Intermission: False Start, page posted 3/16/26

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False Start — Page 3

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Veronica: god paulo just marry mike already!! I’m sure Daisy would understand!

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Comment ID #120725

Paulo bullshit detector

Fiver  

Comment ID #120726

Also Lucy can 100% hear them yikes

Fiver  

Comment ID #120727

This has to be a dream if not this is just crazy

arjay  

Comment ID #120728

No, the dream would be David talking in a more normal way. This is 100% reality

Relathain  

Comment ID #120729

Final Fantasy ca-!! *wheezing*

Joselyn Rivera  

Comment ID #120730

You think Paulo would call out his constant glazing?

PAM  

Comment ID #120731

If Lucy doesn’t guilt him first anyway

Joselyn Rivera  

Comment ID #120732

I love Paisy sm But at the same time I want Maulo Endgame

Yurienthusiast  

Comment ID #120733

“Out here living our best life.”

“Mike is drowning.”

“This ain’t about him”

M0use  

Comment ID #120734

Ough… I wonder what David truly thinks about Lucy. It’s clear he does prefer her over mikr

berrypeachy  

Comment ID #120735

If anything, David should marry “Final Fantasy Cat” at this point.

PAM  

Comment ID #120736

That was early…

AdhiasDev  

Comment ID #120737

the fuck, dude?

no, really, what the fuck? for several reasons?

SomeColourMage  

Comment ID #120738

Probably Paulo’s inner thoughts.

PAM  

Comment ID #120739

LMAAOOOOOO DAVID IS SO FUNNY

Zambies  

Comment ID #120740

Please no mor Lucy snapping like I’m hoping she just can’t hear because of her disability instead of her being ominously turned around

Zambies  

Comment ID #120741

Why? I for one want to see her speak up for herself, especially at “makes her girlhood tremble”.

Xiro  

Comment ID #120742

She’s just so miserable and traumatized most of the time I want her cortisol levels low :,(

Zambies  

Comment ID #120743

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Mike and David are in the same friend group but David in no way considers Mike his friend.

This is another example of “All. The COOL. People.”

Slipdance  

Comment ID #120744

I hope it gets revealed later why exactly he dislikes Mike so much

It seems like it stems back from before this comic started

Wasn’t there a time where Mike almost drowned cause David accidentally jumped on his hand? What if that wasn’t an accident? Is David secretly the big bad of the comic?

Kiall Vun Myeret  

Comment ID #120745

“Girlhood tremble” made me physically cringe, gross

AlisterTX  

Comment ID #120746

I’m glad I’m not the only one. