>>149125166 (OP)
Mike is terrible at Siamese Says.
But nice to see that he's determined to win James' attention.

Felixfags btfo, Mike only wants fluffcat cock.

>>149125191
It's nice to see Mike making his own decisions and actually doing something for once. Even if it's obviously a mistake and a portal to a yet more intense form of suffering. I'm sure the intended audience will despise him for breaking his promise and "betraying" Lucy yet again.

>>149125233
It would be funny if something goes profoundly right for Mike and it pisses the Mike hate cult off.

Shut up, Veronica

>>149125166 (OP)
I don't hate this as much as I was ready to. I was expecting more pathetic desperation, but he seems pissed, which could be fun.

>He definitely likes you
Why would he say this

>1 page left
Oh no oh god. Wednesday can't be anything other than a cliffhanger, and I remember something about Tae not liking starting new chapters on Friday. Please lord don't let there be an intermission.

>>149125334
>Immediately disregard what Augustus said
>Make Lucy watch her oneitis go gay right in front of her
KINO

Mike's just gonna run into Augustus and Lucy and they're gonna bitch him out.

Unlikely Scenario- he catches James and David making out and gets le-heartbroken.

But Taeshi can never pass up a chance for her fursona to sperg out full BPD-style.

>>149125324
Given the spoilers for chapter 127, I'm sure that Mike is about to endure horrendous punishment for daring to put himself first for once. A positive development that Taeshi has made certain to sabotage.
>going after James in a fit of one-itis so poorly explained that it's downright annoying
>defying Augustus and breaking his promise
>putting his own happiness before Lucy's mental health
>pic related suggests Mike will flip out hard and probably make a fool out of himself (again)

Very sympathetic, Taeshi! I'm sure the readers will simply adore him after this.

Goddammit man

>>149125211
Felix literally tried to keep him away from James here ha ha.

>>149125343
Bet Augustus will bitch him out, maybe Lucy will stay quite and not care.

>>149125334
>Why would he say that
It's not the first time this situation has happened

>>149125166 (OP)
finn is cool. felix is a faggot

>>148978696
>Track team (James) DOESNT know Lucy suicide because of Mike (for some reason his fault) and Augustus is not happy Mike is having fun with TT

ok

>>149125334
I really hope he's glaring back at Augustus in defiance.

>Why would he say this
To reassure Mike that James hadn't -actually- abandoned him as a friend, duh.

>Please lord don't let there be an intermission
>chapter 126 is an intermission
>chapter 127 begins with Lucy and James joining the table with no explanation
>confused as fuck Paulo is the reader's surrogate
>whatever the hell went down out on the track is left vague until Taeshi can come up with something she likes
>all we see for the next half-decade is the aftermath

patreon comments be really projecting with the "avoid consequence" bullshit

>>149125166 (OP)
And this Mike marches on to the path of his own destruction, not out of self flagellation or desperation, but to spit in the face of the world in a last act of defiance before it renders him asunder

>>149125609
BCB patrons are delusional confirmation bias addicts, news at 11

>>149125609
>Augustus doing shit to anybody
lol, lmao
Even Taeshi said anyone in the whole cast could beat his ass

>>149125609
Lucyspace is a phenomenon in the comic but a cancer on the readers. Stay away from there as if it was YouTube comments

>>149125628
Well, maybe some desperation. He's going after James after all. Better to set his sights on someone less careless and who isn't dumb enough to want David. With that said, I'm just happy Mike didn't just sit at the table and mope like he would have 99% of the time.

>>149087005
>>149087172
>>149091386
Just gonna add it to the ever growing pile of your baseless predictions being wrong
>muh patterns

>>149125692
Ah, so a page that starkly defies usual pattern proves that the pattern does not exist. Interesting logic.

>>149125463
>a fit of one-itis so poorly explained
I think Taeshi's obsession with
>Mike and Lucy are... le same!
is largely to blame. It's a poor parallel, though, since Lucy had years of history and multiple life or death situations with Mike to justify her obsession. It's still not a great fit, but maybe James is Paulo instead of Mike. Lucy had that brief stint with him before he started fucking around and pissed her off. I guess that's the point we're at in Mike retracing Lucy's steps.

>>149125556
>James hadn't -actually- abandoned him as a friend
I just think it looks a lot like he did? Like he abandoned him in the literal sense just a moment ago. Methinks he's being too soft on his old flame. But more importantly it seems like a poor choice of words when you're trying to convince Mike not to go chasing after the guy.

>>149125723
>constantly being wrong is actually proof I'm right
lmao

>>149125734
>I guess that's the point we're at in Mike retracing Lucy's steps
So how does Eternal Flame fit into Taeshi's plan here?

>>149125734
>Mike and Lucy are... le same!
Yeah I anticipate James saying some "you're a parasite" type shit so that the whole thing rhymes or whatever.
>>149125692
Why are you STILL mad about people making predictions, lmao

>>149125166 (OP)
The face of a man who would have given him everything he ever wanted in life....
Reduced to being sad and drowning in a pool of choccy milk.
Fucking selfish Mike, selfish selfish selfish.

>>149125739
I'm sure it helps that you get to decide who has predicted what, with perfect certainty. Very convenient!

But then maybe you're right, anon. Maybe there are no patterns. That's why Mike will definitely not suffer for whatever he's about to do and will come out smelling like roses. And the patrons will love him for it. Because otherwise, events would conform to a pattern.

>The goyim are noticing
SHUT IT DOWN

>>149125779
He might find Mike insufferable as a partner. After all, James was too needy for Felix, right?

