>>152599656
This page is pointless if the reader is disinclined to cheer for Augustus' good fortune.

>>152599678
More asspats for the POS rapecat.

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>>152599656
idk why he looks so shock, everyone knew he could do it and for him its easy pickings
and you know the best part, Lucy's parents are going to pay for it as well - he got his cake and ate it too
he did it, he manipulated everyone and got what he wanted - and I hope he continues doing it

>>152599688
The only remotely good or interesting result possible is Lucy starting to crash out once it sinks in that Augustus really will leave someday.

>More SHITgustus fellating

>Lucy actually doesn't seem bothered
Well that's another theory shot down.

>>152599707
More pampering for the good boy groomer, because being a bully is so wonderful.

>>152599707
>idk why he looks so shock
He's supposed to be super insecure and unsure about himself on the inside or something, despite all evidence to the contrary. If I had reason to feel more charitable, maybe it's just the shock of confirmation.

>>152599721
Lucy is pretty stupid and Taeshi prioritizes convenience over character consistency regardless. See, it would interrupt the scene were Lucy to start having a mental breakdown (which Taeshi does not want to give her unless it earns pity points, so we have a tossup).

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>>152599656
>If Jordan does flip out, it's just going to be over petty jealousy and it'll likely end in more asspats for the wannabe rapist.

The present to Suitcase was more Augustus worship.

>>152599707
>idk why he looks so shock
I mean, given his background he probably never thought he'd live to see 25. A few months of stability isn't going to undo the effects of a lifetime of instability. Also three acceptance letters at once is probably a lot for anyone.

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>>152599737
I prefer that explanation I kind of hate how Lucy sucked the sarcastic evil personality out of him
unsure about himself is nuts, he knows his more than capable

>>152599656
Honestly, I sympathize with Jordan here even though he's a retard. For him, it's just one of those days that are absolutely fucked. No way to unfuck it, the best thing to do is to just go to bed and try again tomorrow.

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Beata Taeshi,
You know I am a righteous cat,
of my virtues I am justly proud

Ubi es, Pater

Beata Taeshi
You know I'm so much (racially) purer than
The common, vulgar, weak, licentious crowd

Quod non peccavi

Then tell me, Taeshi,
Why I see him running there
Why his emerald eyes still scorch my soul

Cogitatione

I feel him, I see him
The sun caught in his smoky fur
Is blazing in me out of all control

Verbo et opera

Like fire
Hellfire
This fire in my skin
This burning desire
Is turning me to sin
It's not my fault

Mike Culpa

I never wanted it

Mike Culpa

It is the grey cat
The manipulator who sent this flame

Mike maxima culpa

It's not my fault

Mike Culpa

If in Taeshi's lack of plan

Mike culpa

She made the devil so much
Stronger than a girl

Mike maxima culpa

Protect me, Taeshi
Don't let this gaslighter cast his spell
Don't let his fire sear my fur and ribbon
Destroy Maishul
And let him taste the fires of Hell
Or else let him be mine and mine alone
Hellfire
Dark Fire
Now grey cat, it's your turn
Choose me or
Your pyre
Be mine or you will burn

Kyrie non Eleison

Taeshi have no mercy on him

Kyrie Eleison

Taeshi have mercy on me
But he will be mine
Or he will burn!

>>152599707
He should run for congress, he's perfect for it.

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

>>152599772
3 acceptance letters are a lot, I knew the university I wanted and applied to it straight away

>Mmmmm, good little pets get treats and prizes~ Good loyal pets get ahead in life ~ lower your head and lick the paw and we will look the other way

>>152599803
I'd sympathize more if Jordan was in any danger of becoming a real character.

>>152599721
Despite how anons here think Lucy is, she genuinely does want what's best for Augustus. She's way too proud to admit to herself that she still needs help and a wrangler, so she just pushes it back into her mind and walks the "altruist" path. This is horribly written as her being a selfless saint.

It's just that taeshit's hack writing can't translate Lucy's positivities very well in her current state. She wants to have her cake and eat it as well.

>>152599862
I didn't think it was gonna happen anyway, if Lucy actually had anxiety over Augustus leaving then she would've shown it a long time ago.

>>152599862
The other issue is her wanting the best for him includes hiding and protecting him from the consequences of attempting to rape someone.

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>>152599656
In bcb nobody can be happy unless it makes somebody else unhappy

>>152599902
The author even claimed Daisy still having feelings from the trauma of being groomed was wrong, in an attempt to bash Mike more.

I've known victims of SA, and I've been physically beaten before, so the glorification of abusers and predators by the narrative frankly hurts to read.

>>152599862
How it comes across is that Lucy "wants the best for Augustus" as a sort of personal ego trip. Something that assures her that she's actually a good noble person on the inside. The shreds of self-sacrifice she demonstrated back around December were more believable because Lucy had the purely selfish outlook beaten out of her. But her modern behavior leaves little room for any benefit of the doubt. Either way, her entirely in-character need for a wrangler and the rejection thereof is not going to happen because of Taeshi's neurotic tantrum.

>>152599876
To be fair Lucy is not known for appreciating her Teddy bears while attached, only when molting or at the actual point of losing them. She will be ok until Augustus actually grabs a suitcase and walks for the door because then it'll be definitive

>>152599902
Her and Mike are so infuriatingly similar, yet so different. Both think their friends aren't actually their friends, but Mike thinks nobody likes him outside from romance and they only tolerate him by proxy via Lucy. Lucy is straight up bipolar, she's terrified of being alone and demands attention, but at the same time is way too fuckin proud to admit and pushes people away.

Jordan would fail at college so it is better he does not get into debt
Manlet spurge should get into a trade

>>152599910
his going to break down and cry and she will comfort him like Jesus comforting the sick

>>152599980
>they only tolerate him by proxy via Lucy
There's a grain of truth in it. After all, even Paulo wants Mucy to happen, only cause it will bring 'le good old days'.

>>152599955
I can certainly believe that her helping Augustus can be part of a ego trip. She hides her deepest intentions well but they leak out every now and then. Her vindictive desires first showed up when Paulo, in a off hand remark, mentioned that they're all still friends with Mike despite him confessing to what he said to Lucy. She became bitter at the fact that her so-called friends didn't "punish" Mike for his sins (the sins being the fucking letters apparently, not the whole calling her a parasite). This is being generous, but I don't think she really wants to be that spiteful, but she really wants it deep down, hence why she did the bare minimum to stop Augustus during LITS.

She got her payback against Mike in the last chapter, but who's to say she's satisfied yet? How long til she sets her other "friends" in her crosshairs? Cuz if you look at her nightmares, she harbors clear resentment against them all.

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>>152599968
Calling it now, in the next few pages Augustus will bring up the fact that he'll be moving out to attend college and leave Lucy all alone. Because he cares so much about the deeply unpleasant bipolar cat who's first reaction to getting friendzoned was attempted rape. Maybe he'll entertain the idea of just going to a local community college instead, so he can keep an eye on her. Lucy will, in all her huffy, screeching magnanimity, order him to not worry on her behalf, because she will be absolutely fine. This will be treated as wholesome chungus and yet another sign of Lucy's evergrowing maturity.

