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Him. HIM. The mere mention of his name makes me throw my hands up in anger and want to choke the living fuck out of anyone who dares pair him with Lucy. We all know who I'm talking about.


HIM. God, how I hate Mike. And I will gladly go off on the reasons that I do, but firstly I'd like to get something out of the way. This is your fault, BCB IRC. When I first joined I honestly hated Mike but it wasn't that big of a magnitude. However, when I joined everyone fawned over the asshole like actually had a lot of redeeming qualities when all he hides behind is that little heart of gold that is supposedly supposed to exempt him from being an asshole to a lot of people simply because he can act properly once or twice. The fact people liked him and even idolized him turned me off to no end.

First off, I hate MikexLucy with a raving passion. He is not right for her because of how he is at heart. In the third grade he decided to change for Lucy and instead turned into a womanizing man. This is not how you change for someone. He's banged two girls regardless of the fact his stupid canine friend told him to do it. Mike did not have to do it and could have easily told David off, but he didn't and fucked two girls and that is that. It's his fault and it's David's fault. The end. Next, Another Path is something I heatedly dispute as an early ending. Please recall the fact that it is a daydream and what Mike's mind would have considered the logical outcome. That is a daydream and I can assure you it is just a dream. I can't make assumptions on what would have happened but the fact of the matter is it is daydream and has low credibility when looked at from a logical standpoint.

"Oh but Whf! It's an altern--" No, fuck you, in the real world there is only one universe and there is only dreams and reality. That, good sirs, is a dream.

Secondly, I hate how he acts. I hate how he picks on his friends and insults them even as a joke which is beyond me as to why you'd push someone's buttons to become their friend. I hate how he treats women. Lucy was an exception when he turned her down and yes he did one or two good deeds but that was about it. He mindlessly fucked two girls and now he's with Jasmine. I hope to God he treats her right and not like Lucy who he crushed by going behind her back and fucking two different girls. God he's an idiot. I hate how people idolize him (SPACEMOUSE AND RUKRAL THIS MEANS YOU) because he is not a good idol. He's as good as idol as any faggot football star or movie star or singer: Worthless. Fucking worthless. He is what a man should not be and that is plain and simple.

He needs to be chivalrous like Abbey and stop being a "player" amongst women. I do respect him for being faithful in relationships but that's about it. I honestly cannot understand how anyone can find this disgusting excuse of a man attractive or likable because, quite frankly, it's beyond me how he has any redeeming qualities besides his fucking bulletproof heart of gold that somehow exonerates him from being a cock. I hope he ends up with Jasmine and stays the fuck away from Lucy so she can find her happiness in Paulo (Stay tuned for Daisy: Trained or Trollop next week! [Title subject to change]).

END WHF RANT

Gonna quickly sum up why I find Mike to be my favorite character here, though most points probably have already been brought up.

Mike's one cool cat, a hot Korat, but he's in no way perfect. He tried to change for Sandy and it backfired and just plain has made mistakes. Who hasn't though? Who hasn't done some stupid thing that's taken a horrible turn for the worse, and I mean his picking on his friends is things friends tend to do. I sure as hell know I enjoy joking around with my friends and calling them names and whatnot, they laugh it off and return the favour. When push comes to shove, he's there, he's dependable, his actions may not show it but his heart is in the right place. You may not wish to acknowledge the Confrontation chapter, whf because it had a fight scene, but you can't deny that he has the emotion he expressed for Lucy on page 30. That's some true heart right there, far more then Paulo has. He wants to be there not because he thinks she needs him, but simply because he wants to be. That's the struggle there I think, not finding a way for Lucy to get together with Paulo, but for Mike to find a way with Lucy. His flaws of course counter-act this and push things out of his favour.
That's why I think Mike is such a great character. Sure, in the old comics he was nothing but a athletic grey cat, but he has grown much since then. He's still flawed in so many ways and that's why he's awesome. At the end of the day, I'd be proud to have a friend as loyal and dependable as Mike. He's a great guy, even if his actions don't always show it

Mike, while he has had much attention recently, will always be a background character to me in relation to whom I believe the main protagonist Paulo. That is not to say I don't like Mike, but more of less, that I have somehow delegated him to that of a lower status. In fact, the only reason he registers high in my mind now is because Sandy, (who ironically is a much more minor character), is going out with him. Once they break up, oh, he'll fade into obscurity to me.

Ace brings up a good point. People like Mike because he is so fundamentally human. He tries his best to be what he thinks people expect him to be, what he thinks that he should be, and half the time he fails. But even so, he picks himself back up and tries again. He has flaws, but not too many, and he has good qualities, but just enough. He teases, but is there when his friends need him. He acts like a womanizer, but when the chips are down, he drops the act and does his best to be a good man.

