Thread 149731533

Sue tries to cock block David edition

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>>149731533 (OP)
Sue secretly finds David's obliviousness attractive and is in denial.
We better get PauloxSuexDavidxJames art after this chapter.

What happens on the next page I can't with this

>>149731533 (OP)
Time for Paulo to bully Sue

>>149731533 (OP)
They hated her because she spoke the truth.

Hey, remeber when Sue started looking down on Mike because he had the nerve to yell at her? Oh look, what a hypocrite.

david is a connoisseur of the arts

>>149731556
"Hehe, just admit you like David!"

James' infatuation with Mike is looking like more and more of a hollow random event when he acts like this.

>>149731616
*of the farts

>>149731605
Sue's hypocrisy makes her such a fun target to bully. Unlike most, she deserves it

>>149731651
Sue is the very exception of this comic because she gets a punishment that fits her crimes, she gets consequences for her actions, can be disliked for reasons within her control without having other characters rimjob her for it, is the only character in this group that isn't trying to fuck someone else, etc.
Sue suffers from being normal

>>149731871
The key here appears to be proportionate consequences. None of the other characters are treated with an even hand, so she stands out. That said, Sue IS trying to rimjob Lucy, so she does lose a few points.

>>149731533 (OP)
By the way, an Anon fulfilled my request for an erotic adult FaunaxMary art. I should await a /trash/ thread though cause it may be too mature for /co/.

>>149732085
>my request for an erotic adult FaunaxMary art

>two pages left in this chapter
thank god, can we go back to the mike suffering circus or can we get more finn please

How did midwestern highschool twinks act like this in the 00s without getting the shit beaten out of them

>>149732122
>How did midwestern highschool twinks act like this in the 00s without getting the shit beaten out of them
in bcb all high schoolers are twinks

>>149732122
>>149732148

High levels of estrogen in the water, courtesy of its writer hating anyone with a penis and writing them as girls instead.

if the comic takes place in 2008 and the cast are all high school sophomores, where would they all be today? Pic not related

>>149732114
>Paulo's snark pisses Sue the fuck off
>she stomps away declaring she needs to give that nerd Mike a swirly
>Taeshi pats herself on the back for setting up the next chapter with such subtle poetry

>>149732216
They're all too stupid, bitchy, and/or effeminate to survive long enough for such behavior to be openly rewarded.

>>149731554
>page 19
Time for James to say the N-Word!

>>149732226
>she stomps away declaring she needs to give that nerd Mike a swirly
kek

>>149732268
More like he says they'd make such a cute couple so Taeshi can mock her audience again

>>149732148
>Matt is the only BVLL in a sea of twinks
>one of his defining character traits is being lonely
now i KNOW veronica is a hack

>>149732320
>another "subtle" punishment for Suitcase

How long have you been reading anon? You haven't been here forever right?

do you guys have any crackships?

>another page where they discuss the least interesting character in the comic
I'm glad it's almost over

>>149732314
What's going to be funny about that, is that James already knows that Paulo and Daisy are in a relationship, but I honestly think this is what is going to happen.

>>149732421
Lucy and Porsche counts I think, that and Porsche with Mucy daughter. I'd like to draw them (as adults).

>>149732428
>I honestly think this is what is going to happen
Taeshi forgot when writing the page but tries to laugh it off in the page comment by blaming the characters.

>>149732451
>Lucy and Porsche
Porsche is a child.

>>149732421
The existing ships might as well be crackships at this point since there's no rhyme nor reason to them.

>>149732481
I ship them as adults.

>>149732481
And the guy you're responding to is a pedo

>>149731533 (OP)
Burns her ass that David's in AP english and she's not.

>>149732085
>I'm not a pedo guys! I just like kids platonically!
>Also I asked for porn of children.

>>149732509
Lucy would have already been an adult when Porsche was born.

>>149732415
>2019
but to be fair, I didn't frequent the threads as much

>>149732122
They didn't, BCB takes place in some weird alt-history utopia version of the 2000s where D.A.R.E. wasn't a thing, 9/11 seems to not have happened, kids weren't rabidly homophobic, and there wasn't a boom-and-bust recession in 2007.