>>152599656
I'm proud of Auggie (you know he was greviously sorry and is making up for forcefully kissing Daisy) and feel for Jordie but he's so damn cute when he's angry.
>>152599829
He's a protective brother, flawed abuser supporter, college pursuer, lovestruck simp, and best friend.
>>152599951
Daisy's flaw is that she mistook force for sexual validation. There's no glorification, especially since Augustus was remorseful. What happens in a story should never be assumed to reflect an author's morals unless they make a statement outside of it. Sorry to hear about your past.
>>152599995
It actually looks like she's going to reward fuck him.

>>152599996
There's the tragedy, Paulo, despite being Mike's best friend at this point, is unknowingly proving him right.

>>152599910
It literally looks like she's riding his dick, that was my first thought when seeing it too.

>>152600047
I know that I may seem biased or emotional about this due to personal experience, but he does seem to be glorified a lot despite never facing real consequences. He was treated as a moral arbiter in LITS, and got a backstory trying to justify his behavior towards Daisy.

The fact the author bashed Daisy about her feelings is honestly sickening to read, it reeks of victim blaming.

I know I'm not the most logical about this discussion, but I like getting my voice out because of the harmful moral lessons people might take from it.

>>152600077
This why people rightfully criticize Taeshi here, this is 4chan and even we recognize just how misogynistic Taeshit can be.

>>152600103
Yeah, the narrative is deeply insulting to actual victims. Mike was supposed to take his beatings for the sake of the group, Daisy feeling the way she does means she liked it, and I'm fairly certain that modern BCB would blame Charlotte for not grabbing the kids and running away.

I was literally ganged up on, beaten, and had my head repeatedly slammed into a concrete pillar by others when I was younger, and my brother had to save me.

The fact that Lucy is allowed to get away with way worse and even excused for it is pretty fucked.

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>>152600026
>I don't think she really wants to be that spiteful, but she really wants it deep down
This is a good summary of Lucy's character after her return. Mike's whole "you're a parasite" speech really got under her skin. It handily explains her attempts to feel self-sufficient, her hostility toward any dependence on others even when they are trying to help her, and her half-hearted attempts to not act like a bitch (which can lapse into hostility at the drop of a hat). She wouldn't openly commit to tearing Mike down when Paulo offered...but it was fine once outside actors "forced" the issue. Lucy didn't pull the trigger, so she doesn't have to feel at fault. Lucy pretty clearly realized the kick to Mike's gut was going too far and immediately tried to justify herself by accusing Mike of past sins.

I'm pretty sure Taeshi meant none of this to be the case, but BCB might as well be the poster child for Death of the Author.

>>152600077
>The fact the author bashed Daisy about her feelings is honestly sickening to read
Where did she do this? I don't disbelieve it, because this is Taeshi we're talking about, but I'd like to read the source anyway.

>>152600156
In a blog post, calling it 'Mike-coded'.

>>152600103
>>152600135
Taeshi herself is likely an abuser

>>152600156
At this point I just assume Taeshi was scrambling for additional millstones to hang about Mike's neck, without any thought paid to broader implications.

>>152600205
Meant for >>152600160

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>>152599656
>Mike sad.
>Paisy bullshit.
>MattxJordan cockteasing just to have Paulo of all people act like an authority on being gay and bury it again.
>Pretending Tiff is bad when she plainly and honestly told Jordan repeatedly she didn't like him which is far above anything Lucy's ever done on that front.
>Augustus is the bestest boy ever, he selflessly attacks others for Lucy and is super smart and cool and totally isn't a manipulative bully who tried to rape someone.
This chapter is irritating me so much that all I can think of is the stupidest shit.

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>>152600043
It's a flip of a coin depending on how Taeshi wants Lucy to be seen at the moment, remember the chapter about Lucy being cool with her current life and very content about it (new years) was followed by her being restlessly haunted by PTSD, or how we had a montage of Lucy spending time partying or hanging out with the table, smiles all around, and few chapters later she yells at Paulo saying she doesn't want to be near them and they're not his friends. She can can Lucy end this chapter congratulating Augustus and assuring him she'll be alright on her own now that Mike's gone and the next can start with her looking like shit because the PTSD dreams are back and she'll go for his throat for getting rid of her obsession and threatening to leave her alone since now he's the only thing she's got

>>152600230
It's all pretty shitty yea

>>152600292
You're probably right. And the comic will continue on as if any such contradictions do not exist. Embracing one narrative for the moment and then trading it for the other without comment, back and forth according to the need for Lucy asspats.

>>152599656
Damn its gonna be funny if he got accepted into every place he applied too. While full on scholarships too, just to really rub the salt in. On how retarded these too are as well as everyone else at school.

My man is gonna be an SA G O D in college the frat house he joins is gonna be so god damn impressed on his date rape skills. Dudes gonna start candid filming chicks(if not full on hidden camera in the toilets/changing rooms/showers and selling shit for good money. He's gonna be spreading STD/I's like wild fire taking massive pride in this shit.
Bitches love goth guys, bitches love BDSM, bitches love getting choked out nearly to death. He's gonna get so good at filming shit and fucking around online. That dude is going to come up with facial abuse and other degen websites, drop outta college by the third year. Due to making over a million dollars from sales, all while giving the chicks hardly any money for the videos he films. And the ones that fight for more he's gonna threaten them abuse them pull a gun on them trick them into thinking they are joining a really good studio but they gotta fuck this black dude on hidden cam. Turns out its just some mentally ill nigger with aids he didnt even bother paying he just told the guy you can do anything to this white bitch you want other than murder or really really hurting her. Make sure you POZ her ass good, after the second time coming in her.

YOU GIVE HER THE ENVELOPE OK MAKE SURE SHE IS LOOKING AT THE CAMERA WHEN SHE OPENS IT AND READS THE LETTER SHOWING YOUR STD RESULT WITH POSTIVE FOR HIV BEING FULL BLOWN AIDS HEP A B AND C ALONG WITH SYPHILIS OK AND THEN YOU SCREAM SUPRISE BITCH YOU GOT AIDS AND HEPATITIS THE GIFT THAT LASTS FOREVER AND NEURO SYPHILIS THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING THEN YOU SLAP HER FULL FORCE IN THE FACE OK! If the movie sells well and dont worry she signed an NDA we can totally record and sell this, bro I will give you a massive cut ok RIP HER VAGINA&ASS OPEN TO SPREAD THAT AIDS

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>>152600292
These bodies are drawn horribly. Taeshi would genuinely benefit from trying to abstract the anatomy and play around with proportions more. The giant heads are cartoony as hell but the stabs at proper-ish anatomy fall short in a different way, so the end result is notably freakish.

>>152599721
>>152599862
>she genuinely does want what's best for Augustus
I'll believe it when I see, and actually do I want to see it because that would mean she's grown as a character - which will never fucking happen.

Lucy seems totally find with it because it hasn't dawned on her yet that her security blanket is going to be gone. As >>152599968 said, she's not going to have a meltdown until Augustus is walking out the door because as it stands right now, she could STILL change his mind. She could STILL convince him to pick a college close to home or in town. She could STILL convince him to hold off a year or 2 so they can go to the same college at the same time together.

She honestly don't care about what Augustus wants or what's best for him. Deep down, she only cares about the hold she has on people and right now, she doesn't have a reason to pull his chain like she did with Paulo.

Guess time will tell and I do hope I'm wrong. But I'm not counting on it. Can't wait to see what stupid reason Taeshi comes up with totally justifies why Lucy's need her security blanket completely outweighs Augustus' need to further his education and get a good start to a nice, new life.

