You don't even know her James
>>153684462ofc Paulo is gonna give her tickets. THE PAULO SHOW NEVER ENDS AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAnd can James just fuck off? So fuckin judgey
>>153684462Here comes the "heartfelt" emotional speech that starts to change Sue's worldview because the script says that's what happens. These keep happening and I'm pretty sure it's because Taeshi genuinely does not understand how reconciliation works.
>>153684462You gotta love it when even the discord is asking James to shut the fuck up and calling him out as a tourist.
>>153684462Step by step, we're getting closer to the Sike endgame. Sue becoming the new punching bag is gonna drive her to Mike for advice. Then they'll bond over their mutual suffering from their so called "friends".
>>153684462Lmao why does Sue even bother? No for real. She puts her neck out for her friends who damn well why she's so hostile towards Paulo. She was his second most bullying victim behind Mike for Chrissakes. And this is how they treat her? Even Amaya, her closest friend, wanted to see blood between her and Paulo. Ironically, I think she'll be first to crack from Lucy. The "Lucy's Biggest Simp" title is now Paulo's.
>>153684626Mike's too broken at the moment for anything to come of that at this time, but it would be pretty funny if Sue becomes the new "Mike" of the group and realizes part of his situation.>"No wonder why he was so pissed off and miserable, you guys suck!"
>>153684727In fairness, Sue was in the wrong in this particular situation. The others are still a bunch of fags though and how the situation was handled was retarded.Also fuck James. She should have asked who the fuck he even was
https://files.catbox.moe/6y2hl1.jpg
>>153684462Lovely people you've surrounded yourself with Sue
>>153684793What on earth is the Daisy side plot lolNice art btw
>>153684462WHIP OUT YOUR BARB PAULO DO ETTT GO GIVE YOU A BREAK EH*grabs shoulder**UNZIP I got your well-rounded right here if you know what I mean*
>>153684813Thanks, had it commed a while back.
>>153684730She pretty much said that on the previous page but literally nothing came of it, not even an ugly look from Lucy.
>>153684730Sadly Paulo is going to take advantage of the situation to brainwash Sue into liking him leveraging Lucyspace
>>153684514What's funny that Paulo will most likely brag about not being stupid "anymore" and Sue is going to be like "oh i guess you aren't that bad" and it gonna take 10 pages for it
>>153684462The only thing I look forward to is the edit for the next page.
>>153684462So they cheated by putting her up against him in physical contests, then cheated again by asking trivia questions about pop culture shit, and then James asks what her deal is while no one pipes up in her defense meaning Taeshi thinks this is ok.Even stupid shit like this is forced as fuck.>>153684514Yeah, all this so the soggy bitch could be mr. maturity again after winning a rigged game.
>>153684892This. This is the whole point of this chapter, to reconcile Sue and Paulo and have them become friends. Then Sue's gonna end up having a crush on Paulo for "not being so bad" like a true tsundere.All of this just so taeshit can replace Mike with Paulo as the main character. Like, it's over for Mike. He's dead. And they'll pretend he never existed in the first place. Paulo is evidence of this from him being such a fucking flake. Vero just keeps giving Paulo all the character development she should've given to Mike.
>>153684462>>153684506Paulo's gonna try to give Sue the tickets only for her to punch him, and he'll be all IM SAD
>>153685029The author confirmed Mike is still alive, so there is that.
>>153684940>Even stupid shit like this is forced as fuck.Its almost as if we have meme'd Lucyspace into reality
>>153684753On one hand, I agree that Sue is being a bit of a bitch in this situation by denying Paulo the tickets just because he's Paulo.But on the other hand, if Paulo would just speak up or even tell her in private the real reason he wants the tickets, she'd probably cave in. Because Paulo wants the tickets to take Daisy because they're secretly reading the book right?After all, wouldn't it be more interesting having him open up a bit and convince Sue to give him the tickets than this stupid contest that everyone only agreed to support because Lucy baby told them all to jump?
Any way to make a fic opening not cliche? I've got all the other events lined up nicely, just nowhere to really start it with (it occurs right after LITS)
>>153685029Best outcome for Mike honestly. To be ignored by the plot and the tablefags means he can be free. Well, at that point it just comes down to him ditching Sandy but either way it's a plus.
>>153684462It's impressive how much Taeshi has made me hate James. She can't even put him away after LITS, instead he's forced himself into the group and now we have to put up with him acting like a mainstay.
>>153685162Hope Lucy castrates him.
>>153685055As long as Lucy lives, Mike has to stay alive, even if he is nothing more than a ripped up doll
>>153685029>All of this just so taeshit can replace Mike with Paulo as the main characterProbably not. She was already doing this with Paulo and Abbey, had Jasmine up and give orange cat good PR to force the process. If anything, this is her wrapping up ancient long running plotpoints so that that she can focus all of her time and attention on the horrible love triangle + Paisy.
>>153685162Its kind of morbidly funny that he is basically a replacement "more agreeable" Mike for the group and people despise him on a meta level more than Mike
>>153685145You shouldn't focus on the start being cliche or not, it should start as a setup, basically where are we in the context of the canon story, how your story is deviating from it, and a basic introduction to what's going to be the focus of the story
>>153685223Great, It's starting directly after LITS and Mike leaves early (this is as far as I'm spoiling)
>>153684462>Hey Sue I know you're upset but ALYMFLY
I have yet to see one person say they like James, ether here on in the Discord. Why is he being kept around? Doesn't even make sense. He adds absolutely nothing to the story, the characters don't acknowledge or interact with him, he isn't pleasant, so why is he even there?
>>153684462James really needs to fuck off, oh my god. He talks like he's been with the group for years.He hasn't earned shit besides pissing off even her fanbase.
>>153685266He insulted the Mike and glazes the Lucy, thus he is in favor... currently.
>>153685284He's just there to drive Mike away and make reconciliation or atonement impossible.