>>149732559
I requested art of adults, and you literally consume aged-up and erotic art of Veronica's characters.
There's no harm in depicting these themes in fiction, characters can be anything the narrative calls for.

>>149732685
>>149732509
he got you there, ngl

>>149731636
As it should be. The bible commands Mike's continued misery.

>>149732580
I know, I want to write and draw headcanons where Porsche grows up to young adulthood, winding up meeting and falling for Lucy. I think Lucy would be like, at least in her 40s.

>>149732685
Damn, owned by Almultimavenger of all people.

>>149732735
Everything about the scenario is creepy and you should avoid it.

>>149732764
Well that is subjective, and they are adults in my headcanon. I do stand by that anybody can write about "creepy" things for fiction, it's fine. You can write about or draw disturbing, unsettling, unorthadox, violent, and graphic themes in general to tell a story with them. I'd just be concerned about what an author supports in real-life, outside of the storytelling context.

reminder that all of conflict in this comic has been caused by Cats. Rachel has done nothing wrong, David is autistic but well-meaning, Jordan's Oneitis refuses to partake in Cat relationships (sparing them both the drama), Alejandro's dog friend tried to be his voice of reason, and Finn knows that even when surrounded by sweaty Cat twinks he knows better than to pursue them.

Around Cats, Never Relax!

>>149732747
Also just for the record he wrote Cosplay Cuddles, about adults Paulo and Sue having sex. Also liked Dogbark's Another Obsession about Daisy raping Mike. Not saying viewing fictional content like this (aged-up N.S.F.W) is wrong, just that I don't think liking them should get arbitrary hate.

>>149732824
>Well that is subjective
You are being given life advice here, be smart and do not squander it by giving reasons no one will buy, just because they satisfy you alone.

>>149732906
Ha, yeah I do buy that David is autistic.
My headcanon is that cats are more populated than dogs and there has been historical breed discrimination. Cats are also the predominantly religious for evolving in Israel while dogs did iin Europe (after Homo sapiens went extinct). While dogs are historically marginalized, as are specific breeds against others, equal rights movements have largely supressed them. It would seem evident that there's little to no homophobia as well.

>>149732906
What a retarded take. Every character in this comic is terrible. Even Rachel has been ruined by brainworms.

>>149732481
>>149732580
niga who gives a shit. You can draw them however you want, it's called a crackship in this case. Make lucy and porche 18 or some shit, whatever that means, if it makes you feel better.
Not everything is set in stone.

>>149733097
Wow, a stupid irrelevant opinion on 4chan. Never seen that before.

>>149733097
To add to this, from a legal standpoint, art and literature about themes that are disturbing, unorthadox, explicitly sexual, or taboo are generally not restricted and it's specified on Archive of our Own.
From my understanding the only legal restrictions are:
- Explicitly sexual and photorealistic images of real-life human children.
- Visual art that traces or is reposted, falsely claiming credit.
- Literature that plagarizes a large amount of text word-for-word or makes commercial profit off of non-original intellectual property.
- Literature or art that makes and encourages non-satirical, non-comedic, non-literary, serious actionable and premeditated harassment threats towards specific organizations and groups.
- Comes under obscenity laws with the Miller Test, in which a sexual artwork that's profoundly taboo also lacks literary or artistic intent.

I know that anything not coming under these can be distributed and come across as subjectively creepy, they're best ignored.

...
Remember when James was good? Even if only for a few moments.

>>149732685
Lol. lmao. I did definitely say this.

>>149732114
Depends on what the preview for the next one hints at.
>>149733287
I don't think he's a badly written character, does slightly come across as a flamboyant gay stereotype, though not to the level of Carson who would get along pretty well with him.

>>149732421
Does Mike X Happiness count?

>>149733264
>>149733285
I think you guys are overthinking this, that's so retarded

>>149733343
>"ur opinion is dum"
>overthinking this

recap of the previous threads + this one? felt like a bunch of nothingness

>>149732314
I'm so starved of PauloxSue that I'd take even literal scraps! If this happens, I'm going to be happy all day. Paulo has been taking constant Ls ever since it was revealed that James thinks so little of him that he hasn't bothered to say hi to Paulo ever since he changed schools. Not even once!

