Lucy's pain was never treated as a joke in chapters, so this shit feels completely uncalled for.
>>152834895Oooh I'm feeling it, David is gonna get his shit wrecked for being a fucking idiot. Lucy is gonna blow on everyone saying she never fucking loved them, I'm calling jt.
>>152834895why is david like this now? he was a funny haha before, not a fuck you haha
>>152834937Because Taeshi has gone completely mental.
>>152834937Taeshi thinks that being an asshole is hilarious. Except when it happens to her or her fursona.
>>152834895>And now final fantasy cat came along and->He tried to rape my fucking girlfriend, why do you like that creep?Say it Paulo you soggy fucking bitch, I dare you.
>>152834895The dialogue in the second panel reads like it came from one of the parody pages.
I dunno, I think y'all are taking things too much at face value. For me it feels like David is gonna get a reality check from Lucy judging from her blair-witch pose this page and the preview page.
>>152834990No brain activity allowed. That might short-circuit yhe plot by accidentally outwitting its writer.
>>152835005>Nobody misreads my situation with Mike EXCEPT ME!!
>>152835005Taeshi said Mike's torture was only part-way through, so there's no reason she'd try to make Lucy look unjustified here. Plus, she's said David won't face consequences so I think it'll be Lucy putting Paulo in his place.
>>152834895It's odd, but this page actually feels like it's heading in a good direction. Because it feels like it's setting up David getting called out on his bullshit
>>152835005We have learned through painful experience to expect nothing good from BCB. If you expect a very obviously telegraphed logical outcome, what you will recieve instead is convoluted nonsense.
>>152834895I get the feeling she browses these threads
>>152834895at this point, I think David is the one that shouldn't have friends. It's like how Jame's is just THAT fucking flighty, there's no way that someone could be friends with David for long without him fucking something up majorly for everyone else.Treating situations like this like jokes all the time should make everyone at that table second guess hanging out with him. Ever.>>152834937David is the only character from the table group that could have LitS go down like it did. Sue, Paulo, and Daisy would be much more concerned for Mike's well being in that situation. So in her mind, she could only use David as he has no actual attachment to Mike and assumed his "Funny meme guy" status would help smooth the situation over.>>152835005I highly doubt it because Taeshi herself has said Mike's torture isn't over yet. If David does get called out, it's gonna go in one ear and out the other until teh end of all this bullshit.
Did the schedule change or a patreon couldn't keep in their pants?
>>152835053Would explain her ongoing mental breakdown.
>>152834895Nigger Dog is an asshole
Lucy's gonna replace Mike on the track team, lol. This shit isn't even funny anymore.
>>152835078Most likely though would be funnier if James got cucked instead due to being a flighty bitch that causes drama constantly judging by his teams views on him
>>152835091If only Lucyspace did cease to function outside of the friend group. But no, suddenly the track team WILL go co-ed.
>>152835078I don't think Lucy would be interested but more importantly it's not a co-ed team.
>>152835171She'd only be interested to hurt Mike (even though she pretends that's not the reason). Then the second he is banished she will suddenly lose interest and treat the whole thing as a chore while hating everyone on the team
>>152835005Nah, shes probably just clenching her fist in rage but wants to ensure her pet rapist is happy so won't do anything to blow up their places at lunch now, cause if she goes, Aug has to chase her down.Lucy is taking the world upon her shoulders anon. Don't you see how she suffers?
>>152835171I dunno man
>>152835209Ugh...At this point the only hope is that she'll trip and break her face on a tree root.
>>152835209It would be a little kino if James the retard did ask Lucy to join and she flatly refused with some carelessly abusive remark that visibly dampened his enthusiasm. You know, a hint of actions begetting consequences again.
>>152835209>Beats James>James kisses her ass>She feels hollow inside
>>152835209Unless Tae is gonna go "um actually it's been co-ed all along there just hasn't been any girls interested" (really unlikely btw) then James would only suggest she joins the girls' team.
>>152835250James is too retarded for that to register if it happened.
>>152835251>this whole "arc" is about how Lucy wants her old chew toy back and cannot be satisfied otherwise
>>152835005Next page James chimes in saying "no its NOT! he stopped coming to track! The teams going to kill me!!!" showing he does in fact hear all this and just doesnt give the slightest shit about mike anymore. David replies "well, you shouldnt have asked me to kill him then!" Paulo starts to get worked up and says to stop saying you killed Mike, Lucy interrupts everyone and flatly says "OK this is where the race starts. Here to the tree."
>>152834895>makes Lucy's girlhood tremble in dangerous waysDid Almulti ghost write this chapter?>>152834937I don't remember where but there was a gag early on like>David says all the cool people are there>Mike isn't included for some reason and points this out>David just reiterates "all. the. cool. people."David is being consistent here. Circumstances changed, not him.
>>152835041Can't blame me for coping and looking for any excuse to keep reading.>>152835078It's pretty much guaranteed. That's the only reason James is hanging around Lucy, he's confirmed to be that shallow. And Lucy will change her mind and agree cuz she's feeling vindictive against Mike and her replacing him is an indirect way of harming him. She'd never do anything to directly harm Mike so she can tell herself that she's a good girl at night and not feel guilty. She wants others to pull that trigger for her, which is why she barely stopped Augustus from going after Mike, and why she's feigning disinterest in joining track. James is gonna be the one to pull that trigger next and kick Mike off the team.
>>152835267Oh absolutely that would be what happens instead, don't get me wrong. Can't have Lucy-chan getting weighed down by her own sins after all.
I know what most of you are getting out of this but I want you to focus on David taking all the credit from fucking Mike up, not James sudden backstab, Lucy's kick or Augustus saying put loud he would continue the hostilities until he have in, so he could be being set up as the fall guy, "it's David's fault" in the end
>>152835297she already fucking kicked him, gaslighted him, manipulated his friends, and did a woe is me act. The girl definitely enjoys hurting him.
>>152835281Thank you, anon.It's really funny that Taeshi sees these two self-absorbed morons as sympathetic characters. Nice to see Paulo pushing back on the bullshit and not being satisfied with Lucy, too.
>>152834937>>152835294Huh why does David dislike Mike? Does it even matter since he's barely a person?
>>152835297She literally gut punted Mike for trying to defend himself and tell his side of the story
>>152835340David is a meme, he can't face consequences ever.I like how we've mostly given up applying logic and are trying to judge how hard everyone's just gonna ignore shit and gaslight each other so the agenda can continue now lol.LiTS did more damage than EF.
>>152835354David is a shitty meme character who flips on a dime for "comedy". There was a shot in the past of him being all buddy buddy with Mike in class. Generally speaking though, Paulo and Lucy are the only two he actually cares about and he feels Mike was neglecting them so fuck him. He's a piece of shit though
>>152835354Because David is gay for Paulo, and Paulo has only ever been gay for Mike, not him
wait is this not an edit?
>>152835368Exactly because he's a meme, you can see it as Taeshi trying to use him as a lightning rod precisely because everyone will just shrug it off and say "well he's just a silly little guy"
>>152835340According to leakanon, David implicates James, too. Honestly it's impossible to wash the hands of anyone involved here so Taeshi would just ignore what she established. Again. Which sadly means that when Lucy does inevitably excuse herself by telling Mike she never wanted this to happen, he will not point out that he overheard her telling Augustus the exact opposite.
>>152835281>he stopped coming to track!This is the turn of events I was hoping for actually. Better than Mike forcing himself to act like everything's normal while he's stuck with James and David. Good for him, let him be free.>The teams going to kill me!!!It's actually kind of funny how much of a sociopath he is. I still hate him but it's hitting the same notes for me as Jessica's gaslighting adventure a while back.
>>152835354>>152835385This combined with David, like everyone else at the table group, treating this as no big deal for Mike and wanting to revert to the unhealthy status quo. For David this is unlikely to change until Mike either does something drastic and hurts himself (even then probably not as David is a fucking idiot), or David actually gets the shit kicked out of him for being an asshole (also unlikely to happen)
>>152834937David was never good
>>152835406The only thing I'm wondering from this intermission is, if Taeshi doesn't mean for three out of four assholes to actually look in the right then what's this an intermission to? Paulo recovering his balls or giving Lucy the key to his chastity cage? It doesn't feel like her trying to tack on her own rambles when said in the most stupid way by meme dog and Lucy is doing her best to not touch the subject because, surprise, this is one of the only events where she accepted the outcome
>>152835418Mike silently bailing on the team is one of the few logical outcomes to be found as of late. He certainly has every reason to, from multiple angles.
