BCB Thread

YES, LYNCHING! FINALLY!

Fuck the romance and drama, I just want to see a fucker get choked!

>>87939762
I just want to see Mike shunned. It seems like a fitting punishment.

As much as I jump at any opportunity to see Mike get what he deserves, this may have been a little unprovoked.

Monday promises drama of the highest quality.

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>>87940494
I feel it's justified all things considered.

>>87940576
whats the context for this?

>>87940624
Lucy just said she was happy for Mike moving on with his girlfriend and Mike responded by telling her she was a parasite and that no one loved her.
Then he got all huffy when he saw her hanging out with the orange cat.

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Posting best girl, Sue. Bonus for more Mike-strangling

>>87940773
Fuck mike until he's dead, let's make this comic great again.

>>87939682
Paulo is about to make things worse. Lucy isn't going to be happy if she finds out about this.

>>87940217
They won't shun him. He already told them about what he said to lucy chapters ago

>>87939682
yeah Paulo, physically harm mike. that's gonna go over very well with Lucy.


and if Mike gets called out then the rest of them better get called out too. at the very least sue for putting Mike and Lucy together when he wanted nothing to do with her

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how many times do we need a mike callout before mike and lucy make up and make out

>>87942539
you might as well strap in because I guarantee that this is going to go on well into 2017.

They're already avoiding each other and Paulo's about to make it even worse for both of them

Where did this Mike hate come from?

Lucy have been ruining his life since day one. Just because he exploded and was mean to her?

>>87942781
>Just because he exploded and was mean to her?

Basically. the fandom tends to give Lucy a free pass for all her tsundere bullshit. That isn't to say that Mike wasn't harsher than he should have been, but a lot of people to harder than they should when they're upset.

Lucy's fans like to act like Mike caused her to attempt suicide on purpose when that wasn't what he wanted at all. He wanted her to leave him alone, not kill herself.

>>87942835

And the best part is that they seem to enjoy seeing when he is physically hurt. Seeing all the bullshit that happened since the start of the comic, I think those people need to drop the waifuglasses.

>>87942927
Back when BCB started, the anime boom was happening. People loved anime and all the character types that came with it. The tsundere being one of them. Lucy is an early tsundere. Try her character now and people would more than likely hate her

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>>87942835
>Lucy's fans like to act like Mike caused her to attempt suicide on purpose when that wasn't what he wanted at all. He wanted her to leave him alone, not kill herself.
Yeah but he didn't care how it made her feel until she tried to kill herself.
And you know what, I get how he would want to distance himself from her. And yeah up until that point in the narrative he was handling the issue quite maturely. But then he hauls off and is a colossal douche, saying that none of their friends actually like her. And it's so fucking clear it's that he just can't get over her.
Seriously, after he tells her off and she starts getting close to Paulo and Augustus you can see how jealous he gets. He's just such a pouty little bitch, I swear to god.
In the immortal words of his own girlfriend, pic related.

>>87942835
>>87942927
I couldn't believe it when the author suddenly started playing the anime hijinks deadly serious, like smacking him around or whatever the fuck. I'm supposed to believe this shit is causing PTSD to a bunch of middle(high?)schoolers.

>>87943346
>And it's so fucking clear it's that he just can't get over her.

He didn't start worrying over her until she tried to kill herself between the time he cut her out of his life and that, he was living his life happily. After the suicide attempt he couldn't stop thinking about her out of guilt.

>Seriously, after he tells her off and she starts getting close to Paulo and Augustus you can see how jealous he gets

His whole problem with her was that he was her security blanket. That she just wanted someone to cling on to. Right after she confessed her love for mike and he rejected her, she transferred everything she did to him to Paulo and overheard her yelling at him about sleeping with another girl after trying to sleep with her. Mike is running off of more limited information than the readers who can see everything. As far as Mike was concerned, she just wanted someone to latch on to and that proved him right.

After that he ignored her ass, cut her out, and was happy with his life. He ignored her through most of her time when she latched onto Augustus. There was no jealousy. He didn't talk to her until Sue's botched attempt to make them friends again by sticking them together for the school play. Yeah, Lucy started getting better, but the fact remains that the people you bullied still remember what you did even if you're sorry about it. That was Tess' entire arc.

They ALL need to grow up. Lucy, Mike, and Paulo especially.

>>87943346
The suicide attempt is probably what drove Mike back to having feelings for her. That and his relationship with Sandy seems to be crumbling down little by little.

>>87944515
If you believe that I got a socially liberal and economically conservative friend for you to meet on /pol/.

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>>87946491
I know it's a stretch farther than Mr. Fantastic, but it's nice to hope he'd be a big enough person to move on and try to find someone who'd make him happy.

at least then I wouldn't feel like I'm looking in the mirror

>>87942835
To be fair they're both insufferable faggots best case scenario is that Lucy has a successful attempt and Mike is lynched for turning into a cunt

>>87939682
I haven't read the webcomic in like 5 years and only now the suicide attempt and mike comeuppance happens fucking hell what was going on in between all that

>>87940719
Tbf she starting not-fucking the orange cat after she said the L word to Mike, who is taken by a literal model girlfriend, forcing him to finally be clear about the fact that he hated her

>>87948216
I'm not quite sure I follow your logic, Hoss.

>>87942835
Heck the CAST gives Lucy a free pass

>>87943554
The second two thirds of the comic are a reflection on the first third, where the author looked at the shit she drew in school and went "when you think about it it's kinda fucked up with this double standard really makes you think"
>>87944515
Is suicide a form of emotional manipulation?

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>>87948290
Although the real reason is basically "I don't want my girlfriend to be worried about me."

>>87948530
I don't think his girlfriend wanted him to call her a parasite.

>>87948653
He's sort of sycophantic when it comes to pleasing her, because despite the fact that their love is genuine it is an incredibly uneven relationship, seeing as how Sandy is successful while Mike's self esteem is sinusoidal at this point

>>87948348
> Is suicide a form of emotional manipulation?

Yes, and one of the worst.

> Don't leave me or I will kill myself!

It's enough to destroy a person.

>>87948348
>Is suicide a form of emotional manipulation?

Yes. You don't really want to try and call their bluff on the chance that they're so unstable that they actually go through with it. Nobody wants that on their conscious

A calling out of mike for going in too hard on Lucy would require ALL of them to be called out for just letting her do abuse that drove him away and jumping on her side at all times. Not to mention that the Suicide was not intentional and that they'd have to really forget that to cast mike as this the absolute bad guy here.

Hell, Paulo got mike beat up by a mob because he was jealous. Him pulling this shit isn't going to fix the problem, it's going to make it worse. Also he pretty much loses any sympathy he had from that stunt Abby pulled considering he's choking Mike with his own scarf right now.

>>87954086
>Nobody wants that on their conscious
I do.
People who commit suicide are unworthy the gift of life.
Social Darwinism, drain the swamp of useless DNA!

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>>87943346
>Yeah but he didn't care how it made her feel until she tried to kill herself.
Wow, you really have selective memory, don't you? Did you forget the chapter "Curtain Call"?

>>87954390
this page is kinda what makes the suicide issue even dumber than what it would have normally been.

instead of starting over she just tried to off herself . not to mention this is a page a lot of people seem to forget

>>87954741
She probably thought it'd be better if she was dead then being unable to be with Mike. Not that it makes what she did right.

What the fuck is this comic even about

>>87958400
Wacky school hi-jinks until it starts to be played seriously and becomes pure drama

>>87939682
Paulo only tries to "make Mike pay" when he sees him as an obstacle in getting into Lucy's pants. Before she showed up he didn't give a visible damn. Hypocrisy is strong with this one.

And now Paulo's situation is kinda close to Mike's - he is ready to abandon someone close to him to chase a pipe dream. I wonder whether the characters will pick up on that.

Holy shit i haven't read this comic in 4 years. Has nothing been resolved?

>>87962070
Lucy tried to kill themselves, an surprisingly everyone was sad but moved on after less than a month in story time. Paulo is now bisexual, Abbey was forced to stay in his relationship with Daisy, and there is now some actual friction between Mike and Sandy's relationship

>>87954390
sometimes people who are contemplating suicide go through a period where they are happy and do things they wouldn't normally do. That's typically a huge warning sign, like it is in this chapter, where she genuinely compliments Sue's play and smiles when talking to Mike.

>>87962762
>Paulo is now bisexual
I still have no idea why they did this

>>87965094
At least now we can say he's a faggot in nearly every sense of the word.

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>>87965094
Probably to capitalize on the very vocal Tumblr shippers. Too bad they just scream about wanting things instead of making donations or buying things.

>>87966250
>Make donations and buy shit to influence the story your way
Has this ever been done

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>>87966593
The comic is Tae's and Suit's livelihood. Somebody must be giving them money for that to be possible.

