Bittersweet Candy Bowl

120. Seeing Stars, page posted 6/12/24

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Veronica: Thank you for readiiiiiing, hope you have pleasant dreams tonight

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Comment ID #23858

Those shadows have to be her old friends

Sidyena

Comment ID #23859

Can’t believe this is the end of Bittersweet Candy Bowl after all these years

TannArts

Comment ID #23860

Ahhh jeez. That's funny right there.

Dave Ostroske

Comment ID #23861

Fuzzy with fear D:

Fiver

Comment ID #23862

Four shadows. Hmmm.

esinololly

Comment ID #23863

I'm thinking its Mike, Daisy, Paulo, and Sue. Not only where they the ones who were with her during Confrontation but earlier in this chapter when Abbey and David greeted her she didnt react, but when Sue, Daisy AND Paulo greeted her, she immediately got stressed out and you can see the stars in the background. That and when Paulo asked her a question a few pages back the scene got super starry with him transitioning in it so yeah.. I am positive its those 4 :(

esinololly

Comment ID #23864

Chilling end to the chapter. On reflection, it's been so long since I first read Confrontation in the original BCB. At the time, I didn't understand how it fit into the series and had no idea how those events would end up affecting these characters (especially Lucy) years later (in canon and IRL). It's incredible as a reader to see how that trauma is still affecting her, and not just through that singular event, but how it feeds into her personal struggles and insecurities. I deeply appreciate how what I first thought was an out-of-place bonding-by-beating-up-the-bullies scene has unfolded into something real and relatable over the years. Thank you for this, Taeshi.

This page also inspired me to re-read Chapter 102. Escape Route, and I highly recommend it. (Can't believe it's already been 6 IRL years since that chapter.) Lucy's previous nightmare supports what other commenters have pointed out about the shadows on this page.

Ara Scythe