>>152958034
More Mike suffering yaaaay

>>152958034
Here we go, more forced Sandy hate so that we're not supposed to like her. But remember kiddies! Daisy says it was all Mike's fault anyway!

>>152958034
Sandy is a moron because Lucy can't win against actual competition due to her cornucopia of flaws. But maybe we can pretend that it makes sense for Sandy to also be a master manipulator and guilt tripper.

And Taeshi's stupid comment about checking in on how Mike was doing.

>>152958065
Kid looks like he's dissociating.

>>152958081
Daisy has always wanted to inhale Sandy's muff and has always lamented that she missed out on being a whore.

>>152958034
Suefags in shreds, their girl is never gonna get her chapter

Mikefags out celebrating their boy is back for more tortureporn

>>152958081
>>152958150
While I maintain that Mike/Daisy would have been a more convincing couple than Paisy, scarf cat really dodged a bullet.

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wtf does this mean

>>152958034
Looks like the Sandy got groomed arc is kicking in. It's kinda like Lucy in that she's treating him like shit but he'll look bad if he hits back because she has problems. Of course, Sandy's problem is a little more serious than the other girls not wanting to play trucks with her.

>>152958193
It means Lucy will achieve victory against Mike no matter the cost, even if it means alienating her "friends"

>>152958183
Mike x Daisy would have at least been more interesting to watch unfold even if it didnt work out

>>152958034
This is genuinely heartbreaking. Mike is burned out being with Sandy, loves and cares about her, but clearly doesn't want to date her. But he can't break up without her feeling resentful and him feeling guilty. Sandy talks so much she has no idea how it's impacting Mike, she doesn't even give consideration for him to vent about the suicidal depression she has no idea exists. I'm worried he's going to snap, and Sandy will feel insulted wondering what she did wrong, and betrayed cause she's trying to make this work (granted she's talkative and oblivious). If they fall apart it's going to be emotionally damaging, Mike will feel guilty hurting her, Sandy will feel hurt wondering what went wrong. Best case, Mike will let her down gently and ask to be friends, he'll vent about how Lucy antagonized him and why he feels trivialized and unwanted. Then Mike will choose himself for once and not date. Worst case, Sandy will despise him over the argument/breakup, Mike will feel guilty and ashamed, and then will consider dating for a toxic relationship. He sees himself as a romantic trophy with no other value towards others or himself. Dating Lucy would be deadly, Lucy will just insult, use, and abuse him like a punching bag like old times, selfishly refuse to acknowledge him as an individual, claim he's supposed to be her object for pushing her to suicide, and he'll feel too depressed, trivialized, and purposeless to stand up for himself or build a self-esteem. If Mike does snap, either he'll work it out with Sandy or they'll break up messily, I'm curious to see where this goes.

>>152958233
Maisy would've been ideal. If only Mike was a chubby chaser, he and Daisy would've been so fucking cute together. And Paulo and Lucy could've fucked off be toxic and initiate teen pregnancy elsewhere.

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>>152958034
>never gonna live Francis down
how old was this motherfucker
her mother ruin his job, blacklist him, and still be worried for her daughter
seriously wtf!?

>>152958193
>Taeshi tries to look like she's not demonizing the Goldie stand-in by throwing her some pity bait
>accidentally makes Sandy's trauma far more compelling than Lucy's because her gauge for these matters is broken beyond repair

>>152958284
Her mom sounds like a psycho bitch in general so who knows?

>>152958284
>teenage daughter did something stupid
>is still a teenage daughter so could do another stupid thing
It's basically the same as Lucy's family worrying over her post-suicidal self but without the insta-win screech button.

>>152958233
They'd have a better relationship than Mike has with Sandy and especially Lucy. Daisy loves Miek but believed she deserved him without considering Mike's side, although she felt they were good for each other. If she allows Mike to vent, builds a positive self-esteem and worth for him, and lifts him out of his depression, trivialization, and romantic objectification by giving him intrinsic value, then yeah they would work out beautifully. Mike and Paulo would work out healthily for the same reason, even though Paulo bullied him he's greviously sorry and showed Mike more intrinsic value for his mental health and happiness than Lucy could. Lucy did after Mike cut her off but regressed, now she's just selfish and hateful. Mike is still the most tragically wronged character in this main universe. And others. Espcially Darkmaverik's, goes without saying.

>>152958296
It'll be funny if Mike finally gets over his alleged "hero complex" by just hitting Sandy with the "sorry you got groomed but I'm out." Although that would have to start with either of them realizing that even happened, which seems like it's a way off.

>>152958284
>>152958315
Sandy's mom sounds like a helicopter parent, but I imagine she has to be because of how fucking retarded her daughter is. She literally only approved of Mike dating Sandy cuz of stable he is.

>>152958269
Mike's still with Sandy for a combination of reasons. Her guilt-tripping him, sunk-cost fallacy, lack of a spine, and a sense of self-punishment for his perceived role in Lucy's suicide attempt.

>Mike is a bit selfish about something
>"typical Mike bullshit I hope he dies"
>Sandy consistently fails to process that other people even having feelings
>"WOW her upbringing must have done a number on her, so sad for her :("
love this discord man

>>152958034

This comic is highly satanic because it has cats aka DEMON S

>>152958315
also nuts of Sandy not giving a shit about the punishment of Francis after SHE had a crush on him, and her mother ruined his career
>>152958326
she has a job with people her age - this is a blowout reaction if this was a normal crush

>>152958284
Francis gotta be a cat or dog anon, bcb takes place in an ethnostate remember?

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>>152958284
Roughly 21-22. Shame though cause Sandy could've had a polycule harem of future baby breeders.
>>152958315
But she's a hot fuckable MILF psycho bitch lol. She's extremely comparable to Faith but I have trouble picking who's worse. They're both harsh parents but one makes her 9-year-old daughter wear a skimpy bikini for child beauty pagents so I'm concerned with how much further she would go.

>>152958400
BCB is just Double Standards: The Comic and that appeals to certain types of people.

>>152958413
>Vapid women caring about others
Kek

>>152958413
Taeshi can't seem to decide what to do about Francis. If he was a young adult it was absolutely an issue. Regardless, her mom saw it as a dumb mistake so the principle continues to apply.

>>152958428
People literally rooting for the vapid selfish cheater lmao

>>152958034
I wonder what Mike is writing.
>All work and no play makes Mike a dull boy
>All work and no play makes miek a dull boy
>All work and no play miake mike a dull boy
>All work and no play makes Mike a dull boy
>all work and no play makes Mike a dull boy
>all work and no play Makes mike a dull boy

>>152958489
Mike attained a Death Note off screen and is going to town

>>152958489
He's planning out his v-tuber debut. He shall become a pioneer in streaming since it's like 2009-2010

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>>152958400
Being a sociopath is just a quirky character trait don't take it so personally normie.

