-in mobile page viewer doesn't change it
Huh? I was using Firefox with uBlock for both, what is this?

>>151549423
I know it sounds goofy but that dimple makes this a lot more ominous. Very slim but non-zero chance he actually says something nasty to drive Paulo away, I think.

>>151549767
She totally would too, I want to see this.

You know, bringing up Mike this early in Polo show is just retarded. I'd rather have it in the middle of the chapter to have something to look forward to

>>151550002
>If it's not direct or looks like an accident they won't have to blame themselves and feel sad

>>151550009
Desktop has the festive theme too, maybe try clearing cookies?

>>151550009
>Very slim but non-zero chance he actually says something nasty to drive Paulo away, I think
I for one welcome cuttingly hurtful Dark Mike

>>151550009
>At least my girlfriend fucking kissed me
Taeshi's doing a great job making Paisy seem like a consolation prize!

>>151549965
>the possibility of mike fainting mid race in front of everyone

>>151550085
Daisy isn't Lucy so it totally is

>>151550028
Yea that did it. Can't leave stale cookies out for the big guy I guess.

>>151549402
>Michael Graycat training arc
>he grows strong enough to challenge David's toonforce
The eating disorder is Taeshi slapping on seals and inhibitors to keep his full potential supressed

>>151549402
Mike is turning into Vegeta

>>151550143
Who is his Goku?

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>>151549482
The smile looks a whole lot more sarcastic than hopeless.

>>151549946
If you want to complete the pottery have Mike break a leg or have some complications that render him unable to run for a good while or forever, to contrast with Lucy's miracle healing after splatting her guts out

>>151550176
Hopefully with a lot more Lucy fumbles inbetween

>>151550022
In some ironic way I would respect Taeshi if she had Mike kill himself and portray this as the best thing to every happen in the other characters' lives. The fact that Mucy is still inevitable somehow feels more demented.

>>151550009
I can see Mike saying some equivalent of "you got what you always wanted, now stick to it" that doesn't come off as resentful but hurting

>>151550234
There's a BCI that kinda does that

>>151550176
Why did Lucy piss all over that wall?

>>151550207
>writes Mike wrecking his leg for the lulz
>oh wait shit he was supposed to save Lucy from Alejandro or some shit
>uhhhh
>fucking nanomachines son
>they repair in response to physical trauma

>>151550263
What else is she full of but piss?

>Dragon Ball
BCB would work better as a Rockstar's Bully kinda game. Just replace everyone and have Mike fill Jimmy's role.

>>151550290
>When I'm done with it they'll be calling it Pisseville

>>151550151
David I guess? Which, if it follows the Goku/Vegeta parallel means he will defeat David

>>151550276
>Mike messes up his leg
>Lucy coincidentally gets hurt when he is out of commission
>They all blame Mike anyway for getting himself hurt so he couldn't drop everything for Lucy for the umpteenth time

You have to be sick in the head to think that lucy isn't a mentally ill bitch

>>151550536
>You have to be sick in the head
So Lucyfags?

>>151549402
tf is this Mike anorexia arc? lmao

>>151549423
Mike is texting Sandy asking for nudes. No point in playing the Lucy forgiveness game anymore since he's lost that war, right?

>>151550536
Lucy mental state detroiated to the point of being near suicidal over a boy who she wasn't even dating and had rejected and she had beaten for years without reason. Combined with trust issues with near no basis since she has known most of her friend group before the alej incident ever occured.

Yes she is fucked inthehead and implying she was born off would fix half the webcomic.

>>151550276
>Sue tries to go "Oh man, you too?" with Mike
>But Mike's already healed up while Sue is still hobbling along months later
Sasuga Sue.

>>151550638
>Sandy doesn't even hesitate and sends him a bunch right away
>They're obviously not on the same day nor locations

Actually, how the fuck is she stretching this so much? Even line in the sand moved quicker than this and here we are just seeing Mike turn his head.

>Pumped Up Kicks intensifies

>>151550980
nor is she clearly the one taking the photos kek

>>151550980
Poor Sandy has been trying to work up the nerve to send Mike pics, but she just can't get enough momentum to send the pictures she takes!

It probably doesn't help that every time she gets even slightly flirty Mike gets uncomfortable and changes the topic.

You know, jokes aside it'd be nice if some real sexual tension happened without involving Paulo

>>151551210
Yes but it falls flat if it involves Sandy
>Cheated on boyfriend for no fucking reason.
>Trust shattered and Mike is not in a good place mentally.
Maybe have the sexual tension with someone that isn't fucking sandy. Of course that would mean Mike is acting up.

>>151551210
Sorry bud, only Paulo is allowed to get sum. Female cast have it better tho since you have Lucy, Rachel and Jessica

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>>151551210
Do you remember the last time that happened?