>>153685266Because taeshi thought people would like him because he switched over to Lucy's side. She thought him suddenly hating mike would help coast him on over.But it just makes him look like a snake and he's added nothing of value. You can't really deny how shitty of a person James has been even if you don't like Mike.
>>153684462James>Why are you so tense? Why is this a problem?Also James>You have 5 seconds to explain yourself, and no, being attacked and in pain is NO excuse
>>153685301Let's be real, James has no bearing on those things. That's all on Lucy and it will never happen if he isn't her chew toy again. He's already taken every reasonable measure for it
>>153684801>First they came for Mike and I said nothing because fuck Mike lol
>>153684626Sue and Mike having a secret friendship away from the table gang is an interesting idea. Potentially it would lead to Sue realizing that Lucy isn't really worth as much trouble as she goes through.But again, that's an interesting idea, so it wont happen
>>153684940>and then James asks what her deal is while no one pipes up in her defense meaning Taeshi thinks this is ok.The most ironic thing is that, judging by Taeshi's response to a fan's analysis, she seems a little bothered by readers siding too much with Paulo and not showing any sympathy for Sue.
>>153685266On a meta level he is basically filling in for Mike's spot in the group right now. As for his personal reasons:>Wants to score with Retard Dog>Into Paulo because they work together>Now likes Lucy because she's supposedly fast which he is autistic about.That's about it. Dude's a dickhead and even the track guys have implied it.
>>153685124I can't believe my greatest contribution to comics and cartoons 4chan was coming up with the term Lucyspace
>>153685354A shame, but the plot and all future scenarios shown thus far firmly plant Sue as a turbo Lucy simp no matter what.
>>153685135>He wants the tickets to invite Daisy, right?He literally invited David
>>153685293>>153685311>>153685284I'm telling you, he really is like one of those minions that hang around the big boss villain, cackling at whatever the boss does.My only joy is knowing that no one aside from Taeshi likes that mofo.
>>153685162james is one of the few instances where almost everyone in the community collectivelly agrees he sucks and yet taeshi thinks his reactions were justified lol, lucy can spit out paulo all he wants and paulo is supposed to never give up on lucy because that's what a good friend should do but suddenly it's understandable when james drops mike because he couldn't explain himself while getting ganged up on? okay
>>153685357If she cared about them siding too much with Paulo she shouldn't have Lucy side with Paulo here without something clearly indicating that Lucy is being a bitch or something.She's just rewarding him for ditching Mike, that's the entire reason she supported this rigged game.
>>153685266Because Taeshi fot offended that people disliked the way he cut Mike, she wasn't expecting the Mike sucks group to use their brain and see doing what he did, SPECIALLY adding salt to the wound with the Sandy apologia, was a low move that would turn any character despicable. It's also why she went on a months worth crusade about why Mike deserved everything and he sucks (but you shouldn't expect the same for other characters, karma don't real and a expecting it is wrong :) )
>>153685327Yeah, the message is that you should grovel for forgiveness from your abusers.
>>153685357Wow, who could have foreseen that people who ignore or make excuses from Paulo's shitty behavior would ignore or excuse Paulo's shitty behavior
>>153685373>comics and cartoonsDamaging Tae's mental state is a far more based honor
>>153685266Getting rid of him would be admitting defeat. Taeshi does not think that James did any wrong and keeps defending him. Her reaction to the disdain and pushback is digging in her heels. Plus he might already have some misbegotten part to play in the story, down the line.
>>153685390Daisy is the unsung victim of being insecure enough to hang out with the worst people imaginable and then being left high and dry when she isn't needed
>>153685452>Plus he might already have some misbegotten part to play in the story, down the line.I pray it's giving David an STD.
>>153685412So you're saying he is...a Goon?
>>153685357>literally stack the game against Sue>make it clear no one's siding with her and the holy female Lucy literally doesn't care to make it fair>make her be unpleasant and petty, holding a grudge over Paulo for old wounds>make her a sore loser too>"why people don't support Sue? : (, you were supposed to threat her like she was Lucy right now"
>>153685470>>153685452Personally I'd like it for him to be shut down by the rest of the track bros. James is already spooked over Mike not showing up for practice lately not because of Mike himself, but because of the team. I could see a confrontation where Mike apologizes in a dead inside manner before quitting not wanting to 'drag the team down'. They'll accept it but the track bros will give James major shit over it being able to put two and two together that he had a hand in Mike's zombie state.
God I wish I were in Devin's shoes right now.
>>153684793>>153684819Nice, I plan on getting something of Daisy commed for Father’s Day
I can't believe Clover is a molester
>>153685357It's amusing how she keeps calling for the readers to believe there's nuance to her writing. Everyone and their mother can tell this is just going to be another Paulo reconciliation chapter, even if just subconsciously. Beyond that, she never portrays matters in shades of gray. There is always someone painted as in the wrong in every argument. Always one person who has to question themselves while the other person dispenses wisdom or admits fault without actually changing.
>>153685516>I can still hear them>Do you?This woman is fucking evil and insane, normal human beings don't do this shit
>>153685516>>153685522Jeez lady what the fuck?
>>153685537She's a skunk(?) so...yeah no don't even feel like following through on the joke there. She's shit
>>153684462Someone please add in the last panel of Paulo saying his catchphrase "At least your fucking mother loved you."
>>153685534Paulo show season 1>Paulo has learned! Except he hasn't, but you should still forgive him in case it sticksPaulo show season 2>Paulo has problems too! He also cries! We should all forgove him! What? no he hasn't learnt shit yetPaulo show season 3>Actually is everyone else who's wrong! They all are irrational and expect things like interest and loyalty and other shit from him. Ugh! No he doesn't need to learn yet stop asking
>>153685373/bcb/ thanks and salutes you for your contribution. Not only was it a great term that spawned several memes, but it got under vero's skin as well.
>>153685631I've personally been fucking with her by asking about Charlotte and Abraham.
>>153685516>>153685522Wish the skunk would molest me too NAW WHAT IM SAYIN?
