>>149658847 (OP)
Ha, he admits it, he does think it sucked!
Also, Amaya pronouns confirmed.

>David clearly has at least a basic sense of social awareness based on him seeing Sue and Amayas death glare and getting scared and running away
>he still acts the way he does and suffers no consequence for it
most annoying character in the comic desu

>>149658847 (OP)
I almost wrote that David continues to be the worst character in the entire comic, then remembered he's not an actual character so that's impossible. If only the decrepit meme could keep running his way right out of the comic altogether.

>>149658847 (OP)
Yet another BCI about PauloxLucy. It's been a while since we've leaked them.

>another pucy bci
doing a great job selling people on paisy taeshi

>>149658920
>Yet another BCI about PauloxLucy
It's been a hot, what, decade since the last one?

>>149658923
The last time Taeshi got into Paulo x Lucy, it was back when Mike had gone all cold on Worst Cat. Wish I still had any faith that something that good was brewing behind the scenes.

>>149658923
They're clearly just settling for each other while still pining for other people, this is the start of a miserable relationship.

>>149659011
>falling back
>more like Another Fallback

David will NOT be enjoying Amaya's they/thussy

>>149658923
>hugging Lucy
>thinking about Tess
>Daisy nowhere on the menu
I know that there are good story reasons for that to be the case, but frankly Taeshi has proven to be so incompetent that it must be pure accident on her part.

>>149658923
Paulo marries a domestic abuser lol.
>>149659052
He's secretly crushing on Amaya and Sue, and scared to piss her off.

>>149658847 (OP)
Giga chad no fucks given, if he stays he's just going to tear her a new asshole. On why her play was so shitty.

>>149658847 (OP)
Theyem in 2009?

>>149658923
damn, I lowkey wanna read this one

>>149659177
And other trips to the copium nubula

>>149659278
I too wish to read the latest entry in Taeshi's personal Bipolar Abuser x Soggy Little Bitch fanfiction

>>149658920
>I liked your play Sue!
>You did? Wait you were there?
>Yeah, Mike was in it!
>The fuck you weren't going to our school las year how long have you been stalking Mike?
>James runs after David
>Paulo sulks
the end

>>149659390
>James reveals that after the play he bullied Lucy into jumping because he wanted Mike all to himself
>villain arc is dumped next chapter in favor of shitting on Mike

>>149658923
>>149659011
Judging by reactions in official discord (since BCI discussions are free for all to read and join as long as they are spoilerless), it is indeed that, absolutely doomed misery of a "ship" as instead of loving each other Lucy loves "not being alone". Also Suit in reply to someone is claiming that unlike this BCI canon Lucy is completely over Mike now, even in term of giving a fuck about his well being. Not sure why he would be doing that so openly, ain't that spoiling that kicking Mike around is gonna be the rest of what's left in the comic? Unless it will change or he's sure that people want to see exactly that

>>149659747
>instead of loving each other Lucy loves "not being alone"

>>149659747
Or Suit is misdirecting.

>>149658923
I feel like 70% of the extra content is Lucy and Polo shipping

>>149659747
Taking word of god from these people seriously is an obvious mistake. That said, Lucy has long proven to be a spiteful little cunt with random flashes of empathy here and there. I'd sooner take this over her allegedly compassionate white ass descending from on high to save Mike from himself or similar gag-inducing garbage.

>>149658847 (OP)
Oh hey by the way guys I'm going to try writing a Ryan George Pitch Meeting for Bittersweet Candy Bowl, shouldn't take too long but I got nothing. If y'all got any ideas I'll gladly adapt them with credit to you.

>>149659804
It's strange how sometimes Taeshi randomly decides her story should still make sense. That or anon is accidentally acting like a sanity filter.

>>149659826
Anonymity sort of defeats the purpose of crediting effort.

>>149659807
This, but also why WOULDN'T the rest of the comic revolve around torturing Mike? That's been the pattern for some time now. And besides, does anyone here really think that Taeshi could possibly give up on the Mike torment? It's like her favorite thing to do. Like a dog returning to its vomit.

>>149659747
>well being
sure, she had to force herself out of feeling bad in pic related btw

>>149660088
>force herself
She remembered the fact he "picked" Sandy "over" her and went back to pissy bitch mode. If Lucy had to force herself, she'd have to keep doing it. This was one and done with zero signs of regret or wavering.

>>149659747
Suit is such an asshole that I wouldn't be surprised if he's just fucking with the cult

>>149659947
Oh yeah, good point. Plus I am having trouble dreaming up anything about the comic to poke fun of. I 99% of the time disagree with negative critics.

>>149660088
Then she saw that he'd replaced her with some twink and now she doesn't care anymore. Lucy never gave much of a shit about Mike's well being anyway since she's crazy. She latched onto Mike because she feels all alone despite being surrounded by friends because some kids rejected her in kindergarten.
>I had you back
>Mike's going to leave you
That's all it's about with Lucy, whether she gets to possess Mike or one of her backup Mikes.

