KILLER TUNE
We're really doing this huh?
>>154710607DO IT! The Lucyspace nucleus is exposed! A-TRAIN THAT BITCH!
we were spared from another week of nothing
>>154710607This bitch literally can't stay away from Mike huh? I wanna bet she's gonna blame him for everything as usual.
>>154710607BEGONE FOUL WHITE CAT TEMPTRESS
>>154710653>Why did you go back to HER?Granted it was a shit choice that Mike made. Sandy is a no good dirtbag cheater.
>>154710647What did I tell you? Taeshi LOVES to focus on Poor Widdle Wucy, really milking those pity party asspats.
>>154710679Frankly even if she is a cheating hoe, Sandy is still the better of the two
MIIIIIIIIIKE
>>154710679None of Lucy's business
>>154710607Mike ya gotta dodge!
>>154710607Why are the feet so pointy?
>>154710712I really hope this happens. Sure, the hug's been spoiled, so I assume Lucy would still chase him down for that sweet, sweet Eternal Flame pottery.
>>154710721I suppose blunt club feet would be the easiest alternative for Taeshi.
>>154710607YOU'RE APPROACHING ME! AUGUSTUS HELP!
>>154710607>>154710618>>154710643>>154710653I don't think this will result in them being lovey-dovey with each other and getting back together and so on. Most likely than not Mike will either be a husk of a man with no passion in him, or he'll freak out and bail.
>>154710868I believe Mike will initially be shocked to see her at first, but then he'll sidestep and keep going, causing Lucy to chase after him, begging Mike to stop and talk to her. Only for Mike to continue running and either trip due to his exhaustion, or run into Lucy if she runs in front of him.Then we'll have Mike telling Lucy to leave him alone cuz all he does is cause trouble for her and others and yadda yadda i was the parasite all along.
Oh, now it all falls into place.I always thought that Eternal Flame was notably OOC when it came to Mike's behavior, and just plain forced in general. Some pretty dumb bullshit had to happen in the first place, like Lucy's overly-concerned family letting her wonder around at night during the same season she committed suicide. Mike getting all super clingy and going all Casanova on Lucy with the random scarf line, then dropping Lucy the morning after didn't fall into his usual wheelhouse. But now it all makes sense:Eternal Flame was a case of pre-emptive pottery. This shit that's going down right now, with Lucy? 100% in-character. Clinginess? Check. Playing to a character's feelings to get what she wants? Yup, that's a repeat offense. Using and then discarding someone else away with nary a thought? Ohhhhh yes. Taeshi needed to establish parity between these two cats, but the problem is that Mike sucks in his own ways while Lucy is just a walking drum of toxic waste. Taeshi forced a square peg through a round hole, and is finally digging the proper shape out of her dusty old plot bucket.
>>154710922>"Talk to me!">"Talk to your pet edgelord."
>>154710607How could Mike break his promise and approach Lucy? This is why he deserves everything he gets
>>154710868>>154710922Almost assuredly, anons. Both pic related and the anniversary animatic showed Mike just standing there, utterly unenthused. He doesn't want to make up with Lucy.
>>154710607Damn it her teleporting stand activated again!
I think the only thing that would get me to read this shitty comic outside of /co/ would be if Mike just fucking clotheslines her and keeps running. I don't know how he puts up with all the insanity of the BPD around him
>>154710868>Most likely than not Mike will either be a husk of a man with no passion in him, or he'll freak out and bail.I mean pretty much. Either a half dead Mike starts babysitting Lucy or Mike straight up rejects her. Probably the latter because there's no way Taeshi would let Lucy ignore Mike's eating disorder and family issues, if Lucy were to help Mike then those plot points amounted to nothing, and if Lucy only used Mike for comfort then it would reflect bad on Lucy.
>>154710679Their reconciliation had nothing to do with Mike's choice but about the way they had been hurting each other and how they really didn't hate each other. Lucy decided Mike taking Sandy back was enough of a reason to take everything she said back despite Mike never promising her a thing, it's only her side that keeps saying "he owes her"
>>154711018>He doesn't want to make up with Lucy.Would you? Like, it has not been that long since LITS in-universe right? After literally gaslighitng that this is all Mike's fault, why would he even think being near Lucy is a good idea? Especially since she and her handler can just change their minds about arrangements at the drop of a hat. Like literally fucking right now.>>154711048He didn't owe her shit.
>>154711046A better writer could make the former option work>Mike caves because nothing really matters>Lucy is thrilled>then the high wears off and she starts noticing things>Mike's showing her attention but quite clearly phoning it in>she can't work him up with banter or shared hobbies>also he's not eating>obvious family issues when she drops by his house>starts to actually think of him instead of just herself>revelation.gif>character development begins to ensue
>>154710607>I'm trying out outside again, go back inside
>>154711075>Would you?Absolutely not, but I'm also not Mike. A character that Taeshi has dragged through the mud for over a decade now, calling him a pathetic desperate worm who will say anything to secure Lucy's favor because he needs it like an opium addict. Now, did she make a convincing case? No, and it looks like she's also run out her own clock on the matter.
>>154711075>Like literally fucking right nowIts funny how she's been doing it so much>Mike tries to apologize for December and start over. She says okay>Nevermind she tries to kill herself then when she comes back she uses the suicide attempt as a weapon and guilt trips him>Eternal Flame happens and she is on about how she doesn't like/want to see him suffer or something along those lines>Second she can't have him she's right back to treating him like shit and gaslighting him>Latches onto Sephiroth Cat's arm not even like a week or two ago while exiling Mike and pretending like he's all she had when that is evidently not the case.>Nevermind I am coming to you now!Like at some point he or someone in the vicinity needs to just tell her to fuck off and stay fucked off.
>>154711141>She keeps doing this>By the end of it Mike is at the Senoirs table, Gus is with the track team and Sue is outside during lunch
>>154711110Add that she didn't bother to unfuck his social life so despite accepting him again the rest of the group and her pet handler still stare daggers at him and keep threatening him to stay away from Lucy. Same with her family, don't let her yell her way into normalcy
>>154711164B-but it's all so forgivable because Lucy's all suffering and traumatized and stuff! She only has quantum agency, it's not a consistent thing!
JFC, We are one chapter separated from Lucy literally cutting Mike off from everybody else
Next page worst predictions?>Mike crashes and falls on Lucy anime-style>Lucy's PTSD goes into overdrive and her wires cross confusing Mike with Alej>Lucy makes a fucking scene causing students and teachers to run out to the track field and causes Mike to get expelled from school bc everyone takes Lucy's side as always and Mike bad>chapter called Victim Complex bc someone (my bets are on James) will dismiss Mike defending himself as such
>>154711046Anon she has done exactly that before.Ignoring plot points is a running theme in this mad womans work.
I'm just curious where on the retardation and rage inducement scale this will land compared to Eternal Flame and Line in the Sand.
>>154711245Worst? She spergs out for some reason as you said and trips / kicks him. What I am guessing might happen? Momentary shock and then back to depression mode as he runs past her. However this is in vain as he is starving himself and she easily catches up to harass him
>>154711029You think her ability is teleportation, but actually, her Stand's [Killer Tune] ability grants the Stand user the power to multiply via mitosis. The reason why no matter where Mike went in the arcade, there was always a Lucy was because no matter where he went, there would always be a Lucy, since there were multiple Lucys there that day.
>>154710647I would like to think she got pissy at the comic from last thread and removed the two pages betore this, but the count never changed so that's unlikely
>>154710607Just rape him, Lucy. The elites don't want you to know this, but you can just rape male cats. He'll come arpund to seeing things your way sooner or later. He won't have a choice.