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>>152599656
Mary smiling with Socket is especially adorable. But I agree with the other cop. Families are already a burden nobody should be forced into handling, especially if you're raised by psychos who use you as a tool for marriage and grandkids. Only people who want kids, know they can handle them, and are psychiatrically fit to raise them without authoritarianism, neglect, and abuse should have them.
>>152600077
He's meant to be a character with flaws, where he thought forcefully kissing Daisy was an acceptable way to show genuine love. He made a mistake and was wrong, and his arc explores his sorrow. Him insulting Mike was also wrong (another flaw) and he felt justified in protecting Lucy at Mike's wellbeing's expense. He's morally neutral to middle overall, but regardless, character morality doesn't correspond to writing quality. Morally depraved and villainous characters are well written a being what they are, nobody's psychologically black and white since subjective morals are mixed.
I don't recall where Veronica bashed Daisy, I just know she felt sexually validated when Augustus advanced on her and Lucy had to persuade her not to be. You're allowed to give your input but a story's events aren't accurate reflections of real world author's morals, and character morals don't define how well written they are. Their personalities and background just have to be immersively written.
>>152600135
If it's alright, you should definitely write about or share that more, it's a hell of a happening, fucking brutal.
In Lucy's case, she's a beautifully written character, fulfilling being morally flawed. The slapstick tone hides it, but she did go as far as to punch, kick, and beat characters over getting a little pissed off. It ranges from her considering it accepable to instinctive impulse, she's still a violent delinquet in need of psychiatric help. It's tragic considering she can and should behave better, the characters enabling her is also an in-universe flaw.

>>152600498
>because that would mean she's grown as a character
I'm not sure it would matter either way. Any such character development would amount to little in the face of Lucy's various dysfunctions and flaws.

>she could STILL change his mind. She could STILL convince him to pick a college close to home or in town. She could STILL convince him to hold off a year or 2 so they can go to the same college at the same time together
If Lucy actually pulled something like that, it would both surprise and please. Because that would be genuinely in-character...though I suppose that Taeshi could try framing it as actually a good and wholesome thing, which would be stupid and very unsatisfying.

>>152600292
Lucy is complex. She is an abuser but doesn't have the social grasp to see how it harms others, she expected Mike to easily forgive her and her friends reinforce her. It's tragic cause she's actually nice and sweet half the time and then flipping to violence in the other half. She doesn't even seem to understand how entitled and harmful she is, when characters avoid her she feels hurt and unloved, not understanding that her own nature is pushing them away. A lot of time she wants to stop but can't control herself and relapses.
I stand by that she's beautifully written cause she's good at being flawed, not at all one of those Mike haters. His December vent was 100% warrented and not even a fraction of what Lucy put him through since he was hree, he still apologized, get victim blamed and shamed by his own friends, and overlooked no matter how kind and attentive he is towards them. Now his close friends were decieved into thinking he's a selfish "emotional cheater" and he firmly believes it, so I don't know what psychological hellpisode he's going to undergo to send him further down the suicide hole.
Bless Veronica for the most emotionally charged, narratively complex drama I've read, making me feel all this, don't know how you fucking did it but ya did.

Threadly reminder that
>>>/trash/81293594
still exists

>>152599656
How is he gonna pay for any of that shit?

>>152600731
Scholarships and Lucy's parents footing part of it

>>152599721
I've yet to see someone here actually predict the comic despite their confidence.

>>152600769
We already did, multiple times.

>>152600769
Well recently we did accurately guess that the acceptance letters would be for Augustus

>>152600760
>Lucy's parents footing part of it
I know they're supposed to be rich and all but how much longer are they going to support this adult man that moved in with their 15 year old daughter?

>>152600760
Nah he's such a smart boy it's gonna be 100% scholarship.
It's gonna be like that movie 21 where he's "wow"ing the guy controlling whether he gets it or not, and he'll tell his whole sad life story and the guy will go "did you really try to rape a girl?" and he'll smile and go "nah, she wanted it."

>>152600769
BCB is notoriously hard to predict because the vision Taeshi has for her own comic doesn't match what she puts to the page at all. It's not even death of the author it's the author committing suicide. I think that's part of the fun, as bad as BCB is, you can never exactly predict HOW bad it'll fuck up what it's trying to do.

>>152600810
>but how much longer are they going to support this adult man that moved in with their 15 year old daughter?
Well he saved her life so. Through college at least.

>>152600731
>How is he gonna pay for any of that shit?
Coinflip as to whether Taeshi has even considered that. But if she has, I figure it's going to be something lazy. Scholarships across the board, mayhaps. Maybe, if we were really lucky, the university offering him a free ride is nice and far away from Lucy so he has a real incentive to leave.

>>152600769
My condolences on your loss of eyesight.

>>152600760
>footing the bill
>For some rando teen
LOL

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>>152600760
Carol will spend any amount of money on cute sweet adopted good boy son Auggie.
Man, I wish she was this sweet towards Mike.

>>152601015
>For some rando teen
The rando teen who saved their daughter's life LOL. Like at least say you don't think Lucy's family has that much money instead of acting like Augustus hasn't done something important for them.

>>152601015
Not just some rando teen, anon. The young adult male who Lucy brought in out of the blue, after trying to kill herself over another boy, and then advocated for off-screen because nothing she could have said in front of the readers would pass the sniff test.

>>152601040
Still a random teen
>You did something appropriate
>That means the entire family owes you lifetime of loyalty and be your personal bank

>>152601043
>and then advocated for off-screen because nothing she could have said in front of the readers would pass the sniff test.
>he saved my life
>he's had a rough life and he's being held back from graduating, maybe we can give him some help
AFAIK we don't know that it was Lucy's idea for him to move in. She could've just asked if they could help him in any way.

>>152601062
You clearly don't understand what the word random means.

>>152601043
that's "we owe you" territory, sure, but not even close to "we owe you college tuition" territory.

>>152600760
This is cuckold behavior

>>152601089
A
RANDOM
TEEN
Either disprove me or fuck off

>>152600849
>He saved her life
He saw she didn't die and didn't have the guts to let her die, he was in no hurry to get to her before or after the jump

>>152601062
I know these threads are very fatigued by how bad this comic genuinely is most of the time, but Lucy's family feeling indebted to Augustus is not even close to controversial or unrealistic. Also the whole thing about her parents helping to pay for SOME of college is just speculation. For all we know Augustus scored a bunch of scholarships that will take care of it.

>>152601102
Not intentionally on their part given all they know about him, but it's extremely fucked up that Taeshi will likely never allow them to know Augustus tried to rape someone, or the full context of why he was following her around to begin with.

>>152601071
>AFAIK we don't know that it was Lucy's idea for him to move in
The alternatively is so unlikely it is not worth contemplating. No family is going to volunteer to house and feed, for free, some random adult guy they don't know, who their once suicidal-over-boys daughter dragged in and showed significant attachment to, all because he called 911 like any other person would. And before anyone claims otherwise, "he voluntarily waited around to keep Lucy from killing herself" doesn't work. If that were the case, he could have very easily waited at the door to the building, or the roof access, not hanging around at the base of the building waiting for Lucy to do a flip. He also could have reached to adults on her behalf, which he didn't do.

>>152601126
He stopped being random when Lucy clarified that she already knew him.