Lucy pointedly not giving a fuck about Mike because he dared to stay with Sandy is perhaps the pettiest she's ever been. Lucy could have a 100% understandable beef with Mike if she felt used and discarded after the night under the tree. But nope, it's all Sandy Sandy Sandy. If Sandy's in the picture, in any way shape or form, Lucy cannot abide it. And remember, Lucy already admitted that Mike was right to hate her, so this isn't about getting Decembered again. It's about not winning the Mike bowl, e.g. her own ego. The girl is poison.

>>149658923
Why does Taeshi's idea of shipping consist entirely of sinking all alternatives, without bothering to bail out or repair the one she's pushing? Retconning that Paulo didn't REALLY want Lucy won't make him and Daisy love each other more.

>>149660307
>pic
You know, back in the day, I gave Lucy a lot of leeway. Yeah she was a stupid selfish little twerp, but she was clearly suffering over her mistakes. The story screamed that she just needed to wake up and do better. And toward the end there, to some extent, she did. Took too long getting there, of course, so she suffered for that too. It was portrayed as a tragedy and I agreed.

But modern Lucy? Nuh uh, that bitch is a self-righteous fuckhead who expects the world on a silver platter and breaks down whenever she doesn't get it. She is terminally insulated from all consequences that last longer than five minutes by her resident white knight and the universe at large. Those insane PTSD dreams and their effect on her waking hours show that Lucy is just plain fucking nuts. She has not learned one damn thing in all her time away and is probably worse than ever before. There is no suggestion of an upward trajectory or, indeed, whether Lucy should dare be asked to change. This may well be her final form and to that I say go fuck yourself and your thinly veiled fursona, Taeshi. She had so much potential but you just could not resist jacking yourself off and ruining everything.

>>149660307
>>149660166
Lucy's clearly paying attention without getting involved, Mike lives rent free inside her head.

>>149660482
Because Taeshi is dumb as a sack of doorknobs and somehow even lazier. What do you think happens when a woman who avoids consequences whenever possible writes herself into a corner? You get stupid retcons that undermine the entire comic.

With all that said, even a competent writer could have Paulo genuinely love Lucy and end up miserable because he did not understand what he was getting himself into. Remember that Lucy had been inflicting 90% of her bullshit onto Mike for years while he wanted to believe there was this sweet tender core she kept hidden behind walls of ice. Paulo, unaware of all he'd been shielded from, could not possibly have an accurate picture of the girl. Without Mike around to play Jupiter and pull away the planet-killing asteroids, so to speak, Paulo would bear the full brunt of Lucyfer's Hammer.

>>149660548
And he probably always will. That doesn't mean that Lucy gives a flying fuck about his well-being. That would require being a halfway decent person.

The crown fell in the gutter and Paulo stepped on it instead of picking it up

>>149658847 (OP)
Literal flaming lesbians

>>149660763
>Another Path
>catering to fan demand
Awww does baby Taeshi hate admitting she had a raging girl boner for Paulucy those days, when her fursona was all alone? That insecurity would almost be adorable had it not curdled so badly across a fucking decade.

>>149660903
Adding to this, the problem with the ship was obviously Lucy, not Paulo. She was unrealistically nice and cooperative. Of course Taeshi glosses that over and blames the guy.

>>149660763
She's trying so hard to retcon PxL because she spent so much fucking time on it that it just mogs her new main ships.
Too bad you hack fuck, you should've controlled yourself and cut back on the rampant shipping in Vol 2-4 instead of unabashedly writing with your libido in the driver's seat.
>Uhhh actually Lucy was sad and still thinking about Mike here
>Yes this is the only time in the comic Lucy looked remotely happy but uhhh don't pay attention
I can't wait for the BCI to get leaked so we can get the same shoddy workmanship of the retcon BCI for Mike turning down Lucy, where instead of having someone say or do something different to change the situation she just runs through the same scenario with the characters having wildly out of character reactions

>>149660807
Based on the preview scribbles posted forever ago, I thought that would be the point of the chapter. Of course, that was lending Taeshi way too much credit, surprise surprise.

>>149660634
>That doesn't mean that Lucy gives a flying fuck about his well-being.

Disagree, she was very aggresive with Mike when she returned to school, told him straight up "I don't fucking like you anymore" only for her to end up making out with him by the end of december. Why would this time be any different? Mike's about to go to the deep end, you really thing Paulo's gonna picking all the pieces?

>>149660977
>Yes this is the only time in the comic Lucy looked remotely happy
What a gigantic load of horseshit. Lucy was smiling happily by the end of chapter fucking one.

You're correct that Taeshi's retcons are a hot self-serving mess, though. Surely we can't expect her to put in some basic fucking work in fixing past mistakes, right? I'll bet she considers herself above such petty demands that only apply to lesser authors, like Tolkien.