>>152835361You can see she instantly regretted it. She's still hopelessly in love with Mike but also wants to see him suffer. Like an eternal flame of some sort.
>>152835490That's good, I hope they actually give him shit for it considering he was one of the faster members and David is a fucking gamble because he doesn't care about anything and can just leave when he pleases since he doesn't actually feel love for James or the team
>>152835512She still continued to isolate him from his friends afterward, she clearly doesn't regret shit.
>>152835490Dude's gonna quit track and just hang out on the school roof during lunchtime. He doesn't eat anymore and the edge looks more and more inviting by the day. Mirroring Lucy's leap cuz taeshi loves parallels
>>152835512She only 'regretted' it insofar that she was actively proving him right which she doesn't want to admit. So she switched gears and went full cope mode about "Mike being all she had" (bullshit) and the dumb letter shit.
>>152835477I feel like this is supposed to kick off the new status quo by way of Taeshi yelling at the readers through her David-shaped megaphone:>stop talking about Mike he's not relevant right now>focus on Lucy whose situation is going to suckBasically get ready for a longhaul slog of pitybegging for Worst Cat asspats fueled by the the most self-indulgent BPD mentality yet registered.
>>152835258>(really unlikely btw)Stupider things have happened in the name of augmenting Mike's suffering
>>152835554I shouldve clarified that she regretted the very act of the kick itself. She fucked up cuz it made her realize to herself that she's not as chill as she told herself, that she's still not above physical violence. She wants to be someone who's "above" Mike, and at the same time wants him to crawl back to her
>>152835531I think it's more that James somehow recognized the team straight up likes Mike. Probably moreso than they do David.
>>152835564I gather he's going to be running the track during Lunch. He said as much during that brief encounter with Paulo in the hallway.
I hope Mike finally kills himself soon so the discord can implode when half of these retards say it was selfish and unfair to Lucy for him to do it
>>152835638My copium is that when Lucy replaces Mike, she's so insufferable that the rest of the team question why they replaced Mike with this bitch. Lucy is hypercompetitive and very few can match that toxic energy.Or maybe it'll come by sooner than we think, Lucy demonstrates her toxicity to James in their lil race in a few pages
>>152835597Well we all know how that's going to work. Lucy isn't a character if she can't bounce off of others wronging her, so I expect a worse version of the Paulo show
>>152835670More like the readership implodes due to lack of interest simce there is no Mike punishment catharsis to be had anymore. Unless Taeshi beats them to it for the same reason.
>>152834895I get the urge to do things to the white cat that caused all this
>>152835701>after three Lucy chapters with declining viewership, we cut to Mike in Hell
>>152835658He was possibly lying just to get Paulo to leave him alone.
>>152835638The team instantly realized that James was using track as an excuse to get close to Mike, they know he's just a victim of his obsession so of course they'll be pissed about it
>>152835658>>152835722My guess is next chapter will include someone from the team confronting him about it, and he'll say he's just practicing on his own, then he'll disappear for another 40 pages.
>>152834895David's not keen on acknowledging that Mike's depressed, unlike Paulo. Augustus also doesn't own the school. If Lucy wants The Table that's fine, but decieving Mike's friends was too far.
>>152835638They seem to be pretty familiar with James bullshit given that they told Mike not to take what he says seriously. They are going to assume he was responsible if Mike just disappears on them.
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>>152835722At the risk of assigning some logical coherence where there is none, Mike running himself ragged under the excuse of self-improvement dovetails with his meal skipping that keeps getting brought up. Both would be symptoms of trying to kill himself through neglect. Which is a much slower process that handily allows Taeshi to stretch this shit out for as long as she wants. There is also pic related that got put out some time ago. It looks to me like a joke alternate outcome to some serious scene down the line. Taeshi did something similar leading up to Eternal Flame. Here we see Mike looking completely dead inside, out on the track for some reason, getting a reluctant hug from Lucy. Perhaps the inverted equivalent to his apology after the play.
>>152834924David is a simp, Paulo is horny, guilt tripped, and nostalgic, and Mike is guilt tripped, trivialized, and depressed. Lucy can rape their asses with a blade strap-on, severe their cocks and cook it, gouge out their eyes, dismember their limbs, and they'd still break her back for her believing that they did something to deserve it cause Lucy can do no wrong, she's not flawed or entitled in any capacity.
>>152835892Classic, Lucy breaking her toy and then only caring because they're not in working order.
>>152835918I'm not sure if Lucy even recognizes that's the case. Her expression (or BCB equivalent thereof) does not suggest any level of concern or regret. It reads to me along the lines of "ugh I guess you're owed this much for doing X in my favor."
>>152835683It would only be logical for Lucy's facade of basic social grace to crack under the pressure of having moved outside her personal comfort zone (or rather back into a modified, even cushier version of her old one). That and the feeling that she's won, making her grow careless again.
>>152835892>Both would be symptoms of trying to kill himself through neglect. Which is a much slower process that handily allows Taeshi to stretch this shit out for as long as she wants.To her credit it's also a believable way for him to act, although I don't think he's trying to go as far as actually killing himself. Mike is a pathological people pleaser who hates himself due to perceived guilt but is surrounded by people who he knows would be upset if he died. It makes sense that he'd latch onto a way to invisibly hurt himself.
>>152835069They're not completely morally bad which is why it hurts to see them carelessly acting like this towards people they claim to care about.>>152835069I'm curious who the niggers of this universe would be. There are no sapien races so North-Central African dog and cat breeds enslaved by Arabs and Europeans would be the equivilent.>>152835251She turns James into the new Mike, James gets sick of her after realizing she's cuckoo. He's also gay so she'll homophobically demonize him for not lusting over her.>>152835294Lucy's girlhood is "trembling" primarily cause of Alejandro, but Augustus can't see that.>>152835361He did shove Augustus for being a manipulative abuse apologist.>>1528357936-7.>>152835892"No, you're supposed to suffer!"
Jesus Christ no wonder Devin is such a miserable fuck up
>>152836096I agree, Mike would not commit to going further than deniable self-harm unless he was somehow convinced that others would not miss him or that he was pox upon their houses that needed to be snuffed out.
>>152836184At least Faith is hot and fuckable, she doesn't have a very redeemable behavior.
>>152836184To give credit where due, Sabrina's having her teenage daughter Sandy do photo shoots, if she did shoots for stuff like bikinis or lingere it would be more understandable for a teenager to do, on the other hand Faith put a damn near skimpy bikini on her 9-year-old.
>>152835786Sure, I'm just talking about why they would consider it a loss. Unlike James, they seem to care about a person for reasons deeper other than speed.
>>152836184What the fuck is her problem?!>>152836252It can transition to actionable self harm depending on how bad the divorce arc is. Haley blaming him is one thing but as long as we don't get a toxic revelation about why the couple stayed together and it's related to Mike it should just be more Mike pain vs new suicidal tendencies.
>>152836184Hahahaha. The comedic beat of Devin getting fucking owned and looking sad is great.
>>152836367I think the deniable part remains a major issue since causing others to worry would just cause him more guilt. He'd need to stop caring about that first.
>>152834895This page is cringe. David in general is cringe, but having him say shit without anyone around going "what the fuck is wrong with you?" makes the entire page cringe.
>>152836367>What the fuck is her problem?!It's called "my favorite child was murdered and now I'm stuck with watching the spare waste his life, also I'm probably taking fifty different types of pills".
>>152836529She was also fucked in the head even before all of that
>>152834895>Stop closing your eyes when you talk to me you fucking loser.
>>152834912>Lucy's pain was never treated as a joke in chaptersYes it was, pic related. More recently, it was the punchline to a bunch of the chapters since her return; one of the comic's running jokes is characters quietly going "Lucy is freaking me out, she might be crazy" while Lucy crashes around being an unstable weirdo.
>>152836367She lived in her own little bubble of denial back when Fauna was alive and probably still does. We often hate other people who reflect our own flaws.
>>152836636That was a long time ago. These days, Lucy's pain is treated as completely valid, with characters blaming themselves and others for causing it. If you want to post or link to exceptions, those could make for worthwhile discussions.
>>152835418It's possible Mike is already dead, and it's just that no-one's noticed the body yet. His brief appearance at the beginning of last chapter (prior to Paisy having the worst date ever) was just the gases escaping.
>>152836184jfc this is when you bounce for the night or end up saying really bad shit to both parties.