>>154711208It reads like a fucking abuser wet dream step by step doesn't it?>separated from friends and support chains>feels alone and unworthy, trying to deal by exerting himself, not eating, most likely very weak and confused>approach him where he's alone and no one can see you, and no one would believe you went there by your own volition >approach saying you're all he's got now, and if he doesnt comply you will say he's preying on you again while alone and vulnerable>no one would believe him anyway, and fuck he might even believe it himself with how malnourished he's getting
New Bleating Heart today too. Thea's commentary on Twitter was "this page is secretly fucked up in ways unknowable to you". That's suspicious.
>>154711349They found Fauna's body parts, calling it now.
>>154711334Plus we already know the general vibe of the "friend" group from Paulo's comment is that they don't really care about Mike's situation and just want the status quo of her being Lucy's punching back to come back. Ultimately they wouldn't care.
>>154711245Well, given that this is BCB, there are two main possibilities. The first is that we get a non-resolution that just extends the current status quo with a minor tweak at best. The second is a truly gobsmacking sequence of events so stupid that none of could guess them. See Eternal Flame, see Line in the Sand, as >>154711248 said. We've got a lot of dramatic buildup yet are over halfway through the chapter with less than fourteen pages left, so I'm leaning toward nothing happening and then a cut to Paisy. Lucy running to Mike, getting her asspats in, then departing with no lessons learned kicks the can down the road. It also might be portrayed as a good thing. That feels very BCB to me.The alternative is that Mike puts his foot down and Lucy has to face basic consequences for her actions, which sounds too reasonable for this comic.
>>154711334Like a female Augustus.
>>154711349stop posting this shit here, create your own thread
>>154711383Augustina is peak tho
>>154711383I'm sure Augustus couldn't overpower a malnourished Mike, but Lucy in this scenario totally could
>>154710607audibly screamed with glee seeing this
Audibly wretched when I saw this.
>>154711334I wonder what the official community discourse would look like if this ended up being where Lucy "redeemed" Mike and brought him back into the fold.
>>154711018>people used to cope this image wasn't going to happenAlso, Lucy doesn't seem very interested in the hug either until the impromptu kiss, I wonder why this scenario changed.
>>154710607Reminder she's had the table for herself for ONE DAY. Literally one day without a 24/7 teddy bear (supposedly she didn't see Augustus last night)
>>154711471Hasn't she been with the tablefags for roughly a week or so at least based off previous events? Either way still a pretty short time and she's right back to sperging out
>>154711466She looks kind of upset. Maybe she gets pissy that Mike won't respond or else starts listing off all the ways this is really his fault once she gets over her initial feelings.
>>154711075>Would you?Fucking no, it would be more sane to wear a shirt saying "I hate doggers" to school, she got her family to despise his name, had his friends all abandon him even using emotional blackmail on his "best friend", and her attack dog acts on his own, even bein seen with her would be putting yourself in danger
>>154710647"I love my husband so much that I write a comic about the grudge I have against him for daring to talk to another girl years ago."
>>154711018>Lucy doesn't seem very interested in the hug eitherto me it reads: frustrated because she went to mike -> finding comfort -> letting go
>>154711570I believe this is called "performative affection."
>>154711245Just a simple one, "Lucy doesn't know what she's doing just like when she was insulting her friends while she thought she was being polite, so whatever Mike does now is to a delirious Lucy that didn't actually want to be there of her own volition"
>>154711577oops meant for >>154711466
>>154711577True, maybe she's gotten over it and is now thinking back to all his sins against her. Gotta work her natural indignation back up and distract from whatever just happened.
>>154711594Wow, Mike is such a horrible rapist. I'm so glad that Lucy has never taken advantage of anyone before.
>>154711462>NOOOOO she deserves better!>Mike is manipulating her again by acting sad and malnourished!>I say this as someone very morally righteous: Mike should kill himself if he wants Lucy to stop suffering
Should any poor wretched patronfags/excellent leakchads still live among us, could you confirm whether or not Mike runs past Lucy? I sort of assume it will be a page of their faces dramatically getting closer and closer but would like to be wrong.
>>154711466>Lucy doesn't seem very interested in the hug eitherBecause Lucy hates showing vulnerability or opening herself, even if technically she came out crying and shitting because Mike's the only person she actually trusts she would try her darndest not to show it. So take it more as "Lucy is upset she has a need" hug
>>154711684this definitely looks like her speaking and him reacting. he has to stop and listen. he loves her
>>154711705The fun thing about Lucy is that she can get bitchy for the dumbest, most nonsensical reasons. I'll bet it'd be more idiotic than any of us have guessed thus far.
>>154711750Speedlines or way too much high school funding spent on trackside bleachers, you decide!
>>154711769My money is on them.
So considering this is the "last time" Lucy had her alley nightmare I want to guess she'll get Mike to agree to whatever she wants and having a new secret teddy bear (because she won't care to solve his social exile) will solve her dreams because now someone she can trust defends her, it's just the right kind of detached from reality that makes sense even if Mike can't fight himself out of a scarf right now
>>154711825How scandalous! A secret teddy bear being the one she got rid of publicly.
>>154711825I think the only other way Lucy's dreams can be banished is Mike telling her, in no uncertain terms, that she can depend on her friends because they (inexplicably) love and would never abandon her. Basically undoing December, at least in part.
>>154710607This shit is crazy because it hasn't even been a month since she let Augustus and David destroy his social life.that's why this bitch is retarded because going out to see him directly makes all of that bullshit for nothing.
>>154711904I don't think that'd work. It doesn't matter if Mike says it. In her eyes, her "friends" are "tainted".
>>154711927Depends on how much of her own comic Taeshi bothers to remember. Lucy herself denied that her friends would leave her until Mike drilled the idea into her skull. Does this mesh with the retconned-in nightmare she had at Gus' place? No, they contradict each other, but at least there is precedent for Lucy taking Mike's words to heart.
>>154711927>I had a dream where you didn't stick up for me so I can't trust youRemember, people really think like this
>>154711876It would honestly be interesting if very infuriating, Lucy getting Mike all for herself behind the curtain and getting her confidence back while everyone still blames everything on him and side with her for everything. She gets everything she actually wants and the plot is now trying to keep anyone else from finding out about her midnight friend (Mike has entered her room before) or keeping Mike guilty and alive enough to keep him from spilling the beans himself
>>154712120>keeping Mike guilty and alive enough to keep him from spilling the beans himselfImagine Mike quite visibly wanting to throw himself out Lucy's window while she spoons his side, happily oblivious.
>>154712133Oh she knowsIt's just his thoughts no longer matter
This shit is so fucking forced
not this shit againsomebody kill that nigga already, spare him from this horrible fate
>>154711979>Mike drilled the idea into her skull. Sometimes I genuinely doubt that he got to her and more like Lucy always believed it but Mike only reaffirmed her bias.>Lucy point blank told Mike she only trusts him.[I don't know why but regardless of Sue's actions back then, Lucy always seems to treat her worse than Paulo who actively sexually harassed and touched her.>Her & Daisy have never been friends & only interact in the context of boys: Mike, Paulo, Augustus.>Despite literally everything Paulo is a useless simp gor Lucy when logically he has almost as much of a reason to hate her guts.Honestly I can sorta see December Mike's reasoning. Remove Paulofrrom Lucy & it's likely only David and Sue might have followed her. Even in LITS Lucy never says Mike was a liar about that stuff and only reaffirms he is all she had. Even when Mike is nowhere near her she acts like a miserable wretch(that kicked off lits).
>>154712133>Lucy forces Mike to be her cuddle thing most nights, and in exchange she slowly starts unfucking his life with the table group and her family>He's obviously dying inside and still avoiding the table even if they're more accepting after Lucy puts a good word for him>She keeps asking him for more risky stuff like a kiss session on the broom closet, getting handsy under the table and even some humping when she's mostly alone at home>Mike doesn't feel like refusing anymore, it seems to make her happy, his old friends seem happier too, whatever>But every time he's this close to just jumping in front of a bus
>>154712174This is just Lucy acting in-character.