>>149733527
James needs to suffer a bit for being so careless. Too bad that modern BCB would just set the worst candidate imaginable up to give him a morality speech which fixes everything.

At this point I'm starting to wonder how Sue tolerates David being at the table next chapter if she really does hate his ass this much. Maybe he really does do something for Lucy and wasn't just talking shit. I hope not because that means the David glazing is still ongoing.

Not sure how to feel about this chapter desu. Not really light or fun enough to feel like a breather chapter but too hostile to the idea of logical progression to be a real plot chapter. Sue bullying not really doing it for me because I share her anti-David ideology. Oh well, over soon.

>>149732415
2017. I wonder how many of the anons who were there when I showed up are still around.

>>149732421
Felix x Mike
Melix for short
Someday he'll taste boy lips and never look back at these yucky conceited girls

>>149733791
Mike will never admit to being gay.

>>149731636
Taeshi couldnt let Mike have something good for too long. It probably burned her like holy water when she drew james being an actual friend to him.

>>149733780
That's all the characters do, tolerate each other. There's no real shared friendship bond, just a chain of individual friendship links keeping them all in general proximity. Sue will keep putting up with David the way she does with Paulo, by trying to ignore him.

In a better comic that could stay on-message, Mike's exile from the table would lead to the friend group tearing itself apart without a moderating influence.

>>149733285
This is like the scene in Transformers 4 where Michael Bay dedicates an entire plot point to why it's actually okay form a grown man to date a high schooler.

>>149733791
>>149733913
Five years from now, Mike declares he was always Lucy-sexual.

>>149734071
Does he himself say it, like he the real creator behind the scenes? The characters saying, doing, and encouraging an action is the product of storytelling. An author can write a mature storytelling theme without glorification in real life. As for my stance I don't see an issue as long as it's within a three year age gap in accordance with Texan Romeo and Juliet laws. This is also topically unrelated as I was specifiying the kinds of literature and art that have federally legal restrictions in U.S.A.

>>149734209
You really do not know how to pick your battles. Nor how to argue very well.

>>149733913
>>149734108
>what crackship do you have
>uhh this is never gonna happen!
Wow, no shit

>>149733769
After a night with David he is incapable of running straight anymore and gets kicked out of the track team

>>149734506
>actually thinks Taeshi wouldn't do it
Lol. Lmao, even.

>>149732906
White cat women be crazy. You smile at them once and they think you owe them forever, and then they start shouting and making a scene when you ask them what they want.

When Porche was mentioned, I was thinking of this one

>>149734050
It's an inertial kind of friendship. The cast used to be pretty tight-knit when they were in middle school and freshman year of high school, and they all seem to have a certain nostalgia for that dynamic.

But then Tess and Paulo broke up, Paulo doubled down on being a womanizing jackass, Daisy got self-conscious/envious and took Abbey for granted, Lucy got SUPER clingy to Mike, Mike started quietly resenting everyone instead of standing up for himself, December and Lucy's suicide attempt happened, Tess drifted off and left for college, Abbey broke up with Daisy (twice!) and bounced, Paulo tripled down on being a womanizing jackass (now with more crying), and Lucy hates all her friends and wants them to leave her alone.

At this point them still all being "friends" is super unrealistic in my opinion. Maybe I'm just fairweather, but in their shoes I'd have done like Abbey and dropped most of them for greener pastures.

>>149733791
solid choice, too bad mike has shit taste

>>149732685
>Couldn't even type BCBFaggel's name right
I was about to congratulate you for somehow winning an argument but you're so stupid that you can't even properly spoof another namefag

>>149735897
I didn't type that username, found it a few weeks ago on a /trash/ thread.

>>149732415
I genuinely don't remember. It was definitely before Eternal Flame, and I think I was there for the threads during Mike's prophetic psychic vision dream sequence.

>>149732421
Does SueXAbbey count? I should really get back to updating that fic.

>>149735978
Oh hey, that was you? I didn't read it yet but want to.

>>149735976
Oh, it was months. My bad. I hate time, fucking flies.

>>149735978
>prophetic psychic vision dream sequence
Sure is a shame that BCB is so fucking boring and uncreative that Taeshi will never follow up on that. She's probably embarrassed by it.

