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She'll be crucified for saying this, just you watch.

>>151730158
Lucybros... the fat devil is on the move
>>151730178
WTF Daisy is BASED?

>>151730158
Daisy x Mike really would have been more interesting even if it didn't work out.

So the "Daisy burns Lucy" is this? Meh, expected indignation and not tepid jealousy. Also interesting that they consider the whole "taking a side" a thing Mike is pushing for in favor of Lucy, and also Paulo actually considering it a promise despite getting beat up about it

>>151730158
>urgh it's so annoying having to take a side
>continues sitting at the table because that's the most passive option

>>151730158
I don't trust it.

>>151730250
let's maximize the incomprehensible:
Laisy.

>patreon comments bemoan the fact that Daisy has forgotten everything Lucy has done for her
Like the fuck what? Making the cancer of Paisy happen? Genuinely drawing a blank on Lucy doing anything nice for Daisy outside of that.

>>151730158
kek that of fucking of course you would you fucker would face on Daisy is legit perfect

>>151730364
Like yelling at her and calling her a slut and deciding who she can and cannot date, she should be grateful to know her place

>>151730364
Mostly Lucy has just told her off for being a boy-crazed attention whore and leading Abbey on. Both of which were blatant acts of projection.

In some other universe we would get Daisy/Mike(even just for the drama between Polo n Aug), or honestly anything that isn't Mucy. But nah, we're stuck with BPD whore and her retarded OTP.

>>151730364
Lucy just asked to go to burgertron with Daisy is not like she did more Im sobbing the patreons are brainrotted

>>151730158
oh my god, lucy is gonna put her down

So Paulo did take Lucy side during line In the sand. Lucy didn't even accept said promise btw. She didn't give an answer than got punchy and stormed off. Why the fuck would Paulo even feel any compulsion to care about this promise when Lucy, when asked to her face couldn't give a straight answer? Why even act like the promise means anything when:
>Lucy disregard you as a friend
>You actually like Mike and he hits you less then Lucy does.(ferris wheel)
>When Mike isnt depressed lr out of it too badly you can actually fucking get something out of him(new years).
Paulo has every reason to just dislike Lucy since the punch. Every interaction with Lucy is like pulling teeth unless she lies to your face.

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Fuck you retards, Mike kissed lucy, the fucking end.

>>151730364
Like nothing. Daisy and Lucy have always been antagonistic towards each other.
>Inb4 Ohh but Lucy told about rapecat to Jessica and Rachel
Non-canon, and even if it was, she absolved him later on.

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>>151730158
Paulo again with the "I wonder why she's mad at me" expression. Maybe he should go ask his handler Lucy for help again

>>151730443
Taeshi backtracking her own statements and why she left her own discord. Nice. This coomic cannot be trashier

>>151730443
No, taeshi even back then Said lucy kissed mike unless she us retconning again. What she is saying, is that Paulo thinks Mike kissed Lucy in EF vs Daisy calling her a bpd whore. Daisy would be right.

>>151730443
>reading comprehension
She says that from Paulo's POV it was Mike that initiated the kiss(if he knew about it). While everyone knows (to the point of where Taeshi had word of god it) that Lucy initiated it.

>>151730158
>I promise Lucy I'd always take her side
He says to his fucking girlfriend, what the hell.
>>151730435
Because Mike's a backup plan. All of Paulo's big emotional moments with Mike are when Lucy is far away or has told him to fuck off. When Lussy deigns to let him back into his life he becomes more distant and snappish.
>>151730443
man if only Daisy could actually be so based

>>151730158
It's hard to say anything positive about any of them. Paulo is an awful friend and a simp, and Daisy is extremely untrustworthy, but Daisy is more in the right here.
>always taking her side
why the fuck would anyone do that sort of promise? why would they keep it, considering who Lucy is? Also, didn't things end poorly when he did said 'promise'? Lucy slapped him and brushed him off, he has absolutely no reason to uphold it.

>>151730250
>>151730407
I have a feeling it would be insufferable, too. Daisy is an awful character all around.

>>151730443
She's calling Paulo stupid anon, Paulo is the "takes at face value and rushes to conclusions" reader

>>151730506
>When Lussy deigns to let him back into his life he becomes more distant and snappish.
So Paulo is leading Mike in by pretending to be his best friend? I can only imagine this would get worse if Mike accepted Paulo gay offer.

>>151730364
Please understand: Lucy good, everyone who so much as doubts Lucy's sainthood bad.

...Maybe it's sarcasm? Hopefully?

As much as we've ribbed on self-inserting Mike stans lately, they're not anywhere close to as bad as self-inserting Lucy stans. Staggering levels of cognitive dissonance with them, so I'd say it's a 50/50 toss-up whether they're joking about how little Lucy has actually done for Daisy or because Daisy has said something mildly negative about Lucy, so they must now quickly invent imaginary reasons that Daisy is evil for doing so. I could see either happen. And maybe the split is more like 20/80.