>>152958495
Mike be like "I won't take a potato chip and eat it"

>>152958284
He was definitely supposed to be older, like maybe mid-20s, but Tae chickened out and said he was like 16/17 and a prodigy hair-stylist.

>>152958357
His boredom with Sandy's nonsense kind of undercuts the whole hero complex thing.

Mike didn't deserve it.

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>>152958034
>'Never gonna live Francis down'
What does she mean by that? That her mom doesn't trust her anymore because of her... 'time' with Francis?

Also, imagine yapping about that shit to your alleged boyfriend. that you allegedly love so very very much.

>>152958081
Most characters in the comic suck ass even when the author tries to paint them as being right...

I've always said this, but the only good ones are the ones who barely ever show up.

>>152958533
Flak0ps cited, day better
>>152958540
that's even worst cause she ruined his job for nothing then lmao

>>152958632
Yes. Her mom views her little thing with Francis as some kind of scandal and a generally retarded move on Sandy's part so she is going harder on helicopter parent mode

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>>152958034
>I'm never gonna live Francis down
Genuinely, how stupid do you have to be to mention the guy cheated with more than once with your boytoy? It feels like opening that wound repeatedly would end a relationship again, but permanently. Has a single girl who has shown interest in Mike not gaslighted him at least once?

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>>152958400
I only talk about the comic here and have never gone on the discord, and I'm unironically more sympathetic to Sandy than Mike. She's got actual stuff going on offscreen, with tension, stakes, motive, all that shit. Mike is just a leaf in the wind - he started as the popular kid, with good grades, anime reflexes, loyal friends, confidence, et cetera, and his story has just been him declining from that peak one abuse at a time. And unlike the Paulo "soggy" bitch or Lucy "never wanted it" whitecat, there's not even a sense of schadenfreude: Mike's misery isn't amusing to watch, just sad and pathetic.

Sandy has an ultra-controlling mother and a full-time job monopolizing her time, and she still has more personal agency than Mike.

>>152958752
'Kay

>>152958717
I would not be shocked to find out Sandy has been trying to subtly punish Mike for some percieved transgression since Taeshi's BPD appears to be contagious among the cast.

>>152958034
>See it's just like what Augustus is doing to Lucy! He's letting the phone ring despite her hating it! That's just as cruel as Sandy bitching to her boyfriend about the guy she cheated on him with. I'm totally torturing the two equally!

>>152958495
Wouldn't he just write his own name, followed by "in an accident that's no-one's fault"? I can't see Mike wishing death on anyone else.

>>152958034
So does this KINDA confirm Sandy's mom caught her calling Francis right away to tell him she was available and immediately took matters on her own hands and pretty much forced Sandy to go back to her only footing Mike? Because the speed at which she "changed her mind" and her schedule including firing Francis on the spot for more with her mom taking the reigns from her

>>152958854
I don't think Taeshi has a coherent idea about what went down because she cares about effects over causes. Anons predicted the same thing forever ago regarding Lucy's time away and then Taeshi confirmed it.

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>>152958752
I understand her reasons and all, but I can't sympathize with her much.

Why not just cut ties with Mike? I understand the psychological implications that she might see him as her only remaining connection to her youth, to things when they were simpler and all, but things just aren't working out for both of them, it's just making them both feel miserable at this point.

Plus, I don't feel like she actually regretted cheating on him at all. She certainly didn't sound like it back when she confessed she did, nor did she make it sound like she didn't want it.

Mike is an idiot, he should've cut ties then and there, but I also understand that he probably felt guilty over it, since he probably believed that, if Sandy ever started indulging in self-harm, he'd be responsible for it.

>>152958193
The way Taeshi is just now bringing some plot points people have been annoyed she's skipping like Lucy suddenly feeling consequences gives me a foul taste in that they're very convenient now, but it's interesting that they're at least being brought in

>>152958752
It's just funny to me that Mike being eaten alive by his own problems (specifically, being too accommodating and afraid of setting boundaries) is seen is pathetic and self-destructive and contemptible, while Lucy is just as self-sabotaging except in a bitchy way, but people feel sorry for her.

>>152958813
Both cats are selflessly(?) enduring unnecessary torments or whatever. Mike would do himself a favor to dump the emotional parasite Sandy whereas Lucy needs a boy more focused on her needs than his own ego.

>>152958752
I mean you're right about all the pieces being there, but for the most part she's just a cartoonishly vapid voice on a phone. We'll see where the story goes but she's mostly a Potential Man at this point, for me at least.

>>152958981
Lucy has plenty of boys ready and waiting to kiss her ass at a moment's notice. Her problem is she has an unhealthy fixation on someone she repeatedly abuses because he happened to put up with her ass when they were children

>>152958970
She was too busy torturing Mike to actually build out her characters in meaningful ways. After all, that would make them more complicated and thus harder to use as implements of pain. Don't get me wrong, it's noce that she's finally allowing reality to kick in just a tad harder now, but it's clearly going to be used for additional pity bait.

>>152959008
Yes but acknowledging Lucy's actual flaws a decade ahead of schedule is not allowed, because that makes telling a stretched out series of ancient dusty plotpoints harder.

>>152958326
Difference is Lucy's family is disgustingly permissive and let Lucy walk all over them, the one time they tried to force her to something she tried to kill herself. Sandy's mom is WHY she's even a model, her mom is exploiting her and her care of her is less out of concern for her daughter and more for her career

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>>152958717
>If you rationalize it it's all your fault really, will you really stop trusting me after betraying your trust? Is that how you see me?

>>152958717
>One mistake
A series of 'mistakes' since it wasnt a one time encounter from the insinuations

>>152959008
Her problem is an abject refusal to communicate. Augustus is a dumb fuck for keeping that phone but I don't think it's a question of priorities. He'd probably do something about it if she told him it was traumatizing her. He's the best simp she's had so far because he's willing and able to act on her behalf without Lucy needing to tell or ask him anything, he demands nothing of her. Even Paulo falls short because he asked Lucy what she wanted and still cares about other people. I think it's silly on that anon's part to imply it gets much better than Augustus in this respect.

>>152958967
I mean, Sandy called Mike unfair for being angry at Francis and she hung up "due to his reaction", not out of guilt or shame. Also the shoddily put together reason he took her back was because Lucy's literal jumpscare and constant ribbing him about it did a work on Mike and he was afraid to have another suicide on his hands

>>152958988
This. Sandy has potential but the interesting version of her exists only in headcanon because her set role is vapid cheating whore. Most characters we see more often also suffer from this because Taeshi is a champion at squandering potential.

>>152959147
Augustus doesnt demand anything because he is already getting food and a place to stay for free (aside from managing her ass).

>>152958981
Lucy's problem isn't that she hasn't found the right person, but that there's no such thing for her because she has no love for anyone that's not herself and no one can be everything she wants them to be because she doesn't know what she wants

>>152959147
>hat she wanted and still cares about other people. I think it's silly on that anon's part to imply it gets much better than Augustus in this respect.
Foolish fool, who do you think is at the helm of this comic? Clearly Augustus is at fault for not anticipating the phone trauma as well, for has he not seen it firsthand? Away with you and your reasonable expectations, this is Taeshi BCB hour and bucko those clock hands aren't moving.