>>149125556

Oh, of course.
James and David are now super-besties with Lucy and by assiociation Augustus.

Mike implodes in BPD-fury.
They all wonder why he's sperging until he decides to spill some ketchup.

Bravo Taeshi, you keep somehow making even more retarded plotlines then before.
You're a special kind of terrible, aren't you?

>>149125798
"Exhausting" is how he put it. He seems emotionally intelligent and attentive, so I genuinely think they'd be pretty good for each other. Fags can't have shit in this comic though, only baiting and BCI fantasies.

>>149125798
James is an ADHD child who wants to fuck a new person every week
Mike is a schizo who can't control his emotions unless he's anchored to a sane person
They are not the same

>>149125746
Mike rejected Lucy for another girl, but he was still around, which made Lucy miserable in a few ways. Sandy rejected Mike for another guy, but without the advantage of a shared physical space, the only way she can remain to torment Mike is to wriggle her way back into phone girlfriend status.

Those are my best mental gymnastics. I guess the next step for Mike would be to leave the cafeteria (check) and find his own Augustus (TBD).

>>149125801
>until he decides to spill some ketchup
You have no idea how much I hope there is no suicide pottery. Mike needs to react to absolute despair differently because he and Lucy are not supposed to be the same character.

>>149125827
Mike will leave the cafeteria and be truly alone with no Augustus analog because in every way that Lucy suffered, Mike must endure worse, logic or character consistency be damned.

>>149125824
At this point, I just assume that Mike has been driven insane by overwhelming guilt and regular bouts of punishment. At the very least he's got some kind of neurochemical imbalance.

>>149125692
idk why people do this, every time people make these ironclad predictions because they "Just Know" BCB and its obvious to anyone who isnt a newfag that its going to happen and it pretty much always ends up being fucking wrong. the obsession with making some sort of FBI behavioral profile of the author's psyche and magically predict the entire course of the comic is retarded

>>149125788
>noticing
That's a generous term

>>149125929
I'll bite: Wrong predictions such as what, exactly? The one about James only being introduced to make Mike suffer? Paisy doomed to become a thing, on top of the worst ship in the comic? Mike continuing to suffer while Lucy is given the eternal sympathy treatment?

Yeah no fucking shit some don't come true, that's how it always shakes out. But you and your whiny ilk prefer to ignore any predictions that prove correct.

>>149126018
You want me to go through every thread and collect all your retarded theories just to have an opinion on it, while you think you can smugly assert your schizo theories as fact despite not being able to even explain how it makes sense beyond
>W-well, if we go back to when Taeshi and Suit were 13 it all makes sense
>if you can't realize I'm right you can't see muh pattern
Go to literally any thread where something finally happens in BCB and there you are giving your dogshit interpretation of how the storyline is OBVIOUSLY gonna go, only to be immediately proven wrong and come up with some cope for why you still know what's going on because you obsess over the author's life.

>>149125640
Augustus cannot fight. The man has to rely on his "Breaking speeches" to avoid them, and the one time Paulo was about to hit him, it had to be blocked by Lucy. That nigga is not beating mike up at all. Especially Mike hyped up on sperg rage

>>149126109
>make big stupid claims
>zero backup
I'm not surprised. You harp on about how anons constantly make big failed predictions based on "just knowing how BCB works," and "muh patterns" but you can't even come up with a single example that is explicitly based on either of those foundations. Even if you could, so what? You claimed this is a constant pattern, ironically enough. The rule, not the exception. And now, instead of putting in the footwork to prove your point, you tell everyone else to do it instead. So not only are you whiny and arrogant, you're also lazy. But hey, maybe if you keep bitching and moaning something will magically change. That's the BCB way of doing things.

>>149125640
>>149126139
I suppose we're all guilty of wishful thinking. Maybe they believe Mike is just that pathetic or has been sufficiently depowered.

>>149126199
>Even if you could, so what?
You're too retarded to look at the image, yet you still hedge your bets because you know I probably could get more examples :^)
>all the rest of that cope
lol

>>149126109
I only remember the one about james actually being a new method to bite Mike in the ass since I had to look for a pic on the archives, I really hope you did that too because 4 years ago is insane

>>149126222
>the image
The image with zero context beyond the words "what we know?" Wow, what a slam dunk.

>cope
Might as well be synonymous with "I can't contest your points but must save face."

>>149126229
It still floors me that some anons believed that James would prove to be anything but a new source of pain.

>>149126229
I just went to the first EF thread I saw because, as I said, he does this constantly and it's never even a clever twist or some kind of interesting perspective on the story it's always him whining about shit that hasn't happened and he's been doing this for almost 10 years.

>>149126262
Because the track team in general was made not that long after Taeshi didnt like how much people hated Mike more than she intended.

So many anons, myself included, thought that they'd stick around for a bit to try and repair his rep before fading into the background because of how hard James was hyping Mike up..

Or rather, that was the hope.

>>149126272
Who is "he" in this context?

>>149125166 (OP)
Taeshi's fujo-teasing is actually starting to piss me off again.
We all know Mike isn't allowed to be stuck with anyone but Lucy or Sandy(until he's stuck with Lucy), fuck off with this shit.

>>149126304
>We all know Mike isn't allowed to be stuck with anyone but Lucy or Sandy(until he's stuck with Lucy)
Oh no anon, you can't say that. Patterns don't exist, and Taeshi's mind is an enigma, after all.