>>152599720
Agustus is a good guy! He's changed!
Unlike that dastardly grey asshole Mike.

>>152601167
We're talking about the whole family. But go ahead, dodge all you want.

>>152601126
>I'm gonna be retarded and you can't stop me!
Uh alright, have fun then.

This thread is basically arguing that it's unrealistic for Lucy's family to be happy to help Augustus out for a little bit because they are unaware of information that they have not been made aware of. Did you expect them to run a background check on him or something?

>>152601189
Leave the thread, fag

>>152601179
>We're talking about the whole family.
He stopped being random when she introduced him to them. That's how meeting people works.

>>152601135
it's only unreasonable if they end up paying.

the trouble is people are so primed to expect BCB to do unreasonable things that any logical solution seems unrealistic to the setting.

>>152601208
>Still dodging
Checks out

>>152601218
>it's only unreasonable if they end up paying.
If they get him a laptop or a new wardrobe I think that'd be fine. I don't think anyone thinks they'd pay for like textbooks and other supplies.

>I don't understand why Lucy's rich celebrity father would pay tuition for the boy who saved his daughters life
How the fuck do you have a problem understanding this?

>>152601194
Incorrect. What we have here is at least one anon insisting that free room and board for a random adult male their recently suicidal daughter (whose judgement they have questioned) vouched for, with nigh instant and complete personal acceptance, equates to "a little bit of help." As if this is remotely reasonable or sane.

>Here comes the cope

>>152601194
Paying 100k+ tuition for some random adult you let in your house because he called 9/11 after your younger daughter jumped like anyone would have is not normal lol
Especially fucked if they will support him over their actual biological son they get along with

>>152601238
I'd sooner believe the family paying Augustus' tuition, given their economic situation, than how they happily adopted him.

>>152601245
>>152601252
You keep using the word adult like Augustus is in his mid-20s, he's 18. And Lucy's 16.

>>152601268
>he's 18
So an adult

>>152601284
Yes. An 18-year-old adult.

>>152601268
18 is legally an adult in the majority of the US. Lucy herself was shocked that Augustus had not graduated.

>>152601268
Lucy is still underage

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>>152601289
A college age adult. Who the parents do not know. Now living under the same roof with their 16 year old daughter who is showing a significant amount of attachment to after trying to kill herself over another boy.

>I must have my big fucking stupid argument! How else am I supposed to get off to my own superiority over a sad cat comic?

>>152601252
>Maybe if I keep saying he's random that will make it true

>>152601313
Not that anon, but outside of Lucy's highly biased word, he absolutely is a random to them. Outside of what Lucy said, they know literally nothing about him, and it's not as if Lucy has proven to be a straight shooter with perfect judgement.

>>152601268
>>152601299
Are you idiots really gonna pull the puriteen act and say Augustus is a danger to Lucy because he's 18 and she's 16 lol

>>152601313
What is the parent’s history with Augustus before having him live with them?

>>152601336
>Outside of what Lucy said, they know literally nothing about him
Well probably not at this point since he's been living with them for several months. Whenever Augustus is sharing a page with Lucy's family do you want them to go over his history in clear detail?

>>152601238
This ain't reddit buddy, (You)s mean nothing. So tell me, who was it directed to?

>>152601337
Augustus is a danger because he looks/acts like getto trash and has attempted to rape underage girls before

>>152601348
He saved their daughter, maybe you missed Lucy explaining that to them.

Anyone who thinks that Augustus becoming a live-in adopted family member under these circumstances is perhaps too stupid to live.

HOWEVER, there is one circumstance in which this does make sense (in BCB world): The family wants a Mike 2.0 to look after Lucy. Real badly. Because that was their way of dealing with Lucy in the past. Because they had tried next to nothing and were all out of ideas. The easy solution got dragged in through the door by their psycho daughter and so they happily went with it.

>>152601337
Your ignorance astounds

>>152601352
>Well probably not at this point since he's been living with them for several months
And perhaps if they'd had access to a time machine back when first meeting him, that would be a relevant statement.

>>152601368
>attempted to rape underage girls before
They don't know this, they just know what Lucy told him.

>>152601380
So he is an entirely unfamiliar and random guy they know nothing about outside the unstable daughter claiming he caught her trying to suicide
Glad we are agreeing here

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>all this sperging out because one anon said Lucy's parents could maybe chip in to Augustus' college fund
Guys, come on.
>but if they knew about Daisy they would be acting differently!!!
Yeah no shit, but they don't.

>>152601337
wasnt he retconned to be younger, back in watercolor era?

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>>152601381
Damn, Lucy's parents suck balls. They won't even help their dyslexic son get into collage by paying someone to tutor him when they obviously have the money to do so.

>>152601443
I don't think so? I think he was always supposed to graduate with Tess' class.

>>152601408
Of course, they had never been clarified with them since they barely know who this adult living with them is so that is reasonable not knowing
But irl the whole idea your 16 year old daughter bringing in Dejaquan to live with you and him dressing like that would be the biggest red flag on the onset

>>152601411
He's not random if their daughter has told them who he is.
He is the person responsible for their daughter being alive, it's really strange how assblasted you are over something so simple

I don't think it'd be unrealistic for them to pay at least some part of his tuition considering they know him as the person that saved Lucy's life. They don't know about the gang, or daisy, or anything outside of the fact that he put in the call to get Lucy to the hospital

But also, this is BCB, even if it was actually unreasonable, they'd still do it because that's just how this comic works. It runs on being unreasonable .

>>152601381
>Lucy's family knows about Augustus's past.
>But they also know that emotional support teddy bears can briefly satisfy her and keep Lucyspace from affecting them too greatly.
>It's why he's been sucked of his negative traits and turned into a woobie, Lucyspace devours the souls of those it fixates on.
>Mike has one foot in the grave, but Augustus still has some life left in him.
>He's trapped in there with her.

>>152601457
Not really?
I have an aunt who does the same thing. Her son was friends with this kid who had a terrible home life and acted as like a second mom to the kid. She bought him new clothes, toys and he stays the night whenever he wants.

>>152601381
>is perhaps too stupid to live.
I literally know one person who this happened too, when they were 15 they ended up getting legally adopted.

When I was 17 I myself because of fighting with my mother so much and her treating me like shit she tossed me out. My girlfriend at the time said I had nowhere to live and her father happily allowed me to live with them. They were moving out of the place in 5 months so I got their 4 1/2 for 450$ a month when normally it would have been 650$. I got the lease for the same price + 4% because of rent control laws. I was able to save up money for months because of this.

You have to be american, normal people are not selfish fucking sociopaths monsters. They will happily help a child so they do not fuck up in life by having nothing.

>>152601457
Nah the choker just made them think he's gay. He's getting the worst punishment of all: a blender or some other sort of small appliance for Christmas for the rest of his life.

>thread devolves into lazy ragebait

>>152601559
So
a) You were an already known entity (the most important factor here)
b) You did not get free room and board but instead a discount
d) You were not a legal adult
and I further assume that
e) Your girlfriend and her circumstances were not comparable with Lucy (the second most important factor)

>>152601571
>Thread discusses the actual page
>Unlike the last thread where one schizo had a meltie over things that never happened
Seems good

>>152601544
>>152601559
Happened with my family too, I just didn't say anything because I've known the guy for so long I see him as family and I kind of forgot we just took him in lol. Shady background and everything, and my parents figured as long as the cops don't come banging on our door at 3AM then the past was in the past.