>>153685266You see that thing on Taeshi's head? That's the original Mike from when she was a child.>Mike was the first real character I created.. he was originally a yellow and dimwitted cat, who always got hurt at the end.>As I grew up, there were changes to the story.. Lucy softened up more (She was still immensely cruel, but she had more control now).. and Mike became less of a bumbling idiot. I thought yellow was too girly a color for him so his color was changed to silver.. he also originally had brown-gray eyes.. those were changed to green. Along with his new look, his personality began to form.. and in the old series, he started showing signs of actually being in love with Lucy. Before, he would hit on her.. or make little jokes that would get a slap in the face as a response.. but I made him start genuinely feeling strongly for her.. that was around eleven or so.Taeshi ships David with Lucy because David reminds her of the original Mike, now there's James, a bumbling idiot with yellow fur and brown eyes and she ships James with Lucy. You get the picture? Lucyspace reached out used its marauder magick to transform James into a different person from an alternate timeline. You can see it happen with how James' color scheme changes after Eternal Flame.Someone needs to gilgul Lucy!
>>153685516>I don't know, my eyes are closedShe sees no evil, thus evil does not occur. Sasuga Whore of Babylon.
>>153685630>Actually everyone else is wrong.Is Paulo Tae's male self insert?
>>153685504Also add in that David has zero interest in James whatsoever. I hope Browndog rejects James in the most brutal fashion "Sorry dude but I'm not really gay, and you're pretty disloyal. And your taste in movies suck."
>>153685266He spits facts
>>153685516I'm sickened but curious.
>>153685675It doesn't count as molestation if the victim is into it and Flakops already confirmed Devin likes it
>>153685516>I don't know. My eyes are closedWow
I must say…You…You look soexhausted.Truly.We are tired of all of this as well.…Haha.Love is very strange, is it not?It is easy to grow attached even when it hurts.But you still love it so much.Mike.You’re only a person.We’re only people.But maybe,That’s all right.Because people can still lovedeeply, stubbornly, endlessly.…Now, you may rest in peace.(paraphrased and altered version of Track 9999 Disharmonized- Undertale Halloween Hack).
>>153685516Damn, now i really hope her husband is actually gay
>>153685732So basically she's trying to forcefully endear James with the pro-Lucy crowd by making him her little toadie.
>>153685784Yeah Devin's gonna go for it in the next page I think or the one after, I can't remember
>>153685357She keeps making characters look bad most of hte time and then wonders why people dont cut them any slack. It's been happening with Mike for years and now it's happening with Sue.This isn't even a hindsight deal. anyone with half a brain cell writing could have figured what would happen.
How are people in the discord reacting to Lucy bullying her only female friend?
>>153685911>>She keeps making characters look bad most of hte time and then wonders why people dont cut them any slackBleating Hearts is full of shitty characters (as in, characters that behave shittily) but the people in these threads love that comic. I think it's not just BCB makes characters look bad, it's that the plot is boring, the characters' actions often make little sense and the narrative bends over backwards to justify everything certain characters do (Lucy and Augustus) while condemning others for lesser crimes (Mike). Bleating Hearts never pretends any of the characters are angels even if they're sympathetic (or not in the case of Clover, what a slut).
>>153685696>Is male Lucy a Taeshi self insert?
Daily reminder that Mucy is the end game. And yes, it will be shit.
>>153684462Sue is defeated by Paulo. Now she's gonna be humbled by... Paulo.
>>153685955It's because BCB is a comic where the author having preferred characters is obvious as fuck. You know if Lucy or Paulo pull some bullshit she will write it so it's actually everyone else's fault, so whenever you see it coming there's no twist, no surprise, just a resignation, "geez I wonder if anything is going to come off of that". Taeshi trained the readers to see cues and ignore them because she can't follow them herself, and when she does she will back down and contradict her own webcomic. You don't read BCB for BCB, you read it for the meta narrative of the angry god who seeks validation herself
>>153684462Obligatory... and likely just as batshit and condescending as what Paulo will actually say.
>>153686053Fuckin amazin, I laughed
>>153686049The only good part of BCB is the meta shit, could you imagine reading this comic without knowing the context behind? You'd just end up confused as fuck, the fact that the early volumes got redone and that taeshi changes random lines to mean different shit already drive people up the wall
>>153686134Makes my autistic ass really irritated, I just want continuity.
>>153685516I like flakops' ideas but the execution so far has been somewhat boring.
>>153686180She drew it for a zine and not for the comic itself so that might explain why it's kind of weird.
>>153684462>Paulo is more well-rounded because he beat a cripple at physical activity and remembers shit from a book his friends read that Sue's never touched
>>153686241It's almost like Taeshi has no idea what well rounded actually looks like.
>>153685955I don't know the stance of the author for that other comic. The impression I got is that said characters are intended to come off as pieces of shit. With BCB, the author excuse the actual pieces of shit as didndus while constantly condemning the least offensive character who had made an effort to make amends for the one (1) dickish thing he did that he also had understandable reasons for.
>>153686340It's kinda like how she thinks Augustus is some genius manipulator when really his plans are retarded and only work because they're written to.
>>153686241Lucy might as well just tell Paulo to rape Sue right then and there
In a just world not controlled by the Demiurge, this would be the moment Sue just calls it quits and proceeds to sit next to Mike is they found a new group of exiles.
>>153685516She knows the way to a man's heart ._.
>>153686522It would. It'd be the perfect moment for it, but all this is going to be is just another 'poor Paulo' and 'Lucy knows best' moment.It'd be interesting to see someone showing some compassion towards Mike, talking with him without immediately wanting to get into his non-existing pants, acknowledging Lucy's bullshit... I legit don't understand how Taeshi can't see no evil in Lucy. I keep thinking this will all lead to Lucy's fall from her high horse, but it just never happens. Year after year it's just 'Lucy is right! she is always right!'