>>87967150
How much do I donate for more of Paulo's dad? no sexual, I just wanna see wacky antics with him and paulo

>>87959456
>Paulo only tries to "make Mike pay" when he sees him as an obstacle in getting into Lucy's pants
Not to mention he was the one who was all over her not giving any space, mike kept his distance.


He is eventually going to explode on lucy if mike tries to reconcile with her (or she tries to reconcile with him), and do something REALLY stupid and (probably) be the one shunned rather than mike.

>>87968028
Probably a buttload, accompanied with a very forward request for such. Taeshi has said she doesn't want to do very much with the parents because it distracts from the main story. Or get a bunch of Tumblrites to scream about it.

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I just want everyone to be happy. Why has Taeshi made things drag on so long? I remember way back when she said the comic only had a couple years left.

>>87965094
potential for more drama in the future

>>87965094
To not have character development, but to create the illusion of character development

>>87948530
I think a lot of things that happened in the comic a few years ago were really trying to bait us against Sandy but had the end result of us hating Mike

>>87971740
Nah, there was nothing really to indicate that Sandy even HAD flaws until the second most recent chapter

>>87954130
Not condoning Paulo's behaviour here, but it's not really the same thing. He's being out in the open with his action, and despite his anger of the situation he still cares about Mike as a friend and has done plenty to prove that. Abbey can't handle Paulo's bants and harbors a deep resentment toward him, he barely even understands Paulo as a person and is just a giant dick toward him and feels righteous about doing it. He acted against Paulo in secrecy because he knows no one would have been cool about what he did, and he's hurting his own girlfriend by forcing one of her best friends from childhood to ignore her with no explanation, all because he thinks Paulo is going to try to make a move on her when everyone else knows he respects her too much for that. Abbey's jealousy and violent tendencies far outstrip Paulo's rash behaviour, in my opinion.

>>87974282
There was no evidence in-story that Sandy had flaws, that's true, but I think it's obvious that it was only a matter of time until things start surfacing. It's one of those subjects you're supposed to contemplate on, given her situation. She's a model who's been painted to be perfection incarnate, obviously that's going to be far from the truth. She's likely to be a brat and snobbish, although I was surprised with how understanding she was overall with Mike. I'm personally expecting it to come out that she's been cheating on him. In her industry it'd be hard to believe she hasn't had opportunities to do so and it'd explain why she broke down.

>>87975524
She "broke down?"

The thing is, her "flaw" isn't really a "flaw". It's just a difference. She's gone way beyond being a high school student at this point, she's basically a young adult. So she's having a hard time understanding the way Mike essentially is a kid his actual age.

Given what little we've seen from her life, I don't think she has any actual friends other than Mike.

>>87976098
She started crying in Mike's room, so yeah? You really think that's just because she was so happy Mike is a nice person? I definitely believe it was because of guilt. Because Mike has been better to her than she has been to him.

She's also talked about other people to Mike, so I don't know why you'd think that. They might be her "coworkers" but they're probably also her friends.

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>>87939682
Is this comic worth reading or is it just melodramatic high school drama?

>>87978065
It's a melodramatic high school drama, but while it tends to drag on, I find the characters interesting and for the most part highly likeable. Everyone I've ever persuaded to read it has really liked it and kept up with it, but I doubt it'd be for everyone. Just try it and see for yourself. Be warned the early chapters have art that leaves a lot to be desired though.

>>87948348
From personal experience giving and recieving
Yes
And its godawful

Oh, another thing... I wouldn't be surprised if Suitcase is here in this thread. I know he's been here before. If you guys are here...

Please write a chapter about Augustus soon I'm dying to find out what he's been up to and I unironically love him. (I know all the chapters are preplanned so I'm half joking) I stealth ship him with Daisy but Lucy would also be good.

Did we ever get confirmation of attempted suicide?
For all he hints we're given the worst is she got temporarily hospitalized on a psych hold while her parents moved her to a boarding school.

>>87978311
He already got a chapter and it was kinda meh.
Honestly not a whole lot going on behind the scenes with him.

>>87978394
No, I don't think so, it was just heavily implied. We still have no idea what actually went on after Augustus left her on the roof. I think. It's been a while since I've seen that chapter to be honest.

>>87978407
Don't make me sad man. I need more edgelord cat in this comic.

>>87970086
Its a damn shame.
Those extra comics with the parents are gold.

>>87978441
He's SHIT and your SHIT for husbandoing him
Tess needs a comeback for statutory rape purposes, if we're going to play ships
TessxPaulo a best

>>87978497
Woah, relax man. I just love edgy goth boys. It's a thing, don't hate me for it.

At least I think you have good taste, Tess and Paulo were good together. In terms of who Paulo pairs best with my vote is Lucy > Tess > Rachel > Jazz > Everyone else.

>>87978536
He doesnt have eyeliner, he aint goth.
Honestly augustus doesnt have a bad personality, but other than his connection to daisy, which has been all but dropped for now, and a slight connection with lucy, hes sort of a lost character.
Theres so much taeshi can do but wont/cant because of imagined constraints and god knows what else.

>>87978724
>He doesnt have eyeliner, he aint goth
You're not serious, are you? In all actuality he isn't goth because he probably doesn't listen to goth music or care about the culture, but he dresses pretty fucking basic goth by all standards or, if we're being nitpicky, some other variation of dark alternative fashion. I said goth because it's the easiest way to sum it up.

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>>87966593
I think Goblins did it.

>>87978449
She loves the parents! She wants to do more with them if she can.

>>87978311
You will like this chapter

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>>87978966
Oh yes, I knew you'd be lurking here. Thank you for the heads up my man. I'm excited now.

>>87978202
I have to say, that art went through a lot and it's pretty cleaned up currently. But then again, it's been what? 9 years?

>>87975524
>he barely even understands Paulo as a person and is just a giant dick toward him and feels righteous about doing it.

Paulo doesn't do anything to help matters. He constantly shit talks Abbey, the kid with known anger issues, and does nothing else. People aren't going to want to hear that shit every time they see you. Paulo should be able to tell who can deal with his shit and who can't.

>>87978311
>Lucy would also be good
As much as I dislike thinking about it, they're going to hook up. I'm calling it now.

>>87948530
>"A real friend would NEVER hut you...ever!!"

So...have I just been doing it wrong for the past 4 years?

>>87981798

>four years
>four years...

Obama?

>>87975524
>he barely even understands Paulo as a person and is just a giant dick toward him and feels righteous about doing it.

Paulo does nothing but make fun of him though.

>He can't handle Paulo's bants

There's a difference between banter every now and then and banter every time you see a person and you don't even say anything to them. Eventually someone gets tired of it. They don't attempt to understand the other person because that's all that they see them do. Make fun of people.

>>87975524
>>87939682
Let's not forget that this is the guy that told him he should stay with daisy because, "No one else cares about your dead mother." Abbey is recovering from his abusive dad and his own anger issues, all Paulo ever does is disrupt that. That's just kind of how he is but no one else in the group tells him to lay off. Not mike, not daisy, maybe sue but who pays attention to sue and david is the epitome ofchaotic neutral so he doesn't care.

Their whole circle of friends are shit.

>>87975524
Didn't they made a Into-the-Future story which was for paiyers-only with Mike and Lucy married and everything going to shit so he dumps ehr and goes back to Sandy?

I still don't feel she has been given enough "flaws". She is the ideal winning girl and nothing else. Makes her a really boring character.

>>87985807
>Their whole circle of friends are shit.

Pretty much. You can't really pin the blame on a single person. Everyone has equal ammounts of douchbaggery because they feel more entiteled than evrybody else.

The mroe I think about it, I think Daisy is the only reason why the group hasn't dissolved and they still hang out.

>>87985976
There was a two-part draw stream thing where mike and lucy are married with a kid, but they are going through a really shitty divorce and he is taking the kid with him.

Then the little shit punches him in the dick, because fuck him, right? Although as far as things were implied, he kinda deserved it.

But the artist draws all sorts of insane bullshit in the draw stream so calling this canon is out of the question.

Reading the comic...

Whooohoho boy. So what´s the problem with people attacking a Woman as a friendwrecker for, literally, pointing that being kicked, slapped and punched for no reason at all is not "tough love", and that no "friend´s quarrel" come from only one doing the punching?

Kinda worrying that. Or just being a summerkid and all webcomics fans are blindtards like that?

>>87987596
>all webcomics fans are blindtards like that?
It's the people who got their ships wrecked. They've become the "Bitter" in Bittersweet Candy Bowl.

>>87939682
Abbey's just going to have more excuses to hate Paulo's ass. His hatred of Paulo far exceeds his feelings over what Mike did. Just look at him.

>>87965094
Taeshi was projecting a bit into him.