>>149125166 (OP)
Are these fucking twink cats still in high school? Is it the same artist making them? Imagine keeping your imagination in high school for your entire life

>>149126287
Reasonable, but Taeshi had clearly been enjoying the Mike torment far too much to ever give it up for real. The sheer happiness that James brought into Mike's life was extremely suspicious. So long as James remained in Mike's life, he could not hit rock bottom. Ergo, James had to go. And if he went, he would tear Mike's heart out in the process, because why would Taeshi pass up an opportunity like that?

>>149125166 (OP)
BCB but the characters are struggling against their own writer.

>>149126355
To be fair, she never mentally moved on from her own teenage years, just exchanged anime for tumblr and telenovelas.

>>149126466
Someone needs to lock her inside a room with only the Ghost Stories dub and stuff like that to watch for a month.

Mike isn't standing up for himself by going back on his word with Augustus, breaking your word to chase a guy who clearly doesn't want to make time for you is detestable simp behavior

>>149126565
Yeah, everyone knows two things can't be true at once.

>>149126565
If he went outside anyways solely because he knew Aug was being a twat and had no right to demand he start molding his life around fucking Lucy it'd be a good move, but instead it's because Taeshi seems to be correcting for her over-correction and making Mike look like a piece of shit again for chasing a dude he doesn't even want just because he wants the attention.
That's all BCB is now, an over-correction of an over-correction of a mistake.

>>149126611
The worst thing about this is that Taeshi believes there is a good reason for Mike to be acting this way. A real shame she hasn't shared that little tidbit for the class to evaluate.

>>149126631
>The worst thing about this is that Taeshi believes there is a good reason for Mike to be acting this way.
I guess you could argue its Mike attempting to assert himself as a someone who does not just wanna be brushed aside and be abandoned by a friend and that might be a good explanation if this was written by anyone but Veronica.

>>149125166 (OP)
Why does Mike care about James that much?
They barely know each other, he has a 'girlfriend', James was quick to dump him for someone else... If he was just feeling lonely, why not just hang out with the fellas at the table?
I'm finding this behavior rather odd for Mike. I guess it is true what people said on the last threads, that this dude cannot stand people not fawning for him, which paints a very poor image of Mike IMO.

It's hard to stay at Mike's side these days, the dude begs for trouble and unnecessary headaches over and over again.

>>149126664
I have no doubt that Mike is trying to assert himself because otherwise he'd be a watery-eyed terrified sadsack racing after James in desperation instead of angry determination. Maybe he forgot all about Augustus or maybe he's decided fighting for James' attention is more important than keeping his promise, that much is left up in the air.

As an aside, I wonder if Mike won't look into other friend options because he's got an aversion to forging new bonds. But then you'd think Taeshi could dream up some childhood trauma to explain that.

>>149126731
>Why does Mike care about James that much?
Because James lovebombed Mike harder than anyone has in his entire life right after a period of unhappiness followed by a huge fuckup and even deeper unhappiness.

>he has a 'girlfriend'
Sandy is not a good girlfriend and at this point I'm not sure she actually does anything for Mike.

>If he was just feeling lonely, why not just hang out with the fellas at the table?
Presumably a clumsy attempt at pottery.

>which paints a very poor image of Mike IMO
I assume Taeshi is aware of this given her page comments. She seems to have turned on a dime and is just relentlessly shitting all over Mike. Or maybe she thinks this is her brilliant 5d chess move that will pay huge dividends latter. Either way, it doesn't strike me as terribly in-character but yet another contrivance in service to the plot.

>>149126744
>But then you'd think Taeshi could dream up some childhood trauma to explain that.
Well one of the first few bonds he ended up having was Lucy. The idea could be that in the back of his head that a new friend could end up displaying similar traits but Veronica would never blame Lucy for anything wrong with Mike again.

>>149126731
I don't know, maybe he's just in love with him?
>Taeshi draws an unsubtle parallel between Paulo jannying to impress Daisy and Mike running to impress James
>Mike is more distraught to lose James to David
>Mike runs off to win James back when Felix and Finn accidentally encourage him
>Fucks it up somehow
>Paulo has to step in to fix it
>"explosive double date"

>>149126909
I'm sure that Mike is "in love" with James, but after his new year's eve speech to Paulo I think that love is meant to be platonic. My read is that Mike just desperately wants to have a best friend again and James had proven himself to be the absolute best candidate. Remember how many anons here pointed out that James was such a better choice than anyone else in the comic. And I guess Mike's having a hard time letting go.

>>149126731
>It's hard to stay at Mike's side these days, the dude begs for trouble and unnecessary headaches over and over again.
It's easy if you realize this isn't Mike.

>>149126964
>And I guess Mike's having a hard time letting go.
Funny part is, he should not have to let go of this candidate. Really, I know everyone harps on it but David undermining Mike there was a really dumb move for the comic and would likely have not occured that badly in most comics.

>>149126964
Personally I'd be fine with this if they tried and just mutually drifted apart with no bad blood. It happens in life, and it's normal.

But the fact that she had to shove david into the track team stuff just to make this happen is what makes this current situation lame.

>>149127007
Yeah I guess that's it for me too. The idea that Mike's rock-bottom crashout is going to have fucking David at the center of it is just too fucking stupid.

>>149126909
This >>149126964.
Also, I find this whole gay bait rather pointless. We all know Mike will not end with James, or any other male character for that matter.

>>149127007
>>149127035
Including David feels very slapdash, and I wonder if Taeshi had once planned this out differently or even at all. There was some speculation a while back that James was a blatant male stand-in for Daisy in an aborted Mike x Daisy arc. If that were truly the case, it is reasonable to conclude that David is an even lazier replacement for Paulo. I'm not sure if Mike was meant to pine after Daisy once they "broke up" and screw up their friendship, but it's all guesswork anyway.