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>>152959135
>the insinuations
Sandy said her mom would kill her if she caught her running around with Francis, with what they were doing.
>>152959147
>he's willing and able to act on her behalf without Lucy needing to tell or ask him anything; he demands nothing of her. Even Paulo falls short because he asked Lucy what she wanted and still cares about other people.
Anon, what you described is a slave with extreme Stockholm syndrome.

>>152959194
*BPD hour

>>152958392
True, he feels obligated to be with Sandy and does love her but not romantically any more. I don't think she guilt tripped, she did agree to talk to him more often and be more attentive and considerate, but now is mostly just talking with no awareness for how it's hurting him. She's treating him like a vent buddy instead of a boyfriend and will get upset when he snaps, telling her to shut up and ask him how he is for once. She's not malicious, just oblivious to her own ego.

>>152959147
It's not so much she can't communicate but she expects everyone to read her mind. Mike failed her because he didn't keep pushing despite being rejected, he failed her because he didn't accept his place as her whole selfless emotional support that she needed so much but never said out loud. The table failed her because they didn't act in a way she wanted them to but never mentioned, specially when it came to not exiling Mike themselves, Paulo failed her by not being her blood knight and swearing a loyalty she never asked for, and is now hold by a promise she never accepted. It wouldn't surprise me if her next shouting match is about how no one noticed she was hurting physically and offered her help

>>152959313
>Expects everyone to read her mind
Sounds like most women

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>>152959201
Exactly, he described Lucy's perfect partner

>>152958400
>>152958428
The double standards and Mike bullying are the plot's emotional depth. Sandy actually is tragic, she tries to be nice but winds up being self-centered without realizing. Her parents and teachers impact her along with her own self-assurance, and lack of introspection. She's not trying to hurt Mike but can't see how her verbosity is.
No normal person would victim blame him.
>>152958632
That Sabrina's going to hold the affair with Francis over her.; The characters are flawed but not to the point of moral depravity.
>>152958533
You can't choose to have a disorder. I think sociopathy could circumstantially be quirky. Edge, sass, and ego can be quirky but only if they don't cross the line that bleeds into being insulting or antagonizing.
>>152958675
That was kind of extreme, Sandy likely needed assurance she wouldn't fall for him again but yeah, his job totally got fucked.
>>152958717
She felt it was in the past. On that note I know people don't like Sandy saying this on this page but she says that out of genuine guilt and remorse, and love for Mike. He wasn't obligated to forgive her but it was virtuous that he did. Sandy may or may not take responsibility that her own mistakes pushed him away.
>>152958752
That sounds like Sabrina, even if Sandy is happy this would definitely ruin her and lead to further venting towards Mike.

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>>152958475
Yes.

>>152959313
This is what I was getting at regarding how Augustus is a "poor" fit for Lucy. Mike was "superior" in that he attempted to anticipate her every need, or at least that's the angle I assume Taeshi will go with in her attempt to prop up Mucy when the time comes. Even though Augustus has become the superior simp in almost every other regard since his lobotomy.

>>152958717
>one mistake
Yeah, fuck those guys who get upset about their girlfriends cheating on them, what do they know? It was a mistake, a tiny little "whoopsies" that anyone could make, getting bent out of shape about it is just so immature.

>>152958034
The new saturation is so fucking ass

>>152958034
I hate this new coloring style. It took me a while to realize that was Mike since he's white now instead of gray. As if this comic doesn't already have enough white cats.

>>152959422
I think the main difference is that Lucy wouldn't hit Augustus, she doesn't have that kind of closeness or trust to get as personal as she did with Mike, and her troubles started when Mike himself got tired of that. Augustus can love her like a sister and actually take the mantle of her enforcer but he won't be someone that Lucy can abuse because he doesn't have that kind of patience either. It's the closeness she wants that also made her consider Paulo who is also a punching bag, except Paulo wanted things in return like love and that doesn't fly with Lucy

>>152959492
>>152959507
For obvious reasons I can't talk but I don't like it either. We need to go back to Volume 4 instead of this crap.

>>152958034
No matter how much of a bitch Taeshi tries to make Sandy, she obviously got groomed in an industry her mother forced her to give up her childhood for. It doesn't matter if you frame it as her complaining while not realizing/caring that she's hurting Mike, she's still a victim of something much more serious than a high school friend group breaking up. Of all Mike torture, this is the one thing he asked for. He took her back after cheating on him and asked her to communicate more, and she's doing just that. He knew this topic was going to effect her working life for a while and all she does is work, so what else would she talk about? Especially since he probably isn't talking himself. No matter what Taeshi tries, she always finds a way for me to feel the opposite way of her intention for a scene. Cheating on your boyfriend is bad, but they're retarded teens and also she got groomed, so idk I don't think she's a mega bitch for it, just a dumb girl who was a prime target and trying to maintain what she feels is her only shred of normalcy.

>>152958284
Francis is so dreamy

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>>152958979
In the zeitgeist, boys being passive and self-sabotaging is contemptible, but in girls it's expected, even mandatory. Highschool boys get called fag if they're hesitant or dainty in PE, highschool girls get called dykes if they aren't, and all that.

To play devil's advocate, in-comic Mike and Lucy both have the secondary cast feeling sorry for them, but Mike has a record of bouncing back, accepting and offering apologies easily, and has been covering his depressive spiral with aggression or a joke whenever anyone asks. Meanwhile Lucy's history is that she implodes under the slightest pressure, whenever anyone talks to her since she goes all maudlin and gazes wistfully, and her suicide attempt is in a quantum superposition of known and unknown thanks to sloppy retcons.

>>152959556
Yeah I don't see this page as "Sandy is being mean to Mike by only talk about herself" but as "Mike agreed to take her back because she needed him more than he needed her, and she spilling all her problems at him is only evidence of that", he took her back knowing things wouldn't be the same, he didn't forgive her cheating he took her despite of it because the other option was leaving a seemingly desperate girl on her own after something must have gone wrong. Sandy can't talk about anything that's not work because that's all she knows right now, her life has forced her to ignore other things else she starts feeling the anxiety of not being able to live a normal life so she copes by embracing her career.

>>152959492
>>152959507
Taeshi having Roseville be used as a testing ground for chemical and radiological weapons is a weird twist, but maybe the autolysis and subsequent necrosis will play a role in the upcoming arc.

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>>152959669
>but as "Mike agreed to take her back because she needed him more than he needed her, and she spilling all her problems at him is only evidence of that.

Really? To me it just reads as she trying to overcompensate for not keeping in touch with him before. Before their fight, Mike was the one reaching out to her, but she dismissed him 9 times out of 10. Now that she feels like her lifeline to the past is at risk, she feels the need to overcompensate by yapping and yapping, instead of trying to make a real bond.

