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57. Cracks in the Ice, page posted 7/5/10

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Cracks in the Ice — Page 36
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SOUNDS FAMILIAR, DOESN’T IT.

And that’s the end! Hope you enjoyed!!

41 Reader Comments On This Page

Comment ID #54328

Ironic ending much?

MiwAuturu July 5, 2010, 8:10 AM EST.

Comment ID #54390

No matter how much I’ll let herknow it’ll never happen”

Just realised- same thing Lucy said to Lily earlier about Liam~

Lisainschool July 5, 2010, 8:54 AM EST.

Comment ID #54398

These 2 need serious counselling

Pepe Le Pew July 5, 2010, 9:02 AM EST.

Comment ID #54479

Lucy and Mike really need to get over eachother. >D I’m tired of their angst.

TheGirlWhoNeverComments July 5, 2010, 10:47 AM EST.

Comment ID #54574

Or just to get over themselves….

DrNameless July 5, 2010, 12:17 PM EST.

Comment ID #54587

Regreting something Mike?

C' July 5, 2010, 12:40 PM EST.

Comment ID #54597

I wonder if that plays going to put them together or not <.

Dispis July 5, 2010, 12:58 PM EST.

Comment ID #54626

Should have chose Lucy ^^

CTS4Kouhei July 5, 2010, 2:17 PM EST.

Comment ID #54637

woah…so ironic end! -w-

moi July 5, 2010, 2:39 PM EST.

Comment ID #54684

MikexLucyMikexLucyMikexLucy*copy+paste about a few more times… maybe a billion*

Haha yeah, really ironic ending. God dammit Mike stop being a cheater/drama king. XD

A person July 5, 2010, 4:11 PM EST.

Comment ID #54707

LiamxLucy.

Tsukaiz July 5, 2010, 4:36 PM EST.

Comment ID #54771

Liam, gtfo.

Michael July 5, 2010, 5:48 PM EST.

Comment ID #54802

Lol @ Michael (commenter, not character).

I like this incentive comic! It’s open-ended, slightly depressing, and suggests that not all angst and tension has been put to rest.

Ari July 5, 2010, 6:02 PM EST.

Comment ID #54829

I loled at the fact that Taeshi left out Lucy giving Yashi her medicine. I know it happened, hopefuly…

Daborior July 5, 2010, 6:24 PM EST.

Comment ID #54863

Yeah… I can’t stand long distance relationships. Never again. Someday Mike is going to have his happy little dream torn to pieces before his eyes, and boo-hoo-hoo, he’ll have nobody to cry to.

Seriously, if she really felt that way to him, she would’ve figured out a way to spare him at least a few days out of her life. What makes him think it will get any better someday? This is all he knew.
Tsk Tsk.

Okay. Sorry. Relevence…
Here’s a story that doesn’t really make any progress. As much as I enjoyed reading it, the presence of this “Liam” Gary Stu made me smirk ruefully and shake my head. Of course it’s gonna be a nice guy who pulls a creepy act, pouncing on a convenient tragedy like Yashi being sick that gets him into Lucy’s ‘shell’, a shell wherein THIS point is already behind her. She was more open before this cute little arc.

If this happened in real life, I’d suspect Liam of having poisoned Yashi, because it’s more likely than being able to just ‘guess’ on a ‘hunch’. Ockam’s razor just does not cut in his favor this time.

But hey, guest art is guest art. I am glad it was here, even IF it was a tad contrived.



In other news, I’m kind of surprised there isn’t a guy who likes lucy for non-superficial reasons. I mean, I SUPPOSE connor might be it, but he is literally one dimensional, with his only personality characteristic being love of her. He practically doesn’t exist otherwise.

I guess I’m just kind of disappointed that he DID have an ulterior motive—that he was attracted in the first place because his own girlfriend died… and I didn’t even care for his response. But then AGAIN, I suppose that if he were a little more … substantial, he might have been TOO good, and could have actually damaged the continuity. Now he gets to fade into the background while the focus follows the major players again.

Stone Taggart July 5, 2010, 6:48 PM EST.

Comment ID #55028

lol, long comment.

lea July 5, 2010, 8:47 PM EST.

Comment ID #55150

Yah… @Stone Taggart….. that was seriously long…..

Planeswalker July 5, 2010, 10:12 PM EST.

Comment ID #55152

C’mon, Sandy…. have a heart attack or something.

WOW Geek July 5, 2010, 10:13 PM EST.

Comment ID #55165

I’m with WOW Geek on this one. DIE YOU STUPID BLACK-HAIRED MIKEXLUCY BARRIER!!

Nikkoliah July 5, 2010, 10:24 PM EST.