>>149127035
>>149127136

This would be bad but not AS bad if David had an actual character beyond "Random XD Funny Guy!" But he doesn't. I also think he was tossed in at the end of the movie date because she just couldn't think of anyone else that would ruin something for Mike and not give a fuck at all.

>>149127062
What annoys me more is they can’t meet halfway and keep trying to say Mike is straight instead of making it so it could somewhat be a possibility even if we know it wouldn’t happen.
It’s not like Jordan being straight being a source of contention for Matt and that being the focal point of the arc. It’s gay baiting without there being any point since we know it’s pointless if one is straight and the other won’t care about rejection

>>149127210
I'd suggest that Taeshi is gay baiting in another failed bid to improve Mike's reputation with her audience. It's certainly shallow, lazy, and ill thought out enough.

>>149127198
>. I also think he was tossed in at the end of the movie date because she just couldn't think of anyone else that would ruin something for Mike and not give a fuck at all.
Having Mike trip or slip on something during the race would have had the same effect. Just make it so whatever tripped him wasn't too obvious and then have him and have the race stop so Paulo goes and checks on Mike. Everyone involved realizes it is fucking dumb and may be they can have a double group "date" to smooth this over. Daisy and Paulo get to hang out & Mike gets his new friend. It's a better background for Paisy to start then Lucy.
>I'd suggest that Taeshi is gay baiting in another failed bid to improve Mike's reputation with her audience.
You know what woulda worked with gay baiting? Extending the james and tack team shit. COulda had a fujoshi's wet dream, but she cannot calm her hatred for the korat.

>>149127241
Which fails if he has no interest in men to make it even somewhat believable and stated reason for rejection is because of the reason he’s hated for in the first place

I hate this comic

>>149127279
I can attest that at least 75% of the comic discussion on the official discord is tied up in shipping. Apparent orientation is no barrier to the wildest, most improbable fantasies. All that would matter is that James kissed Mike and that Mike still wants James. Of course it's Mike so obviously none of this worked.

>>149125640
Yeah but have you considered

Mike will have a badass scar

>>149127417
>Mike will have a badass scar
What, will Aguusutus pull a knife on him?

>>149126964
>yes lucy lies all the time and you can't take her at her word
>no, mike can't possibly have been in denial about being in love with a guy
>we can't possibly be repeating the 'is polo a queer arc' with different characters
uh-huh.
>>149127210
>keep trying to say Mike is straight
When exactly do you think Taeshi is saying this?

>>149127417
But then the scar reminds Lucy of Alejandro so she freaks out even harder and now Mike has to wear a sack over his head.

>>149127431
I assumed the total lack of a bisexual crisis was a pretty good sign that Mike is not in denial about anything.

>>149127436
"Mike I need you to hide your scar because Lucy gets even more dysfunctional when she's turned on all day"

>>149127431
You remember that group LGBT art she made a few years ago with all of them, like the recently made James and even the bullshit one liner with Daisy included?
Mike was not included in that. In Taeshi's interpretation he is straight.

>>149127824
If Lucy really is hybridizing Mike and Alejandro in her schizo dreams, that is potentially not even a joke anymore. Lucy would be so very fucked up.

>>149127849
Or maybe she ran out of room and time to draw him? She didn't even make one this year.

>>149127849
Technically her stance Schrodinger's sexuality. That is, everyone is assumed to be bisexual until their sexuality is canonized. Because Taeshi is a very brave, hard-working writer.

>>149127274
Maybe it's just a side effect of how bad the situation of the comic is these days, but these images make me think that maybe the whole story would perhaps be more tolerable if they were all genderswapped or just straight up all girls. Some of their mannerisms and behaviors would be more accurate.

>>149127849
Doesn't mean anything. Taeshi's repeatedly said that if she hasn't specified then they're assumed to be bi, only Lucy is a hard and fast hetero. David, Paulo and Daisy are in because they've explicitly confirmed to be bisexual in the story. Felix isn't in it even though he's clearly James' ex

>>149127274
>It's a better background for Paisy to start then Lucy
But Paulo would only have eyes for James and be jealous of Mike the whole time, maybe even making the whole situation worse for Daisy.

>>149127949
Well, Lucy's entire sense of self-worth is boycentric, anyway. If Daisy can become suddenly bisexual after thirsting after boys and only boys, with just one line of dialogue and zero evidence, then I'm sure the same can happen to Lucy.

>>149127903
That's pretty weak, anon. I wouldn't be shocked if Mike turned out to be bisexual (or more likely asexual at this point), but Taeshi certainly hasn't established that.

>>149127431
I don't see how people even seriously believe in other endgame that is not Mike x Lucy. Don't people realize the whole story literally revolves around their dynamic?

Exactly how this will work is a mystery considering all the burnt bridges, but it is what it is.

>>149127949
Felix was barely introduced and that element wasn't decided yet, when Mike is very established

>>149127939
Yeah and Luke woulda been jettisoned from the story. If Lucy than I have no idea if anhone would simp for her for beating up Michelle in taeshis discord. Then again, apperantly they ignore Lucy beating Mike so it might be the same.

>>149128038
A knee-jerk hostility toward obvious patterns, apparently. But being overly charitable for a moment, it's not completely unreasonable on the basis that, indeed, any kind of romance between Mike and Lucy should be borderline impossible nowadays. Not that anyone should expect this comic to suddenly start operating on good sense.