Again, I do understand that she suffered and still suffers, but I can't really sympathize with her much. One of them needs to stand up, talk things out, and end things amicably.

Sandy is unfortunately the most interesting character in this comic and it's not even close

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>>152959785
Taeshi's been working on more retcons to modernise previous pages, I got a delicious preview

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>>152959934
I loved those, lmao

>>152959934
Horse beaten so much it's just a pile of dust at this point and yet it makes me laugh every time

>>152959934
Honestly "I feel sorry for your mom" while not as funny would have been more shocking considering the context

>>152959785
For once, Taeshi has telegraphed something pretty clearly and that's how Sandy is (intended to be) a fundamentally selfish person who loves to yap on and on herself and only ever shows interest in the wellbeing of others as a way of benefitting herself. Do I believe that Taeshi has succeeded? Sure, if you inly ever look at the post-EF interactions. But she fucked up by portraying Sandy's guilt over cheating on Mike during Model Girlfriend. That humanized her too much for the subsequent sledgehammer "subtleties" to stick.

>>152958034
I just realized I don't mind the new art style for this page as much. Maybe the background having those kind of sickly colors doesn't look so bad when it's an indoor setting. And somehow that bed itches my brain the right way, something about the thin, scratchy lines and the shading on the side makes it look cozy.

>>152959556
It's petty but I'm a little annoyed that this has been turned into something Mike can't really complain about without it sucking any less for him. Why couldn't she just cheat with somebody her age? Both in-canon and out, Mandy is an insanely dogshit relationship that you're supposed to want to see end, but now we've got this grooming thing to work through first. How's that even going to work?

I'm really hoping the story hurries up and has Mike and Sandy start to think about the implications of Francis being so much older than her. I think that's what we're in for. If they never address it, then the story is functionally Sandy throwing her cheating in Mike's face repeatedly with unnecessary, uncomfortable subtext.

>>152959882
'Kay

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>>152959934
I will finish... what you started

The fifth panel looks authentic, she'd actually draw it like that these days.

>>152960030
It would be nice to see Mike point blank ask Sandy why she really decided to dump Francis but stay calm about it so Sandy couldn't try and weasel out with another pity party.

>>152958034
>My mom keeps nagging me for
>Staying out late
>Not coming back to my own hotel at night
>Talking to other people
So Sandy's just gonna tell Mike that she's still cheating and Mike has zero reaction?
Also makes it clear she only broke up with Francis and got back with Mike because of her mom making her do it.

>>152960651
Cat's broken, anon. Besides, it doesn't look like he has much investment in Sandy these days. Makes me wonder if he'd even care at all.

>>152960651
It's not like Mike took her hoping to fix the relationship, he was afraid she'd jump too

>>152960780
Eh, Taeshi did portray him as somehow confused as to why their relationship wasn't going back to normal, which indicates the opposite. But she also couldn't pick a lane and stick to it. Mike's reactions to the restored relationship have been all over the place so it's practically meaningless.

>>152958392
The comic would be infinitely better with Lucy dead.

>>152960932
It would be terminally boring. What would actually improve the comic by leaps and bounds is Lucy being held to account by the universe.

>>152960932
But then what would you guys talk about?

>>152961013
Nothing, we'd be free because at that point the comic would be too unbelievably dull and repetitive to retain interest. Taeshi would still have her shortbus audience of course.

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>>152959934
>>152959954
It's a classic.

>>152960030
I like Mandy, but that's because I don't care if Mike is happy.

>>152961040
>we'd be free because at that point the comic would be too unbelievably dull and repetitive to retain interest.
Taeshi would just amp up the Mike torture. Maybe even actually have him tortured.

>>152961623
Without Lucy in the endgame to benefit, Taeshi would get bored and leave Mike by the wayside. At which point the comic would become the Paulo Show 2.0 with added Paisy.

>>152961662
That'd suck. I can't really imagine anyone invested in reading that.

Mike's suffering sucks, but at least it makes the audience cheer for him and hope for better days to come. There's not much to write about Paisy, though.

>>152961825
I am sure there are Paulo fans who think his random forays into soggy little bitch territory are the heights of pathos, so the comic would retain a reduced audience. Assuming, of course, that Taeshi herself did not drop the comic since she could no longer vicariously live out her big What If? fantasy.

>>152961891
>no longer vicariously live out her big What If? fantasy.
Until bcb turns into a magical boy comic and Mike is forced to resurrect Lucy and she is his familar. She isn't even an animal just Lucy.

>>152962571
>Your power comes from happy thoughts and your connections with your friends.
>But Lucy, I've been miserable and lonely ever since you died.
>Sucks for you asshole, because here comes the monster of the week.

>>152961517
Will the rest of the cast ever find out she had Paulo's sperm running down her thighs during the play?

>>152962796
They found out off screen in Witch Hunt
Lucy couldn't have washed her dress after the play because of the suicide so she would've reeked of cum all night

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>>152962796
>TFW you feel your thighs stick together on stage

>>152962796
Paulo fired a blank, you know it to be true

>>152958034
Ok I legit really really really don't like this colouring already. I would really like to know why this happened. God damn Tae read some shit on colour theory. AT LEAST the art looks better, but damn she is re-using assets a bit. Check the hands how the wrist doesn't connect to the arms.

>>152963316
I'm still hoping this palette is for the purposes of illustrating that Mike is super depressed in february, the most depressing month, and not just the way it looks now.

Either that or the sickly green hue is meant to convey that Mike and Lucy are radioactive. Maybe the next time they're in a scene together the color pallette will shift to bright white-blues and red-oranges as they go supercritical.

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>>152963199
>Lucy had sex with Paulo wearing a thick robe on top of this poofy dress on top of her already thick fur
How was Paulo the only one drenched in sweat?

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I remember days when the sun shone, and laughter could be heard from the cast.

>>152963559
He was actually into it, Lucy was just a dead fish.

>>152963579
McCain, obviously. He's level 6 with S-tier quirks.

At this point, just murder mike and torture him for the next 40 pages of the next chapter.

>>152963676
Maybe we can get the chapters bookended by Mike's nightmare, like we got with Lucy. 5 pages of Mike dreaming about getting barbed wire shoved into his dick, then 30 pages of Paisy chewing styrofoam or whatever, then another 5 pages of Mike trying to sleep as his sleep paralysis demons tell him this is only a taste of the infinite suffering to come.

Yo whats up guys I went to prison early July 2022 for some stuff. I had kept up with this comic pretty regularly until then, does anyone here know what chapter had came out around then? Just trying to get my bearings lol

>>152964611
Probably 115, Track Meet. The chapters have dates in the archive though. Let us know what you think.

>>152964611
What's the last thing you remember reading?
In any case, don't worry, I'm sure nothing much has changed, you'll get your bearings soon enough.