>>154712190>Lucy forces Mike to be her cuddle thing most nights, and in exchange she slowly starts unfucking his life with the table group and her familyIt'd mostly be her telling them to shut up and sit down so they stop whining her ear off, let's be real. I don't see Lucy as a very empathetic person, no matter what Taeshi claims. Nobody can act like Lucy does but have a genuine sweet streak that randomly manifests out of nowhere. It makes a lot more sense that everything she does for other people is purely self-serving.
>>154712178>[I don't know why but regardless of Sue's actions back then, Lucy always seems to treat her worse than Paulo who actively sexually harassed and touched her.I think she just sees other girls as beneath her. What probably doubles it for Sue is that Sue keeps kissing her ass to try and be her friend which probably makes her even more pathetic in Lucy's eyes. Taeshi says deep down she likes sue, but that's on the blog and those answers are fulla cope.Paulo did do all of that but he was head over heels for Lucy for the longest and on top of that he's a boy. She can use him as a security blanket when Mike isnt doing it
>>154712231She literally became a different kind and happily pleasant person after Eternal flame for a whole 5 minutes because she thought Mike was finally hers alone, so it kinda makes sense she'd ecstasic enough to try and pull that because she'd like her new pet to come with her someday
>>154710607MIKE!IGNORE HER MIKE!!MIIIIIIIIKE!!!
>>154712248Lucy's attitude toward other girls reads like a more self-important take on Taeshi's own insecurities. She's not jealous toward them or fearful they will steal away her designated boy toy, oh no no no. Other girls are just annoying and irrelevant.
>>154712190Pretty rapey.>>154712248>She can use him as a security blanket when Mike isnt doing itWhich is why I argue he should start or actually hate her. One thing to not like the guy(I don't like paulo) but another thing to use him. That lead on bullshit taeshi tries to apply to Mike is something Lucy actively did.
>>154712284Yeah but that's just Lucy being in a really good mood. Being nice to people when she's not? It's always a mask or done to feel better about herself.
>>154712307And that is why Daisy fucking Mike is the biggest slap in the face Lucy could ever get. The chubby bookworm that should be completely irrelevant, one-upped her and the supermodel. By being nice to Mike(something he REALLY needs)
>>154711349I'm guessing it's either:>1: the kids talking to each other in the foreground are plotting something fucked up. Like they're actually a gang of bullies who are about to go make all the other kids miserable by shoving them around. In which case I predict their antisocial behavior will escalate later in the comic, OR:>2: the juxtaposition of Mary's project with the other kids playing outside is illustrative of her project being something like that picture she drew. Maybe making cardboard cutouts of the other kids and cutting them up.In which case I predict this will further wreck her already shaky reputation, leading to her becoming even more of a pariah who the adults automatically blame whenever something goes wrong.
>>154712311Paulo seems increasingly blind to Lucy's flaws. Over time he's gone from blaming her for being such a bitch to himself for provoking her, then refusing to see her emotional blackmailing him for what it is. Now he knows something bad went down between her and Mike but thinks the best solution is just shoving gray cat back into white cat's arms. I don't think Paulo is allowed to notice how fucked up Lucy is.
>>154712340Agreed, it would drive Lucy nuts. And because bow cat is an extension of Taeshi's ego, it would do the same to her. Which is unfortunately why even a short-term Maisy fling cannot ever happen, not even if it ended in disaster.
>>154711825Hmm.>Lucy gets what she wants>Mike is a cheater but for real>Kicks the can on stuff happening down the roadI don't like how plausible that is, anon.
>>154712351Honestly I think alot of Lucy and Paulo flaws might be better recieved if they were treated like flaws with the right consequences. I cannot think of how writing Lucy and Mike back to a v1 dynamic without adjusting shit for why December even happened would go well. Lucy can blame sandy all she wants but no one made Lucy abuse Mike. Sandy rightfully noticed that Lucy was harming Mike for literally no reason and Lucy can never get a good justification, just hiding behind her little ketchup spill.
>>154712412thats likely the only reason she was written to actually jump anyway.Even after auggy called her out on the BS reasoning for it too.
>>154712412>Lucy can blame sandy all she wants but no one made Lucy abuse MikeTaeshi's big brain solution to that was recontextualizing the abuse as self-defense from Mike's manipulative male wiles. Yes, it is nauseating pity bait horseshit. But you've hit on BCB's actual biggest problem: Obvious double-standards that lead to uneven consequences.
>>154712452The weird thing is how rarely the suicide attempt is even brought up. Taeshi keeps tiptoeing around it and while thinking up other (far less convincing) ways to justify Lucy.
>>154710607
>>154712452>thats likely the only reason she was written to actually jump anyway.Honestly, I have thought about it and yeah. Remove Lucy jumping and nothing major changes except the victim dynamics.>Mike give her the December speech after realizing via sandy, lucy has been physically abusing him for years & using him like a teddy bear and Lucy later tries to kill herself.Vs>Mike gives Lucy the December speech cause sandy helped him realize to Lucy, he is only a teddy bear to beat.If you make the guilt about what he said and still later have Lucy come back then you have to realize, she is just a cunt. Years of abuse vs saying something mean and Mike is the one with the mistreated. With how little happens in the comic you could actually make that the reason he sperged. Imagine everyone siding with girl who beat your ass for fun.
>>154712516Earnestly, more on-point than Taeshi's own schizo hallucinations published on tumblr.
>>154710607>this is actually gonna happenBCBMAN IS GONNA MAKE AN APPEARANCE?!?!?!
>>154712479I think it's that she has no idea what to do with it. You can't just hand wave everyone's reactions to it or have everyone 'understand', as much as she probably wishes she could, because suicide is an emotional hydrogen bomb that you can't unexplode once it's been dropped.
>>154712479Because she knows it was a mistake and Lucy really had 0 reason to jump.Loving family, friends who gave a shit, but because mike got sick of her objective abuse she spiraled into suicide?its retarted.Didnt help the comic improved with lucy out of the picture too.(Still her BS back and forth, inconsistant characterization for paulo but still better than Lucyspace)
>>154712549>because suicide is an emotional hydrogen bomb that you can't unexplode once it's been droppedWell, with her back and forth between the comic and blog claims, she's already done that.
>>154710607Just run past her
>>154710607She's about to rape mike
>>154712590He can't, if he does then lucy will cry to the emo. Who will come out here to bully Mike till Mike shoves him away and then Lucy will beat Mike.
>>154712516>AAAAAA MY SEN!!!!
>>154710607Please, for the love of all that is holy, just fucking ghost her ass.
>>154712669The story demands Mucy.
MIIIIKE!!KEEP RUNNING MIKE!!MIIIIIIIKEE!!
>>154712695Can Mike outrun Lucyspace? This isn't an enclosed space like the arcade.