>>149660977
All of that chuggin' leads to piss

>>149661016
>only for her to end up making out with him by the end of december
You mean Eternal Flame? You mean after she tried to walk off in a huff, repeatedly, while Mike held her anchored to the spot? After he forced her to actually listen as he sobbed into her shoulder and begged for a the tiniest little crumb of sympathy? Fanning the nigh-dead embers as hard as he fucking could? AFTER he'd told her that Sandy was finally gone? Oh sure, Lucy's heart might not be totally stone cold dead, but her capacity to love is buried under a metric ton of solidified copium and self-righteous spite.

>>149661125
Also I forgot to add that Lucy making out with Mike does not indicate she gives a fuck about his own happiness. It just means she wants him, mostly as a trophy.

>>149660977
The way Sue leans onto the table and looks at Paulo has more romantic tension than Paulo and Daisy have had the entire webcomic.

>>149660763
I wouldn't pay the words Taeshi "no one else knew about the suicide attempt except the whole school" says much attention

>>149661171
I don't know about romantic tension, but they certainly share a more reactive chemistry than Paulo x Daisy's water + more water = just a bunch of tepid water.

>>149661178
Taeshi routinely misunderstands her own characters anyway. Like she might mean to write one thing but accidentally portrays the exact opposite. Probably because she's writing what she knows but is terrible at self-critique.

>>149661125
>Lucy's heart might not be totally stone cold dead, but her capacity to love is buried under a metric ton of solidified copium and self-righteous spite.
Unironically this. This is just Taeshi chanelling her BPD onto Lucy.

>>149660511
The thing is though from a storytelling perspective Lucy's personality impacts the characters and events so it's a good thing. The character regression is intended and we're meant to explore how it affects the plot in the long term.
>>149660807
They're probably gonna capture David and get rough with him behind closed doors. That's the real reason he dipped.

>>149661466
>The character regression is intended and we're meant to explore how it affects the plot in the long term
That is your assumption. In a story told by someone who has shown more competence, it should be true but is by no means certain because people can just accidentally write a terrible character. But this is BCB, a comic which has not held Lucy to be firmly in the wrong in a long, long-ass time.

>>149661503
I think what we have to look forward to are the possibilities of her having to take accountability for how she treats her peers and potentially arguing with Sandy. Hopefully she'll do something so profoundly damaging that she gets alienated, feels remorse, and has to make amends. Like slapping Sandy, Mike, Daisy, or anybody else out of frustration. I'd say Paulo but that already happened and nobody not even him did jack.

>>149661602
>I think what we have to look forward to are the possibilities
Noooo no no no ahahaha, hold on a second. We can start "look forward to" only after Taeshi has resubscribed to basic narrative practices, i.e. not rewriting her own story on the fly or swerving as hard as she can to avoid basic logical outcomes. Until that happens, it's like asking for an architectural blueprint from a toddler who can't master stacking blocks.

>Mike in reality
>Extremely confident in how he feels, more annoyed and frustrated than anything else
>I have Sandy now (My girlfriend who I actually love)
>I can't think of anything that involves you (Aside from the fact I'm still having to take care of you for some reason)
>I used to want you but now you're just... (A literal burden)
>Just to reiterate, Sandy, my actual girlfriend, means more to me than you

>Mike in Taeshi's schizo delusion
>G-Guh... I'd love to be your boyfriend, but Sandy is already my girlfriend and all
>I can't just leave her... I guess... unless haha
>So much has changed I just don't know if I can drop Sandy like a bag of trash over your feelings but maybe I could G-guh
>Actually nothing has changed, I love you just as much as I ever have despite you treating me like shit recently
>That evil bitch Sandy made it all so complicated because apparently I have no feelings for her anymore
>Nevermind lol apparently all I wanted from you was to get bullied into doing something I didn't want to do (again)
>What do you mean the first four volumes were about me getting tired of Lucy pushing me around it's now my favorite thing I LOVE LUCY YABBA DABBA DOO!!!!

>>149661731
Being generous, the BCI you're probably referencing could only happen with shifts to the background lore that it does not go into. That said, Taeshi deserves no such generosity so it's almost certainly a poorly conceived masturbation session in which Lucy gets everything she wants.

>>149661786
>Mike would have accepted Lucy if she was a massively ooc girlboss despite her entire world coming crashing down around her right that moment

I miss when their heads weren't gigantic.

Personally I can't wait for the retcon where we find out Mike only December'd Lucy because Sandy was feeding him lines through a bluetooth headset and he actually didn't mean what he said, because he loves Lucy after all.

You can tell it's a good page because people would rather talk about decades old shipping dynamics

>>149660977
This would be like two or three pages these days

>>149661786
This feels less like the same characters making a different set of decisions and more like modern Mike and Lucy inexplicably sent back in time to this scenario. Mike is bound to Sandy for reasons he can't fully understand or articulate and Lucy is a bundle of resentment about Mike not giving her what he owes her.

