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I find it weird to see people freaking out over Jasmines current mood towards Paulo. Because this is pretty natural break-up stuff. If you break up and manage to keep it incredibly civil then;

A) You both were not really that keen on each other to begin with and thus both parties never really committed anything mentally or physically to the relationship to get upset about.

B) You got really REALLY lucky because most break-ups in the hormonal teen years are pretty much emotional rollercosters for everyone involved.

Yes Jazzie did her best to be incredibly mature about the break up at the party, the point being that it was a massive effort, she had to console herself alone without Paulo to comfort her and clearly didn't feel she could confide in anyone else at that party. Fast forward a week or so and yeah, the inital shock has now given way to anger. Realizing that all along you were simply the "second best" to the person you were with can smart a whole lot no matter how it's put. But one of the stages of grief is anger, so yeah she is going be angry at Paulo for some time, and likely angry at herself because of the knee-jerk reactions she's starting to have around Paulo in private. She knows she initiated the break up, so it shouldn't bother her, but it does because she thought it would be the same as before, just as BEST BUDS and no outside complications. But sadly it never works out like that...

She needs time to come to terms with her feelings and get over Paulo romantically. Paulo's at an advantage because he's already pursuing someone else, he long got over Jasmine and that's the bit that's gonna sting for her. Asking herself why it bothers her so much, but bothers him so little and then getting angry and upset that he isn't hurting over the situation ect. Even if logic wins out, she may still lash out and find the mere fact of him being nearby is likely to set her off. She'll get over it, but it'll take time and a lot of soul searching for her to see if she can forgive Paulo deep down.

also omg lucy smiling I'm sure this won't last and it'll turn out to be a faked one for Sue's benefit.

This post has been edited by jennytablina: 22 March 2013 - 05:07 AM

You know what I think would be funny about the possibility of Lucy faking her mood? That she's is a better friend by pretending being one instead of actually trying being one, there the latter only results into her being indifferent to everybody. Just look at Sue, she's like she has never before seen Lucy being this friendly by directly complimenting her effort.

A possibility is that Lucy's interaction with Mike gave her mood a boost. It's not like she hates him or anything.

This post has been edited by Viking: 22 March 2013 - 10:21 AM

I hope she isn't faking it.

I want more Lucy X Happiness.

Is Lucy growing out her hair a bit now? It seems like her cheek hair is getting a bit fluffier and stylized and it looks cute. Or that could be cause this is the first time we've seen her smiling in the past few years so that's making her look more attractive.

Ace, on 22 March 2013 - 04:16 AM, said:

there, there ace
it'll be okay

maybe jasmine will be important again in the story someday. maybe if you keep crying enough, taeshi will keep giving her cameos as what she was always meant to be:

a background character

This post has been edited by SpaceMouse: 22 March 2013 - 02:01 PM

Lucy's happiness is clearly a sign of the apocalypse.

Lucy actually smiling for once?
I hope this won't last long.

Quite the downer, aren't you, KiraDood5?

Lucy looks rather weird in the second panel with only one eye showing. However, her smile in the last few panels is lovely to see, even if it's just a mask. As others have mentioned already, I think Lucy is just putting on a façade to hide her true feelings. That's what people often do when they're depressed but they don't want to feel like a burden to others: they act cheerful on the outside, but keep their real feelings to themselves.

I guess the other option could be what Viking mentioned: Lucy could have received a temporary boost of happiness simply by sharing time with Mike during the readthrough. But if so, that's strictly a professional relationship as far as Mike is concerned, and Lucy shouldn't get her hopes up like that. It's past time she stopped clinging to Mike as her only source of happiness (although we don't yet know that she is receiving any help for that).

I'm starting to think this play will actually come off quite well, and Lucy will play her part perfectly. Everyone will be mesmerized by her singing. Yet Sue's ulterior motive still won't be accomplished; Lucy and Mike aren't friends, and won't be for quite some time.

wacko, on 22 March 2013 - 05:51 PM, said:

Hey, I FEED off angst and depression.
T-that's normal, right?

Yes it's normal but dont feed on lucy's sorrow it's not good. This smile on lucy's face is a anomaly that is just so lovely but I fear it is just a mask as said before. It would be sad if lucy just started saying what pepole whanted to here just because she dosent whant any more conflict of any kind.

This post has been edited by bluefox: 22 March 2013 - 07:21 PM

Maybe Lucy's unexpected jolt of happiness is because of people who feed on her angst are starting to deplete it?

Still, she might indeed be faking it, or atleast to some extent. Combining Augustus' effort, Paulo's visit and that Mike did remain professional around her could have helped develop a more positive thinking. Lucy's initiative in complimenting Sue might be a deliberate step in becoming a good friend. Afterall, isn't Sue like Lucy's best (or atleast the most supportive) female friend in school? Either it be faked or genuine, this kind of behavior is productive and has the potential in playing a big role in forming a more organic friendship with the other.