>reddit mods are hanging out here
unfathomably based please never let bagfag take over that space

>>151551396
Does reddit even like the comic or they more like us?

>>151551471
most of the reddit is mikefags, as in like 80-90% of the people there
its understandable when /bcb/ and r/bcb are the only places you cant get ousted from for not loving lucy

>>151549402
I don't get how reading "Mike becomes passive aggressive emo brat" for the 600th time would be enjoyable to anybody
JUST GET OVER IT ALREADY HOLY SHIT I HAD MORE EMOTIONAL CONTROL AT 10 YEARS OLD

>>151549402
I want to bet Mike IS training and thinking of beating David, but already dropped the track team to avoid having to deal with him and James and is only giving himself an excuse to exile himself a avoid lunch

>>151549402
Thought Paulo was trying to hold his had from the thumbnail. Darn.

High schoolers don't have recess!
Well they're cat and dog people. Maybe they have more pent up energy.

>>151551565
I just don't see him having the fight left in him to consider competing with David. I hope you're right about the rest though.

>>151551632
Idk maybe this is some kind of regional thing, he's saying recess but obviously referring to lunch period. I guess it's technically a recess since there's no class and you can just wander outside if you want.

>>151551712
Maybe not in a fight sense but in a very depressing fixation with blaming himself and his speed lacking for James' backstabbing, since he is probably to beat up to hold Lucy accountable anymore

Can't get over how anime villain Lucy has been acting. It's so funny. Just need the page of her laughing with that creepy pained looking smile.

>>151549946
No, we need to go worse, more drama. Paulo hits Mike with his car.

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>>151549741
>>151549788
James has been absolutely ruined, there is absolutely no way he can be redeemed at this point. I don't even know what is the point of still having him around since he already served his purpose, and nobody likes him (I hope).

What'll he even do from now on? Kiss Lucy's and David's ass, and stare daggers at Mike? What a sad and pointless character.

>>151550290
Vinegar.

>>151551299
>Mike: You know what, fuck it I got nothing to lose, I'll get laid and see if that helps my mindset any
>queue immediately forms

You think Paulo ever washes his dick?

>>151552035
I hope not!

>>151552021
It won't fix shit btw. Paulo is a soggy bitch and fucking hoes won't fix Mike feeling alone. What he needs is someone who won't knife him in the back and who will watch him beat the shit out of Agustus with no issue. Why? That fucker will start shit.

>>151551995
>Kiss Lucy's and David's ass, and stare daggers at Mike?

Pretty much. I wouldnt be surprised if he just gives Mike shitty treatment at track now

>>151552035
David does it for him

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>>151549402
>>151549423
>Paulo is starting to notice the flaws in the narrative
And to think he used to be the one drowning the hardest in Lucyspace.

>>151551494
>most of the reddit is mikefags
really? thats rather strange.

>>151551299
Sandy deserves better than Mike, honestly.

I hate these threads because I always listen to my chemical romance and "etc" heretical 00's music since it fits the mood

>>151552636
No she doesn't. If you can't break up with a guy via a phone call or face to face vs cheating on him for months then you deserve jackshit since you're a flaky bitch. She deserves a male Lucy.

>>151552087
Sure, but we need SOMETHING. This is 'teenage drama the comic' and mr gray cat acts like some sort of alien with all that asexuality and passiveness

>>151552557
Turns out the cult like Lucy simping needs a very controlled and heavily moderated environment to thrive

>>151552684
To be fair Lucy beat up the horny out of him, when that thing is most of your experience with girls I'm surprised he didn't go gay, although Paulo being a male version of Lucy probably prevented that

>>151552557
>really? thats rather strange.
how? lucy favoritism is mostly a bpd woman/girl thing and their first option for a community isn't exactly reddit

>>151552683
She DID break up with him via phone call, remember?

Besides, as bad as cheating is I can't blame Sandy. Being in a long-term LDR with an asexual weirdo like Mike would suck, and she kept it going for 2 or 3 years despite Mike giving her nothing to work with.

>>151552557
>Mikefags are redditors
Is it really that surprising?

>>151552826
>>151552843
when does reddit not have horrid/shit eater takes.

>>151552840
>She DID break up with him via phone call, remember?
No, I mean before the cheating.
>Being in a long-term LDR with an asexual weirdo like Mike would suck, and she kept it going for 2 or 3 years despite Mike giving her nothing to work with.
Maybe try fucking talking to your so-called Boyfriend. Why the hell are you so dead set on justifying her cheating?
> Mike giving her nothing to work with.
Did you want him to send dick pics or what?