>>149661988
Sorry I'm going to have to ask you to take this spoiler down

>>149661819
Mike woulda accepted Lucy is she didn't play hot and cold for so long and act like a bitch. Seriously, what reason did Lucy have to act likeMike's.

Even the alej stuff doesn't explain it since Mike fought the hardest for her during that time (and got the back of his head kicked in) and she has acted like thi since they were very little. Her weird tsundere actions moving to abuse has always been a bit weird since the story doesn't treat Lucy like something is mentally wrong prior to alej.

>>149662017
>This feels less like the same characters making a different set of decisions and more like modern Mike and Lucy inexplicably sent back in time to this scenario
I was shocked when the "what if Augustus tried to jump instead" BCI accurately portrayed Lucy as the desperate wreck she would have been back then. Otherwise, this is how hack fraud Taeshi writes. Even during Behind Closed Doors, everyone was acting more like their current selves.

>>149661171
I think you're confusing condescension for chemistry, Fannelguy.

But Paulo and Daisy DO have less passion and dynamism than a tupperware full of unidentified leftovers in the back of the freezer.

>>149661187
You know, no matter what character in BCB is someone's favorite, they have good reason to be disappointed, but I think no-one has it worse than Daisyfans. Paulo's character arc broke down midway through so he's stuck as a lame asshole, but at least he's still framed as sympathetic and "cool" in-universe. Mike had his spine broken and is developing depressive schizophrenia, but he's still a main character. And for all they suck NOW, at least they both had moments where it looked like they were going to get their happily-ever-after.

But for Daisy it was over before it ever began: her original childhood friend forgot she existed, she never had a chance with Mike, she was stuck as the fourth wheel on a love triangle for years, she's too busy to hang out with the nerds, too nerdy to fit in with the cheer squad, too "innocent" to hang out with the seniors, she disappointed and got dumped by Abbey, she's still verboten from interacting with Augustus, she got mogged by a boy who was her slimmer/hotter/femmier r63 doppelganger, and Paulo hit up and got rejected by literally every other female character (and most male characters) in the comic before settling for her. It's fucking BLEAK for Daisy.

>>149661819
Mike would have accepted Lucy if Lucy didn't wait until it was obvious things were changing and he was getting fed up with her bullshit. If she had doubled down about being a cunt he would have either been beaten into it or Paulo would have confesed instantly since he wants someone to manhandle him

>>149662069
>Even the alej stuff doesn't explain it
Nobody knows what the hell is going on with the Alejandro stuff because outside of the pants-shitting insanity it's kept vague as fuck. We don't even know Mike's role in it.

>>149662082
>It's fucking BLEAK for Daisy
And yet the comic has decided she should be overjoyed. Because Taeshi has lobotomized herself through years of social insulation and nonstop Pokemon gaming.

>>149662082
>Says this all with McCain not even being able to be here.
>>149662116
Anon - I mean Suit - the name field automatically keeps the same between posts lol
>>149662072
I can't wait for the Library of BCBandria to dump at the end of the year so I can see the full scope of Taeshi's weird decisions as of now.

>>149662120
True but their are very few ways to Make ot good.
>Either Mike is not alej and he is instead a the guy who just abandoned Lucy to him
>Mike and Laej are merged making Lucy a massive fucking thunder cunt... more so.
Lucy already would look insane to anyone who could see in her head, they're is no way to fix that. Plus it would be even weirder to blend Mike and alej since Augustus fucking worked with her potential rapist for years.

>>149662158
I think the only way BCB can end as anything but a reeking pile of garbage is if one of the people Taeshi is spoiling tells her point blank that her work sucks ass and used to be way better. But it has to be someone she cannot dismiss.

>>149662194
>Plus it would be even weirder to blend Mike and alej since Augustus fucking worked with her potential rapist for years
I've wondered whether the "mystery dream rapist" is supposed to be Augustus in at least some capacity, and it's his presence that is actually making things worse for Lucy. That every misplaced effort to help her was always doomed to fail because Lucy is neurotic. But no, that would be too interesting.

>>149662194
The other thing I can think of to "explain" it is that it was actually some guy at the school that Lucy went to after the ketchup. Probably would just be more bloat to it, but if she actually tried to get a replacement Mike over there and he actually emotionally manipulated her, MAYBE that would make some modicum of sense.

>>149662194
I still like the idea that it's Lucy but as she sees herself, since the cheek tuffs don't really fit any other character and it would explain why she sees her friends as some kind of tormentors but doesn't get her PTSD attacks when close to them at all

>>149662353
>but doesn't get her PTSD attacks when close to them at all
She does though, at least around Paulo. The starfield bullshit pops up on the fringes or in the background and she goes all cold or bitchy on him because muh trust issues.