I can imagine Lucy has stopped depending on false hopes and is actually prepared for Mike's supposed departure from the table after the play. Perhaps she gave a more constructive heed on what Mike said about her undesired and destructive behaviors, realizing that she had to do something about herself rather than just trying to drag things back to how they used to be. She'll be depressed, but if she acts nice to her friends and they in turn reciprocate, she might eventually realize things aren't so bad and steadily start to get over it.

Viking, on 23 March 2013 - 01:14 PM, said:

Okay, that's enough of that.
But yeah, I still like where this chapter is going, and if Lucy really is happy, good for her.

Viking, on 23 March 2013 - 01:14 PM, said:

Mike was smileing wen sue came in so they must have ben geting along. Hopefully lucy has realied that growing up is hard and you cant always get what you whant. This would be a big step for her. I just hope lucy isn't faking because then paulo and her would just get hurt if they started dating. I still hope they dont get together. It's not like I like lucy and paulo or any thing .

This post has been edited by bluefox: 23 March 2013 - 05:17 PM

obligatory cat dick joke

Such a big strong pillar.

That pillar truly is magnificent with no word capable of describing its splendor. It is said to be worthy supporting the backyard of a king.

His royal attire will be a pink vest with a white long-sleeved undershirt along with a pair of purple tights.

He protected the weak with his magical sword. He comforted the sick with his magical sword. He provided for the poor with protein from his magical sword.

Yeah, not much to say here except that Mike looks awesome in tights. (I bet Daisy thinks so too.) Hopefully Mike has gotten in enough practice that his acting is passable now.

The adolecent boy, played by Mike was going to be a great hero indeed. The sad part is, he forgot to get baptized, and he can no longer be a hero. but he doesn't care about that, he can still act like a hero and make it so humans and monsters can coexist...wait...shit, wrong story. Uhm...what kind of sword is he weilding?

Kokiri

The hero did every thing for the people his pillar was what held them up. Then one day the hero realized that taking care of the villagers was like a chore and they could not do any thing whith out him. So the hero told the villagers that he hates them and then left. The village was never the same.

This post has been edited by bluefox: 26 March 2013 - 04:02 PM

I don't know I dont know...
Taeshi had me really confused with this chapter up until now. With Paulo Lucy looked like she was a soulless doll, but with Sue she looked so positive... The easiest explanation would be that she's bottling everything up and just pretending to be fine with her friends, but..
Something I always loved about this comic is that facial expressions are really meaningful, and I would be surprised if those smiles turned out to be fake. But the other possibility is that I misread her earlier, and that Lucy has actually "grown up" and she was just patronising Paulo's somewhat childish behaviour... and while I could support this turn of events it does not seem likely... aaaargh ... better forget this and go back to work

Random thoughts from a PM, and I don't know how well they apply, but I thought I'd crosspost them here anyway:

wacko said:

This post has been edited by wacko: 27 March 2013 - 05:49 PM

"...Then this little grey asshole came along, shanked that pillar and started robbing, fucking and killing bitches everywhere with this sweetass sword."

I think that crosspost has a valid reasoning. Lucy has always felt guilt over her dependency. Even if she would like Mike back atleast as a friend, she has faced it's not going to happen. Lucy's relation with Paulo, on the other hand, has been truly complicated. Despite he supposedly was just her friend, she quickly withdrew from him when the cat got out of the bag. One possibility is that the circumstances forced her to face her questionable attachment to Paulo was akin to a rebound. By that, it seems plausible she is going to approach a friendship that isn't going to stir her hormones, hence avoiding the mistake of becoming awkwardly intimate.

Of course, Lucy is mentally complex, which is another word for crazy. Just imagine: What if Lucy knew of Jessica's fling for her and for whatever reason became dependent on her instead of Paulo. Somehow, the concept of Lucy starting to make out with Jessica because she said some corny ass stuff is disturbingly believable.

Why do I feel such a "I really want this to happen" vibe eminating from viking's comment? But on a more serious note, I for one am really hoping that the happyness Lucy's showing is legit. Theres been enough Angsty Mcbitch for one chapter.

So at what point does the blind seer visit mike and persuade him to buy an old world music box for five gold pieces?

This post has been edited by Foolishprototype001: 27 March 2013 - 06:09 AM

How is it already almost three hours since the update and nobody has posted the newest page yet



Because clearly, simply not sending villagers near the ominous mountain cave would take far more effort than it would to send away the town's best warrior to deal with whatever is in there entirely by himself, and leave the village unguarded in the process. Video game/medieval myth logic is just so much fun, especially when it involves throwing actual rocks at Mike.

Isn't this the part of a video game were wile the hero is off doing what he does best his town is being decimated by unseen powers or a great evil that he vows/ is destined to defeat?