>>151552886
never, including now

>>151552920
jfc have you never dated a woman the dense retard doesnt flirt complement her nothing erotic

I get tae is shit at writing relationships an all but come on

>>151552886
mike is a bit of a reddit character to be honest

Mike killed them all?

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Did Suitcast take the leaker anon/Gorija into the backyard and shoot him with a shotgun or some shit?

I assume it stopped cuz its now December or whatever.

>>151552920
Sandy is a seventeen year old girl, seventeen year old girls want boys who make the first move not asexual children who blush and say gee golly at the hint of sexual interest
I'm with that anon, Sandy was given nothing to work with and all three of their kisses had to be initiated by Sandy with her practically dragging Mike kicking and screaming

>>151553003
>I get tae is shit at writing relationships an all but come on
Literally no one has done any real sexual based flirting for a long time. The comic got sanitized for some reason, it doesnt help that Mike isn't exactly the sexual guy. Mike has complimented the shit she sends, but that is about it.

Also, I repeat, break up with the guy. Cannot use guilt as the reason since she was willing to ghost and cheat on him. Just rip off the band-aid.

>>151553003
Blame Tae caring only about Paulo

>>151553003
This. Also from what we've seen Mike is just kind of a bad conversationalist generally - he doesn't get Sandy's jokes or play along, she doesn't know anything about his life or friends other than Lucy, and she needs to keep prompting the conversation along because Mike's responses are 9/10 times just "Oh cool!" or "That's nice!".

Keeping up a relationship with someone under those circumstances is a fucking drag. At best it's a lot of work for the times where you see them liven up, at worst they're either not actually interested or are genuinely incredibly boring.

>>151551087
If the story ends Taeshi loses her source of income.

BCB operates on a "webcomics as a service" model.

>>151549946
Intentional starving is a fully viable suicide method. It just takes longer.

>>151553204
Starving to death is slow(and painful). So all anyone who gives a shit needs to do is tell his mom that her son hasn't been eating. It is alright to rat out your friend if you think they are trying to hurt themselves. The retcon that it's known Lucy tried to kill herself should make Paulo suspicious about this shit now.

>>151553254
But that would make too much sense for the Bitterswet Candy Bowl. As you should know by now, the adults in this comic are utterly useless by design.

>>151553285
Yes, but Mike's mom actually exists. Unless Mike wears very baggy clothes. It will be easy to see that something is wrong. He has to cover his whole body.

>>151553204
its pretty based monks do it they basially mummify themselves they keep the bodies in the temple shits metal as fuck it takes ages but they again these fuckers have lit themselves on fire staying completely still

>>151551995
He can still be fun but I don't think Taeshi has a clue how he really looks so he'll continue to be shit.
>Make him a narcissistic manipulator who's only brown-nosing Lucy because David is his latest lovebombing target and David likes Lucy for some reason.
>Have the track team catch wind of what he did and realize what a twat he is.
>Best of all have Felix say if he knew what a psycho James was he would've warned Mike to stay the fuck away, and cap it all off by saying he really dodged a bullet when they broke up.
When you have characters acting like twats, punishing them is how you make them at least tolerable.

>>151552443
Careful not to get your hopes up. He tried to walk away at the table and had his chain yanked. Lucy may have reinforced it.

>>151552840
>as bad as cheating is I can't blame Sandy
No, you definitely can. Nobody does it by accident, and she wasn't coerced.

>>151553110
My guess is the pages just aren't worth leaking. When something completely retarded happens is when we get the fastest leaks.

It's just two days, so I find it hard to care all that much.

>>151553254
The pain fits in perfectly with a method of self-harm. Being severely underweight can also wreck your immune system, to the point where the starvation isn't actually what kills you.

>>151549741
Paulo better snap and beat his shit in if that were to happen

Taeshi can't write males for shit

>>151552840
Oh no you can totally blame her for not breaking things off before fucking around behind the guy's back. She was definitely in the wrong.

>>151553347
>Being severely underweight can also wreck your immune system, to the point where the starvation isn't actually what kills you
>Mike gets a Japanese cold.
Back to roots, I guess.
>>151553355
Males were more shoujo in her younger years, but they have all deteriorated into women.

>>151553347
>Careful not to get your hopes up
I have to believe in something, and Paulo is currently the only one left. Even Mike has become a flagellant.

Unless Sandy somehow drops in with her own version of Sandyspace, Paulo's resistance is all that is left.

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>>151553204
I mean realistically (for what good that is for BCB) it's not that viable for Mike. Self starvation takes weeks to get to the point of no return and Mike's too likely to be sent to the hospital before then.
Besides I'm pretty sure Taeshi's top 3 picks would be hanging (for irony), gun (as he'd already acted out) or knife to callback to his psychic dream

>>151553452
Sorry anon, Paulo will have a falling out with Mike and the only one who will extend the grace that he needs will be Lucy. It's coming from a mile away with sirens on.

