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if the next chapter is paulo centered im killing myself

>>149081098 (OP)
oh hey an opportunity

>>149081098 (OP)
I hope Taeshi doesn't fuck this new friend group up too because muh Mike misery. Dude needs SOMETHING.

>>149081098 (OP)
Shame Mike doesn't give a fuck about the track team, he only wants James

Taeshi really try to pull a new gay-bait potential romantic or platonic ship for Mike just to undercut him for some kind of maximum melodrama asspull.

How many potential relationships will Mike squander before he tries to spill his ketchup?
Why is giving Mike just a rando-to project his feelings onto the only fucking trick she has left?

>>149081098 (OP)
Inb4
>Sorry I can’t hang out with you I have a girlfriend
Or
>But I don’t want to be friends with you I need heckin affection but not too much

>>149081098 (OP)
Taeshi this is the last ultimatum. DONT screw up the Track Team

>>149081098 (OP)
more finn please

>>149081169
Moar like BPD-themed spiraling because he doesn't matter to anyone anymore.

Be prepared for "WAAAH, YOU ALL HATE ME!" as he runs away like a pussy.

>>149081098 (OP)
Oh, well that was nice of them. Guess now we know why James might be acting like a little botch in the future pages. Also is Mike embrassed?

Reminder: they WILL fuck it up. It might be in 1-2 pages, it might be next year, but there will be a split from this group leading to a suicidal arc.
This has been done with every other character he’s associated with and will happen again since they repeat plot points so often. This group will be ripped from him at some point
Do not be baited again

>>149081122
That's hot.

>>149081169
Nah, what will happen is that Lucy will come to the cafeteria because fuck Augustus best intentions she does what she (doesn't) want, and Mike has to make excuses and jump from a window before she sees him and takes out a gun

>>149081098 (OP)
I'm saved!

>>149081308
Yes but all we can do is enjoy the time before the tragedy. Though, enjoy might be a strong word, can't wait till Lucy arcade 2 or worse, James stalks felix and Mike.

>>149081298
Wouldn’t you be embarassed being this much of an overdramatic faggot in a public setting?

>>149081098 (OP)
Looks like there's hope for Mikie afer all.

>>149081133
The Candyverse always finds a way to shit on Mike.

>>149081098 (OP)
As some anons predicted, Mike's hangup is that every one of his best friend/special someone candidates couldn't give a rat's ass about him once fucking is off the table. And--to the surprise of no one--this idea has been executed with all the competence of a drunken Colonel Klink.
>ur example James is the only clear cut case
>Sandy just comes across as a dumb whore to begin with
>Eternal Flame's dogshit ending overrides Lucy's canonical Sandymalding
>Paulo is a pretty sorry best friend to begin with and the way he treats Mike hasn't changed at all
>Daisy was never an option to begin with

The message is so garbled that everyone and their mother are quite justifiably annoyed that Mike won't just hang with his other friends. I guess that's why they kick him out later, to get the point across that they were never really on his side to begin with.

>>149081348
Yeah I would, I hope Mike takes the invite.

>>149081331
Fake post. Lucy is one of the only heterosexuals left in this comic

>>149081298
>Guess now we know why James might be acting like a little botch in the future pages
Why, because his friends recognize he's a flake?

>>149081350
Only I call him Mikie!

>>149081388
Mike gets custody of them in the divorce, while James got the main cast table

Less of a parody, more that I can't stand Taeshi's awful "teenage boy" dialogue.
Also Felix but he's one of those anti-PC gays.

>>149081376
Mike is already self-hating, maybe it creates a feedback loop where the Tables think he's too boring or depressed to sit with them.

>>149081400
The track team siding with Mike over James, their alleged friend, would be interesting but also kind of bullshit unless they're getting fed up with James' antics.

>>149081385
Lol, there are no heterosexuals in Bittersweet Candy Bowl Sing Sae.

>>149081413
That does feel like ye olde BCB dialogue, back when the kids were allowed to be crass.

>>149081419
That would be interesting, maybe that's why James leaves them for the LuSue Table.

>>149081098 (OP)
Y'know what, I'm track team pilled again. I know it won't last, but this is actually a nice page.

>>149081376
The overwhelming issue with this faggot is that he can’t cut loose toxic people and is hyperfocused that certain people have to work to the point of ignoring anyone else
>I HAVE to be on good terms with Lucy, Sandy, Paulo, now James
>Track team? Oh I forgot they existed, I can be friends with them?
For some reason (bad writing) he has to try and make things with these losers work when they are all horrible people that fuck with his mental health, and he’s so focused on them he’ll ignore basically anyone else he can just pivot to and have a better experience with just because that one relationship with Lucy or whoever didn’t work because she’s a bad person

>>149081388
I mean, yeah. It would just be something small and petty that can be brush over later or escalate. Does make James more of a cunt though.

>>149081419
>Brings a new guy in cause he wants to bang him.
>Brings another in, also cause he wants to bang him.
>Starts demeaning the previous guy in front of everyone while gushing over the new guy.
>Has gay meltdowns that interrupt practice.
If what we've seen so far is how he's tended to act for a while I'd hate his ass too.