>>154712516>Kept the nose bleeding
>>154712792Nah. He's too weakened from self starvation
>>154712634He's basically in a lose-lose scenario, just being caught in the same space as Lucy would get everyone to give him shit MD depending on how awful Lucy feels later she could ruin him out of the school>uh huh uuuh, hitting on me... A bloo bloo... Mike... A bloo bloo
>>154710607JUST STAND BACKJUST STAND BACK
>>154711294this is far and away the most horrifying image i have ever seenimagine the bloodbath the moment the Lucys start to realize they can't ALL have Mike
>>154711018I just now noticed the track they're standing onseeing this picture with context and knowing it was foreshadowing was like seeing a big twist in a movie and then going back and re-contextualizing the entire thing
>>154711349I’m guessing it’s because she’s going to be framed for Fauna’s murder. Not intentionally, but circumstantially. Her teacher gave her scissors, she has always acted up in school, I’m guessing she’ll be the last one with her, etc
>>154710607Bro was trying to die doing what he loved and suddenly this chick pops up in front of him
>>154713326It's kinda obvious when you watch the killer tune AMV this was more or less the plan
>>154710607This comic is so insane>girl strings you along for your entire childhood>finally blow up at her one time, almost immediately feel bad and apologize>she doesn't care that you blew up at her but the fact that you apologized means that she could have a chance again if she wasn't moving>so that means she has to kill herself (????)>fucks that up, leaves, but comes right back>gaslights and ostracizes you, working hard to turn everyone against you as revenge for you keeping in touch with a childhood friend (??????????????????)>once your mind broken, completely alone, and full of self loathing she goes out of her way to find you so she can try and date youIt's like a fever dream written by an actual psychotic, like some kind of nut job who thinks emotional and sexual abuse is really great actually
>>154713645>He thought he could escapeMaybe next time he's free he should commit to keeping his freedom
>>154713751I am genuinely horrified by how things are playing out, and your comment perfectly sums up my feelings. Given that Lucy is slated to presumably hug and forcibly kiss Mike, and have it played as romance, sorta gives me the feeling that Lucy being a predator won't ever be addressed.
>>154713751>It's like a fever dream written by an actual psychotic>likeIt literally is. Author is legally insane.
>>154713839It makes me smile that a lot of the cult/patreon comments previously were like "yeah fuck Mike, he deserves whatever happens to him next, he still hasn't repaid Lucy, he deserves everything" and the punishment is going to be being sexually harassed by the comic's heroine. If that happenes we'll see how far "it's ok when she does it" can actually go
>>154713763Anon, if it ain't instant death then lucy space will "save" his ass. He would suffer consequences for his attempt like never being able to physically walk(away from lucy).
>>154713763>10 September, 2025What story beat was happening around this time?
>>154713929I mean, she SA'd and probably tried to rape Augustus, and her actually kissing a depressed Mike she gaslit, abused, isolated, and darvo'd would genuinely be SA and her being predatory towards her abuse victim. In short, pretty unforgivable stuff if Taeshi goes through with the kiss she hinted at as well as the hug, it'd make Lucy so vile and abusive that I don't think she could be salvaged.
>>154713839>>154713929It's more or less the draw for me, at this point. This chapter will either cement BCB as a work of abuser apologia or Taeshi will pull back and half-heartedly mutter that sometimes Lucy is in the wrong now that BPD funtime is more or less over.
>>154713751Stop reading it then.
>>154714262>Lucy is in the wrong now that BPD funtime is more or less over.She'd sooner permanently kill lucy. Get ready for lucy to force herself on Mike or something leak worthy.
>>154712547THE HERO WE NEED!
>>154713751I wouldn't be surprised if between Sandy and Lucy that Mike just becomes gay
>>154714473He's asexual
>>154714490>Lucy beat Mike so much he lost the ability to feel aroused.Never relax around whitecats or dogs.
>>154714473Maulo would be interesting
>>154714281No way, this is great
>>154714037I'm pretty sure >>154711018 is not meant to be saying "there will be a kiss", it's a joke that bcb is a movie and the actor playing lucy is going off script and ruining the take because she feels bad for mike.
>>154714922With how Lucy is I can see it happening complete with Mike just looking dead inside as it is happening similar to that
>>154714922I don't even think it's Lucy feeling bad for Mike. It's just her giving into natural inclinations. And, if we put some thoroughly unearned amount of trust into that comic page, it suggests that Lucy trying to kiss Mike is not in the script. Which does make some sense as she's only out there for asspats.
>>154715078Oh, I'm expecting worse than that, Taeshi is unhinged and obviously off her meds.
>>154715169I wonder what Taeshi is like IRL right now.
>>154715258Paulo's with Daisy right now so he can't get it up either.>>154711182>We put Sue on the track and taught her how to run wrong. You know, as a joke.
"Mike it was horrible! Everyone kept trying to spend time with me and include me in everything! It's so overwhelming! I tried to defend myself by being more honest than usual but they couldn't take a hint and kept pestering me! I also told Augustus he could stop looking after me and go have friends and HE AGREED! Can you believe it? No hesitation or guilt, he just took the chance and didn't look back! Oh and I'm being flirted on by BACKGROUND CHARACTERS! It's horrible you have to let me smash :(">>154715258Nice~
>>154715344>Paulo's with Daisy right now so he can't get it up either.>Implying seeing Mike and Lucy together wouldn't get gayass rock hard, even with Daisy there.Whose house are they in this image? Did Lucy rape Mike?
>>154710707>>154712295>>154712695kek
Let me get this straight: PAULO is yanked and almost shamed by Lucy for wanting to check on Mike, but Lucy, the one who should avoid Mike for her own mental health, can go check on him?She actively support-blocked Paulo's (and for some reason Daisy"s) attempt checking on him during lunch.So Mike would see only LUCY is going outside dinner time to check on him?This is psychopathic. Utterly sociopathic. Maniac evil type shit. Avoid like the plague whoever thinks this is cute
>>154715409Yes
>>154715448Woah woah woah, anon. Listen. It's two very different situations. Paulo wanted to go check on Mike as a friend who cares about scarf cat's well-being. Lucy just wanted asspats. It's all very nuanced.
>>154715448Mike was not just right; he undersold it.
>>154715258>>154715467I like these. You should do more of them
>>154715448But anon, it's DESTINY~! Only Lucy would be able to identify and help with what's wrong with Mike. Forget that Daisy and Paulo have both tried to help. Ignore that the track team said for him to come over and for some reason he ignored it (something Mike has been shown against). Ignore that Abbey is like 3 tables away. Lucy and Mike have this connection that only the blindest couldn't see!
>>154715670Fuck destiny!
>>154715467This is Paulo's bed, Lucy ordered him to get out of his house so she could use itThe cracks are actually from Paulo trying to story for a test via head trauma
>>154710607NOOOOO MIKE YOU HAVE TO DODGE!MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKE...!
Thing is, this could work if it there was a chapter or two of Lucy feeling she might have overshot wanting to get back at Mike for his december rant. Some kind of realization that she fucked up badly with LitS and she's actually paying for it because her mind is a mess. Her running to mike would still be frustratiing but it would at least have better reasoning than what we got. The important thing would be to make sure that more time has passed between LitS and this than what Taeshi actually put.
>>154710607Oh my god... WHY would Mike teleport Lucy right in front of him in the middle of the running track? What did he mean by this?What's his endgame?
>>154710607Oh Miiiike~!I need you for somethiiiing...~
>>154715448>can go check on him?you misunderstandpaulo checking up on mike is about helping mikelucy finding mike is about exploiting himunironically very different scenarios
>>154710607This getting to be one of those entertaingly retarded chapters.Go full retard, make Lucy kiss him.
>>154713987Line in the Sand.
>>154715998>Go full retard, make Lucy kiss him.>Lucy isolated Mike.>Blamed him for the scenarios that are happening.>Makes a move when Mike is both too starved to fight back and too emotionally vulnerable.Are we sure Lucy's dad didn't cheat?
>>154715887He was planning to run her over. Clever grey cat
>>154716029Our hero the attempted rapist
>>154716016That was almost a year ago? Where does the time go?
>>154710607>mike's face whenIf the next page is Mike running right around her and not stopping it'd be 10/10 but it's going to be the opposite.
>>154715917Calm down, Anon; we're not at the eclipse yet.
>>154711245>Lucy silently approaches Mike and hugs him>Kiss>She goes back inside, no words are exchanged
Ok this might be a good time for people to start leaking the patreon again
>>154716644>She starts doing this on a daily basis
>>154716644Lucy's just saying her goodbyes before she goes to be with her true love, Alejandro.
>>154716644>>154716885So that's what Taeshi meant when she said that Mike's situation was going to improve a little.