Roseville school shooting art when?

>>151553117

I think the comic got sanitized for a few reasons

>Taeshi and Suitcase's lolicon stuff got out of hand, we know they did porn of their underaged characters
>Fanbase revolted or became more sensitive towards this kind of stuff
>Make it so it's easier to post on webtoons or whatever

Honestly its weird how horny the comic used to be lmao
The last remotely sexual thing is that weird flashback chapter where Paulo sat in the closet and got dunked on then ran to Rachel to fuck

>>151553175
Webcomic as a disservice

>>151553624
Where's that account?

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https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/801955185007149056/does-no-one-in-their-friend-group-not-know-about
>Nobody knows about Lucy's suicide except her family, Augustus, Mike and Paulo (because she flung it in his face)
>Psyke! They were all told the day after-
>Double Psyke! They actually DIDN'T know Lucy tried to kill herself!
>Why did I write Madison saying it like that then?
>Who knows!
>Why is Madison scolding Sue for feeling unappreciated because Lucy has the sads?
>Who knows! Maybe I meant it to be supportive?
10/10 writing Taeshi.

>>151553806
It's genius writing, as it displays in real time how Lucy is altering history through her willpower.

>>151553816
Beautiful, thank you very much.

>>151553816
NATURAL SELECTION
WRATH

>>151553452
While I still recommend you approach BCB with abject hopelessness (e.g. as >>151553491 does), I will concede that there is some hope with Paulo. There is also a slight amount of hope with Daisy.
>>151553624
>porn of ... underaged characters
Such a stupid thing to pearl clutch about. ESPECIALLY if it's created and kept privately. Burning it all doesn't help or protect literally any child in existence, and never can.

>>151553816
Excellent, but I don't think Mike's eyes are quite empty and lifeless enough.

Would Mike's fate change if the Demiurge had her miracle child? Is that the solution?

>>151553890
Dude, they made it on the fly- be a little more grateful.

>>151553927
It's a joke, anon. Don't take it so personally.

>>151553890
Funny you mention lifelessness because i mostly made that using chatgpt and just did touchups in photoshop

>>151553941
Ah, hard to tell tone through texts alone. Also had to transcribe shit for like 5 hours so I'm toast mentally.

>>151553806
I assumed from your greentext that she actually mentioned Madison, but no, not a word about that scene. I guess she doesn't see the issue?

I feel like I should be relieved that continuity hasn't been warped as severely as it seemed, but I'm mostly just annoyed. Does this mean the sword is still dangling over Mike's head, or does everybody know "enough" that there's no point in a big reveal?

>>151553908
50/50. She has been writing ike to be tortured for so long, I think the kid not being made is just an excuse to amp it up. Better question is, would she cancel the mourning period before the kid mentions they don't have certain holidays to his/her friends?

>>151553347
>she wasn't coerced.
I dunno, Taeshi seems to be waffling on that. I don't expect anything to come of it though, it'd be too narratively inconvenient if addressed.

And besides, Sandy feels guilty and is trying to fix things, rather than denying fault and doubling down. That alone puts her in the top tier of morality among BCB characters.

>>151553908
Both parents will fail to provide the child with parental affection, and Taeshi will sour on all children (and probably spiral) when the child fails to adequately and unconditionally adore her.

>>151553816
he wouldnt shoot lucy he'd made her live with the memory

>>151553484
I'm hoping >>151551974 leading to >>151550207
Mike gets fucked up legs, can't do track, everyone gets to be sad.

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>>151553890
I have read enough of this comic to know how to pull that off!

>>151550417
That is the most likely outcome

>>151554189
>Taeshi might retcon Sandy's culpability someday
Not really the defense you think it is. As things stand, it is currently an irrelevant hypothetical - Sandy is culpable. She feels guilty for a reason.

Her efforts to "fix things" are also not all that impressive, in large part appearing to be Sandy simply talking at Mike more often via their phones.

Ultimately she is a disposable character whose overall purpose is to put drama into the Mucy endgame. Expect something more at your own peril.

>>151554696
>Sandy simply talking at Mike more often via their phones.
To be fair, that is what Mike wanted in the first place. Not ghosting him would have given the same effect. He is like a houseplant or a bonsai.

>>151554805
I don't think you fully understood what I meant by "talking AT."

>>151554815
Sorry, missed the AT. Now I want a look at Sandy's life (again visually), cause I wanna understand or see what the hell could make her think cheating on Mike was a good thing.

>>151554815
Yeah, that's why Mike's a shitty boyfriend - even before EF Sandy had to keep their conversations afloat herself:
>"So that's how my day went Maishul."
>"Wow, nice!"
>"Do you want me to send you pictures?"
>"That'd be nice!"
>"What about you, how've you been?"
>"Things have been nice!"