>Daisy defends cheating
>Paulo openly saying that he's Lucy's orbiter beta boy
Nice ship you got there Paisyfags, really stable. Now all I want is to see Daisy cheating on Paulo with Augustus, just for the shitshow.

Take notes for your wife, suit

>>151730486
>why she left her own discord
wait what really?

>>151730590
You know Augustus won't be the target. She'll instead bring up kissing Mike which will make Paulo sperg out again

What exactly has Lucy done for Daisy? I don't mean her letting daisy bitch at McDonald's. I mean in their "friendship".

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>>151730506
And it's not even true, the promise was "I will get rid of Mike", in exchange for her opening up, nowhere did he profess undying loyalty to Lucy, so either he's being brainwashed by Lucyspace to change the promise and we can expect that chapter to be edited soon, or he's lying to avoid having to admit to himself he offered to backstab one of his better friends (I would say only but eh)

>>151730158
>>151730178
What the fuck? Daisy is actually resisting Lucyspace? NANI!?

So Paulo's actually committed to this stupid-ass promise? It wasn't just blackmail?

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>>151730631
She forced Paulo to stop being a bitch and go to her birthday party that one time

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>>151730158
What's fishy is the fact that Taeshi has willingly written Daisy to be taking Mike's side and openly criticizing Lucy without exploding or being shot on sight.

It's weak, but there is some continuity here with Daisy favoring Mike and a bit of jealousy towards Lucy slipping out. Too bad this is a shit comic and nothing remotely interesting will happen. Or something will happen that will make Daisy do a complete 180 and get sucked into the Lucyspace.

What's going to fuck this up?

>>151730364
>>151730631
Lucy's done nothing for Daisy other than push her and Paul together. Only because Lucy didn't fucking want Paulo after they totally didn't have sex before Sue's play and after Paulo started he no longer had any interest in Lucy. Despite still being at her beckon call and obeying her every command.

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>>151730631
Uh... she beat up Paulo for being a little bitch who'd lie to Daisy's face about attending her party while not even caring enough to check if he could reschedule? I got nothing. Lucy and Daisy don't really make sense, even as fake friends.

>>151730435
To read it charitably, I am under the assumption that Paulo treats Lucy's acceptance as a surrogate for his mother's acceptance. It still makes him a whimpering simp but it ties directly to after the argument in Double Down when he says something along the lines of "This is why you're not good enough for her".

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>>151730728
Eh, it's not really Daisy "resisting shit" nor taking Mike's side, it's jealousy. She had many reasons to be against her from the start after she yanked Paulo's leash, but went from "we have to take sides" to "actually she sucks" only after Paulo showed her where Lucy branded him. Also there's this tonal whiplash of her going "woah we don't know if she's at fault for cheating!" to "akchually Mike tends to victimize himself for others sake", like make up your fucking mind

>>151730435
Because Lucy didn't treat it like a promise, she treated it like something Paulo didn't want aired out to the rest of the table, as a threat to keep him there. We've got a lot of indications that he's embarrassed that he said it and still wishes he hadn't, since like two pages after he said it in the first place. I really don't understand why certain anons can't see that.

Paulo is torn between a promise he made and regrets (and now feels trapped by), and someone he cares about. That's his internal character conflict right now. He's even getting angry at Sandy in this page for what he thinks might be exploiting Mike's kindness.

I feel like "betrayer Paulo" anons take all of this a little too personally. Paulo is slow on the uptake, and
>Paulo has every reason to just dislike Lucy since the punch
...would never happen if you know anything about this comic. Lucy's violence is one of the few things the comic allows her to be unequivocally guilty of, but it is forgotten immediately and she suffers no meaningful consequences for it. Just how BCB is.

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>>151730364
Their so-called friendship sucks. They don't share interests, they aren't friendly nor supportive of each other, they don't hang out doing a fun activity together... To me, it just looks like Daisy ONLY started to hangout with Lucy because Mike was there, and Daisy was always interested in him.

If anything, Daisy probably just resents (or would resent) Lucy, for always drawing all the attention of the boys.

>>151730921
>Just how BCB is.
Yes, and that is a problem. Why even have Lucy punch or kick someone if they are supposed to pretend she is a good person/ a sweet victim and not just a selfish hussy who doesnt like anyone airing out her flaws?

The premise of BCB past & modern doesnt work, because the one singular time any of the violence Lucy inflicted onto someone else led to consequences for Lucy, it was brushed off due to her attempting suicide. It's a get out of jail free card.

>>151730988
>If anything, Daisy probably just resents (or would resent) Lucy, for always drawing all the attention of the boys.

She does.
Of all terrible "friendships" in bcb, this might be the worst indeed. Honestly they should fight

>>151730921
So you think he's just saying "I made a promise" but what he means is "I'm being blackmailed." That still doesn't really square with him thinking Mike and Lucy should get together last page, though. If a girl blackmailed me I wouldn't be like "damn I hope she gets with my best friend."
>>151730988
Are they actually friends? This isn't the first time Daisy's called Lucy a jerk, it feels more like they're friends of proximity who wouldn't ever talk again after they went to different colleges.

