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Seeing the recent chapters, my current answer is no.

I could write a whole essay worth on the reason: "MIKE IS BEING A FREAKING JERKWAD TO LUCY." But its only part of my reasons, my main reasoning is more concerning Lucy.

Mike is a drug to Lucy. If I had said this any chapter before the entirety of the Summer arc I would've been dismissed as ridiculous and probably been culled by MikexLucy shippers, but I wouldn't have cause I wouldn't have seen it as such back then, but the signs are arguably there. Though you would have to keep in mind that Mike is a living, breathing being capable of forming his own thoughts an opinions, not just some addictive substance.

When Lucy started school she was instantly excluded for being a tomboy, Mike was pretty much the only one who didn't immediately ostrasize her so she latched onto him, despite that he didn't want to be her friend she eventually warmed up to him, as it seem she didn't give the effort to make other friends than Mike, I say that's where the addiction began. Then Mike met Sandy and suddenly Lucy was without Mike, her only friend, that would've been devastating for any child, more so as she had no other. In attempt to keep him, she constantly tried to join in their games but it didn't work out.

Had Lucy made other friend in that year, I suppose it wouldn't have become an addiction, she had her taste of the drug but now its gone early if one has a good support group they mostly likely will not revert back, but she hadn't and Mike became her friend again. Fast forward to high school, Lucy now has Yashy and other friends, but none is more substantial in her life than Mike, though its not as obvious as Lucy seems fine with Mike and Sandy being a couple despite her obvious feelings for him, as she doesn't mind as long as he remains a constant in her life, as long as she can still depend on him, that is until the Summer arc, where Mike seemingly dies in order to save Lucy, Lucy becomes hysterical and has a mental breakdown at the very real possibility that Mike is dead, much like withdrawal from a drug after an extended continuity of use, this clearly paints Lucy's absolute dependancy on Mike, as if he has become the very air she breathes, he had become the center of her world.

But Mike happened to be quite alive and well, Lucy went back to normal almost immediately now she knows she won't be without her drug. That is until Mike had gotten fed up with Lucy's dependancy on him and Lucy is once again confronted with the fact that she would once again be without her drug again. Lucy becomes desperate she does whatever she could to keep Mike in her life, but it doesn't change anything and only makes it worse sice she abused her drug, and unlike a drug substance Mike is very much capable of breaking off his friendship with her anytime he wants, he's just been ridiculously patient with it as he was hoping she would reciprocate his feelings for her.Lucy being the stubborn person she is tries to prove she is fine without Mike, but the cracks are definately visible.

In Another Shoulder, she tries to find a substitute to her drug: Paulo. But Paulo caring for her, rejects her advances for her wellbeing, yet offers his support and reminds her that she has friends other than Mike, something she seems to keep forgetting and a family who will help her if she just lets them know her problems. But as Mike distances himself away from her, Lucy becomes suicidal and more desperate than ever. She tries to find another drug again in Augustus, but Augustus goes "I'm not taking your shit girl, but you should not throw everything away because of a guy you're obsessed over."

Now with Mike's outburst of absolute jerkiness, it should wake Lucy from her delusions.

Though I predict she will become suicidal and very depressed, the best course of action for her is to attempt to get over Mike for good and finding support and help from family, riends and maybe even a psychologist, but after Augustus knocks her back into her senses again. Cause if Mike suddenly loses the jerkiness and suddenly decides to break up with Sandy and pursue Lucy at this point in time, no doubt she would accept and it would only continually fuel her drug like addiction.

I don't think this relationship is a complete lost cause, Lucy genuinely cares for Mike and she wants him to be happy, and we have yet to see where Mike truly stands in his feelings for her. But it would only be after Lucy AND Mike has spent time apart and grown up a bit and Lucy has stopped treating him like a drug and more like a person can the relationship truly be healthy for both of them.

But I'm more a MikexSandy and LucyxLiam shipper

tl:dr: Not now but later maybe (and when I mean later I mean years, long after high school).

This post has been edited by Lunariaus: 26 November 2011 - 09:22 AM

For the original question/title of this post: no, for obvious reasons, and for the current circumstances. It just doesn't make sense.

I agree in that we really don't know how Mike truly feels about Lucy. His current outburst seemed unreasonable to me as he was spending a decent amount of time just enjoying himself and Lucy's company. I wouldn't believe him if it was he who said "I hate you". Lucy has backed up a lot though (sarcasm, name-calling, etc) especially when she decided to confess to Mike, so I can definitely see her treating him better in the future should they both decide to continue their friendship. Part of me thinks that he may still have feelings for Lucy. You can't just forget about your feelings for someone you've known since your childhood, and in some ways, he's been a lot closer to Lucy than Sandy...but if he does he really has no reason to admit it to her since he's clearly committed to Sandy.

To put it short, no

I might be biased because I ship PauloxLucy, but Mike's still a dick

I don't want to be that guy who bashes other's ships, but... OP, you're LucyxLiam? Isn't Liam that quasi-canonical fancharacter who won't be showing up anymore

Liam is no longer even quasi-canonical, Cracks in the Ice has been removed and doesn't count anymore.