>>153686462>only work because they're written toWorse, none of his plans worked; spying on the group at the table to inform Alejandro Augustus failed because he stopped doing it after falling in love with Daisy; manipulating Daisy into becoming dependent on him failed thanks to Mike and Abbey; Alejandro and Tobi started sabotaging Augustus so he would fail the year, and Augustus did nothing and was saved by Lucy adopting him; he tried to keep Mike away from Lucy for Lucy's mental well-being, and thanks to David and Lucy, Lucy is now separated from Augustus at a table full of people who also negatively affect her mind, not to mention that he himself is also worsening Lucy's mental state by keeping the phone on just to feel superior by letting the call ring unanswered.
>>153686684I think that Taeshi sees some theoretical flaws in Lucy but always has an excuse ready. A reflection of her own situation. Sure, she could be a better person but, well, it's just so understandable that she's not, you know? What she really deserves is your pity.
>>153686865I do wonder how Augustus is supposed to factor into Lucy's life when Taeshi decides to bring Mike back into it.
>>153687159That nigga got his exit ticket already
>>153687159If Mike is willing to forgive Lucy he's definitely willing to forgive her toadie.
>>153687249Sure, but why would Augustus "forgive" Mike? He's the easy hate sink.
>>153687293Why would he need too, he's leaving for collage and presumably stop freeloading in Lucy's house
I miss the fanart.
>>153687293He's a born goon. He'll forgive whoever the baws tells him to forgive.
>>153687159Mike is only coming back after Augustus leaves for college, Mike will be a back up, Lucy will be seen as gracious for this act.
>>153687293Simply put, he won't forgive you, Mike. Augustus will become the cliché of the brother who dislikes his sister's boyfriend/husband no matter what; Augustus will always look at Mike with resentment and sour the atmosphere at family gatherings.
>>153687504Isn't that already Sam?
>>153687293Augustina would forgive Mike
>>153685516>Its not cheating if I cant see anything happening>I could be touching anything >I mean yeah this feels and acts like a penis>But it could be just be a hairless catFuck monday is gonna be the payoff there is just a few pages left. Then we're back to the boring kids. No more slut skunk for ages.
>>153687552Augustina would let Mike blow her back out in exchange for "forgiveness"
>>153685696>Is Paulo Tae's male self insert?Thats absolutely impossible since Paulo is hella fertile Paulo is her polar opposite
>>153686522I wanna see Sue limping towards Mike, Amy, and Cookie's table. Cookie would probably bust her balls tho
>>153686240Oh I know, but it's not like I like BH's writing that much either
We finally have Mike's official trans design
>>153687766It's been known for a while
>>153687766Oops
>>153687803She just made the Lucy Mike kid bigger, cut the stupid curl, painted it grey and called it a day
>>153687803>what if gourd-head>but hair!10/10 taeshi
>>153687799>>153687803Shame about her terrible taste in men!
Are there any artists left?
>>153687378That would be kind of hilarious in that Lucy beelines for Mike as soon as her replacement hits the road.
>>153687803Wow, s(he) looks way uglier
>>153687803So, is Mike the type of tranny who will cut his dick off or keep it?
>>153688123Shut the fuck up she looks lovely
>>153687525Yeah, he played that archetype in the past and he probably would have had some tension with Mike, but after BCI Open Fire you can see that Sam is mega autistic and Mike just needs to talk a little about airplanes with Sam and Sam will accept Mike.
>>153688139Depends entirely on if Lucy wants him to keep it or not, probably cut it off since she already has Paulo for sex
Who gives a shit what Lucy thinks, the tickets are Amaya's to give.
>>153688269Yes, and Amaya has given her tacit approval of this humiliation ritual, she's nowhere to be seen as literally the entirety of Sue's friend group gangs up on her.
>>153688172Mike was always intimidated by Sam, so it would be interesting to see post-destruction Mike too emotionally deadened to care about Augustus' ongoing displeasure toward him. Seriously, though; any reconciliation between Mike and Lucy that happens before Augustus leaves for college would be a point of friction because Augustus thinks that Mike is nothing but a danger to Lucy. He'd fight it for her own good.
>>153687928maybe
>>153688318Amaya :D had to scram, Sue got absorbed by Lucyspace, she can only hope her friend escapes unscathed
>>153688318This segment of the chapter has been nothing but plot calvinball. Who deserves the movie tickets? The one who likes fantasy the most, of course! That's why your naming philosophers and doing pull-ups. It's so half-hearted of an attempt to paint Paulo (or any favorite) in a good light I can't take anything here seriously. Same thing with the "Abbey can't know about Paisy because ????". Taeshi has layup upon layup to make natural tensions and moments between these characters and just spikes them to play out asinine anime scenes. None of them are even good.
>>153687654>Sue limping towards Mike's table.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLhR2M7rw3Q>"You said you'd escape to another table?">"Do you mean there are other people in this town who can escape my influence?">"But you won't be able to reach them.">"No one is allowed to leave me if I don't want them to.">"I'll just have to rewrite you."(I... I'm gonna protect my friends...)>CLICK"...!">"「Lucyspace」has already touched that doorknob.""M-""Miiiik-!">...>.....>..........>"This is Lucyspace's power. Your little rebellion has been erased without a trace."
>>153688704It's insane how the most plotless meandering shit gets the spotlight, there's a billion ways to get Sue and Paulo to fight and reconciliate and yet she picks the literal worst possible option
>>153688173>BCB ends with Lucy literally castrating MikeCanon
>>153688798holy kino
>>153684462Why is James such an asshole? He doesn't even go here.
Unresolved plots
>>153689241I don't recognize that ho.
>>153689241https://youtu.be/4WuQ0HlwlqE
>>153687803Russel's a weird name for a trans girl
>>153687638someone forcing lucy to get over her bullshit by being direct competition for mike would be way better than what we got now
>>153684462You could completely edit James out of this chapter and lose nothing
Sorry Taeshi but your shitty webcomic was especially shitty this week, so under the circumstances I'm going to have to stick it to you
>>153689945Only Lucy can say the forbidden name.
>>153689945Gosh...So Mike is a good guy and they still treat him like crap
>>153689759
>>153689945This shit is so forced
>>153689945Salute, anon. See you in Valhalla.>>153690027They mean Daisy. They're still trying to hide the fact their dating.