>I still like the idea that it's Lucy but as she sees herself, since the cheek tuffs don't really fit any other character
This idea would be very interesting and I've almost entertained it myself. But it leaves a lot of questions like...why imagine an adult version of herself? Self-hatred I get but not a random age-up. And I can't guess something wild like it's actually the aunt Lucy went to live with, who tried to help Lucy so now is seen as the enemy.

>>149662466
>But it leaves a lot of questions like...why imagine an adult version of herself?
Maybe its a mix of her and alej or Lucy doesn't believe she is actually better deep down. An older her tormenting her would be Lucy viewing herself as someone who will always hate herself and how she is regardless of how old she gets.

Maybe it's just Alejandro

>>149662541
If it is, boy howdy has Taeshi's artistic output hit a new technical low.

>>149662039
Only if you repent your murder of Odysseus.

>>149662518
>adult Lucy mocks her younger self for ending up alone and unwanted or alternatively still waiting for Mike to come and save her if Taeshi feels like girlbossing it up some more

>>149660763
>Taeshi genuinely thinks people will believe she wrote Another Path and the entirety of the most important part of the story being about PxL because of fan service

>>149662622
Casual that you are ignore his current quest in the Elysium, moving among the dead to break free

>>149662150
Well that's because Daisy has given up and given in, internalizing her role as an extra in her own life. She is resigned to her fate of being a loser nerd who should be grateful for the crumbs of attention she gets from her betters. If this comic were set in the late 2010s Daisy would self-identify as a blackpilled femcel and spend her nights trying to pity-bait online. Perhaps on /trash/.

Unlike my beloved Sue, struggler against causality, who's brave heart and proud soul compel her to valiantly rage against her fate as a tertiary character. While Daisy succumbs to the futility of her existence, Sue's heroic resolve in the face of countless defeats and black and oppressive hopelessness has allowed her to achieve rare victories: multiple POV chapters, a critical role in the main plot, and a place among the fan favorites!

>>149658847 (OP)
Random but, JustChillin2OK approves! Day made.

>>149662823
>the entirety of the most important part of the story being about PxL
The part with no lasting importance, more like.

>>149663250
Yeah apparently, nothing fucking mattered after volume 1 now
Paulo is in love with Daisy just like he was at the end of volume one, Lucy isn't mad about anything Mike said or did during December, she's not mad at him for not dating him when she confessed, she's only pissed because of EF as if nothing else before that mattered, Mike completely forgot he was mad at Lucy for the abuse, her not returning his feelings or even her trying to jump ship to Paulo immediately after, he's just sad and guilty over EF

I remember when I started reading Taeshi used to tell people to skip volume 1 and just read this catch up chapter, I thought it was completely ridiculous because volume 1 was the only way you'd get to see Mike's side of the story but as time went on it became clear Taeshi didn't give a shit about Mike's side, now she's doing the same exact thing in reverse and discounting everything BUT volume 1
I genuinely don't know which is worse but goddamn pick a lane

>>149662823
Paulo x Lucy happened during that time, but it certainly was not the big focus.

>>149663120
Based Sandy telling that fat fuck to lay off the burgers and milkshakes.

>>149663606
From chapter 47 (When PauloxLucy set sail) to chapter 97 (when PauloxLucy was sunk with all hands), there were more chapters focusing on Paulo than on any other character. Across this Paulo Show era, Paulo constantly pines over Lucy, and many of Paulo's actions and decisions begin or end with him thinking of Lucy. The two other relationships Paulo had over that time, Jasmine and Rachel, he both sunk over Lucy.

So while PauloXLucy didn't take up a majority of the focus overall, the majority of the focus was on Paulo, and the majority of Paulo's focus was on Lucy.

>>149663915
By that logic, the longest running ship of the comic is Daisy x Mike, since apparently one-sided simping counts.

>>149663915
Well said
In addition, there are 180~ pages in volume 2 not including the volume 1 wrap up in the start
82 of these pages are about Paulo and Lucy, that's me being generous and excluding all the pages in back and forth where he wasn't actively talking to Lucy despite the entire chapter ostensibly being for the sake of their drama and that's a little under half, I'm sure if I swipe through volume 3 it'll be the same thing
Yes the overarching plotline was Lucy being sad over Mike, but it was being told under the currents and in the background of page after page of Paulo
>>149664059
wat

>>149664059
DaisyXMike IS the longest running ship in the comic. But it never received nearly as much focus as other ships, because as noted further up in this thread, Daisy is a tertiary character, irrelevant and helpless even in her own story, which has been a bleak unbroken string of Ls without any relief or reward. Her crush on Mike was always framed as her aiming out of her league, because Daisy exists to suffer.

Taeshi loves seeing Daisy sad and disappointed, hope crushed out of her, eyes dim and empty, as she accepts her misery and worthlessness as what she deserves. Daisy's role is to be humiliated by the contrast between herself and others, and she was broken in to it long ago.