>>151730988
I mean she literally said so to her face, that no matter how much Lucy said she didn't want it boys just postrated themselves at her. I can't recall a single "girls only" talk scenario that wasn't either Daisy trying to mediate Lucy's bad temper or a shouting match Daisy easily lost every time.

>>151731022
>Are they actually friends?
No? Barely anyone from "The Table" has actual friends. Sue and Amya are probably closest to the actual definition.

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>>151730250
Them not working out would be the most interesting part to watch if written well. Daisy at first being gleeful and drunk over childhood dream coming true - maybe even more than currently with Paulo - realizing that Mike, despite trying his best at giving her a chance to win his heart during dating period, supporting her and giving her affection back, enjoying not being alone and feeling less depressed, just doesn't love her the same way she does him and it wouldn't be fair nor good to continue for too long. Maybe fluffy girl seeing a repeat of her dating Abbey in this but roles switched (minus wandering eyes and boiling jealousy), thus ending their relationship early enough to still stay good supportive friends with more insight on each other instead of how it was with Abbey. Maybe with many kisses, hugs and "a bit more" before they truly end their ship, instead of Daisy in Library going "Since volume 6 story switched to me being into Paulo all along, but I ain't gonna say no to some french with you Mikie"

>>151730443
This feels like layered irony, someone draw Paulo angrily typing this stuff, on Mike's pc since his ass is broke

>>151730604
She left it like three years ago iirc, don't remember the reasons if they were ever stated

>>151730364
>>151730631
Even Taeshi said on stream in which she drew comic about "Daisy sees why people like Lucy" that girls got basically nothing, don't give a fuck about / jelly of each other and as adults would begrudgingly interact only if had any close to each other mutuals (like if Mike and Daisy were married and Lucy was still friends with Mike (Tae's own example. Honestly I would Love to watch the two interacting in this setup))

>>151731022
I'm willing to cut Paulo some slack and believe when he said "get together" he meant in a literal face each other and cut the crap kind of way, no more running away when one side says something the other doesn't want to hear, no screaming matches, no insincere apologia. Basically "get over it"

>>151730158
>Promise
What the fuck? Did you forget the part where she slapped you and threw another sprinkling of "I never fucking wanted it!" at your ass in response???

This shit is so ass I need more Amy

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>>151730728
>What's going to fuck this up?
I think the last interesting thing about this comic is that you can predict a general trend, but you cannot predict how the fuck it will happen because the author is batshit crazy. I'm not even gonna try anymore.

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>>151731022
>So you think he's just saying "I made a promise" but what he means is "I'm being blackmailed."
...No, anon. I'm saying he's saying "I made a promise" in an embarrassed and uncomfortable way that clearly implies "that I wish I hadn't." I don't understand what part of that is so difficult to comprehend. That's been the subtext about Paulo's feelings on what he said since almost immediately after he said it. This page is in the same chapter as the statement, 15 pages later. Lucy explodes at him AFTER he makes the "promise." There's no indication at any point that Paulo WANTS to fulfill said promise.

He had probably hoped Lucy had forgotten what he said, and at the lunch table she demonstrated she hadn't and talked around the subject without explicitly repeating it - it's obviously "Hey remember this thing you said? Want me to repeat it? No? Then sit back down and leave Mike out there," and it's baffling to me that some people still don't see that in that brief exchange. It's like all the social subtext of the scene goes completely over their heads.

Not everything is black and white. Not everything that doesn't go 100% the way you think you deserve it to is evil and/or betraying you.

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the threads peaked during the week where Mike tossed Augustus to the ground and Lucy shotgunned her heel into his diaphragm for trying to speak his truth. How do I use the archive so I can relive the most right Mike has ever been?

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>Daisy and Mike
Honestly, I would take ANY ship, be it crack or not, over MikexLucy trashfire. It's so fucking bad that I might be willing to even set on asexual and/or gynophobic ending for Mike.

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>>151730921
>Just how BCB is
This is the worst part of the comic tho, like the part that many people dislike about it. Everything is always serious and consequential except for these characters, and for these actions. Character X should be accountable for all these past misdeeds but not character Y, that's just a thing we are supposed to turn a blind eye to. We can always talk about the time Augustus tried to molest Daisy but Lucy trying to molest him is just not that important to judge her character, let's never bring that up, it's ok that David is like that and no one can't expect anything of him, not even readers, etc

>>151731243
Use desuarchive for all your nostalgia and calling-out-retards-on-previously-established-shit needs

>>151731243
desuarchive search for subject bcb and tick opening post only, they're on page 2

>>151730178
How can she express this level of self-awareness while still playing this entire fucking hijacking of her characters just to play out her weird bullshit 20 year old hangups about her husband completely straight? You fucking married him

>>151731248
Has there been a single confirmed relationship that wasn't full of issues in this comic?
>Mike and Sandy
>Jess and Madison
>Paulo and Jasmine
>Paulo and Daisy
>Daisy and Abbey

>>151731346
Sue X Amaya?

