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>>149033770 (OP)
why is james such a slut anyway is it because he's a gay stereotype and carson got murdered

god everyone is an asshole

The tone of the past two pages is completely inscrutable to me.

Mike's dad is a shit now and don't you forget it

Should we repost the spoiler pages from last thread for anybody who didn't see them?

>>149033770 (OP)
Actually painful to witness, I hate David so much.

>>149033770 (OP)
Ok this comic finally entered the hell to where the shark escaped when they wouldn't stop beating its corpse so they could jump it again. I'm out. I'm finally free. Fuck this comic

>>149033791
Has Mike ever done anything to give off the impression he doesn't care about David?
I know David does it all the time but Mike always lumps him in as one of his friends

>>149033844
Did she say they were leaks from the actual chapter? Seems to be too heavy of one unless she really wants to show how much she loves shitting on Mike

>>149033791
The pills Francis had Mike take are starting to have an effect. He's growing boobs already!

>>149033844
Mike's in love with James and is distraught because he's too much of a sadsack loser to do anything about it, including break up with the whore that cheats on him

>>149033770 (OP)
How does Taeshi not see that David's just being an arrogant prick?

>>149033897
David isn't a real character and therefore it is impossible to care about him. But seriously, when has he ever interacted with Mike in a positive manner? It's always because David is making some stupid comment or fucking with Mike.

>>149033897
Mike hasn't really been close to David at all unless he's being a parasite of Paulo or James in this case, but certainly he hasn't been hostile to his presence unlike him

>>149033990
She unironically loves assholes. To her it's a feature, not a bug. And since David is even less subject to consequences than Lucy, he lacks an arc and never has any reason to change.

>>149033791
Taeshi probably didn't mean it this way, but at this point I like any implication that James x David will crash and burn because retarded brown dog does not give one flying fuck about James as a person.

>>149033990
Everything is fair if directed at Mike

>>149033897
When has Mike ever spent time with David that didn't have Paulo or Lucy or James in the room? Old Mike found him annoying, Nu Mike just reacts to him

>>149034056
Someone needs to deck David in the nose.

Kinda funny how Lucy beating up Mike was just funny romcom tropes until it isn't, and now the comic relief character's retardness is relevant to the plot. What a tweest. Shame this now makes every past David "funny"interaction a lot harder to ignore.

I have a theory. Taeshi comes here to 4chan looks at how we criticize her story. She is now making it worse out of spite but jokes on her, I want this to happen. She will sink her own ship and lose everything. And hopefully she will become so depressed that she will not want to try one last time for a kid, that she won’t be a good enough mom. Sound cruel? Not as cruel as the torment she will give towards any children she may have

>>149034088
I swear to fuck this has to be a part of it.
No matter how bad our predictions are her final product manages to be even worse every time.

>>149033868
See you on Wednesday

>>149033770 (OP)
Hey guys, look. James and David are finally going out.

>>149034088
Nice delusions of grandeur, in reality no one cares what you think and the comic's going to be just fine

>>149034088
I think you might be parasocial my nigga

>>149034082
I half wonder if Taeshi saw comments about how David is just a walking meme rather than a true cast member and decided that becoming part of the plot would somehow fix that.

>>149034088
>>149034096
And if she does manage to get pregnant, I hope that all of the stress from this fire causes her to miscarry. This is not a troll, this is not a bit. Taeshi cannot be allowed to bring a child into this world. You see how she treats her own characters? What happens when she has a child that cannot be controlled in the same way? That kid WILL get fucked up beyond repair, mentally.

>>149033791
Wish Carson came back. He, James, Matt, and the Track boys could be happily gay together.

>>149034088
>Taeshi comes here to 4chan
Taeshi cannot even handle being around her lickspittle fans on the discord because even a hint of criticism is too much.

>>149033859
How did spoilers get leaked? I guess I missed that.

>>149034130
>and the comic's going to be just fine
Basic observations skills and pattern recognition strongly suggest the opposite.

>>149033859
Since we're posting Patreon mini-comics, I think everyone should see this one. It's infinitely better than anything going in the comic right now anyway.

>>149034088
weird post but I do think she comes here and do things to spite us.

>>149033859
David is most likely autistically or just ordinarily oblivious to his friend's depression.
Also, hey maybe this is canon. Frank isn't there cause Ellen is "punishing" him for their little argument on the phone.

>>149034143
chill out

>>149034157
Taeshi posted WIP from 127 on the stream

>>149034165
It's like I'm looking into an alternate universe in which Paulo has taken on Mike's personality.

>>149034082
She's still beating him up. Only this time, it's not physical, it's mental.
I think Mike has one option left to come back at her.

>>149034192

>>149034192
I vibe with Paulo in the 5th panel. Listening to James and David prattle on like retards has got to be tiring.

>>149033990
He's most likely just oblivious but we'd need to read his mind. He's probably respecting Mike's supposed preference, or simply denying that Mike is troubled.

>>149034209
>A WIP from a future chapter, featuring Lucy talking to someone off-panel, with a judgemental expression, hand resting on her chin.
Bottom panel, Looks like it's Lucy telling Paulo to shut up. Glad she and James bonded over hating Mike!

>>149034143
It's a webcomic bro

>>149034165
For the context, it takes place during the "Orange Cats Pick Up Trash During Lunch Day" after Abbey won school elections and immediately started abusing his power.

>>149034207
Lucy isn't an option though, not until Mike dumps Sandy because after EF worst cat is sure that gray cat would go back to her in a heartbeat. Since Mike's abandonment issues are apparently canon, he'd probably latch right back onto Lucy barring some radical change in outlook.

>>149034082
Kind reminder, since apparently David convinced Lucy to join the table, that Taeshi had to rewrite David poking an unconscious Lucy's boob.

>>149034034
I wonder if there's a treshold of Mike hatred where the characters realize they went too far.
"Aww no, fuck, we shat on him too much, now we got to be nice to him or he's going to jump!"

>>149034193
Mike's old personality, no less. He used to be a bit competetive, didn't he?

>>149034223
Paulo wasn't that nice back then. He'd be bitching about Abbey, not thinking about Amaya.

>>149034081
David: "That's hot, do it again."

>>149034218
>Looks like it's Lucy telling Paulo to shut up
I'm pretty sure that's Sue, professional White Cat Ass-Licker who's just happy to have the local nutcase back in attendance over her alleged childhood friend.

>>149034219
A webcomic where she heavily dumps her feelings and morals onto to the point it’s clear that she has become an abuser that loves to manipulate, gaslight and tear down people. And she paints such behavior in a good light and genuinely believes it to be correct. You can’t tell me that’s “good mother material”. She’s mentally ill and would be a horrible mother. She must never have kids

>>149034231
I am 99% sure that David is exaggerating his involvement because lol Taeshi humor.

>>149034088
That's plausible but it's not worth changing the overall vision of the story arc to suit the preferences of Anons, as it would risk flow and continuity.

>>149034233
It would be oh so very satisfying if Mike no longer believed them, because why should he? Then they might actually have to put in some work to fix their mistake.

>>149034081
>Hit David's nose.
>"Bazinga!" sound bite plays.

>>149034263
There's no version of "I hope this person miscarries because of the way they write their webcomic" that doesn't paint you as a parasocial schizo

>>149034143
Oh yeah, cause we all know that writing the misery of fictional characters for storytelling conflict directly correlates to parenting capabilities.
Speaking of which, wonder if any writers of cute and happy slice-of-life stories out there are actually shitty parents.
"You treat your characters better than me!"
"That's cause I like them more! All I had to do was write a few words, I worked hard to push you through a hole to make you!"

>>149034143
It's so funny she's going to have a kid with her husband and you'll still be here all alone making bitchy posts about her comic that she'll never see

>>149034304
>Child abuse is… le good!
>Must own le anon!
Yeah and I’m the crazy one, okay

I dont understand, is taeshi pregenantes

You know, the comic seems to be getting worse and worse and while I didn't think it was possible, that makes a hypothetical turnaround a lot better too.
Like, imagine if Mike became Acapulco Mike again and told everyone to fuck off and dumped Sandy, but instead of moping around got new friends and became happy again. And the comic's theme and lesson would be something among the lines of "dont be a pushover cuck retard"
pure kino if you ask me.

>>149034143
I'd sooner just hope she doesn't get pregnant at all because, yes, she probably would botch motherhood and raise the child poorly. But wishing miscarriage on her is just too much.

>>149034188
I'm curious, hypothetically if Veronica tragically actually goes through that, would Anon here chill or push it?

>>149034332
add also "you don't need to stay friends with you childhood if they are shitty/toxic/yadda

>>149034082
That's part of cerebus syndrome called cerebus retcon. Tho funny enough, looking at the official discord server I saw quite a few people outright say that they choose to ignore "Lucy beating up Mike and others is now legitimate and not a gag" retcon. Guess they ain't vibing with how much that changes their take on the story

>>149034193
>>149034244
Last BCI's about past events don't care about how characters were acting back in the respective time periods like Mucy one or Daisy scoring Mike at carnival ruining Augustus' plans. Sad to see this happening in those comics as well, maybe Tae doesn't care that much to keep track of things given she couldn't even keep track of Sue's leg, maybe she wants current portrayals to become a staple and "this is what they always were" for any future projects

>>149034329
No, she just keeps making side-comics about wanting to have a kid. Her biological alarm clock is going off and it's probably no accident that two upcoming BCIs feature a pregnant Lucy.

>>149034192
It looks like James is offended by Paulo's concern for Mike. When did James drink the asshole potion?

>>149034209
What the fuck is that dialogue? Are they actually seething Mike is alone on his own isolated and can't be punished enough? What do they want?

Guys I’m gonna hit the woah

>>149034207
Imagine if Mike hit Lucy, even just once. How would it be recieved?

>>149034162
Unsurprisingly the schizo wishing death on a baby is also the schizo talking about pattern recognition that he can't prove

>>149034332
I low key hope that Mike turns into a male version of Lucy they're now all stuck dealing with.

>>149034399
it'd be really shitty desu
Mike simply ignoring her is so much better

>>149034323
NTA but please don't try to moralize your fucking lolcow ranting. There's like three of you faggots who show up every thread to be schizophrenic and you're generally easy to ignore but holy fuck.

>>149034354
looking at the official discord server I saw quite a few people outright say that they choose to ignore "Lucy beating up Mike and others is now legitimate and not a gag" retcon
I hate that shit. It makes these people impossible to talk with because they actively and openly curate their own sense of reality to better fit their preferences. Mike bad, Lucy wonderful, end of story.

>>149034405
The baby is better off never being born. Though it would be better if it was never conceived to begin with

>>149034429
You know that’s not what it’s about. Wishing for bad, lifelong things to happen for the sake of contrarianism is such a low IQ trait

This is Paulo dream arc

>>149034377
>>149034379
Mike MUST suffer!

I do think it's really funny that Taeshi has, as always, fiddled around doing jack shit for literal years and is now slamming an old dusty plot point into high gear. As if she finally remembered, oh right Mike's friends are supposed to abandon him in favor of Lucy as prophesied.

>>149034432
They are just as mentally ill as Taeshi, what do you expect?

>>149034406
By god, two Paulos

>>149034399
I didn't mean that it has to come to him hitting her, but to raping her instead. She already had her pooper carder taken, so might as well take her kitten oven ruined instead. Isn't that what she wants anyway? It will be funny too, I mean come on

>>149034405
Except I'm not the same anon, you presumptuous angry little melon you~

Mike died on Silvershore and everything that happened after is the last gasp of his neurons firing off.

>>149034475
Paulo's not male Lucy because he shows more compassion and is still affected by basic consequences.

>>149034304
>never see
She 100% comes here because I got permabanned off the patreon for leaking a page here once

>>149034505
Officially my new headcanon, thank you

>>149033770 (OP)
Theory: James and David are secretly fucking in the back of the school. They don't want to alarm Mike with the surprising secret, and are only letting him go out of courtesy from the goodness of their hearts.

>>149034399
I suppose he would be even more unforgiven-er by the fanbase. So nothing substantial would change, especially if the comic is going to treat him like a leper anyway.

>>149034468
I saw someone say this last thread and that makes the most sense to me.
>seemingly impossible leap in character attitudes in one chapter
>James acting like a completely different person
>Paulo asking "you guys were just friends days ago how did this even happen" and someone just telling him to shut up"
>only character who seems to have noticed something wrong with Mike
Genuinely hope it's true because Paulo being the one to try and pull Mike out of his spiral (instead of Lucy which is what I expected) is a development I would love to see.

>>149034377
If I had to make up a reason Mike will try to ask him to hang out with him and James will be offended that now he feels alone he actually wants something, then David will catch him up on everything because table drama raineth you, table drama raineth and rocketh you

>>149034496
Cool, you clearly are though
Good luck with being mentally ill and stuff

>>149034209
This can't be a real page, is it? This is like, forced jerkassholery. Like the characters got replaced with evil alien clones.