>>153689636>Russel's a weird name for a trans girlWell, because that's the name of one of the Patreon members. Each Patreon member receives a piece of art on their birthday. This person chose "Mike as a girl" as the artwork.
>>153690112Oh im dumb
>>153690062James disappearing randomly to no one noticing or caring would make a good running gag.
>>153689945>It's even dumber than predictedGodspeed Anon
>>153690148Paulo, easy on the kids
>>153689945But where is James
>>153690062I didn't even notice until I read what you were replying to
>>153689945WELP at least BL will be worth reading on monday compaared to this
>>153690296Who cares?
>>153690088An apology that came straight from a company's human resources department.
>>153690296So irrelevant that he despawned out of existence
>>153689945Thanks for the page, Anon. I just feel sorry for the people who recently joined Patreon, having to go through the witch hunt that Suitcase is going to unleash, lol.
>>153690296He's in the Wednesday’s page saying "NO MIKE IS NOT A GOOD INFLUENCE HE'S EVIL NOW COME FILL MY HOLE DAVID"
>>153689945Who the fuck is that? That's not Paulo, c'mon. One thing is "Paulo is trying to be a better person" and another is "Mike's ghost had possesed Paulo and is ok a quest to solve everyone's problem before God takes him to the infinite"I thought only Augustus was castrated
>>153688269Amaya hasn't even been in the comic since the start of the trivia game. I'm choosing to believe she just went home and gave the tickets to her crazy cousin from that one anon's fanart without anybody noticing>>153689945Maybe this is just me "bitch eating crackers"ing Paulo, but why does this feel like he's pressuring her to forgive him more than if he had said "just forgive me and give me the tickets already."
>>153690391I fucked with the backgrounds and underlined words just to make it especially obnoxious for him to do his gay-ass forensic bullshit over six dollars, I don't even care about this comic I just enjoy pissing him off
>>153690547Because it's almost as unnatural as Paisy, Paulo will spit on his "best friend" and cut him out despite having no beef with him but is a saint when presented to the one character he's been at odds with constantly? Did you see how many times he laughed at Abbeys face that he believed his apologies were sincere? And you're supposed to just see him talk like he joined a cult and think "uh yeah that's something Paulo would do"
>>153690535>I thought only Augustus was castratedlucyspace castrates all men who are controlled by lucyspace.
>>153690535>>153690547I think it's supposed to be a cheesy forced apology. Why Paulo opted to apologize here and now, even though Sue feels inadequate because Paulo has an IQ of 7? Well, can't have anything be genuine, might have some chemistry.
>>153690591I was wondering what the underlined words were about
>>153690629>>153690666I've figured it out, besides it not feeling like any of Paulo's other apologies, it was the timing. He didn't apologize until after Sue got humiliated, it feels like a shit-eating fake apology after all that.
>>153690666Sue hasn't even slammed his head against anything to trigger the apology! I can't believe this OOC bullshit
>>153689945What the fuck even is this page? The way Lucy is just casually dropping his name as a positive influence after helping dogpile on him and kick him in the gut for "stringing her along"... I don't even know what the hell is going on in Taeshi's head here. Or is this Lucy doing damage control and trying to appear like she isn't a vindictive cunt by speaking positive of the guy she assaulted?And fuck, Soggy Guru Paulo is here to stay, isn't he?Just fucking kick him in the dick and leave without a word, Sue.
>>153690712It is. Or at least, I hope. I don't think I can watch best girl fall for this horseshit.>>153690716We've got 13 more pages, give it time. Abbey might clothesline him for good measure.
>>153690837If the next 13 pages are just Sue beating the tar out of Paulo I'll sub to the Patreon
>>153689945Based anon. You saved me from having to come back on Monday for nothing.We'll never forget you.
>>153689945This is the most forced page ever, oh my god. I can't think of any version of Paulo that would talk like this even if he did want to apologize.Also why would Lucy casually name drop Mike as a good influence? She's got no reason to hide Paulo and Daisy dating.
>>153689945So...did the Discord find out yet or not?
>>153689945This but in character.
>>153684462Meanwhile, somewhere else:>Please Mikey you have to come back>Sue has nowhere near your elastic limit when it comes to abuse, she's going to crack any day now and get another limb broken to "teach her a lesson">Without you there to draw aggro Lucy reigns unchallenged as a tyrant queen, none dare speak against her>Paulo is her thrall-knight, he's going to cheat on me with her within a week>You're the only one who can stop her, Mikey! Please wake up! You CAN'T be dead!
>>153684753>In fairness, Sue was in the wrong in this particular situation.I don't even think she is. She wanted the tickets first, Paulo's the one who came in after and went "FREE? Gimme!" like the sponge he is. Given his history of demanding free shit that he didn't care enough to get himself, Sue is correct to tell him to fuck off.
>>153690580It would actually be fitting for James to say that
>>153690737Lucy is just covering for Daisy and giving Paulo an easy out, while at the same time making sure Paulo remembers his place
>>153690737Didn't they just last chapter have to all apologize to Lucy for talking about Mike- fuck I hate Lucy. I tried to be understanding, but she really is just awful.
>>153685357I don't think she wants people to side with Sue, she wants them to see her as "in the wrong" but also be sympathetic enough that they'll cheer at the forced resolution where Sue grovels for forgiveness from perfect angel Paulo. Much like Mike, Taeshi wants to have her cake and eat it too by dunking on a character for being "wrong" for defending themselves while still claiming nuance.
>>153691129There, that's good, you make Paulo give a sort of apology without turning him into a saint, it wasn't that difficult
>>153689945why does this look ai generated
>>153690580>my current actions of taking shit from you in a rigged contest just show how much of a cunt I'm not anymore
>>1536914611. I used AI to fuck with the backgrounds and lettering just to make it harder for Suitcase to ID the leaker2. Taeshi's art is just that fucking bad now
>>153686053Paulo can't keep getting away with it!
>>153691189I know it'll never happen but it would be hilarious if Daisy was spending time with Mike now that Lucy has returned and taken Paulo's attention. It's not like anyone in the table group is keeping tabs on Mike anymore.
>>153691241She didn't really care about having them and was not at all familiar with the source material. She just didn't want Paulo to have em. Paulo meanwhile was actually a fan or at least familiar with the source material. So in terms of someone actually trying to get something out of the experience, Paulo had more of an actual reason to have em.
>>153691606Maisy really should have happened even if it didn't work out. As mentioned, Paulo barely gives an actual fuck about Daisy
>>153689945Paulo deserves nothing, crush his balls.>>153690547I absolutely agree, anon. This comes across as Paulo being a slimey fuck who's preening over winning a rigged game.
>>153691524FYI last guy got caught because Suit put a dialogue bubble in the version he got, and the gen didn't change enough to obscure where it was. Usually they catch people through dialogue-related things.
>>153692358*Suit put an extra and unnecessary dialogue bubbleIt basically said "haha" or something, it was either added in for the marked version or missing, can't remember which.
>>153690112Since when has Daisy been a positive influence on Paulo? All she ever does is enable him.
>>153692378Suitcase is definitely a cat
>>153689945man what a bizarre page, maybe James is going to actually say something since they've mentioned mike. But that would be too interesting...
>>153685390>>153685464I have to pity Daisy. Like Sue, her entire existence is a humiliation ritual, where the people around her are ridiculously awful to her and she just has to take it if she doesn't want to get punished by fate.But Karma totally doesn't exist. It's pure coincidence that Daisy/Sue eat shit and get hurt if they ever go against Lucy or Paulo.
I can't stand how much this shows orbit around Paulo and Lucy
>>153692686Now now anon, Paisy is a mistake in many fronts but Daisy is not an angel herself, she's too flaky and easy to pressure into agreeing with the bigger group and loves talking shit behind other's backs
>>153693604>anon who only read Behind Closed Doors gives his take on Daisy
>>153689945Watch James throw a bitchfit crying about he thought Mike was the bad guy
>>153689945>Lucy has to think of the first person who would be a good influence on Paulo that isn't Daisy>Immediately says MikeEven in these dreadful days of despair and weary resignation to defeat, our banner flies high.
>>153692686Both of them fall in the face of chaos. Not this one though, not today.
>>153693604Daisy's not a saint, but she doesn't deserve it NEARLY as bad as she gets it.
>>153689945
its kinda fucked up how the group NEEDS a punching bag to function. First it was Mike, but since he left, now it's Sue. If sue leaves, does it go to daisy?
>>153688798>「Lucyspace」has already touched that doorknob.Amazing, how do you beat something that alters fate?
>>153693871It'd go to James if he stuck around. Then it would go to Daisy
>>153694021Attack outside of Fatehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7vqTvCnmE
>>153689945Taeshi .0000001 seconds after I dump this comic"So I heard you guys liked Pue."But also this is kinda a lame way to do it.
>>153693870That James panel has potential.
>>153694085Mike's abilities only seem to warn him about fate. I don't know if there are any times he could act outside of it, outside of the time he rejected Lucy. Unless he has another ability, he seems screwed.
>>153694268He needs to evolve his stand
>>153694361That will have to wait until the arc where he they finally confront Alejandro, who is currently in possession of the bow and arrow
>>153689945>Lucy would goodmouth Mike just to cover up Daisy and Paulo being togetherAbbey officially ranks higher than Lucy on the BCB power scale
>>153694203
>>153694552jej
>>153694472Abbey's still the only character in the whole comic to start a fight and actually win it, in the sense of accomplishing some goal through violence.>>153694552lol
I am the last believer in Molly X Paulo endgame, it is the only thing keeping the hope in my comic alive.
>>153694788I am with you to the end, anon.
>>153694472Eh, you forget Lucy LOATHES people who respect boundaries and apologize, so comparing Paulo to Mike could also be passive aggressive from her
>>153692428One of the many reasons Paisy is a shit pairing. Daisy enables his bad behavior, excuses it when he's not around, and can barely manage the lightest of criticism of him. Paulo acts like Daisy is blameless, goes out of his way to be her to shelter her from any uncomfortable truth that would help her grow, and acts like gaslight her and others into believing that her flaws are good and it's everyone else's fault if they don't like them. They are constantly stunting each other as opposed to helping each other because neither is willing to really hold the other accountable in any meaningful way. Among MANY other reason. It's one of the shirtless possible pairings, second only to Mucy.
>Hey Lucy look at what Sandy sent me.I wanted to use an angrier Mike but couldn't figure out where I could get a Sandy letter to use in the place of the Crusader's scroll, so bashful it is.
>>153694552What is the original from?
>>153695619I miss when Sandy was a good character
>>153689241It's already resolved Paulo mom doesn't fucking love him and has already moved on.
>>153685354>that's an interesting idea, so it wont happenI think you mean "that might make Lucy look bad, so it wont happen"
>>153696840Yeah, Paulo is reading Abbey's self-help book to deal with his mother's issues, so Paulo's mother probably won't be relevant to the main story again. However, if my memory serves me right, Taeshi had said that we would see Paulo's mother and sister in a future BCI.
>>153697120Curious to know if we'll ever get the reason why she abandoned him
>>153697381We already have, it's because she saw he was growing into a soggy loser and decided to cut her losses.
>>153693833Give the girls some credit, they're tanking pretty hard and aren't down yet. They might not have Mike's resilience, but they're not pushovers.
>>153689945Daisy's gonna pop up in the next page wiping seminal fluid from her mouth as she had just gotten back from giving Mikie a pity bj.
>>153698244Daisy secretly hanging with Mike out of the blue for no apparent reason and despite her nigh total apathy shown thus far: Would that be a BCB type move?
>>153698342He'd be beaten by her, just like he always deserves.