>>149664228
>wat
If Paulo whining about Lucy not wanting him counts as a ship, then Daisy x Mike is the longest running ship in the comic. Because that's just Daisy pining over Mike, using Abbey as a replacement Mike, etc.

My larger point is that actual Paulo x Lucy content makes up a very small amount of the comic.

Lucy marked Paulo with her piss. Can't say the same for Mike

>>149664728
>My larger point is that actual Paulo x Lucy content makes up a very small amount of the comic.
Ok well you're just wrong, and I posted the percentage of volume 2 in that very post.

>Paulo and Lucy got multiple chapters just to themselves constituting an aggregate majority of those volumes
>This is the same as Daisy dating Abbey in the background with the subtext that she still likes Mike
You're being fervently disingenuous, as if the cold fact of the matter has upset you when it shouldn't.

>>149664782
>SPLAT

>>149664849
>Ok well you're just wrong
No, I'm quite right. Lucy was done with Paulo as soon as he started "sleeping around" and the ship was dead in the water from then on whether Paulo liked it or not. You can't have a one-sided ship; that's just simping.

I'm not upset about this, though you certainly do seem tilted about the sheer possibility of being wrong.

>>149664868
I forgot about that

>>149664895
>No, I'm quite right. Lucy was done with Paulo as soon as he started "sleeping around" and the ship was dead in the water from then on whether Paulo liked it or not.
I mean that's a strong claim, but you're objectively wrong.
This page is from after he was dating Jasmine for example, you're asserting things very confidently that you haven't fact checked, I'm open to the possibility of being wrong but considering I've read the comic many times and have had to go through it many more times to get old pictures it's going to take more than you simply saying that the things I've seen , filed and catalogued with my own eyes is incorrect.

>>149665047
Yes, well, I too have functional eyes and a working memory, as well as media literacy. Remember when that still applied to BCB? Good times. Wish they'd lasted.

What you are seeing here is Lucy's well-established need to be wanted by boys, not a genuine desire to get together with Paulo. This is nicely illustrated when he went out of his way all day to care for her sick white ass and all she ended up caring about was Mike handing her a few pills. And if I really must sample from the "recent" fecal leavings that is BCB since Lucy's return, there's her dismay at Paulo "getting over her." Supplementary material is Taeshi's now highly questionable statement that Lucy will always miss Paulo wanting her, now that he's with Daisy.

>>149665047
The one small relief for Abbey I have is that Paulo never got around to popping Jasmine's cherry.

>>149665165
She's probably waiting until marriage

>>149665198
Perfectly acceptable.

>>149665141
>that evidence doesn't count because I've decided her moping over Paulo wasn't genuine
I genuinely don't understand how you think I'm supposed to converse with you when this is how you respond to me bringing things up from the actual comic, you literally just handwaved physical evidence for your own headcanon.

>>149665047
>you dumb whore
Man this used to be just a completely different comic

>>149665306
Well, you could begin by engaging with my point that Lucy did not care that Paulo went out of his way to take care of her and only ended up thrilled that Mike finally gave her a time of day. Or you could explain how the page you posted absolutely excludes Lucy's desire to be wanted. See, the way this works is if the evidence that could go either way better fits one explanation over the other, then that's the explanation that makes most sense. And I'm sorry, anon, but given the situation as a whole? My explanation is the better fit.

>>149665308
I wish it still had that edge

>>149665357
>Or you could explain how the page you posted absolutely excludes Lucy's desire to be wanted
You're looking at a bunch of clear shipping bait, by an author whose favorite ship was Paulo and Lucy and seriously thinking the explanation of Lucy just wanted boys is somehow more accurate despite giving zero evidence for it
The chapter you bring up ends with Lucy singing for Paulo and bringing him to tears as he talks about breaking up with Jasmine, but this isn't proof of anything because you just say it's not, talking to you is exhausting because I'm actually putting effort into showing examples for some reason and you just pull excuses out of your ass.
Post something substantive and verifiable because this is the last time I'm going to waste my night trying to reason with someone who just says "nuh uh".

>>149665559
Damn people just be mysteriously appearing at the worst and/or best possible times huh

>>149665559
>seriously thinking the explanation of Lucy just wanted boys is somehow more accurate despite giving zero evidence for it
Because it makes more sense than Lucy pining after Paulo as a romantic option. She never tries getting closer to Paulo after he decides to try his luck with other girls and keeps wishing Mike would finally let her back in. So what if Taeshi is trying to bait shippers? That doesn't change Lucy's feelings or, thus, the viability of the ship.

You talk a big game about pulling up evidence while I'm "talking out of my ass," but the fact is that you refuse to engage with my points and keep pointing to pages that don't actually back up your claims. "Well Lucy did Paulo a solid so uhhhhs he actually loves him for real for real!" I find that reasoning weak.