>>149735978
>SueXAbbey
nah, I thing they have enough interactions for there to be a basis

>>149731533 (OP)
F A G G O T
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An anally infected death sentace awaits you by the age of 19

mary's deadbeat dad apparently

>>149736309
Whoa, well he may be a deadbeat but sure is handsome.
Who wants to name him?

>>149736363
>naming someone else's character
Presumptuous.

>>149736224
Mike calm down, you dont have to get homophobic. There's plenty of other bussy in the sea.

>>149736309
Oh so she IS a bnuuy

>>149734108
I now remember this one fanfic some anon wrote where he developed Mike to get over his feelings for Lucy and made him man up into a chad that married his sister only to cheat on her with Lucy because one evening in the snow with her was enough to undo years worth of character change.

>>149736415
Yep.
Oh and I am actually the one who asked who Mary's dad was, didn't know but am glad to see Thea drew him.
>>149736419
Greykitten1911's It Is Forbidden!, I loved that. What an emotional ride. Well it was more so regret for beating her.

>>149736042
I still think psi-BCB was the peak of these threads.

>>149736309
>pic
That excuse works fine for Paulo's mom, because Paulo sucks. But Mary is absolutely precious, with violence in her (sweet)heart. What kind of fool would abandon her?

>>149736451
>What an emotional ride
Honestly maybe the Lucy angle at the end may have worked if Lucy had genuinely changed and if she and Mike had more time to reconnect but the way how it was done felt so bizarre and made Mike's development feel like it was all for nothing. Other than that, the story was great but that ending was unfortunately, quite Taeshi-tiered.

>>149736521
>Still seething about this shit months later
>Because some shitty harem fanfic ended with Mike banging everyone including Lucy
Rofl

>>149736451
>Almultimavenger made it possible for Mary's dad to get a canon design
damn

>>149736521
My guess is that despite Mike regretting beating her, Lucy rationalized it as deserved so both of them wound up wanting to put their bad blood in the past. I did make a comment suggestion what Lucy did afterwards and it was great seeing her like a decade later. Greykitten did want to quickly give closure to her life at the end. I did find it intriguing that despite physically abusing each other that they still found love, don't know if it's truly wholesome or partially concerning. I loved emphasis on Mike's regret and Lucy's acceptance during their reunion though. Greykitten suggested making more chapters specifically on Mike and his wives meeting Sandy who's introduced to their lifestyle, I really hope we get to see that and any character development that comes with it.

>>149736467
>I still think psi-BCB was the peak of these threads.
It was a good time and just goes to show it's not necessarily the characters that are the problem. Anons were using them as springboards, bouncing around ideas that were shaped by--and helped to explain--the absolute dumbfuckery that Taeshi put them through. Even that shonen-esque bullshit ran circles around the actual comic.

>>149736521
>Lucy doesn't change
That does sound pretty fucking stupid and unsatisfying. Girl already gets everything handed to her on a silver platter in the comic.

>>149736678
My basic thesis with psi-BCB was:
>what if BCB was written by someone who was really into anime aimed at teen boys, instead of anime aimed at teen girls?

Akira, Elfen Lied, etc, instead of Fruits Basket/School Days kind of stuff.

>>149736723
Technically she did change in the sense that she rationalized and accepted Mike kicking her twice as deserved punishment instead of calling him out. Not saying it's healthy for her but she did consider how her years of abuse impacted him. Although beautifully written it did bug me that Lucy basically rewarded her love and body to Mike for that. I hope for their sakes that their harem marriage isn't any more toxic, and I'm really curious to see how Sandy reacts if she ever does meet them. Greykitten is one of my biggest inspirations too, as I'm hoping to incorporate incest into my own literature, really hoping I can pull it off effectively.

>>149736948
You should try pulling off a suicide instead

i wish bleat got its own thread so i dont have to sift through bcb garbage

>>149732421
Taeshi and a good therapist...

>>149736948
OH MY GOD FUCKING LEAVE

>>149734050
>In a better comic that could stay on-message, Mike's exile from the table would lead to the friend group tearing itself apart without a moderating influence.

Honestly would have been great. WIthout Mike as a lightning rod, they have to put up with Lucy's bad habits and being at each other's throats.