>>149034544
BCB always does this, though. Taeshi wastes a fuckton of pages and time on shit that does not matter or could be condensed, then rushes the actual developments out the door. Remember how Eternal Flame came out of nowhere after years of the same old repetitive shit?

>>149034209
Taeshi: oh so you like James, huh? Well maybe I can't send him to the shadow realm like McCain but I can make him "useful"

>>149034219
Nah, it's a religion. I sacrifice goats to Lucy every night so that my prayers will come true.

>>149034223
Abbey>Trump.

>>149034233
They already got him to almost die once or twice and he saved them from Alejandro once too, if that shit wasn't enough nothing will ever be

>>149034544
Remember when people thought in EF Mike was hallucinating Lucy there because of what an insane coincidence it was and that Taeshi forgot to draw her footprints in the snow for like a page?
No, it's just THAT poorly written.

>>149034572
Ooh, looks like you caught me, anon. But you see, I am not only the one single person in these threads who would ever criticize you, I am also THE DEVIL!--responsible for all the ills of this world! It was me, Barry!

>>149034572
>Y-you’re a schizo!
>Y-You’re samefagging!
Kek
>>149034496
>>149034162
Not me.

>>149034228
It would be crazy if Sandy wound up being Mike's #1 supporter now. Unless Veronica wanted to rub salt on the existing wound, randomly writing that Sandy hates Mike and is fucking Francis again, and that they're breaking up, again. Then Mike's family ditches him, then an asteroid specifically strikes Mike after that, cause this universe hates him.

>>149034613
Don't forget how Taeshi didn't even bother drawing a shadowy Lucy under the tree, fully in view as Mike approached it, literally because she could not figure out a way to keep Lucy's presence a surprise.

>>149034614
You getting so mad about it is just more proof I'm right by the way

>>149033770 (OP)
I am at my wits end with this comic man. I can't help but feel there's some cuckery stench in this story, ever since the whole Sandy situation and this James situation makes it even worse.
It's cuckery and humiliation.
>>149033791
I agree. James had some potential before, like someone nice, who seemed legit interested in Mike, but instead he just became a gay slut stereotype.
The dude legit fell immediately for David, who is arguably the worst character, in this comic already full of awful characters, just because David can run. I've never seen a more stupid reason.

>>149034279
I'm sure it would take stopping Mike physically from hurting himself to convince him that they care.

>>149034650
Mad? But anon kun, I'm not the one calling others schizos and such, that's all you.

>>149034575
>>149034613
I dunno, the spoilers remind me more of Dial Tone than EF.

Oh my god Mike just go hit on Felix already.

>>149034685
I think the spoiler environment is too consistent whereas Dial Tone bounced all over the place since it was, you know, a dream.

>>149034143
That's just a stupid thing to say anon. One thing is to talk shit about this frustrating webcomic, maybe even criticize the author's behavior and shit, and the other is to wish death on a baby.

>>149034701
This is on-point and I like it. Much better than the straight horny ones.

>>149034304
It would be awkward if Veronica's hypothetical future child saw all this.

>>149034703
We've only seen two pages.

>>149034701
Would have been funnier if he said chicken jockey but that's future humor

>>149034329
Speaking of which, what do ya'll think Veronica and Oliver would name their kids? Wonder if they'd name them after the characters, or something unique.

>>149034332
Problem is Mike turns into a vile jerk if he's not being a pushover cuck, he's practicing finding a middle.

>>149034723
While that is fair, it just doesn't seem very dream-like. Paulo isn't confused to see Lucy back at the table, something happened to bring her back and David tries taking credit, as opposed to Lucy suddenly reappearing and going ooc almost right off the bat. Also I don't know why Paulo would suddenly be having this highly empathetic, prophetic type dream. That's more Mike's territory.

>>149034631
/co/nsequences is the way this is going. Mike will do the flip. Taeshi is probably secretly a little peeved anon beat her to it.

>>149034343
This is actually valid, parenting is a big responsibility and not for everyone, it can be a serious person. Good or bad, not everybody is inherently a skilled parent. Takes preperation and practice. You can be nice and bad at parenting as with any other task. It's also easier to take care of fictional characters than real people.

>>149034379
>What do they want
Escalating suffering until he is just shy of suicide. Suicide is over the line for em of course then they'll wonder what pushed him that far!

>>149034351
But he has nobody else, and I doubt he'd make new ones.

>>149034383
Careful, The Woah fights back.

>>149034769
What, you think watching Mike suffer makes them happy?

>>149034406
Now we need a group of simps who will masochistically tolerate tsundere Mikie.
Maybe Matt secretly likes bad boys.

>>149034752
I think some anons might be right and Lucy finds out Augustus "made a deal" with Mike, gets buttfurious at him and decides to prove she doesn't need help by going straight to the table and sit despite Mike, only to find he's nowhere in sight

>>149034707
Death is better than how some lives go

>>149034415
Yeah, and Lucy is the kind of person who would rip your balls off and shove them down your throat if you tell her that hitting people is a no no.

>>149034776
I literally haven't spoken to anyone I grew up with in 10 years. My brother bumped into one of them at a party about 3 years after I left and he told them that I'd died and it spread around the group like wildfire. Sort of hilarious, especially if I do end up going home one day.

>>149034432
Are they female domestic abuser apologists or something?

>>149034836
Yes. Just like Taeshi

>>149034752
Paulo is at least vaguely aware that Mike isn't acting right (Taeshi played it up in the comment as well). I could also see the angle that he subconsciously notices the parallels with Lucy leading up to her suicide attempt. If Mike kills himself in the dream then it could serve the purpose of snapping all of this into focus for him and spurring him to actually talk to Mike.

>>149034470
Although necessary for plot, this is becoming too clear. Mike is cursed by the narrative to suffer. He's like Milo Murphy now, if something shitty can happen to him, it has to. Meanwhile Lucy is getting rewarded to a degree for being a jerk. The Universe has favorites.

>>149034399
>By the drones
Anger and outcries about how Mike is worse than Hitler along with how he deserves worse than what he's gotten so far.
>Here
Laughter. Though I think the more biting approach like the other Anon said is for Mike to go 200% apathy toward Lucy and stop acknowledging her or any attempts at pushing her on his life at all

>>149034192
>>149034209
I agree with the others. What the fuck's going on? Why the hell is James of all people suddenly a jerk to Mike? The dude was smitten just a few chapters ago, now this?
Worst part is, I already know the explanation will be absolute ass, it'll make zero sense as always.

>>149034813
Ah, so dear Lucy now finds herself subject to three separate sources of frustration:
>Augustus the meddler who she ditches for a momentary lesser evil but will have to face at home
>table full of people she's been avoiding all this time plus some new annoying rando and she has no good excuse to leave
>no Mike who she was SUPPOSED to face down like a big girl and now he's a big no-show leaving her with emotional blueballs

How truly awful for her!

>>149034472
I wouldn't even want a fandom that would think like that. I want to write about female instigated domestic abuse, it's personal too.

>>149034209
I can't help but note that Augustus doesn't appear to be present

>>149034143
Chill out my guy, taeshi wouldn't be the worst mother in the world. Not by a longshot. In fact she would probably spoil the crap out of a kid. It's just a webcomic. She's farming drama for engagement.

>>149034881
2 explanations:
1 - Taeshi is writing James as an oblivious bimbo, as far as she's concerned he can be as big of an ass as he wants because he's not doing it on purpose.
2 - It's an early sketch. Unless people have seen these before and know if Taeshi doesn't tend to change her dialogue, she'll probably word it to make him seem like less of an intentional prick in the final version.

>>149034910
Maybe he's just out-of-shot like Daisy. I presume she hasn't randomly vanished.

>>149034475
Lucy would likely abuse Paulo or Liam if she married them.
Mike, Larken, and Augustus would stand up to her, and she'd probably cry and victim play, framing them as instigators. Maybe Lucy should marry a woman, wonder if a female partner would call her out on her bullshit sooner.

>>149034491
There are already at least two fanfics of Mike abusing Lucy.

>>149034910
Maybe Mike does knock Aug the fuck out and that's why everyone's mad at him...
Fuckin' Sperg Gremlin returns. Mike won't be consistently assertive and it won't lead to any improvements, he's just going to spazz out and make everyone hate him and feel real sad about it.

>>149034505
Write that as a Tales From The Candyverse chapter.

>>149034209
>>149034468
>next page is Dream Lucy throwing this line back in his face
Kino

This goes beyond bad writing into not having actual characteristics that’s consistent for characters and just doing 180 makeups for who they are each time

>>149034541
It would further perpetuate the "Mike has to be the self-hating bad luck bad guy no matter what" propoganda.

>>149034881
Lucyspace is one hell of an eldritch phenomena. One day you're having a bad day because some white cat decided to be a cunt to you, the next one she's crying next to you and you can barely remember how you got here less what happened yesterday and your self preservation has been replaced by high loyalty to this cat

>>149034559
The Table to Mike:
We, will, fuck, you, o-ver! We, will, fuck, you, o-ver!

>>149034961
If it's not a dream, then Paulo throwing his lot in with Lucy anyway would be a real Peter and the Rooster moment.

>>149034981
It took a long time to get here, but apparently the truth has always been that Mike Was Right.

>>149034607
"And I, am, Michael."
Snaps fingers.
Turns out, it wasn't enough.

>>149034643
There was an easy way to write that too. Mike looks down the whole time. There, problem solved.

>>149034607
Taeshi really should have just had Mike go out of his way to give Lucy the table but I guess the attachment issues she wanted to highlight prevented that from happening. But then her readers would probably blame Mike for not asking Lucy first so there really is no winning.

>James acting like a giant asshole now.


You know what? I'm not even surprised. I had a feeling this would eventually happen when James made the comment about not needing Mike.

>>149034998
The comic never proved Mike wrong. Lucy never proved Mike wrong.
The table group never proved Mike wrong.

Nobody had to become better people. Mike's suffering just increased full force. It's like he's being punished on a cosmic level for blowing up at Lucy. You can't even say it's due to EF because it was like this well before that trainwreck of a chapter.

>>149035022
Or just making the shadow ambiguous so Mike has to squint at it and get closer. Or don't draw the tree openly in-view. Really, you are correct, it wasn't hard at all.

>>149034685
Ah yes. Yeah, December, Eternal Flame, and Dial Tone are my top three favorites.

>>149034701
>:D
Characters vocalizing unpronouncable shit, my favorite underrated gag

>>149034701
Mike needs to be cuddled by someone and Felix is a perfect candidate.

>>149034233
It's Mike trying to kill himself. Only when its too late will they realize "wow we are fucking terrible friends." That's for the characters in setting of course. The nutcases with their selective memory will go "now you know how Lucy felt jerk!"

>>149034764
Oh I imagine. This is going the Consequences or Lost Touch route for sure.
Might as well retitle this to Everybody Hates Mike.

>>149034881
fags are like that

>>149034824
Jesus, this is still going on?
What's this, the Taeshi miscarriage thread now?

>>149035044
Even with EF Lucy was the one to say they should take a step back and it was probably nothing only to get pissy the next day for pushing that. Kind of the same with the original jump actually since Mike did try to bury the hatchet and wanted to start over only for Lucy to try to kill herself in response to that

>>149034835
That's.... Well alright then. I do kind of want to fake my death and see how many people would cry, I'm curious. I can only think of 4 who would.

>>149035085
Much as I hate to admit it, this might be a plausible setup for a Lucy To The Rescue plot. In that before she always assumed that Mike would always have "his" friends and thus be alright. But now the script is flipped, they've circled the wagons around Lucy and cast him out. That throws a monkey wrench into her equation, though she can still brush off her concerns so long as Mike remains on the track team and/or with Sandy. But if Mike wholly self-isolates, well, Lucy knows what that is like.

>>149035116
>Lucy was the one to say they should take a step back and it was probably nothing
>only to get pissy the next day for pushing that
Inbetween these two events, Mike confessed his love to her and they kissed

>>149033791
>David doesnt care about James either.
Is the dog just a sociopath who only likes Paulo? Why does it seem the only people who take a romantic interest in Mike are always assholes who will diitch him if he doesnt put out? Is he a shoujo BL protag?
>>149034144
Least carson was hoenst about wanting Mike cock and not the friend stuff by compariosn.

>>149034840
That's fucking awful. And well while I don't dislike Lucy as a character, in terms of personality I see my abusive mother in her. She's like, well how I imagine Lucy would turn out without proper guidance which is why I don't trust her to parent well.

>>149034873
Darkmaverick's Love Me becomes a fandom favorite.