>>149127939
is that r63 mike? r63mike looks kinda cute

>>149128038
Yeah, Mucy, the ship where Mike has always been depicted as not being in love with Lucy on the charts. The one that Suitcase bitched on stream that he wished was canon. The one where Taeshi calls their kiss in Eternal Flame a very stupid mistake on both their parts. Total endgame material

>>149128107
Yeah, I'm assuming based on how stories usually logically go, but to be fair you never know with BCB's writing, and this is not necessarily a good thing in this case.

Whatever the case, I guarantee many readers are very likely to feel frustrated if it ends up being not the endgame, but if it isn't, it must at the very least wrap things up nicely between them.

>>149127972
Well the idea was for the double date was for Paulo to start falling for Daisy half way through it so it's less of a pair the spares thing that paisy is. Plus part of it was to also not make James a complete hoe. The idea is to actually bring Daisy into this and create some setup. It's only a mall status quo change anyhow.

>>149128146
Doesn't change the fact that the whole story spins around their dynamic. Once that dynamic is resolved, either by making them end up together, or by making them go their separate ways, the comic will lose it's plot point and purpose.

Besides, Mike and Lucy clearly have feelings for each other, they always did. It is the whole point of the story.

Why does it feel like Mike's only two modes "whimpering cuck" and "sperging retard?"

>>149128495
That's true, the dude only has 2 gears nowadays, but he used to be a normal guy way back in the past.

>>149128495
Taeshi performed a partial lobotomy on Mike at some point.

>>149128146
>not being in love
Because that certainly can't change, amirite?

>wished was canon
A relationship certainly can't be canon if it doesn't exist (yet)

>stupid mistake
Everything about their prior love was a mistake so that's not exactly loveworthy

>>149128391
Paisy has been done so poorly that I wonder what would get Paulo falling for her organically.

>>149128495
Taeshi's clumsy attempt to characterize him as swinging to extremes even though he actually stays pretty neutral most of the time.

>>149127241
>improve Mike's reputation
Somehow anon I really don't think that's the intention now, if it ever was

>>149128146
Mike and Lucy are endgame, as proof I point toward the fact volume 2-6 were about Mike not liking Lucy and that she needed to move on from him
Just look at how much they (didn't) interact with each other and how it was mostly about Paulo
Endgame confirmed!

>>149128636
*not exactly noteworthy

>>149128723
Then maybe she shouldn't have kept writing the comic as if we're supposed to feel some sympathy for him. The woman wants to have her cake and eat it too and refuses to understand that does not work.

>>149127400
I don't blame them
If we're talking about cartoon school cats Mike is just like Gumball Watterson, where they are technically straight in official media as is but they tease how gay they are without directly saying it and everyone interprets them as bi

>>149128739
Lol what a stupid argument

>>149128723
Her attempt at improving his reputation was having David start clowning on him in track, having Aug demand he stay inside cause Lucy, and having James ignore him in favor of David after all that lovebombing.
Now that her fanbase has been tricked into pitying him she can knock him down again.

>>149128842
>Now that her fanbase has been tricked into pitying him
Is there a bunch of this on discord? I'm not there, but everywhere else people are basically saying he deserves this. People thinking Gus was unreasonable lasted for one update before people started hating on him again. Tae even stepped in to say she thought it was weird how many people thought Gus was being unfair.

>>149128842
>tricked into pitying
Yeah for maybe five patrons tops.

I just need the Felix x Mike BCI fuck all this useless James chasing it's not going to work out at this point

>>149128661
I was thinking showing him Daisy really sweet(motherly) side but struggle how. Paisley us hard to do.
>>149128723
That also doesn't make sense since Mike wanted to be close to James before knowing he was a homosexual.
>>149128890
>Tae even stepped in to say she thought it was weird how many people thought Gus was being unfair.
Does Taeshi fucking have friends? Even a friendless fool can see how what Augustus was doing is creepy. Guilt tripping someone to make them to do what you want is disgusting behavior. By his own logic, just have Lucy not near the area that could trigger her and it won't work since they share classes and she will see him. There is no avoiding that since they also travel the same way too. This entire thing is stupid the more I think on it. Just tell her fucking mom.

>>149129032
At this point I'm practically certain Mike is going to do something stupid to win James back as his best friend (if he ever was) and that's why James hates him in the spoiler pages.

>>149125166 (OP)
And here it comes. Mike makes it worse.
Man, the Bois were right there for you, vent to them have some laughs and get the fuck over it already.

>>149129109
I think Taeshi is just openly reveling in the Mike torture. There's a chance she's trying to egg her readers on so they feel guilty once the plot turns on them and goes maximum Mike sympathy, but I doubt it. Maybe she's trying to be sarcastic and is just really bad at it.

>>149129109
>That also doesn't make sense since Mike wanted to be close to James before knowing he was a homosexual.
Someone should leave that as a comment on the post.

I miss Felixanon...

>>149129416
>Wait... The guy who spent six months stalking me isn't straight?
>Mind blown
Even if James wasn't flaming it would be obvious he's gay, Mike's not that dumb

>>149129524
>Mike's not that dumb
He's certainly being written that way. Anyway, enough bullshit, Mike was shocked when James kissed him. Said he didn't know James wanted him like that.

>>149129266
>Mike can't get James' attention
>Decides the only way to get his attention is to date his ex
>Double date and pissy James ensures

>>149125166 (OP)
>thread full of 30 year olds saying "oh well its OBVIOUS whats going on"
teenagers are dipshits, remember?