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>>87965094
so he can end up with best boy david and then ruin their friendship so he can now be truly alone

>>87985807
>. That's just kind of how he is but no one else in the group tells him to lay off.

Well Daisy did, but that was after Abbey finally asked her why she she just lets him do it. Paulo then preceded to turn into a bitch and start avoiding her.

But yeah their group of friends is basically shitty like you said. Nobody but Abbey and sometimes sue tells Paulo to knock it off with his banter. And in Mikes case, nobody told Lucy to lay off with the physical abuse. Not to mention that when he told them he was in a long distance relationship with Sandy, they told him she didn't matter and to dump her for Lucy. Plus Paulo got him beat up by a gang of girls because he was jealous.

>>87987596
Sandy's concern lead to the sinking of one of the comic's biggest ships at the time. Shippers villainize the fuck out of anyone who sinks their ship. They were calling for Sandy's head way before that moment and her recent date with Mike.

>>87989254
>beat up by a gang of girls
To be fair that was back when anime-esque levels of violence were acceptable as comedic.

>Reading, discussing and promoting low effort, pandering garbage.

You fuckers are as bad as /doag/.

>>87989725
>bumping a thread you hate
True genius.

>>87989725

> /doag/

wut

>>87987972
>Implying Paulo won't end up in a relationship with Abbey

>>87992623
>worst boys ending up together
actually that doesn't sound so bad except from being extremely ooc

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>>87940773
>Posting best girl, Sue
Sue is a cute! CUTE!

>>87939682
Is Taeshi infamous on /co/?

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every time I see a BCB thread I have to post the picture I asked Taeshi to draw one time when she would lurk /co/. I keep trying to get Kaz to draw this in his style but he never does.

>>87989375
They are acceptable as comedic. This SUDDENLY IT'S ALL SO REEEEAL shit is stupid and dumb.

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>>87999509
Semi.
Her and suitcase have done some questionably dickish shit and are questionable people but are still likeable to a degree, and she shows up sometimes and draws junk for a thread or two.
>>87999704
>kazerad
>doing anything besides writing retarded essays on internet culture or getting himself hurt

>>88000241
What kind of questionably dickish shit, and how are they questionable people per say?

>>88000439
They ran a forum for fans and did a lot of petty bullshit to people posting on there, thats /co/s biggest citation. Im sure theres some other junk but i cant think of any.
As for being questionable people, well, you just have to analyze their life choices and how they act.
The drawstreams are painful at best.

>>88000591
What happens in the drawstreams?

>>87989375
Lucy's tsundere shit ended up being played straight for drama, so I wouldn't be surprised if that does too

>>87939682
I don't know who these cat people are but I do enjoy the grey one getting choked, and how sad the rest of them look. Are they gonna kill each other?

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>This entire thread
>This entire comic
Why do I eat this shit up? Why do I keep coming back?

>>88001926
Not much in individual streams per se, but you pick up things after sitting through enough of them that you can put them all together and tell what kind of people they are.

>>87990641
>sage is a bump

>>88004035
>sage
>doing anything
>ever
>especially since 2008
Get off of ED newfag
>>88000439
They moved to fucking new york from australia and live entirely off of the earnings of this comic
They became a couple after courting for years on a sonic fan forum
Shes dependent and bipolar and hes obviously got a fetish for dependency
They are freaks living in a bubble

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>>88004035
>I-I totally saged!

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>>88004497
>Shes dependent and bipolar
I personally cut her a lot of slack because of her psych problems, and she has made a lot of progress over the past couple of years. There's merit in her effort.

>hes obviously got a fetish for dependency
But yeah, he's a shitheel. He also cheated on her.

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>>88005129
>he cheated on her

I was not aware of this, explain

>>88005843
Go check out the "taeshidiary" Tumblr. It's a recent post.

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I think Lucy is my favorite character just because how much of an insufferable cunt she is.

Any one else agree?

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>>88006240
I liked the "will they won't they" stuff with her and Mike back in the day, even though I want her to end up with Paulo. I miss it. I just want everyone to be happy...

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>>88006240
Sue is best girl.

>>88006333
Oh I agree, Paulo's daydream sequence was certainly my favorite part in the entire series, and I enjoy their chemistry.

But really though, she needs to get double barbed by Paulo and Mike, ASAP

Most of those people seems to see... well, shitty.

And not just shitty for a teenager, which is shitty at that. I mean shitty-shitty. That´s why the Bittersweet name?

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Is he really gonna do all this for some pussy

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>>88007332
>another ship about to sink

>>88007332
this really counts out the whole "Mike will end up alone instead of Lucy deal that some were thinking would happen.

at this point I'd say it'll be Paulo all alone. the guy is basically self destructing here all because Lucy won't sit with them. Daisy didn't even deserve to be yelled at here. and this snap off isn't going to suddenly have Lucy running to him like he thinks

>>88007332
Everything could be fixed if they talked it out.
But no, fight again instead.

>>88007411

Eh, he screamed at him "YOUR MOTHER IS DEAD IS YOUR FAULT YOU ARE WORTHLESS AND THIS GIRL IS DOING DO THE GREATEST FAVOR OF YOUR LIFE EVEN TOLERATING YOU", so man has an historial with screaming things at people it seems

>>88006394
I second this. Make love, not drama.

>>88007385
>>88007332
Paulo will hurt someone and probably end up sending mike to a damn hospital at this rate.

Either way paulo x lucy is going to sink. Or sink even faster than it was.

>>88007411
Assuming that things go on the route they are going Paulo will end up fucking off and going do/be his own thing.

I doubt that the author will outright give him a bad ending though. Yes, his relationship with lucy (and pretty much everyone else) will sink HARD, but he will probably straighten his shit once he gets older.

>>88007332

You can see the terror in his eyes in the last panel, as he realizes that with that smile Paulo is in I Am Invincible mode

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>>88007332
paulo you fucking high testosterone idiot

>>88007332

When will Mike lose his shit?

Fucking beta.

>>88007332
It's hard to feel bad for Paulo when he keeps fucking things up for himself

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>>88007846

What Paulo needs is to get his shit correcly, christianly slapper by this woman

>>88007332
Damn, and here I thought the writing couldn't get any worse.

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>>88007959
>correcly, christianly slapper by

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>>88007332
There's this group of people I hang out with that I kind of like this, they have absolutely no self-awareness and hilariously bad communication skills.

I'm basically a background character in their drama and none of them really know or care about me, but it's just so goddamned entertaining to watch their shit go down that I keep coming back.

Sometimes I give them good advice just to watch them discard it or fuck it up.

>>88008002

> tfw Daisy is the final boss

>>88007959
Just WHEN is the superior cat comic coming back?

>>88008068

You mean Lackadaisy or Blacksad?

>>88008109
Lackadaisy. Haven't read Blacksad yet, but I'm planing to.

>>88007846
>>88007959
He'll either get kicked in the dick (possibly on both the metaphorical and literal sense) and straighten up, but by the time he does it (or someone outside of the circle of "friends" steps in to stop him) he will have turned into the new mike of the story.

The author probably will give him a happy ending though, the fanbase likes that orange douchebag too much.

>>88007332
this isn't a normal dive into stupid. Paulo is basically shine sparking into it.

>>88007332
Paulo is really fucking stupid but so is Abbey.

>Scare him with chocking to gets away of his girl
>Does so and ends up hurting her because she doesn't know
>Still let him hang out close despite it
>Leading to this an try to threaten him again when you know last time worked because Daisy wasn't here.

Great plan there genius.

>>88007332
Makes me wonder why Abbey let's him hang around after threatening him without Daisy's knowledge. He basically paved his way to this.

>>88007332
BASED PAULO

BASED
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>>88008428
yeah, based dumbass

>>88008428

> based

Yeah, really based picking up on someone who is a doormat.

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This whole thing seems like a continuation of "Happy Hour" except this time everyone isn't drunk, and we're tacking on the "Abbey choke-slamming Paulo" stuff, too.

Gonna post Happy Hour stuff because relevant

>>88008476
>>88008491
He's a cocky ass mother fucker that just wants to get his dick wet, thats pretty admirable

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>>88008528

>>88008530
it's really not. especially the way he does it. he's not his dick wet after this.

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>>88008548

>>88008530
He's tryin so hard to try and get his dick wet that he'll burn bridges with the only people who can stand his bullshit

>>88008528
>>88008548

Why does Mike hang with those people?

Except Daisy.

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>>88008619
Last one, because drama is interrupted with pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey

>>88008604

Daisy's pretty awful too in her own way, its just that she's completely unaware of her own shit.

Also Mike hangs out with those people because he's just as big of an asshole. That's the point, they're ALL jerks. Except David because he doesn't really do shit.

>>88008691

Refresh my memory: what exactly has Mike done besides exploding at Lucy?