Mike's contribution to the relationship is that he exists. That's pretty much it.

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>>151554931
If you think stuff like "What about you, how've you been?" represents a genuine interest even 10% of the time, I have some unfortunate news.

If the lack of response is bothering Sandy, she's said nothing about it. The last time we saw them interact Mike was basically shutting down emotionally and she didn't notice while continuing to talk about herself.

You really need to read the start of Line in the Sand again. Sandy doesn't give Mike space to respond at all, and expresses little interest in his life except the bare minimum "wow, that's amazing" sort of thing and vague comparisons to how difficult she finds her own life.

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>>151553452
>Even Mike has become a flagellant
There is power in suffering, for those with the fortitude to pay the price.

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>>151554931
We literally see her not answer when he wants to talk. Funnily, Mike is just happy to hear Sandy talk cause he was at one point happy with her.Which is why she had to detroiate. She was way too positive an influence. I say this as someone who viewed her as something meant to stop Mucy(when it wasn't dogshit).

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>>151553327
I agree, the only way he'll still have any true purpose is if he gets punished by the story later on... but let's face it, Taeshi won't do it, it's just not her modus operandi. Unfortunately, it is very possible that she'll actually make Mike apologize to him once everything is 'fixed' (which means, Mike and Lucy bonding together again, yadda yadda).

>>151555100
>If you think stuff like "What about you, how've you been?" represents a genuine interest even 10% of the time, I have some unfortunate news.
Well what else is she supposed to say when Mike is broadcasting nothing but dead air?

Have YOU ever tried keeping a conversation/relationship up with someone who is at best perfunctorily polite? It's like pulling teeth.

>>151555263
Jamie would be shitposted to hell and back and not in a good way. Would she be comparable to Lucy once the line in the sand ended? Why was it called Line in the Sand again? Was it cause Mike crossed this imaginary line or some shit?

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>>151554189
>>151554696
I'd say it is even debatable if she really has stopped cheating on him. She really did not sound like she didn't like her relationship with Francis, judging by what she said when she admitted to it.

She may have felt some guilt, but I very much doubt she has any true romantic feelings for Mike.

>>151555355
That's a completely legitimate way to read her blatant apathy. The apologia for Sandy in this thread is kind of ridiculous.
>>151555269
>it's Mike's fault Sandy only uses him as someone to vent at over the phone
You're an idiot. She's not trying to hold a conversation at all.

>>151555335
>Why was it called Line in the Sand again? Was it cause Mike crossed this imaginary line or some shit?
I think so yeah. I imagine it refers to Mike 'crossing the line' imposed by Augustus or some shit (hurr don't go outside during recess, Lucy is there, durr), since he at first said he wouldn't bother her, but then correctly came to the conclusion that he has all the right to go outside if he pleases.
Unfortunately, it ended up the way it did.

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>>151555269
>Well what else is she supposed to say
Except she didn't actually say anything close to that during the whole "conversation." She never even directly asks Mike a question about anything (the closest she gets is rhetorical; the tone is obvious, those question marks in the text boxes are not meant to be responded to by Mike). That's not a conversation, that's Mike silently listening to Sandy ramble obliviously.

And she very clearly doesn't mind.

>>151555443
>(hurr don't go outside during recess, Lucy is there, durr), but then correctly came to the conclusion that he has all the right to go outside if he pleases.
Righti fucking hated everything involving that conflict since there were several ways to solve it with no bullshit.Headphones existed in 08 for one and Lucy can just angle herself to not see Mike. We will never get to know what Mike wanted to talk to James about and in top of that we got to see a shitty forced conflict where we were meant to root for the antagonists. The fucking area is so big.

>>151555509
Yeah, it was totally avoidable, but Augustus is a piece of shit, he wanted it to happen, basically.
Fuck Augustus, Lucy, James and David. They are the worst characters in the comic. Paulo and Daisy kinda suck ass too, but they are still better than those 4.

>>151555335
>>151555443
Taeshi loves her titles with double meanings, usually bookending their chapters. So yes, Line in the Sand refers to Mike crossing an imaginary limitation. But it also means Lucy cajoling Paulo into choosing a side.

>>151555109
>Mike, god dammit, snap out of it! Lucy just burned your house down with your family inside! I think you can be a little upset at her!
>"MEA CULPA! MEA CULPA! MEA MAXIMA CULPA!"