>>151731304
You can say anything you want as long as you don't day what you mean and you don't mean what you say, also add a smiley face :)

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>>151731289
I'm certainly not disagreeing with that. It makes characterization suffer because they don't respond like themselves to being wronged by certain characters if it would be inconvenient to the narrative (in which case I'd say maybe don't have those characters wrong each other that way in the first place, but too late for that now).

It makes it almost impossible to analyze characters whenever they interact with Lucy, because from a narrative structure/character writing standpoint Lucyspace is ABSOLUTELY real. Does Paulo even remember that Lucy hit him in the face after he made this "promise" he now regrets? Probably not, because if he did he probably wouldn't be so torn up about it and he wouldn't feel as trapped by it. The demiurge's machinations require that Lucy not be seen as poorly as she should be by Paulo, so she isn't.

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>>151731304
I genuinely think feeling like shit is her fetish.

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>>151731021
IRL I reckon Daisy would eventually attempt to pull the carpet under Lucy at some point, and Lucy would be dismissive of Daisy in general.

>>151731022
>>151731058
>it feels more like they're friends of proximity who wouldn't ever talk again after they went to different colleges.
Absolutely. Matter of fact, I'm pretty sure most of them wouldn't keep in contact with each other after graduating.

I think Sue and McCain had some interesting dynamic, but alas, he was snuffed out of the realm of existance.

>>151731054
Yeah... The problem is that the comic has always, ALWAYS been done with Mike and Lucy in mind; most of the other characters were just accessories to move the plot towards this Mike and Lucy dynamic, to the point where many have barely even had any real, believable friend dynamic between them that didn't involve Mike and Lucy in some way.

>>151731289
The problem with Aug is he suffers no real consequences for trying to molest Daisy either, it's brought up repeatedly, but:
>Weasels out of a justified Abbey beating.
>Weasels out of being a pariah because Lucy says he's k now.
>Weasels out of a beating from Paulo because Lucy is a kung fu girlboss.
>Weasels out of a beating from Mike by playing the victim after a meager shove into the grass.
>Weasels out of the awkwardness of being in the lunch room with someone like Paulo who won't forgive that easily by going to the table that loves him because of point #2.
Lucy trying to molest Aug isn't really a comparable moment because he threatened her away easily on his own, shitty a move as it was on her part.

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>>151730677
Daisy es escaping the leash.
In a better story you would see this as the point where Lucy's control starts slipping, with 3/4s of the original main cast resenting her, while she has surrounded herself only with tertiary character patsies (aka minions). Sadly this is sadcat's world.

>>151731022
>it feels more like they're friends of proximity who wouldn't ever talk again after they went to different colleges.


Under normal circumstances, the table would have split off long ago. People always drift to different groups but with how often they fight and how badly they argue with each other, they would have splintered off way sooner.

Paulo would have gotten into fist fights with Mike or Abbey by now. Hell, probably both.

>>151731248
Daisy and Mike could have been fun just for the sheer social potential.

Paulo would have been shaken by it. But Lucy would have been OBLITERATED on some exodia shit.

Losing Mike to Sandy was one thing. She was at least a model. Losing mike to Daisy, of all people, would have been even worse.

>>151730364


So this and Paulo's "Promise" make me wonder, what's gonna be the excuse used when Mike tries to kill himself over all of this?

Is him trying to kill himself going to be okay because Lucy tried to? Despite her playing a much more direct role in destroying his life? Is Paulo still going to be "Right" for always siding with Lucy no matter what?

I know James, David, and Augustus will just dance around their roles in it all and claim no responsibility.

I want Paulo's mom to look him dead in the eye and tell him she wishes she had an abortion instead of a son.

>>151731243
Should have fucked dat fluffy bussy mike bro itoldyoudog

>>151731241
I'm confused because
>"Hey remember this thing you said? Want me to repeat it? No? Then sit back down and leave Mike out there,"
is her blackmailing him. I think we agree on that bit, and I'm willing to agree I shouldn't take Paulo so literally on this page.

>>151731467
Augustus impunity certainly is the most annoying aspect about him. He never had to deal with any of the things he has done.
If the comic at least showed him truly regretting his actions and trying to make up for it, showing him trying to stop being a jerk and a creep and all, it'd be better, but he always gets away feeling all superior and shit.

The way this comic treats jerk characters is infuriating in and on itself.

>>151731751
James is a disloyal slut who will probably die of AIDS by 22, Mike's better off staying away from that.