If you don't like it and want to dismiss me, fine. No skin off my back. I'm not the one who got pissed over whether or not one imaginary cat liked another, nor do I intend to make such an obvious life mistake. Now go ahead, take your ball, and leave.

Goodnight.

>>149665695
Anytime Paulo cries Taeshi spawns someone in so they can notice how sensitive and vulnerable he is.

does anyone remember what chapter was the one that shows the conversation between lucy and paulo where they are seemingly fucking before the play?

>>149666202
The end of double down?
Or do you mean the end of witch hunt where they're alluding to the sex

>>149666223
yeah the double down one, I'm dumb, thanks anon

>>149666035
Once upon a time, those were brief flashes of vulnerability. Now, they are annoyingly frequent reminders he's just a soggy little bitch.

>>149666035
Damn that must suck to be the person spawned in. Just imagine your minding your own business then suddenly your teleported right by a sobbing Somali who's usually a loud mouthed cunt. And the god of your world wants you to comfort him too so you can't just walk away.

>>149666202
I still can't believe Lucy wasted her virginity on Paulo then tried to kill herself

>>149666391
How much do you want to bet Taeshi will end up retconning that, too? Oh no, her precious little fursona, sullying herself with Paulo? Nay, nay she must remain pure until the day she can lay Mike upon Sandy's battered corpse and rape him.

Indeed, she never wanted it.

>>149658847 (OP)
New Bleating Heart.

>>149666478
Damn, I almost forgot the real reason I was in this thread
Mary forgot about the gun she brought to school

>>149666477
Lol, can someone draw that?
>>149666478
Feel like Mary's transparent hair superpower should get recognized.
>>149666498
Ha! But hey it's for a noble purpose, to kill the bullies of the girl she simps for.

>>149659747
We know that Lucy's going to give Mike a pity hug and turn her back on him, whether Lucy actually did stop caring or is just pretending there's gonna be a storyline of Lucy being "done" with Mike

>>149667196
I choose to believe this image isn't based on any particular upcoming scene

>there's gonna be a storyline of Lucy being "done" with Mike
What, again? That's her current storyline. And the one before that, too. How many different flavors of "done" are we going to sample before everybody stops pretending?

I don't see the point in her getting over Mike anyway, because the only thing left for her character at that point is to constantly bump into Mike and demonstrate how over him she is. The fuck else is there left for her to do.

>>149666527
Her whole body disappears, it just starts with her hair. What we're seeing is the very beginning of the process. She can't even control when it happens. Next page, Fauna and Clover will turn around and she'll just be gone. Exactly where she'll re-materialize is anyone's guess.

>>149667525
Either her body is coursing with Pym particles or Thanos struck in 2001. The comic takes place in 2001 by the way. British Columbia I think.

>>149667196
We "know," huh? Cause it sure as hell looks a lot more like inference.

Anyway, I wouldn't mind the pic coming mostly true. Lucy doesn't look happy about the hug, so I gather she feels he's at least owed the gesture even if she's not happy about it. Far moreso, I like that Mike just does not give a fuck. Lucy's gesture means absolutely nothing to him. Her kiss makes no greater impact. I want to see this cat's heart absolutely dead to her.

>>149659011
>They're clearly just settling for each other while still pining for other people, this is the start of a miserable relationship.
Are you describing Pucy or Paisy? Because that applies to both, as well as every other official ship in this comic.

>>149667323
>The fuck else is there left for her to do.
That's a good point. Lucy's anger and detachment have become her defining traits, unless you count the buttfuck insanity. In theory, returning to the table should force a change. In practice, I think Taeshi is just too in love with the usual status quo and will either revert the changes or ignore them completely. Instead of Augustus playing singular white knight, it will be the entire group.

>>149667685
Remember when Taeshi could actually write imperfect yet interesting relationships that weren't nonsensical toxic messes held together by the power of plot?

>>149658923
what did she mean by this?

>>149667668
>I want to see this cat's heart absolutely dead to her.
I kind of want to see both their hearts die and be buried in the same grave. There would be a certain grim satisfaction in seeing Mike and Lucy get together, only to be utterly inert. They can go through the motions of childhood-friends-to-lovers, but they feel nothing. Their inner emotional worlds are dead, they feel no warmth when they touch, and they can't even understand or care about themselves, much less each other.

>>149666035
Paulo has some freak mutation that makes him summon someone to him whenever he cries, that’s why they all go
>”wuh? Paulo?”
every time

>>149667882
Funny. By the way what font is that? I keep using comic sans in edits cause I don't know.
>>149667916
This would be depressingly intriguing. You think they'd care about each other if one gets seriously physically hurt?

>>149667973
That's actually a badass power.
In the future, Paulo becomes Self Therapy Man. With the power to summon validators, simps, or pity parties to lift him up when he's down. If you want it, you have to stand next to him. And make him cry, a your mom joke might work.