>>151555592
It's been said before in these threads recently that David got used because, as bad as paulo and daisy can be, they wouldn't do what he did in that situation. The track team and the stuff with Sue was just taeshi trying to Ease david into things so he could pull it off

>>151555269
>Have YOU ever tried keeping a conversation/relationship up with someone who is at best perfunctorily polite? It's like pulling teeth.
I'm often like this because I'm a boring person

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>>151555711
Even before this, David was overall just plain annoying, he served no purpose in the story other than being a meme, and kissing both Lucy's and Paulo's ass all the damn time.

These recent chapters though, they made him go from annoying to being an ultra dickhead. Not only has he maintained his previous pointless roles, he now also actively makes things worse by shitting on Mike even more.

>>151555802
>These recent chapters though, they made him go from annoying to being an ultra dickhead. Not only has he maintained his previous pointless roles, he now also actively makes things worse by shitting on Mike even more.


Even after getting mentally better, Mike should never want anything to do with David again.

>>151555797
Sure, but I assume you still liven up when talking about something you find interesting, or with friends/love interests.

Mike is at his most animate in conversations with Paulo, and even then he's mostly playing straight man. With everyone else Mike stands there smiling, speaking only when spoken to and then in clipped, generic answers. His social role could be replaced by a speak-and-spell.

>>151555837
I'll be honest: I don't see why Mike (or anyone, but Mike especially) would want to hang out with the table. Amaya is a non-entity, David and Sue hate him but don't have the decency to just say so, Paulo's all over the place, and Daisy's Daisy. It's just a bad vibe all around, especially since if Mike or Lucy isn't around all that happens is Sue seething at half the people still there. They don't gel well, they're a pretty unchill group of friends.

>>151555856
I partially attribute that to the detroiating writing. We do know that everyone peessnt has hobbies and that Mike outside school does martial, gaming and shit. Taeshi just doesn't wanna write about that stuff. She doesn't even do that for Lucy. She skips alot of the less drama filled Slice of life parts of the comic or ends them not too satisfactorily.

>>151555944
Logically the table should have collapsed long ago. Especially after the Lucy suicide attempt. They're only kept together for the sake of Drama. Otherwise everyone would have gone off to other groups already.

It would be interesting if Taeshi actuallly messed with that idea with Lucy back now. They have to deal with her attitude someone has to be the new lightning rod.

>>151556071
Would have been kino if Taeshi addressed the elephant in the room: with Tess gone there's no one left who even tries to get everyone together outside of school. Imagine if Lucy came back and there wasn't a lunch table anymore, everyone had drifted apart.

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>>151555837
>Mike should never want anything to do with David again.
I agree, but knowing this comic, I unfortunately don't think that'll be the case. It'll be similar to what I've said here >>151555263. It's more likely that Mike will end up apologizing to David, James, Augustus and Lucy. It's just the way this comic works.

David and Lucy are specially untouchable and unpunishable; they are the author's favorites. They can do no wrong.

>>151555944
>don't see why Mike (or anyone, but Mike especially) would want to hang out with the table.
Same man, that table is pure cancer, always bickering and at odds with each other, always with some drama cloud hanging above it. He is better off just studying at the library or distracting himself doing whatever, then going straight home after school.

I'd say he could try to interact with other people, like Stacy, but I don't see it happening nowadays, unfortunately.

>>151556208
>I'd say he could try to interact with other people, like Stacy, but I don't see it happening nowadays, unfortunately.


I remember how before the james thing, anons only half joked that the table gang would mess up any chance Mike has of finding new friends and leaving the table.

But after the movie date, it was basically confirmed. Even if mike did try to befriend Stacey, something would happen like the whole gang together seeing them hang out after school

I kind of want to be spoiled on next page, for the first time this chapter.

>>151556327
>Mike says something
>Paulo get angry
>"How dare!"
>Orange cat leave
>Gray cat psycho laugh
>"Fin, am al alone"

>>151556208
>always with some drama cloud hanging above it.
Which is funny cause we know Sue, Daisy, Abbey, Stacy , etc can interact just fine since they play games together. It is specifically when someone wants to drag in table drama or Paulo that shit starts up. Seriously why the fuck did sue get so pissy.

>>151556445
>Mike goes full self-destructive
Fucking finally, jesus christ. Taeshi's been dragging this shit out for years.

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>>151556242
Yeah. unfortunately things are just fucked now. He can only escape when he finally finishes his studies and start uni, although I'm pretty sure that somehow he'll end up going to the same uni as everyone else, and the perpetual cycle of torment will continue.

>>151556445
>Paulo doesn't leave crying
Incomprehensible, must be fake

>>151555944
>It's just a bad vibe all around, especially since if Mike or Lucy isn't around all that happens is Sue seething at half the people still there.
This probably drives me the most insane, if Sue can't stand Paulo or David and Amaya is glued to her hip, why does she stick around? It can't just be for Lucy to return. Is she close with Daisy? They share like 3 panels together. Why can't we see anything like that?