>>149129630
Mike never said that

>>149129685
https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c118/p9
Maybe not those exact words, but it's pretty damn obvious that's the message.

>>149129681
No, they're teenagers written by a BPD-addled womanchild.

>>149129398
I fear that Mike will say and/or do something stupid and we'll get a callback to this page:
https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c118/p13

And James will tell Mike that he was wrong, and that THIS is the real him the whole time.

>>149125692
Why are you so salty over my having made a prediction? Hell, I'm still mostly right; Felix DID say "James does this a lot", and Mike IS still being depressed and weird and trying to shrug off their help.

>>149129850
Anon is mad that (s)he is never right.

>>149128495
Well, he hasn’t done anything too bad this time yet

>>149129984
Has anything even happened this chapter outside of Augustus being a dumbass?

It's amazing how this cat drama comic manages to get people so riled up all the time, including me. There's nothing binding me to it, and yet I come back to it time and time again just to get pissed and complain here

>>149125692
That last one was doubting someone who was correct though.
>>149091386
>>149091011

>>149126109
Anon, you're the one being a schizo and assuming every prediction is the same handful of anons. Trying to predict the course of the story being discussed is a thing in literally any thread, BCB or not. It's even a thing in threads for stories that have been over for YEARS.

Whenever I post my guesses as to how things will go in the comic, I'm not going on the whole "BCB is a grand metaphor for Taeshi's personal life" theory, just trying to figure out how where the comic could still go. I'm still often wrong, because Taeshi's preferred method seems to be to dynamite her plot forward, logic and emotion be damned.

>>149129770
I kinda miss the gay arc

>>149130009
Not particularly, I think this page and next are the important ones where Mike will decide to stand up for himself

>>149130053
And I miss the gay art

>>149129850
Literally nothing you said happened, but sick schizo delusion I guess

>>149130043
Same. I am often wrong because I assume the characters are gonna behave logically, but I always forget the comic chases pointless, unnecessary and completely avoidable dramas all the time.

>>149130157
Ignore him, he has an icky high IQ unlike us. Smoothbrain kings rise up.

>>149130053
We REALLY didn't know how good we had it....

>>149130104
>Mike will decide to stand up for himself
Curious how Taeshi will punish him for doing do. Maybe a call from blue revealing he got cancer and wanted to make amends.

>>149129770
i forgot this even happened wtf

>>149130018
I think it's because of how fucking bad Taeshi is at telling a coherent story. It's the narrative version of those reverse-ASMR youtube videos that try to be as unsatisfying as possible.

>>149130189
Hopefully by defying Augustus, after which things escalate from there.

>>149130215
I would prefer Mike just punching Augustus and getting punished for that.

>>149130154
>>149130186
Were I a drawfag I’d make the last page of this chapter be Mike saying something angrily at David to match the preview before doing an out-of-date Will Smith slap to David, last panel being Mike kissing James to end the chapter VwV

>>149125334
> Wednesday can't be anything other than a cliffhanger, and I remember something about Tae not liking starting new chapters on Friday.
I have braved the great northern fjords and slipped past the front giants who dwell there in order to consult a soothsayer. They have cast the bones and decreed that Wednesday's page is Mike running with James and David and stating that he has every right to be outside whilst Augustus glares on in impotent rage.

>>149130165
It's not even that I expect the characters to be logical, necessarily, just the narrative.

For instance, I'm still holding out the ultra-long-shot hope that Paisy is set up to fail, since in most stories, two friends suddenly jumping into a relationship like that would be doomed to have a short and extremely turbulent relationship. After all, if them getting together is supposed to be their happily ever after, why would the story focus so hard on them pining after or being rejected by multiple other crushes?

>>149130275
Mike's usually not violent though. The exceptions have been A) when drunk and fighting to save his friends and B) when Paulo refused to listen one time too many. Augustus would have to needle Mike pretty hard to provoke a slug to the jaw.

>>149130350
>stating that he has every right to be outside whilst Augustus glares on in impotent rage
I desire this to be true.

>>149130350
Wonderful

And what of Lucy?

>>149130372
That and the both of them having next to no mutual interests or career/life plans.

>>149130350
>Mike's desire to get dicked breaks his shit punching bag arc
The good ending

More like BWC

>>149130453
She looks at him sadly and keeps a gentle restraining hand on Augustus.

>>149130484
>Mike remedies his lack of spine by inserting James's giant cock.

>>149130466
Their mutual interests are all other people.

Paisy cuck arc when?

>>149130201
Yeah... I swear, it's like she tries to maximize the frustration of the readers, I've never seen anything quite like that.

One thing I find interesting is that if, for example, I was reading a manga I was really invested in and the story started to go to shit, the characters I really liked started to behave like idiots that never learn, and the whole thing kept looping to the same spot over and over, I would just drop it instantly.

With BCB, since I can't really care for any of the main characters, since they are inconsistent, never learn and make dumb decisions for no reason, the things i mentioned frustrate me and piss me off, but it also makes me sort of morbidly curious to see where this nonsensical story is headed.

>>149130430
>Augustus would have to needle Mike pretty hard to provoke a slug to the jaw.
To be fair, I was thinking of it being the last straw due to everything else happening around him but you have a point. I don't think Augustus would purposefully piss Mike off since he wants Mike to do what he wants for Lucy's sake.

>>149130496
It's so fucking funny that Mike running on the track with his trackmates is Augustus and Lucy's personal 9/11.

>>149130541
Mr.Gustus, a second track practice has hit the oval.

>>149130484
Given the spoiler pages, Mike will no longer be a punching bag because there is no one left to apply the punches.