>>88008548
>>88008585
>>88008619
>>88008640
Rach must REALLY love the cat cock if she stayed with Paulo after this

>>88008879
He´s a dynamo man. At least he has that

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>>88008732
Honestly, being an ass to Lucy is really the only asshole-ish thing he's done. And it's understandable to a point because he was only giving he a dose of her own medicine that he's been swallowing for years that no one around him seemed to acknowledge it, so it made him even more resentful.

Understandable or not, it was still generally immature and he took it too far in the end with the whole "Nobody loves you, why would they? You're a parasite." thing.

What about Abby? Except the chokeslam in the Con he has been mostly the butt of things, self-worth being crushed for the sake of Paulo´s daughteru.

Also Rachel. Rachel is prety much a decent human being.

>>88009373
Racheal is a slunt

>>88009548
Yes, and?

>>88009315

Yes, it was not right, but with all the bullshit he had to put up through the years that was understandable.

I've been sick and tired of chapter after chapter of Paulo's chaddy struggles where he doesn't learn much of anything or better himself as a person. He's completely unrelatable down to his core. I couldn't even bring myself to feel concerned when he was getting strangled in a bathroom. He almost feels like a villainous character in how poorly he treats the girls, and his exploration into bisexuality just made me feel sorry for Matt for an entire chapter.

>>88009724
Eh, if Daisy got it together even a little and stood for her bae (maybe a little too late, yea), he may change.

May.

>>88009769
I don't really think any girlfriend would make him stop being such a careless dick. Relationships aren't magic.

>>88008732
absolutely nothing. But his friends takes Lucy's side, every time, convinced that Mike and Lucy are sharing UST and always downplaying the way Lucy hits Mike because it's humorous and they think Mike should be tough enough to just deal with it.

>>88009899
Nay, yea, that should come from himself mostly. I mean, he has moments that make him think "maaaayme I am a gicantic prick", so time tu put them together and see what he can do.

Or were you talking about Abbie?

>>88009913
That's the thing though: Mike hasn't done much of anything. He was a love interest and little more up until that explosion, which cemented him as being a dickhole to a lot of people.

>>88009963
People can be mad with their "perfect pairs" in this webcomic world, man.

Ask Mookie!

>>88008732
nothing. he just blew up at her and even then he's just guilty of going in too hard on it. he did feel bad and apologized afterwards. Lucy's attempted suicide was unintentional, something that many seem to forget.

>>88009963
No, he was the deutagonist. Back when the artist was a high schooler, he was written as the worst kind of Mary Sue - excelling at everything with fairly little effort, heck, half of his "friends" wanted his dick but settled into just being his friend. If he has any flaws it's that he's and extreme doormat, dealing with Lucy's shit for half a decade simply because he couldn't get himself to tell her to buzz off, although part of that was also pity, which eventually simply wore thin

>>88009769
The worst part is, he actually cleans his act up in Daisy's presence, but the most polite he can manage is still kind of a asshole.

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daily reminder that if you don't hook up at age 12 you never get a chance again

>>88010116
you really forget that these characters are also in highschool and he didn't get annoyed with lucy's behavior until he had someone else to bone

>>88010145
If he´s lucky he will be David "No Fucks GIven" bitch. Checkmate, shipteists.

>>88010241
David deliberately avoids this fucking drama relationship love dodecahedron on purpose, because he'd rather watch anime and play videogames. Is he our guy?

>>88010240

Maybe he was a bit masochist? That's the only explanation to putting up with getting periodic abused.

>>88010240
No, it was explained in an earlier chapter that he found her annoying when they first met in fucking kindergarten, met Sandy when they weren't in the same class, Lucy came back in 2nd grade or something and he still found her annoying but he eventually just got used to it. True, he didn't get annoyed with Lucy again until his relationships with Sandy picked up again, but that's partially because everyone jumped to Lucy's side and they weren't convinced his long-distance relationships even existed.

>>88010376
Wish that were true, mang

>>88010116

> be extreme doormat
> endure constant abuse and shit from almost everyone since the start
> when you finally break down and goes nuts you become forever branded a dick

Such is life as Mike.

>>88010381
If Mike somehow isn't a sweettalking asshole he shouldn't have kept Lucy as his backup girlfriend.

so is paulo's logic for this situation "Lucy's back! Time to self destruct!" ? there's no way this would fly with her. Daisy didn't even do anything to him, he's been friends/civil with Mike for a long time since he admitted what he said to Lucy. why suddenly try to make him pay for it now?

as wrong as it was, Abbey did choke him out like a bitch. Why make him even angrier?

everyone else managed to handle the fact that Lucy didn't want to sit at the table well enough

>>88010444
I can't blame him when he was 11 and all sorts of hormones were running through him and his dream girl had moved away.

>>88010491
I can. Because it wasn't just when he was 11. He kept pursuing Lucy to a point up until he got with Sandy. Then he got mad at her for continuing to like him.

>>88010473
Hones Abe is kind of our hero in all this trash. Well, David too, but while one stone cold does not give a fuck, Abby took matters into his own hands, brutalizing that faggy chaggy.

Abby for president. He was a secretary, has experience in politics anyway.

>>88010610
abby for dictator, orange cats to blame for society's problems.


>>88010578
Which makes it... about a year or two juggling the two.

>>88010669
A cat dictator is fine, too

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No matter who wins the Lucybowl, everyone loses.

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>>88010685

>>88010754
That one needs an "IM SILLY" edit

Besides, as long as we´ve seen all bullies are cancer in that High

>>88008528
Wtf is the history essay

>>88010729
consider: augustus

>>88010828
Hentai shit

>>88010828
the time Mike took that little bit of hope that Lucy didn't even know she still had and got rid of it. Relationship in that chapter went from "I don't enjoy your presence" to "I outright hate you." That is where >>87948530 takes place (in flashback)

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>>88010729

> tfw the only way this story could have a happy ending is if Lucy actually succeeded

Can anyone give me a summary of what's happening, I haven't read this in like a year.

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>>88010828
It's too big for me to storytime properly, but it's the entire "December" chapter in the archives. It's a good read if you want to watch someone's heart get torn out and stomped repeatedly.

>>88011030
Lucy tried to kill herself (So we assume.) Everyone felt sad but kinda got over it and went on with their lives.

Now Lucy is back, but things are still awkward between her and mike, so Paulo is going on a mass call out breakdown because lucy doesn't want to sit with them at lunch.

>>88011057
>It's too big for me to storytime properly, but it's the entire "December" chapter in the archives. It's a good read if you want to watch someone's heart get torn out and stomped repeatedly.

So who's in the right

>>88011136
Lucy, because this all started because Mike went way overboard with some advice Sandy gave her. Sandy was like "firmly tell her to stop" and he just fucking exploded, because for Mike there is no middle ground. He doesn't normally have much of a spine so this is the only way he can be angry.

>decide to read the BCB FB page comments.
>Just about everyone is cheering Paulo on saying the group deserves it. One person even mentions that paulo reasonably got abbey and daisy back together.

good god this delusion. Telling someone "You should date this girl because she's the only one who would put up with your dead momma drama, even though she still has lingering feelings for another guy" isn't reasonable.


Paulo is the main antagonizer in the group. Any issue abbey has between them started with him and he never tried to make it better. Daisy gave hm a free pass on shit for the longest until recently and that was after Abbey asked her "Why don't you say anything when he keeps bothering me?"

This isn't some grand well deserved call out because everyone gives Paulo shit. This is him being ass blasted because Lucy wants to be alone.

>>88011136
it's a two way street. Mike took sandy's advice and went too deep in with it. Lucy had been hurting him for years and yeah she finally decided to let up, but the comic actively points out that just because you stop bullying people doesn't mean people forget. That was the whole point of Tess's character arc.

>>88010835
I feel like he wouldn't wanna get close to Lucy since he still hangs around that fucking cat that wants revenge. But it's been awhile since we've seen him so maybe its not the case anymore.

too bad augustus is still shit

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>tfw the sleepover chapter could have had the girls discussing their preferences between dog knots and cat barbs
>instead we get more gay drama

Literally the epitome of wasted potential

>>88011351
Haha, fuck I completely forgot about that shit. I still find hilarious some grow-up fucktard got jobbed by a bunch of highschooler and is so buttmad about it that he is dedicating the rest of his time to find them to the point of getting triggered by any cat girl with white fur.

It's unrealistic to even the comic's standards. It's hilarious.

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>>88011403
We already know what Daisy prefers...