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>>152601455
My bad, it was even before then, but she quickly changed it by making Tess older and then keeping them at same pace

>>152601643
iirc Augustus wasn't originally gonna stick around so changing his age makes sense after Tae changed her mind

>>152601643
Just to be honestly clear, what I meant is she kept it up to date but I remembered that part specifically when they were I guess in-comic november???

>>152601489
Anon anon anon you don't get it the reason why mother dearest is enabling and supporting lucyspace so much.

Its simple yet dark. Even tho Lucy doesnt truly understand her power. Her mother does because she is a barabbi a fallen mage from the cult of eccstasy. She is not a full on nephandi, but she knows her daughter has been cursed and Lucy is a widderslainte. Her avatar is twisted and monstrous, she knows her daughter can have no salvation. So she is slowly training,enabling but also trying to keep to corruption to a minimum. She is trying to control Lucy's violent urges making sure she doesnt become a full on sociopathic monster so early in life, she spends her night attacking the widderslainte avatar forcing it to her will. Making sure it does not corrupt Lucy so much.

>>152601620
Anon I have something VERY important to tell you: Augustus turned 18 after he moved in with Lucy's family.

>>152601620
I think the most unrealistic part is how Jordan and I assume Sam are just okay with a random guy that Lucy brought over to live with her when they openly hated Mike despite knowing him since early childhood just for the crime of hanging with Lucy, either Jordan or Sam pushing back against Aug would at least add something interesting to this whole dynamic.

>>152601703
The reason why Lucy an hero'd is because she awakened. And because its a widderslainte avatar, awakening was just too much for her mind she almost snapped. It was telling her to kill everyone your power is free I am free we will do so much give in to temptation PAWNS ARE YOURS TO CONTROL BE THE QUEEN CLAIM YOUR THRONE.
Lucy thought she was going insane and tossed herself off the building.
FFcat has some sort of power and is able to sooth her avatar shes not able to control him. Maybe dude is an imbued hunter and will hear the calling soon who knows but he is most def not a normal person. Too keep Lucy from not killing him when she was awakening overflowing with magical power and her avatar was telling her to kill and control everyone. Mother dearest knows there is something special with Augustus and he is able to help Lucy. So having him live with them is a good thing because trying to control the daemon inside Lucy alone even with her skill as a mage is far far too much for one person she cant be around Luxy 247

>>152601643
It's disappointing how insufferable Augustus has become. His hahah invulnerable jerk persona was annoyingly juvenile but only appeared in the spinoff material. In canon, he regularly got undermined or punished for it, which is probably why he learned to chill out and learn some basic humility. Then he got his balls cut off and became Lucy's personal live-in eunuch. One of the most boring characters in this entire comic, which is a real feat. Now he's...well, everyone here read Line in the Sand. Augustus has devolved into the worst of both worlds.

>>152601732
1) I request proof of this assertion.
2) That would not detract from any of the more significant issues.

>>152601750
Perhaps they sensed that Augustus held no interest in their sister beyond pure platonic affection that made no sense based on his past characterization. But since both white cats are dumber than rocks, that seems unlikely.

>>152601750
Sam can't do shit when he's away at college and I think even he understand that he'd come across as a huge asshole for trying to shoot down the idea that they help the guy who saved his sister's life. And, again, we don't know exactly what Lucy said to them. Jordan does tell Augustus that some of the rumors he's heard have made him uneasy but, I don't know. I don't think this comic really need an 'Augustus probation' arc.

>>152601832
>And, again, we don't know exactly what Lucy said to them
Much like Sandy's phone conversation, nothing Lucy could say/Taeshi could write would be sufficient to get these results.

>>152601791
>I request proof of this assertion.
He's currently and he has a birthday while living with them. There's a chapter about it.

>>152601832
>I don't think this comic really need an 'Augustus probation' arc
Oh of course not, anon. That would mean organic personal friction thus risk actual drama. Which we all know is strictly verboten in BCB.

>>152601791
>That didn't happen and if it did it doesn't count
Also, why are you getting so mad over a comic you clearly haven't read?

>>152601862
Then it should not be difficult to post the page that declares he is becoming 18.

>>152601148
>No family is going to volunteer to house and feed, for free, some random adult guy they don't know
You say that, while one of the newest BCI's is whitecats doing exactly that, the one about Matt, Jordan and other males of Lucy's family on a camping trip. It ends in whitecats going "damn, friend of Jordan we just got introduced to, since your bigot family plans to kick your ass out when you end high school, just move in with us when it happens. We still have some extra empty bedrooms" tho presented in way nicer way, as compassionate Lucy's dad not wanting anyone to feel unsafe in their own households or feel any unsureness in their future (and most likely written while Tae planned to "end" BCB before she has to actually write new cat joining Lucy's house). Will share missing from archive bci's eventually, still figuring out any possible trackers

Also people in the last few threads both overestimate and underestimate the laziness and lack of fucks Taeshi gives about pesky for "the story I want to tell right this very instant" things like logic, continuity, details, etc, especially lately with characters rendering and despawning when it's needed

>>152600769
If you go far enough in archive to previous chapters, threads were predicting stuff pretty accurately, predictions were just "I don't want THIS to happen, it will be the most boring outcome". And sure, I'll bite: until the end of this chapter Gus and Lucy will "maturely" talk about what happens next and either Lucy will act like she will be fine with Gus moving on but actually not, or she will be talking about how "she won't be repeating her mistakes and rely only on herself" while PoV switches to Mike being miserable and in need of help for the last pages and writer assuming that main readers will react with "oh, drama! If only those two properly talked it would help either him or them both but now it won't happen!~ kyaaa, adlkhdjksfhsk!~"

>>152601875
>Can't challange the second point
>Immediately jumps to 'u mad?'
Great argumentation

>>152601875
Why are you trying to counter a post you have failed to understand?

>>152601884
>https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c102/p1
>https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/about.html
>current age is listed as 18
Loser behavior from you btw

>>152601915
So your claim hinges on how long ago the cast page was updated. Knowing this will answer the question.

>Oh my GOD, guys, LUCY BOUGHT AN ADULT INTO HER HOUSE WHEN SHE'S STILL A MINOR
>IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT THEY MET WHEN HE WAS 17

>>152601915
Btw Tess is now 19 and Augustus is 18. Lucy got him under some kind of time stopping bubble

>>152601750
Jordan is retarded and even more of a cuck than Mike is. Even Mike knows better than to do something so beta as trying to go on a date. With a fucking girl who doesn't like you and is openly using you for a fucking burger and then mocks you infront of everyone for saying you like her.

>>152601954
I think the untrustworthy psycho daughter should be allowed to bring in boys of ANY age!

>>152601952
Sue's a junior like Lucy and them, her birthday would've just passed in the comic since it's February and her age has been changed to 17.

>>152601962
Well, we have yet to see Taeshi's plans for that whole Valentine's Day date between Mike and Sandy. Whenever that finally happens, in a decade or so.

Reminder that the guy suddenly caring about Augustus' age is only shitting himself because someone said Lucy's family paying for his college is one possibility. For the love of god can a patreon anon just confirm he's using scholarships already.

>>152601996
Very well. Baring additional context, Augustus joining Lucy's family a month or so prior to becoming a legal adult is accepted canon.