Comment ID #55237

I hate trolls, so I’m going to say this as non-troll-ish as possible: To Stone Taggart: Your first two paragraphs are insightful and brilliant. Your third paragraph (“Here’s a story…&rdquo;) shines with brilliance. As I first read this chapter, I found myself sharing the EXACT SAME suspicions in your fourth paragraph, i.e. it’s more likely that Liam orchestrated Yashy’s sickness than happened to be that insightful.

Then, you put three major holes in your credibility. First, you assumed that this is guest art. Where was that stated? I was under the impression that this chapter was drawn by the comic’s creator, same as the other chapters. Second, you mentioned a character named Connor, who is actually named Carter. To be fair, your depiction of Carter as one-dimensional is spot-on, and I understand that you may have forgotten his name due to his (thankfully) infrequent appearances. Third (after this I’ll stop; promise!), my understanding was that, contrary to your final paragraph, Liam set aside his ulterior motive to really respect Lucy on her own merits, and that Lucy PREVENTED him from becoming more “substantial.”

I sincerely apologize to SuitCase and Taeshi for what must seem like pointless squabbling in the comments section.

Ari July 5, 2010, 11:41 PM EST.

Comment ID #55261

Good God, those two comments above seem like something I’d post. xD

But then again, Jinx is happy with the incentive chapter as is. :3 So no rant. :D

Also Ari, Stone Taggart probably thought this was a guest comic because above the page where it states the name of the chapter, it says “And Guest Comic.” Just sayin’, hun. xD

Jinx July 6, 2010, 12:12 AM EST.

Comment ID #55326

Omg

Meg July 6, 2010, 1:44 AM EST.

Comment ID #55360

Oh Mike, if only you took action…

Titanium Dragon July 6, 2010, 2:32 AM EST.

Comment ID #55371

I think posting “OMG SO LONG” should maybe be a bannable offence! Jesus!

SuitCase July 6, 2010, 3:18 AM EST.

Comment ID #55669

omg, Sandy needs to finally admit that she’s cheating on Mike, because there is no way she could have gone this long away from Mike on a different continent without finding some random guy living there that she likes more than Mike!!

spdsktr101 July 6, 2010, 3:22 PM EST.

Comment ID #55707

SOB SOB cracks in the ice is the most wacked up romance drama I’ve read in my life! Its so freakin epic, that it glues you to this for eternity… veronica never gives what the readers want, thats why they come back…cracks in the ice is just a teaser that will enedetibly will bring yet another dissapointment for MIKExLUCY fans…sigh…wanna read my webcomic? look on google pobre pucho, its more furr fun

El Zorrito July 6, 2010, 4:07 PM EST.

Comment ID #55776

I…approve?

Hannibal July 6, 2010, 6:30 PM EST.

Comment ID #55909

DAMMIT MIKE, HIT THAT!

TadPol July 6, 2010, 10:18 PM EST.

Comment ID #56641

w8 how is i familiar?? o.o sorry 4 my being stupid xP

Aly July 7, 2010, 4:44 PM EST.

Comment ID #57373

he was checken her out. i just know it….

Mira July 8, 2010, 7:11 PM EST.

Comment ID #57377

Mike just admit that you want to tap that loli

Michael Chambers July 8, 2010, 7:21 PM EST.

Comment ID #64676

he wants some

Frost July 26, 2010, 12:31 PM EST.

Comment ID #67406

Hm, I wonder how the rest of the group would react to Liam……

The guy nobody knows July 30, 2010, 10:01 AM EST.

Comment ID #73138

Kappa Mikey =ω=

Gaka August 11, 2010, 5:22 AM EST.

Comment ID #77267

MIKExLUCY or LUCYxLIAM i cannot decide

No likey maishulXsandy

:{D August 17, 2010, 12:49 AM EST.

Comment ID #80974

GET OVER SANDY MIKE!!! -_- not that i care or anything…..

Manwithnoname August 23, 2010, 11:51 PM EST.

Comment ID #81038

but but but i like liam x lucy T__T

TK August 24, 2010, 4:54 AM EST.

Comment ID #82036

They all just need to get together and have a yiff-orgy already. END THE ANGST.

Rawrd00d August 26, 2010, 1:36 AM EST.

Comment ID #83193

MIKExLIAM OTP!!!

Wait, why are we limiting ourselves to two characters?

Ryan August 28, 2010, 11:23 AM EST.

Comment ID #83202

LiamxAmayaxLucy, MikexSandy, PauloxJasmine, Abbey/AugustusxDaisy, DavidxFlower Girl. There.

Tsukaiz August 28, 2010, 11:59 AM EST.

Comment ID #84943

Mike x Lucy ftw

BCB FTW September 1, 2010, 4:41 AM EST.

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