>>149081144
Yeah, I don't see what the point is of adding yet another bait relationship for Mike.
Everyone knows he won't be able to sustain a enduring relationship with anyone as long as things remain unsettled with Lucy.
Either they somehow end up together, or they make peace definitely and each go their own way, but there is zero chance that Mike will be portrayed happily with anyone as long as the Lucy and Sandy situation still stands.
>>149081201
Here's a Finn

>>149081449
A very basic fix is just to show that the other candidates don't have a lot in common with Mike, or repel him in some way. But that would be too hard because it requires coherency.

>>149081419
That isn’t bullshit that’s positive that they can cut off a toxic spurge who has is ticking them all off and what happens in real life
That’s what Mike should have done with all the main cast

>>149081201
Perkele.

>>149081449
To be fair, sunken cost with his friend group because:
> The group is extremely interconnected with the exception of abbey and Stacey and he does not hang out regular wuth Stacey.
> cutting off from them would mean no more game group and he would have no friends besides Abbey and he can't sit at the table cause Haley will have a bitch fit.
The track team here is a lifeline. Only reason Sandy or Lucy have any power is literally guilt.

>>149081484
Sure, but they don't seem terribly fed up with James so far. He comes across as more of an occasional annoyance.

>>149081144
There’s four of them, which one of them is going to be the next gay bait suitor trying to get his ass?

>>149081486

>>149081495
Roseville High seems unusually cliquish, even for a high school. It's extremely rare for any of the cast to look for friends outside of their immediate group.

>>149081496
They didn’t exist until a short time ago so there’s a lot of history with James (including one dating him then having a breakup) we wouldn’t know as we never saw
They could be very fed up by this point given they are low key shitting on him behind his back

>>149081548
Ehhhhh they seem way too friendly and casual about James. I could believe it if they were glaring daggers at him half the time, but right now this is all pure supposition based on typical BCB levels of ambient backbiting.

>>149081571
No planning = no foreshadowing.

>>149081385
Lucy doesn't want choice. Sandy and Jessica can turn her.

>>149081133
>Augustus somehow guilt trips Mike into leaving the track team as well

>>149081385
It's true, her entire outlook is aggressively boy-centric.

>>149081133
>I hope Taeshi doesn't fuck this new friend group up too because muh Mike misery


She absolutely will. It isn't a matter of "If" but "when" with her.

>>149081662
>Mike forgets The Pattern and lets himself get comfortable with the track team
>Lucy rejoins the main table because [insert contrived plot bullshit here]
>Mike keeps his promise and vacates the cafeteria
>now eating lunch completely alone

>>149081620
Mike should sock him in the throat and take the suspension. At that point it would not be for Lucy sake and just bullying. Maybe it will free him from his perfect image his mum has of him.

>>149081413
I miss this dialogue. BCB has alwyas been weird about teenagers because they always come off as 40 year olds having a midlife crisis, but this type of page reminds me of the earlier volumes lol

>>149081711
I'm half convinced that the need to support his mom and Chris' older brother hero worship were inserted to keep Mike from killing himself. No easy way out for gray cat.

>>149081504
Judging by Taeshit's comment, it's gonna be Felix.

>>149081098 (OP)
BASED FELIX WITH THE CHOKESLAM

>>149081765
Speaking of comments, I don't think anybody posted today's. Not much to glean from this though.

I do feel bad for Mike because of just how uneven Taeshi handles consequences in this story, but It's also funny that the current arc is showing just how bad her writing is. Mike's easiest option is to just hang out with other people, even the other track team members. Yeah the James thing should bother him but it shouldn't give him tunnel vision like it does.


But she cant convincingly pull off why he won't. Part of me wonders if she's trying to do with him what she did with Lucy where everyone tried to kiss her ass before and after december but she never even tried to reach out due to being upset about Mike. If so...she should fucking stop.

>>149081765
Felix is already canon fag and the most prominent of the remaining Track Team so that would be the most obvious

>>149081809
She's done plenty of things that make no sense why not just add track team groupie table to the things that do make sense
It would be the shakeup the comic needs honestly

>>149081862
Because this comic doesn't do shakeups. The suicide attempt reveal was a fizzle, Paisy was dog water, eternal flame was a status quo move. If Taeshi was a tour guide she'd take you to the McDonald's across the interesting places instead

>>149081765
>If he wants he can hang out with Finn and the others
>I don't think he cares much about them
Trackfags huffing copium like it's oxygen

>>149081809
She's definitely going for the pottery approach. The problem is that Taeshi gave clear reasons for why Lucy became the way she is. They weren't good reasons, not at all, but they were established. She has not done that with Mike and I wonder if it's to avoid the embarrassing herself again. So now Mike is left looking neurotic.

>>149081918
This just comes of like James being a cunt for zero reason and less like Mike is avoid or not wanting to hang with the track team. Paulo even seems confused why James is acting up.

>>149081918
I don’t feel bad for Mike if he has a potential friend group interested in him but he doesn’t care to take the offer because it’s not Lucy or Paulo or other dipshits he’s known for a decade

>>149081918
Or James is just being pissy.

I still think people are being a little trigger happy on calling Mike out for not hanging with the track team. Like I know Taeshi did it too, but give the dude a second to react to things. We won't know how he responds to Finn and Felix until he responds.

>>149081918
James is talking shit cause he's mad. He's almost definitely just avoiding Lucy and could still be good with the team outside lunch.