>>149035149
>Mike confessed his love to her and they kissed
Well, his past love, anyway. Lucy still told him to cool down and then probably stayed up half the night all giddy.

>>149035155
>Why does it seem the only people who take a romantic interest in Mike are always assholes who will diitch him if he doesnt put out?
I wonder if the assholification effect will strike Daisy too. So far she's just been a Paulo simp of questionable integrity.

>>149034881
Most likely: James is told that Mike hurt Paulo and Lucy with little context for why, so Mike's painted as a one dimensional bully. Kind of like how Reid from Criminal Minds was painted that way to Maxime by Cathrine.

>>149034354
>I saw quite a few people outright say that they choose to ignore "Lucy beating up Mike and others is now legitimate and not a gag" retcon.
How the fuck do they think this comic functions without it? The crux of the drama we are still dealing with is due to that shit and december.

>>149034910
He's in Mike's or Felix's basement.

>>149035136
I was famous for ghosting them even before I left. They were a massive pain to hang out with. For a group of guys they sure loved being shitty gossip drama queens and talking shit behind each others backs. I didn't need that shit and that group chat was ridiculous. The sidechats were beyond toxic.

Sometimes it's good to just cut the shit out of your life. I couldn't even imagine going back home. I'd rather have them all just believe I died from being crushed under a stolen ice cream truck. Love that they bought something so ridiculous. Makes me smile every time I think about it.

>>149035197
I recall two separate in-progress pics which showed James and Madison discussing the play, so I wonder if magically converted Lucy simp Madison will paint Mike as a heartless monster who drove Lucy away. It would be funny and kind of pathetic if Taeshi finally stuck a loose wire back into the suicide drama bomb to rearm it just for this.

>>149035213
god he was so based

>>149035088
>Everybody Hates Mike.
Yeah, nah, Chris at least had a friend. When does the Mike GED season finale arc start?

>>149035213
They think it doesn't mesh with how the comic has portrayed Mike as the villain with Lucy righteously sneering down at him for literal years now. And frankly, I almost don't blame them. Lucy's past sins have been defacto retconned away. The comic as-is does not work as a coherent narrative.

>>149035044
The Universe wants Mike to suffer, whether he's wrong or right.

>>149035155
Its ok to be a sociopath when you’re heckin quirky meme magic XD

>>149035182
I am one of Mike's strongest soldiers and even I don't understand how people defend his actions the morning after this. I will absolutely call it bad writing (because it doesn't track with his personality at all, or the way his feelings were retroactively depicted during On Call), but the idea that Lucy's reaction to it has been unreasonable is insane to me. I'd be crying and screaming and never talking to his bitch ass again too.

>>149035286
well I am Mike's strongest soldier and it simply wasn't Mike doing that.

>>149035286
I agree it was highly OOC and indefensible in-universe. Taeshi really wrote herself into a corner with that one. Or she would have...if Lucy actually cared. But you want to know the real absurdity of it all? The only thing about this that bugged Lucy is that Mike went back to Sandy. It's so fucking stupid but I guess her Sandy complex is just that powerful. It also explains why the criticism of EF completely blindsided Taeshi.

>>149035197
That'd make sense, but I dunno man, it'd be nice to have at least ONE character who at least thought a bit first before jumping in and joining the Mike beat up session.
>>149034919
>>149035173
What Taeshi is doing to James is annoying.
The dude doesn't need to be a simp for Mike the rest of his life, but he should've been at least a legit kind-hearted dude, and a friend, instead of a one-dimensional jerk bimbo

>>149035142
Probably which will suck. In that situation I want Mike to do it, survive, and go full disgust regardless of whether they try to kiss his ass afterward. Though personally I'd rather see Mike go on a "villain" arc where he just does not give the slightest fuck anymore.
>Hey Sandy! We're through. Later bitch!
>You don't want me outside because of Lucy? Nah I think I will go outside actually. Also tell Lucy to do a flip next time huh?
>Nonchalantly shoves Paulo into a locker while strolling and humming a merry tune
>Trips David during track like a malicious prankster

>>149035273
>The comic as-is does not work as a coherent narrative.
Taeshi more or less said this herself during the draw stream the other day. She said she tries to avoid/deemphasize certain things from back in the day because they're products of her being a younger writer and she thinks they're bad/cringe/etc. Call me a faggot I guess but I think that's totally understandable given the fact that it's been going for almost twenty years.

>>149035273
>They think it doesn't mesh with how the comic has portrayed Mike as the villain with Lucy righteously sneering down at him for literal years now.
They could always just accept that Taeshi is bad at writing a coherent narrative. Like genuinely, it does not work to forget that without all the abuse and December that this comic doesnt make sense.
>Lucy would have zero reason to even be upset at Mike (he already apologized prior to her jumping btw and wanted to bury the hatchet)
>Mike and Lucy would still be friend sine why the fuck would their friendship have fallout without it
>Sperg Mike only works in the context of Mike feeling his friends are kinda shit (which has been demonstrated they are). Otherwise he wouldn't be sperging out.
Pretending Lucy didn't act like a little devil and was always this strong little angel doesnt work. Taeshi and her Discord fans should realize that.

>>149035345
It is understandable, but you gotta work with what you have in a manner that makes sense in the context. Changing things 180º provokes a feeling of strangeness to the audience, I think.
You gotta work slowly towards big changes, most of the time.

>>149035345
Unsurprisingly Taeshi has arrived at the wrong conclusion. Her older writing was much better than what she puts out now and she really should backtrack as much as possible.

>>149035286
It's hard to judge a character for their actions when the actions don't make any fucking sense at all.
If I was to save this I would've said Sandy blackmailed Mike into getting back with her after Francis dumped her ass. It just doesn't make any fucking sense unless he was forced.
But really Lucy shouldn't have been at that tree in the first place and that conversation shouldn't have happened to begin with.

>>149034192
I wonder what Mike does that somehow manages to hurt James enough to have this uncharacteristically deep resentment when the dude doesn't really seem to care about him anymore. And maybe Lucy gets hit in the crossfire too? Idk, Sue could just be doing her usual white knighting but she seems oddly harsh about not talking about Mike given she like, still hangs out with the dude.

>>149035365
>Lucy would have zero reason to even be upset at Mike
Eh, I'm way more sympathetic toward Mike than Lucy at this point, but he did verbally tear her apart and knowingly gaslit her about who the friend group would side with. All to make her feel isolated and alone as he did. Mike himself admitted he went too far, so some lingering resentment on her part is reasonable.

>>149035395
No, i know without December they would have zero reason for any of this shit but you cannot ignore where December came, which included that Lucy was beating Michael. We are 100% in agreement about why Mike did it and that it was cruel.

>>149035391
Maybe the maximum bullshit threshold is finally hit and Mike snaps back to his December self. He's already shown a shade of that old attitude when telling James and David off for the Paisy shit.

>>149035391
Drops an f-bomb when sperg gremlining.

>>149035385
I mean that's nearly what happened; Sandy just emotionally manipulated him into taking her back, which to me genuinely does make sense as an explanation. That part that can't be reconciled is the way he shows up the next morning tapping away on his phone, oblivious to everyone including Lucy, and says "haha everything's great guys!" The way he's depicted in On Call, you'd expect him to be sneaking around and being actively evasive with Lucy.

>>149035345
No, it's not understandable. Bitch ass retard.

>>149035517
Thank you for providing an alternative perspective anon.

>>149035345
The problem is her writing has gotten worse compared to her earlier stuff. With what was set up, there are certain things that she cant avoid or de-emphasize.

from my own point of view there is a huge writing quality split between Before Lucy jumped and After.

If not right after her jumping, then the sperg mike arc and Lucy coming back.

>>149035549
alternative to what?
>oh she doesn't like it anymore so it's understandable
fuck off

>>149035591
The most understandable thing about her perspective is that Taeshi does not want to believe she's become a trash writer.

>>149035338
That's really all I wanted out of him. He was never going to get with Mike, but a simple, nice pal would've been plenty.
Taeshi can't even let Mike have THAT.

>>149035594
>start making a webcomic when you're 20
>brush some parts of the story under the rug because by the time you're in your mid-30s you realize they were ill-advised
I get the frustration with recent inconsistencies like James transforming into a cunt over the course of an in-universe month (three years IRL lol) but Jesus Christ you guys get bent out of shape whenever anyone is the least bit charitable about anything pertaining to this fucking comic.

>>149035646
>some parts
lol
>Jesus Christ you guys get bent out of shape whenever anyone is the least bit charitable about anything pertaining to this fucking comic.
look anon I don't care if you don't have standards but don't be mad if some of us do, even if it's just a silly cat comic.

>>149035646
Not that anon, but the problem is not that the older stuff was ill-advised. It's that Taeshi built a much duller, shoddier structure atop what was at the time a solid foundation.

>>149034881
>>149035391
You gotta think maximum gaybaiting here. What's going to happen is this:

> Mike thinks everyone is going to abandon him if he doesn't love them back
> Paulo and Daisy are taken so he asks James out on a date
> Taeshi is too homophobic (mm) to commit to any non-joke gay couples so Mike is not actually into James at all
> (Why did he blush when James kissed him then? -> because fuck you, gaybaiting)
> Mike&James probably run into Paulo& Daisy or agree on a double date
> Paulo is probably like wtf aren't you still dating Sandy and/or he's pissy that Mike would date James but not him
> James realizes Mike isn't actually into him, is hurt
> this is the explosive double date
> David hears about it from James at school while Paulo isn't around, yells at Mike for it
> David and/or Sue start accusing Mike, bring what he did to Lucy into it (James learns about it that way)
> Mike gets chased off the table
> Seeing this, Lucy joins the table again because Augustus actually was right and all her mental issues go away as soon as Mike isn't there and he should just get cancelled
> Mike fucking dies

>>149035709
James only has eyes for David at the moment, so none of that would happen. Mike is a borderline nonfactor for him.

>>149035709
>James goes out on a date with Mike
Anon we literally just got a page today that literally shows James having ZERO interest in Mike's feelings because he's knotted at the hip to David's doggy cock

>>149035345
Yeah, that ain't good choice. Trying to pretend that various plot points you did in youth never happened because "NOW I think they weren't good" doesn't work when most of them still on the site, physically printed in few variants and more importantly still on people's minds, especially of people paying her looking at patreon comments. She can't un-jump (and also un-fuck) Lucy, can't un-sperg Mike, un-bitch Paulo and whatever else she doesn't like by merely avoiding all that, passiveness won't change opinions of people. If she wants to fix/change/erase her old "bad" stuff, she has to work with it even if she hates it

>>149035668
>the problem is not that the older stuff was ill-advised
I would argue that some of it i is, for example that time Mike went drunken master to fend off Lucy's would-be rapist, which was then played straight as a traumatic experience later. Maybe better to forget that whole episode.

why are fags so disgusting

>>149035773
Taeshi seems to be doing the exact opposite in that regard, using Confrontation as a source of trauma in the here and now, though the execution makes Lucy look downright insane.

>>149035773
>, which was then played straight as a traumatic experience later. Maybe better to forget that whole episode.
No, either drop it all or dont parts of it. What, we gonna retcon in a pipe that they hit Alej with instead?The comic should have leaned more into the martial arts/altheitc and or drunk fu bullhsit vs what we got imo.

Mike needs to OD on the Sperg Gremlin formula so he can evolve into Sigma Mike.
Attack everyone, always.

>>149035345
>>149035770
Then again, there's one thing that might work if she really wants to fix things: being sincere and open about that. Both in the comments and in general. But she seems allergic to that, can't have pages even with her favourites suffering without a snarky line

It boggles my mind how many people outside these threads are celebrating this, acting like Mike is "finally learning his lesson" while simultaneously posting other instances of everybody picking Lucy over Mike. As though Mike himself didn't admit he lied to try making Lucy feel the way he did (after she said he'd be alone, mind). The thing about learning a lesson is that you need to learn what the right behavior is, while it seems like all Mike can learn is that his anxieties are completely justified and unavoidable, even outside the table group.

>>149035728
>>149035746
Yes, but this is Taeshi. James will be so shallow that he instantly jumps on tge chance to get some barbs

>>149034192
>>149034209
Is this a nightmare sequence? Holy shit what the fuck is even going on anymore?

>>149035794
>Taeshi seems to be doing the exact opposite
Yeah, and that's baffling to me.
>>149035803
>either drop it all or dont parts of it
That's what I'm saying. I'm sympathetic to her point about cringe plot points from a younger writer, because if it were me I would just leave Alejandro offscreen until the end of fucking time because the storyline around him is wrapped up in way too much silly shit for its subject matter. The fact that that's a plot point she IS bringing back is astonishing to me.

>>149034304
>>149034303

Realistically: Suitcase repeatedly doesn't want kids and Taeshi constantly whines about it.