>>152958954
Sounds more like she copped it for herself

>>152964611
Gotta ask what you did

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>>152959934
Kek>>152959954

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>>152964753
>track meet was 4 years ago
man it feels like it was yesterday...

>>152966575
The years start coming and they don't stop coming. All that time spent on James for him to end up like this, what a waste.

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>>152966611
Yup. I remember how people were hyped for him, expecting him to be a friend for Mike or at least just a decent dude, but in the end we ended up with an extremely serious competitor for the title of absolute worst character in the comic, and I'm not even exaggerating.

His whole personality and interests are just running, he is retarded, and he has absolutely no loyalty. I'd give him the title of worst character, but David and Lucy offer some serious competition

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>>152959187
Lucy is a tangled Gordian knot of issues - she wants someone decisive yet deferential, safe yet sexual, patient yet proactive, reliable yet rebellious, et cetera. It's an impossible challenge because what Lucy wants is actively contradictory, and so long as it remains unsolved she'll never love anyone.

In the legend of the Gordian knot, Alexander cut through the knot with his sword, thus fulfilling the prophecy that the city would only be conquered by the one who solved the impossible knot. Incidentally, "Alejandro" is a spanish form of the name Alexander.

>>152963676
Love Me.

>>152966715
I'm extremely excited to read this just to see how far Lucy would self-brainwash into normalizing her rape slavery and how tragically her friends would be unable to pull her out of it.

>>152966819
Yeah you in particular sure would love that.

>>152964753
Dope thanks

>>152966018
Possession with intent to distribute

>>152965974
Taeshi copped the idea to not think about it too hard with her time machine.

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>>152958034
Why is Mike white? I honestly thought he was Jordan from the thumbnail.

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>>152933972
Doctor's orders, no overexertion

>>152968013
I can't believe Alejandro ruined Lucy's athletic career

>>152958752
I can't sympathise with her but I still agree with you. Besides, Sandy is the most interesting character rn

>>152960030
You made me realize the perspective is ass

>>152958034
I wonder if Epstein exists in this universe. If he does, then what are the chances of Sandy getting an invitation from him?

>>152969107
>Sandy is the most interesting character rn
You know what would actually make this sandy stuff intresting? Move it to town. Sandy being so divorced from everything makes shit ass.

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>>152969961
What are the chances Lucy would've been sent to the island, never to be seen again, if she accepted this offer?

>>152969975
Even then, I dunno if it would. Mike is so dead inside that I don't know if it'd make any difference.

>>152969961
Zero. She's basically a crusty hag for him

>>152969975
Only if she actually tried to be a good GF, fighting her "recent" characterization, or played a foil/better-than-you foil for Lucy. Being a vapid airhead in person would be no less boring or annoying than what we have now.

>>152970857
*better-than-you rival

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Flakops has already done a better Sandy characterization than Taeshi

>>152970857
>Only if she actually tried to be a good GF, fighting her "recent" characterization, or played a foil/better-than-you foil for Lucy.
Well, duh, why the fuck would I wanna see more vapid assholes after that shit with James? Plus, having everyone dragged into her bullshit would be more fun to watch than what we are doing now.
>>152970989
Yes, but no reason for Lucy to come up.

>>152971096
It's hard to know what any random anon wants from her because of all the "omg vapid brainless whore is best character" spam posts.

>>152969961
Fictional versions of real people do exist in this, so yes that's plausible. That would fucking hurt, Lucy, Mike, and Madison being prevalent rape victims in fanfiction universes already does.
>>152970989
This fucking hurts, especially since Sandy is trying to be better for him. Her only happiness is when Mike will comfort her from her stressful work and home life. But it's a two way street, if Mike feels unhappy and out of love then it's for the best they're not together while toxic.

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>>152971126
Sandy's obvious superiority seems to have caused you some consternation, anon.

>>152971126
Sandy leads the most interesting life in theory, even if in practice we never get to see it

>>152971814
Something interesting?

In MY pointless drama, slice-of-life, psychological-torture, unresolved trauma comic?

We can't have that, we must instead spend months talking about characters no one cares about, or kicking the same dead horse over and over

>>152971667
'Kay

>>152971814
She seems to have fully embraced her life, mom conflicts aside. Until there is a real conflict, there is not much drama to be had, much less enjoyed.

>>152971126
>"omg vapid brainless whore is best character" spam posts
Sandy was clearly forced to grow up too quickly in a toxic, competitive environment as demonstrated by Taeshi herself in earlier chapters before she turned her into nothing more than a tool for Mike's suffering. So, yes, she is indeed the best character because, whether that was Taeshi's intent or not, the complexity of her background is far higher than any other character's in this godforsaken comic (and before you try to act like a retard, no, I'm not saying Sandy is a masterpiece of writing either), which is an extremely easy feat considering they're all flat, uninteresting dogshit, Mike included. But please, do enlighten us, anon. Do tell us who you think is better written than Sandy.

>>152971814
I think this is a case where correlation does equal causality. Sandy is interesting BECAUSE she doesn't have hundreds of pages of exposition and IRL years of explanation on how boring and shitty she is. The comic's "main" characters do not have the same luxury.

>>152972044
If you want serious answers, write posts that deserve them.

>>152972162
I love this brainlet cope.

>>152972162
>Yes my reply is low quality garbage but it's not because I'm incapable
>It's because you haven't unlocked it yet
Ok buddy whatever you say

>>152972355
>t. assblasted reply

>>152972162
Concession gracefully accepted

>>152972395
Stupid people who get worked up over cartoon cats filter themselves, yes.

>>152972420
Your cope has been registered.

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>>152958034
man, how the time flies

>>152972162
>Low effort meme gets a serious response
>Actual serious post explaining what he means and you pussy out
Why?

>>152972462
The sheer information overload would kill you. I won't do that to your parents, who have already suffered enough.

>>152972459
This is somehow artistically superior to what Taeshi puts out these days.

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What is it about Sandy that has this anon seething?

>>152972627
Jealousy. Her brain cell count has fallen so low that Sandy can no longer truly experience suffering. Her complaints are mostly just motor reflex at this point.

>>152972681
she's the most realisitic portrayal of women

>>152972718
Taeshi's greatest foe: Normal women.

>>152970989
Idk if I think sadgirl housewife Sandy is objectively better but it least it feels more organic for them to end up trapped in a shitty relationship forever if she's like this. The thinly veiled suicide threats are good, shoulda been canon.

>>152972044
A background is just a foundation, what you build on top is the important part. And the capability for building is kinda low when she's so isolated from the rest of the cast. I can get as far as "could be the best character" but no further than that.

>>152972459
sandy as kotonoha and daisy as sekai is so unfitting

>>152959882
Taeshi really did Sandy a lot of injustice. I think she would be one of the more popular characters if she stuck around in Roseville.

Hell, let's bring her back. Make Sandy quit her modeling career cuz it's too much for her and she finally defies her mother. Mike will feel like he has absolutely no choice now but to lock in to Sandy for the rest of his life.