What the fuck are you guys even arguing about? It seems like a major nothing burger.

>>152602020
Why would he not, getting them is easy if you have a good GPA. You can apply to a shitload load for funding, if you have proof youre from a broken family. With shit parents who abused you are worthless drunks/junkies. Tons of orgs will gladly give you money if you keep your GPA at X and give you even more money if you go above and beyond.

That was a nice debate. After all those posts we can finally agree that
>Augustus is(was) a random teen(now an adult)
>It's unreasonable for Lucy's family to fund his education
With no counterargument to disprove any of it

>>152602072
Some anon is stirring up shit, trying to argue that Augustus being accepted into Lucy's family makes sense by pretending to be retarded. Or is genuinely retarded and likes to argue. It's impossible to tell which.

>>152602072
>one anon asks how is Augustus going to pay for college
>another anon says scholarships and maybe Lucy's parents
>a third anon just fucking goes bonkers and start arguing how every single part of this story beat is unrealistic, mostly Lucy's family taking Augustus in at all

>>152601915
Nothing makes me laugh as much as anons making retarded assumptions that are easily disproven by just posting a page from the comic.
>>152601952
>Reply with more loser behavior
This thread is great so far.

>>152601337
Not only is the A.O.C 16 in half of U.S.A but the Romeo and Juliet gap is age 13 plus four years.. Don't tell the puriteens, if Augustus wants to cream Lucy's fluffy pussy with baby batter, let him. Give the lovestruck horny wannabe swinger teens their freedom.

It's okay to just hate Augustus and dislike seeing things go his way. Just because you dislike something doesn't mean it's a logical inconsistency that you can remove from existence if you point it out hard enough. Good things happen to bad people, and the world just keeps spinning around.

Really I just wish Mike had gotten the credit for actively sacrificing his own life for Lucy that Augustus got for making a phone call.

>>152602297
You've lost. Get over it

>>152602297
"Poor kid gets taken in by kind strangers" is a famous trope probably because it does happen IRL. There's three different anons in this thread who have experienced it in some way.

>>152601643
Tessa is currently 19-20.
>>152602094
Debating on 4chan is already a waste, much less over that. Ya'll already know what dear sweet Auggie baby is here for, to be Lucy's comfort blanket, a loyal adopted son, and redeemed ex sexual harasser.
Point: Love the story yourself, no need to join the piss gargling anon.

>>152602297
I completely agree with this, 100%, Mike is literally the most tragic character in this staffforsaken school for being an abuser's punching bag when he was three-years-old. Augustus isn't fully evil though, even if he was, things going his way is strictly a plot occurance.

Is it that farfetched to think Augustus got in via scholarships? That's what I've been assuming all along. He's a piece of shit but he isn't stupid.

>>152602297
Too many people here equate "I don't like it" with "it doesn't make sense" and just lash out aimlessly, like this dude sperging over Augustus getting taken in

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>>152602392
No, even I think that's how he's paying for it, I just suggested Lucy's parents as an option to cover my bases. I don't know how it got this bad.

>>152602424
This was a fucking powder keg holy shit. Some dude got triggered hard.

I personally believe this is it for Augustus. No consequences for him, he fucks off to college and gets his happily ever after. Bitter but I'll be happy to never see his face again.

>>152602297
>Got his ego bruised
>IT'S OKAY TO DISLIKE SOMETHING GAYZ. UR ALL WRONG ANYWAY
Childish tactics

>>152602399
You're describing 99.99% of humanity. Of which I'm graciously not part of.

>>152602379
I also agree with the Mike portion. Literally everyone in the cast forgot Mike nearly sacrificed himself to save Lucy in Acapulco.

Lile what the fuck. Mike nearly died from that and nobody gave a shit. No wonder bro believes his friends aren't really friends.

>>152602522
More like you were given an option to stop embarrassing yourself and shitting up the thread.

>>152602399
It doesn't help that taeshi is a dogshit writer 50% of the time

>>152602583
Talking about yourself retard-o?

Man you guys aren't going to believe what the next page says about how Augustus is going to pay for college :) lol j/k I'm not subscribed

>>152602605
>>152602583
Can you two shut the fuck up and use that rage for something more productive? Like drawing Mike x Amy art, or Mike fucking Daisy in front of Augustus for the /trash/ thread.

>>152602679
Plot twist, he doesn't actually go to college cuz he can't pay for any of it lol

>>152602072
Its just some sociopath salty as fuck no one helped them out as a kid/teen.
Even tho anons are saying non-americans do this shit all the time because its the moral thing to do. Its completely normal some people have shit lives and its not their fault, another family offering them to live with them isn't farfetched or something only the ultra rich do.
You know its like families all living in the same big house grandparents parents kids adults in college/working. This shit drives Americans insane or they call you poor,brown&etc. Yet fucking claim they care about family, but shun stuff like this or laugh at someone living with their parents or the grandparents watching young children and are happy they are doing this shit. Even tho literally every first world country outside of America does this a family all sharing a house together is normal. The boomer grandparents are not greedy fucks happy they can sell a shitbox they bought for 20k for 1-5 million and give everyone else nothing. And when they die all the money is gone because they spent it all on stupid shit so no one inherents anything. The boomers call them lazy and greedy going on and on how hard they worked for it, even tho they voted to outsource all jobs and import millions of third worlders. Fucking over college,health care,the work force and etc claiming its all socialism. Yet will screech how they should get free health care because they are old now or how insurance prices are too high for them even tho they have a shitload of money saved up they refused to spend the 2k or wtv a month for the best plan end up getting sick and poof 500k+ magically gone for the most basic shit.

>>152602972
>AmericaAmericaAmerica
Obsessed

>>152602424
Personally, I knew a kid that was paid to graduate HIGHSCHOOL (like a double-over-super senior) by I believe someone in the school system because they (I assume) just really wanted to have him get out.
I could see them paying it if he actually graduates, especially if they are well off. Obviously it won't have much nuance and simply be "We'll give you some money, better son! Now that Jordan isn't going to use it, obviously."
I really wish it actually went into the family dynamics a bit more, it just feels like random people living in the same house. Wouldn't Jordan or Sam might want to be a mechanic or try and follow in their dad's footsteps? Maybe they decided to try and get a job that lets them be with their family more, etc. etc. But it's always the most inane stuff when it shows their family. At least Mike and Haley feel like sorta distant brothers and sisters but that's probably just my own headcanon talking.

>>152602569
They mostly care about Lucy at his expense, they were almost never abused by Lucy. Paulo still has some feelings for Lucy and is willing to please her if it means ditching Mike, and Daisy overlooks Mike's depression, and he did sacrifice his health and nearly killed himself saving a girl who would chase down and beat him to cope with her anger.
I'd love to see all the slapstick pages redrawn to show things like Mike crying, limping, and even bleeding, just to show the seriousness.
>>152602593
On the other hand I think I'll never write as good as Veronica.
>>152602709
Imagine if he offered himself as a swinger prostitute at Roseville, offering his body to guys and girls to fuck. Wonder how that would work. There's no law against swinging for adults but teens and young adults with teens, especially at a school. I doubt the staff would like it. I'm also wondering what repercussions Lani would get if she dated Paulo, even after he turned 18.
>>152603056
There's a cultural push to attend colleges for good jobs, even more in Asia than United States.