I mean either that or Mike gets Decembered and really is avoiding everyone. But don't touch my copium pipe I can quit whenever I want.

>>149081950
If James got kicked off track team and has to side with David and this group now it would actually make sense why he’d suddenly get all pissy at his “replacement” in Mike
Unless this is like in 3 pages and he’s just being very OOC for no reason

>>149081955
If the people Mike has been friends with since early childhood nigh unanimously kicked him to the curb, why should he assume the track team--who are shittalking one of their friends behind his back much like the main table does--would end up any different?

>>149081990
>like in 3 pages
Original poster said it was labeled as being from chapter 127, I believe the chapter after next.

>>149081918
>1 out of context quote from a page that may or not be real, could just be a future bci
Lol?

>>149081122

>>149081990
James doesn't seem too upset with the team, just Mike. Taeshi better not have resurrected Sperg Mike, that shit was insufferable.

>>149081950
>>149081961
>>149081982
Copium.
>Lmao Mike could hang out with the Track Team (but he won't!)
Taeshi's been saying this for weeks and everytime /bcb/ says "what does Taeshi mean by this?". She means Mike doesn't give af, he's only showing up for James. The last chapter was just Mike staring at James and longing for James' attention while being checked out and disengaged from everyone else.

>>149082093
He has no reason to start sperging out unless James said something really fucking stupid. He didn't even sperg when James said he isn't needed on the team. What could he say that is worse?

>>149082105
>Taeshi's been saying this for weeks and everytime /bcb/ says "what does Taeshi mean by this?
Multiple fucking ass, she brought up felix once and that is it just to justify her shit writing with Augustus. This is the first time we have seen the offering of hanging out and Mike just got snapped out of the depression spiral due to them talking to him and noticing him acting weird.

>>149081098 (OP)
so is the track team gonna gang bang now or

>>149082105
>writer makes a convoluted scene that makes no sense
>"wtf guys why is my character not being logical? Get his ass!"

I'm gonna laugh when Mike says yes and ends up kissing Felix next year
Doubters beware
You're in for a scare

>>149082105
Even when Mike turns down the rest of the track team explicitly you'll have people here coping by saying he's lying despite zero evidence of it
The spoiler has Mike not even sitting at the track team's table after getting kicked out of his own and still people pretend Mike gives a shit about the others

>>149082203
I'm with that anon on this one. At some point you guys gotta realize that you can't blame everything on Taeshi's bpd, especially when she's been very transparent about it.

>>149082290
You mean the same woman who made sperg Mike, table slam and made David into a complete sociopath on a whim? Yes, you can blame it on her bpd ass.

>>149082290
Not even blaming it on her BPD but taking her author comments as any indication is stupid, this is the same person who calls every single character going through a bad moment a shit head and couldn't stop shitting on Mike with "this is what you deserve" as a "joke" and then got angry because her cult hated on him too much to the point she had to bail

>>149082093
>Taeshi better not have resurrected Sperg Mike, that shit was insufferable.

James is probably upset with Mike because he got rejected.

>>149082274
Oh so you have access to the next page already?
You can spill the beans if he just brushes them off next page

Why couldn't bcb have been about bug people? Bugs are cute and are common pets irl like cats and dogs

>>149082105
Nuh uh, I'm right and you're a retard, anon.

>>149082274
>Mike's going to sit five feet away from Lucy after what he promised Augustus

>>149082381
For what reason would Lucy ever be in the cafeteria? I don't even think Lucy likes David.

>>149082342
So he's been secretly pissy toward Mike this entire time? I'd actually be alright with that twist
>fawning over David to punish Mike
>"innocently" makes mean jokes
>happily leaves gray cat in the dust

Of course that just means that James is a craftier version of Lucy with better social skills. Still an improvement.

>>149082395
What do you mean "for what reason?" Nobody fucking knows, but she's there in the spoiler pages anyway.

>>149082381
Augustus is a roach who will say and do anything to secure his next meal, disregard everything he says

>>149082413
it's the only thing that can explain why he became such a bitch to Mike in the first place.

>>149082435
You have no idea how much I wish Mike or literally anyone else would tell him to go ride a flagpole.

>>149082426
Was more like a question of speculation but a part of me believes it will be just David so random bullshit somehow forces her back to the table.

>>149082330
Color me shocked, her fans are made up of mentally ill girls who project into Lucy? Who would have thought. If you can't even tell when Taeshi making a joke, or hinting at something, maybe you are the idiot.

>>149082466
I have to assume that Lucy's return, along with James joining the table while acting like a pouty twerp, are related since they're both major shakeups that happen concurrently. Or at least one after the other so quickly that Paulo hasn't caught up to the new status quo.

>>149082506
So basically you read whatever you want into her comments and call everyone else stupid until you're inevitably proven wrong, then rinse and repeat. Same old story.

>>149082539
Really, this coming from the same woman whose said Mike December speech was the equivalent of" I hate you and hope you die, mom" from an angry teenager, and is constantly punishing him for it? Taeshi is an unreliable narrator with half her decisions either being made by her or suit on a whim or for "ambiguity".

roll for which cat you're going to corner in a dark alley tonight
1 - Mike
2 - Lucy
3 - Paulo
4 - Daisy
5 - Sue
6 - Jasmine
7 - Abby
8 - Augustus
9 - James
0 - Matt
dubs - Stacy

>>149082575
I would simply not enter said alleyway as these cats actively repel me.