>>154711040>I don't know how he puts up with all the insanity of the BPD around himTake a fucking guess.
>>154716958>Lucy torches Mike's life and then immediately runs off with Alejandro I can see it.
>>154710607The Demiurge was a hateful and ravenous thing - she had consumed Mike's schooldays, his life, and his friendships. And still, she hungered...
i am a sick individual who revels in the toxic codependence of mike and lucy
So, we all agree that the only way for Mike and Sandy to break up is in person, right? It's the only "satisfying" and tie up loose ends for them.What would an excuse for them to meet up again?
>>154716029Sorry anon, you have to change that filename to stop spreading missinformation. It should be "good boy tries to help needy girl who was asking for it anyway"
>>154717164The valentine's day visit is what most people are expecting to be the S-day
>>154717164Why would they break up? Sandy likes the relationship, and so does Mike (not that his feelings matter).
>>154717096Same
>>154717096>>154717328Mike has literally never been dependent on Lucy. which is insane because Taeshi insists that he is outside of the comic, has had 20 fucking years to make that the case in the comic, and it still isn't in the comic
>>154710607>It's too late Mike! You had plenty of time to escape Samsara while Lucy was distracted with nonsense filler chapters, but you blew it! >Now her gaze is back to you. Her undivided attention centered on your sorry ass! Escape is impossible for you now, you'll feel the full weight of Lucyspace if you try.>It's over.
>>154717164Valentines is upcoming and I think besides EF pottery where she pulls him up out of the muck emotionally the end of Mandy is the most likely outcome.
>>154717096If only it was cool toxic codependence like Rock and Revi in Black Lagoon.
>>154716701second
>>154717384going full joe yabuki on that chair almost saved him, ironically he wouldn't be here if he just stopped running
>>154717384How is it his fault?>Be nowhere near Lucy or in her sight>She doesn't want to see you, and you are in two separate locations>She teleports in front of him.It's not even the first time she has done this; she did it at the arcade and at the tree. How do you escape something that seems to affect space?
>>154717164>>154717276>>154717395I assume by the time Sandy takes him on the date she's planned, Mike is mostly fed up with everything and breaks things off. Sandy is just too tiresome to deal with, it's clearly not going to work between them, so he'll do them both a favor and pull the trigger.
>>154715448Lucy got more than she bargained for with how friendly her friends were being to her. It was a foreign concept to her, so she needed to escape that suffocating environment and go back to the devil she knows.
>>154717096It's not co-dependence is the problem, Mike treats Lucy like shit and only wants her when Sandy's not available (or diminished)Lucy genuinely thinks Mike is boring and unattractive and only cares about him as an emotional tampon and is eager and willing to throw him away if someone more convenient comes along.
That's right, bitch. Come crawling back.She's so pathetic, but I'll forgive her
>>154710607the living corpse still has flies
>>154717796Escape...a hollow and ridiculous notion.You are burdened of this this thing, molded by it. And you will be return to its chains, in time. The great Candybowl of bitterness -- a profusion of errant bipolarness. Multiplying. Gaslighting. Seething. Refusing to die. Until the stars align in their inexorable formation, and what sleeps is roused once more, to hatch from this fragile shell of fur and insanity, and bring about your inescapable end...so, seek solace in the manner befitting your lineage, and take up your nugatory running, haunted forever by that sickening prose, echoing through the infinite blackness of space and time:"Mucy is going to happen"
>>154718157If only it was him gathering enough mana to break free from Lucyspace.
>>154717796By going Beyond
Ai anon should make a mp4 of this scene with them ending up fucking underneath the bleachers
>>154718932I wonder if this is how Lucy sees this playing out in her head.
>>154716644Alternatively:>Lucy silently approaches Mike and hugs him>Kiss>Lucy snaps his neck and goes back inside
>>154717918>Mike will totally break up with Sandy THIS time!>Trust the plan!That's cope, anon.
>>154710607>>154710647Isn't isolation to the point the victim sees you as the only one who cares.. a form of abuse? Just asking for a friend
>>154719559Mike is going to perk up when Sandy comes during Valentines, which is chapter 133 when things start to "look up" for Mike, it's probably going to be Eternal Flame 2.0 and then we'll finally get this panel.
>>154718932Stop that vile uh, barely a succubus! She's draining him dry!
>>154716029>Are we sure Lucy's dad didn't cheat?He's supposed to be a minor celebrity, away from home most of the time. That's why he's fine with Augustus moving in and fucking his wife, it'd only be fair.>>154719071Would horny Lucy even be sensible enough to find a hidden spot? She'll ride him right there on the track field
>>154715467But where's daisy?
>>154719978>Sandy shows at valentines>finds a catatonic Mike being groped by Lucy while the table cobsiders it normal>nopes the fuck back home to get more gay hairdresser dick
>>154720814Who's POV do you think that is, anon?
Harem ending would fix everything. Sadly, with age Tae lost her edge and anime tism.
>>154720843>A cheerleader and cameramanIs there any thing Daisy can't do? Besides Paulo?
>>154719559You misspelled peak, anon.
>>154721147Face the consequences of her cheating ways and raise the baby
>>154719978I figure things "looking up" for Mike will only happen once he dumps Sandy. An extension of Taeshi's grand Goldiemald: Ding dong the witch is dead, so Mike gets a cookie or at least a reprieve from the ball-stomping. Or maybe he devolves into a loveable charming Suitcase-ish asshole. Or both.
>>154710607>hi, I know the last time we met, I kicked you in the stomach for trying to defend yourself from social ostracizing and manipulation, but can you spare a moment to attend my pity party? This is embarrassing.
>>154722000What are the chances that Taeshi acknowledges Lucy's utter lack of self-awareness here? Other than to excuse it, I mean.
Gotta ask...how is the Discord taking it?
>>154722043Zero if she's not excusing it. I actually wonder how she's going to excuse it since she spent every opportunity villifying Mike any way she could.
>>154722095Something about the complexities of Lucy's victimhood (geddit?) and how Mike ows her his patient attention. Not a moral comic, btw.
>>154719978>Mike is going to perk up when Sandy comes during Valentines, which is chapter 133 when things start to "look up" for Mike,Forget about the Valentine's Day date happening in chapter 133. It should only happen after the Mike and Lucy arc that we're in now.
>>154722303I get the idea of a booster seat but how does Jordan reach the pedals?
>>154722325Maybe using a piece of wood tied to the leg or something like that, kek.
>>154717339I mean let's not beat around the bush. Mike is absolutely dependent on Lucy. The only reason Mike got with Sandy was cuz Lucy couldn't admit she wanted a relationship with him. Sandy was indeed a breath of fresh air from Lucy's madness, but Mike actually enjoyed it. His issue is that he's a doormat and people pleaser, when his girlfriend, Sandy, expresses concern over Lucy's abuse and says she doesn't like her, Mike went balls to the wall and crucified Lucy, in part to please Sandy and in part of all the years of resentment building up. But mainly it was cuz Lucy only confessed to Mike after he got with Sandy, which really complicated things for him. He's not Paulo, he can only work with one girlfriend, no matter how badly he wanted to take Lucy also.Sandy didn't wanted Mike to blow up on Lucy, just for him to set healthy boundaries. Unfortunately by that point the damage was done, Mike clearly regretted everything he said to Lucy after he found out she was admitted to the ICU.After Lucy left, Mike tried filling the hole with Sandy by being needy and just not being good enough support for her, their worlds are simply too different, which us why Sandy went along with Francis. Sandy blowing up on Mike when she went to visit him is a good example of this, Mike tried to make their relationship like what he had with Lucy, I don't even think he realized it. Mike craves Lucy, and Lucy craves Mike. Those two fucktards deserve each other.