Suit and Tae are advanced aged parents, the likelihood of their kid coming out with some kind of mental impairment or physical issues is much higher because they're both nearly 40 years old.

Even if they do manage to shit out a crotch gremlin, do you honestly think you will continue to get lots of BCB updates? Newborn children are extremely demanding, nevermind if they have a disabled one which will be 2-3x as much effort then a normie kid would.

That's not even getting into their psyches being pretty unfit for parenting.

I think Suit would sooner get Taeshi a brand new kitten she has sperg over then give her a child.

>>149035286
Truth

>>149035860
>Yeah, and that's baffling to me.
Consider that Lucy's prior big hangup was...Mike ignoring her in favor of Sandy, for like a year. And her preschool peers thinking her too much of a tomboy. That was supposed to be the source of Lucy's chronic standoffishness and inability to be honest. I can see why Taeshi decided she needed something a little more concrete.

>>149035827
>The thing about learning a lesson is that you need to learn what the right behavior is, while it seems like all Mike can learn is that his anxieties are completely justified and unavoidable, even outside the table group.
Simple lesson my dear Anon, don't date or interact with wny elite cars in any capacity. Literally all of this can be blamed on Mike's proximity onto white cats over anyone with 50% white fur.
> What about James?
He knew Paulo so he was infected with Lucyspace ong before ge talked to Mike.

There is literally no good lesson for Mike to lean cept the following
> Balance between being an asshole and a doormat
>Ch will always abuse your trust.
> Find out what clubs you should join early to lock in friend groups.
> Never have a phone girlfriend or one you cannot reg see.
> I cannot figure out what lesson to learn from parents cept, talk to your girlfriend and find enter a form of commuted relationship unless you are both clear about this shit.

>>149035709
Sounds about right Anon.

There is gonna be some kind of lame ass bullshittery and gay-baiting because Taeshi knows it draws in the fujo-pay-pigs.
Only she will somehow manage to make it more retarded and boring than this.


>>149034192
>>149034209
Please just let these characters off themselves or each other already.

>>149035885
>Lucy's prior big hangup was...Mike ignoring her in favor of Sandy, for like a year. And her preschool peers thinking her too much of a tomboy.
Could she not have used that time she almost drowned instead ( actually that still would explain shit).
>>149035894
Oh and by elite cars, meant white cats, though the white cats in the story do seem fairly well off or have a better educational standard/ career paths then some of the non whites.

>>149035920
>Please just let these characters off themselves or each other already
With Mike no longer at the table, I wonder how long it will take them to all get on each other's nerves.

>>149035935
What would almost drowning explain about Lucy's chronic alienation and trust problem? She's the one who jumped in to save Mike, who is no longer in the picture for her.

>>149035920
>Sounds about right
Except it's not right at all Taeshi clearly pushed the Felix narrative hints for a reason and it wasn't so James could cuck his ex out of gray cat bussy

i only come to these threads for spoilers and porn crops.
thread started off great but now people are talking too much

>>149035869
This is all really normal shit to say

>>149035940
I kept predicting that Lucy wouldn't even want to go back, given how much she seemed to resent everybody and their attempts to talk to her, but it seems like she's actually pretty glad to join up with them, assuming the happy Lucy sketches are from around that time. I guess I'll wildly overcorrect and assume the only real friction will be Paulo bringing up Mike prior to learning whatever horrible thing he did. It's "Lucy is so much happier than Mike" o'clock, disregard all prior instructions.

>>149035993
>Mike starts getting friendly with Felix
>the evil James arc is literally just him being a petty jealous bitch about his ex

>>149035957
>She's the one who jumped in to save Mike
Didn't Mike end up saving her from the water fall via air jumping and then everyone though he might died but he was fine.
>What would almost drowning explain about Lucy's chronic alienation and trust problem?
Nothing but neither does attempting to blame her friends for anything involving Alej since they got their asses kicked the whole time during that scuffle. Any attempts to blame them are insane, especially since Augustus by that same logic is just as much to blame.

>>149035999
Yeah. I think the only way to enjoy discussion is if you are early, otherwise I'm not reading that shit.

>>149034088
>Taeshi comes here to 4chan
No shit sherlock. Or at least Suit does.
Remember how FannelFag made a discord server that was basically the bcb discord but for /co/ people? Suit made a sock account on here and permabanned everyone from the main disocrd server that was a member of FannelFag's discord.
There isn't any schizoism going on when theorizing about whether or not they lurk the threads like complete fucking paranoids. It's the truth.

>>149036032
Can't be that, sorry anon. Felix is at the track table without Mike. Plus James says Mike doesn't "care about them much."

>>149035646
>brush some parts under the rug because she considers them cringe
>Very coincidentally these are the parts that make Lucy look bad like her being abusive
A retcon with another name is still a retcon

>>149035993
Taeshi only pushed Felix hints in page comments because it's never actually going to happen
Then again, it would be an opportunity to ruin Finnlix too just because it came from here which would be quite like her

>>149035993
>Felix narrative hints
She was joking that Mike doesn't give a shit about anyone on the track team except James

I don't even know why I still read this bullshit, I've dropped other works for less

>>149036224
>I don't even know why I still read this bullshit, I've dropped other works for less
Sunken cost? It can't be the allure of the comic unless you like the edits anons make/post here.

>>149034209
Sue is literally the last person to be like that. She keeps being a backstabbing bitch towards anyone who is not a white cat

>>149034933
sauce?

>>149035286
Honestly if your reason to reconnect to someone was to bang them, yeah let's not be friends at all, gooner

>>149036077
It was not for /BCB/, it is an open server for anyone to join, and him sending in a sockpuppet had nothing to do with me posting on /co/, it was other fan servers I was in.

>>149036351
I knew I was gonna get a few facts wrong but the point still stands. Suit socked and banned everyone that was on a /co/ server

>>149036224
Same to be honest.
It's interesting how this comic sucks ass in several aspects, but unfortunately, some sort of morbid curiosity keeps dragging people that hate it back to it.

>>149034014
This anon is correct. Note that all the characters who have "asshole" as one of their core personality traits are framed as "cool": Paulo, Lucy, Augustus, David.

Meanwhile, the characters who genuinely try to be nice (even though they fuck it up a lot of the time) are all portrayed as lame losers who get dunked on constantly: Mike, Abbey, Sue, Daisy.

Finally, note that the only times the "nice" characters get a win, are when they act like assholes. Mike or Abbey get bullied relentlessly by Paulo, but when they get violent suddenly Paulo listens and apologizes for taking things too far. Sue and Daisy get ignored or talked down to by Lucy, but if they participate in speaking badly about other people suddenly Lucy opens up and is all smiles.

>>149036343
You could say that about both of them, lol

>>149036435
Let me guess, men cannot be emotionally taken advantage of because men, right?
Mike was totally on his right mind and totally not devastated by a previous call.
He was totally not in a turmoil and absolutely nothing happened prior to that night to make him in that state.
Oh, also he kiess Lucy and not the other way!
And he totally didn't want to talk with Lucy the day after

>>149036224
This is the black tar heroin of webcomics
Empty, destructive, and poorly made, but addictive

>>149036008
All logic would dictate that Lucy would only humor the table while secretly resenting everyone there. Unless their abandonment of Mike suddenly solves all her trust issues.

>>149036033
I have to assume that Taeshi has plans to bring back Alejandro because as you said there is literally no good reason for Lucy to be conflating Confrontation with her abandonment and trust issues unless the point is that she's hopelessly insane and nigh impossible to fix. But relate that to her "old" trauma and I guess there is some potential mental healing to be done once the world's least effective thug is put down for good.

>>149036005
It's the truth.
Also *very* normal to be this assmad about generalized facts.

>>149036077
Lmao they said as much many times before. Taeshi even drew Amaya art for a random anon.
IDK what kind of cultist koolaid ya'll are sipping to have this much cognitive dissonance over facts.

>>149036306
You mean like how she's being a backstabbing bitch toward Michael?

>>149033791
Is that Michelle? Are we finally getting r63 Roseville in canon?

>>149035155
>Is the dog just a sociopath who only likes Paulo?
Yes. That's part of the ""joke"" with David.

>>149036586
Abbey Paulo Stacy Michael and I was gonna say she also did one time towards Lucy but I think I just remember a chapter wrongly because no way she would do that to Lucy

>>149036411
It feels like there oughta be a name for this effect. If a character is a huge asshole but does a nice thing one time out of ten, then being nice is their "true self". If a nice person does something shitty once, then they're just fronting and are secretly evil.

The tragedy of Sue is that she constantly tries to be Lucy's number 1 friend and Lucy never appreciates her for it.

>>149036497
None of that shit is even remotely close to what I said or what I think. I don't know who you're mad at but you should take it up with them and not me.

Anyway,
>run into person who has had feelings for you before
>dump your emotional turmoil on them under the pretext of patching up your friendship
>hit them with a love confession as they're leaving and then stride up to them with half-lidded eyes
>totally blameless for her kissing you and unaccountable for anything she might have taken away from this interaction
I would deem each of them equally culpable in making the kiss happen and think the authorial intent is that they both still are and have been in love with each other. Characterizing this scene as Lucy taking advantage of Mike is batshit insane.

>>149036113
>just because it came from here which would be quite like her
I really LOVE Amaya Taeshi it would break my heart soooooooooooooooo much if you killed her off, please please PLEASE never do that!

>>149036644
That's just expectations really. People expect someone who is nice to behave that way all the time, so if they mess up, it breaks that image. Same for someone who is an asshole all the time.
>>149035286
To be honest, me too. That chapter made me rage the fuck out, it made no sense for Mike to do what he did back then, it felt like something pulled out of the ass just for the sake of keeping the pointless drama on the story going.
'Noooo, can't have Mike breaking up with Sandy and making peace with Lucy, gotta make him fold to Sandy immediately!'

>>149036689
Can't wait for Lucy to break her heart into a million pieces.

>>149036689
It's almost like she is aware of her situation as a character, so she tries hard to be relevant to the story.
But yeah, she and Lucy have never been tight.

im no stranger to this comic but these leaks and the apparent direction taeshi is going with this has me fucking floored. this is some of the most bizarre writing ive ever seen. this comics entire universe seems like its constructed for the sole purpose of physically and emotionally tormenting mike

>>149036756
If Mike had approached the next morning differently, staying in-character, I'd still have been annoyed that he stayed with Sandy because what the fuck was even the point? But I'd also be blissfully unaware of how truly retarded things could have been.

>>149036756
>it felt like something pulled out of the ass just for the sake of keeping the pointless drama on the story going
That's exactly how I feel about it. Did we really need another four years (and counting!) of love/hate orbiting between these two characters before they could start moving towards something different? What have we gotten in the meantime? The track team arc was nice until it suddenly slammed into a brick wall and lost all positive momentum it had for the characters involved.

I'm not saying things would necessarily be better in a timeline where he just blocked Sandy's number, but at least Lucy wouldn't be so goddamn boring.

>>149036720
Alright buddy... how about you step away from the keyboard...

>>149036644
It's seems to be some actor-observer bias based on Taeshi's morality.

>>149036817
The reconciliation between Mike and Lucy was rushed as fuck. Taeshi literally had to force it, with Mike holding Lucy in place and both cats lying right to each other's faces.

>>149035149
Wrong, idiot. The random flirting and kiss happened after they exchanged apologies, THEN Lucy broke off and was all "This doesn't mean anything, b-baka! Go take a cold shower!" and they both went home, then Mike took Sandy back offscreen and came back to school the next day buried in his phone.

>>149035235
I'm pretty sure it was already known among the friend group that Lucy attempted suicide, what with the conversation during Rachel's party. Hence why when she came back, everyone immediately started bending over backwards to try and make her feel welcome.

>>149036224
It was beautiful once, that's why.
Just stop caring about the comic and keep lurking in these threads for the sake of the fanart, like everyone else does.

>>149035286
I believe that Taeshi uses her work to assert her own worldview to herself. She believes that people cannot really change (because she never managed to), and this is why Mike also never changes in the sence that he will always choose Sandy over Lucy. The same goes for Lucy, who will always pine over Mike. Even the adult BCIs are like this. Depressing, isn't it?

>>149036903
I got the impression that Mike never told the whole story of what happened to Lucy, just what he said to her, and all the friend group knows (save for Paulo, who brushed it off for some reason) is that Lucy left because they didn't try hard enough to help her. And of course it's Mike's fault.

>>149036910
This Roni person should start her own movie theater, being such a projection specialist already.

>>149036700
I was gonna repost the pages after the kiss but apparently I remember a dialogue piece that never happened about Mike sorting himself out

>>149036963
Lucy child, Mike grown ass man!
Also victims who stay because their abusers threathen to kill themselves are actually not the victims but the real abusers!