>>149082575
Please be Lucy, I am ending this part of the comic.

>>149082575
Rolling for who is getting raped

>>149082567
"punishing him for it"? You are saying that as if the narrative doesn't paint Mike as being treated unfairly as well. The whole point is that Mike is treated like shit but he's also flawed (as in he doesn't know how to handle situations, hence the sperg outs and his spineless attitude) that's literally what's this is leading up to, he has to hit rock bottom first before he can get better.

>>149081571
James is way too friendly/casual all the time, he needs to be a secret sociopath that inserts himself into friends groups with his practiced charm and then flames the fans of drama to entertain himself until the group falls apart and he moves on to the next group

>>149082740
NTA, but the narrative conspicuously always leaves room and reason to blame Mike for the way others treat him.

>>149082740
Or he can just close off the entire toxic table group forever and join the group offering to be friends instead of brushing them off btw

>>149082773
>the plot can only be furthered by ruining fan favorite characters like James and Augustus

>>149082740
>>149082775
Why is Mike treated poorly again? This comic moves slow enough that I forget every few months

>>149082575
I am here about your car's extended warranty.

>>149082816
In-universe or in the meta sense?

>>149082575
I'd take them out of the alley and buy them a burger. Except one.

>>149082575
If it's James I'm running. He seems like an ass pirate.

>>149082827
Both

>>149082775
Yeah? That's what I meant when I said he's flawed, you can have both you know. Mike gets treated like shit, he has alternatives like >>149082791 but he doesn't choose them because he doesn't want to get better. Not saying is good writing because Taeshi gives the most bullshit excuses for it to happen but it's not hard to pick up on them.

>>149082906
>you can have both you know
Not if the point is that Mike is being treated unfairly. If he's the cause of all his own suffering, then it's a fair outcome. The two notions are incompatible.

>but he doesn't choose them because he doesn't want to get better
That's a supposition, and not a terribly well supported one either.

>>149082906
>but he doesn't choose them because he doesn't want to get better.
No, he had not chosen that one before the track team because what would he have left afterward? Mike has spelled it out that he feels alone, and cutting everyone else off would sjut be him making himself alone, and it also depends on how it occurs.

>>149082893
In-universe, there's the whole Lucy fiasco followed by the sperg era. It makes sense for characters to resent him over those, to a point. Lucy, for example, cannot get over that Mike chose Sandy over her, again, and so blames Mike. But that sort of thing doesn't explain random punishments like James lovebombing Mike then ending up a flake.

>>149081098 (OP)
>trash thread is a waterfall of AI images of Mike taking it up the ass
who are these threads for? This is terrible

>>149082992
The worst part IMO is that it's been overdone, like, we all get it, Mike was a douche and actively made the most unbelievably dumb decision (getting back with Sandy). He paid for it, just give it a rest, instead of repeating the torture over and over.

>>149083003
Patricians

>>149083047
Mike has also apologized to Lucy and the table at large and is back to treating everyone as well as he can. But there's always one more sword of damocles to dig out from the sin bin and hang over his head.

>>149082946
>The two notions are incompatible.
Since when? Mike cannot make mistakes now because he should act like a perpetual victim instead?

>That's a supposition, and not a terribly well supported one either.
Same dude that took back his cheater girlfriend.

>>149082978
Abbey exists, Stacy exists. Mike's supposed to be popular. Again, plenty of options.

Will Mike be able to get back to Lucy if he dates her mom in front of her?

>>149083236
>Abbey exists, Stacy exists.
Anon, we agree there, in fact, Mike could hang out with Stacey more now that he is on a sports team and she wouldn't have to worry about her cred like she would with Sue. Only reason he does not hang out more with Abbey is cause Teashi wrote a weak excuse that Haley will throw a shit fit. It was brought up in the chapter when Mike was showing Sandy's photos.Does Taeshi have siblings? The age gap between Mike and Haley ain't that big, so sharing their friend groups would be fine.I did that with my siblings, and Lucy does it too. Its more of a meta reason for WHy Mike is still at the table. Taeshi created an opportunity in EF for Haley and Mike to have a better relationship so that he could sit at Abbey's table. Why does Haley hate Mike again?
>Mike's supposed to be popular. Again, plenty of options.
Is he still popular? Genuine question.
>Same dude that took back his cheater girlfriend.
Oh, that was blatantly Taeshi forcing shit to return to a status quo for no reason but in universe reason is that Sandy emotionally blackmailed Mike by making "sacrifices". You could be generous and argue Mike watching his parents relationship be the way it is made him this way but we only got like 3 pages of that shit.

>>149083354
>Is he still popular? Genuine question.


Probably not. I assume he was at a point and then it faded in high school since he didn't really do much else to keep it up. At least on screen.

The current discussion feels like a side effect of Taeshi's writing being ass backwards again. Everyone here is so used to Mike being overly shit on for nothing, that it makes it hard to point out when something is actually his own fault.

>>149083236
>Since when? Mike cannot make mistakes now because he should act like a perpetual victim instead?
Rather than let this get lost in the bullshit, I'm going to cut to the chase here: How do YOU think Mike is being treated unfairly?