Taeshi, on 23 November 2011 - 02:51 PM, said:

One can dream Taeshi... One can dream...

Kritanakom, on 23 November 2011 - 02:29 PM, said:

Doesn't matter if he won't show up anymore, they seemed like a very cute couple.

Taeshi, on 23 November 2011 - 02:51 PM, said:

Liam will always stay in my heart. And your bcb meme

make a poll.

Absolutely not, they both have issues they need to get over and put aside. (Lucy's dependency and Mike immaturity about the situation.)

I agree with Mr. Raxki. This discussion may benefit from a poll.

Kaizy, on 23 November 2011 - 10:30 AM, said:

The comic isn't over yet, so it could still actually happen, no matter how unlikely it may seem right at this point in time

Mike: Not Even Once

Not until they kiss and make up. I don't see that happening in a long time.

MikexLucy...


NOPE. Chuck Testa.

No.

polllllllllllllllllllll. now.

Still be a couple? You mean, like in the future? Because they never really were a couple to begin with, at least romantically.

At this point, Mike and Lucy would probably benefit from a long separation from each other, both physically and emotionally. It would take some time, but I think Lucy would eventually accept the fact that she couldn't be friends with Mike, and move on with her life. And if Lucy became more comfortable and relaxed with other people, that might eventually change Mike's opinion of her, albeit very slowly (because past bad experiences are hard to overcome).

Assuming they both gain some maturity, it's possible Mike and Lucy might be friends again sometime in junior year. The romance part will depend on how Mike fares with Sandy in the interim.

Polls give you an excuse to be lazy. If all you want to say is "yes" or "no", I don't know why you care?

Couples? hahahaha fuck no. Friends? Sure!! But like wacko said, they need to grow up a little before they even bother with trying to fix their relationship. I think they could fix their problems with each other in the far future, but I think too much has happened for them to be couples now. Paulo and Lucy is a much more plausible pairing now: Paulo can put up with Lucy, Mike can't. I'd be interested to see how they would grow to be a couple at this point, though. Something insane would have to happen between Mike and Sandy first.

@Lunariaus- I like your examples for the Mike being a drug thing!! I already joked about Mike being a drug to Lucy, but you make it sound much more... serious? /can't find the right word.

and hnnnng Liam is completely gone? Thank God.

Raxki, on 24 November 2011 - 04:19 AM, said:

GO BACK TO WHALE WATCHING, HOMO.

LucyxLiam
MikexKiznono

Lucy shouldn't be a couple with anyone and Mike shouldn't be a couple with Lucy. Even though his Long Distance Relationship is going to fail miserably, remember this: it's fucking high school. How many couples do you know that lasted through high school?

That's what I thought, faggot.

It's a comic. Don't crush their dreams by pointing out the fucking obvious so that they'll make even more crappy fanfics about mikexlucy. Please, do it for the children. But I want to see a poll to find out how many pathetic people will quit reading bcb just because mikexlucy didn't come true.

This post has been edited by falconboy99: 24 November 2011 - 05:59 AM

Jerk, on 24 November 2011 - 05:48 AM, said:

a few. they're all married now, some with kids.

A poll is never a good idea. Shut up, Raxki. Pretty sure you have the ability to explain your points without the need of a "yes" or "no" answer.

no, and they shouldn't have for a long time.
their entire relationship was based on dependency and convenience. mike was the only person who played with her as a child, thus they must be destined for each other.
nah, mike's pretty happy with sandy. a lot of people forget that lucy and paulo have had actual mutual crushes on each other since at least 5th grade. we also know due to another path that a paulo-lucy relationship is stable for at least 3 years.

mike and lucy are a good friendship, assuming mike can come to grips with that. but a relationship? nah.

Mike and Lucy have a lot of issues.... they are so immature.... They are both "tough" having a relation of two being "tough" is never going to work out. It's just gonna end in yelling....or worse.

But friends?... eh...maybe.

PauloxLucy.

To put it in short No.

To put it in long NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Never in a million years!

Mike needs to be dumped by Sandy, and Lucy needs to be rejected by all men! THE ANGST PLEASES ME.

Friends? More like frienemies.

Jerk, on 24 November 2011 - 05:48 AM, said:

How many couples do you know that lasted from kinder to high school?
x

This post has been edited by asdf: 25 November 2011 - 07:06 AM

I'm more of a PxL guy myself, I just wish Mike and Lucy could try to be friends at least.

STILL be a couple? Were they ever one?
If you mean should they still end up becoming one in the future? Then yes. Yes they should.
These recent pages may be a step back sure, but we have no idea how they will develop from here on out.
From what I understand there is still at least a year and a half of BCB time till it ends. Plenty of time for them to work something out and for many more things to change.

The thing it boils down to is that the two of them have so much potential to be great for each other. They do need to change and develop more, no question about that, but they CAN still be an amazing couple sometime down the road.

Until we're told for certain though? I'm gonna keep hoping for Mike X Lucy. Oh! and Paulo X Daisy =)

wacko, on 24 November 2011 - 04:48 AM, said:

I know they never were to begin with but the possibility was strongly present throughout the whole comic until now

And to all those yelling for a poll: Nope, too lazy to edit it, and I don't know how to edit it

This post has been edited by Lunariaus: 26 November 2011 - 09:24 AM

Until now? Really? I'd say it was possible up till here.