>>152603056
Tbf I think a lot of top racecar drivers attend college too

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>>152602972
You aren't wrong, but also: this is a /bcb/ thread, anon.

>>152602078
>>152602310
Did the confirmation that Paulo and Lucy had the worst sex ever conducted break your brain(s) or something? You're spinning out to a ridiculous degree.

>>152603446
Apparently yes, the threads have been particularly unhinged since then
But also it finally managed to die down why did you do this lol

>>152603446
>Still trying to stir shit
Do I need to call your tard wrangler and tell him you're having an episode?

>>152603446
Clearly the plausible deniability was the only thing keeping some people sane, we've had giant fights over it before but you couldn't prove it one way or the other so the peace was held.
Either way, hilarious

>>152602190
It keeps happening. I think that BCB being descended from sonic fandom means it's inherited some of that congenital madness. Something about this genre of weird semi-chibi furry stuff always attracts the weirdest fans.

I like to think the Whitecats adopted Augustus and apparently Matt because they’re desperate to have a child that isn’t a disappointment.
(I know we’re attributing this to “””the thread””” but this does legit feel like a single maniac)

considering how surprised Taeshi was that people hated Augustus, Lucy, David, and James in LitS, you should not expect them to face any karma f or it.

Especially now that she's trying so hard to push "NO! MIKE DESERVED IT!" because she bungled whatever she was trying to do with that chapter

>>152604104
Well, you have dumb paypigs here who refuse to drop FITR cause muh potential doxxing or whatever. Despite the fact that such action would kill Tae's patreon.

Legit retards

>>152602500
Luckily we get to make up our own college fic endings now like Augustus gets raped in college

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>as usual a good, well meaning guy whose worst crime is wearing his heart on his sleeve suffers haha lol funni while the shittiest and most cruel characters in the comic take a victory lap and pat themselves on the back
Its all so tiring

>>152604156
Sam is functional, albeit barely. He's not going to give them any grandchildren, and he strikes me as the type to end up an executive with creepy abusive tendencies, but his parents are apparently perfectly willing to overlook their children's red flags and focus on the good.

I think the eager friendliness towards Augustus and hypothetically Matt (I'm not sure how canon that chapter is supposed to be) is because those two have shown a willingness to manage Lucy and Jordan, respectively. The two youngest whitecats are both dumb unstable losers, and pawning them off probably seems like a good solution.

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>>152599656
So is Jordan about to drop a slur and start ranting against affirmative action stealing all the spots from more deserving people like him?

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>>152604415
Oh, now half of this thread is going to simp her ironically until it's not ironic

>>152602569
It's weird how both Paulo and Mike definitely saved Lucy from drowning but they get treated with begrudging suspicion by her family. If I was a cynical person I'd say that Lucy likes to have her security blanket to be walking on eggshells so she doesn't want her family to know about that, but I know better. Someone saving Lucy's life means Taeshi is shipping them with Lucy at that moment of writing and doesn't mean anything long-term.

>>152602569
But anon Mike only saved her life so he could string her along more, it was probably his most evil act of all time.

It's weirdly active today. Why is everyone so unusually defensive? Did the thread get raided by Discord or something?

>>152605884
Augustus being rewarded by the narrative despite continuing to be a piece of shit is setting some anons including myself off, and the rest is petty arguments and probably some trolling.

>>152605915
Maybe he’s not getting rewarded. Maybe those are packets for DeVry and the University of Phoenix

>>152605884
The thread was literally about to die before you posted this, what are you talking about?

Imagine taking all that time to raise kids and you are stuck with the mentally unwell retards known as Lucy and Jordan as your offspring I think I would kms

>>152605852
I know you joke but how the fuck does Taeshi justify the stringing along idea If Mike nearly kills himself trying to save lucy?

>>152605950
I didn't check the catalog, I just had the thread in a tab from this morning.
209 replys for a Monday is kinda a lot for a pretty benign page with no Vero tumblr posts is all.

>>152605995
Jordan is jjst a bjt of a simp, he is fine and can be fixed. Lucy was born braindamaged so there was no fixing that.
>>152606022
I genuinely don't know why the idea of Lucy's family paying for agustus college set some anons loff. They have literally house and fed his ass and the narrative bends itself for him and Lucy. Why wouldn't they pay for him?

Why are people hating on Jordan now? Hes a good kid getting fucked by a universe written by a cunt

>>152606080
Because like with Mike hate he's just so pathetic that he loses all sympathy.

>>152606047
I don't know, it's something to talk about I guess? seeing how the last two pages have just been passing envelopes.

>>152606097
Better for the threads to die till something happens or Amy content imo. We can always talk about How Lucy's family mismanaged their clearly mentally ill daughter before she even jumped.

>>152606080
He is on the side of Lucy (and while people understandably hate her why wouldn't he be, that is his sister) so he is hated on just for association by them reaslly
Also they get annoyed how he is kind of pointless for the whole plot (like how they keep deadending the plot with him with Matt since he is straight, but keep bringing it up for no reason)

>>152606080
Jordan sucks lmao. He's a simp, a stalker, a manlet, and astonishingly dumb. His whole strategy with Tiff was literally "wear her down until she says yes", and he needed to get advice from PAULO.

>>152606147
>Also they get annoyed how he is kind of pointless for the whole plot
I argue you could rewrite bsb and remove sam and Jordan and nothing would be lost. Agustus does the older brother role better.

Time to keep up with these threads again because the Paulo and miss piggy snoozefest is finally over

>>152606313
Out of the snoozefest and into the yawn-o-rama

>>152606313
I want what the start of this fucking chapter teased which was Paulo crying on Abbey's shoulder god dammit!!

>>152606393
>Abbey's shoulder god dammit!!
What happened with abbey anyhow? We just not gonna see that shit with molly?

>>152606080
For me is how much he reminds me of the contrast of Lucy with her own family. We're shown time and time again that despite most of them being very kind and a bit of airheads (Sam is a cunt just like her but he has the excuse of trying to balance his mother and being the male figure most of the time) that have relatively good lives with no needs nor drama there's just her on this hell of her own making where she is shown being constantly annoyed by thir attitude. And I remind myself of the whole talk with Augustus, what exactly is she missing here that makes her this way? You see how they treat Jordan, the runt of the litter (despite being older) and you know they're not doing anything to Lucy that excuses her behavior, there's no favoritism nor competitiveness, her family is so well off they can let a young adult live with them for free. So what's her fucking deal when at school is the same? It's just nonsensical.
I mean, fuck, imagine an AU where Lucy is another Jordan instead, Daisy but dumb, naive and way more amicable (and less horny)

>>152606424
We'll probably see that in the next chapter; the trip with Molly was scheduled for Sunday, and the current chapter is taking place on a Saturday.

>>152606528
Fucking hell I forgot about that. Great, that's the next chapter isnt it? 3 more months of Paulo show and him being sad in front of Abby, Molly, his mom, and sister.

>Jordan, dont even think about hooking up with Matt. Youre straight.
>no, it wont work. Youre straight. Dont bother.
>dont think about it. Dont even consider giving it a shot. Not one single date. Youre straight. Itd be a waste of time.
>youre straight. You know you're straight. You cant not be straight. Itd be stupid to even try a date with Matt so move on.
Can anyone explain why Paulo of all people did this

I wonder how the others would react if they heard that Mike's parents split up. They'd probably tell him it was all his fault lol

>>152606758
They would make it about Lucy, anon.