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>>152836690Well it's not quite in-universe, but the general audience reaction to Lucy's pain tends to be "Hahaha this girl is FUCKED", even among those who are sympathetic to her. Since Lucy's return to Roseville, something like half the chapters consist of her crashing out with the grace and tact of a frag grenade. And most times, one or more characters take a moment to go "geez, what a psycho" as a way to cut the tension. Those moments seem to be intended to be comedic, in a "everyone laugh at Lucy the girlfailure spinning out over nothing" kind of way.
>>152836793If BCB was set in 2025 david would be saying 67 constantly. I image that 30-something David in the future still does anyway
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>>152836814For instance, pic related is a couple pages after Lucy screams she never fucking wanted it.
>>15283682030-something David in the future is the reason Roblox and Discord have the reputation they do.
>>152836184you know, he could just cut his mom out of his life and he'd be justified. She wasn't right in the head even before her daughter died
>>152836814>And most times, one or more characters take a moment to go "geez, what a psycho" as a way to cut the tensionSee, that's the problem I'm having with this interpretation. As I said before, my observation has been that these characters do the exact opposite. Following the page you posted, for example, Lucy sexually assaults Augustus for validation and then cries after he fends her off. Augustus' response is to comfort her, treating Lucy's crashout as sympathetic rather than insane.>Those moments seem to be intended to be comedic, in a "everyone laugh at Lucy the girlfailure spinning out over nothing" kind of way.The only thing that comes close to this, in my memory, is a one-page patreon comic in which Paulo frets over Lucy's well-being where the punchline is Augustus dismissing Lucy's behavior as bitchcraft. Even then, Paulo's concern undermines this notion that Lucy's suffering is being dismissed as psychosis.
>>152836184Context for this for those familiar?
>>152836844This does not read to me as dismissive of Lucy's feelings. Everyone just looks awkward about what just happened. Not even Daisy's going "what the fuck?" Just the opposite, in fact; her behavior following that chapter indicates she took Lucy's criticisms to heart.
>>152836882Sometimes I wonder if Fauna actually just committed suicide to get away from her parents
>>152836937Sensible chuckle.
Why does David dislike Mike so much? Mike's never had an actual argument with him and "Oh but LUCY!" can't be all there is to it.Nobody normal is this oblivious unless they're screwed up in the head or have a grudge.
>>152837016Because David is a meme character and meme characters are always the voice and hand of the author. Taeshi thinks Mike has earned most of the cast hating him over her insane BPD perceived slights, so hate Mike they must.
>>152837016David is not a character. He is a narrative tool poorly disguised as one, and the tools which Taeshi prefers to use are implements of torture.
>>152837016He only really cares about Paulo and Lucy and in his weird ass view, Mike went against them. The only reason he ended up on the track team in the first place was to slight him after that stupid race that only happened because Paulo had a bruised ego he wanted to take out on Mike
>>152837067Paulo actually caring about Mike should get on David's nerves after a while. He is trying to meme the problem away. Why can't he meme the problem out of the way? Play along already, Paulo-baby!
>>152837067Paulo I get, but why Lucy. They never had any kind of moment together where they could bond like that. Even with Lucyspace, that's a stretch and a half of him caring this hard.Taeshi would be better off showing that Paulo caring about Mike is actually bothering David. If it were anyone else, I'd believe that at some point Paulo is just going to "Outgrow" him because he does malicious stuff without even thinking.
How's the discord and comment section reacting to this page?
>>152837016David is this comic's sense of humor distilled into one character, and Mike is the comic's butt monkey. David treats Mike like garbage because Mike getting treated like garbage is one of the core gags of his character.An in-comic answer might involve early David's obsession with macho stuff, how cool Paulo was for being manly, how disappointing it was when he decided not to take advantage of Lucy, etc. So David was rude to Mike because Paulo was, and they both do it because Mike was lame and gay. But now Paulo is super concerned for Mike's well-being and both David and Paulo are lame and gay, so there's only really meta reasons for the joke continuing.
>>152837142because at the end of the day the tablefags bend over backwards to kiss Lucy's ass and Mike's the punching bag. Mike went against the status quo so he must be punished. Also might partly relate to Paulo being a Lucy simp and ultimately taking her side
>>152836820Were Paulo or Daisy even in that alt future bci?
>>152837142>Taeshi would be better off showing that Paulo caring about Mike is actually bothering David. If it were anyone else, I'd believe that at some point Paulo is just going to "Outgrow" him because he does malicious stuff without even thinking.That's something that pre-breakdown Taeshi (the version who actually tried to develop her skills as an artist and a writer) could have gotten around to. She might have grown bothered by David's eternal meme character status and tried to give him a serious arc that made sense based on his past "characterization.">Paulo wtf why is Mike your best friend after i've supported you so much?>dude you gave me like one gayboy crush peptalk and a ton of bad advice what did you expect?Followed by David having to self-assess for the first time in the entire comic.
>>152836898See, you have to think about this from a meta perspective. Lucy is not independent from the story she's in, and if Lucy was intended to be the sympathetic party who is in the right, why would she be written to:>Fall for Mike's bullshit during Eternal Flame>Gaslight Mike about how she'd be fine and isn't even interested in a relationship right now baka in Another Flame>Try to rape Augustus on the rebound>Flirt up Paulo so she can take it out on him>Despite "Rain Check" having Lucy actively try to be nice to Daisy/Paulo to make up for being a bitch, she spends most of the chapter glaring and telling Daisy she's stupid for letting her feelings get the better of her>Frequently have characters (Paulo, Daisy, Sue, Augustus) talking when she's not around about Lucy being crazy and making everyone uncomfortable
>>152837312And keep in mind, most of these events were played for humor at least briefly. Part of the core joke of the comic at this point is that Lucy's a crazy mess, a fucked-up gordian knot of issues, and everyone around her has learned to treat her like a live munition because of it.Just picture any scene with characters comforting Lucy during or after one of her many crashouts with this playing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvi6c8toWJMIt's hilarious.
>>152837312>from a meta perspectiveWell, I think this is the problem right here: I *am* thinking about it in a meta perspective. You are too, but in your case it's also a "person with basic common sense" perspective. Lucy *must* be a crazed loon in the wrong because, to anyone with a functioning brain from the outside looking in, she absolutely is. There is no good excuse for the shit she's pulling. But what I am pointing out is that everyone in-story, who should be expected to notice this insanity, do not. They condone or encourage her behavior. Eternal Flame? Mike and Augustus both treat her anger as legitimate, and Mike takes the blame. Augustus rape? Aw, poor Lucy. Better go lay into Mike for wronging her. Flirt up Paulo and dump him by the wayside. Ends with physical assault and Paulo blaming himself for setting her off. Rain Check? Any bitchcraft is ignored and I would not be shocked if Lucy is later thanked for her contribution. You tell me that people talk behind Lucy's back about her being nuts, but where is the evidence? So far all we've gotten on the matter is one page that is ambiguous at best. Do you mean Paulo whining about Lucy here and there? Him sulking about her being a bitch or unattainable because he keeps losing the Lucybowl? Daisy being critical toward Lucy for reasons of jealousy? Again, post the evidence so we can discuss it, because I'm really not seeing what you are getting at actually play out in the comic.
>>152836814>Lucy rapes Augustus so Augustus bullies Mike in response.It fits, and it would also make sense with her not trying to pull Aug away very hard, either let him do as he pleases or he might yell about how she's been molesting him to blow off her Mike steam.
>>152837437>And keep in mind, most of these events were played for humor at least briefly. Part of the core joke of the comic at this point is that Lucy's a crazy mess, a fucked-up gordian knot of issues, and everyone around her has learned to treat her like a live munition because of it.I wished the comic leaned into that a lot more. Like yeah lucy gets what she wants but its' because everyone's afraid of her taking another leap or trying to kill herself another way.The hints are there but not enough because Taeshi wants to keep her sympathetic.
>>152837478>You tell me that people talk behind Lucy's back about her being nuts, but where is the evidence?I hope this isn't leading to you asking me to post ten different examples, because the first three don't count and the next three aren't enough to establish a pattern.
>>152836844That's pretty funny not gonna lie
>>152837766Considering that the claim was that this Lucy-is-nuts-backgossip is a frequent occurrence, yes, you would actually have to post like ten different examples to legitimize it. That's what "frequent" or "all the time" means. Otherwise the claim should be scaled back to "*sometimes* characters realize that Lucy is insane and wrong." Or even further back, to "on rare occasions." That seems more defensible to me.As to these examples, from left to right:Panel 1: Very clearly talking about the awkward social situation, not Lucy being nuts or in the wrong.Panel 2: Talking about Mike and past abuse which has been acknowledged in the comic, not Lucy's current neurosis.Panel 3: Closer, in that Augustus actually acknowledges that something is wrong with Lucy. But his subsequent actions show he very clearly believes those problems are caused by other people and are not Lucy's own fault.>Panel 4: I do not remember the context, so you should post the whole thing as a reminder.