>Same dude that took back his cheater girlfriend
Or, you know, he's just stupid and overly-giving to his own detriment.

>>149081413
For whenever James is brought up in the future

>>149083354
>Is he still popular? Genuine question.
Does the answer matter when in meta sense Taeshi ain't gonna touch that topic with a ten-foot pole because it breaks entirety of "Mike is so alone and depressed and being proven right and running out of options aside from Her, The Real One"? Stacy, Haley, Abbey and other obstacles for this drama narrative will be ignored as well, we all know that

>>149083577
No and its sucks. You could retcon him being popular, and it would fit right in at this point.

>>149083577
Taeshi could just state in-comic that his spergery significantly impacted Mike's desirability factor, and his total lack of confidence afterward practically killed it. These sorts of little touches are so basic and obvious that it's annoying when she fails to employ them.

>>149082575

>>149082864
You got Female James. She wants you to be her ass pirate.

>>149083549
At this point I kind of hope that the reason James sours on Mike is because gray cat finally snaps and tells James why he sucks. Bonus points if David gets the same treatment.

>>149081471
Lol Justin Bieber Dog

>>149083047
How has Mike paid for that?
How has Mike paid for any of his poor decisions for that matter, he treated all his friends like garbage and they forgave him instantly

>>149083929
>How has Mike paid for any of his poor decisions for that matter, he treated all his friends like garbage and they forgave him instantly
Are you fucking serious?

>>149083929
His “friends” are the largest pieces of garbage I’ve ever seen in a comic

>>149083929
You spelled Lucy wrong

>>149083929
I hope, in your next life, you are reborn as Mike himself

>>149083929
Are you being paid to generate engagement? This is stupid

>>149083929
Basic outcomes:
>got led on for months by a cheating whore then dumped like yesterday's garbage
>still stuck with her
>lovebombed then abandoned by James because he stuck with Sandy
>feels immense guilt and self-loathing
>Lucy hates him
>Sue probably still hates him on some level because she's Sue
>Augustus has him wrapped around his finger
>anyone can make Mike feel like trash with very little effort

Meta punishments:
>humiliated by David
>homelife reconned into sucking
>Paulo is his best friend

>>149083929
Here's your (You)

>>149083929
>How has Mike paid for that?
Mike's long ass suffering has been him basically getting punished for December.

His current situation with Lucy and Augusuts IS because of EF

>His friends

Have also treated him like garbage way before the sperg era. They have treated him worse.

>>149083929
>Friends
Who?

>>149084036
So you think Mike has paid for his actions because a bunch of completely unrelated bad things happen to him, if you kill someone and have a stroke years later did you pay for your actions?
Are we subscribing to some Buddhist philosophy here?
>the consequences for Mike trying to make Lucy leave him alone by gaslighting her on December is....
>She leaves him alone
Wow Mike is really suffering

>>149084101
Ah, you don't understand cause and effect. I'm sorry, anon, but this conversation is a little above your abilities to comprehend.

>Lucyshit
Scratch that. WAY above.

>>149084057
You know, the one that would kill him for pussy, the one that would shun him if the majority agreed to it and the one that will turn her back on him if she's slightly offended. And Amaya =D

>>149084137
Ah yes cause and effect, Mike treats his friends poorly and that causes Sandy to cheat on him
Thank you for the insight to what being retarded is like

>>149084200
>Ah yes cause and effect, Mike treats his friends poorly and that causes Sandy to cheat on him
I see that you cannot read your own posts or remember what you wrote. Sad, sad....

>Thank you for the insight to what being retarded is like
Bit redundant, innit?

>>149083929
>forgave him instantly
Call it nitpicking but I wouldn't say "instantly". They don't hold the grudges you would expect them to (with some notable exceptions) but when Mike acts out he gets slapped down HARD and it has a lasting effect on him even when his friends are back to being buddy-buddy with him a chapter or two later. And it's not like Mike is uniquely immune to people staying pissed at him. Just look at Lucy.

Also I know we're not there yet but the dude is about to get kicked out of the cafeteria.

>>149084402
Daisy said it best: She knows that sperg Mike is not the "real" Mike because she's known him for years. It would be retarded for them to all treat Mike like he's scum of the earth for going through a phase.

>>149083943
>>149083991
>>149083995
>>149084031
NTA but you guys are fucking retarded. You can't have any discussion about any character in this comic where you point out their faults without 10 people thinking that what you're actually saying is that every character who has done them wrong is innocent.

Everyone in this comic is a fucking asshole. Everybody. Yes, even Mike. Treating your friends like shit STILL counts even if you have a ton of garbage going on in your life because they're still full human beings who ALSO have shit going on in their lives. You don't need to forgive someone just because he was upset that his girlfriend ghosted him, especially when everyone was trying to tell him what was going on for MONTHS and that he needed to move on. EVERYONE in this comic is toxic, but they are capable of showing non-toxic, redeemable qualities as well.

>>149084261
>Another limpwristed post about nothing but your hurt feelings
You'll get no more (You)s until you can pay attention and respond to the point like a good boy

>>149084493
Are you seriously suggesting that anon's statement had merit?