>>151731701
Did any of them express ant guilt for Lucy jumping or was that just Mike? Because at least Sue should have been stressed out that Lucy tried to kill herself after the play she was forced to participate in, and Paulo should be more concerned that their quick fuck™ might have been the cause too, but the weight of it all always falls only on Mike
I ask because if you were to force pottery then most of the cast would still consider themselves only viewers and leave the guilt to whoever the narrative wants to focus on. Even if they agree in upholding his exile they can just say "I never knew things were this bad, we couldn't have known"

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>>151730435
>Why the fuck would Paulo even feel any compulsion to care about this promise
Indeed, it only makes sense if Paulo truly just is an insufferable simp for Lucy.
>she straight up refused it
>she slapped/punched him
>she constantly dismisses him unless it is for her own personal gain
>he has a girfriend (in theory)
>Mike has constantly been supportive of him
>he 'owes' Mike much more than he owes Lucy
>It was a shallow promise made solely because he wanted to have a shot with her, rather than a deep, heartful one

In retrospect, as shitty as they are, I guess Paulo and Lucy would work well together, they'd both get what they want from a relationship out of it.

>>151731951
>He never had to deal with any of the things he has done.

I hope when shit crashes down around Lucy, he gets dragged along with her.

I also say he got away with so much because on top of how the comic treats Jerks, he was a fan favorite since he became lucy's new security blanket.

>>151731951
>Veronica's darlings (Gus, David) + her own self-insert hardly ever face consequences if any
More news at 11

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She based

>>151732078
i remember Mike showing it. You could say Sue being such a kiss ass is due to her realizing forcing her and mike together made things worse. Can't remember paulo.

>Even if they agree in upholding his exile they can just say "I never knew things were this bad, we couldn't have known"

That would be an incredibly shitty cop out, but for this comic, it wouldn't be anything new.

>>151732086
And the promise wasn't loyalty, it was cutting Mike off, he added that part himself just now

>>151732087
Me too, but unfortunately I know it probably won't be the case.

>>151732144
Exactly, and to no one's surprise, these are all top-tier shitty characters in this comic. I'd also include James, but he is just an expendable piece of plot tool, he is barely worth noticing. He did his part in kicking Deadhorse Mike, and now I feel (or hope) he'll just slowly fade into obscurity.

>>151732153
Once again, it proves this alleged Daisy and Lucy friendship is not real at all.

Again, the only reason Daisy hanged around Lucy is because she hoped Mike would notice how she treated him much better than Lucy, and would fall for her. There is no real friendship between her and Lucy.

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>>151730364
Like nothing. They're just poorly written. I guess Taeshi can't write women without having them be bitterly antagonistic towards each other.

>>151730784
As with all things, the answer is Lucyspace. Knowledge of Mike's punishment for going against his promise has leaked into Rosevile's noosphere, subconsciously bonding Paulo to his word out of fear.

>>151732200
Yeah. It makes no sense. He said he'd stop being friends with Mike IF she wanted at the time. He didn't say 'I promise to always take your side no matter what from now until forever', and in any case she immediately refused and slapped him. Dude has absolutely no real reason to feel any obligation at all to obey her.

I wonder if they'll go back to that chapter and retcon their conversation.

>>151732200
I suspect that Mike will find out and tell Paulo to go through with his promise. He'll be too broken brained to resent it.

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>>151732417
If enough people make a fuss of that inconsistency she might
>>151732443
Which makes me wonder why Paulo is do hellbent on keeping that under wraps when they already exiled him from the table, "oh what if he finds out I promised to cut him off" he'll probably tell you you should have done so earlier with no anger in his heart, "but what if the others judge me for it" the only one whose opinion might matter is Daisy and she already made up a version of the story where Mike deserves to be cheated on. At this point I don't think anyone else would care, if anything they'd celebrate he offered to be such a good friend to Lucy

>>151731241
1) I think you have a strong point about the blackmail angle being the most logical situation.
2) You need to dial down the sneering autism and remember this is BCB. Logic takes a back seat to plot and narrative whim, as does every other consideration.

>>151732553
it never gets old

I miss Rachel bros
>Ruined by soggy bitch Paulo AND now Augustus
It's not fair

>>151732553
>that punchline
This shit always gets me, lmao

>>151732553
Paulo does not understand how emotionally and mentslly wrecked Mike is or he'd have never swallowed the guy's words earlier. He wouldn't be whining about the Sandy shit or giving a fuck about the stupid promise or blackmail or whatever on any level. Paulo would be trying to help Mike, but right now he mistakenly(?) believes that Mike can take whatever is happening to him. Or so I gather.

>>151732576
In theory, she could discover the truth and absolutely destroy Augustus with her disgustus.

>>151732642
About the Daisy molestation? She knows, Lucyspace was just expanded as a protective ward against anyone who matters caring.

>>151731861
I think I see what the confusion here is. I don't think Paulo has fully realized she was blackmailing him there, so I don't think that's what he's trying to communicate to Daisy. He probably just feels trapped by what he said, and blames himself for it. Not being allowed to blame Lucy for things extends to more than just physical abuse in BCB. It's not something I hold against any character, really.