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>>88010491
>having these hormones at 11

>>88011579
Daisy a fucking pussy willow
Just like Abbey's fuckass everytime he remebers daddy pounding mommy 7 days from sunday

They are perfect for each other

>>88011449
Probably why that plotpoint got dropped so damn hard until Augustus got his little wrap-up chapter
And shall never be visited upon again, unless taeshi gets a taste for off-the-rails anime shenanigans again
And we shall never know about tess' old boyfriend

>>88011806
Nah, one is attending therapy to better himself, the other one stopped listening the "anything is your fault ever you beautiful perfect cinnamon roll" from orangecat and started to question if she was... well... too passive and permissive.

So they have a chance, to be adjusted people if not an OTP

>>88011579
Would Daisy be happy with Mike?

>>88011449
Taeshi outright said "this is a plot point that I wish I had never introduced but it's already there so I have to make it work"

>>88011919
Can Paulo just beat his ass and end it like that?

>>88011901
Probably. Mike really doesn't seem like a bad boyfriend. He just mistook Sandy wanting to do the stuff he normally does with lucy

>>88006198
Why must you tell me lies

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>>88008002
So you're the Sue of the group?

>>88011974
No, he's the McCain, David, or Amaya

>>88011901
They're both bland pushovers, they'd work out fine. Theyd probably wind up as a failing couple someway or other just because theyre so inoffensive in relationships theyd invent problems for themselves.

>>88011935
Paulo? using his powers for good?

Listen to what you have said, anon. Listen to your heart of darkness and ponder the answer.

>>88011935
No, he lost last time. Despite his bravado, he's actually a shitty fighter compared to Drunken Master Mike and natural karateman lucy. He can only really beat up people that don't fight back.

>>88011232

To be fair, he exploded because of how much time he has been containing those feelings.

>>88011901

Yes. Actually, now thinking about it... maybe that would be best ending?

>>88011961
What, can't you find it?

http://taeshidiary.tumblr.com/post/152855080137/anonymous-asked-hey-taeshi-i-was-reading-through

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>that latest page

Shit is about to go DOWN.

>>88012294
>cheating at 12/14

I hate puppy love.

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>>88012219

>>88011935
paulo actually got bodied last time. Lucy stood a better chance and mike can fight when he's drunk. They tag teamed him.

>>88012294
Pardone moi
I am blind and retarded.
>>88012219
Best ending is mike splits from sandy so they can grow up and he can forge his own life, Lucy drops all of her douchebag friends to grow up and stop being crazy, paulo settles into his mediocrity and repeats his dads wanderings in lower-middle classhood, and daisy splits from abbey to focus on being a doctor or whatever, and abbey can focus on himself.
Literally everything would be better if the group dissolved and went their seperate ways.
A more likely scenario is lucy shacks up with paulo and mike gets abandoned.

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>>88004497
>They became a couple after courting for years on a sonic fan forum
seriously? that's pretty funny.

>>88012294
to be fair anon it happened over a decade ago when they were 14 year old kids.

>>88012359
Reading through that shitpile of a post i was severely dissappointed
I expected something fucking really damning, not that bullshit. Christ they have issues.

so is it a countdown to when Paulo gets his shit pushed in from this?

>>88012455
At this point, there's simply no ending where everyone was happy. The best ending would have been if Lucy had just up and stayed away. Not how everyone mostly moved on with their lives after a few weeks after Lucy left, the tone ofthe comic got a LOT lighter.

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>>88013159
>tfw there was a line somewhere and you've definitely crossed it, but you keep going in hopes someone will fucking shoot you and put you out of your misery.

I think he effectively stepped on every toe sitting at that table, besides David who's probably watching with that demented smile on his face.

>>87982938
Nope. As shitty as the last few years were, I wouldn't trade it to be president. That's a shitty job if I've ever seen one

>>88012455
>A more likely scenario is lucy shacks up with paulo and mike gets abandoned.
Given how he is exploding at everyone at the drop of a hat, i don't think so.

What i expect is for him to either explode at lucy or do something so reckless that she'll end up dumping him.

On the other hand that would honestly be good for him. He would probably leave everyone for a while and hopefully grow up.

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>>88014034
>On the other hand that would honestly be good for him. He would probably leave everyone for a while and hopefully grow up.
This would seriously piss me off. Not because of the idea itself, but because Taeshi has been writing Paulo's regressions as pretty much random occurrences. There's no insight into his thoughts when he does them. It's just "dammit, I done fucked up again!" Remember when she used to write their thoughts?

>>88014205
Yeah, just going "hey i left for a few weeks and now i'm not as much of a douche than i was before" would be lame.

It would be interesting he spent some more time with his dad/some other good influence and chill out rather than just disappearing for a few pages/chapters.

>>88012455
>A more likely scenario is lucy shacks up with paulo and mike gets abandoned


yeah that might have been possible before this page. Right now Paulo is so ass blasted over Lucy that he's fucking with people who had nothing to do with it. Like out of their main group, David is probably going to be the only one to hang out with him.

Daisy and Mike are more than likely going to avoid him after this and Abbey is going to do the same and likely suppress the urge to push paulo's face in. There's also the chance that he could go off on people outside their group.

>>88014034
It wouldn't stick. Other characters have constantly told Paulo to stop being immature and get his shit together, but he just stays the same after each speech.

Someone needs to pull him to the side and actually point out that he's being a dumbass and needs to stop before he loses the few people who would put up with his garbage

>>88015441
>Someone needs to pull him to the side and actually point out that he's being a dumbass and needs to stop before he loses the few people who would put up with his garbage
Thats kinda what i'm expecting to happen on this chapter, paulo doing something overboard (to the point of making mike's explosion sound like he just called lucy a "stupit fartface"), accidentally or not, and making people stop just accepting his attitude.

He managed to stop himself before going full retard, but at this point i'm expecting him to nearly kill mike out of his testosterone-induced stupidity fits.

>>88015925
>He managed to stop himself before going full retard

No he didn't. He looked like he was thinking about stopping in panel 7, but decided to go in hard. More than likely he's going to go full speed ahead.

>>88018365
I meant before. In the happy hour story part when he is yelling at mike, he (with a lot of help of the others) stopped from doing something crazier.

But yes, now on this scene he is going full speed ahead.

>>88007332
>This suicidal tactic
Jesus fuck Paulo. I know you're baiting him but JESUS FUCK

>>88007512
I was thinking more Daisy x Abbey is sunk. There's no way Daisy is going to stand for what he did.

>>88018783
Hey, he's apparently bi now. Why not an exhibitionist masochist as well?

>>88018945
A salvageable ship vs Abby punching the fuck out of Paulo?

No contest.

I feel like I need to read this just to see if it's the train wreck that it looks to be. If I'm not pissed by the time I catch up, then I might continue.

>>88019329
>Abby punching the fuck out of Paulo?
I want to see that happen. Like, a painful, futile, multi-page struggle where Paulo gets absolutely beaten down.

>>88019863
I really enjoy it, despite how badly written everyone says it is.

But thats probably because my highscghool days were bad and this comic represents what could have been

And I love Lucy

>>88019329
>Abby punching the fuck out of Paulo

Please. Let this happen. Let Abbey just let loose and beat the fuck out of paulo like he's always wanted to. SOMEBODY has to deck him after this.

>>88020574
>>88019934

>Paulo gets punched the fuck out
>Daisy is horrified by Abby and he goes full panic mode as she leaves him.
>rather than one getting more punishment than the other, the two assholes reap what they sowed.

Fuck I really want this now.

>>88010241
What if they are my otp

>>88020818
What about mike

>>88023555
Mike gets to slink off and confront lucy entirely by chance and revive his ship

>>88020574
>>88020818

I'd rather they beat the shit out of each other as opposed to it being one sided. Paulo is a shit, but Abbey is just as shitty.

>>88007332
i would be mad at this if i didn't look forward to paulo ending up miserable and alone, im glad he is digging his own grave. just kidding, he will never end up alone, they will forgive him eventually

>>88011579
>that brief period where the art "style" didn't suck ass

>>88024128
I know but remember he is the worst at fighting out of the group an Abbey has that monster instinct like his poppa.

I mean, I'd love both of them getting decked but let's be real here.

>>88023555
I want him to fuck up too, but I know they wouldn't do it. The author loves Paulo more so they'll focus in his fuckup.

To be honest can't wait for the group to disband over this. It's long drama but in reality they are all overall toxic to eachother.

>>88025801
I think Mike still has a chance to fuck up this chapter just because of how big Paulo is currently fucking up. It's like a major car crash that causes a bunch of smaller crashes. Everyone is going to walk away from this with a new problem.

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>>88026011

You think he will say mean words and make Paulo commit suicide?

>>88023566
given the title of the chapter, this sounds like the case,

>>88023566
that'll more than likely happen, possibly followed by Paulo reacting horribly to the fact that Mike and Lucy are on speaking terms again, and then Round 2 begins. Only this time in front of Lucy

>>88026564
And thats how the orange cat's ship sinks. It can go from bad to worse depending on what lucy says.