>>149036874
Motherfucker LOOK AT THIS PAGE >>149035286
How can you see this shit and go "nah man they totally left off on a neutral note" unless you are either blind or willfully oblivious to the workings of a romance story? Like Jesus Christ when people in the discord describe this scene as "basically Mike raping Lucy" it's the type of stupid shit I expect but there are retards here who unironically argue the same dumbfuck thing in reverse.

>>149036817
Yeah, it's hard to say if things would be better, but I really can't see how they'd be worse than this.
The Track team arc, if you can even call it an arc, was horrible and pointless as usual.

Matter of fact, I think NONE of the chapters ever since EF has had any point. They didn't give Mike any purpose, didn't give him new perspectives, it didn't change his point of view on things, didn't give him any true friends, it didn't provide him any enlightenment, nor did it give him any direction. Lucy has been just moping about for years (IRL), and the other characters have barely had any development too.

>>149037031
>"Hah, funny comment about his scarf"
>Both smiling
How is that not neutral at all? Like are you just baiting or something?

Guys, i don't mean to alarm you, but I'm beginning to think there's something wrong with Taeshi...

>>149036700
Get used to insane takes regarding Lucy, there are people here with an insane bias toward Mike if all the threats of suicide and murder regarding the leaks didn't make that obvious

>>149037111
Oh gee anon, what took you so long to figure that out?

>>149037091
Not the same anon, but it clearly indicated something romantic potentially rekindling inside them, hence the name of the chapter, 'Eternal Flame'.

>>149036689
Lucy is going to verbally obliterate her and it's gonna be UGLY

>>149036700
Someone post the version of that page where Mike is infected with The Virus.

>>149036943
I assumed the opposite, where they know that Lucy tried to kill herself, but not the whole story of why. They did know that Mike and Lucy hadn't been on good terms for months, but not just how bad it had gotten, or that Mike had openly wished death on Lucy. That explains why they were willing to talk shit about Mike with Lucy, but were still on friendly terms with Mike and surprised to see how badly he took it. Also, Mike being stressed because he has a dark secret that everyone would totally hate him for if it came out explains some of his weird behavior.

>>149036786
And she’s not doing it to like teach a lesson, she proudly states on each update of how this torture is morally correct while she gaslights her readers and has the characters gaslight each other about the past. Taeshi is likely a fucked person irl

>>149036910
>It's not all on lucy

Lucy's actions are what lead to Mike's speech in december. Mike's speech harsh but not only did he apologize about it, she also apparently jumped because he DIDN'T hate her anymore like she thought. Which is even fucking dumber.

Mike isn't innocent but the punishment for him blowing his top vs Lucy constantly abusing people physically are incredibly uneven.

>>149037164
>>149037171
Taeshi would write someone to rape Mike and then she would happily proclaim that it was justified somehow. Actually, I’m calling it now. Mike will get sexually assaulted in an upcoming page and it will somehow be “justified”

>>149037091
>"you know I never forget about you because I picked this scarf thinking about your eyes"
>"why the fuck are you telling me this"
>"I dunno just wanted you to know"
>they kiss
>"holy shit, go figure your shit out and take a shower we'll talk tomorrow"
>"okay sorry"
>"...by the way I thought the scarf was about her"
>they smile at each other

>what are you talking about anon I don't see any romantic subtext at the end there
Please anon I'm gonna lose it

Taeshi is gonna keep doing this to Mike and then turn around and wonder why her readers hate him more than she wants them to.

Again.

>>149035803
Comic should have had Mike as main character with the theme of maturing and having healthy self respect.
Mike went overboard with his rejection of Lucy, but it is a rejection that should have taken place anyway. Mike's growing as a character meant realizing he fucked up in form, but not in purpose, and dealing with it by making it up to Lucy in healthy way.
Lucy should also realize that she can't depend on Mike and create a new sense of self as well.
Both would struggle to get there, but a finale with the two reconciling as better people would be thematically perfect.

>>149034192
will /ourprotagonist/ polo finally get to experience mike's place in this shitty fucking friend group and start sticking up for him?

>>149037171
"Lucy's actions"
>They completely ignored each other for months and talked maybe twice
>the only reason they were stuck together on December was Mike blowing his fuse over nothing in class
>Lucy triggered Mike's December speech by being "too nice"

>>149037162

>>149037031
I'm not the anon you were previously arguing with, I'm just pointing out that you got the continuity wrong.

In my opinion arguing over which character comes out of EF looking the worst is a waste of effort. The entire chapter consisted of stupid nonsense, sloppy retcons, and sudden heel turns; EVERYONE came out looking like a villain. Besides, the chapter formed a closed loop, with everything that happened within it being undone and ignored by the end. Thus, {Eternal Flame} can safely be written off as having never happened without anything being lost. At most it's a magic dream sequence, like Dial Tone.

>>149037114
if you read this comic and you're not a Mikefag either you are a teenage girl or you see yourself in Lucy.

>>149037273
>Mike gone for years following his suicide attempt
>in the meantime Paulo becomes the new despair target
>the wheel spins eternally

>>149037339
Or maybe I don't project myself into any of the characters like you autistic faggots do

>>149037370
>Or maybe I [lie]
You wouldn't be here if you didn't do this

>>149037273
God I want to shut up Sue by doing things to her so badly

>>149035430
The duality of gender

>>149037273
>Ywn aggressively throatfuck Sue
Jdimsa

>>149037162
Can someone redirect me when did Mike tell Lucy to jump and die?

I unironically like the idea of Luke x Mike, they would beat the shit out of each other.

>>149037329
>>149037162
Here's the full one

>>149037570
for a long time I kept reading this because I really wanted to know how Taeshi would pull this off, but the point where it was possible without some insane bullshit going on has passed

>>149037162
Paulo attacked Mike for what he told them he'd done to Lucy, over how Mike made her feel so alone. Them not knowing that Lucy tried to kill herself, and assuming she had merely gone away, goes a long way in explaining why the group did not immediately kick Mike to the curb. Along with the other observations you wrote.

>>149034209
why is lucy so important to every single person in this comic, wasnt her whole thing being a prickly bitch to everyone and completely unpleasant to be around

>>149037339
Oh I don't know about that. Mike's chronic inability to improve his own circumstances could easily annoy readers, methinks. Now, reading the comic and not disliking Lucy, yeah, that's a red flag.

>>149037227
I still wonder how the fuck Taeshi justified that in her head. It was so OOC and out of left field for Mike to do that; when has he EVER acted even a little seductive? Like was it supposed to be an accident? Were we seeing him through Lucy's eyes? Are we supposed to believe he's a masterful manipulator or has some buried alternate personality?

>>149037587
Lmao what is this a reference to, Baki?

>>149037679
>pic
Where did this Augustus go and when is he coming back

>>149037679
Augustus was right

>>149037282
I meant her actions leading up to him cutting her off in the first place.'

The december speech came about because he found himself warming back up to Lucy and got afraid. Afraid that things were gonna go back to normal with her hitting him all the time and insulting him.

>>149037282
>They completely ignored each other for months and talked maybe twice
Not that anon, but what you wrote is not quite accurate. Lucy wanted to interact with Mike but he kept shutting her down and shoving her away. The moment that she thought he might have forgiven her on some level, Lucy was all over him again, showing him she had learned absolutely nothing.

>>149037688
NuMike is not the real Mike

>>149037728
nowhere. this is current augustus. he's aware that she's just fundamentally shitty, just like Taeshi is, but the both of them still inexplicably coddle her

>>149037679
At this point, I just assume that everyone involved feels some level of guilt over "not being there" enough for Lucy before she disappeared, even though she actively self-isolated. Also Paulo's a simp who'd been carrying a pair of emotional blueballs over Lucy for close to a year.

>>149037758
Yeah, but nuMike is the one we're stuck with.

>>149037806
But then you hate nuMike or Taeshi.

>>149037679
>why is lucy so important to every single person in this comic, wasnt her whole thing being a prickly bitch to everyone and completely unpleasant to be around


I think it's leftovers from when her tsundere gimmick was just played for laughs.

Thats why i thought it could have been fun if Taeshi showed her trying the same at another school but the realistic thing happens and nobody wants to deal with her.

You could also say they all do it out of guilt for not being able to help her, even thoug she sealed herself off basically.

>>149037688
>Oh I don't know about that. Mike's chronic inability to improve his own circumstances could easily annoy readers, methinks.

Not that anon but while it can, it's also hard for me to pin it on Mike not really trying because at this point he seems to be destined to be fucked over either way. The trakc team thing ended up being a hot ass mess. So the odds of him going to another friend group only to have it get fucked over by another character are incredibly high.

This nigga is trapped like a rat.

Its been a while for me
Is david getting his happy ending?
Why is the grey cat sad this time?

>>149035286
imagine how much better the comic would be right now if they literally just got back together here and finally ditched sandy instead of the pants on head retarded backtracking that happened immediately after

>>149037829
>This nigga is trapped like a rat.
Sounds like author retardation to me
I remember high school, i didnt have a friend group for grade 10. I just amused myself on my own. But i guess that doesnt make for good story for dumbass to draw so instead it has to be infinite drawma

>>149037887
>Is david getting his happy ending?
Paulo doesn't love him back yet, so no
>Why is the grey cat sad this time?
Continued guilt over Lucy which Augustus is exacerbating, trouble between his parents, and a general crisis of identity brought on by the realization that he's not the most important person in anyone's life anymore.

>>149037901
But then it wouldn't be bittersweet

>>149037901
Given how soon after Taeshi switched to Lucy-Liam and Lucy-Paulo fawning over for *cough* reasons *cough*, Taeshi could easily create drama by making Lucy do what Sandy did and who knows if she would show Lucy being in the wrong. And such mess would be even less salvageable than what we have now

>>149037901
>>149037962
Ah, wait, no, I'm an idiot, I looked at your pic and not the og post pic. That one Taeshi herself showed in extra chapter not going well at all

>>149037922
Just listen to bittersweet symphony while reading it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

>>149036910
Roni is right.
I think they shouldn't have thrown the bias argument like that because it does come off as annoyed and inflammatory.
Unironically Mike does have the Gary Stu problem of being 'too nice', but Taeshi has actually examined that as it being the negative that it is.
The thing about that coming to bite him now is true, but needs elaboration. The issue is that people only seem to want to be around him if he can provide a relationship.
Mike's frustrations are justifiable, but his actions against Lucy are not.

>>149037887
a character was introduced for the entire sole purpose of giving mike a friend and that character immediately fell in love with david and stopped giving the slightest shit about mike the second he laid eyes on him
in fact an entire new friend group was created just for mike and its been completely consumed by his old friends like some sort of parasite
i dont think the point is david being happy and more that mike is suffering in so many extremely contrived and retarded ways

>>149037920
Honestly if Mike's expulsion from the table goes the way it seems like it will, I think Mike will officially have it way worse than Lucy ever did. Like she only really "lost" one person, she pushed her doting friends and loving family away all of her own accord.

>>149037922
It's mostly bitter at this point.

>>149037962
>Lucy-Liam
why was this ever even a thing to begin with
isnt there official porn of this as well

>>149037587
What is this about lmao

>>149037962
On the topic of Liam, wouldn't it be interesting if another legitimate love interest came along that threatened to actually sweep Lucy off her feet?

>>149038033
I think he was a fan character or something. I think he had a garage band. And the fact he was snapped away with the other fan-characters really sucks, that other group could have helped the comic not feel so damn bland.

Like hey, maybe there could've been a story here they started actually dating and throws a wrench into the other ships. Maybe there could be some drama where the dude actually hits big, but has to leave his friends to join a BoyBand and his personality begins to get worse.

Maybe Lucy gets a singing/modeling career to stay with her BF, but she hates the show biz and can't make her relationship public and ends up suffering.

>>149038033
>isnt there official porn of this as well
sure is, im pretty sure the pic itself gets DMCAd or something like that, its blocked or gets autobanned or something when posted

>>149037998
>The issue is that people only seem to want to be around him if he can provide a relationship
-which as Taeshi has been hammering home isn't true. Mike has friends who don't want to fuck him, he just ignores them in favor of people he thinks want something from him because he's a codependent mess.

>>149038013
>a character was introduced for the entire sole purpose of giving mike a friend and that character immediately fell in love with david and stopped giving the slightest shit about mike the second he laid eyes on him
As a faggot i feel for james.
He made the right choice.

>>149037470
And just like that Alex comes to visit and kicks the shit out of Luke. December as hailed as a strong and good character moment too.

