Y'know what? Valid point from Haley. Their parents are literally about to split and it's so obvious that Haley knows it's coming. But Mike's head is too far up his own ass to notice.
>>155308182Mikes so busy fighting on the foreign front, he missed the tension at home. Another fantastic reason for Mike to cut contact with the main group. And Sandy. Fuck em, nothing but snakes.
>>155308182If only this wasn't right after him getting alienated from everyone he knows.
>>155308182Mike surely knows full well and has either accepted it or is coping in his own way. Because how the fuck is Mr. Empathy not going to notice? But it'd be funny if Taeshi hangs this particular millstone around his neck anyway. We've all seen how much she loves to flip her characters' senses and brains on and off to force plots.Anyway, nice to see one of those rare instances when Taeshi accidentally comes up with an explanation that actually makes sense instead of BPD insanity. Allowing for the fact that Haley is a dumbass teenager, of course.
>Mike didn't find out about Daisy getting molested because THAT FUCKING FAGGOT IS TOO BUSY ON HIS PHONE Weird Taeshi would cook that up to shit on Mike when he didn't even get his cell phone until 20 chapters after Augustus tried to rape Daisy
>>155308182Mike is most assuredly well aware of the oncoming divorce, but there's really nothing he can do to salvage that situation, so he has to just grimly stay the course and wait for the storm to blow over. The relationship with Sandy is something he does have a level of control over, so that's where he's going to invest his energy.
>>155308273>he didn't even get his cell phone until 20 chapters Such is his perfidiousness that he is capable of reaching forth through the very time stream in order to be inattentive to his friends.
>>155308182Mike will save the day and patch everything upwith an epic suicide attempt that outdoes Lucy by like 9001X. Odds are doing the deed with dozens if not hundreds of witnesses for teh selfish cunt evilulz or at least till Haley turns 18/finishes high school/goes to college they will stick with each other. >I AM Drowning in hand unlovable hand >I hope you DIE>I hope we both DIE
>>155308273>omg why doesn't selfish Mike cares about what happened with Daisy??Lucy knew and literally had her parents adopt the rapist, and the group was happy to welcome her back including Daisy, so why should he give a shit? What a ridiculous thing to bring up.
>>155308273>i imagineShe's the writer. So what, she just didn't fucking figure this shit out decades ago?
And lo, the twilight claims the sun once more.
>>155308273Ok so is Augustus trying to rape Daisy bad or fucking not?>>155308277>Mike is most assuredly well aware of the oncoming divorce, but there's really nothing he can do to salvage that situationMike walked in on his mom arguing with his dad cause dad was being a shitter. You know when Haley fucked off so, mom asked him to watch Chris. As she told Mike to his face that she is glad Mike doesn't cause issues before Mike could ask her shit that woulda caused her problems. So Mike decided to hold his tongue and help the mum cause he was fucking asked. We have pages for this.You can chalk this more up to Haley not talking to her brother to find out what the fuck he thinks about the family being murdered in a few months.
>>155308295I thought Mike was merely prophetic. But it turns out he can experience any point on the timeline, and so misuesed this power to manipulate Lucy from the very beginning. The foul demon! No wonder that poor fursona shields herself with Lucyspace.
>>155308382Haley does seem the tyoe to avoid communicating and just assume things.
>>155308332It's the story of her life which is why Lucy is always right
>>155308182Good, that's a fair reason to hate his ass, and the face of sad disappointment says a lot. She's worried about him but resents him for his tunnel vision. Good page
>>155308406I know this applies to the comic overall but from what we have seen with Haley, she rarely talked to Mike about shit in general. She actually has less an excuse than other characters cause she actively lives with the guy and at any point could just ask him what he thinks. Seems more like she's upset that Mike isn't reacting to it, like he cans stop the two adults(seems mostly dad) from being tards.
>>155308382>Ok so is Augustus trying to rape Daisy bad or fucking not?Depends on whatever Taeshi is trying to convince a reader of at the moment. His rape attempt was evil when it comes to blame someone else for not stopping it, benign or misunderstood when Augustus's motives or manipulative actions are called into question.
>>155308182Forgot the preview
>Mike didn't do anything wrong he's just Mr Perfect>BUT AKTCHUALLY
>>155308273>Augustus did nothing wrong>Unless it's to condemn Mike, then he's a monster and Mike's silence says a lot
>>155308484>Haley was Eternal Flame'd.So made temporarily retarded to allow that batshit plot point to happen? Got it.
>>155308484I can't believe Mike did this to her
>>155308277>Mike is most assuredly well aware of the oncoming divorce, but there's really nothing he can do to salvage that situation, so he has to just grimly stay the courseThat's the burden of being cursed with prophetic schizophrenia.
>>155308680Or just reading the room. But I've still got a few pennies down on unwanted pregnancy that forced the parents together and well aware of it.