He is the product of so many things that have both gone wrong, and right in his life. He's made bad decisions, and he's made good decisions (not sleeping with Lucy). He has never been unfaithful, despite what many people think. When he slept with Rachel & Jessica? He wasn't dating anybody. Lucy was simply his friend, and she got upset because she was starting to shift her dependency issues onto Mike, and he wasn't dating Tessa because she kept pushing him away. Tess in fact was being incredibly selfish, by telling him that they couldn't be together, but then not allowing him to see other girls.

The problem is that you don't want him to be human. You hate anything that doesn't conform to your rose tinted view of how you think people should be, deciding that because someone isn't the patron saint of all that is good and wholesome, they must be worth demonising. Even when the supposed unforgivable sin that they have committed is one that they are totally and completely unaware of (see your hatred for Sandy).

Finally... Why do Mike & Lucy work so well together? Because they are both playfully jerks. They would operate on the same wavelength that me and SuitCase do. Lucy would call Mike a Jerkface, Mike would call her an obnoxious bitch, and then they'd smirk at each other and go about their day. Face it. However good Paulo & Lucy may fit together in your head... Mike and Lucy are not a terrible match.

I'll admit I wasn't really a huge Mike fan when I started the comic. He's just kinda there to be an ass.
But then, once he starts being fleshed out, he rapidly became my favorite character. No matter how many times I re-read the comic, I just like him more as a character. Why? Because when it comes down to it, when you need him there, he's there. When you need some cover, he'll give it to you. When you just want to talk, he's there. He won't take advantage of you, no matter how sexyhot you're being. He does the right thing.
When Lucy's trying to push herself on him, and he just keeps pushing her away, insisting this isn't what she wants, I was superglued to my chair. That scene was so beautiful and intense it's why I chose it as my most memorable scene in the art meme.

We all wear masks. We all have faces we use to show the outside world; maybe because we're scared of revealing who we are underneath, maybe because we think we aren't strong enough to deal with it. Mike wears the mask of the macho womanizer. Lucy wears the mask of the girl who doesn't care. David... David doesn't have a mask, but I digress - Mike may wear that mask, but he knows when to take it off, and when to sit down and talk straight with someone. He's not a shallow asshole.
It's why I placed Mike in "Chaotic Good" allignment - he doesn't give a fuck if you think otherwise. He'll do the right thing.
And David will fuck it all up.

uhhhhhhh

deja vu anyone I am confused

@ susan
I said that earlyer but my posts keep dissapearing.

copypasta of Susan's topic only Paulo is replaced with Mike you should be creative and get your own content. Whf what do you REALLY think of Mike?

As for me, I think Mike was alright from the start but he's kind of grown into a bit of a jerk.

Once more, I said that.
I found my posts. They went into detention.
I doubt that this is enough to get a mod to restore them but I get to feel better about it.

BRILLIANT DEDUCTION

Taeshi, on 29 November 2010 - 03:15 AM, said:

You should have written Paulo as the main character from the start. Or not. I can't read the archives because the implications between characters, the ones that ultimately fail, just hurt to read now.

Taeshi, on 29 November 2010 - 03:15 AM, said:

I was like "wait what?" than was like "ok i get it", now im just confused

you guys are no fun

The turd has railed and you have failed.

Im going to say only 3 words.
ITS SANDY'S FAULT.


Okay more than 3, because heres why.
She is the whole main reason he hurt lucy, she is the reason he went down to being a dick.
She is the main variable.
Those who are in the IRC should know this.
If she hadn't come along, Mike wouldn't have hurt Lucy.
I.E. She sucks.



I LOVE MIKEXLUCY.
Its the best thing here, I love how people are all like "Ohh pauloXLucy ftw"
"Mikes an asshole", It's sandy's fault.
Oh and paulo is a dick, Everyone says he can be sweet, but they ONLY like him because he is there for his friends. I'm sure if it was daisy he would of done the same damn thing. (BTW, PauloXDaisy FTW. !)
69% Of all PauloXLucy lovers got to that in his daydream chapter, Thats becuase it was perfect, making paulo X Lucy look so good.
But you forget one thing...
ITS A DAY DREAM! HELL YEAH HE IS GOING TO SEEM PERFECT FOR HER AND IT WILL END PERFECT!
ITS HIS DREAM AND IT WILL END GOOD!
If it was mike put into paulo's place in that daydream, that 69% of paulo lovers WOULD SHIP MIKEXLUCY.


I end my case.

Pointless post is pointless Navi. Stay on topic.

<SuitCase> haha
<Susan> rukral
<Susan> shut up
<SuitCase> a pretty good thread
<Rukral> Why?
<Brocky> Heh
<Susan> stupid niggers
<Vivitas> :|
<Susan> suitcase how in the /fuck/ is it a good thread
<ClosetMolly> yeah how?
<SuitCase> because it made you mad I guess

we win

Fine, I guess it was nitpicky.

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This post has been edited by whf: 29 November 2010 - 04:37 AM