>>153698342Daisy's a coward at heart. She's scared go against popular opinion and EASILY caves to peer pressure. She might genuinely check up on Mike without others lookin because she does care about him still. At least that's my cope. Haven't fogotten her defending Sandy's cheating.
>>153698794Not seeming to give a damn about Mike after dropping her crush on him like it was nothing sure doesn't paint a nice picture of Daisy's character.
>>153693784That pic got me thinkin, has Paulo ever by his own volition gone to support Mike? I mean he goes crawling back to him after either Lucy or any of the girls break his balls. Paulo offered to drop Mike as a friend and got told off by Lucy, what does he do? Finds Mike and acts all IM SAD.And then there was the table headslam incident, Paulo had it coming when he took Mike's phone when he just wanted to be left alone. He went outside and got pissed seeing Lucy with Augustus. Afterwards he goes crawling back to Mike after Lucy effectively rejected the group's friendship.And now that Lucy is willing to finally tolerate his presence at the cost of Mike's friendship, he eagerly accepts the collar and leash like a good little simp. And here we are, Mike is all but forgotten by everyone until Lucy uses his name as a convenient excuse. That sums up Mike's entire existence in this comic honestly, a convenient excuse. It's tragic.
>>153699019Paulo did check up on Mike in the hallway that one time and told him to eat more but it's overall not a great record. Whatever he's got going on with Mike feels more sincere than his newfound pseudo friendship with Abbey at least. Or even his own romance.
>>153699103>Paulo did check up on Mike in the hallway that one time and told him to eat moreSadly by the time he finally decided to grow a pair, it was too little too late. Mike had it cemented in his mind that he doesn't deserve anyone. Paulo would've had a far better chance if he had only told Lucy to fuck off for being a manipulative cunt.
>>153699177Paulo is not allowed to notice the darkness in Lucy's heart because Taeshi herself does not believe it exists, at least most of the time.
>>153688904>>153688704It is a well-known fact that she always has a bunch of options of interesting ways to develop the story at her disposal, yet she always picks the worst ones, ones that were so bad they weren't even thought possible.>>153689499That's Paulo's mom and half-sister
>>153693871I think it'd be Daisy, yeah. It seems to default to whoever is more level-headed at the moment.
>>153699511I think the only requirement is Lucy thinking you're annoying at the moment, this whole fight started because Sue had the audacity to ask Lucy to hang out with her and Lucyspace made sure she suffered for the transgression
Lucy...Do you really think you're a hero?YOU'RE NOT A HERO....You hurt people for your gain.Where's the heroism in that?YOU WENT INTO A CHILD'S MIND SO YOU COULD KILL HIMJUST LEAVE ME ALONE.LEAVE ME ALONE.but you won't, Lucy.you're going to kill me, because that's what a hero does.she has to kill that monster, right?Lucy, even in this formi am shaking with feari don't want to dieleave me alonego away and leave me alonePUTPUT THE CLAWS AWAYyou and your violent body...STAY BACKyou are making thisthis horrible monstercry
>>153699650Lucy has been notably malicious to Sue this entire chapter. I can't even figure out why. It's not like she likes Paulo anymore. She just seems to be rubbing salt in a wound for the hell of it, for someone who's done nothing but be patient and supporting of her. >>153699382It's just really bad this time, can't help but think about how so many of these characters could be having more logically cohesive arcs.
>>153696202I do too. She was such a sweet, supportive person.
>>153699908>Lucy has been notably malicious to Sue this entire chapter. I can't even figure out why. It's not like she likes Paulo anymore. She just seems to be rubbing salt in a wound for the hell of it, for someone who's done nothing but be patient and supporting of her.Under a better writer, I'd say that its part of Lucy's mask slipping and a follow up to the end of LitS. She ended up back at the table with people she claims to hate, all just to spite Mike. Her saying it was for Augusts's sake was her coping in the moment. Now she has to deal with people she hates but would do damn near anything for her. While she tries to appear fine and level headed, her hatred slips out in little moments like this where she's just been like this to Sue. And it ends up being the first showings that this group is cooked if they don't have a lightning rod that will stick around for their bullshit.But that's under a better writer. Under Taeshi, she probably sees nothing wrong with Lucy acting like this.
>>153699908Lucy doesn't like Paulo but she still wants Paulo to like her because she always wants her claws in an available backup support male no matter what she says or does. Lucy doesn't care if girls like her, Sue's support and friendship means nothing to her
>>153699988I think this is Taeshi letting Lucy, in a meta sense, have her cake and eat it too. Yes, it's all out of spite, but in a deniable way because Taeshi can't actually separate her own ego from Lucy. Which she then recontextualizes as written nuance: Sure, a reader *could* suspect Lucy is doing this for bad reasons, but they can't prove it because there is evidence that Lucy is being selfless in some capacity. See, Lucy is deep! Taeshi is deep!
>>153700498Realistically she should be having trouble balancing her boytoys but the only one who reacts appropriately to her behavior is Mike, it's why she will never let him go
>>153700498NTA but i can see this. because even if taeshi didn't mean to, she's shown that Lucy's only been acting like she has necause she has augustus.It's probably why she was able to play a part in casting out mike without much issue. But augustus is going to college and she bombed the bridge with Mike in LitS. The only other "reliable" boy toy she has left is Paulo
> Be Paulo> Bang the whole cast> Be right even when you are wrong> Keep making the same mistake but everything is forgotten> Shown as the one maturing faster getting a job and a car even when you are still the same dipshit> Betray your closest friend but doesn't matter> Now be seeing as a well rounded person and not a complete idiotWhen this became the Paulo show?Why Taeshi made this series so Paulo centric?Is a bit disgusting at this point.
>>153701461because the author always has and always will hate Mike.
>>153701461>Betray your closest friendLet's be real they're barely friends, if Mike's worst mistake in life was meeting Lucy, his second one was meeting Paulo
>>153701768Preach, Paulo is such a fucking leech in Mike's life it's not even funny. Paulo keeps fucking Mike over and at one point nearly getting him killed, all Mike does in return is offer emotional support for when he desperately needs it. Mike is either a saint or has a crippling fear of loneliness for what he puts up with.