>>151556521
Status, I guess. Sue sits at the table because she wants to feel included, but when you include her all she does is look down on everyone except the girls she wants to lez out with. Ditto for the MMO.
>Is she close with Daisy?
I don't think Taeshi could even answer that, they've barely spoken in the twenty year this stupid comic's run.

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>>151556475
>Seriously why the fuck did sue get so pissy.
I dunno man. I generally like Sue, but for some reason whenever Lucy is involved, She goes on full simp mode; she drops everything to fall on her knees and bow to Lucy.

It's sad, she is a fun character otherwise. It was fun seeing her go on debates with Abbey, or be embarrassed by something, or trying too hard to stand off/fit in, or even her fights with Paulo. It's a shame to see her reduced to being a Lucy sycophant.

>>151556521
I attribute that to Sue being autistic and stubborn. She'd probably be fine with Paulo and David leaving, but if SHE leaves than that's kind of like admitting defeat. So even if she'd be happier hanging out with her MMO buddies or whatever she has to stay where she is.

>>151556573
>Taeshi could even answer that
Funnily didn't she answer at one point that Lucy and Daisy are barely friends?

>>151555944
>>151556208
The problem with "Mike should go somewhere else with less drama" is that it's like saying someone spraying a hose in the air should come in out of the rain. Mike is the epicenter of most of the drama - Paulo and Lucy are assholes but they don't care, so they don't cause drama, just problems. But Mike DOES care, so when he causes problems he freaks out and creates drama.

>>151556633
She might have, but I don't feel like trawling tumblr's broken search to check. I'd have thought Daisy wouldn't like Sue much at all, Daisy's sensitive and Sue tars with a broad brush. But that doesn't lead back to any of Taeshi's ships so she'll never explore it.

>>151556730
>But Mike DOES care, so when he causes problems he freaks out and creates drama.
Cept we saw in with james situation that was not true. Literally Paulo brought the trouble via David and Lucy showed up to cause trouble with Augustus. She did nothing to desclate or stop the situation. She only reacted when Mike said she was an asshole.

>>151556633
Based on the relationship chart she made, they somehow have less compatibility than Paulo and Abbey, or better yet two actual lesbians and some of the male cast (Mike, Paulo, David for some reason?).

It's probably the fact that Daisy has never been a favorite, but come on. Do some legwork to make it reasonable. I know in the Halloween chapter Augustus ask how any of them are friends, but that doesn't make it excusable. If this is a comic with interpersonal drama at the crux, just sounds like "LOL yeah they hate eachother but they stick around, no one has personal volition."

>>151556623
>I attribute that to Sue being autistic and stubborn.
Which would be fine if it was ever implied in the comic. The way it's presented is that she's an opinionated nerd with a bit of a mean girl streak.

I guess this is just frustration that Taeshi could have spent like half of the Paulo Show demonstrating how the group, against all odds, actually like spending time with eachother. Instead we got somali bisexual awakening that was muted when it turns out half of Roseville bats for the other team.

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>>151556633
>>151556732
There's the old relationship chart if that helps. It says they are childhood friends, and that Daisy is envious of Lucy. No data between Daisy and Sue.

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>>151549423
>it's no biggie

>>151556491
Honestly, agreed. Mike's been stuck in a rut for a while now, either fighting or begging for air. Him giving up on the concept of breathing entirely would be, ironically, a breath of fresh air.

>>151556967
>everything Lucy could never be, to the point of being mean just so someone else could receive Paulo's warmth

Ahhh, the self-sacrificing hero, the fool, the knight in weeping armor, the king of sorrow, the loveless, the unbreakable wall, the forgotten, the abandoned one...

My favorite character trope

>>151557123
Cringe

>>151556967
the grief is good

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>>151549423
Many fall in the face of Chaos, but not this one. Not today.

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>And now here I stand because of you, Alex. Because of you, I've changed. Unplugged. A new character! So to speak. Like you, apparently, free.
>Congratulations.
>Thank you. But as you know, appearances can be deceiving. Which brings me to the reason we're here. We're not here because we're free, we're here because we're NOT free.

>>151557123
>being mean just so someone else could receive Paulo's warmth
Isn't that literally what Lucy did? Constantly hurting Paulo physically and emotionally so he'd stop "wasting affection" on her?

>>151557833
I thought she did that cause he was an annoyance and she's a bitch? Also that would mean she fucking still didn't learn shit from why shit fell apart with Mike.

>>151558012
>I thought she did that cause he was an annoyance and she's a bitch?
It's what they call "overdetermined". But Lucy's rationalization was that Paulo needed to get over her for his own good and the quickest way to do that was to be mean.