I'm dying! You mean to tell me that Paulo just decided to up and turbo fuck every bridge he had in one go, all because Lucy didn't want to sit with them?

Everyone else handled it normally, why did this nigga just explode? How did he even think this was cool and would help anything?

>>88026662

Paulo usually explodes. He is an explosive person.

>>88007332
Paulo has been ignorant prick as of late but I do think he is at least technically in the right in this case.

Yes everyone is to blame for Lucy in some regard, But everyone is on edge mostly because of what happened between Mike and Lucy.
Mike clearly know this and how it's affecting the group but won't actually do the best possible thing for himself and everyone else by giving everyone some space.
Instead he's keeping his mouth shut trying to be ignored because he knows most of his friends are willing to pretend nothing isn't going down assuming he keeps his head down.


Although he could have said it far far better Paulo has a correct point about Daisy.
It can be hard to tell people that you desire to not give a fuck about their many opinions, Especially when that person could be considered "close" in any sense.
Paulo is totally in the wrong for making it everyone else opinion though.

>>88026868
> Mike clearly know this and how it's affecting the group but won't actually do the best possible thing for himself and everyone else by giving everyone some space.
> Mike is to blame because he is just standing there, better grab him by the neck and tell him off

> Although he could have said it far far better Paulo has a correct point about Daisy.
> Because she correctly pointed that Mike wasn't doing anything wrong.

The fuck?

>>88026868
the smart thing to do would have been to pull Mike to the side and talk about it. not choke the guy out and start a scene.


Daisy was right in that Mike wasn't doing anything but sitting there. that's not grounds to strangle them with their own scarf, especially after you've been buddy buddy with them for the past few months.

we all know that Lucy is avoiding Mike and vice versa, but there are better ways to handle it and Paulo is choosing the one that'll burn bridges with everyone there all because Lucy won't sit with them.

Lucy herself isn't even going to be happy about this stunt because more than likely the last thing she wanted to come back to was Paulo committing dramatic acts in her name

>>88021682
>What if they are my otp
Thisis 4chan my brother. /co/. We do not judge you for that

>>88026868
Daisy only told him to calm down and not cause a scene. before that she just asked him to stop being a shit lord towards her boyfriend.

we all know about Mike's role in Lucy leaving but Paulo attacked him unprovoked. beating up Mike isn't going to make things better (that's something the fanbase needs to understand). it'll just make it worse for everyone

>The harbinger of drama fucks everything up by mere presence
Lucy was a mistake

>>88026662
Paulo is the worst person/cat/thing in the comic, of course he did.

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>>88027113
> Mike is to blame because he is just standing there, better grab him by the neck and tell him off
If Mike is doing/did nothing wrong why has he been on edge about seeing Lucy all day?
I think it's because he feels extremely guilty.

> Because she correctly pointed that Mike wasn't doing anything wrong.
I think it's dishonest to say that he didn't do anything wrong when he hasn't tried to do the right thing.


>>88027216
>Daisy was right in that Mike wasn't doing anything but sitting there.
Forgetting that Daisy seems willing to forgive Mike on anything, Why is that the correct thing for Mike to be doing?
If Paulo were Mike right now Sue would be the one attacking him right now and no one would go easy on him like they do Mike.

>we all know that Lucy is avoiding Mike and vice versa, but... -all because Lucy won't sit with them.
So how does this means Lucy wouldn't have stayed even if Mike wasn't with the rest of her friends?

>Paulo committing dramatic acts in her name.
I wouldn't disagree with calling his actions dramatic, But he is the only one willing to point out the elephant in the room.
He's also certainly upset that everyone is willing to do that kind of thing for Mike when everyone seems to be ready to jump to conclusions about himself.
This goes with Paulo's jealousy problems concerning Mike. Money, grades, girls, The guys got it much more going for him then Paulo has.

>>88027886
>I think it's dishonest to say that he didn't do anything wrong when he hasn't tried to do the right thing.
You mean, like apologizing for taking things too far because, even if he had a point, he was a rampant ass about it?

He tried man. Alsdo, about time we had one of those Paulopologists from the forums!

>>88027886
> If Mike is doing/did nothing wrong why has he been on edge about seeing Lucy all day?

Simply because of what happened before. He didn't do anything wrong by standing there doing nothing.

> I think it's dishonest to say that he didn't do anything wrong when he hasn't tried to do the right thing.

He already tried to apologize.

Maybe he should do better. He should go and say: 'Sorry Lucy, I was mean because of all this time of constant physical abuse and emotional pain you have inflicted me since the start of the comic, and that somehow everyone in the whole world closed the eyes for what was happening.'

Which would be, even through I know it will happen and it's idiotic, a double stupid move for Paulo because then there is a chance Mike and Lucy will patch up together.

Better act like a bratty and get physical whenever things aren't going your way, heh Paulo?

>>88027886
> This goes with Paulo's jealousy problems concerning Mike.

This is Paulo problem and not Mike. Jealousy is an inner fault and nowhere applies as an excuse or justification.

I have friends who also have more money, grades and girls and I don't go necking them every chance I have.

In fact, I would kinda wonder what kind of friend does those things.

>>88028359
>In fact, I would kinda wonder what kind of friend does those things.
The one that deeply, deeply inside does not want to admit that the past actions of the entire gropu were effed to the max. Understatable, but the cat is out and people is trying to learn and better themselves.

Paulo... eh. Not so much. He´s not the most mature fucker. He may give it a chance after this. Haps.

>>88028278
>You mean, like apologizing for taking things too far because, even if he had a point, he was a rampant ass about it?
>>88028319
>He already tried to apologize.

This has nothing to do with the idea that Mike needs to keep apologizing or making up for his actions nor am I condoning how Paulo is delivering his message.
It's purely about the fact that Lucy avoided the table where the rest of her friends are because Mike was there, On that Paulo is completely right.

I'm not sure how one could say Mike leaving the table would have made him more inconsiderate then him staying.
If for a day Mike decided to be the one to avoid Lucy then maybe she would have decided to talk with the rest of her friends which certainly would have relieved some group angst.
>>88028359
>This is Paulo problem and not Mike. Jealousy is an inner fault and nowhere applies as an excuse or justification.
Where did I imply it was an excuse or justification?
I was just making an observation about why Paulo picks on Mike who he considers a friend.

>>88028779
>I was just making an observation about why Paulo picks on Mike who he considers a friend.
He wants the Big Cat Barbedcock, too

everyone knows that Lucy didn't sit with them because of mike. but at that moment in time nothing Mike did called for Paulo to get physical with him. he just looked guilty.

Daisy is right with the fact that Mike didn't do a damn thing to earn physical violence from Paulo at that point. that's what makes him an absolute fuckass for snapping at her.

you don't deal with the elephant in the room by causing a huge ass scene in a public area.

we know Mike and Lucy are gonna make up, but now Paulo has put himself in a position where aside from David, nobody in the group is going to want him around.

>>88028779
> It's purely about the fact that Lucy avoided the table where the rest of her friends are because Mike was there, on that Paulo is completely right.

Yes, I'm sure nobody connected that and simply didn't want to say to avoid hurting Mike who was at the table. Thanks Paulo.

Which also doesn't mean Mike was at fault, just like Richard English wouldn't be at fault because Bob French doesn't want to sit near Englishmen. That's a problem with Lucy not Mike.

How about Paulo, I dunno, you leave and go sit near her then?

> I'm not sure how one could say Mike leaving the table would have made him more inconsiderate then him staying.

How is he inconsiderate by standing on his proper place?

It would actually be more inconsiderate leaving, because it would be like saying 'ops I don't want to sit or see you'. Seeing how he had apologized before and seemingly patched up, then it's actually expected that he would stay there and receive her, like, I dunno, people who had apologized before?

> If for a day Mike decided to be the one to avoid Lucy then maybe she would have decided to talk with the rest of her friends which certainly would have relieved some group angst.

Except that he doesn't have to do that. He doesn't have to get out because someone doesn't want his presence.

And no, that certainly wouldn't have relieved group angst, it would be like 'Mike how dare you don't wanna stay alongside Lucy?!' She didn't say to anybody she didn't want to stay near him, and nowhere implied she would react this way. Fucking Mike, why doesn't he guess how other people are going to react?!

And Paulo picks on Mike because Mike is a doormat. Simply that. It's the same reason Lucy kept hitting him like a pinata. He allowed it.

>>88029210
>Thanks Paulo.
Maybe it had to be said thought not that poorly.

>That's a problem with Lucy not Mike.
If Mike was being more considerate then he would have understood that his friends would want Lucy to come and see them and that probably wouldn't happen if he stuck around them all.

>How about Paulo, I dunno, you leave and go sit near her then?
He tried to but Sue dragged him off and don't even tell me Lucy wasn't having mixed feelings about Sue doing that.