Which is a big part of why if >>151731701 ends up happening (I'm doubtful it'll be THAT repetitive, but we'll see. Lucy's in hindsight is glorifying using suicide to get what you want, and perhaps Taeshi is, if not more mature, at least more aware of the optics of that), I find it difficult to put direct blame on Paulo OR declare that he "sided with Lucy" unless he does more to double down on something he clearly wishes he hadn't done in the first place. Which could definitely still happen.

I think at worst Paulo's going to waffle on it for a bit too long to pull Mike back from the ledge. Mike might do the "suddenly better" thing Lucy did, and Paulo will buy Mike's act because he's a dumbass (and despite everything, he doesn't actually want to see Mike suffering).

That's not taking Lucy's side ("if you're not with Mike you're with Lucy" is a very black and white take), but it accomplishes the same goal of removing a very important source of emotional support for Mike. Yes, still important despite the fact Paulo's a dumbass. Not Sandy, at least in her current form. Not Lucy. Not Daisy, who is barely a main character (her interest in Mike is physical). Not anyone at the table - certainly not James (who is on all levels INCLUDING physical Male Daisy). Also not the rest of the track team.

Paulo's like the only character left willing to be Mike's friend without the promise of sex.

>>151732562
Fair. Unfortunately, you were too late. I said "it's autismin' time" and autismed all over everyone. Sorry.

>>151732642
>with her disgustus
Is that an euphemism? Is he getting his pelvis torn asunder?

I'm starting to give up, anons, as the time goes more and more I see Taeshi as a Genius, how can she make a living which such low effort? She's able to renew her readers, make them buy stuff and keep going with that, that requires some talent at least, how many comic artists are probably rotting on the side of the road being homeless and shit, I think the true Path to BCB threads is to just admire Taeshi surviving skills.

>>151732782
Actually, Suitcase handles that stuff. So you should be praising him instead.

Have fun with that.

>>151732782
>simple, very exploitable character designs
>colorful art
>drama
That's all you need to be succesfull. If I could draw (and wasn't so fucking lazy), I'd be making my own webcomic too.

>>151732630
Fair enough, dude is dense enough to see Daisy sad pouting and running away and think "what did she mean by this?"

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"Good ol’ Yashy, saying what certain people are actually thinking, even when it’s better not to voice it…"
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>Everyone is back on Friday's thread

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>>151730158
All this effort just so Daisy and Paulo can have bitch fest about shipping their friends? WOWEE!

Taeshi really is gonna force them to do a 'double date' at Burgertron with Daisy and Paulo or whatever the fuck then it's just gonna somehow make things worse.

This is retarded, even for Taeshi.

>>151733732
gonna somehow make things worse.
How the fuck would either of them think any fucking would get better mashing those two together would go? They still have no idea what happened outside to bring lucy back inside and Mike has gotten worse. He doesn't even appear to be hiding it.

It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out things got fucking worse. Paulo should fucking know that Ljcy wouldn't even be honest if you could get her to sit down. She cannot be honest about her feelings.

>>151733690
It'll be dead pretty soon.

Imagine indirectly telling your girlfriend that she's second in line to the Lussy

>>151733936
They should break up then. That wandering eye and caring for another more is exactly what sunk daisy's last relationship. Actually, that sunk Paulo's with Jasmine and even the possible relationship woth Rachel. Yeah they need to break up.

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People are talking blackmail as if Lucy didn't also say something she might not want to be brought up

>>151734078
Oh but she's just a confused kid, she didn't mean it, if anything she only reacted to the pressing Paulo put her through :)

>>151734113
This story works better if it was like an drama filled Azumanga Daioh, with Lucy being Chiyo Mihama age mentally. It would explain why everyone babies her so much since she would mentally be a little kid.

>>151734078
Paulo is still enough of a guilt-ridden idiot to refuse using that against her. Hell he may well believe Lucy has no problem acknowledging it.

>>151733732
But how on Earth could they get Lucy into the same room as Mike?

>>151734149
That just made me think of how Lucy got her body issues from kids flirting with her when she was too young and remembered how Taeshi made them talk like truck drivers

>>151734325
>from kids flirting with her when she was too young and remembered how Taeshi made them talk like truck drivers
Which is funny cause I think Daisy and Mike were the only ones that got nearly molested by their schoolmates. Daisy by emo and Mike by the gays.

>>151734078
Lucy looks especially tiny here.

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I miss Amy, I miss her a lot.

>>151731611
Would she be a Judge? She might be closer to an Innocent or even a Visionary. I'm not all that well-versed in the lore, I'm just basing this off a quick wiki skim.

>>151733584
>Paulo smashes Mike's phone in a fit of anger
>mildly surprised Korat asks him why he did that but doesn't flip his lid as expected
>Paulo is a bit confused but doubles down and tells Mike it's for his own good because Sandy is terrible for him
>Mike processes that then gives him an empty-eyed smile and tells Paulo he's a good friend
>orange cat freaks out because clearly something is very wrong here

With all that schizo writing and being generally unwilling to end the comic, Tae should start a patreon VN project based on bcb. Let people play as Mike/Polo for male picks and Lucy/Daisy for fem, and just scam dumb girls and NotFurries out of their money.