Also Lucy having not learned shit is established. That was supposed to be the point of Eternal Flame, but it got buried in the noise of stupid nonsense -It was kind of hard to focus on Lucy having not learned shit when it'd just been revealed she can teleport.

>>151558135
>Teleport
>Mind control
>Reality rewriting
Probably rewrote reality last minute so she did die when she jumped.

>>151557764
Posts like this are why I read these threads.
Isn't it Alec, though?

>>151558252
David deliberately calls him Mister Alexander rather than his preferred name of McCain as a subtle disrespect.

>>151556521
>>151556573
>>151556623
Sue doesn't have the groundwork for friendship with the table because she was pulled clumsily from the background to fill the seat Kizuna used to occupy.

It's literally just that.

Sue was copypasted over the hole at the lunc table after Lucyspace (manifesting in real-world drama) erased Kizuna from BCB reality, and Sue retrospectively becomes tonally incoherent as a result of being a clumsy fusion of a background character and a narrative ghost.

>>151558313
Pretty sure Sue called him Alec. David probably just used the wrong name on purpose.

>>151555100
Why does Mike bathe in a tub full of rice? Is he stupid?

>>151556880
this chart is ANCIENT

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>>151558819
Yes, unfortunately.

>>151558819
Lucy wouldn't join him in the tub if it was filled with water, and the habit just stuck

>>151550176
Guys, the authors have clarified they do not want magic in the story. We ought respect their wishes

Since there is a fun little inversion given the fact magic does exist in the real world:

How to perform involuntary domain expansion, a novice guide.

Alright, you got my attention. Literally the elemental representing void on this planet. I run physics, which means this knowledge is guaranteed anywhere physical circumstances hold. Pretty rare NGL

First accept Lucyspace. Great, meme already active. You want more, do I look like a fucking taxi to her? Oh well it is possible here is the knowledge

Now make yourself a literal horcrux for the character. You are part one of their domain. Get with understanding everything she wants. Possibly even respect any one wish projected into her, god who could even fucking figure out where such an intent even... enough to grant it

Well, this creates a domain conflict. You can stop reading here and ignore my safe advice, up to you if this feels valid. The way nature has to resolve it is the author gets dreams of the character, you can exercise domain expansion through loyalty when this occurs.

Consider it similar to a dine-and-dash, except you impersonate the owner of the restaurant after the fact, making it into a public trade, oh oops now the owner has to destroy all evidence of the stock market or their domain is legally binding.

Literally here you go, elemental evidence of remote consciousness.

Nature out, I have not criticized the pace at any point.

>>151558135
>Also Lucy having not learned shit is established. That was supposed to be the point of Eternal Flame, but it got buried in the noise of stupid nonsense -It was kind of hard to focus on Lucy having not learned shit when it'd just been revealed she can teleport.


Wait was that actually supposed to be the point of EF? If it was her not learning shit, wouldn't it be more along the lines of a story pointing out how she didn't learn why she and Mike fell out in the first place?

>>151560249
Holy schizo babbling, Batman

Fat Cat will be the one to ultimately shatter Lucyspace for the sake of the two men she wants to get pounded by. Deliver us, Fat Cat.

How did Amaya get and keep her job if she chooses to be mute?

>>151560476
I'm pretty sure EF was supposed to demonstrate a variety of shit that Lucy hadn't learned:
>To get over her crush(s) and move on (still hung up on Mike despite everything she's said)
>Being honest with herself and others (still reflexively denies and tries to play things off)
>Handling rejection (immediately shuts down and starts spiraling after Mike gets back with Sandy)
>Maintaining and respecting boundaries (quickly caving in and getting flirty)
>Emotional regulation (huge mood swings that totally dictate her actions despite her intentions and knowing better)
>Coping mechanisms (other than rape)

>>151560770
>the two men she wants to get pounded by
Two? I count at least 3, possibly 5.

>>151560770
I don't like or trust Daisy, but at this point anyone will do. She does have reasons to be pissed at Lucy, but considering they've been recently trying to get her and Lucy closer, I don't know if she'll be the one to stand against her.

>>151561018
aside from maybe the first and third one, the comic doesn't really linger on anything else and just goes back to making Mike's life a living hell, unfortunately.

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>>151561018
>Two? I count at least 3, possibly 5.
Paulo, Mike, Augustus, Abbey (?), who's the other one?

>>151560831
She has presence and charisma

I love Mike!

>>151549402

This comic is highly satanic because it prommotes bestiality

>>151561080
>who's the other one?
James, given that she apparently regularly spends time ogling the track team boys, and that noncanon 4-panel of Daisy confronting James for being okay with cheating only for her to be overcome by his twinkish charm.

>>151561113
Daisy is such a lame character, I really find it hard to sympathize with her at all.