This post has been edited by asdf: 26 November 2011 - 09:27 AM

HAHAHAHAHA no.

I'm going to say NO.

The comic that asdf posted says exactly why.

The only reason Mike liked Lucy to begin with was because he tried to replace Sandy with Lucy like nothing happened.

But now that he has Sandy again, Lucy is discarded and like he says "cant think of any thing that involves" Lucy.

Lucy was Mike's security blanket to prevent him from forgetting about Sandy because they look similar.

This post has been edited by Ven: 27 November 2011 - 12:04 AM

should they? yes

will they? probably not

I'm going to say no as well.

LucyxMike was clearly possible near the beginning of the comic, but now it just wouldn't work. Even if they did get together, Lucy would be happy, but Mike wouldn't. If Mike stops being a huge jerk they can pretty easily still be friends, but a relationship is just not going to happen.

I would not completely write off a Mike×Lucy ending to BCB. There's still 18 months between now and the end of junior year. A lot can change in that time.

Yeah. They could totally bang within that time.

Mike is much better off without Lucy. Maybe it because I'm tired of her shit but good riddance.

Know who would treat him well? Jasmine

asdf, on 26 November 2011 - 09:26 AM, said:

Their feelings were still present then and we had our hopes that the play will save their relationship, but now that Mike has decided to completely burn the bridge between them its pretty much impossible now.

It's not "should they be a couple?" to me. It's "will Mike and Lucy being a couple make everyone happier?" If the answer is no, and it creates more drama, well, good for plot, but when this webcomic reaches its conclusion, I want as many people as possible to be as happy is possible. So if the answer is no, so too is the answer to this topic question.

Which begs the question of: who can handle not having Mike as a boyfriend better? Sandy? Or Lucy? I mean, it looks like Lucy at this point but who knows? All we really know about Sandy is Mike's memories of her and what he tells us... As far as I remember, anyway. I'm still not sure she's as great as he thinks her to be, but if she's truly as Mike describes, then it's probably better that Mike and Sandy stay together.

Or dare I suggest this...

Mike dates no one. If both of them can handle that rejection well enough so that they can become friends, just friends... And be ultimately more happy with that... Then it's better they split. Because I can imagine how much stress this relationship must put on Mike and Sandy.

Of course, mine is a dream that is not achievable. This will be forever as the title states: bittersweet. But I can still hope for the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

As of right now, no. I ship MikexSandy because Sandy makes him happy and Mike makes Sandy happy, and Lucy makes nobody happy (i joke). But since there's going to be a "good" ending and a "bad" ending, I think it's safe to say that MikexLucy will be one of those endings.

Guys, let's just wait and see. I would agree with Mine and Lucy, but nobody knows, MAYBE Mike will, MAYBE he will stay with Sandy. Polls on who should be with eachother would actually ruin most of BCB mainly because the poll could ruin the further story. So let's not jump to farther conclusions. Although if we did a poll, Taeshi could just randomely pick "Hmm, the opposite of the most chosen character will be with Mike". So like I said, please don't find a way to spoil BCB. I wanna see what would happen as my heart feels pain after being excited for each comic page.
BCB is the first comic that made me literally feel painfully sad.

"Another Confrontation," where Mike and Lucy end up together because Mike failed to save her from Alejandro.

I actually may have a possible inkling of one of the endings for BCB, but perhaps it's better to keep it to myself, and not spoil it. Besides, I need more evidence, and that will come next week (or should I say next year for us).

Ace, on 27 November 2011 - 01:23 AM, said:

mike x jasmine is okay in my book

Didn't Taeshi draw a sarcastic MikexJasmine picture once? I should check Candybooru

*Looks at new page*

HAHAHAno.

Should they? I'd like it, but it'd be bad for the characters at this point.

Will they? Cat's chance in hell.

Sparkfur, on 28 November 2011 - 05:36 AM, said:

"Snowball's chance."

Then again, your analogy wouldn't work unless you wrote "cat".

Oh well. Pun police, away!

I like moments like this in series. Really excited to see where Taeshi takes it from here. I would love for it to move towards a MikexLucy ending, but if it does go that way, I want it to be original and interesting, not cliched and boring.

I used to be a MikexLucy shipper when I first started reading this comic. After a while though, I saw too many incompatibilities; and after something like this, I couldn't see Mike and Lucy being in a relationship. Being just friends would be hard for them. This being said, I don't ship MikexSandy either. Sure, the concept is cute, but it's unrealistic. I know a lot of people have long distance relationships, but almost none of them work out. I'm going to throw my opinion out there and say that I think Mike and Sandy will end up breaking up, and Lucy will completely change who she is. Maybe she'll end up with Paulo, maybe she'll end up with some character that hasn't been introduced yet. But I personally don't think that Mike and Lucy will be a couple.

Huff, okay, now that I've taken a small break from writing my novel to write a comment on this lovely topic, I must return to my work. Deadlines can be a bitch. /ineedsomemorecaffeine

Bai.