>Lucy will only engage with Mike when she's in a panic-induced fugue state >Mike will only engage with Lucy after he's been hollowed out by isolation and guiltYOUR ENDGAME SHIP, EVERYONEVRAVO BAESHI
>>154722303>Lucy "suffers" and tosses Mike a few crumbs across two or three weeks time max>this convinces Mike to reject Sandy in favor of his reignited love for white catThat would be annoying.>>154722383>The only reason Mike got with Sandy was cuz Lucy couldn't admit she wanted a relationship with himSeems that Mike just really liked Sandy and Lucy only had a chance to snag him when Sandy wasn't in the picture. Not (purely) because Sandy was the inherently superior choice, but because bow cat refused to put in any effort or capitalize on her advantage of being there in the flesh.
>>154722456>Seems that Mike just really liked Sandy and Lucy only had a chance to snag him when Sandy wasn't in the picture. Not (purely) because Sandy was the inherently superior choice, but because bow cat refused to put in any effort or capitalize on her advantage of being there in the flesh.Yes, that is what actually occurred, and Lucy actively sabotaged herself for no reason. If Lucy had been sabotaging herself for literal years, it's likely the feelings for Sandy would have actually dissipated, but she couldn't help herself. You have to remember something: Sandy was the first choice/crush in fucking 3rd grade. You know how often kids have crushes in 3rd grade that don't go anywhere?
>>154722383Mike thought his relationship with Sandy was merely platonic until Lucy's jealousy pushed him into giving it a romantic connotation, also it wasn't just because Lucy said no, but because Sandy didn't try to beat him down constantly >But it was only slapstick until Sandy said it wasn'tI'd attribute that to Mike's same density that he kept giving Lucy leeway "because that's just how she is" until it affected someone else
>>154722383Mike just needed some actual friends, he was perfectly fine and happy with the track team before James, David, Lucy, and Augustus gangraped him and isolated him from everyone. Lucy needs a caretaker, and Mike just wants to feel like he actually has value instead of always being second place to his abuser.Plus, he tried to put effort into his relationship with Sandy, stayed loyal to her, and things are only really falling apart because she neglected him and cheated on him.In short, Mike's not dependent on Lucy, he just needs actual friends.
>>154722383>>154722554>The only reason Mike got with Sandy was cuz Lucyhe had a crush on Sandy. Lucy had almost nothing to do with it because MIKE WAS SINGLE THE WHOLE FUCKING TIME. Lucy doesn't own him, his decisions are not derived from hers. Lucyspace notwithstandinga big part of the problem Lucyfags have here is a seeming inability to consider the counterfactual that Lucy "admitting she wanted a relationship" would have guaranteed that Mucy occurred and stayed stable. they see it as if all Lucy had to do was ask and Mucy wins - Mike's independent decisions and motivations are completely invisible to them, only Lucy's decisions and motivations have salienceTaeshi had ample opportunity to establish that Mucy was a guarantee, and instead continuously made it LESS plausible over time.>>154722456>Seems that Mike just really liked Sandythis is the story Taeshi actually wrote, and has been trying and failing to unravel for years at this point. the current characterization of Sandy is catastrophically bad, but it doesn't change the original motivation to get with Sandy... which was that he was single and liked her.TL;DR: flip the genders and think about how retarded it would be to argue that a girl "only got with a different guy because the guy who had harassed her since preschool didn't shoot his shot in time". it's fucking absurd.
>>154722554>Sandy was the first choice/crush in fucking 3rd gradeWell yeah, of course. Sandy was superior to Lucy in pretty much every category. The choice was obvious. Even so, I agree that Lucy could have pretty easily snagged Mike if she'd just been nicer and more honest with him. Proximity is a powerful advantage. The fact she fumbled it so hard is kind of remarkable.
>>154722569>In short, Mike's not dependent on Lucy, he just needs actual friends.Didn't Mike confess as such in his chat with Daisy? He feels he needs "Someone in his corner"?He brings it up the need for friends with Paulo too, and its parially related to Lucy bullshit.Which only makes LITS worse and proves Mike should trust these people. >>154722598Dude, no one here is a Lucyfag; I am quite the opposite. I am bringing up that Mike did confess an interest in Lucy in the past independent of anything related to Sandy, and not only did Lucy reject him, but she mistreated him and claimed she was the only one she trusted. Which came off like horsehit; she was never vulnerable, she was always on the offense, especially with him, and never told him what she thought. The only difference from her other "friends" was that she clung to him cause that is what she wanted; instead of fucking talking, she just chose to beat Mike.
>>154722683Didn't Mike himself ask her out like twice but she refused?
>>154722706 Shouldn't trust these people, fuck me. Mike should hang out with literally any other friend he has outside of his "main" table group
>>154722598I believe the moment Mike opened up to Lucy and confessed while asking her to also open up and drop the hostile facade and she responded by doubling down Lucy lost whatever rights she had to expect a relationship with Mike, of being jealous of he looking for another person and to pay her whole dependency issues on him, even just refusing but loosening her grip on him would have done wonders for their relationship and possibility of something in the future, so I think it's unfair to get angry at Mike for not understanding a message that had a very straightforward meaning the first time
>>154722383The only reason why Lucy is an entity is because Sandy is a long distance relationship.
>>154722706>>154722724Don't worry, I got what you meant. >>154722747Promoting the idea that Lucy never means what she says and no means keep trying only promotes the idea that wearing down people until they say yes is acceptable, and even promoting nonconsent.
>>154722716I think it was only once, in that flashback chapter, but it's been a while so I could be wrong. Lucy did encourage him to go date Sandy, though, and then assumed she'd still keep a huge chunk of his (positive) attention. Which is one reason why Lucy accusing Mike of leading her on is so egregious, and thus pic related. If Taeshi is so married to this idea, then Mike should just tell Lucy that they both used each other, that there was never really any love between them, and that both cats should just move on with their lives. Because that's the logical follow-through.
>>154722706>I am bringing up that Mike did confess an interest in Lucy in the past independent of anything related to Sandythe problem is you've drawn that out to conclude "Mike getting with Sandy was actually because of Lucy's decisions"say i don't block someone from running off to harass and then get eaten by an alligator. i could have THEORETICALLY prevented it, but i'm not the one who decided to run off to get eaten by an alligator. at a certain point i'm not to blame or credit because the world and the people in it do not revolve around me and my decisions.>>154722716>>154722747>>154722859the main caveat i'd add to Mike expressing interest in Lucy is that it doesn't necessarily mean he'd have been tied down by Lucy for long enough to not pursue Sandy. it's entirely plausible that Mucy gets together and breaks up before he gets with Sandy, because as written, Lucy can't not be abusive, insincere, and emotionally parasitic, both in and out of relationships.
>>154722792Lucy has a warped idea of an "ideal" love if you think about it, like expecting fervor and loyalty despite hostility and rejection, destined lovers that must go through endless suffering before being able to be together, the valiant knight that kneels before his lady, asking for nothing but what he can do to make her happy, the idea of her being free and her own person while having someone dedicate themselves to her and ask nothing in return. It's a very sick mentality
>>154722859>Mike should just tell Lucy that-Boom! Right in the stomach
>>154722885Yeah yeah, even if they did get together there is no way if telling if they would have done so for long, Lucy has many issues that can't be solved by one good relationship and Mike would slowly cave in to her demands until things got too tense, but she had a chance to try and move on. I think we are at the point that no person on their own is going to be able to solve Lucy's issues
>>154722792>wearing down people until they say yes is acceptable,In LITS that was Augustus plan till Mike complied. >and even promoting nonconsent.Paulo has both sexually harassed Lucy, Augustus attempted to assault Daisy and Lucy attempt on assault of Augustus are pretty much treated with kid gloves, anon.>>154722888If we look at her parent's relationship it's nothing like Lucy wants & not even Daisy wants that kinda relationship or any of the females she interwcts with. I have no idea where Lucy got this idea of love besides the meta reason.