>>149667916
No, Lucy should definitely be forced to suffer from the knowledge that even if Mike has finally cast Sandy off, he will never love Lucy because at this point he can no longer feel it.

>>149667984
can't even remember where I got it but I did get a lot of mileage out of it, though
https://files.catbox.moe/p0t64p.ttf

>>149668049
This is too fitting. It's funny too, Lucy might giggle like a little girl thinking Mike is her's for the taking only for him to tell her to fuck off cause she's toxic, and then maybe she'll beg for a chance, they become friends.

>>149668049
Can't we have that AND Mike suffering from the knowledge that in the end he ended up with Lucy, but only after she lost all the light and passion that she once had?

>>149668533
Those two outcomes sound incompatible. I'll take Lucy suffering over most other concerns.

>>149658847 (OP)
>David doesn't lie and pretend Sue's play was any good
>Half apologizes after Amaya intimidates him
>Made out to he the bad guy
Makes you wonder what Amaya did to threaten Madison into playing nice.

>>149665740
NTA and i didnt read your discussions but while the other anon pulled comic/story proof you only wrote and didn't link any page
Soooooo Im going to give a point to "picrel"anon

Meanwhile I forgot Lucy took Mike for supergranted (picrel for realsies now), If I remembered this part I would've been a bigger Lucyhater

>>149669245
Not sure what's weirder, Lucy taking in a literal hobo as a pet or the fact Lucy lets the hobo sleep in her bed with her

>>149645576
Didn't get to post in the last thread but honestly I didn't upload any of the others because I hadn't made Daisy yet since she's a favorite and it seemed like people don't like Lucy, Sandy, etc
but here's Lucy, Sandy, Mike, Paulo and Sue, no Daisy yet because payment processors are having a fit over sex online

Sandy is hit or miss but the other ones work perfectly fine even when you do couples gens and I've got prompts if the ones on the booru aren't enough
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15fBFfqEtWZVWD-iOvQ39hc2OmPnGCNas/view?usp=drive_link

>>149669661
Thank you for your service anon. Best or luck with your Daisy efforts. How did you do the couples with these? Plain in painting?

Also lol @ Lucy and Sue looking concerned at the lesbian sex they're having

>>149669245
OK so was Lucy meant to sound like an abusive spouse here?

>>149670233
Think it's more like she's excusing her dependency, and probably also pointing out that Mike will wind up running back to her (until he doesn't), cause he tries hard to see the good in others even if it hurts him. I think this was before or shortly after he cut her off.

>>149670233
Wouldn't it be out of character for her if she didn't?

>>149669245
That's fine, anon. You're both allowed to be wrong.

>>149670233
Lucy's willfully delusional. She's got a small army of people willing, eager, to support her but she refuses to consider any of them because she got rejected once in kindergarten so it's Mike or Bust.

>>149671549
It's also probably because Lucy recognizes, on some level, that Mike stuck with and tried to support her no matter how many times she shut him down. None of her other friends put in so much effort, nor had they endured so much of her bullshit.

>>149670827
... Lucy is right in taking Mike for granted?

>>149671683
Yes, that's definitely what I was talking about.

>>149671549
>If anything happens to you, I'll be there...somehow.
>Mike finally loses his shit on her and she tries to kermit.
>Zach is there for none of it
I name him a liar and oathbreaker.

>>149672183
I do wonder if past weeb Taeshi had any vague ideas about how to re-incorporate Zach down the line. Too bad she got super unambitious. Taking the characters out of their usual setting was a good idea and she should have found more excuses to do so.

My two cents on the Pucy debate is that it doesn't really matter if Lucy thought Paulo was a serious option at the time. Shipbaiting taking up that much bandwidth, 45% of volume 2 if anon's figures are correct, is still kind of a big deal.

>>149671549
In so much of this comic and its side material Mike is just the bad guy that our female protagonist needs to get over in favor of a guy that really appreciates her. But instead of this happening and Mike fucking off, he's forced to linger, far outside the reaches of the normal life cycle of such a character.

>>149659804
My favorite part is how at the end, Paulo asks Lucy if she'll ever love him, and she responds "I dunnoe, does it even matter?" and Paulo just grimly accepts it.

>>149672803
>In so much of this comic and its side material Mike is just the bad guy that our female protagonist needs to get over in favor of a guy that really appreciates her. But instead of this happening and Mike fucking off, he's forced to linger, far outside the reaches of the normal life cycle of such a character.
Which is made weird when you remember why it got this bad in the first place. I can give the story slack there since it tried to pretend to give two pov initially, but later the comic completely fucks that. Though the comic really suffered from Lucy not having a sane reason to be the way she is, and would be better if she were mentally ill. A lot of actions in the story would make sense from her confused pov, and even the dreams can be excused.