Intermission: On Call, page posted 7/27/22

Page 6 of 18

On Call — Page 6

Author commentary

Veronica: Sandy’s not-so-perfect life.

A preview of the upcoming BCB page.

Comments from Patreon

Comment ID #21640

Mike: You’re never normal around me.

Sandy: Yeah, that’s true. I’m always abnormal around you.

SCD  

Comment ID #21641

damn can she stop trauma dumping /j

prismabunny  

Comment ID #21642

She really is holding on to her childhood. The last parts of her life that weren’t under the scrutiny of her work and Mother.

Haruhi Hatake  

Comment ID #21643

Ooof same Mike same <\3

Sounds all about her.

Tylily  

Comment ID #21644

I genuinely hope readers can give Sandy some credit; it’s kind of uncomfortable to see her cast as such a villain sometimes in their eyes! Idk I just have a lot of sympathy for her.

Magnolia Porter  

Comment ID #21645

Me too! did everyone forget how she used to be before she made it big as a model? We readers all need to remember that we’ve just barely been privy to her perspective. We really don’t know what’s been going on with her mother and Francis and even her career. She says it’s been great, but has it?

Maybelle Conrad  

Comment ID #21646

“Imagine! A life without you!” Does Sandy not understand he has nothing to imagine, he IS his life? The only point here is “imagine me lonely.”

hazel  

Comment ID #21647

When they only miss the idea of having you to be obsessed with them but didn’t notice or have a passing thought about you in the months they were getting their Daily Dose of Attention™, elsewhere.

“I miss US even though there hasn’t been an ‘US’ in months anyways!”

Karissa Slonka  

Comment ID #21648

It’s so sad but kind of funny. These are all the same reasons Lucy ‘needed’ Mike that he hated then, aren’t they?

mobsterseeker  

Comment ID #21649

There’s an awful dark pattern forming. Mike’s been treated like shit for so long he thinks he deserves it. And whenever he does have a chance to stand up for himself he crumbles almost instantly. It’s rather like an abuse victim thinking this time will be different, and repeating the same cycle.

Yewsea  

Comment ID #21650

They should listen to Fleetwood Mac together.

Maybelle Conrad  

Comment ID #21651

It’s crazy how people have turned from hating Mike for everything to now hating Sandy for everything or Lucy for everything instead of realizing the answer is much more complex than that.

Maybelle Conrad  

Comment ID #21652

As someone who was in an abusive relationship before where it was 100% one sided but they said constantly how they “needed” me. Yeah, I understand where Mike is, and it took ALOT of strength to be able to get out of that relationship that first time. I will give Sandy the benefit that she didn’t threaten suicide if he left, but she doesn’t actually care about him, as far as we can tell anyway, she is “using” him as a link to a normal life. I’m not saying she’s actively spiteful, I think she does actually believe she loves him, but I don’t believe that it actually is real

grimmEquinox  

Comment ID #21653

Something else I haven’t seen pointed out yet… note how she’s expressing how nice it is to be able to just be herself around Mike. And yet… last time she showed up, she kept nagging Mike and being critical of all his personal interests and hobbies, generally not letting MIKE be himself around HER. And because Mike was practically worshiping Sandy at the time, that meant that he actively cut ALL of those things out of his life to appease her even when she wasn’t around. No gaming, no goofing off with friends, not having fun in general.

I mean, I really don’t think Sandy intended for ANY of that, but… kinda seems self-gratifying to say you enjoy someone because they let you be yourself when you don’t also let them be themselves around you in return.

Alec  

Talk about this page!

Share

Share this page with a short link:

http://bcb.cat/c115.2/p6

Or just click a button:

Tweet Post

Chat

Make new friends, discuss the comic and share your art in the BCB Discord:

Join the BCB Discord server

Comment

Join us on Patreon to comment on upcoming pages:

Become a patron

Or post on BCB’s Facebook page.

© 2006–2025 Lovely Sunny, LLC. Created by Veronica Vera and Oliver Bareham.RSS (pages) RSS (chapters) RSS (Webtoon) Privacy policy