>>152837929https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c100/p28Panel 4 is just below panel 2, they're from the same page
>>152838163Thank you, that is appreciated. This would be filed under the same point, in which Lucy's past sins are recognized but not held against her in the current era. A point strongly and unfortunately reinforced by everyone's behavior during Line in the Sand.
>>152837929Okay, it's good of you to admit up front that you intend to have an unreasonably high burden of proof. Saves me some effort.
>>152838240>unreasonablyAs you wish.
>>152837929>Where's the evidence?>Okay all that evidence doesn't count, can you find more examples so I can discount them based on pure vibes?Doesn't it get tiring being so intellectually dishonest?
>>152838322You seem even gayer than I am. Let's have sex.
>>152838377Nta, this is Bcb, not prison, Anon.
>>152837929Thanks for being so upfront about being a twat
>>152838459Yeah, I went for the higher concentration of homosexuals.>>152838474Hot. Let's make it a threesome with your twin brother.
I have David fatigue
>>152838678It's so strange to me that David has actual fans. Not even limited to the digital cult compound, I've seen one or two in verboten online spaces.
>>152837766Do people nowdays see this as talking behind their back? Wasnt PAULO saying Lucy's a bitch the best definiton you could post, the literal time someone is talking about her with malicious intent? Even Mike venting with Zachary couldve been seen as such since he was venting to a detrimental way. You are purposely choosing the opposite of that and i'm actually baffled
>>152837522>I wished the comic leaned into that a lot more.Agreed. I'm hoping this upcoming "Lucy is back with the group (that she hates)" arc gives more consistent output of Lucy making everyone wildly uncomfortable with her psycho moodswings. It's always fun to watch characters go quiet and glance at each other in concern while Lucy malds out over nothing.
>>152838745>You are purposely choosing the opposite of that and i'm actually baffledMaybe he's just trying to stir up an argument.
>>152838745Yes, one of the handful of times where Paulo and/or Daisy call Lucy a bitch would be the most direct example, but I figured I'd post some that don't get referenced as often. Besides, the claim was that characters acknowledge that Lucy is crazy, not that they acknowledge that she's a bitch.I'm just pleased I managed to hole-in-one guess what the excuse for discounting the examples would be.
>>152838745Your problem is you've completely misunderstood what the argument was about, apparently.>examples of Lucy's friends talking about her like she's crazy while she isn't present doesn't count as them talking about her being crazy behind her back
>slow thread>time to act retardedEvery time.
>>152837161is it that hard to understand for a butt monkey to be funny, he must bring it upon himself in some way? it's funny when donald gets fucked by karma cause he was being a dick, it wasn't funny donald kept getting fucked in the ducktales reboot despite getting rewritten as a depressed single dadmike getting shit on all the time doesn't feel funny or karmic, it feels like torture porn.
I'm just so tired of this I can't come up with anything funny so I'm doing more if BCB was an eldrich horror comic.
>>152835597When Mike suffers:>Ugh more torture, I can't believe the author hates her main character so muchWhen Lucy suffers:>Ugh more pity-bait, I can't believe the author loves her self-insert so much???
>>152839004Very good, anon. Your efforts are both appreciated and depressingly on-point.
>>152838959Arent they describing her as violent, not crazy- Im legitimate sobbing, 4chan is doomed
>>152839033Do you just look at the pictures and make up new dialogue in your head as you go?
>>152839015I know, right? Lucy being damned for her sins is such a major plotpoint right now. I found it fresh and new beneath one of the pyramids in Egypt.
>>152839004>a comic where the whole universe has bent around spoiling one spoiled bratpiece of shit teenagerSounds like it could be a cool take on that Twilight Zone episode. I'd read it.
>>152839127It's called Lucyspace for a reason.
>>152839127You are describing The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya>>152837766BCI so take this as it is: The recent one where Paulo and Lucy get together has Tess confront Paulo and she mentions that Lucy is "unwell".
>>152839086>I found it fresh and new beneath one of the pyramids in Egypt.These Chris-Chan tier turns of phrase you keep posting make my skin crawl.
>>152835281>Lucy and James race is interrupted when one of them trips over Mike's unconscious body>David immediately starts trying to drag it to the curb so he can stomp Mike's head in
>>152839260>you keep postingWhat the fuck are you talking about, schizo?
>>152839274>David invites Paulo to a backyard BBQ>it was a trick>he actually has Mike strung up a cross and is about to light it on fire>David is wearing a KKK outfit>Taeshi says he's just being a little guy
>>152839127This sort of edit style pops up every now and then.
>>152839004Lucyspace about to force anything and anyone to do its bidding again, time to send in the heroes of truth
>>152837157Davidfags are of course fellating him, while talking shit abkut Mike.Neutral fans are noting David's loud mouth talking about Lucy's vagina within ear shot of her.Mikefags are calling David an insensitive ass with no filter.Everyone agree that David does not like Mike. Hate him, even.
>>152839530>Everyone agree that David does not like Mike. Hate him, even.What are the odds Taeshi takes to tumblr with an answer to explain either why David doesnt like Mike or that David doesn't actually hate mike, he just likes lucy more.
>>152839530>Everyone agree that David does not like Mike. Hate him, evenThe only reasonable take outside of acknowledging that David is a complete psychopath. I assume that accepting David is not a real character risks a ban.
>>152839557I'll take the third option in which she declares that David is just reacting the way anyone with a completely objective viewpoint on the situation would. Supplemented, perhaps, with more whining about Mikefags.
>>152839591>anyone with a completely objective viewpoint on the situation wouldi mean, if i were forced to suffer for an eternity in Rose Hill, I would inevitably break apart into a David as well at some point.Who knows, maybe Davidspace is just a grassroots effort to skate by and syphon enough power from Lucyrealm to eventually break the cycle and grant everybody peace.
>>152839728What does this translate to in Taeshi's world? Some hobo breaking into her and Suitcase's apartment late at night and stabbing them before pissing on her hard drives?
I don't see how it matters that characters acknowledge that Lucy's got issues when it always bends back to the same conclusion: they realize they need to be MORE accepting, caring, and understanding to Lucy because she's suffered so much. Happened to Daisy, happened to Augustus, happened to Paulo multiple times, it even happened to literally whos like Madison and Zachary. The only time that didn't happen and someone just went "your issues aren't my problem, and I'm sick of dealing with your shit." and stuck to it for more than five minutes was Mike and he's still getting raked over the coals for rejecting Lucy over a decade later.It's a BPD thing, they always write stories like this.
>>152836367I can only imagine her husband fucks her so raw every night that he can't fathom the idea of how much it would hurt to break up with someone. Silas would get along with Sam.I feel like Mike has just accepted that Haley finds him to be a loser, wouldn't care about her opinion. Haley on the other hand would be extremely concerned about him being suicidal. Hope she kicks Augustus' cock if she finds out who caused the attempt.>>152836657Like David, she's just clueless about other people's sensitivities. To her the breakup was just no big deal.>>152836793>>1528368206-7 makes no sense to me, it's just a stupid in-joke/meme but that's precisely why David would make the biggest fuss about it. It will be set in 2026 soon and we know David is most likely to be one of those self-harmful Tiktok challenge creators. This psycho put thorns in punch and chucked a kid off a roof. He'll do anything that's dangerously amusing. He'd be as good a parent that Richard Watterson would be, teach the kitties to set the house on fire.
>>152837016He doesn't dislike Mike but just doesn't really value him outside of amusement or horniness, and considers Lucy to be more valuable in that aspect. He takes her temperament for edge, sass, and attraction.>>152836969Murder is a very specific term, unless it's a throw-off by Thea. I wonder if there's going to be an accident where Mary cries her eyes out that her crush is dead, or if she gets genuinely pissed enough to bash her head in. Best guess, Fauna's going to take Mary for granted, objectify her, say something like how she's a rabid, defective creature who's worthless without her, Mary gets triggered and betrayed.>>152837157David just doesn't really care, I think if Mike attempted suicide he'd actually tear up like he did for Lucy. I'm sure Darkmaverik's did a ton. He may be socially inept but can certainly identify unambiguous physical pain. No wait fuck that, nobody acknowledged Lucy's abuse till it was too late. >>152837481Shockingly I wouldn't put it past Augustus to blame Mike for that. He called her out then for the kiss, but now he's full on Lucy abuse apologist and simp. Bullies Mike in her name. Calls him evil for crushing on James and Lucy while dating Sandy, with no mention that she's abusive. He made it sound like Mike told her to kill herself unprovoked, even though he didn't tell her to at all.>>152838678I'd kill for a serious David arc, where he becomes someone's best friend or helper by helping for once with no prolonged jokes. Maybe like lifting Mike out of depression.