>>149130496
>restraining
It would be incredible if Augustus tried throwing hands with Mike.

Imagine if in revenge for going outside Augustus decides to claim Mike's ass by force first before anyone else haha

>>149130537
There's a chance Augustus might try to break Mike back down and render him manageable. Extreme measures and all that. If the spoilers are real then I guess Lucy was fine with Augustus' insane demand and so probably wouldn't tell him to cut it out.

>>149130674
I didn't realize Gus was so stupid and self-destructive.

>>149130201
There's so many things that this comic has set up, clearly telegraphed, and then just... fizzled.
For example, it set up that Daisy has a manipulative streak and kind of resents her friends for looking down on her; it telegraphs it further by showing Daisy's toying around with Abbey, her frustration with Lucy("That's not fair! You always get what you want, you don't even have to TRY!"), and her jumping at Mike in the library ("This'll be our little secret").

So is Daisy taking advantage of Paulo's being dumb and easily-led without really feeling anything for him? Offscreen, is she using her skill as a social butterfly to ingratiate herself with Katie and the cheer squad, or Jess and the seniors, so she can have the status she craves? Is she playing some kind of 4d-chess-poker where she's going to get revenge against Mike and Lucy for underestimating her all those years? Who knows, but nothing's come of it yet.

>>149130737
>I didn't realize Gus was so stupid and self-destructive
He has been living with Lucy and his parents were druggies.

>>149130814
I feel like a satisfying outcome is having her two-faced nature be put on full display in a way that makes the whole Paisy ship out to be a shame, but then Paulo forgives Daisy and she falls in love with him for real. Because right now it seems like Daisy is using Paulo as a see-I-really-am-datable trophy to feel good about herself, and she's never resolved her grass-is-greener-on-the-other-side tendencies.

>>149130723
>There's a chance Augustus might try to break Mike back down and render him manageable.
Anon, what you described are the actions of a main/major antagonist and/or rapist, depending on the manga.

>>149131010
Seriously why the fuck is that page a book exclusive? It seems pretty critical to the story.

>>149131010
I'm not arguing that the act would be justified, though Taeshi and her readers might see things differently. Based on her comments, you'd think Mike is about to be punished for daring to set reasonable boundaries.

>>149130723
Could it be that Augustus is directly responsible for James souring on Mike, just to get him off the track?

>>149131051
Oh, I know, anon, I ain't blaming you. It's just that I realized that the comic is going more insane and not in a good way; in fact, it's a boring insanity.

>>149131105
Well hold on now, that has the potential to be interesting, and this is BCB. But Augustus using some cheap underhanded move like that would feel like something of a return to his old self.

>>149130518
When both people do it, isn't it considered swinging?
the next party they have better have pineapple upside down cake

>>149131149
Can't believe Mike sent Gus back to square one too smdh. When will his reign of terror end?

>>149131420
Hm, you know what we'd get out of this? Horrible enmity between Mike and his own replacement. Ironic, given how their relationship (if it can be called that) kicked off.

>>149131239
I wouldn't know, I'm not into that scene. But Paisy takes things in a weird direction.

>Look Mike, you don't have to feel bad. I'm cheating, too!
>Tell Lucy it feels even better than you remember, and if she hadn't rejected you so many times, she could be getting it every night.
>C'mon Abbey, you're not a bad person for hurting me, I'm LITERALLY asking for it.

How much money do they make making this?

>>149131614
There's like 500 or so members of their patreon. Assuming all of them are at the $5 tier, that's about $2,500 a month, not including whatever they make from BCI and book sales.

>>149125463
I'll welcome that, cause it would mean Mike gets rightfully pissed at someone for wronging him. Maybe Veronica will make new O.Cs who exist just to support Mike, and maybe they'll get crapped on to but at least Mike won't be alone.

>>149125504
As Felix's attorney, I must inform you that my client's ex was the one displaying fa-, I mean gayness, when he was hugging him and groveling on the gym floor.

>>149125556
That would be hilarious, Mike and Augustus pulling a Vikram Vedha and having a full page of dramatic staring.

>>149131887
>>149132082
>>149132138
Kind newcomer, I have three pieces of wisdom to bestow upon you on this forum's culture:

First, the persistent use of a username is generally frowned upon, and only tolerated when posting art, writing, or sometimes on /qst/.
Second, it is perfectly possible and often preferable to condense multiple short replies to one post, rather than in multiple posts, as this is lighter on the post limit and less likely to be seen as spam.
Third, it is generally seen as desirable to include an illustrative image with your post if possible.

>>149131710
Can’t you see how much someone makes on patreon?

>>149125640
Yeah but that doesn't mean they'd want to. Still, Augustus trying to hit Mike only to be humbled, that would be cool.

>>149132394
You don’t have to do any of that

>>149129850
>I predict that Mike will still be depressed and weird, and respond to the track team asking if anything's wrong by going "N-no, I'm fine haha".
Mike is angry and doesn't respond to them at all
>Felix and the rest of the track team will comfort Mike by going "Yeah, James does this a lot", referring to his habit of lovebombing a new crush then dropping them hard
Doesn't happen, if anything they tell Mike James is still into him and he's not trying to be rude
>Mike will then join them at their table, but still feel lonely since he's "the new guy"
Mike ignores them and leaves to run with James outside

And because you're schizophrenic you genuinely think you were "mostly right"
unironically kill yourself, if you can't cope with being wrong about a cat comic you will never get a handle on what is clearly a debilitating mental illness and you should just tap out before it gets worse.