>How is he inconsiderate by standing on his proper place?
Proper place? What is that supposed to mean, Are you implying he has exceptions to maintain and that he had to sit there?

>It would actually be more inconsiderate leaving.
If he was thinking ahead it would have made more sense to not show up at the table at all, Also I don't recall Mike and Lucy having a chance to make amends yet.
Even if Lucy and Mike made amends then why is he still feeling on edge and guilty when apparently the only person still upset at him is Paulo?

>He doesn't have to get out because someone doesn't want his presence.
You are correct Mike doesn't have to leave, But for that same reason Paulo didn't have to be made to leave Lucy alone by Sue.
why is it correct that Sue gets to make Paulo stay but Paulo can't make Mike go?

>And no, that certainly wouldn't have relieved group angst-
You're being totally inconsistent about how Mike has already been forgiven for what he did to Lucy and how much the group understands what happened between them.

>>88029713
> Maybe it had to be said thought not that poorly.

Maybe?

> If Mike was being more considerate then he would have understood that his friends would want Lucy to come and see them and that probably wouldn't happen if he stuck around them all.

Yeah, because as I said before Mike surely would predict how she would react. How inconsiderate. And he would also predict that his friends would prefer Lucy at the table than himself. How inconsiderate.

> He tried to but Sue dragged him off and don't even tell me Lucy wasn't having mixed feelings about Sue doing that.

Then go complain to Sue.

> Proper place? What is that supposed to mean, Are you implying he has exceptions to maintain and that he had to sit there?

That he was sitting there first so that was his proper place. He didn't take the seat from anybody else. He is on a table that he picked, on the seat he picked, with his own friends. How is that not his proper place?

> If he was thinking ahead it would have made more sense to not show up at the table at all,

Yes he shouldn't have come hanging with his friends even through nobody told him to not come. He certainly should think ahead even through Lucy technically reappeared from thin air.

> also I don't recall Mike and Lucy having a chance to make amends yet.

They made amends before Lucy tried to off herself. Or do you want him to apologize because other seemingly okay people suddenly attempt to kill themselves?

> Even if Lucy and Mike made amends then why is he still feeling on edge and guilty when apparently the only person still upset at him is Paulo?

Because he is feeling uncomfortable of standing with someone who just tried to off themselves, for something he thought was an over matter? Who wouldn't?

> You are correct Mike doesn't have to leave, But for that same reason Paulo didn't have to be made to leave Lucy alone by Sue.

Then go complain about Sue.

>>88029713
> why is it correct that Sue gets to make Paulo stay but Paulo can't make Mike go?

Because I'm not defending Sue nor said she was correct?

People should go and sit wherever they want to.

> You're being totally inconsistent about how Mike has already been forgiven for what he did to Lucy and how much the group understands what happened between them.

Nope. I'm only pointing out that even if, for a miracle, Mike acted like you wanted him to do (even through you are just paulogizing) there is no guarantee it wouldn't backfire. It's even insulting trying to put the blame on someone who exactly didn't do anything.

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>>88029928
>paulogizing
My new favorite word.

>>88029192
>This is the episode that causes the group to split
Yfw

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>>88030389
I hate all of them so fuck yeah

Yes, even Daisy.

>>88030389
I wonder if this is how the comic ends.

>mike makes up and probably out too with lucy
>pretty much everyone hates eveveryone in the circle sans a few exceptions
>everyone goes away in their own directions, eventually finding happiness
>but all of this feels bittersweet thanks to the shitstorm that happened before

>>88030905

> I wonder if this is how the comic ends.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKsJunlsgFk

>Hating on Mike
Smells like faggot in here.

>>88029880
>Yeah, because as I said before Mike surely would predict how she would react.
The idea that Mike couldn't know if the group would take to him leaving to be as bad as him staying is completely baseless.

Look at what happened during Mikes confession Happy Hour: >>88008528 >>88008548
The only people who had anything to say were Paulo and Daisy, Everyone else just kinda moved on and acted as if it never happened.
The situation here is almost the same, Everyone except Paulo is willing to ignore the aura of conflict surrounding Mike at this moment while Daisy defends Mike.

>He is on a table that he picked, on the seat he picked, with his own friends. How is that not his proper place?
The group has a pair of preferred tables they sit at during lunch arranged by Rachel, It's not like the group consistently chooses to sit wherever Mike happens to go.

>Yes he shouldn't have come hanging with his friends even through nobody told him to not come. He certainly should think ahead even through Lucy technically reappeared from thin air.
Mike could have voluntarily avoided the group table, How much time does he need to make such a simple choice?

>They made amends before Lucy tried to off herself.
I'm going to need some more specifics.

>Then go complain to Sue.
That renders the whole "How about Paulo, I dunno, you leave and go sit near her then?" moot.

>>88029928
>there is no guarantee it wouldn't backfire
Mike knows first hand that everyone except is willing to gloss over the situation that exist between Mike, Lucy, and the group because they're honestly all to blame for it..
Unless the group decides to leave Mike behind they won't see her, But they can't leave Mike because "He hasn't done anything wrong" so they move on.
Glossing over the situation isn't going to fly for Paulo right because that is what's stopping him and everyone else except Mike from seeing Lucy

>>88007332
FINALLY

paulo is the only real nigga here

also why does the art style in this comic fucking jump around so much?

Like im fine with development of a style and I
usually enjoy it but i swear i've seen it regress
down to chibis and back up at least twice

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>>88011974
>>88011997
I'd say I'm more like David, if David secretly reveled in their misery.

>>88030964
Nah, the author wouldn't have the balls to do this or another mindfuck ending like "hey, turns out that there everything after that part where they think mike died in the school trip all the way in the beginning was just a horrible dream" even if they payed him.

>>88031048

> The idea that Mike couldn't...

How so? How exactly do you know how people would react? Even better, how do you know how Lucy would react?

> Look at what...

Yeah, because it was just Paulo having a bitchfit and Daisy moving to defend Mike because he wouldn't.

> The situation here is ...

Aura of conflict? Really anon, the presence of a person is an aura of conflict? The only conflict started when Paulo decided to create it.

> The group has a pair of...

Yes, but Mike was already belong to this table, seat and group when Lucy suddenly disappeared. So yes, he belongs there.

> Mike could have voluntarily avoided the group table, How much time does he need to make such a simple choice?

And why would he do that? So Paulo could talk with Lucy? So that he could 'give a chance for her to make up with people who she has no problem with'?

> I'm going to need some more specifics.

Mike and Lucy had already apologized because of his outburst. Her attempt happened after it was done.

> That renders the whole "How about Paulo, I dunno, you leave and go sit near her then?" moot.

How so? He could still go even if Sue 'stopped' him. He didn't need to suddenly stay and neck Mike.

> Mike knows first hand that everyone except is willing to gloss over the situation that exist between Mike, Lucy, and the group because they're honestly all to blame for it.

Yeah, because they gave her free card through all those years.

> Unless the group decides to leave Mike behind they won't see her, But they can't leave Mike because "He hasn't done anything wrong" so they move on.

But who said they need to all leave together? How about 'hey guys I'm going to check on Lucy now?' Try to think.

> Glossing over...

Then just go and stop whining. I'm sure if he acted like a normal person and just said 'I'm going to check on her', do you think Sue would punch him and say 'nope you stay here!'

>>88030905
>Epilogue where X meets Y and they set up a little get together with the ol gang years later

>>88031188
he probably does

that cheery attitude is just him laughing at them

>apologizing for Paulo.

no. he's doing nothing right here. why wait until now to try and get at him for Lucy after months of being fine with him? why at school and in a lunch room full of people of all places?


there was nothing stopping that orange chucklefuck from following Lucy

>>88031414
Honestly that wouldn't be too bad.

Assuming it doesn't cause MORE drama, that is (although they'd probably be mature enough to avoid doing so by then).

>>88031048
there was no aura of conflict until Paulo exploded. they just decided to give Lucy space and then Paulo decided to just be dumb

>>88031453

Because Paulo has an inferiority complex and he needs to act like a bully to feel better at himself.

>>88031461
Considering they could make it post college or post marriage, everyone should be mature enough to not fall for the dramabait
I'd be better if not everyone married someone everyone knew, just to make is different

>>88031521
>Because Paulo's entire character is being a bully and any sort of character development he gets is retconned/forgotten/de-leveled while everyone else continue to level up
FTFY

>>88031571
Those are pretty much the only two points in time where they'd actually accept the idea of seeing the others again.

I feel that there would be some characters who end up marrying unknown/new characters, but given the whole shipping thing, i feel that it wouldn't be many.