>>149037998
>The issue is that people only seem to want to be around him if he can provide a relationship.
the entire rest of the track team is cool and supportive with him. he's just fixated on the one dude who wants to fuck him in the ass, despite mike being the one to turn HIM down, because his dumb singleminded puppy love was a neverending font of attention. james, unlike mike, moved on because mike is a retard with chronic oneitis and cant fathom someone else not suffering the same condition. he could have been in david's shoes right now and he fumbled the bag. theres a reason they say if you like it put a ring on it
hang out with paulo more. hang out with the track team more. tell augustus to fuck himself. he has friends, he cares almost as little about them as lucy

>>149038174
List of DMCA'd content

-BCI comics
-Patreon exclusive comics (sometimes)
-Book exclusive comics including the Lucy vs her Mom one lmao
-Every piss comic (there is roughly 3, allegedly 4 with the Jasmine one being most elusive)
-Various porn stuff, including Lucy x Liam (Or any OC) and the Molly x Abbey shit

>>149038284
Anon.. james is a bottom

>>149038284
The problem with James isn't him moving on, it's him falling immediately for David for no good reason, AND completely forgetting about Mike even as a friend. It makes him look like a very superficial dude.

>>149038284
>james, unlike mike, moved on


James said they didn't even need Mike with david there and in the future page above he's just bitchy as all hell about him for no good reason. Either james is doing this out of spite because Mike turned him down or he's just that shallow.

>>149038236
dogs = black people in bcbverse otherwise I'd say yeah probably

>>149038284
>hang out with paulo
I thought we were talking about friends that didn't want to fuck Mike?

>>149038337
>>149038341
>It makes him look like a very superficial dude.
>he's just that shallow.

Well he IS a fag after all

>>149038337
David is single
David is hot
David is already good at doggystyle
Pining over someone you cant have is straight and cringe

>>149037508
I didn't say he did, just that he'd wished death on her, pic related.

>>149037660
Apologies for the WallOfText, but Paulo (apparently) always knew Lucy had tried to kill herself. I think Mike delivered the friend group the news that Lucy had tried to kill herself, and possibly also the whole apology thing that happened that night during the play. Paulo attacked him because A: Paulo is the kind of guy to overreact and shoot the messenger, B: Latent jealousy, and C: Everyone already knew that Lucy was sad because Mike was mad at and ignoring her.

But, while this did cool Mike's friends attitudes towards him, you're right, they didn't kick him to the curb. So I think that while they know that Lucy tried to kill herself, and had seen her be sad because of Mike, they DIDN'T know that Mike had told Lucy he (and everyone) hates her and she's worthless and all that.

So Paulo/Daisy/Sue think Lucy and Mike were mean to each other and they should have done more to intervene and be supportive friends, which is why they're all super nice to Lucy now she's back. They're a bit upset at Mike for being so cold to Lucy when she was apparently depressed, but they don't actually blame him. They still think of Mike as their friend, and feel bad about how they treated him, too; but he didn't attempt suicide, so they don't try as hard to make it up to him as they do with Lucy. They also seem uncomfortable/surprised at how Lucy comforts herself by dunking on Mike, and with how at-each-other's-throats Mike and Lucy still are, which further suggests to me that they're unaware of what happened between them.

Mike DOES know what he said during December and all, thinks it IS all his fault, and his friends would hate and ostracize him if they knew. His internal guilt makes him paranoid, and he feels constantly judged, leading to a self-fulfilling prophecy kind of thing where when his friends DO reach out, he lashes out or clams up, thus driving them away.

>>149038337
james is superficial, thats the thing. its been a while since james' backstory but he dropped his entire old school life and transferred to pursue a cute boy he saw. he has a million different hobbies and interests that he floats between. hes been at this school for less than half a year, and he's already dated one of the track team, broke up with him, flirted with paulo, gave up on him, and then tried to stick it in mike. people just didnt interpret james this way because it was refreshing that someone was actually being nice to mike for once. now, james being outright hostile to mike is fucked up, but thats taeshi for you. mikes probably about to have another spergout either here or in the next chapter and turn him against him and that'll do it in taeshi's books

>>149038229
>Mike has friends who don't want to fuck him, he just ignores them in favor of people he thinks want something from him because he's a codependent mess
Now if only the comic showed that. Least Abbey table gives an explanation, haley.

>>149038362
paulo's friendship with mike isn't conditional on the basis that they fuck, though. they were friends before paulo came out, and as of the WIP pages, paulo is still literally the one single pre-track team friend that cares about him

>>149038415
>mikes probably about to have another spergout either here or in the next chapter and turn him against him and that'll do it in taeshi's books


I know the comic will present it as bad. but James will probably deserve it.

>>149037194
>Now he knows what Lucy felt when he received that kiss from her!

>>149038297
>-Every piss comic
lmao

>>149038076
Maybe if similar problem gets thrown in Mike's direction for more drama. Mike already had problem with Lucy easily jumping to other boys for comfort, something she STILL struggles with and might continue to do so even after Mucy endgame, hell I wouldn't be surprised if one of the incoming Mucy BCI's took the Daisy-Gus-Abbey story turn if Taeshi feels in the mood to kick around adult Mike too, but "Lucy tried to pretend that entire school thirsting after Mike doesn't bother her, surely there's no competitors that can win against her or Sandy, right?" is barely explored and won't be explored any time soon as grey cat who must suffer magically lost everyone's romantic attention for the sake of plot, even Daisy's, time for Stacy and other girls to outright say "yeah our feelings just stopped, at zero now, sorry, it's like Lucy is your only option in life man *wink in camera*"

>>149038033
A fan character who was "better and older not-Mike who came just at the right time when Mike and Sandy became a couple" to make Losing Heroine Lucy feel better, not alone and with romantic option worked so well on Taeshi that she made at least 4-5 porn pieces with the two and whole romantic BCI with two of them, to the point that fans started questioning this weird bias of hers leading to eventual fan characters extinction

>>149038439
>paulo's friendship with mike isn't conditional on the basis that they fuck, though. they were friends before
Yeah but it was conditional on Lucy. Paulo is being a good friend here but I would very much not use the guy who himself said he would throw Mike under the bus for Lucy as a good example yet.

>>149038229
Remember when Daisy offered to be there for Mike whenever he needed, but made it clear she wasn't in to him and Mike hasn't said a word to her since?

>>149038653
Mike knows better than to trust Daisy's empty words

>>149038466
whatever happens i dont think it will be directed at james (which makes him look even worse) because if mike specifically started shit with james, mike probably wouldnt have the good graces of the rest of the track team to fall back on, which as of the wip pages they still seem to be on good terms
honestly? with how hard everyone simps for Lucy in this comic, David will probably decide to try and bring her back, and talk shit about Mike's role in her leaving, causing James and James alone to turn on him

>>149037470
>that change from the original despair to wrath
Holy shit I love it, I need more of this

>>149038653
She also went with Paulo and David to stalk him on his date with James soon after, with David not even hiding their intentions. Mike didn't believe her words, and he said so to Paulo during new year

>>149033791
He made a move on Mike, and Mike shot him the fuck down. What's he supposed to do? Cry and be a mopey mess for months - nah, that's some Mike level faggotry.

Iwant James to be happy. He's the only character who deserves to be happy in this miserable fucking comic.

>>149038653
Yeah, I remember how even James thought that was bullshit and that Paulo and Daisy were more into Mike than him.

>>149038727
not be a shallow slut faggot

>>149037470
Sandy works as a dual-gender name, I think.

>>149037720
She could still have the whole scarf and eyes sequence if she made them act differently
>Mike makes it clear that he doesn't hate Lucy, points to his scarf
>Tells her that he couldn't bear to trash it because it reminded him of her and her eyes
>Lucy tells him it's stupid to say that out loud
>He apologizes but says it reminded him of good times yadda yadda
>No kiss
That's all it had to be, bare minimum

>>149038727
>What's he supposed to do?
Avoid saying "it's like we don't even need Mike anymore" if possible

i hate this shit dog why do people argue like this. Come up with a brief synopsis of the plot and then argue as though that were the text itself. The comic is right there bro we can all see what you're leaving out.

>>149034192
>>149034209
This has to be rock bottom for Mike, though. It can literally only get better for him after getting ful on cancelled from the group. Unless Taeshi's writing him out, someone's going to have to actually be a friend to him and reach out and stick up for him

>>149038727
>What's he supposed to do?
Go back to that faggot prep school he was at before moving to Roseville just to stalk Mike. Fucking useless queer ruined my life and happiness.

>>149037920
>he's not the most important person in anyone's life anymore
I -think- what Mike wants is a person he can strongly relate with, who actually cares about him in return. Obviously a romantic partner is off the table because of Sandy, so it has to be a platonic best friend situation. But not a lot of characters fit those criteria. Lucy is nuts and won't take anything short of romantic potential. James dropped Mike pretty much the moment he got turned down. Paulo just sucks and will be spending all his time with Daisy anyway, and vice versa. Sue is a bossy bitch who probably still blames him over Lucy, and she's Amaya's obvious choice in bestie. I get the impression that none of the track team share Mike's interests outside of running, but that's on Taeshi to show.

>>149036224
I’m only here for the small chance of getting some more locker room boys content .

>>149038746
He's a teenager. He wants to fuck like every one else in the school, gay or straight.

Man, I pity your kids. You'd probably force your teenage daughters to wear overalls

>>149038727
>>149038379
I don't really understand how people can cheer for James at the moment. Like I said before, James doesn't need to simp for Mike, he just needed to be a cool guy and a friend, but based on the spoilers posted, he is neither.
Also, David is such a terrible character, anyone else would've been fine, but the fact that it was David of all people makes it even worse.

>>149038824
Damn bro. Are you RP'ing, or has this cat drama comic actually cooked you?

>>149037920
>and a general crisis of identity brought on by the realization that he's not the most important person in anyone's life anymore.
Mike has not once thought he was the most important person to anyone cept Lucy when he was her very easily replaced teddybear. Maybe Sandy at one point as romantic partner but not anymore.

a lot of you guys are missing how even paulo is horrified by how james (and everyone else) is treating mike in those leaks, i think we're ultimately supposed to be rooting for mike here

>>149038877
:3 I'm Augustus! uwu *rapes you*

>>149038877
>RPing
NIGGA
YOU DON'T EVEN READ THIS COMIC TO KNOW THAT JAMES WENT TO PREP SCHOOL BEFORE!?!??!?
YOU
COME
HERE
TO
ARGUE
ABOUT
THIS COMIC
And you don't even read it

.....Jesus.

>>149038788
I'd keep the kiss but take some of your suggestions
>Lucy tells him to ignore Sandy's texts and toss the scarf since it'll only remind him of her
>Mike's confusion and hesitation annoy Lucy until he admits the actual reason behind the scarf color
>Lucy gets a weird teary look on her face and Mike nervously backs up a little as she moves toward him
>surprise kiss

>>149038909
That's what I assumed at first, that all this Mike suffering is supposed to make the audience understand that he is in pain and root for him, although it's hard to say if that is really the intention.

>James is terrible to not hang around so that Mike can friendzone him, his job was to make Mike happy!
Mikefags are as bad as Lucyfags.

>>149038922
are you retarded?

>>149038909
I think people are just mad that James is suddenly an asshole for no reason. And over the fact that the cynics in these threads totally called it when they said James was only being nice to Mike to introduce a new way to hurt him.

The infinite suffering is tiresome. I just want a short chapter where Mike plays video games with his nerd friends without anyone saying anything mean, is that so much to ask for?

>>149038807
>It can literally only get better for him after getting ful on cancelled from the group
Oh no, anon, it can most certainly keep getting much worse.
>drops or gets kicked from the track team because he won't take care of himself
>parental discord keeps getting worse and his homelife suffers
>someone blabs and now the entire school knows that Mike "bullied Lucy into suicide" so now he's public enemy number one

>>149038909
I wouldn't be too sure. "What's actually going on?" seems to imply there's something Paulo's out of the loop on. I'm not super sure but it's possible he'll turn on Mike after he's clued in.

>>149038825
Good post. I think we're all letting the comic take us for a bit of a ride here since it's leaning so heavily on Mike's romantic history, which causes us to try fitting every explanation for his behavior in that box. No one reason for Mike not to trust people covers everything.

Mike not hanging out with the rest of the track team is valid to point out but for one, give the dude a minute, the situation with James only got bad pretty recently. And two, the cafeteria belongs to Lucy by the time James shows up at the table, so it makes sense he wouldn't be there.

>>149038979
I think most of the complaints come from his behavior on these posts >>149034209 and >>149034192

>>149038909
Paulo going from a jealous jackass who loves to ruin Mike's day to perhaps his singular ally at the table is poetic and I sure wish that Taeshi had executed that transformation with more grace.

>>149038995
You forgot to include Alej raping him or crippling his leg. That unironically could happen at this point.

>>149038979
No one who's had to argue with a Lucyfag would say that. Even Davidfags are more reasonable.