>>152972745
Unironically. Women can be fucking cruel to each other, like holy fucking shit, I'm talkin Yugoslav Wars level of cruelty.

Taeshi's BPD already agitates her innate hatred of other women, as it's reflected in her works and taste in boytoys.

>>152973053
Doesn't she keep complaining about men too, though?

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>>152972981
>Mike will feel like he has absolutely no choice now but to lock in to Sandy for the rest of his life.
Finally, a happy ending!

>>152973241
realistically the best ending mike can hope for at least

>>152973089
Sexism isn't either/or. If you look at femcels, for instance, they hate other women ("stacys") for being dumb bimbos, and they hate men for preferring "dumb bimbos". Same with incels, but genderswapped.

Taeshi's married, so I don't think she'd count as a femcel, but she is clearly pretty sexist given how she writes.

>>152972627
In this house Sandy is a hero, end of story.

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>>152973304
Eh, at least Mike can eventually break up with her, or she gets sick of him. Once she sees how Mike is the devil, according to the snake.

>>152958034
sandy is gonna visit for valentines day and fall in love with seperiath, finally cementing mike as the ultimate cuck

>>152974225
Sadly your Sonic OC, much like yourself, will never feel the touch of a real woman.

>>152974462
>he doesn't know who Seperiath is
Yikes

>>152974490
Someone who will never feel the touch of a woman, anon. Do try to keep up.

>>152974462
Why are you so triggered over a meme

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>>152974521
>Someone who will never feel the touch of a woman
But he did, doe?

>>152974589
How are you this upset over mild sarcasm?

>>152974622
Melanie went trans at college so Augustus was retroactively raped by a man.

>>152974225
Considering David is the one common factor for every bad thing that's happened to Mike it's more likely Sandy would cuck Mike with him

>>152974847
Two retards, one heart, and half as many brain cells rounded down.

>>152974847
he's the greatest character he doesn't deserve a maladjusted hoe like sandy

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>>152974462
>NOOOooo! Sandy cheated on me- I mean on Mike, so she's a dumb vapid bitch!
>Mike is NOT a cuck! Mike is NOT a cuck!
How embarassing.

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Sandy is a bigot, this is why based anon hates her!

>>152974907
>muh cat scribble console war
Do yourself a favor and self-insert into something less embarrassing.

>>152974462
Calm down guy, sephiroth isn't even from the same series he won't actually fuck Sandy

>>152974979
He's also from a universe where anons can spell.

>>152974962
>Maishul I won't apologize for ghosting you because the talmud says you goyim are animals anyway
Since Sandy is MAGA will she get the Mar-a-lago plastic surgery face too?

>>152975026
She's a canonically stupid whore so probably, yeah.

>>152974968
>I'm not mad, you're mad!
>I'm only replying to every anon in the thread to tell them how mad they are!
Take a breath, anon, you're being hysterical.

>>152975089
>project
>get mocked
>deflect
Will you ever learn to stop posting for your own good?

>>152975136
>Start malding over a literal meme
Go take a break, your self insert getting a slight joke at his expense doesn't mean you should start pissing your pants over it.

>>152975164
>still projecting hard
I'm sure that will work one of these days.

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>>152975136
>Guy claiming not to be mad, not to be self-inserting and above replying to low quality posts
>Replies to every single person in the thread
>Seething
>Because his self insert was the butt of a goofy meme

>>152975263
Wow, it's a whole convention's worth of projection specialists who can't read.

>>152970989
>>152972627
I love how much Flakops loves Sandy even if she only does because she has a cheating fetish

>>152975443
>cheating fetish
How in the world does someone develop that?

>>152975474
By being french apparently

>>152975511
To be honest, I always saw Sandy as Quebec coded. So maybe you're onto something there.

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>>152975443
Flakops is kind of a freak, but she is based and has a good sense of humor.

>>152975560
Maishul does sound like a fucked up Quebecois way of saying Michael actually

>>152975560
Sandy being Quebecian would explain why she insists on pronouncing "Mike" weird.

>>152975574
She reads like an example of what Taeshi might have become if never stunted by her own shitty romance.

>>152975633
doesn't she have her own webcomic?

>>152975583
>>152975591
>Quebec-mind

>>152975633
The difference that strikes me is that Flakops seems much less wrapped up in 'not being cringe'. Taeshi still has that desperate late-2000s-early-2010s-era fear of being "cringe", with her sarcastic meta-commentary, insistence that she isn't a furry, and layers of irony, and ironically it is extremely cringe.

as apology for lack of Amy's have this

https://files.catbox.moe/4h6ten.zip

>>152976945
You beautiful bastard

>>152976945
Don't download this it makes mustard gas

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>>152976945
Holy fuck FitR 2 is literally just Mike slander, it just completely spikes him into the ground as this comically evil bastard

>>152976945
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vv0Nph2UPA

>>152977169
Back when FitR 1 dropped, I figured Mike's swerve into weirdly careless behavior was the result of letting himself get ground down under Sandy's heel for years. You know, coninciding with him basically devolving into her pet boyfriend. I'd say FitR 2 just shows further progression down that route, but Taeshi"s decided this is a core character trait without putting in the work to back it up. So here we are.

I see the Lucyspawn has an annoyingly familiar personality to go along with her abysmal hairstyle.

>>152976945
Do you also have Family Planning? That BCI came out last week or so

Wow fitr2 really does suck
How the hell did she manage to make turning Lucy into an alcoholic deadbeat Mike's fault?
What the fuck is wrong with Lucy that she'd offer to break up with the father of her unborn child because her dumb one night stand kid is jealous?
And most important of all, why would Sue cheat on Amaya D: by taking advantage of Lucy's drunk ass?
At least Daisy's cheating ass got what she deserved.

>>152977169
What's her endgame? If she were legitimately interested in meeting the Graycats she wouldn't be grinning evily about it.

>>152977762
Lucy and Mike's kid being a shitheel and trying to spill the news out of spite, and all blamed on Mike again. Because Mike is Taeshi's most hated creation and Lucy must never have agency.

>>152977762
What happened to Daisy

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If Eternal Flame didn't happen in this universe then what the hell is she talking about

Spoilered the image this time

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>>152976945
Holy fuck, Paisy sucks so bad lol

>>152977803
>Lucy loses the Mikebowl
>becomes an alcoholic
>Paulo wins the Daisybowl
>becomes an alcoholic
Nuff said!

>>152977791
>Kisses Mike in the library like in the comic
>Asked for Sandy's number so Sandy could "have a friend" to vent to
>Went out with Mike
>Became Sandy's long distance girlfriend
>Tried to have both Mike and Sandy
>Mike and Sandy dumped her ass when they found out fixing their relationship

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>>152977169
Chloe just found out the hard way that when Mike says "You mean more to me than anyone" it actually means "I would choose Sandy over you literally every time, if you even hint at risking my emotional dead-end relationship with Sandy you are dead to me."