>>154722958I don't think there's a difference between in-story and meta reasoning anymore.Also, Augustus's attempted SA anf possibly attempted rape of Daisy got handwaved away as something for Daisy's benefit and something she enjoyed.
>>154722888>destined lovers that must go through endless suffering before being able to be togetherI think this is more of a Taeshi ideal than a Lucy one, and a narrative one at that. Both the author and the extension of her ego would much rather that their destined OTP get locked in with little personal effort, as evidenced by their pattern of trying nothing and running out of ideas.But yes, I think otherwise you are on-point. Which is why BCB's take on positive relationships is going to be so fucked unless Taeshi realizes how bad that will look to the normies and reins it in before the end. But she was pretty open about her strict and hypocritical views on cheating back on the discord, before she left, so I think she'll prove rather shameless on the matter.
>>154722383>which us why Sandy went along with FrancisSandy claims she got led along by Francis because she didn't have enough Mike, not because he was too needy and childish.
>>154722954>I think we are at the point that no person on their own is going to be able to solve Lucy's issuesThat's because nobody can improve another person from the outside. Lucy has wanted to become a better person exactly once in the entire comic and it blew up in her face. 99% of the time, she refuses to introspect, or blames her acknowledged flaws on other people, or just dismisses them as minor issues to address down the line. Lucy's problems cannot be solved because she wants others to do that for her with nigh zero effort expended on her own part, and often she'll close herself off when someone DOES try to help her. Lucy cannot be helped because she will only accept it on her own terms, which are contradictory and insane. Girl is a lost cause unless she wakes the fuck up.
>>154723073In person, right? Because from the looks of it he was super overtexting her all the time.
>>154723073NTA, but I will point out that Sandy is a known liar. And with that out of the way, I'm also pretty sure that Francis being right there in person and steeped in the industry were the biggest factors in Sandy jumping ship. He uh, you know, *got* her or whatever. Makes enough sense. The way she kept prattling on about Francis during her visit, paired with her guilty make-out attempt, makes it pretty clear that Sandy was already cheating on Mike and probably had been for a while. I think that experiencing Mike's so-called childishness (per Sandy's "adult" standards) probably helped to widen a gulf that was already there.
>>154722958I think the main problem with Lucy is that she has a lot of misplaced or unwarranted resentment and anger, her family life is great, everyone loves her, her friends twist themselves for her yet remain sincere, etc. And it is when you realize it is because she has enormous expectations of people that keep not being approachable that you can see why she's like this, Mike was supposed to stay by her side and wait despite rejection and hostility, Paulo was supposed to drop his womanizing ways and become loyal to her after one time they spent close to each other, she shouldn't have to tell Augustus to get rid of the phone that's causing her to shit herself in fear, he should do it out of his own volition for her love of Lucy, etc. She lives expecting things the world can't give her and that makes her mad, she's way too wager to dismiss other people's expectations because why shouldn't her if hers aren't meet?
>>154723421I really wish that Lucy was meant to be a walking bundle of self-destructive unreasonable BPD-isms informed by Taeshi's own experiences...but boy howdy does it look like Vero's rolling around in the slop like a pig instead. Her blog reads like an ongoing psychotic break from reality. Whatever Lucy might be "in the wrong" for, I doubt it will make much sense to the average reader.
>>154722569>Plus, he tried to put effort into his relationship with SandyNTA, but when? Aside from texting her, Mike's never DONE anything with Sandy. She's given him gifts, planned dates, initiated kisses, supported him emotionally, and made promises. But I can't think of a single example of Mike doing anything except going along with Sandy's ideas.
>>154722958Like I said in the last two threads, the rapey subtext Taeshi puts in both the comic and her commentary is too consistent for me to believe it's coincidental. I wholly believe that she is doing it deliberately, either as a sort of edgy in-joke, or worse as a genuine plot point.
>>154724478He should have used his psychic powers to teleport wherever in the world her modeling career took her.
>>154724621To me it just sounds like excuse-making for Taeshi's golden chosen. Brushing old sins under the rug and dismissing them because the audience is not supposed to hate character X despite questionable action Y.
>>154724633Yeah, a lot of issues with Mike and Sandy's relationship are mostly that it's not that Sandy is at another school but the fact that she is a model & Mike can barely even afford to see her. I have no idea she was made a model vs just a Stacy at another school(or theirs). It would allow better drama if she was actually in the fucking story.
>>154724715>It would allow better drama if she was actually in the fucking storyTaeshi seems to believe that Sandy's presence would destroy any chance of Mucy happening. I agree, but not for the same bow cat asspat-heavy reasons. Sandy the empty-headed vapid cheating whore still enjoys a charm factor that doesn't fall into the negatives, and Lucy just cannot compete with that. Because she actively refuses to. The only "drama" to be had here is objectively worse cat suffering a much deserved loss.
>>154724687Oh, it is. But Taeshi could simply NOT write Augustus joking about still wanting to creep on Daisy, not have Lucy flirt & offer sex for attention then feel "worthless" when it doesn't work, and avoid the implications of Lucy's dreams and lines like "I don't WANT choice". But she did write all that stuff. Then there's the out-of-comic bits, like Taeshi drawing minicomics about how Lucy LOVES losing the fights she picks and finds it incredibly hot, and repeatedly saying she has to "hide her power level" on the blog. It all adds up to pass my threshold for "plausible coincidence". I am convinced that Taeshi knows what she's implying.
>>154724621Did you see >>154716958? It's the most I've ever been afraid that second confrontation is gonna be real.
>>154724874Is it bad that I want second confrontation to become canon instead of retroactive school suffering? I do think that Lucy would quite enjoy being denied choice and obeying her new caretaker.
>>154724848To be frank, this comic just makes Lucy out to enjoy the competition and rivalry with Mike that hasn't existed since volume 1, which makes her current obsession ridiculous and him just kind of "getting" her.As for the rest:1) Laughing shit off is Taeshi's usual way of trying to dismiss criticism.2) Lucy's attempted SA breakdown was treated as a bad move even though she quite naturally suffers no consequences, acquires asspats, and throws the blame elsewhere. Because she's Lucy.3) The rape stuff in the dream is very clearly supposed to be a bad thing and Lucy giving up on resisting is yet more woe-is-Lucy fodder.4) "I don't WANT choice," in context, was just Lucy complaining that she's never liked all the unsolicited attention she gets. Which is bullshit, to some extent, but it's not out of some desire to get ravaged. It *might* be some vague implication she doesn't want anyone if it's not Mike, but that's as far as I'd be willing to stretch her meaning.
>>154724947Lucy having her own Haru moment and then recoiling in self-disgust would at least be an interesting turn of events. Most stories would use that as a stepping stone to character development. But this is BCB, so we'd get five blogposts explaining why it was excusable and also all Mike's fault.
>>154725025I made a ragebait ask on how any reationship with Lucy has pedophilic undertones given how she's mentally younger than the rest of the cast. I thought it was a funny way to poke at the idea that she has no agency whatsoever and is just a wittle girl.
If Mike does run past Lucy and refuses to give asspats, what are the chances she'd try slamming his gray cock under the bleachers?
>>154724874Don't be scared, it's what Lucy wants, she'll be happier this way.
>>154725079If Taeshi responds, please do post it.
>>154725089Bigger, seeing some fight yet in Mike would actually make it clearer he's someone she can count on and give her horny energy to rub after him
>>154725206>Mike fighting back in some capacity is hot>tries his best to keep away from Lucy despite her attempts>this only makes her want him moreWow, there really is no winning move with bow cat, huh?