>>153701768Yup, everyone leaves him for Lucy.
>>153701461Paulo is the biggest dindunuffin in the entire comic.
>>153701461The Paulo rot started when Mike began dating Sandy, an act Taeshi has never forgiven him for
It brings me great joy to see Paulo getting shit on here, and James getting shit on in the discord.
>>153702110Paulo is totally useless towards anyone but Lucy, and James is Lucy's cuntlicker.
>>153699949You know who's also sweet and supportive? Amy. I miss Amy anons.
>>153701802Paulo's continuous abandonment of a man who has constantly been a stalwart and unyieldingly devoted friend in Paulo's darkest times, be it getting rejected completely by Lucy in DD or learning just how thoroughly his mother has abandoned him in New Year's resolution, is probably his greatest failure as a person. Sure, he feels bad about it when he does it, but that only makes him a worse person as it shows that he knows better.>>153702971Take this, it is Hope. The very last of it. It is yours now.
>>153685522Jesus what an absolutely shameless whore.
>>153685522Remember, if they don't actually say "no" out loud, it's not illegal! And if they cum it's not rape anymore!
What if these slutty cats wore clothes instead of being naked all the time
>>153696202>>153699949They chose the worst, cheapest way to distance mike from her, too, by completely changing her personality. It'd be one thing if she just got cold, bitter and depressed due to her forced lifestyle, and slowly started to envy Mike and perhaps lash at him in her moment of pain, but they didn't have to turn her into a hoe.
>>153704693Well it wouldn't look like that, american highschoolers don't wear sailor uniforms.
>>153705601Of course, that pic must be from the BCB porn parody
>>153705793Starring Lucy and Sandy as themselves!
>>153705817Sandy's uniform is cuter than Lucy's
>>153705793I can't believe how sexy Lucy's school uniform was allowed to be, and we even get confirmation that her tits grew in the same chapter.
>>153704693Lucy would be super obsessed with fashion but brush it off with a casual "IDK, I thought it was cute" whenever asked or complimentedDaisy would wear sweaters and skirts and worry about whether the colors are unflatteringSue would wear pants and flannels and not get why people assume she's depressed
>>153698244Mike was not conscious for this act.
>>153705793Taeshi missed the opportunity to actually get a bit of legit sympathy for lucy by showing how she'd do in another school.A school where nobody knows her so her old tactics can't work. If it didn't get sympathy, then it would have at least kept things even handed with both mike and lucy having a bad time for different reasons
>>153706969>her old tactics can't work.It's BCB, everything will always work in Lucy's favor. I don't doubt she left the school because she felt she was becoming TOO popular...
>>153700498>>153699988Anons I don't think I can take "Everyone has failed Lucy while Lucy fixes their problems by being an asshole" for the next 15 chapters.
>>153705793Unprotected vaginal sex with Lucy! Ejaculating in Lucy's fertile womb and giving her babies!
>>153707895Strap in, it's been this for a decade and it will continue to be for the next one
>>153707895There's still Mike torture to do before Lucy "suffers". >>153708387About a year or less until things apparently look better for Mike. If Taeshi doesn't improve in the writing and tortures Mike for another decade or does more pitybait for Lucy, I'm just quitting.
>>153699988Lucy's always been a salty bitch to her "friends". Even as far back as volume 1, her favorite activity with Mike after videojogos was talking shit about people.It's why I get so bent out of shape when I see tumblr posts or website comments that're like "it's a shame Daisy doesn't appreciate Lucy despite everything Lucy's done for her". Lucy treats Daisy (like every other girl Lucy knows) with open contempt and disdain, and always has.
>>153708522>>153707895That's the thing man, we all quit at some point, but then months or even years later we give in to the temptation, and decide to check it out just out of curiosity, only to see that things are either the same or somehow even worse, and then decide to read it just to see how the hell did it come to that, while foolishly hoping things will change.Maybe on the next chapter... or the next...
>>153708522>About a year or less until things apparently look better for Mike.I'm actually quite curious to see what crazy things Taeshi is going to do to Mike between chapters 130 and 132, since his situation will improve in chapter 133, so he's definitely going to get hit hard on the ground before bouncing back to the top.
>>153709943>so he's definitely going to get hit hard on the ground before bouncing back to the top.Mora than he already has been for the last like 4 years?
>>153709943>Sandy breaks up with Mike in chapter 132>he already gets over it by 133 so we can move on to Lucy's storyline
>>153710102Past 10
>>153709943I think it's just his family falling apart that will then transition into him feeling a bit better from Sandy's valentine's visit which will be the start of "Lucy suffering" at getting rug pulled again
>>153710518You're right, time flies...
I don't know whether to find it encouraging or sad that the tumblr side of bcb is ALSO crashing out over how bullshit it is that the asshole characters get away with everything while the characters who actually try to be decent get mocked both in universe and on a meta level.
>>153705851>Lucy despairing at being in the same vicinity as Sandy>Sandy has no recollection of this girl existing or how much she has absolutely fucking destroyed her with a few idle sentences.>Being old Sandy, she sweetly reaches out and attempts to befriend this newcomer, confiding in her about her stresses with modeling and how her mom forcing her to focus on it has caused her major academic woes.>Gushes about how she couldn't deal with it normally, but luckily, she has the most amazing, kindest, sweetest, most loyal and devoted boyfriend in the world.God damn it that would have been a hilarious plotline. Somebody call the police, we were fucking robbed.
>>153713106>God damn it that would have been a hilarious plotline.Even more hilarious is that if Lucy had actually gone to Sandy's school, their situation would have developed just like in BCI Pen Pals. Out of resentment, Lucy would ignore Sandy, and Sandy, unaware of the whole plot between them, would insist on being friends with Lucy. Eventually, Sandy would succeed. Basically, Sandy, in the same way she unknowingly caused the biggest conflict in the comic, would solve the problem without even realizing it, lol.