>>149735650
>At this point them still all being "friends" is super unrealistic in my opinion. Maybe I'm just fairweather, but in their shoes I'd have done like Abbey and dropped most of them for greener pastures.


No, you are correct. Realistically a group that fights each other as often as the table group does would have split apart long ago Maybe some of them would hang out together still but not the whole group.

If they do mature and meet again, they might end on better terms but they're different enough to where they can't really hang out anymore. Just being civil when they coincidentally end up in the same place

>>149736948
Literally nobody wants you here. Leave.

>>149738137
>WIthout Mike as a lightning rod, they have to put up with Lucy's bad habits and being at each other's throats.
Right? That would have been a great arc. I feel like it kept getting teased, too. Daisy's envy and attention-hunger made Abbey break up with her. Lucy openly disdains her classmates, doesn't think of them as friends, and actively tries to use Augustus chase them away. Paulo's "womanizing jackass" routine alienated him from Daisy, Lucy, Jasmine, and Rachel.

But Taeshi just refuses to follow through. No-one stays mad at anyone no matter what they do or say, and everyone keeps doing the same shitty things no matter how many times they "learn better".

>>149739504
The spectre of December still looms over this comic, and Mike being as wrong as possible is the primary concern. This means the only real problem Lucy can have with her friends is that the hex Mike cast on her prevents her from accepting their unconditional love. If she has any real conflict with them after returning to the table, I'll eat my hat.

>>149740574
>If she has any real conflict with them after returning to the table, I'll eat my hat.
Lucy has her insane ptsd dream hearkening all the way back to Confrontation. The distrust is baked into her brain.

>>149740574
She doesn't have any real conflict with them NOW. No matter how much she yells and glares at them and tells them to fuck off, they never hold it against her.

Remember how she's explicitly using Augustus to keep everyone else away? Or how she keeps sniping at Sue while Sue tries to be as nice as possible to her? Or how she invited Daisy out to the burgertron and then spent the whole time glaring and making condescending barbs? Or how she misses being able to string Paulo along indefinitely? Lucy treats her friends like garbage, and they never look comfortable around her, because every interaction is a minefield. But somehow they're all still inviting Lucy out, asking how Lucy's doing, telling Lucy about their problems, talking about Lucy's problems.

I almost feel bad for Lucy; as insane and mercurial as she is, it must suck to try as hard as she can to drive people away and get them to leave you alone, and they just won't get the message no matter how explicit she makes it.

>>149731636
It was. It's only apparent purpose was to just increase Mike's torture factor later (right now on these current chapters, that is).

It's so stupid, the guy was head over heels for Mike, but immediately dropped his infatuation, even though it lasted for years according to him, as soon as he saw that David run faster than Mike. What the hell?

I remember people here were excited about James, thinking he'd be a cool character that would perhaps help Mike and all, but then we got this... It's so bad that I wouldn't be able to write something as depressive to do with the character if i tried.

>>149731651
>>149731871
She is one of the few remaining good characters in this comic. She must be treasured.

>>149738137
>Honestly would have been great. WIthout Mike as a lightning rod, they have to put up with Lucy's bad habits and being at each other's throats.
You've been posting this exact cringe statement for years, it's going to be so funny when everyone gets along fine with Mike gone.

>>149736591
>Because some shitty harem fanfic ended with Mike banging everyone including Lucy
Mike banging everyone wasn't the issue, Mike revering back to his high school spineless self for no reason was the problem.

Im surprised Taeshi gets paid for her slop at all, it's literally so fucking boring - recycled plot-lines, nothing burger characters and story-beats.
And she's been doing this since what, 2006 or 2009??

I know she autistically spams her comic hardcore but this shit is just not worth it. It feels like watching the mad-ramblings of a half-insane hobo sometimes.
Imagine being 40 years old and still writing about teenagers to teenagers.

>>149739504
>>149742065
You know, the problem with the whole "Mike is gone, the table falls apart b/c he's not around to play lightning rod" plot is that the group keeps finding ways to piss each other off even when he's right there. Sure, Mike's something of a stress ball, but he doesn't catch all of their bullshit. He's more of a pressure valve that sees semi-frequent use. Personally, I blame Taeshi's incompetence, because even if she never meant for this to become a plot point she frankly deserves nothing better.