That's my idea Suit btw, so you better add 4chink Anon in the credits.

>>151734078
>Paulo forgot what Lucy said cause he knows she's just a crazy bitch that says shit.
>Lucy clings on to Paulo's promise to ditch Mike because she's a manipulative psycho.
In character, just not in the way Taeshi thinks.

>>151731243
Was there an edit made of him saying something like "I'm leaving you Mike, and I'm taking your eyes with me." or did I just imagine it?

>>151735348
Sometimes I wonder how aware she is. The people paying her are the sadistic gremlins in the patreon comments, after all - she can't afford to make them too upset.

>>151734078
Who's idea was it to put her back in that school again? Why couldn't she just stay at that catholic school?

>>151734113
:) yeah guys she was just stressed out and had a totally normal reaction, they are teenagers give her slack :) she's usually such a sweet and level headed girl, Paulo knows better but he just does this cause he's silly like that sometimes for real, nothing bad happened between them :) Paulo forgives easily c'mon, he was ALWAYS loyal to Lucy, he's a total Lucy stan and simp - it's so obvious if you just read the comic :) :)

-Taeshi, probably.

>>151735534
On some level she knows it's all fucked up, she just doesn't care. Money makes people morally flexible.

>>151735534
>>151735716
I think she is at least partially aware of the absurdity of some stuff (she jokes about the BPD stuff, the ships, Mike suffering, Augustus stealing Mike's eyes, etc.), but she either doesn't know how to handle the story now, or she does things she way she does because she believes it's the safest way to prolong the story and keep the Patreon support up and running for the foreseeable future.

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>>151735006
>All three as mercy virtue
You know what fair enough.

>>151730158
The seed has been planted. Deliver us, Fat Cat.

>>151735865
It's prbly both
>doesn't know how to handle the story now
She could just drop Mucy, giving her waaay more freedom with the story. I don't think that there's a single good writer out there who could salvage this shit AND keep her endgame ship.

>>151736011
HEAR OUR PRAYER
DELIVER US

>>151736143
>i don't think that there's a single good writer out there who could salvage this shit AND keep her endgame ship.

It would require higarashi brainworms and actual supernatural shit to fix that ship abd the story

>>151735371
I think it was Lucy stealing Paulo's eyes for trying to ditch the table

>>151735865
I think she just does whatever pleases her and counts on the cult to swallow it while. It fits with her self-admitted whims of narrative and no one but her truly likes the idea of Mucy.

>>151736143
Taeshi has put too much hurdles in the way of her preferred ending, both for writing and for audience appeal
>Mike needs to stop being depressed and get his spine back or else it is a hollow victory for Lucy, which could be interesting but not what she's alming for
>The cult won't accept any redemption for Mike that doesn't involve him almost dying, and that's still not good enough for them to accept him near Lucy
>In the same way Mike having to probe his worth by almost dying will leave a lot of people disappointed because it's the same story beat time after time. Mike saving Lucy might redeem him for her but it's still all on him putting on the work
>Some of us won't accept any redemption from Lucy that doesn't involve some suffering and introspection and actual character development, which Taeshi is allergic to
>In the same way the cult might have a schism if Lucy is proven wrong, just like how it was falling apart because someone said out loud they're glad Mike might kill himself
She would need to write the triple of the current run of BCB just to repair all the bridges she's broken between the two in a way that might be, if not satisfying, at least plausible enough for it to not be the most forced pushed by the author ending possible. At this point she oughto either stick to "loveless eternal Mike damnation married to Lucy" or drop Mucy altogether

Little something for y'all: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BUQv5p5R5eeJJJoLDj4Yb3C6buN3mI6GKC45w356lz0/edit?usp=sharing

>>151736143
Dropping Mucy would indeed solve a bunch of problems, but it literally cannot be done.
I've already said this a bunch of times, but the whole story literally spins around their dynamic; it is the main reason why so many people are even invested in the comic to begin with: to see how the hell will those to solve the bad blood between them, as the situation grows worse and worse.

Maybe it will all end well, maybe it won't, but at the moment it is finished for good, I feel like the comic will lose its main driving point.

>>151736231
I wonder how the general readers would react if Taeshi made something like the Psychic BCB/Lucyverse stuff actual things in the comic. I reckon the outrage would be immensurable, which I guess could be good or bad for the comic.

>>151735939
Knowing vaguely the grimdark-ness of WoD, does this or does this not mean all three of them are basically fucked?

>>151736673
Impressive levels of autism, anon. I salute you.

>>151736693
>I reckon the outrage would be immensurable, which I guess could be good or bad for the comic.
Probably fine. The paragraphs written to explain Lucy behavior would now focus on understanding the hellscape that is the world.

>>151736627
Taeshi seems to have a high opinion of herself as a writer to not pump the brakes on this particular train.

>>151736890
Personally I'd find it a bit comical and absurd, but I wouldn't mind it, it could end up being something interesting. Better to fully embrace the supernatural than seeing the story painfully drag on for years and years, in a eternal loop, without getting anywhere, or to see a half-assed ending.