>>154724715Sure, but even with the unavoidable separation they have, Mike could still do stuff. He could call her at a specific time every week, mail her little handwritten notes or gifts, do phone sex like Sue suggested, or learn more about photography or fashion (he has friends who are into those things as hobbies!) so he's not so lost when Sandy's talking about her job.The fact that he's never done any of that, but Sandy HAS done stuff on her end, doesn't make Mike look good. Obviously Sandy still cheated, and that's awful, but then Taeshi throws the curveball that the guy Sandy "cheated" with was older than her and may have groomed her (figuratively, obviously he's a hairdresser).To be cynical for a moment, this seems to me to be (another) result of Taeshi not quite making up her mind on how she wants to frame it: Is Mike the perfect supportive boy, and his acting out is due to his relationship with Sandy hurting him, with the real Sandy being a vapid bitch "other woman" who stole his heart away and doesn't deserve it? Or is Mike obsessive and dishonest, and his "loyalty" just being a performative excuse to act out his own worst impulses, with the real Sandy being a sweet and loving girl who acts as his conscience when possible?
>>154710963You misunderstand.That girl cat appears to understand that a moral core lies in that depressed scarf cat (i refuse to dignify them with names and only see this comic as a passerby while browsing).Further, it appears that the friends that replace Scarf Cat have very shallow personalities, are extremely cliquish, and only appeal to the girl cat because she has a big ol' vageener between her legs. Without that, they would most definitely be on Scarf Cat's side, because the girl cat does not validate their need for female attention.Once seeing through that and noticing what happens when overt losers hit on her and nobody swoops in to defend her against the behavior, it becomes apparent that the issue was never Scarf Cat, but who keeps others accountable and by what standard. Without that, you're just surrounded by people pleasers, pussy hounds, and annoying faggots. Most women can't see past that and end up burned out and pregnant right out of high school.Solid microcosm.
>>154725387Taeshi hates Sandy, so the meta reason is that she doesn't want to portray the relationship in any positive light.
>>154725387>Sure, but even with the unavoidable separation they have, Mike could still do stuff. He could call her at a specific time every week, mail her little handwritten notes or gifts, do phone sex like Sue suggested, or learn more about photography or fashion (he has friends who are into those things as hobbies!) so he's not so lost when Sandy's talking about her job.A lot of that sounds like off-screen stuff we're to assume Mike does, or at least back when Taeshi portrayed Mike as a caring and thoughtful individual without busting his balls for it. To my memory, the only things that Sandy has ever done for Mike are gifting him that bonsai tree, attempted to visit (which Mike has also tried to do, whenever possible), and then setting up the Valentine's day date, which just seems like her finally putting some basic effort into the relationship or trying to keep Mike interested after ghosting and then cheating on him. The real problem with Mike and Sandy is that it's a long-distance relationships between two people who are no longer compatible with each other, and with few practical ways to interact beyond calls and texts. And of course the author writing said couple.
>>154725477>Taeshi hates Sandy
>>154725477And here I thought she devolved Sandy into a vapid, materialistic, cheating whore of an airhead who's bad at video games, all for no reason.
Whatever happens next pages, agentalchemist I thank you for the format ready to use
>>154725599>A lot of that sounds like off-screen stuff we're to assume Mike doesThat's pretty weak, anon. We see Sandy giving Mike gifts (bonsai tree, his new scarf, outfits), visiting just to see him, being emotionally intimate, calling him as regularly scheduled (which she suggested and set up), initiating and being flirty over the phone and when they see each other in person. All that stuff IS in the comic. If Mike was doing similar (but less expensive) things on his end, that would have to be shown or mentioned.
>>154726170Edit or different work?
>>154726170>Childhood friends my ass, dick and balls.Kino.
>>154726170Context? Mike slapping Lucy seems too much for a simple hug (after an exile and damnation campaign)
>>154724874Oh yes. I saw it. I doubt Taeshi will actually make any of this explicit in canon, but at this point I find it undeniable that she's hinting towards it. And the fact she's taken wild swerves before means I can't fully dismiss the possibility that she will canonize it, and give Lucy an explicit rape fetish or something.
>>154710607In a perfect world, he'd clothesline her.
**attempts to babytrap you**
>>154726400Context? Idk, Lucy is still trying to rope back Mike after all that happened :D Such a queen girlboss, you go girl! The reaction is too much even for the original, I just find it funny how drastic it was/is
>>154726481No, because if he did, the teachers would only now spawn in to do something about the kids fighting.
>>154726179>If Mike was doing similar (but less expensive) things on his end, that would have to be shown or mentionedOh yes, I'm sure Taeshi would have done just that.
>>154726170Haha, perfect.
Readers want this
>>154726664It kind of seems like I'm the only one who actually does want it to happen.
>>154726676I want it too. Lucy reminds me too much of the fuckers who bashed my head into a concrete pole until I couldn't move when I was a kid.
>>154726737I was talking about whatever confrontation that goes down between the cats. While it would be interesting to watch, Mike snapping and throwing hands with Lucy doesn't strike me as plausible unless she hammered all the right buttons one after the next. I just want some sort of resolution that isn't dancing around the subject, immediately walked back, or based on insane troll logic.
>>154710607There's something very sad about Mike running track on his lonesome when he's skipping actual track team meetings, it's all he has left and even then he knows meme dog is way better than him with no practice, but he keeps at it
>>154726782If this comic was written by a sane person who put even a little objective thought into their own writing, I'd say that Mike is punishing himself. Someone should ask for Taeshi's take on the blog. I'd love to hear whatever out of left field interpretation she's dreamed up.
>>154720814>>154720843>>154721147
>>154724478This is more meta than I usually like to go, but I think if Taeshi were trying to condemn Mike's treatment of Sandy she would have been more explicit. Every non-Mike character thinks Sandy sucks, most of Mike's dressing-downs are because he "puts Sandy on a pedestal," and Sandy herself has only ever complained about not having access to Mike as a result of distance.
>>154726860I think Mike is dying
>>154727013He has internal bleeding
>>154727013Mike is Taeshi's strongest soldier. Bent under the crushing pressure, yet he remains unbroken.
>>154727032Ah, that's nothing. Lucy showed us that sort of thing clears up inside of a week.
>>154724633Only Lucy can teleport, (see OP image, track is deserted panel 1) Mike CAN defy gravity though.
>>154727074To be overly generous, we do only see one half to maybe two thirds of the track, and Lucy could very well just be out of the reader's view. Not Mike's, though. That's good old fashioned convenient blindness, a BCB staple at this point.
>>154727106To autistically break it down, we can see Mike is travelling counterclockwise, the middle panels show him going around the curve of the track so Lucy should be somewhere on the straight closest to the camera. Seeing as he only clears the bend at the second to last panel and notices her, followed with her being a few feet away, she'd have to be somewhere in view in the wide shot.
>>154727151Hm, yes, I see your point. However, it could likewise be the case that she is just off to the left of the shot and runs out onto the track to wait for him. But she doesn't look winded or anything, so that's a point in favor of the teleportation theory.
>>154727183Yeah it's possible, not another situation like the Acapulco bridge fall where physics clearly took a coffee break, but it's funnier to assume reality warping.
>>154727224Perhaps Michaelspace is also a thing, to some degree or another.
>>154727312>Perhaps Michaelspace is also a thing, to some degree or anotherIt's the sorta ability that likes to kill the user.
>>154727392It's not very dependable, at the very least. The ability to slow time and violate Newtonian physics would have been real handy in no-selling Lucy's gut shot.
>>154726824If asked currently: She'd say something like he's doing it for attention.If asked later on when she wants the readers to feel sympathy for Mike: She'll say it was self punishment that nobody bothered to notice.
>>154726483who is that supposed to be?
>>154727601Adult Lucy
>>154727392I don't understand why Tae didn't redo this whole part, it's literally impossible for Mike to have pulled this off.
>>154726860Now have James recounting this to Sue and pretending that he was there for it.