>>152834895What happened to the artstyle?
>>152841091Roseville got hit by a dirty bomb, their rad-count is going up as they speak.
>>152835258The more realistic option would be her mom threatening the school with sexism. Technically male sports team are co-ed but women are so weak they rather create a female only team.
>>152839015When Mike suffers everyone must acknowledge that it was all his fault and he deserved it.When Lucy suffers everyone must acknowledge she is just a poor innocent victim that could do no wrong and it was all someone else's fault.
At least... in death he will be granted peace he never had in life...
>>152842147quit posting this gay shit every thread
>>152835281>The teams going to kill me!!!As ever, there is but one beacon of hope for Mike, and that is the rest of the track team rallying to his aid out of esprit de corps.
>>152835892Honestly, I'm a big fan of that comic as its drawn right now. Lucy getting over herself and trying to reach out to Mike, and him just being too dead inside to even offer up a token resistance or acknowledge her. It boggles my mind, but on some level I still support Mucy and hope to see them patch things up, so long as it isn't presented as Mike taking the entire blame and Lucy magnanimously forgiving him.
>>152842403>on some level I still support Mucy
>>152842182No.
>>152842471>Are you well?No.>Do you have brain damage?Yea, probably. I think part of it is that we all know Mucy is the endgame for Taeshi, so I'd rather she just fucking lands the plane and stops doing these retarded loops de loop and barrel rolls.
>>152842147keep posting this gay shit every thread
>>152842147You doin ok man?
>>152842577By your will.
I was looking through the old threads and>>88427122>Taeshi replies to three people talking about Mike getting cucked >Draws a picture of Sandy holding a black baby>literally named it cuck.jpgNever seen this before but man it's a great feel to know the only person that hates Mike more than me is Taeshi.>n-no it's all 4D chess and she secretly likes Mike
>>152842147>Mike losing his twink fanboy and isolating himself from his other friends is TRUE sufferingI just wish you guys would have the tiniest amount of self-awareness.
>>152842779You're right. Take this, it is Hope. The very last of it. It is yours now. You were bold once. Be bold once more. Free yourself from this suffocating stillness, fix your gaze on the horizon, and face the overwhelming mediocrity...of the Bittersweet Candybowl.
>>152842773Francis' baby?I do enjoy the idea that Mike would be a cuck fetishist and allow Sandy to dominate him by fucking guys in front of him.
>>152842859kys
>>152843283Many might fall in the face of chaos, but not this one. Not today.
>>152843283
>I’ve been going through the asks myself like a big girl.Well, we have confirmation that she is in control of the blog.>You can take or leave what I have to say! At the end of the day!And that's it, Anons; the only answers that are canonical are the ones you want, so all the answers that reinforce your agenda are true, and those that contradict it are just Taeshi's opinion and not canonical.
>>152843724>Captura de tela
>>152842773God I love Sandy. She simply ALWAYS wins.
>>152843724Bro you gotta get a better screenshot
>>152843801Sorry for the low quality, and unfortunately I'm a bit busy right now, so another anon will have to post a better quality screenshot.
>>152842773>the Sandy fucking dogs meme is this old>Taeshi's made art of itwat
>>152839226I don't have BCI other than the old ones that got mass-leaked, but there's tons of noncanon examples of Lucy's dysfunction getting pointed out and played for humor. Here's one from a few threads ago that made me smile.Again, Lucy's insanity is one of BCB's 4 default jokes. The other 3 are Mike being a dork, Paulo being an asshole, and Kizuna/Sue getting hurt for no reason.
>>152844630>Lucy's insanity is one of BCB's 4 default jokes.Not in the comic proper. Even the example you posted openly pitybaits and treats Lucy's trauma as a tragedy while depicting Mike and Sandy as careless morons.
>>152844630Lucy's suicide attempt was treated as a joke for a while, both in universe and outside of it.
>>152844779There's at least a difference of degree between David making a dead Lucy joke well after the period where Lucy's attempt was srs bsns, and David being basically at the center of Mike's downfall and treating it like a joke the entire time.
Bump, also fuck David
>>152834895Wait, is this not an edit? This reads like a fucking seven-layers-of-irony meta parody you'd see on Family Guy.
>>152845506I think it's a poorly paced recap.
>>152843724This isn't healthy, people pleasing and public venting are serious signs of insecurity and are social suicide.>>152843765>>152844630Same. And this is fucking hilarious, for once Lucy's having a moderately positive interaction by at least being able to get drunk and hang out with Mike and Sandy, after abusing Mike she should be lucky she gets to. I know she's bitching over her mistakes but the least she can do is accept that she's there, unless Mike wants to invite her to his harem.>>152845339You're giving Paulo ideas. Matt should 100% fuck David though.
>>152844779Dawg, I'm convinced Davidfags have selective memory cuz even this shit is in poor taste
Just bought BCI cause I wanted to do a re-read of the original pages and then read all the extra secret chapters. But, seems like Confrontation original chapter got cut? And anything with Kizuna :'(. Anyone got any of the true originals archived anywhere?
>>152847308maybe share something first
>>152844779Did or didnt they know about the attempted suicide here?
>>152847333Maybe! Gonna finish my re-read and my own archiving before I think about anything that would get my membership revoked, hahaI'm surprised /bcb/ is still going. I remember when I helped kick it off like 100 years ago.
>>152847308i was gonna suggest vol1 pdf but thats also the update one, weird. when the fuck did they remove all this shit, i remember reading the original ones when i first read this comic. not even library of bcbandria has confrontation (it has some other redacted/changed chapters so this is really strange)book volumes *do* have kizuna iirc and you can still download the 1-3 pdfs from the bcb site
>>152847431Nice sleuthing! Thanks for the info. I got my mate the first volume so I'll ask to borrow it next time I'm in australia lol. My book only has the new illustrations, so no Kizuna.
>>152847509okay so i ended up finding it just now, it existed in the official bcb graveyard but was removed at some pointhere it is. file too big so i had to catbox it https://files.catbox.moe/1ebous.png
>>152847572Anonymous hero. Thanks for uploading, I owe you one.
>>152847333It's always funny how desperate this thread always is to read more of a comic it "hates"
>>152847777/bcb/ is not a hivemind though
>>152847777Why are you so caught up in what people say they’re doing?
>>152844657>Lucy gets too much sympathy in the comic and among readers and she doesn't deserve it>But also I am so over-sympathetic to her that an obvious joke at her expense reads as pitiable and tragic with the instigators being careless morons.??????
>>152837016Because the story is poorly written with no desire of logic
I wonder if David will ever get a serious moment ever again. I can only remember two times where he was seriously sad. After hearing about Lucy's suicide attempt and when Mike was accepting he was a bad person, RIGHT before James introduced himself.
This comic fucking suckkkkkkkkkkkkkkssssssss
>>152847777Yeah you're right, it is funny, like when a thread still has 300 replies before autosage and people chimp out if you don't move to a new thread to discuss a comic they don't like.>>152847308Don't get banned until the Paulo dead chapter comes out.
>>152848425It is a joke at her expense but the joke depends on her being pitiable and tragic. The joke is Mike and Sandy being insensitive. Lucy's sadness in the middle panels is played straight, and it has to be in order for the comedic swerve to work.
>>152849321>Lucy's sadness in the middle panels is played straightYeah dude it's called a set up, most jokes have them, the punchline is Lucy crying in the most comedic way possible while Mike and Sandy have a good time.
I doubt anyone cared about this "mystery", but I discovered that Kizuna is still in the old pages. She just isn't introduced as early as I thought.
It’s been a while since any Amy art. It seems the fad has died
>>152849013What did the Paisy divorce chapter look like? I really can’t imagine them making it past high school
>>152847777BCB is like corn-based snack products; objectively mediocre, yet oddly compelling, and one always ends up unsatisfied and wanting more.Also, despite the bright packaging, it is mostly air.
>>152850577it'll probably kick back up once we get back to Mike and something happens.