Mike
>I have no doubt at all that I'd do anything for my children
>G-GUH YOU WANT TO MEET SANDY AND YOUR SISTER?! B-BUT YOU'LL RISK MY MARRIAGE YOU LITTLE BITCH STOP! REEEEEE
Lucy
>I will break up with my fiancee, who I love, if you feel uncomfortable because you're more important to me
And Mike, this pathetic completely unlikable character with zero redeeming qualities, is someone's favorite character gets funnier the longer this comic goes on.

>>152978026
>getting this routinely bothered people like a character
lol

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>consolewars for this fucking comic

>>152978026
>pathetic
that makes him cute. it's 萌え
>completely unlikable character with zero redeeming qualities
he's cute
>someone's favorite character
yeah mine cause he's cute

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Well I can safely say that FitR 2 is one of the comics of all time. It opens with a healthy serving of Mike Bad and then he is mercifully shunted into the role of a mostly irrelevant framing device.

The Lucy selfship section is really fucking long

>pic
Damn girl slow down

>>152977855
This isn't in FiTR 2 from what I saw, did you get it from one of the other ones or is it headcanon?

Oh and speaking of Daisy, did she also agree to cut Mike off completely? If they went as far as Lucy's mom breaking contact with Mike's whole family, it feels weird to leave that loose end.

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>>152978152
>you think it's a war because you're getting laughed at

>>152978173
>closeted homosexual thirsting for gray cock
Sad

>>152978165
Man Lucy really is a monumentally shit partner

>>152978162
I can't argue with that, anon. Your logic is like face-hardened steel.

>Two-TIme Love doesn't end in a throuple
We was robbed. Oh but of course the Daisy divorce comic does. Daisy only avoids being as much of a cuck as Mike by doing the cucking herself sometimes. I did actually like this one though, it had stuff in it that's woefully absent from canon.

Why doesn't Taeshi make a new series if she's so worried about losing her cashcow?
She could then plan ahead when BCB ends.

>>152978249
>it had stuff in it that's woefully absent from canon
Such as?

>>152978264
>Too many rings 2
BCB has a "captive" audience, I don't think she can pull it off a second time without the advantage of the internet landscape that saw BCB start

>>152978249
Polyamory is only allowed if it's another guy cucking Mike.

All or Nothing is basically one cool moment with some padding around it, short and sweet

>>152978287
I don't really feel like spoilering all this, it's probably nothing as major as you assumed when I put it like that
>Mike takes Sandy to task instead of sleepwalking through their talks
>Daisy's crush on Mike doesn't get smothered in its crib when they kiss
>Daisy gets to do things
>Sandy's explanation of why she needs Mike feels better than what we got although she mentions people in her canon calls so idk if she's actually as alone as she says

I also liked Maisy getting to happen although that feels more like something I just like as opposed to something canon *needs*

>>152977169
Christ almighty, I'm never gonna read Fitr2 if it's all just Mikebad Lucygood slop. That shit is already all over the main comic, people pay to see it in exclusive content too? Fuckin retards paying for shit they're already getting for free

>>152978249
The PxL one is just Paulo and Lucy fucking constantly, just a montage of places they're banging
As hot as it is it's really weird to read in modern BCB, I definitely enjoy unhinged BCI Taeshi more though

>>152978264
>Why doesn't Taeshi make a new series
she's like 40 now, no more eggs in the ovaries (literally and metaphorically)

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mike pls date me
>no i'm sticking with Sandy
fuck you my feelings are a big deal!!!
>oh damn her feelings are a big deal i feel kinda bad
>wait no nvm she already replaced me lmao
fuck you! le letters! just stick with Sandy!! !
>;_; ok i'm sticking with Sandy (again (for the first time))
no... what have I done...

Somehow both the worst and best thing I've read in this batch of comics so far

>>152978338
>Sandy's explanation of why she needs Mike feels better than what we got
I am curious about what Taeshi finally ended up scraping together after so long shitting out different answers.

>>152978422
Taeshi pusing the letters shit will never stop being hilarious to me. She has so many better reasons for Lucy to be upset and standoffish and picked the dumbest most self-centered one possible.

>>152978426
Unless the download got nuked already you should be able to read it yourself, it takes like a couple minutes to finish (reading I mean).

>>152978340
It basically just gives FitR Lucy a happy ending, I guess her getting dealt a bad hand in part one sat poorly with some people, maybe including Taeshi.

I gotta say the Sue cheating scene is kind of a non-sequitur, I'm not sure why it was in there. I mean this isn't disaster dominoes, it's not really that kind of "everyone sucks" story. It just happens and effects nothing.

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Back when I first started browsing these threads they would have fucking exploded with a BCI dump like this. I feel like I'm reading these all alone here.

Falling Back is hilarious and I'm not sure how intentional that was. You can really feel how embarrassed Tae is over her Pucy phase.

>pic
What is David's fucking problem honestly. I mean I know it's just the author sockpuppet frowning because this is the Pucy Bad comic but c'mon, this is not in-character. His two favorite people are boning constantly, this is something he gets pissed about not happening in canon.

>>152978636
If we were to assign a reason, probably something along the lines of "when my two favorite people get together then I am the third wheel so the dynamic is fucked now."

>>152978422
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Some writers use the word "complex" to paper over the fact that they themselves don't really understand what their characters are feeling. Lucy feels terrible about Mike never wanting to talk to her again mere moments after she makes a very good case for it. Is she self-destructing, then realizing and course-correcting within seconds? That's more emotional awareness than she's ever showed before.
Also blah blah why do these people love each other blah blah they both admit they have better options blah blah capricious Puck blah blah
>>152978484
It's so weird that Sue is apparently in love with Lucy. In the main canon it always felt like she saw her as a project. I, the great Sue, will take it upon myself to save this poor, tragic headcase. What do they have in common? What does Sue love about her? Blah blah capricious Puck.

>>152978636
>What is David's fucking problem honestly.
He thinks Sue's play sucks. That's it.

>>152978685
It's not that complex. Lucy fed Mike a line defending her past abuse and boy-using tendencies. Mike accepted blame despite being at a point in his life when he'd most likely tell Lucy to go fuck herself. This backfires on Lucy, giving her exactly the opposite of what she wanted.

>>152978747
Why would him telling her off be any better than what happened?

>>152978636
>I feel like I'm reading these all alone here
Methinks it's because most everyone in the thread recognizes this is just Taeshi playing with her dolls but with even fewer restrictions. I will look myself, but not tonight. There is only so much BOD cringe to be handled at once.

>>152978771
It would be in character for the time and demolish Lucy's insane cope instead of legitimizing it.

And I finish the lot with Open Fire. I expected to be bored out of my skin but instead I ended up thinking it should have been canon. Except for the ending, that was just a bit silly. I feel like she just threw something sweet in because continuity wasn't weighing her down.