>>149084521
>respond to the point
Sure, once you come up with a real one.

itt: Mike kept forgiving his friends for all the bullshit they put him through over the years but he went on his period for a few months so they should crucify him

>>149084613
Mike DID treat his friends like trash and they all forgave him with no consequences. Nothing ever happens, this isn’t new.

>>149084876
Oh noes, he yelled at them a few times. Truly an unforgivable sin. I guess Lucy better get sent to hell right alongside Mike then.

>>149084876
>Mike treated his friends like trash with no consequences
>about to be friendless because James broke off from the track team and Mike believes he doesn't deserve the company of the others and loveless because Sandy is going to break up with him
Yeah, no consequences at all
Just say you hate men, weirdo

>>149081982
>We won't know how he responds to Finn and Felix until he responds.
By virtue of paying an oracle, I can tell you that he completely ignores them and goes outside to run with them.

>>149084924
>I guess Lucy better get sent to hell right alongside Mike then.
Lucy hit her friends and more than once.

>>149082575
Inshallah, I shall encounter Mike and provide him the guidance and support he needs.

>>149084999
>Mike believes he doesn't deserve the company of the others
Mm, I dunno, that's supposition.

An alternative observation:
>have trash friends
>they take you for granted for years and pull some fucked up shit
>forgive them over and over again
>finally get fed up with their bullshit and lash out
>they quickly get fed up and disregard anything you say
>get your self-confidence shattered and come crawling back
>they (mostly) forgive you but learn nothing

>>149085058
I'm gonna make the most of the few days before the update by choosing to believe you're spreading misinformation and falsehoods.

>>149083354
Why is Femfelix look like such a big titty slut?

>>149084434
Yea, part of the issue was everyone in the group recognizing that Sandy was having a bad effect on Mike and trying to get him to see reason. They did it poorly and failed to remember how much they had broken his faith in them on this issue with the siding with Lucy, which caused him to dig his heels in and sperg out all the more, but they still knew he wasn't necessarily the issue.

>>149084999
>Mike's about to be friendless because James is leaving the track team and Mike is currently pretending his other friends don't exist
Lmao

>>149085466
They were probably also just happy that Mike was back to normal.

>>149085232
I feel like people forgot about her, sad (for me)

>>149085162
GOVTERDAMNIT! Okay, I shiv the bitch and frame Alejandro, making it seem like Augustus set her up.

>>149085209
I fear not. This oracle is very reliable, and knows that if they do not provide me with accurate prophecies I shall stop paying them.

>>149085209
When Monday comes I hope you guys have a new cope for how Mike is actually a victim for avoiding everyone but the one guy who wanted to fuck him

>>149081098 (OP)
Is this turning into a school shooter arc lmao

>>149085966
Isnt "Taeshi bad writer" a good constant and Canon cope?

>>149085966
I hope you can learn to care about things that actually matter instead.

>>149081098 (OP)
Fuck yeah, the Boiz!

>>149085603
Yeah and trust the plan lol

>>149081098 (OP)
I still domt think James is a bad guy but he's definitely hoes before bros at the moment. The boys need to pull him up and set his straight... so to speak.

>>149086555
I think he's just fucking stupid. It's a real shame the comic tried to give him depth only to rip it away.

>>149081098 (OP)
Yep, I called it.

>>149087005
To be fair, everyone who actually had the comic's pulse knew you were right.

>>149081495
Mike wouldn't have to cut off his old friend group - Daisy explicitly offered to listen to him vent, Abbey has always been sympathetic with Mike's problems, Stacy and Sue are both judgemental in different ways but they're overall good friends with him, and Amaya is a great listener by default. Sure, none of them are perfect, but they're still his friends. Mike could easily choose to hang out with them more, either one-on-one or collectively since most of them are in his gaming group. It'd be good for him, and he might even receive some useful advice.

But instead he's hyper-fixated on Lucy, Sandy, Paulo, and now James, and the only times we see him interact with any of his non-dickhead friends are when it in some way advances or influences his relationship(s) with the dickheads. Of course, given that Mike is under the eye of le demiurge, if he did start hanging out with his other friends they'd probably start getting afflicted with random personality resets towards being assholes too, so maybe it's for the best that he doesn't.

>>149087519
Daisy is not to be trusted. Abbey seems fine enough but he and Mike have never been super close. Sue would be horribly judgemental and make him feel like trash anytime Lucy came up. Stacy is best girl but all it takes to ruin things is a canonical drop in Mike's popularity. Amaya is unfortunately not a real character.

>>149087679
Like I said, none of them are perfect, but it's still better than moping over whitecats, hanging out with Paulo, or chasing James flighty attention. At least Daisy or Sue aren't going to break his stuff and call him a dumb nerd for not giving them pity sex.

>>149087918
The sad thing is, Taeshi probably doesn't have any reason at all as to why Mike won't pick them.

>>149087918
Second reply but bear with me here. How many of those characters actually want to hang out with Mike all the time?

>>149087519
They seemed okay after hanging out at the mall?
James is really the only one who seems to treat Mike poorly now and that's because he couldn't date him.
If they stopped hanging out and inviting him to post track meetups I could get it but this is more a James issue than a track team issue.
If you're Mike I don't know why you don't find comfort in the other guys. They've never judged you once from the jump

>>149088026
She does, they're just dumb and ineffectual reasons which hasn't prevented some people in these threads from falling for them.