>>152847308By the way, they read these threads so you're 100% gonna get banned probably before the next page and they'll just refund your sub, never ever admit you just subbed because all they have to do is ban the last BCI subGrab everything while you can buddy
>>152849321Are you stupid? The whole joke there is that Mike and Sandy are just having fun, being normal, while Lucy crashes out because she's insane. The tone isn't "Oh no, poor Lucy!", it's "Hahaha, look at this fuckin' loser".I know 4chan anons are humorless contrarians by nature, but I don't get this "Taeshi clearly hates Mike but loves Lucy" idea. Whenever secondary characters talk about Lucy, it's either "she's a bitch", or "she's crazy" if they're more sympathetic to her. Even after her suicide which everyone found out about the day after but still doesn't know about, their attempts to reminisce about good times immediately stalled out because no-one had any fun Lucy stories that weren't "she got mad and hit someone".
>>152851718>I don't get this "Taeshi clearly hates Mike but loves Lucy" idea. Reading the comic for more than 5 minutes.
>>152852853He's the one posting examples from the comic while you just mald and make vibes based arguments, I'm starting to think you've never actually read the comic before.
>>152852853What about the chapters immediately after EF? In Burnt Bridges, Mike explained himself and got portrayed as wanting to do the right thing while being stuck between a rock and a hard place, then we cut over to Lucy spinning out and trying to rape Augustus.In Double Down, both Mike and Lucy seek comfort from their closest and oldest friends (Daisy and Paulo respectively). Mike's conversation with Daisy remained friendly, honest, and kind the whole way through, with Mike apologizing for how he wronged Daisy in the past and Daisy telling him he's a better person than he gives himself credit for. Meanwhile Lucy tried to manipulate again, clammed up when asked what was wrong, got spiteful, then slapped Paulo for his trouble. The chapter then ends with Paulo running across Mike and thinking "wow, Mike is so much nicer to me than Lucy is".
>>152851718In the main continuity, you'd have to blind not to see how much Taeshi seems to relish in causing suffering to Mike no matter how decent or reasonable he's being while giving Lucy nothing but unrelenting supporting even in the midst of her being an unrelenting bitch and crashout machine. However, something about non-canon alt-universes frees Taeshi's mind, and we usually see a far more accurate depiction of Lucy: a fucking mess who just brings down the mood of everyone around her and is an albatross around the necks of those who care about her.
>>152851718I think most of it comes from the blog posts. Lucy shoots Archduke Franz Ferdinand on page but on Tumblr Mike started WWI. I’m still discheesed by that one where she says “Lucy would be 100% okay if she were away from Mike.”Plus, for all that people say “Lucy’s a crazy bitch” they don’t really act like it. She’s 100% welcome at the lunch table, literally no questions asked. Paulo makes a halfhearted effort to get Mike to open up after LITS, that’s it. His and Daisy’s appraisal of the situation is “why can’t they be friends?” Sue’s apparently willing to cheat on her wife with her, and Gus doesn’t even seem miffed that she was about to rape him.
>>152854029>I think most of it comes from the blog posts.Taeshi has some truly bizarre takes. But she's also a troll and a contrarian who posts things purely to upset people. Like half the early posts on the blog(s) are her mocking "what happened to Lucy?" questions. The "Lucy would be fine if not for Mike" is fucking stupid though, and I don't think it's a troll.>She’s 100% welcome at the lunch table, literally no questions asked.The very first thing that happened was Paulo asking "how? why? what?", followed by Sue saying "Paulo, please shut up. It's Lucy. You know she needs space" with the weary expression of someone begging to not get dragged into another screaming match. The only reason Paulo didn't immediately go to see what was up with Mike was Lucy essentially blackmailing him.
>>152841113Sad!
>>152853077>then we cut over to Lucy spinning out and trying to rape Augustus.Story then later shifts the blame to Mike in Lits. We have Lucy and Agustus actively shifting the blame to Mike for her shit &"leading" Lucy on, both extrapolate the letters to Sandy as him leading her one for years.The story has a bent to give Lucy a out reason for rape attempt, with no lasting consequences on Lucy's end despite her trauma mirroring what she tried. It is not even used aganist Lucy or tied back into how younger agustus was already used by Alej's girlfriend.>up when asked what was wrong, got spiteful, then slapped Paulo for his trouble. The chapter then ends with Paulo running across Mike and thinking "wow, Mike is so much nicer to me than Lucy is".Afterward Paulo actions in lits and after make it moot.Paulo even got the nicest rejection he has ever gotten from someone he has feelings for(his romantic life is a mess). Paulo is seen bending to said promise in lits. However based on your wordds/the story he has no reason to bend to Lucy. He didn't bend cause he owed Lucy for Daisy, she never came up(despite being right there). It was the promise Lucy both didn't acept and walked away from after clocking him.We do see him temp change his mind on the promise, which is good. Then he finds out Mike got cheated on & instead of focusing on that he shifted it to be about Lucy, undercutting the revelation. For some reason despite knowing how Lucy was with HIM, thinks the issues would be solved by Mucy. He treats the promise he made with Lucy vs his Friendship with Mike as some delimma. Paulo has no reason to like Lucy at this point, Mike & even Abbey reconciled in some fashion with him vs Lucy.Also Lucy gutcheck is glossed over by all present when Mike started talking and said she treated him like shit.
Facing consequences in the story vs notUnless "not owning Mike" is a consequence lol
>>152856959>Unless "not owning Mike" is a consequenceI wish Mike were a sentient teddy bear in the story. It would make more sense for why everything went so badly for him and would explain Lucyspace. A supernatural world where things must fit their role, going haywire cause of a rogue element, would be more fun to read vs Lucy trying to own someone several shades darker.
>>152857144He is treated like a toy. Cute art.>>152851020More like a bowl of sugary fruit snacks and candy where everything is addicting and you can't put it down.>>152846671He was naive and oblivious, really thought she was dead.>>152849013The divorce is going to be a tearjerker, I just hope Grave Concerns 2 is treated less like a joke.
>>152853877I'm not sure it's necessarily that she hates Mike, just that he bears the brunt of her batshit crazy ideas on what a partner needs to put up with because Suitcase unfortunately tolerates her "season of mourning and enables it, and she's only gotten worse with this over time.
>>152835053Is she some sort of masochist?That's disgusting
>>152853877I really believe she's, somehow, having both her story and her headcanon. Of you read the comic without ever interacting with Taeshi's comments or blog posts you can see the story of Mike trying and Lucy refusing to try, and if you only gloss over the "pretty" pictures and focus on what Taeshi herself says (you wouldn't believe how many people don't care for someone's work but want to belong in their clique) the story is of Mike trying to be as malicious as possible and Lucy trying to overcome it. The problem is that this doesn't usually happen, you're expected to take the author seriously so her giving wrong interpretations of the text change the way you engage with them. Lucy's problems come from her refusal to open up and drop the hostility and blaming everyone else and Mike's come from not putting boundaries until he can't take it anymore and then feels guilty, neither of them is a master manipulator, but they can be shitty in their own way (heavily on Lucy's side but that's the dynamic)
>>152835053I get the feeling that suitcase is the only one that browses these threads instead. At most he'll show taeshi a post if it catches his eye.
>>152858072Either she's insecure, is a masochistic doomscroller, or is content enough to treat thread reception like data.
>>152849321I think that anon is married to this idea that Lucy is getting regularly dunked on and refuses to see anurhing that would undermine the notion. It's pretty clear that you are correct. Lucy's pain is being played up as part of the joke, but her grievances are being treated completely seriously and reinforced by Mike and Sandy's behavior.
>>152851240I'm not worried about that. I just wanted to read the original chapters for nostalgia's sake, and I'm mostly done. I don't plan to distribute them. And if I do get unsubbed, it's not the end of the world :p If Suitcase/Veronica is reading this, hi! Long time fan XD
Lucy's definitely winning next page due to the preview.
>>152859778The tree is going to be the Mike/Sandy/Lucy tree, isn't it? And the race with James will remind Lucy of the good ol' days with Mike, won't it? You know, because of what happened during Sue's play. Pottery.
>>152859778Dude acting worried like he didn't twist the knife at the end
>>152859844He only cares about consequences, not actually what he did. And of course Lucy is going to win given the preview, since she's the author's pet.
>>152859778Blood for the Lucygod
>>152859844I think that's exactlywhy he's worried. James is retarded, but he understands cause and effect.
>>152859778Hopefully she's carrying on with James being a self centered little shit and his backstabbing gets him kicked.Though I worry he's going to be the sacrificial lamb and everyone else will get away with it... no wait, Lucy will be sad, that's punishment enough.