>>155308484>Haley why have you been talking so badly to me towards your friends>Its your fault mom&dad are breaking up>They never wanted you or a D A U G H T E R they kept postponing and just couldn't do it.>When mom and dad were finally ready>THEY DIDNT REALIZE IT WAS TO LATE TO GET AN ABORTION TILL AT THE CLINIC>They were gonna cut you up and suck you up with a vaccum at 7 months pregnant, babies cry when they pull them out that old before the doctor cuts their spine killing them>You denied mom the greatest pleasure ever it was dad that was hesatating about the abortion>Mom would have been feeling nirvana when getting you aborted She would have asked to do it as destructive as possible without day knowing>I'm not lying I hope you're happy you ruined their lives,relationship&marriage >mindbrokenwithnoreply.jpeg>Takes a few steps knees are buckling>Pisses self >Falls to the floor not shedding a single tear completely silient>*Mike goes to his room*>*Mike goes to the kitchen 3 hours later Haley has not moved a muscle from being told the truth*>*barb gets diamond hard*
>>155308182Haley holds a kernel of truth in a sense that Mike shouldn't give a shit about sandy, but that's about it. See you next week.
>>155308468I think she's upset to feel like the only person that feels the way she does, the parents are the driving force and Chris is too small to understand anything, Mike is the only person that could be in her same position and hearing his tantrum she thought they had something in common, that he was going through the same issues, finding about the phone was more alienating to her. She cares for Mike but she feels alone in this crisis and he's being a terrible big brother by not making a bigger deal out of this, like ok maybe he knows and there isn't much he can do about it but he's still the oldest family she and Chris can turn to
>>155308182>Fuck that fucking whore Gold-I mean Sandy!!>Fucking asshole Sui-I mean Mike talking to that fucking cunt!>I hope his family still hates him for daring to cheat on Lu-I mean me!
>>155308182this is getting tiring and very boring. Both the comic and the fake anons asking about nuanced shit. No wonder my art block disappeared the moment I gave in another fandom instead of this rinse-and-repeat torture porn.See ya in 3 months for a recap at worst, at best neverAnyway: taeshi had to put on hold Augustus aging (He was older than Tess) also he "noticed" Daisy when she was cheerleading in MIDDLE SCHOOL (more like stalking but whatev)And Daisy rejected Augustus advice even before the carnival chapter so idk man maybe he is a creep and a groomer too :^)
>>155308797>Btw we're moving closer to his family <3>STRAYA CUNT
>>155308796Haley does not seem the type to confide in Mike. Tsundere bullshit, similar to ye olde Lucy. But I agree with the notion she feels alone, self-inflicted as it might be.
>>155308834Well yeah, but the type Haley is needs a moment of shared vulnerability to confide and open herself, it's like the one thing Taeshi writes for snarky heart of gold characters. Seeing Mike lower his defenses to the bottom made her want to get close, seeing they were for a different reason made her put back the walls
>>155308869Well, Mike is certainly primed for that now. I'm curious to see what flavor of BPD Haley will poison him with now that she can access the well of his soul.
>>155308484>That faceSo either she dooms about her family or Abbey found Mike fainted and half dead on the track already
Chapter thesis:>so this is how Haley reaching out to Mike for support is all his fault
>>155308182In hindsight it's funny she did this spiel about Mike when the two characters that know him more closely were out of the picture, very convenient and I mean that in a good way
>>155309001>*not reaching out
>>155309098great storytelling mechanism when you don't want side characters to bounce off each other by putting them up against their differences. Next time put them in a empty room with no windows, no doors, and no holes and have them talk to themselves
>>155308974We're on page 8 of 46; it's still too early for a change of focus, so it's more likely she'll doom about her family or maybe even show some concern for Mike. After all, the expression in the fifth panel and her dialogue in the sixth show how she wants them to have a problem in common with him so they can lean on each other.
>>155309098>who know Mike better than his own siblingBoth unfortunate and all too likely. If nothing else, both of them are more mature than Haley and could put her on the spot as to whether she's assuming too much. But given how Taeshi writes her characters, Haley would just get upset, clam up, and invent some persecution scenario to dismiss them. So this whole vent fest couldn't happen with Abbey or Jasmine at the table.
>>155308295That wily Mike and his accursed prophecies.
>>155309156>Haley>leaning on MikeHer entire personality up until this point has been total opposition to the idea. If we find out she secretly wanted it all this time, good job Taeshi, Haley is just a Lucy clone. You basically asked for the incest jokes.
>>155309166The reason Mike got all glum upon hearing about Paisy was not jealousy. He knew such a pairing was utterly doomed and knew he could not spare his friends from their own pain.
How DARE Mike have problems
>>155309208>Mike doesn't reach out to Haley cause he's worried about incest, subconsciously.>Haley keeps her guard up for the same reason but steals Mike's underwear.
>>155309001>Haley not reaching out is Haley's fault >Mike not reaching out is everyone else's fault, even when Mike is turning them down they must keep trying
>>155309311Actually, its Obama's fault.