>>152606720
He wants to keep those barbs available for himself, just in case.

>>152606720
Voice of the author. Taeshi doesn't want it to happen so she turned Paulo into the Soggy Guru who just magically knows it won't work despite having never even kissed a dude.

Alternatively this >>152606821, he's already sick of Daisy and was just gaslighting Jordan out of the idea so he could try coming onto Matt later.

>>152606720
he's really talking to himself
Paisy is so boring it's turning Paulo even MORE gay

>>152606720
Paulo is the world's foremost expert on being gay and he can tell where someone is on the Kinsey scale at a glance

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HE SAVED A LIFE IS WHAT HE DID. HE'S A GREAT YOUNG MAN WHO OVERCAME ADVERSITY, BETTERED HIMSELF, AND DID THE RIGHT THING WHEN IT MATTERED MOST AND IN THIS HOUSE AUGUSTUS IS A HERO. END OF STORY.

>>152605946
whenever i see DeVry mentioned, i think of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1w4Xsej5lM

>>152606925
They're serious about success

>>152606888
>a hero
He's Lucy's hero specifically and I don't respect that because I do not care for Lucy

checked thoughbeit

>>152605946
Nah, Everest. I'll bet this fucking ad is the one that got him to apply too: https://youtu.be/3bbFmZIdlBw

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>>152606888
Checked, BCB now takes place in jersey and all of the parents are in on it
>Paulo's Dad works the crooked construction contracts
>Daisy's mom is selling fake MRI orders to pay off her medical school bills
>Mike's mom is a defense attorney paid handsomely by the crew
>Lucy's Dad purposefully throws races to help win bets placed by other associates

>>152606528
I hope that while hanging out with Molly and Abbey that he conveniently runs into long lost hot mommy. Rose, not Charlotte. Hope Veronica's not going to pull a "I didn't die" shit.
>>152606866
Paulo fucking Abbey and Mike to cuck Daisy soon I hope.

>>152607146
So, everyone from New Jersey is a negligent cheat or criminal?

>>152607146
Doesn't it actually take place in New Jersey or the BCB equivalent anyway?

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>>152605946
Augustus got accepted to ITT Tech!

>>152602297
Nobody told any adult or family member what happened, much like what happened back in Confrontation. But as for the friend group, I guess December and later the sperg arc balanced the books. Or else the life saving was just a baseline expectation.

>>152602392
I assume scholarship because that is the easiest, laziest explanation.

>>152603586
Anon, they clearly have nothing worthwhile going on in their lives and will never stop. Don't bother.

>>152606016
Being far too generous, Lucy did almost die trying to save Mike's life when he fell into a river pre-volume 1, and they later saved each other during Confrontation. Mike still ended dismissing those as examples of attachment rather than love, if he considered them at all. From that overly charitable perspective, Taeshi could pull a turnabout is fair play and have Lucy rationalize away Mike's sacrifice the same way she has everything else he's done for her.

I will never stop bitching about maulo as long I live. Generational webcomic author fumble. Its incredible that she accidentally formed the kind of will-they-wont-they she spent years TRYING to achieve with Mucy, and just doesn't give a shit because its not her pet ship

>>152607847
When would you have had them finally get together?

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>>152607910
Tough question because this comic would be so fundamentally different if it was my problem, but any of the given Mike x paulo moments so far would be a worthwhile turning point for the both of them to start taking each other more seriously, that shit that just went down with Lucy definitely would have been my biggest "go get him" moment of all though
They dont even necessarily have to have already been together, but Paulo ought to be a lot more real about his feelings towards mike who in turn could lean more on him for support now that james twisted the knife

>>152607847
??? Nobody cares about gayshit. Decades pass and you still can't wrap your head around the fact that faggotry in bcb is just a bait? An easy way to scam dumb fujoshit girls and gullible fags? Hell, the only fanart of maulo that had any traction was the porn comic with genderbent Paulo lmao

>>152607979
I care

>>152607979
I’m not a fudanshi but it’s hard to deny that Mike and Paulo have the most sincerely tender moments in the comic, and that it’s basically Mucy but good.
>>152607969
How do you grapple with the fact that they’re clearly both bottoms?

>>152607969
In my eyes the main problem with Maulo is similar to the problem with Paisy, namely that it's hard to buy Paulo as sincerely in love with his childhood friend he's known all along, when he's spent most of the comic ignoring or being an asshole to them while flipping between crushes. Even in the most charitable reading of Paulo's character, he's been kind of a scumbag when it comes to relationships, and that's a problem for trying to set him up with anyone who knows him already.

>>152606172
>He's a simp, a stalker, a manlet, and astonishingly dumb.
Sexy bottom bitch material

How do you guys manage working your fan content for bcb? Everytime I try to draw something, a sense of dread and numbness invests me. Not only because I feel like wasted time for a comic I dont even know I like anymore, but also because anything done from 4chan is seen as a personal attack to any outsider (see "amy pixiemanic11!" redditor) and it's.. tiring
I dont want to share my stuff with the discord, so at least one consolation it won't spread there

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>>152608778
>because anything done from 4chan is seen as a personal attack to any outsider
Nobody cares man. Nobody even reads this comic. The only people who care are taeshi and suitcase and if youre really so uninterested in the discord then its a non-issue

>>152608847
I trust you bro, but see my first point. I have ideas and wips, yet I dont feel like finish any of those. How do you guys do it?

>>152608906
Same way I make myself do anything, I dont

>>152608778
Why do you care what some dumbfucks think about your fan content? You might not like the comic itself, but it's inspired an idea in you that you like enough to want to create it, so create and fuck what other people think.

>>152608220
Eh, it's not hard to reframe Paulo's early asshole actions towards Mike as being a result of him lashing out in unrecognized homolust. Even his unceasing pursuit of Lucy could be him hoping to sexually contaminate her in Mike's eyes and remove her from the board.

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>>152608778
>How do you guys manage working your fan content for bcb?
I don't put all that much effort into these doodles tbqh. So it's a nice break from drawing the realistic human commissions I'm procrastinating on doing. Plus I enjoy the attention, even if it's negative.
If it's making you feel bad to draw this stuff, just give yourself a break and maybe work on more personal projects so you can feel more like you're not just throwing your work into a paper shredder.
Also, sorry if this advice sucks, I'm on some serious pain killers at the moment.

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>>152608778
Not my art, but relevant. Still stalling my fanfic due to college.

>>152609145
Goddamn, puppy power.

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>>152609348
Le reddit army is right though

>>152609465
Redditors are the most cynical, miserable fucks to ever walk the earth. I thought 4chan was bad but holy shit reddit is all doom and gloom. They gotta put a spin on anything that's positive, they literally hate happiness.

>>152609145
Also, my love of Amy and disdain of Lucy gives me the strength to power through to PRs. I have embraced autistmaxxing for optimal gains.

>>152609465
She's noncanon and doesn't have any comics beyond one-shots. give it a rest.

Since BCB takes place in America, how long til we get to the school shooter arc? Maybe the college Augustus goes to has a prospective shooter like Seung-Hui Cho.

>>152609531
Reddit was right and you are gay. Mike needs to unfuck himself not have another james except this time anime girl come in and enable him

>>152609145
I hug you Amy

>>152609666
Who pissed in your wheaties, anon?