This one was frustrating because now I know Taeshi can do better than she's been doing lately. The pacing was good, it managed to be amusing without being annoying, and it fleshed out some seldom seen side characters. I'll say it again, the mainline comic really could have used this.

>>152978816
I hope at some point Taeshi loses her fascination with Mike bursting into tears at the slightest provocation.

>demolish Lucy's insane cope
The funny thing is that I think Mike reacts in precisely the way he "should" and it causes Lucy to enter a year long spiral of self-destructive behavior. I'm glad Taeshi was so focused on overcorrecting for Another Path.

>>152978771
Well from Lucy's perspective, which is crazy, she was TRYING to start a fight with Mike like she usually does. They'd blow up at each other and (in her mind) everything would go back to normal soon enough. But instead Mike just went "Yeah, you're right, I suck, now leave me alone."

>>152978876
>Open Fire
That's the Matt one, right? What was the ending?

>>152978876
>I think Mike reacts in precisely the way he "should"
Mike reacts in a way that makes sense for his current browbeaten self. But back then, he was more than a little fed up with Lucy's nonsense and it probably would have gone down about as well as "at least your mother fucking loved you" should have.

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>>152978636
It's fairly obvious why no one else seems to be enjoying the dump
I'm having a blast, I wish we could've got the divorce one too but either way
>>152976945
thanks buddy, your sacrifice is worth it.

We've had this
>Lucy gets caught fucking around by Mike
>Mike is initially angry but folds immediately and apologizes
Scene like four times now, Taeshi really seems to like it.

>>152978945
>Taeshi enjoys validating everything Lucy does and/or thinks
Woah, what a discovery.

>>152958034
Why do I get the feeling most anons in these threads are complete schitzos?
t. never read the comic/threads

>>152978995
>Why do I get the feeling
A crippling addiction to confirmation bias, most likely.

>>152978995
after continuous reading of the BPD webcomic, you, the reader, will also develop BPD

>>152979184
But I still don't empathize with Lucy. Something must be wrong with the process.

>>152978927
I wasn't talking about being in-character. I agree, if nuMike could at least start sputtering out a defense then old Mike would have fought back. But like in terms of doing what is supposedly "correct" he ticked all the boxes: he drops the jealousy, definitively picks the girl he actually likes, lets Lucy go and stops giving her any false hope. And she does a 180 to beg him not to before he's even out the gate. It makes it harder to take the "leading her on" shit seriously.

>>152978995
They are it fucking sucks in here

>>152979196
Thanks for explaining, anon. I agree with your assessment, from that angle.

So what are the chances that Taeshi recycles this ownage backfire in the comic proper, and Lucy can't get a terminally depressed Mike to play ball?

>>152978636
Just finished it. Lucy's such a psycho it's hilarious, as is Paulo being the only one dumb enough to go along with it. I actually kind of like Mike going "you're right, I shouldn't be jealous, go do whatever". It's a good demonstration of how Mike could be better off if he committed to leaving Lucy to her own self-destructive business rather than taking her being crazy as his problem.

It is weird though. You can practically see the moments where Taeshi was like "ugh I can't believe I liked Pucy" and grabbed the steering wheel to "correct" the way she wrote the characters at the time.

>>152979331
I don't see why Taeshi hates Pucy so much given she's just fine indulging Lucy and pretending her actual problems don't exist.

>>152979196
Like I said >>152978888, I think Lucy is enough of a headcase that she picks fights with Mike so she can take his anger as proof that he cares. Hence why in canon she was so incredibly put out the few times Mike didn't rise to her bait, or when his anger was cold and dismissive rather than argumentative. The "it doesn't have to be this complicated. You could just pick me" is both LITERALLY a "pick me" line, and obviously abusive. But Mike doesn't fall for it, so she decides to take advantage of someone who IS dumb enough to let her.

>>152979405
I dunno either. Taeshi's clearly aware on some level that Lucy is a crazy abusive nutcase - it's the core thesis of the comic as a whole and this BCI in particular. But I guess "The main girl needs to refrain from relationships until after a decade of therapy" is an unworkable solution in a comic that lives and dies on shipping. So instead the "solution" is that the unstable girl just needs the right guy and all will be well, and Paulo used to be that guy but isn't anymore in Taeshi's view.

>>152979440
I think part of the reason Lucy floundered whenever Mike got cold or unresponsive is because that was unfamiliar territory for her. She was so used to successfully baiting Mike that failure meant something had gone terribly wrong, in her eyes. Of course these days it's not effective because she probably spent most of her time away malding over that version of Mike. Then found his easily guilted/angered self that much more gratifying to hurt upon her return.

Maybe im just autistic but...
Mike, thinking Lucy was really tsundere because she liked him after her confession..
but finding out no, he was right he was just a teddy bear because next day she start the same linear vision without the violence with someone who constantly harassed her...

I mean, why wouldnt he be butthurt? he is over it by the time she starts tunneling on Augustus calling her pathetic and not interacting, by that point they knoe what Augustus did to Daisy anyway. I dunno but that arc being translated as SINSINSIN for Mike seems stretching to me

lmao what the fuck, ive seen this on the catalogue for so long and finally decided to check it out, the fucks going on in here

>>152979690
Well, back when 4chan still had the ID counter, these threads had rather few unique IDs. So assuming nothings changed since then, about 10 people arguing with each other, with another 10 occasionally chiming in to go "lol this sucks". If you're sufficiently schizophrenic you can even start picking up on notable thread personas! We've got:
>the anon who aggressively schizoposts about sexual degeneracy and smoking crack
>the anon who self-inserts as Mike and takes him being a cuck personally
>the one anon who actually defends Lucy
>the anon who just wants cute shipping and is here out of hopeless sunk-cost
>the gay anon who likes Paulo and Mike because pathetic twinks are their type
>the darkest-dungeon posting anon

>>152979780
atleast these threads move fast. nothings more grim then going to a thread thats 400 days old and finding 200 days ago that embarrassing drunk post you made

>>152979780
Tfw you’re not a Known Thread Entity…

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>>152979854
get fuckin shrekted, kiddo. it feels fantastic when someone makes one of those "shitposter" comic edits and your referenced in them

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>Paulo and Lucy going out of their way to have sex at Mike's special tree spot
Pure spite

>>152978888
You know, constantly starting fights is a seventh reason someone will just want to stop talking you you.
>Hasn't even been a month since you confessed to Mike and swapped to Paulo
Shows confession was bulldhit
>Wah Wah letters
Lucy should try and kill herself again. I keep bringing this up, he did confess to her and she rejected him. That is one of the clearest signs of making a choice possible. Plus you beat him and now shift the blame?

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>>152978165
No it's the other BCI, also a slanderous attempt to paint Mike as the bad guy

>>152980106
>Sandy got a taste of her own medicine but with Daisy.
Is there something unattractive about Daisy in universe or is it the fact that she was manipulating 2 people?