Faunas face still hasn't been shown fully. My guess is that is that her mother Faith is putting so much makeup on her that Fauna's gonna look like some kind of whore or clown.
>Posting mike related ragebait before we even hit 50 posts.Anyone got like 3+ example of Mike and Haley talking that isn't concealed hostility? I cannot remember if they have really talked much. Not uncommon to forget that Jordan Is the middle sibling but we do have examples of him and lucy chatting.
>>155309342Does anyone have that "Mike what are you talking about? Sandy? It's 2008, we have to sell the house!" image. I can't believe that's basically an actual plot point.
>>155308182Taeshi still cannot draw a bow from a 3/4 angle facing the back. How a woman who has drawn a character wearing a bow for more than half her life has not figured this out is beyond me. She does this everytime a character has a bow on their head.
>>155309342It's the first week of february 2008 in-universe. Obama isn't even in office yet.
>>155309447>underestimating Obama's power level
>>155309154I mean if you want the bitchy teenager to actually tell the audience what's going on her mind you don't have the ones that could interrupt and diminish her troubles, let that cat that has had no actual focus in the history have her exposition before working things out or else you get another Lucy with unexplained expectations and invisible boundaries
>>155309166A clock without a craftsman. It’s too late. Always has been, always will be. Too late.
>>155309549God damn it I forgot to add the Doctor Mikehattan pic.
>>155309348There's something here about who pageant moms actually focus on when cakeing their kids in enough cosmetics to put foundant to shame
>>155309390Aren't most of Lucy and Jordan's conversations like >I am having expectations>You are loser sibling, also I don't care>I am loser sibling
>>155309348I like that the mom isn't characterized as malicious. She does love her children, she's just super fucked up and clueless about how to not pass that on to her kids.
>>155309602Yes. If Mike and Lucy were only siblings, it probably wouldn't alter the story much, cept Lucy would have some reason to feel alone.
>>155308182Man, I've been away from the comic and these threads for a few weeks. At least this chapter seems semi-interesting. Thankfully it is not a Paisy chapter again.Why doesn't Hailey talk with Mike about the things she just said, like 'why did you go back to Sandy' and such?
>>155309561Mikehattan sees that his god has demanded misery of him no matter what so gave up trying to change anything long ago.
>>155309447Isn't it 2009 now, I thought 2008 was the previous year in bcb
>>155309719Because part of her feels like her brother doesn't care about her and their family, and she doesn't want to show vulnerability and that she cares about him by asking him.
>>155309390>concealed hostilityThat's a reach. Most of the time Haley is teasing Mike. Haley's resentment is a very recent plot point and their relationship didn't go beyond 'my annoying sibling'
>>155309740You're right, 2008 was last year in BCB. As of the New Years chapter, it's 2009. So furry Obama is just barely in office at this point.
>>155309714I don't know, I think Lucy's siblings are a good showing of the same neuroses that make such a character like her, and as some joke, the consequences of inbreeding
>>155309816So is BCB Obama a dog or a cat? Also, are BCB Al-Quaeda and Bin Laden a unispecies organization or are they mixed?
>>155309778Why couldn't it stay this way? There's still conflict. But it's fun. Would the comic really suffer if it didn't go for maximum psychological damage and making everyone as unlikable as possible? I know that's the "appeal" of this comic but damn this hits the right spot.
>>155309892He's a dog or filthy digger as I like to call them.
>>155309602In fairness Jordan is a fucking loser.
>>155308182God Haley is really just grey Lucy. Next she'll be talking bout how she never has her brother's attention.Now that we have brown Lucy (Madison), yellow Lucy (James), grey Lucy (Haley), and just regular ole white Lucy. When are we getting black Lucy?
>>155309892BCB Obama is mixed, the only reason dogs and cats "can't" have kids in the comic is because the Lucyspace field that encompasses Roseville enforces white cat supremacy.>>155310700You mean Shin Lucy. Remember that Taeshi is a weeb.And probably never, Taeshi doesn't like the idea of adding in a black cat 'cuz they're hard to draw and they remind her of her IRL cat that died.
>>155308182Haley can't admit she's upset about Mike picking Sandy over her, so she invents stories about her parents getting divorced so she has a reason to vent about Mike and his girlfriend.It's almost sad to see.
>>155310700>yellow Lucy (James)James comes across to me as his own unique brand of insufferable.
You guys think Haley ever hears Abbey talking about stuff that shows how much of a healthy, happy, loving relationship he has with his younger sister and seethes in impotent jealousy? Because I will gladly pay Taeshi some money to draw that.
Ok so why doesn't haley speak to her brother and tell him what she thinks instead of just seething?
>>155311696...A woman being open and honest about her thoughts and feelings?
>>155308273Aug only tried to rape Daisy if it makes Mike look bad. Which is a weird way to treat sexual assault as a plot device.