>>149131887
>at least Mike won't be alone
Mike is definitely getting socially isolated from the original friend group and probably from the track team in due time.

>>149132966
>screeching sperg tells someone to kill themselves over a cat comic

>>149125823
James is likely too clingy for a mature and composed Felix, probably got fed up with him over time and feels like Mike shouldn't crave James' validation as much.

>>149131576
>2nd spoiler where Daisy encourages Paulo to use emotional manupulation
Hot.
>>149132394
You said that in a really queer way (fitting for bcb thread) but you're half right.

>>149133039
>two full presidencies later anon is still impotently whining about BCB

>>149133039
>literally every post you make is soi rage over Taeshi or the comic
imagine holding a pathetic one sided grudge like this for almost a decade

>>149125833
Yeah but they're going through convergent arcs. Mike may very likely throw himself in front of a car or train though, something different.

>>149133176
>>149133207
The fact that this bothers you so much makes me happy inside.

>>149126448
Nobody's more powerful than the god of the story, the writer.

>>149133305
>literally
>every post

>>149133339
And I will continue to do so, without any shame whatsoever.

James should be with ME

>>149126355
Yeah, that's how storytelling works. I hope she makes a college spinoff soon though.

>>149133359
>you genuinely think I assumed you were capable of feeling shame
I think 10 years of you pissing your pants over Taeshi is proof you're incapable of that kind of introspection lmao

>>149126565
James does want Mike though technically.

>>149126731
James did show him attention and care more than anyone else in his time of need. He also does have a bit of an insensitive sense of humor though but does care about Mike.

>>149133463
You mean like someone who told another anon to kill themselves over a cat comic?

>>149133495
>He also does have a bit of an insensitive sense of humor though but does care about Mike.
Yes, but knowing this comic that is about to change for the worse.

>>149133359
How dare you use the poisoned cinnamon roll to shitpost

>>149126964
I'd rather Mike go for Paulo or Felix since James appears to have traded Mike for Davie.

>>149126139
He might be good at combat if forced into it.

>>149133568
Paulo sucks and will be spending the lion's share of his time with Daisy. Felix would probably be better.

>>149127428
He'd have to, to make the odds fair.

>>149133587
Not according to Taeshi.

>>149133603
Wouldn't he get expelled or face charges?

>>149128029
Everybody is bisexual.
B.C.B 101.

>>149133608
>Gus pulls a knife on Mike
>expelled from school womp womp
>goodbye college plans
>naturally Mike is blamed for this

>>149125166 (OP)
Wait for me James!

>>149125166 (OP)
Dude, there's literally much better company right here!

>>149133531
Over a cat comic thread*
Faggy tourists like you who come here to shit up threads with their autistic vendettas should jump off a bridge, if that makes you sad then you know what you can do about it.

>>149133617
>>149133625
You stop that.

>>149133633
>Over a cat comic thread*
You're right, that's actually much worse.

>you know what you can do about it
Very true, anon! I'll pull up mapquest and get you that list of bridges.

>>149133692
Why would I need a list of bridges for you to jump off of?
Keep it to yourself

>>149133710
But anon, you said the ones who should throw themselves off a bridge are faggy tourists who come to shit up these threads with their autistic vendettas. You seem to be very confused about who has fulfilled that criteria.

>>149127896
On another note, this is the closest we get to a MikexAlejandro kid.

>>149127849
Do you have it on hand?

>>149129032
I'm sure someone will write a fanfic for it.

>>149129398
Perhaps if James doesn't want him for some reason Mike can run back in to hang out with our resident gay icons.

>>149130186
Aww!

>>149130186
This is by the artist who made the Finntervention art, right? I loved those.

>>149130275
Augustus would have to insult James, Paulo, Abbey, or Sandy for that.

>>149132394
I'll try the second.

>>149133531
Haven't people killed over fictional characters before? I know some did in honor of Slenderman.

>>149133608
Yeah but Roger and Tessa were able to get away with openly brandishing dagger for a while.

>>149132966
Fucking hell. I reiterate: why are you so salty? Even if you insist on being obtuse and going "Well actually 2/3rds of that stuff didn't happen because the exact words were different", that's still no reason to be so assblasted. Just be smug you were right, like a normal autist.

>>149133170
>You said that in a really queer way
So I keep being told, anon. But in general, I try to be kind to newfriends, since it means they're more likely to actually take the advice and assimilate.

>>149125334
Get mad, Mike. Then see Lucy and have an anxiety attack again. Fucking headcase bitch.

>She means more to me than anyone...
>Except Sandy, obviously
>And Myself
>And James
>But other than that she means more to me than anyone...
Our hero

>>149130104
>stand up for himself
So he shifts from whimpering cuck mode to sperging retard mode.

>>149129497
i dont know if felixanon Is also finnlix anon,
Personally im not really back im just lurking occasionaly now that track team may be relevant again (at least I hope, from the last stream). Last thread I only shared a pic I never "posted"
To be honest the comic became such a drag, even doing fanart seems like a chore instead of something fun...

>>149135653
Sorry to hear that, your fan works were the best thing during the time in the comic. Sucks you don’t get enjoyment from it now

>>149134988
>realizes his lifelong abuser really should not matter to him that much at all
Our hero, on his journey.

>>149133600
Agreed. Hey maybe they can cuck Sandy.

>>149135233
Worth it if Augustus malds.

>>149136180
Yes, but that isn't the right lesson, Mike shoulda have rolled with the punches like a real man & just gotten with Lucy earlier on. Sarcasm can be lost through text.