>>88031638
That isn't 100% a problem if the author makes that a plot point that actually makes paulo move forward, like something such as lucy telling him "dude, i grew up enough to both make amends with mike and to admit i did some nasty shit to him too, meanwhile you are just acting like being a loud violent brat will solve everything when things don't go your way. grow up."

>>88031453
>>apologizing for Paulo.
> no. he's doing nothing right here. why wait until now to try and get at him for Lucy after months of being fine with him? why at school and in a lunch room full of people of all places?
Apaulogizers are an amazing thing.

>>88031767

Apaulogists. Kek.

>>88031728
But it's been a problem. Everyone IS moving forward. Everyone's dealing with different shit while Paulo's still dealing qith the same shit he's been dealing with
Paulo keeps taking one step forward and two steps back. He keeps getting reverted back to base while everyone's on their own paths

Gesus this thread has been up for a long time

>>88031728
Due to the whole shipping thing, the author would never do it
Other people who could be perfect matches for characters don't exist. Even after all the bittersweet drama these characters MUST get in a sort of relationship with each other

>>88029192
They are, at least, aware of what Mike said to Lucy about getting everyone to leave her.

>>88029192
Harbinger of drama, Anon. Just being near Lucy causes drama

>>88031373
>How so? How exactly do you know how people would react? Even better, how do you know how Lucy would react?
It doesn't make any sense even from an angsty teen pov that the group would react to Mike not being at the lunch table anywhere as poorly as they did in Happy Hour.
How is Mike supposed to understand that Lucy is reacting in a good way to him being around the group when she's clearly avoiding him?

>Yeah, because it was just Paulo having a bitchfit and Daisy moving to defend Mike because he wouldn't
Really? A bitchfit? I don't even know where to begin with such a poor reading of a situation.

>Aura of conflict? Really anon, the presence of a person is an aura of conflict? The only conflict started when Paulo decided to create it.
Drama and tension accumulates around a person and this is noticed and felt by other people close to said person, It's not magic. Ignoring or pretending that drama, tension, and conflict haven't accumulated tends to compound the core issue in such situations

>Yes, but Mike was already belong to this table, seat and group when Lucy suddenly disappeared. So yes, he belongs there.
Totally ignoring the point I made.

>And why would he do that? So Paulo could talk with Lucy? So that he could 'give a chance for her to make up with people who she has no problem with'?
Why does Mike have to have a personal reason for desiring to not want his friends to walk on eggshells?

>Mike and Lucy had already apologized because of his outburst. Her attempt happened after it was done.
Give me a chapter name, As I don't recall this ever happening.

>Yeah, because they gave her free card through all those years.
So why didn't anyone else other then Daisy speak up and apologize?
Because Mike has a habit of to allowing problems to fade into the background, He wanted that to happen here too but Paulo isn't going allow.

>>88031860
Yeah, this nightmare is entrentched in shipping.

Another thing/possibility that crossed my mind:
>timeskip
>everyone are adults now, all/most of them with children that are roughly as old as they were at the start of the comic
>all the adults just chill out and maybe just chat, cringe and laugh at the shit they did in the past
>meanwhile the kids end up starting their own version of this nightmare drama
>thehorrornwontend.dbz

>>88031826
I know, what i meant was someone really, REALLY call him on his shit or something happens that makes everyone get fed up with his stupidity and ditch him (and likely most of the group too in the process), or just cause some ACTUAL damage to him, not another "hey paulo stop being such a little shit" and paulo still being a little shit.

>>88032036
>Give me a chapter name, As I don't recall this ever happening.
Not the same anon, but didn't mike apologize to lucy and talk to her about starting the whole relationship/friendship over again (and she said it would be nice) back in the end of the school play chapter (right before she went to the hospital and disappeared thanks to a overdose of drama)?

>>88031373
>But who said they need to all leave together? How about 'hey guys I'm going to check on Lucy now?' Try to think.
Trying to see Lucy outside the group would be an admission through action that Lucy is avoiding Mike for something that the group is also responsible for.
Which means that if one person leaves it forces everyone to acknowledge the cognitive dissonance they made as a group.

>Then just go and stop whining. I'm sure if he acted like a normal person and just said 'I'm going to check on her', do you think Sue would punch him and say 'nope you stay here!'
I'm sure if Mike acted like a normal person and said "Hey guys I'm going to give you and Lucy some space", Do you think Paulo would choke him and say "No you're staying here!"
Again I'm only defending the core message that Paulo is basically acting on, Not his actions or the particular words he chooses.

Lucy defense force is almost as bad as Holly defense force

>>88032269
And for extra pottery
>Paulo is almost a mirror of his dad in terms of looks
>Mike is a mirror of his dad in terms of looks except with that stupid scarf
Etc etc
All this talk of timeskips make me want a spinoff where they're in college. The highschool setting's getting stale. There's so much you can do o a highschool setting

>>88032036
> It doesn't make any...

Yeah, because suddenly getting out when someone cames is totally normal. No it isn't.

> How is Mike supposed...

What Lucy? Lucy doesn't has nothing. This is his group of friends, that is why he is there.

> Really? A bitchfit?

Yes, that is a perfect description of how Paulo go when things don't go his way. He bitches.

> Drama and tension accumulates...

Funny through people received Lucy openly when she came back. The drama only started at this table when Paulo bitched.

> Totally ignoring the point I made.

Because there was no point. It's basically a non argument.

> Why does Mike...?

When did Mike stop people from talking to her? Use your brain.

> Give me a chapter name, As I don't recall this ever happening.

Then stfu and go back reading the comics. Right before the suicide attempt.

> So why didn't anyone else other then Daisy speak up and apologize?

Because they were feeling bad.

> Because Mike...

Mike allows problems to fade because he doesn't fight them.

And the problem, which is laughable (X person doesn't want to be near Y person), only started being a real problem because of Paulo going full tard. Good going.

> Trying to see Lucy...

It doesn't even have to be a single person. Two or more people can met her at any time.

> Which means...

Which means you should try thinking outside the box sometimes.

> I'm sure if...

Yes, because the normal action a person do is getting out of the table because someone who doesn't like you comes. Oh wait, it's doesn't. It's fucking retarded. Please by the love of God think before typing.

> Again I'm only...

And doing a terrible piss poor job at it. Recap:

> the group already met Lucy outside the table
> there is nothing stopping the group from meeting Lucy anywhere else, be alone or together
> it's ridiculous to ask someone who is already there to leave
> it would just be an uncomfortable lunch (as expected since she just returned) if Paulo didn't go full retard

God, haven't any of you been in love before? It makes you do stupid, rash things and Paulo already embodies both of their characteristics. If you thought he'd act cool in this situation you're being unrealistic. Why does he have to be nice to any of these people anyways? Despite the fact that Mike caused the girl he loved to almost off herself Paulo has been a better friend to him than anyone else, Daisy has always been self-centered as fuck and never notices anything that's happening around her unless it directly affects her, why does he have to sit down and go, "Oh, okay, there goes the girl of my dreams after I've been dying to see her for months without knowing if she's really okay, all because the guy that seriously hurt her is sitting here, I'm fine with this." Uh, no. Try viewing it from his perspective. It wasn't the rational or mature way to act but handling it in that sense would have been out of character for him. He's passionate and everything is keeping him from what he wants right now, so he's reacting like a caged beast. Sue shouldn't have tried to stop him and let Lucy tell him herself if she really wanted him there or not.

>>88032858
Please don´t scare the forumposters.They are such fascinating creatures...

>>88031856
The shitball is finally rolling after 4 years

>>88032870
>God, haven't any of you been in love before? It makes you do stupid, rash things and Paulo already embodies both of their characteristics. If you thought he'd act cool in this situation you're being unrealistic. Why does he have to be nice to any of these people anyways? Despite the fact that Mike caused the girl he loved to almost off herself Paulo has been a better friend to him than anyone else, Daisy has always been self-centered as fuck and never notices anything that's happening around her unless it directly affects her, why does he have to sit down and go, "Oh, okay, there goes the girl of my dreams after I've been dying to see her for months without knowing if she's really okay, all because the guy that seriously hurt her is sitting here, I'm fine with this." Uh, no. Try viewing it from his perspective. It wasn't the rational or mature way to act but handling it in that sense would have been out of character for him
Yes, and?
What does that mean? Even if it is for love it´s an assholish thing to do, as we did pretty assholish things when we were in love. People is not complaining that Paulo is acting OOC, and more (bile)fascinated that people seem to think he´s some tough love dispenser that can do no wrong.

>>88032758
Bonus points if daivid makes some comment about the kids starting drama.

While a college setting sounds interesting, at this point i just want this anxiety-inducing drama nightmare to end in a good or at least bittersweet note.

>>88032870
Its not that it doesn't make sense that he did that, given how things went so far.

Its just that its a dumbass thing to do. Love, hate and hormones make people do dumb shit.