>>152859859>pulls ahead>slaps her hand to the tree>declares she finally beat him in a race>James is confused because this is the first time they've ever done this>Lucy realizes her gaff and distracts with the usual bullshit
>>152859778Boy, it sure was lucky how jumping from the roof not only left Lucy unscathed but it also reassembled her legs to make her faster than an actual training track team member :)
>>152859932>declares she finally beat him in a raceokay both mike and lucy projecting onto james is pretty funny not gonna lie
>>152859932That's actually what I expect with the title being what it is, Lucy wins by cheating and James doesn't like that because he's not Mike who lets her do as she pleased to keep her "happy"
>>152859968the Nu lunch table is completely fucking insufferable, even 4 pages of them killed any single shred of interest or pity for them. Paulo being denser than tungsten than dropping the subject doesn't help. His stupid promise wasn't even something to be conflicted about.
>>152859968>woah Lucy you're even faster than Mike! :DReminder that James leads a very athletic lifestyle (or so he claims) so he should by all rights be faster than the less active Mike or the downright sedentary Lucy.
>>152859778People are saying fuck James in the discord and one mod is desperately trying to defend him. Lol, lmao even.
>>152859778What's with Paulo's height compared to David? Looks fucky
>>152860013But Mike would have also gotten upset if Lucy cheated to win.
>>152860049What are you talking about? Lucy has the most practice of them all, she's constantly running away from her problems
>>152859778I think you might be getting ahead of yourself. Don't forget this comic is slow as fuck, I think this is just her stretching before they race.
>>152860066Yes but Lucy wouldn't have won even if cheating, she's not athletic at all unless it's about punching others
>>152860088>double dubs wasted on the wrong imagefml my life
>>152859778Lucy sexo
>>152860002What would be funnier is how after the comic declared that Mike projected Lucy onto James, failed to show it, and called it a sin, Lucy actually doing it for real will be treated as sympathetic.
>>152860057Perhaps even now there is hope left for that wretched cult.
>>152860058Taeshi cant into consistent heights and gave up some time ago because of Steven Universe.>>152860075Kek
>>152860112There's an easy solution to this if lithium fails to fix her- commit her to a psych ward again, then tickle torture her until her brain is reduced to mush and she can only laugh as she craves the torment more and more.
>>152859932>James realizing that he's gonna get kicked because he bullied Mike off the team, made everyone hate him by being an obnoxious slut, and now his last hope in presenting the one-eared wonder Lucy as a replacement will fail because she just straight up cheats.
>>152860099Yeah but that's beside the point.You know what could be way too interesting or consistent for BCB? If Lucy cheats to win and gets bitterly disappointed when James laughs it off instead of throwing up a fuss. You know, hearkening back to what Taeshi said about Lucy getting bored with Abbey because he's too accommodating, bla bla bla.
>>152860199It's annoying how much better this comic would be with the simple addition of sane karmic outcomes.
>>152859778this nigga james is retarded. What did he think would happen after that whole thing? That Mike would just keep coming to track like everything's alright?How has he not fucked over the team with how he thinks yet?
>>152860127This update generated more sympathy for Mike, kekThere's even people talking about if David and Augustus are gonna get karma for what they pulled in LitS
nothingburger response from taeshi but the ask is sending me, it's one of you trolling isn't it
>>152860282Taeshi is probably rewriting him on the fly. She clearly thought his response was justified or she wouldn't have been surprised by how hated he became, so suddenly you might see Felix a lot madder at him for some stuff James pulled in their past that was TOTALLY not just made up last second.I'm not against her doing this cause the fucker deserves it, it's just bad how little of a grasp she has on how the audience reads her writing.
>>152860292That fucking ask lmfao
>>152859778David's sarcasm and James' Track Team concern, I can forgive, but Lucy using Mike's friends whom she has nothing to do with and claim she doesn' tneed. She's making it so easy to get frustrated with her behavior.>>152859820Can't wait for Sandy and Lucy to scream at each other over why the other sucks worse for Mike even though it's objectively Lucy. But maybe they'll make out and fuck afterwards.
>>152860292Wasn't Mike primarily just fucking off away from Lucy for Most of the shit before December, aside from some snide remarks and that one class blow-up?>Paulo and Lucy are very similarWhoever started calling him Male Lucy should get a cookie.
>>152860058David is tall enough to put Golaith to shame.But if there was a Golaith it might be Alejandro, if it was Matt David would gay fuck him into submission.>>152860292Lucy's a beautifully written character but an asshole, she hasn't recieved a fraction of the entitlement she gave.So, Lucy child abuse custody battle arc when?
>>152860351>even though it's objectively Lucy.I don't think either of them is good for him, even if Lucy is a wifebeater, Sandy is a shit. Ghosting can be forgiven, but cheating is rancid.
>>152860292I like their "Paulo's maturity is overhyped" policy, but I don't like their "he owes Lucy anything" policy. Taeshi not pushing against the idea that Paulo ought to "properly apologize" to Lucy does not fill me with confidence.
Line in the Sand was pretty much that World Record short from the Animatrix. Mike was pushing too far ahead, showing a spine, pursuing what he wanted, so Taeshi sent in her agents to cripple him.
>>152860292What does paulo have to apologize to her for? She's usually the one telling him to fuck off or slapping him when he tries to do something for her.
>>152860501I guess he called her a needy boy-using bitch that one time.
>>152860292Wait so it's actually confirmed now that Paulo and Lucy had sex before the play? I thought Taeshi would usually hand wave that but she specifically didn't call that out as incorrect.
>>152860541>needy boy-using bitch that one time.The truth? Lucy, herself, needs fucking Augustus. Did latch onto Paulo when Mike wasn't available, and her entire relationship with Mike was that.
>>152860594Also tried to rape him, so she's literally no better than Alejandro.
>>152860594Pointing out Lucy's own misdeeds is the most heinous crime that can be committed in this comic.
>>152860282It seems he's been lucky SO FAR by only falling for guys with saintlike patience and understanding, because if I was the other guy on the track team and saw James start his bullshit again I would have given an ultimatum if he was to burn Mike and fuck the team. David has none of that (nor love for him) so I expect him to drop James in the most pity baiting way possible because meme dog can't be help responsible of his actions
>>152860342LitS basically doomed James to everyone. Even if he apologizes to mike, he's just in the doghouse forever.
>>152860292>Paulo has to sit Lucy down and apologize to herHere comes the queen!Everyone's expected to kiss the ring!But seriously, that fucking question lol, it's expertly loaded
>>152860668If James did apologize, I wonder how Mike--in his current state--would take that. All we've seen is Mike telling Paulo not to worry about him, which is not much of an insight.
>>152860747Probably no reaction but "heh", and it'd seem like a dishonest apology anyways.>I'm not sorry for what I did to you I'm sorry because other people are mad at me.
>>152860809Right now, yes, absolutely. But I think James is a character who is not beyond redemption after a strong enough kick to the balls.
>>152860747I think he'd be too burned out, and let's be real, not a single character that apologizes to him has stayed on his side long enough to actually put him at ease, Daisy his "confidant" hasn't even talked to him and blames the cheating on him, and Paulo his "best friend" is more concerned with a promise to Lucy
>>152860747Well he's actually skipping track, which doesn't line up with what I expected from him being self sacrificial and pretending everything is ok. If I had to guess, he'd probably accept the apology but refuse to return to the team. Maybe he'd say something about needing to practice more. I don't feel confident about whether Mike will end up resenting James or just thinking he was right, but I think either mindset can accommodate an outward reaction like this.
Seems that in the future Bleating Heart the dumbass cop wants to be absolved of sins, and has a hero complex, and probably has interest in women half his age.
>>152860907I think it kind of does, track was a huge positive for him, it was an activity he was good at and people liked him for his skills and not for romantic interest (lel), it made him feel important, it was a nice break from everything else happening and exercise is good for dopamine. He's leaving all of that behind because two members now see him as persona non grata and James even blames him for not letting him have alone time with meme dog, even if the rest of the team would take his side Mike would give it all up to stop being worst cat next to them
Even taeshi couldn't resist writing the natural outcome of Paisy, if only in a BCI
>>152861036>Paisy divorce gets a disclaimer: This could never happen , they're in love and this story isn't possible REEEE>FITR Mike gets Taeshi saying: This is absolutely true, Mike would absolutely do this it's just not happening in the comic's timelineWEW LAD
>>152860999>Seems that in the future Bleating Heart the dumbass cop wants to be absolved of sins,What did he do though?
>>152861036Just ship Maulo already, T.>>152861086Mike X Sandy could've been bad for GOOD reasons, like them growing apart naturally and LDRs being shit, instead you made her a cheating whore that won't let him go.