>>149039019
days since /bcb/ gooners coomed over the idea of alejandro raping someone: 0
now someone come up with an excuse to post about abbey fucking his sister and i think we'll have a full house of degenerate fetishists

>>149038825
Abbey is available and would be a natural choice, but he's got one foot in the same limbo that McCain disappeared into.

>>149039014
>And two, the cafeteria belongs to Lucy by the time James shows up at the table, so it makes sense he wouldn't be there
I'm certain Mike wouldn't want to be within spitting distance of the old table, anyway. It looks like the two groups are pretty close together.

>>149039054
It can also be argued that, while he and Abbey get along pretty well, Mike does not share the same interests so they have little in common. Again, it's up to Taeshi to actually show this.

>lucy's newest simp, somehow

>>149039052
>abbey fucking his sister and i think we'll have a full house of degenerate fetishists
Feel there is a gap between an event meant to traumatize a character on loli imouto cat incest.
>>149039054
Yeah it's actually weird how Mike isn't allowed to hang out with Abbey. Even before the James stuff.

>>149038666
>Hmm Daisy is dating Paulo now but she could still have feelings for me anyway...
>Oh well, better hang out exclusively with a guy who kissed me and stated his goal of breaking up my relationship instead!
Sick logic here from the mikefags

I'd rather be aborted than be born as Taeshi's child. Death is better than living in irl BCB hell

>>149039087
Hey, Lucy hates Mike, James does too now, and David likes her. It's like a match made in heaven!

But for real, I don't see any sign they're especially chummy. Lucy even looks like she could be annoyed by him.

>>149038838
>you are either a slut or a prude, no inbetweens
you're too young to have kids

>>149038297
Also this for some reason

i imagine that the inhabitants of roseville undergo a transformation such as in lost highway every time taeshi decides to speedrun a character arc, and in the WIPs posted above paulo is starting to remember their previous incarnations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMudKspE4bQ&t=88s

>>149039118
You actually believe James still has feelings for Mike?

I'm bored by this chapter when do we see Lucy suffer some more

>>149039120
>>149038522
Taeshi would probably force her kid to piss their pants

>>149039156
When she's dragged back to the table and has to endure everyone there with no way back out.

>>149039015
>Look in this WIP James is mad at Mike, he's evil!
>No, there can't be a reason he's mad at Mike, by being mad at Mike he's evil!
Yeah, that's where Mike and Lucyfaggotry converge.
>>149039045
It's a wash. Lucyfags are just more fervent because they're wound up on feminist excuses for why Lucy should be allowed to treat people like means to an end. Mikefags fantasize about how a suicide scare would make people treat Mike right like some basic BPD bitch.

>>149039185
>It's a wash.
Sure, again, if you've never actually had to deal with a Lucyfag and are speaking from sweet blissful ignorance.

>>149039185
Bro look at him, he's getting dastardly with it. There's no innocent explanation for that face.

>>149039250
Not that anon, but I don't think that James is talking about Mike in those panels, probably some other stupid David-ish topic. Once Paulo brings Mike up, James gets pissy.

>>149033859
Honestly when she put the poll up, I loved this idea, but god damn she found a way to fumble the shit out of it.
>No awkward dancing around the subject of their kids completely falling out between Mike and Lucy's dads, or even the dramatic irony of them having no fucking clue about it.
>Why the fuck is Daisy's dad there if he's clearly never met Lucy's dad before. Hell it seems like neither has Paulo's, so who the hell organized this meetup?
>Just more god damn white cat glazing, even though Nascar isn't exactly popular in NY so he's not a superstar. Is Taeshi a white supremacist or something?

>>149039333
>Is Taeshi a white supremacist or something?
No, she just stubbornly refuses to learn anything.

>>149039250
Last panel kinda looks like the Lackadaisy style

>>149035213
Notice the heavy tears coming down his face. These are clearly the pained words of a deeply wounded man who takes no joy in what he must do, but does it nonetheless. Gods he was strong then.

>>149035286
Sandy is a rising star in an incredibly cutthroat industry, and so has mastered waging psychological warfare on a level that a middle-class common boy like Mike stood no chance against. Lucy should have expected that he would regress due to that, but also known that victory was inevitable if she but kept up the pressure.

>>149035345
She should get Paulo's dad on the line so he can tell her that you can't just fucking ignore the foundations you've built because you don't like how you placed them without bringing the whole building down.

>>149038727
>What's he supposed to do? Cry and be a mopey mess for months - nah, that's some Mike level faggotry.


There's nothing wrong with moving on from Mike romantically. If it was just that, then that wouldn't be the problem. But he's saying shit like the team not needing mike anymore and acting like a bitch when paulo asks about him. Not dating Mike doesn't mean he has to start being a shitty friend to the guy. He's suddenly an asshole to the guy for no good reason because all mike did was say he didn't want to date him.

>>149039250
When the imposter is sus

So is there a chance that James himself could be set up for a fall? With how much stock he's putting into David, who says the dog wont just up and move on to something else?

>>149036576
>It's my fave thing
>"I hope she has a fucking miscarriage."
>It is no longer my fave thing.
Or maybe suitcase isn't retarded and just doesn't mention it to her.

>>149037114
Son, /co/ is Mike's strongest soldiers territory. You wanna be a Lucyfag, you go to the discord or patreon or whaever.

>>149039618
Plus that image is ten years old, anyone who thinks they still come here is miles deep in cope, there's like five people in this thread there's no one to even sell to

>>149039618
Stuff like that might be amusing to her in a "holy shit these people are crazy" kinda way

>>149039682
I strongly believe Suitcase still does, since any leaked page is immediately deleted.
Or, maybe he is friends with someone from here.

>>149035142
I wonder if Mike will self-isolate forcefully.
"Maishul, don't be sad, I'm still here."
"No, you'll just hate me and leave me too!"
"No Maishul, I swear I-"
Hangs up.
"I knew she'd leave me too..."

>>149035155
I truly can't think of a single friend who didn't already or didn't come to want Mike romantically, seriously. Girl or boy, everybody thought he was hot and probably lusted for him. And yeah, Carson was direct.
"Oh Mikie pooh!"
"What is it Carson?"
"I just wanted to tell you that James wants your cock!"
"Get back to work James."

>>149039554
Worst I can see happening to him is becoming increasingly frustrated as David continues to soak up attention from him without reciprocating. There definitely won't be a David 2 for him to rebound onto this time. He seems like to type to bounce back pretty easy though, whatever happens.

>>149039679
Lucyfags are essential to disrupt the echo chamber. Without pushback people settle into really lazy arguments and beliefs and I hate seeing people make my position look stupid because they don't know how to argue.

>>149035188
Well it's a newly observed phenomenon. Michael Murphy's Law. The Universe will make sure any opportunity to shit on Mike won't be missed.

>>149038922
All you had to say was, "yeah, I'm cooked"

>>149039843
>Lucyfags are essential to disrupt the echo chamber
You might as well expect serious debate from a potato.

>>149038984
>>149039916
>defending James this hard
Everyone knows it's you

>>149039554
Maybe so, but honestly it looks to me like Taeshi's only further use for James is to keep hurting Mike. There's nothing else really to him. I'll give her credit for this much: Pairing him up with David and throwing Mike aside like he was never anything to James wasn't something I expected.

>>149039731
Has the proportion of schizo-posting in these threads risen significantly over time, or is it just waxing at the moment? I guess we're not knee-deep in hornyposting or collectively coming up with autistic AU fanfiction anymore, but I still feel like things have gotten schizoier.

>>149035213
December was basically a domestic abuse victim blowing their top at their abuser, abuser feels remorse (Which is good) but then abuse victim gets blamed for not seeing said remorse. Readers who weren't abused will never truly understand how seriously nigh impossible that is, and to be fair it is possible for a victim to feel attached to an abuser but that's basically forced by years of Stockholm Syndrome and fear. Finding a shred of empathy for someone who hurts you, it takes effort.
Kind of reminds me of this thought I had, where the comic ends like a Disney movie. After Lucy kicks Alejandro's ass, and she's like "Come on Alejandro, let's be friends. It doesn't matter that you tried to beat and rape me, I forgive you cause I'm a good person. Mike didn't see the good in me, so I won't make that mistake with others. Let's be friends, and maybe we'll even fall in love one day, cuase there's good inside everyone."

>>149035229
I've become fearful of bothering starting friend/social groups just cause of how they might break. I've only had 3-4 in-person friends and we lost touch. I don't expect too much other than just hoping that folks take an interest in me first.
And well, I do hope that your friends felt some kind of sympathy outside of juicy gossip about you. Ice cream truck, where did that come from?

>>149035235
That would be funny, since Madison finds Mike weird at most and James might misinterpret Mike as a supervillain.

>>149035265
Maybe we find out that Everybody Hates Chris too.
Ba-dum-crash.

>>149035338
I'd like for said character to ideally be Felix, Haley, Jasmine, Mina, maybe Rachel. Can't think of anybody else, but it seems that Veronica's pushing for nobody, not even Mike being that character. Hope Mike finds a deep non-bimbo friend one day.

>>149035345
It is natural for artists to be extremely critical and self-hating of their own art, but it's also wise to work around or with them since casting out earlier story chapter is hard. They're after all the foundation.

>>149039843
You're not the main character, bro.
No one's beholden to you, and no one cares that you feel upset because people who share your position don't live up to your nebulous and subjective standards.

>>149035379
Honestly the older slapstick tone, I found quite inferior to what we have now. It would be sweet to wrap up the current arc with a slice-of-life vacation with no bad blood.

>>149035286
Lucy should've respected Mike's relationship and wanted his friendship ideally, but her jealousy is plot relevant.

>>149035365
Honestly over this, I'd rather just have a universe of tsundere Mike hitting Lucy, but knowing that, Lucy's family would defend poor precious Lucy from evil Mike. Sam wouldn't let him anywhere near her. Mike's family would be notified and he'd be given the psychiatric help he needs. Then years later Mike apologizes and they live H.E.A. There wouldn't even be a December cause the character's double standard of "hitting girls is wrong but not vice-versa" would come into play.

>>149035395
Hard to feel anything but contempt from someone who beat you since you were like four.

>>149035499
We need to see if Sandy is upholding her promise to call him more often, if she isn't, she likely manipulated Mike. Mike thought Lucy would be fine with being friendzoned.

>lumping the joke character with the ex potential love interest
Stupid trope anyway

>>149040156
It seems like she is, but she's already broken Mike so if anything he's the one leaving her on read now.

>>149040094
That'd be literally impossible man, the vibes are all tense around the so-called 'friends' group. Judging by the usual pace of the comic, It'd take years and years IRL for it to happen.
>>149040054
Stacy could work too. I find it a shame her character isn't used more often. I'm sick of the friend group.
Unfortunately, all the interesting side characters barely ever appear. It's sort of pointless to have any hope for them, since you know they'll have no real impact or development.

>>149034088
>but jokes on her
Jokes on you. I already won my battle with depression, and I have no reason to bow down to any of you people's whims.
If you can't read the story and understand how the characters are acting - that is on you.
Anyway, I have COITUS with my husband every night, unless I'm bleeding out of my orifice down there, which, again, you people, probably don't know about because you are a bunch of stupid men that have been spurred by someone and have to latch onto something made by a woman to complain about it.
Also nice dubs.

>>149038922
He wasn't arguing whether James went to prep school or not, he was asking if you were just pretending to be retarded which you clearly aren't judging by this post.
Embarrassing btw

>>149040300
Get the fuck off my mongolian basketball league forum and start drawing pictures of Mike being happy.

>>149040316
>pretending to be retarded
He's defending a fucking stalker being assmad Mike won't bang his slutty ass but I'M the retard?

>>149040381
James is doing fine, he moved on, Mike's the one moping about it.
Yes, you are the retard

>>149040006
The last few threads have definitely been more unhinged than the norm. I think miscarriage anon is just fishing for (You)s though.

>>149040073
I've deployed an additional dozen Lucyfags to the thread in response to this. Disrespect me again, and I will double the number.

>>149039988
you genuinely are a drooling stone cold fucking retard anon

>>149034088
No man, no children deserves to have a fucking sanic fag mom, and a gambling addict dad. No.

>>149034209
>Fall in love with a boy at first sight
>Transfer from a private school to fucking public education for the boy
>Stalk him for 6 months
>Finally make friends with him
>Hate him and hook up with a black guy instead
Huh?

>>149040492
Funny you skipped the part where Mike shoots him down not because he's not gay, not even because he's happy with the girlfriend he has, but because he must stay loyle to his cheating slutty gf that makes him miserable
If I was James I'd give up on that prospect too

>>149040548
Funny how that's irrelevant to why the fuck James suddenly hates the guy he upended his life for

>>149040548
What was the point of adding this character then? Just one more person to shit on Mike?

>>149035709
This is so chaotic I can see it happening. I wonder if Veronica has the guts to kill off Mike, and if the characters will be written to feel for him.