Foolishprototype001, on 27 March 2013 - 09:15 AM, said:

Potentially, but most often not; usually the town was conspicuously unscathed upon the hero's return, unless the writers/developers had utilized an attack on the town as a metaphorical launching pad for a sequel game. Take Mario as a stereotypical example; even when he would travel to the furthest end of the kingdom, he would find that the end directly opposite of him from whence he came - and from whence the princess's castle was located, presumably along with most of the kingdom's residency and civilization in general - was bright and polished when he came back from Bowser's half of the realm. Of course it would be virtually obliterated in the near future, but Mario would be there to witness it, and thus be incited to begin yet another prolonged quest. As I recall, there are one or two exceptions to this structure, specifically in the "Superstar Saga" RPG-like series; considering that series's plot took pride in being a bit darker and straying from conventional tropes, though, its relevance to the general trend of Mario games - and more importantly, late 1990s-early 2000s games in general - is relatively debatable. That being said, I obviously cannot claim to know of every game's storyline in that era; there may very well be several notable cases I am not aware of which exhibit the situation that you had depicted.

Back to the comic, though, I am a bit curious as to what sort of evil power leaves green spots/smears on its victims. I cannot help but find them to look relatively comparable to grass stains, although naturally the actual cause will prove to be something far less innocuous.

This post has been edited by apocryphalValidity: 27 March 2013 - 09:44 AM

not enough rocks get thrown at mike in the comic tbh, i think this is a good step

He'll win a Tony for this performance

Ace, on 27 March 2013 - 01:06 PM, said:

A tony? Dont you mean an emmy?

no you uncultured swine. a Tony.

Kaxbe, on 27 March 2013 - 04:46 PM, said:

Perhaps you can tell me the difference between the two then. Because i have no idea.

This post has been edited by Foolishprototype001: 27 March 2013 - 05:00 PM

Foolishprototype001 please read this: http://en.wikipedia....wiki/Emmy_Award there is a difference.

Sue is getting her rocks off

(they must've done the rehearsals minus the rocks)

Looks like we're seeing quite a few characters in this chapter. Stacy and Amaya, as commoners, do appear to be suffering from rather severe grass stains. Perhaps this requires Link Mike to seek a fairy within a fountain in yonder cave. "I will soothe your wounds and comfort your weariness... Close your eyes and relax..." But naturally Mike will first need to confront the guardians of the cave (and avoid boulders in the process).

More seriously, it could be that the hero's long-lost sister has moved back to her homeland, isolating herself in a cave so as not to afflict others with her curse. But with the severity of the curse, perhaps even a cave high in the mountains is not nearly isolated enough, and thus the curse has fallen upon the inhabitants of the whole region. If so, the hero may need to dispatch his sister so that others may thrive.

Foolishprototype001 said:

A quick summation of the various awards:

Academy Awards - film
Tony Awards - theatre
Emmy Awards - television
Grammy Awards - music

Forgive me for my ignorence wacko, tails and kaxbe. I dont think hes gunna off his sister more than likely, hes going to go on some sort of noble quest to alleviate her curse or mabie there will be a monster in the cave that he'll have to defeat.

Of cores there real rocks mike your suppose to be climbing a real mountain so it's got to look real. And nobody knew how to make paper rocks so stop being a wwuuss and get your hero ass up there so lucy can sing a song that you dont deserve to here so that you can get subdues by her and feel bad about your self for what you did in december.

This post has been edited by bluefox: 27 March 2013 - 11:24 PM

They're throwing rocks at you because your sword turned into a dildo.

Oh Mike, don't be such a baby over some mere pebbles. Whatever you are going face up that mountain cave will be far worse. There you shall as the pillar of your village lift the curse and do your title justice by nailing it. Thereupon you will have proven yourself a man.

incest is wincest

Ya know I'm really impressed by the production value of this public high school play, like seriously, my drama club got like, $500 a year or something? Basically enough to buy the scripts and that's it, Sue must have made a deal with Jasmine to have more funds diverted to the drama club cause damn, set pieces are not cheap.

Either that or she hit tess up for some extra cash. Dont forget she's ritch.
comment, doesnt the run of the mill drama club do like one play a year?

This post has been edited by Foolishprototype001: 28 March 2013 - 10:57 PM

drama club gets 90% of funds. school football uniforms padded with feathers

Roseville is a rich town they have plenty of money to throw around for there school.

Except for Paulo who was originally from Maraschino. Either Maraschino isn't as lucky as Roseville in the money department or the divorce did a number on Paulo's dad... not just emotionally.

bluefox, on 29 March 2013 - 12:20 AM, said:

If Roseville is so rich, why does it have that really skummy part were lucy nearly got raped?

Foolishprototype001 http://www.bitterswe...nfrontation.png in the old version of Confrontation Sue said, "All we had to do is go to the aquarium in another state... just an assignment... then we missed the final bus for the day..." and "I really don't recognize this place..." I doubt they all would have been hopelessly lost in Roseville which does not remind me of some dark alley in the middle of nowhere. In the newer version Sue said, "You'll drive out here? Oh, mom, you're the greatest! You sure? It's like two hours away..." since Maraschino is a 45 minute bus ride i'm going to rule that out and the same goes for anywhere in Roseville. Also, if you check the description for Confrontation in the Archive then you see "Finding themselves lost in an unknown city, the group faces up to some troublesome characters." I hope this helps clear things up.

My mistake. I never read the old version of confrontation. Does that mean that Augustus lives two hours away from roseville sence he's in that one guys gang (alijandro was his name i think)?

lucy's got quite a back