Now, contrasting that, consider Lucy returning to the table as she currently is: Bitchy, judgemental, condescending, paranoid, and utterly fucking insane. She was mostly fine during the sperg era because Mike was ever on-hand to stomp for fun. But he's not going to be at the table, ergo Lucy has no easy outlet for her aggression. Augustus can't run interference because there is no more distance between her and anyone else. It's just Lucy, and the people she secretly cannot stand, and nigh zero buffer. And the table can't throw Mike under the bus for Lucy's sake, nor side with her against him, because he's already gone. So the plot ends up working great after all.

Too bad it'll never happen because Taeshi's a boring hack only interested in jerking off by white cat proxy.

>>149736309
I wonder what his dick looks like

>>149742620
White, furry I guess.
Well it probably looks like him, he is a dick for leaving dear sweet waifu Diane.

>>149737041
Same. Maybe if popular enough in the future it will, but for now I'm down with them being here.
>>149742423
It was in character and fitting for him to regret hurting someone and in this case especially physically violently. I'm glad they got their happy ending.

>>149742065
>she's explicitly using Augustus to keep everyone else away
I'm pretty sure this was quietly dropped after it completely failed to work during Witch Hunt. Lucy's sources of conflict have a habit of just evaporating into thin air.

>>149742600
It's not just that Mike plays lightning rod for the character's bullshit, he's also the only one they're all (ostensibly) friends with. Everyone else at the table has alienated at least one other character in the group, and Mike is the lynch pin still holding them vaguely together. It's stupid and poorly justified, given that Mike's done stupid/mean bullshit too and had his own share of quarrels, but for most of the comic Mike is supposed to be the one who's "too nice" and everybody likes.

The only other character who everybody likes for no good reason is Lucy, but as you mentioned, she's insane and secretly hates all her friends for some reason. Mike took years to start resenting his role in the group and lashing out at his friends, Lucy ALREADY resents and lashes out at them. Being the central social link rather than a peripheral one would have Lucy trying to decide if she should kill herself or everyone else within a week.

>>149743407
The perspective of this panel hurts my head, why doesn't Daisy the bigger cat just eat Lucy and grabs Augustus?

>>149743598
>he's also the only one they're all (ostensibly) friends with
Now that you mention it, yeah. David aside, a relationship with Mike is the commonality they all share to some degree or another. Sue might look down on him, but he's part of her RPG group. Paulo's only grown closer to Mike over time.

Meanwhile, Lucy could rip Sue's heart to shreds so easily and Paulo is at a point where he could start to see an increasingly erratic and unpleasant Lucy as the problem while wishing Mike was back. But with her getting the credit for bringing him and Daisy together, I can't imagine Taeshi would keep him from licking Worst Cat's asshole for long.

>>149742594
The problem with BCB is just that there are so many opportunities to make something interesting with the story, but time and time again it mostly leads to nothing, it's frustrating to read. Also, the main characters are mostly annoying nowadays. They weren't that bad before IMO, but nowadays they show up, I already expect the worst outcome.

>>149742594
I imagine the audience is full of Almultimavenger types with marginally better social skills and a desire to be Lucy. Taeshi's audience is highly curated, remember. She's filtering anyone with good sense, taste, or a hint of bravery.

>>149743890
>trying to pretend almultimavenger isn't a mikefag like the rest of you

>>149743924
And neither of you have an off button.

>>149736923
Eh, I seen it more as it being like a political thriller rather than highschool drama. It was (is) the best part of threads though.
>>149740574
You better get a tasty hat.

also to answer about crackships, even though that subject has sailed, I think JasminexAugustus would be great. (Not just because it would have so many characters flabbergasted, but because I could see Jasmime inviting Augustus to a VBS or something and him going there pragmatically for the snacks.

>>149742653
Nah, I've already sketched him with a small pink one out there exposed and vulnerable. It is a target that Mary might kill or something, like she will soon anyway.
Also, his head is too small for his body also...

>>149743802
It might be the power of hindsight, but most things could have been lead up to better or have a better pace. I think the most missed potential was Mike and Sandy's relationshop deteriorating along with Augustus and Daisy having some actual interaction.