>>149035843
What are the odds Veronica will create more original characters just to give Mike friends who don't screw him over?

>>149035869
Veronica makes several pages in advance, and she might reduce the release schedule to account for this.

>>149040585
He was added so none of Mike's main friends have to get their hands dirty by hurting him the way James is about to, likely so that the table's reconciliation later on won't need to take more time and James can just be cut out.

>>149040246
It's already been established Mike knows he got love letters and poems from Stacy, but it'd be nice if he got another to cheer him up.
Imagine after a long day studying and running a weary Mike opens his locker only to find a neatly folder envelope. Opening it he finds familiar hand writing filled with love and support. And behind a corner Stacy smiles watching Mike read the letter.

>>149036113
Maybe Felix will pay more attention to Finn, abandoning Mike.

>>149036309
It Is Forbidden by Greykitten1911 and True Colors by Darkmaverick, on Archive of our Own and Deviantart respectively.

>>149040781

>>149040585
From the very beginning, anon. Basic pattern recognition: Nothing good -ever- happens to Mike.

>>149040781
I don't want Taeshi to ruin Stacy. You know it would happen.

>>149036689
Funny how Lucy has that one undying simp for her and it seems Mike has nobody or is on the path to losing everyone.

>>149040863
Yeah.. the sad thing about side characters is that they have potential to be great, but you legit fear them showing up nowadays, because you know they'll be portrayed as corrupted versions of themselves.

Best to leave them be, where we can at least imagine nice scenarios with them.

>>149037031
Additionally I swear if Mike and Lucy got married, Lucy would be the toxic clingy wife who abuses him and their child if she doesn't get enough attention. After years of beatings and obsession, where Mike has to shield their daughter, they're only saved after a chaotic divorce and custody battle. This is assuming Mike wins it.

>>149040853
Think Stacy and Mike would peel away from the rest of the nerd squad to talk alone during the monthly meetups?
They could go downstairs while Abbey and Sue argue a about game mechanics and politics. Then as the Burmese and Abyssinian yell at eachother Mike and Stacey are in the kitchen having a friendly chat about life and poetry. A nice little dichotomy between high energy relationships and low energy ones. Meanwhile Amaya sneaks around watching both couples, probably doing unspeakable things, or just standing nearby during while the others talk.
>>149040863
Yes Taeshi absolutely would, but it's fun to imagine a good story.

>>149037194
Alejandro anally rapes Mike and Lucy watches being like "Eh, you had it coming."
Oh and bonus, Alejandro is done and charges at Lucy, she's like "Oh fuck wait, not me. Mike save me!"

>>149037679
I consider this comic canon, but Augustus turned full Lucy simp.
It seems the theme is that no matter how shitty, there's a heart of gold in ever jerk, and that in every sweet person there's an ounce of shitty in them. Probably why everybody sees the best in Lucy and the worst in Mike.

By the way, in the future...
Mike: Jumps of a bridge and cracks his cranium.
Lucy: "Hey guys, I don't know for sure but I think he's upset about something."

>>149037887
I'm wondering if anybody will be sad if David dies. Like if he heroically sacrifices himself to Alejandro for Paulo, Lucy, Mike, or someone else.

>>149033770 (OP)
Why does Mike simply not rape them all?

>>149040946
Would not be surprised at all

>>149037922
A Valentine's Day subplot of Sandy and Lucy fighting each other for Mike's affections would be hilarious.

>>149040998
It'll definitely happen but in the worst way possible. Sandy will just stand there as Lucy lectures her about never being there and playing with Mike's feelings.

>>149037982
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Every character to Mike:
"We're gonna give you up, and we're gonna let you down, and we're gonna run around, and desert you!"

>>149038076
Absolutely, and I'd hope it would be Liam but that ain't happening, a new O.C Lucy Simp to add to the anti-Mike pile is likely.

>>149038033
I see Luciam ending as a domestic abusive marriage and messy custody battle.

>>149038297
Veronica actually wrote incest headcanons?

>>149038337
Will Veronica actually commit to Felix being sympathetic towards Mike? He seems to be the only one not seeing Mike as a fucktoy.

>>149038681
Gives a whole new meaning to fluff ass.

>>149038727
It would be hilarious if James turns into an asshole after you said that.

>>149040945
>doing unspeakable things

>>149038794
In his defense he was joking. It was mean but still, he meant it as a joke.

>>149041070
What can I say, I like the fanfic characterization of Amaya being a mute pervert.

>>149039250
This is a face only Rocky Rickabby can be gay for.

>>149039456
I'd love it if Sandy is the one truly supportive individual in Mike's life, showing him more love than anybody else including Paulo and James. But knowing Veronica, Sandy will leave him too cause Mike deserves to suffer.

>>149038681
Daisy has 3 arms to stuff her face 50% faster

>>149041009
I don't know if Lucy could stand to be in Sandy's presence.

>>149040204
That's very likely, he is suffering from Sandy Burnout.

>>149040246
I'd love that, but Stacy is kind of sort of a suckup. If the majority hate Mike, she's the kind who would agree with them. But anybody, anybody being supportive of Mike at all may be needed. If not a current character then a new O.C.

>>149040945
It would be a nice contrast. Mike and Stacey go along really well with each other, or at least they did. I'm sure they'd find a way to make her hate Mike's guts too if she showed up on the comic again.

>>149041166
I seem to recall an offhand comment from Taeshi about Stacy losing her crush on Mike. No explanation, just casually making sure there will be no options left but Sandy and Lucy.

>>149040989
I might as well, got nothing to lose.

>>149040992
On top of that, Mike would probably say "Wait, only I deserve to get raped. Lucy didn't do anything."

>>149038767
Alexander can be shortened as Sandy

>>149041009
Sandy should remind her who hit Mike since she was a child.

>>149041181
Aw man, that is so low... I really wish it was more developed, but I guess ya can't have anything nice on this comic.
Sort of pointless calling it Bittersweet, it has been just bitter for years now.

>>149033770 (OP)
Something's off about Mike, since when does he not like to run?
Oh well, I'm sure he'll get around it.

>>149033770 (OP)
Yo I don't know what you people are on about. I can totally respect Mike's wishes. I mean, he doesn't have to fuck me for me to like him. I swear.

>>149033770 (OP)
I just, I don't know what to do anymore. They don't understand.
And for that matter, who the fuck are you people? Stop drawing and talking about my life! It's creepy as fuck!

>>149041249
Mike stop acting pathetic for the love of god, stop chasing James.

>>149041215
I guess the question would be how would it be written in, especially since that ship hasn’t really been mentioned since forever

>>149041249
Just quit whining man, it's for the best. Lucy needs this. Frankly she matters more than you.

Never forget Acapulco Mike's power
>Denies the laws of gravity to get Lucy to safety
>Plummets a great distance, but instead of being smashed upon the river like a common pleb, it instead catches him and brings him to safety like a gentle mother
>While everyone else is freaking out and nearly gets murdered by bears, Mike has calmly crafted a fishing pole and acquired dinner for himself, knowing that there nothing on that island poses a threat to him.
How did such a king amongst men wither and decay into this?

>>149041265
That's so mean! I need James! And I'm NOT pathetic, you people are the ones stalking me!

>>149041278
Thanks dude. Honestly, whatever's wrong with Mike, it can't be worse than my nightmares.

The funny thing is people act like James is still relevant
Lucy cries
James dies
Augustus lies
Felix in 5

>>149041324
We meet again bitch! Let's make more nightmares!

>>149041273
Yeah... I reckon people don't even remember her anymore.
Hope they at least make a cool BCI/AU about it one day.

>>149041288
If Taeshi can even stomach bringing Mike back up to form, it would only be if he comes to Lucy's defense. Something like his only purpose is to be her protector-slave.

>>149041324
You better not be hurting Maishul again!

>>149041379
Don't you have a hair stylist to fuck?

>>149041384
Hey shut up! Go back to flipping burgers!

>Mikefag roleplaying to shit up a fairly decent thread on it's last legs

Please stop playing dolls with the characters in the thread

>>149041331
No, no! Not you, stay way from me! Auggie, Mike, help me!

>>149038681
What the hell? That was on my phone!

>>149036113
For the record, this is old news. We broke it off mutually.

I just wanted to say Mike has a WAY bigger ass than James does

>>149037901
Who drew this?!

>>149041441
You jerk, why would you say that here?!

>>149039118
Daisy went from "lets keep this a secret" to "HEY YOU, ME AND POLO ARE A THING" in matters of seconds. I wouldnt trust that to keep for herself what I say in occasional vents. I see what happens irl and that mess can stay away from me

>>149041395
Girls, girls, neither of you have off buttons.

>>149041475
I said I was sorry, I swear it was a one time thing.

Ah hell nah they're RPing in the post-bump limit

>>149041481
Kill yourself faggot

>>149041497
Guess you have plenty of other buttons though.

>>149041467
Cheer up buttercup, you have your glass of chocolate milk now.
You sugarhopping love bunnies can leave Mike and me alone, thanks.

>>149041510
Go back to the murder drones thread you autistic loser

>>149041545
You appear to have mistaken me for someone else. Is this a common problem for you?

>>149041542
Look Mike is still my friend, he knows that. There's nothing wrong with him, I would know if there was.

>>149041542
And don't tell me you wouldn't want that tall hot hunky glass of chocolate milk too! Not to mention the vanilla cream coming with it.

>>149041493
It's truly an embarrassment to post in these threads with you all. See you on Wednesday.

>>149040035
Just my brother being an asshole. It's a reference to an old joke we used to bat around about how ice cream trucks are usually ran by ex-convicts because it's a simple, profitable business that doesn't require a lot of seed money and the one that used to frequent our neighbourhood was ran by a guy with prison tattoos and he was always playing gangster rap in the cab.

>>149041779
That's, new to me.

>>149041792
Look closer the next time you see one. I can't imagine it's all that uncommon.

>>149041826
I'll try.

>>149039052
This anon got mind raped by Alejandro, does Alejandros raping know no bounds?

>>149041077
Amaya is playing the long con. She wants the Korat cock but knows that if she, a lifelong voicelet flatty tries to go for him when his confidence is too high she'll be given the forehead kiss and sent on her way. The benefit of being a mutician movie clerk is that you perfectly blend into the background in spite of being a named character. She's in the corner of every panel, biding her time, waiting for Mike to be at his lowest, then she'll sliiiide in from the right with a bucket of caramel popcorn, and understanding smile, and a mouth with Dyson levels of cock suction. She'll lead him into her dad's cinema late at night, use her employee keys to let themselves in after closing, throw on a dubbed anime movie and then suck that sad little Korats balls so dry he forgets his own name, she'll blow any memory or Lucy or Sandy clean out of his mind, Mike won't be able to hear the movie over the near jet engine sound of Amaya sucking his soul out from his dick. When she's done Mike will have UOAHd so loud he'll have lost his voice and when the credits are rolling the only thing either of them will be hearing is the cure yet forceful panting from Amaya as she pushes mike onto the sticky cinema floor and bites his neck, pins his arms above his head and mounts his fat blue grey dick. Any resistance will be met with a mute fury as she subjugates Mike and makes him her creamy little cum kitty. Mike will wander home afterwards, the smell of amayas sweat, saliva and pussy thick on his fur and scarf. He will have been so enraptured and dominated that he will have left his phone behind. Amaya will send Sandy a picture of her face smiling whilst she dribbles cum into her palm, the message under it will read "You lose. The quiet kitty gets the cream." Before she throws the phone into the trash and begins planning their 2nd date to the drive in theatre where she'll try to make the car extra hot on the way there so she can lick the sweat off mikes face whilst she fucks him

>>149041991
Imagine if the final chapter of the comic were the characters gangraping Alejandro? Would that make them villainous?

>>149041993
God damn since when did the thread turn this horny?
I imagine the three weird girls being the kind to do this to Mike too. Actually that's perfect. Evelyn, Quinn, and Shirley (named by Elizabeth Brewer), let them be Mike's only positive companions if all else fail.

>>149038825
>Obviously a romantic partner is off the table because of Sandy, so it has to be a platonic best friend situation.
The simpler solution would be for him to dump Sandy's self-absorbed ass and get with someone who desires emotional intimacy the way he does like Paulo

>>149042207
Yay, Maulo forever!

>>149042207
There's no reason we can't have SandyxMikexPaulo polycule.

>>149042251
Based. Everybody's seething about the 127 leaks and I'm just giddy about Paulo making heartbreakingly sad faces worrying about Mike.

>>149037470
Amasing edit, anon! His anger works so much better than initial sadness would.
Also, Alex is kinda hot, damn.

>>149038922
This panel with Sue looking at Paulo (and probably envying the fact that he knows so many people) heals my heart.