>>151736620
This can also be true. At this point, it might be possible that she is just trying to have fun with it rather than cracking her head too much in an attempt to make something completely plausible, which is fine if it is true, it is just a cat drama comic in the end, but it is still frustrating to read if one expects something that makes sense.

>>151736913
Makes me wonder if she still considers Eternal Flame her mastahpiece

>>151735041
>Mike goes from lying in bed listening to sandy yammer on to sitting in the dark listening to his own intrusive thoughts
>can't even bring himself to get a new phone, guilt over being secretly relieved gets added to the pile

>>151736791
Entirely depends on their goal and approach along with how experienced Lucy is. Generally speaking, trying to deal with a somewhat decent mage head on with them aware is going to result in a bad time. Though Marauders (Lucy's mage type) can also be fucked with by their own insanity.

>>151732553
Kek

>>151736791
>>151737068
Mages are strong, no doubt, but they're gimped by the fact that none of what they do is "real", in the strictest sense of the word. And the more consequences their spells have, the harder it is to get around that - this is called "paradox", and if enough of the universe "notices" the discrepancy, it retaliates by wiping the mage from existence. They need to either rely on indirect, secondary effects, or do things in such a way that there are no witnesses. Marauders are insane and therefor don't bother with subtlety, so they're much more dangerous to themselves and others.

The problem is, Lucy's insanity is pretty minor by the standards of mad mages, so she's not causing much paradox. But if Mike/Daisy/Paulo keep their confrontations with Lucy in public, it will limit the effects Lucy can manifest and maximize the paradox she'll incur if she does. At which point the question is whether Lucy's magic is subconscious, in which case she'll basically just be a normal person so long as she's under enough scrutiny, or if she's fully aware she's a mage, in which case they'll have a mutually assured destruction situation where Lucy can destroy them instantly, but then she'll be destroyed by paradox.

>>151737661
They are all trapped within the boundaries of Lucy's pocket universe, so she suffers no paradox

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For once Taeshi's commentary echoes my own thoughts. Everyone's focusing on Daisy and Lucy's relationship, but I think it's probably not great to hear your boyfriend has sworn allegiance to some other girl.

>>151730158
>I should grab his stupid phone and..
I don't think this was Lucy's intention at all, but she honestly may have done Mike a favor keeping Paulo away from him. This guy is dumb as a fucking brick. Whenever he eases off the aggro shit for two seconds, Mike softens up, but he just can't help himself.

>>151736673
almultimavenger is gonna love this

>>151736673
Never seen canon Stacy Mike kitten before. Im updating the family from 2 to 3 kids

>>151739238
It looks exactly like Haley for no reason, Taeshi clearly wanted to design a MikeXHaley baby but had to hide it behind Stacy

>>151736673
LucyxAugustus kitten is literally the cutest one ever, Abbey's boy is a one lucky guy. Let's just hope that she didn't inherit the psychopathy from her parents.

>>151734078
I can't wait for the inevitable outburst where Lucy admits she's only back at the table to push Mike off it but everyone memory holes it.

>>151736693
>it is the main reason why so many people are even invested in the comic to begin with: to see how the hell will those to solve the bad blood between them
>so many people
You overexaggerate. Do you really, REALLY believe that there are more than dozen people who want this shit?

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>>151740106
>REALLY believe that there are more than dozen people who want this shit?
There's more than a dozen people that read this comic?

>>151736627
My guess is it'll go
>Mike loses Sandy somehow
>winds up even sadder, gets himself hurt
>Lucy swoops in while he's vulnerable to claim him
>arc getting Mike out of his funk
>everyone brushes the Mike torture under the rug

>>151736202
MAKE US WHOLE

>>151734387
Lucy did get molested pretty regularly. Mostly by Paulo, sometimes by David. But for some reason that's never gotten the "Okay but seriously" treatment the way Lucy's violence or Mike's depression did.

>>151733551
Lucys "inner" voice telling us she is thirsty for Mikes dick and thinks Daisy is a whore

>>151740930
I fucking hate David with a passion and people outside /bcb/ glee over him like he is dog Jesus

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>>151731177
All I have are twin abominations an anon suggested.

>>151741467
Cute. Reminds me of Puyo Puyo Tetris characters

>>151741666
>Puyo Puyo Tetris
Nice. I love Tetris and cut characters. Thanks, Satan!

>>151740930
>gotten the "Okay but seriously" treatment the way Lucy's violence or Mike's depression did.
Well that is an issue In the comic. >Violence is serious till Lucy does it again.
>Molesting and attempting sexual assualt are bad or a OK depending on the time frame and/or who is doing it. >"Emotionally cheating" is worse than a constantly wandering eye.
>You are stringing a girl along when she rejects you and you get with someone else.
Retcon as much words as possible doesn't change that shit is busted. The entire endgame is hooking Mike up with his unchanged physical abuser.