Daisy is with Paulo, which means Mike can't take her up on her offer to hear him out, because this comic holds this weird view that any given person can only be close to one (1) other person at a time.
Abbey has one foot in the same limbo of having escaped from the comic's bullshit that Tess and McCain ascended to.
Mike and Sue snipped at each other a couple times, which means Sue isn't on Mike's side and he can't reach out to her as a friend - never mind that Sue has repeatedly shown concern towards Mike, and her bitching at him is super milquetoast by the standards of this comic.
And I think the comic frequently forgets Stacy and Amaya exist.

My basic complaint isn't even that hanging out with his other friends would fix Mike's problems; he could still be depressed, but when it's nothing but misery after misery it wears out the reader's ability to care. And this comic has the issue that it almost never shows it's characters happy or being friends anymore. Showing Mike and others, Mike is just the most prominent example having some fucking fun now and then is necessary to making him a sympathetic and engaging character, and establishing stakes to his personal drama. Otherwise it begs the question of why should I care if Mike or Lucy or Paulo are crying, when that's all they EVER do!

>>149085543
Woah did you draw this anon?

If Mike whipped his dick out in front of Daisy, would she drop Paulo like a sack of potatoes?

>>149088464
She might try, but Paulo would be bouncing on it before she could finish the sentence.

>>149088136
>How many of those characters actually want to hang out with Mike all the time?
Sue has no issues hanging out with him, but she is way too connected to Lucy and would 120% try and dig in if they were alone together. Sue and Mike actually share a lot of interests, too but they clash and sue can hold a grudge.

>>149088379
>her bitching at him is super milquetoast by the standards of this comic
Sue treated Mike like scum after he bruised her ego, and the soggy bitch flashback chapter showed she could be a presumptuous guilt-slinging mega cunt toward him for no good reason long before then.

>>149088464
She would find his spine more attractive.

>>149081413
How insane is it for a gay character to call ANOTHER gay character a faggot? Then again it sounds like something Felix would say.

>>149081449
He's got too much love and sentiment for the people in his life.

>>149088911
not insane at all, have you never been around gay guys? nobody hates gay guys like other gay guys

>>149081467
Bet James is secretly salty at Mike for being rejected.

>>149081527
That's likely due to social difficulties. Honestly it's not very cliquish outside of Katie, rarely do we see groups revolve their identities around something like a trend, fandom, socioeconomic class, looks, sexuality, or other such commonality. They're not really discriminating, just often divided over something personal between two members.

>>149089123
>They're not really discriminating, just often divided over something personal between two members.
So they can get pretty catty?

>>149085966
It'll be another Eternal Flame for me. Fresh outta copes, fresh outta reasons to even care. I struggle to understand why she's dedicating so much time to Mike and his turmoil if she's going to repeatedly torpedo any sympathy you could have for him. Is Taeshi really just completely insulated from fan reaction? Shit, everywhere but here, people stopped caring about Augustus' demands being unreasonable after a page and went back to shitting on Mike.

I guess there's actually one silver lining here in that at least this time, the insane writing leads to a change in the status quo instead of maintaining it.

>>149081098 (OP)
>two more pages
>next one is the same scene
PLEASE don't fuck this one up

>>149089704
You're expecting something other than Mike accepting the invite then sitting and moping?

>>149082085
Yep, he's going through this.

>>149082182
I hope.

>>149082575
Got Sue. I'll give her a big hug.

>>149084493
I agree. I said this before, but it's hard to consistently cheer for any of the main characters of this comic, they all behaved like absolute ass repeatedly. Yeah they apologize sometimes and promise to do better, but they often go back to doing shit again.

I just said Mike paid the price because the poor bastard has been tortured enough, and I THINK he learned his lesson. Personally, I am tired of seeing him getting shat on, I think the audience already got the message, so I'd like the story to just move on and do something with all this regret he is currently feeling, instead of just showing him in bad spots.

I'm developing a theory

>Mike follows James and David outside
>one of the following occurs:
>>Mike just straight up offers Lucy the cafeteria so he can be outside
>>Augustus gets pissed and starts arguing with Mike
>David overhears and decides he wants to eat inside with "Lucy-baby"
>James still stapled to David
>Mike gets turbo pissed and spergs out
>Lucy girlbosses on him and everybody follows her inside like during Witch Hunt

>>149090633
I think Mike will stay indoors with the track team, and Lucy, Augustus David and James will go indoors for some reason, too. Maybe David and James will call them, I dunno.
I say this because of that sketch page, since it showed Lucy, Paulo, David, James and I think the old gang in the cafeteria. On one of the pages, Paulo seemed to look concerned at a direction, presumably at Mike's direction.

>>149090721
That sounds contrived. What, is it gonna rain? Couldn't they just hide under the bleachers?

>>149090721
Aren't those for a later chapter?

>>149085966
Nah, I'll be alone beating my drum that this is just how Taeshi writes the Mike/James endgame
>I love this twink, but he's in love with the meme dog and now I'm sad!
Taeshi can't get into a ship unless it's some kind of love triangle, so the parallels with Paisy are intentional and not even subtle.