>>149734209
The good indicator is "older's age/2+8". If you are dating lower than the result than you have problems

>>149734209
You keep bringing up laws when you defend your creepy comments. Are you so autistic or immoral that you don't know the difference between socially acceptable behaviour and criminal justice?

>>149743644
Jeez, you're right. David is literally twice Lucy's height there. And the bobbleheads scale up, too.

>>149743759
I still think it's weird and dumb that they all consider Mike/Lucy their friends and talk about how "nice" they are. Mike has been an inconsiderate dumbass tons of times, and has wild mood swings where he suddenly starts yelling at them to fuck off. Lucy is at best rude and dismissive and at worst actively abusive, constantly making snippy comments and often twisting the knife with targeted put-downs, and that's when she's not beating them up.

And all of that animosity isn't exclusively recent; it showed up as early as volume 2. There's no good reason for the table to not split up by now; They each have social circles they get along with better than each other: Abbey, Sue, Mike, and Stacy play videogames together and have each learned through extensive trial-and-error how to not push each other's buttons. Paulo and Daisy are best friends, and they both have things keeping them busy as well as huge social circles outside of the table. Lucy and Augustus seem to just want to be left alone so they can be depressed cynics in peace. In those divisions they get along great, but as a whole they have no common ground, no mutual respect, and are constantly at each other's throats.

>>149732421
>>149744224
I like SandyXAugustus, on the basis that it's a good compare-and-contrast kind of ship. Though Taeshi has drawn it twice, so it's not a total crackship.

On the compare side, they've both had to grow up too fast, both have bad habits they're deeply ashamed of but still lean into out of habit sometimes, and they're both into fashion and aesthetics. On the contrast side, they have a princess-and-pauper dynamic, where Sandy and Augustus have a lot they can teach each other. Sandy can give Augustus a leg up, introduce him to high society and finer things, and teach him the politesse and poise he'll need to get ahead professionally. And Augustus can help Sandy learn caution and how to read people, skills she apparently badly needs, as well as how to relax, cut loose, and get back to reality, all while still being "cool".

>>149742423
Truly Mike can never escape being a spineless pussycat even in fanfics.

>>149743251
>It was in character and fitting for him to regret hurting someone and in this case especially physically violently
Are you hearing yourself? There's a difference between feeling guilty for hitting someone and being guilt-tripped into getting reattached to and having sex with your abusive high school "sweetheart" despite having years of development and love from two other women that would have made you have no such desires.

>>149744224
I'd love for this to transition into a political thriller.
>>149744447
Sandy's life in general could use far more depth, at most we got her sweet talk when Mike would call her, and well we got to see how distant she became.
>>149744293
Ha, nice! Hope ot see it on /trash/ or /b/ one day, and yeah she totally would.
>>149745300
Rich and poor, sarcastic and sweet, both flawed and aim to learn from their mistakes. They teach each other humility, concern, confidence, ect. I loved them in Scarf and Bow.
>>149744752
If you want my honesty I really don't see an issue as long as they're above the U.S A.O.C, let a 99-year-old date an 18-year-old for all I care.

>>149731533 (OP)
James the gay cat. That's his entire personality now, being gay
Also sue looks weird in the first panel. Where's her bottom teeth?

>>149746606
I thought Mike was feeling guilty and remorseful, while sex may not have been the wisest decision they most likely thought it was the only form of reconciliation they could have. Sue, it wasn't the wisest decision to immediately hook up when they both mutually beat each other, but they managed to temporarily quell any past hostility.
>>149746084
He especially was in Fork in the Road. I wouldn't know if he was spineless in ones like I'm Here or Four Play, but he did immediately simp for Paulo after getting out of a relationship, and sexually seduced by Lucy and Jasmine. At least in the first he developed a relationship over time but he went full horny simp in the second.

>>149744870
The reason why Mike is considered their nigh universal friend is because his caring and considerate side is what they get 99% of the time. Taking that for granted used to be a major theme of the comic, and in a better one that would be a major reason why they reacted so poorly to the sperg era. Meanwhile everyone wants to suck Lucy's asshole because she is a Mary Sue and the plot demands it.

>>149746622
*gay and retarded