>>152861036>>152861086>This would never happen But this is the most accurate portrayal of how these people would function in the real world you've ever made Tae
>>152861111Checked.
>>152861026I guess my thinking is that the whole track thing is already ruined for him by the time he gives it up. David was already disrupting the dopamine flow back when he was on ok terms with James. So it could be a sacrifice to concede that territory entirely or it could just be the more comfortable option to avoid those two assholes that hate him.>>152861036If Another Path was evidence of Pucy being untenable then what does this say about Paisy
>>152861036Where are they living where paulo looks like he works at both a car factory or a repair shop, and being a bus boy?
>>152861111I thought it was pretty clear by now that Taeshi is kind of like schoolbus driver Otto on the test lot: Sweving to hit every single traffic cone because she does not understand what it means to be good at her job.
>>152861140
>>152860999She does kind look like some mix of Mary and Fauna lol
>>152861111If you read the post to the end it's actually suitcase that wrote these words and not taeshi. So you can assume he is coping about his OTP and leave it at that
>>152861100It's only been vaguely implied but Mary's mom supposedly hates him in the future and he feels guilty, so he probably played a hand in Mary getting blamed rightfully or not for Fauna's death, and leading to Mary having a very bad future and maybe also dying
>>152861185Okay I'm confused here. Where does this post actually say "n-nuh uh this couldn't p-possibly happen no way! *sob*?"
>>152860999>probably has interest in women half his age.check out pic related also he said something about wanting to have a family in the previous chapter >>152861100he's on rocky terms with mary's mom in the future even though they have been teased to be a couple, so more than likely something to do with mary
>>152861207at the end of the blogpost about it on the website
>>152861173I'm developing a theory>Mary = Greg Universe>Fauna = Pink Diamond>what's her face = Steven
>>152861217Thank you, anon. It would be even funnier if Taeshi had to assure Suitcase this wasn't possible because he was taking it poorly, and he's trying to convince himself she wasn't lying.
Why do these panels remind me of the zootopia abortion comic?
>>152860747Probably a deadpan "okay"
>>152861257
>>152861217I wonder if Suit sees himself as Paulo
>>152861140Anywhere today honestly
>>152861334I want Arby's?
>>152861036>This wouldn't happen!>How so? Is Paulo going to happily wage slave for Daisy and is Daisy going to drop her studies for Paulo?>Because they love each other very much!
>>152861140I interpreted it as Paulo freeting between dead end jobs (even though I think mechanics actually get paid pretty well), but based on >>152861257 it seems like he does work as both a grease monkey and a high end waiter (another job I thought paid pretty well…)
>>152861589>I think mechanics actually get paid pretty wellAVG is 50k(2024), better than Uncle Ruckus cosplaying. Less time than Daisy Field to boot.
>>152861589Considering Taeshi thinks Paulo's dad has a low paying job in CONSTRUCTION I don't think she cares to investigate how much jobs actually payAlso so far this BCI is putting all the blame on Daisy, her reactions are not what I'd expect of her
>>152861036Look at mah boi. He's one helluva butler
>>152861741Where I live (according to the numbers I found) construction workers make below the cost of living. Not by a ton, but as a single father with a deadbeat baby momma I can see that feeling pretty poor.>>152861589I guess he’s trying to pay Daisy’s way through school? But if she’s in a lab I’m guessing she’s in a PhD program, and those pay you.
>>152861967>>152861716Meant the second one as a reply to this
>>152860163based
>>152861257Daisy do be lookin fine as hell thoWhat are the chances that she's cheating on Paulo in that BCI? What are furthere chances of it being Abbey or Augustus?
>>152862159>What are the chances that she's cheating on Paulo in that BCI?Zero, the description is pure bait, she could barely get herself to have them divorce there's no chance she'd sully her doodoo ass favorite ship
Remember guys: LLMs are completely accurate and true, all hail our ai overlords
>>152862479This is how we save Mike from Lucy
>>152862494The cycle ends here.
>>152859778This new color palette...Lucy space is expanding
>>152861552I like how this implies Mike and Lucy don't actually love each other
>>152860999Damn, this crazy bitch is the same age as me....
>>152862833I mean, Lucy was Mike's first relationship in the way she forced herself on him from an early age and that probably messed up with his idea of love so it would make sense he doesn't really love her. And Lucy has no soul so she can't love
>>152861589Both of those jobs can pay well, but it typically requires pretty strong interpersonal skills to make bank and you have to grind through being a shop bitch before you can get anywhere as a mechanic.>>152860292>Paulo's growth is overhypedCorrect.>LUCY LUCY LUCYNot so correct.
>>152863490It's BCB you have to phrase just about anything as if it's in Lucy's best interests to have a chance at it getting listened to.
I believe that secretly taeshi doesn't really like paisy all that much and just smushed them together out of the inertia of it being her original plan and to please her retarded husband. I'm also pretty sure they're suitcase's OTP because he likes the pseudo incest aspect of Daisy being "like a little sister" to Paulo.
>>152861036>>152861217It brings me contentment that Paisy is so fucking doomed. I look forwards to their breakup arc (sometime in 203X at the pace this comic goes).
>>152860292>Ask says "Paulo sucks!">Taeshi immediately says "He and Lucy are very similar, so he hasn't felt any need to '''''''''''apologize'''''''''''"Huh. Taeshi is actually telegraphing that Lucy sucks, and doesn't deserve an apology. That's interesting.
>>152863669Taeshi has done nothing to make you think that, she added a whole ass 30 page flashback just to white wash Paulo being slightly mean to Daisy, and she has every character act like an OOC monster just to keep Daisy's hands clean too
>>152864105That entire chapter was odd. Most everyone in that group were just responding to how Paulo has treated them. Abbey was going slightly overboard because he has actual anger issues and Sue is, well, Sue. Daisy was probably harsher to Paulo in Golden Hour than what she supposedly did to give him a chip on his shoulder. It just made polo look like a soggy bitch, as it's common around here to say. Really weird thing to think you needed to elaborate on.
>>152864105It made Paulo look much worse than before.
>>152834895How this dog has not been punched in the face yet is surprising
>>152864385Nobody can reach it
>>152839004>>152859778God cannot lose anon.
>>152844630I got about halfway to scrubbing Mike out of this page in paint before my computer died on me, it changes absolutely nothing, Lucy is still just talking to the air and sandy is too wasted to notice.
>>152864481The Pale Queen, The Eyeless One, She Who Wants Nothing has touched the First Square. Now all paths converge at the Tree on the Hill, place outside places, from which no mortal leaves unchanged.
>>152864481This is fucking sweet, seeing this and especially your Jamesssss makes up for all the bullshit in this Intermission.
Bump
>>152866529So within the context of this ask, why is Molly calling someone here a loser? Random character to choose
>>152866529BPD author vs autistic anon part 2 lol, Taeshi being in charge of the blog is proving worthwhile.
>>152866795>Random character to chooseMolly has a crush on Paulo, so her defending Paulo makes some sense.
>>152866529>gets called out at least twice>dishes out a other insult while painting herself as the poor misunderstood victim who can't control her own characters
>>152866529It's bizarrely wholesome seeing Taeshi be openly hostile again. It's like watching a caged tiger get released back into the wild.
>>152866935I'd be less unimpressed if she hadn't immediately chickened out and tried excusing herself.
>>152866529#IStandWithTaeshi, that was pretty clearly an in-character joke and not any unwarranted hostility
>>152867001Agreed, and Amber Heard is a pretty swell gal.
>>152867001Yeah it was a pretty obvious joke I don't know why that asker had their panties in a bunch, Taeshi gave a straight forward answer and a funny picture as an aside.
>>152867093>Taeshi's cultivated tumblerina fanbase finally starts turning on her
>>152867093I hate to be a “comedy is illegal now” guy but I do think it’s more common these days to take an obvious joke in bad faith.Saw something similar with the Homestar Runner mini-revival a while back. They got some blowback when Strong Bad made fun of an email. “You send me your emails and I make fun of them” was practically the original pitch of the show!
>>152867257I mean I get your point but Tumblr is the "reading in bad faith" website, piss on the poor and what not, so if she's not lucky she's actually going to face the ugly side of it
>>152866529The Daisy and Paulo one was just a cheap way to show "erm achtually u are wrong look how mature Paulo is after you insulted him". The Molly drawing was just unprofessional and idiotic. But I do agree with her in this one
Last for Lucy needing her coffee in the morning to get her and Alejandro's five children ready for school