>>149088442
Maybe..., Who Is asking?

>>149090767
>>149090781
I dunno, just saying based on the pages we got, but I have no idea if they are for later chapters, maybe they are. Would explain the sudden change of heart of Lucy and Augustus going indoors.

>>149090721
Mike is not with the track team, James calls it out in >>149081918. Augustus is also not shown.

That does give me an idea for why Augustus isn't there, though
>as Mike and Gus are talking Lucy finds out about their agreement regarding Mike avoiding Lucy
>she gets pissed at Gus for going behind her back/not trusting her/whatever
>chooses to spite both Mike and Gus by going back inside
I still think he's actually not there, but I admit I can't prove the anons who think he just isn't visible are wrong

>>149090864
If those previews are recent they are probably for a later chapter. Taeshi is usually a few chapters ahead from the current chapter.

>>149090911
>>chooses to spite both Mike and Gus by going back inside
Why not just tell Mike not to listen to Augustus at that point? Mike told her last time about the hat and shit. Also, why would Mike even be missing from the cafeteria? I still think it could just be james being a piss baby for some reason.

>>149090911
>Paulo is red and brown
>James is 'wall colored'
I think it's just Paulo having a nightmare where he gets his wish and Mike is out and Lucy/James are in. Augustus isn't there because Paulo hates him, and James is out of character because Paulo doesn't know him well enough to realize that James wouldn't give too shits about Lucy, he'd be slutting it up with David.

>>149087005
>>149087172
It's gonna be so funny on monday when you realize this anon isn't lying
>>149085058

>>149091011
So a version of this?

>>149090864
The anon who originally posted the pages claimed that Taeshi had labeled them as coming from "127 - Mike Dies". The title is probably a joke, but the number puts it in the chapter after next. If chapters 126 and 127 are concurrent in time (unlikely, but possible) then it could actually be immediately after this scene.

Paulo's reaction definitely gives me pause. I don't know if he'd immediately care about Mike's absence or not really notice for a while until the shock of Lucy's return wore off.

>>149090968
>Mike told her last time
Ah damn you're right. I jumped the gun just to justify some tension between those two. Still think Gus isn't there tho.
>why would Mike even be missing from the cafeteria
Because Lucy is in there and he double pinkie swore to avoid her. If the track is too close to the nearby wall then one table over in the cafeteria is too close.

>>149090633
Please for the love of everything, just let us have righteous anger Mike instead of sperg Mike.

>>149091078
>Because Lucy is in there, and he double pinkie swore to avoid her.
I feel this is an issue. Lucy has zero reason to go anywhere with David or near the table/lunch room, especially without Augustus & with her nightmares. He would be there to help Lucy unless he is talking to Mike off-screen somewhere. Augustus giving her space can work, but he is doing this to mitigate her nightmares, and increasing contact risks does the opposite.We are talking about Lucy like a little crippled girl.
>>149090633
>>Mike gets turbo pissed and spergs out
>Lucy girlbosses on him, and everybody follows her inside like during Witch Hunt
Impressive, I am mad.

>>149091268
This comic has "and then everyone clapped" vibes
Kinda pathetic to be honest

>>149090721
>Mike stays inside
>James and David run around without him for some days in a row
>David klutzes his and James' way over to Lucy
>invites her back to the table because he loves his Lucy baby
>she makes her excuses but David dismisses them and tells James it's all Mike's fault she won't come
>recounts Mike's past sins and demonizes him in James' eyes
>pissy Lucy insists she can handle Mike just fine
>gets cajoled into rejoining the table to prove it
>one way or another Mike is guilted into keeping his promise by leaving the cafeteria

>>149090911
>Mike and Augustus left with no one else to hang out with but each other
Too bad Gus turned out to be a punk ass bitch and Mike's too much of a guilt-ridden sadsack to be much company at that point.

>>149091011
Sure, trust the plan, etc. I've heard it before.

>>149091317
It's a BCB tradition. You should see some of the shit up on candybooru.

At what point was bcb actually good

>Mike heads outside next page
On one hand, it'd be cringe for Mike to run after a guy who does not give a fuck about him. On the other, Mike would be prioritizing himself over Lucy and Augustus, which is based. That's a real conundrum.

>>149091317
Thanks you, I followed Taeshi formula for maximum copium

>>149090848
No one in particular

>>149088528
Imagine, Daisy and Paulo fighting over Mike dick.

>>149089019
I'm friends with one but on Discord, not in person. Maybe I'll meet more.

>>149090062
If it goes well, the next page will be Mike getting a speech of reassuring support for one page, and maybe some ominous cliffhangar like one of the guys doubting him, or we shift to other characters trashtalking him, or perhaps initiating some kind of threat to him.
Or if Veronica's lazy she can just end it with sitting and moping.

>>149091317
That's how I'd end the comic honestly. Everybody has an offscreen orgy to make up for all the shit they put each other through.

>>149090848
Was asking cause the style looked familiar and I don’t think this was ever posted when Finnxfelix drawer was still around

I saw a Jojo reference today, it reminded me of DRAMA QUEEN poster and got me to come see if bcb threads were still around. It's nice being free of this comic.

>>149085543
Welcome back. We've missed you.

>>149085543
She’s peak

>omg Mike is just like Lucy now peak storytelling
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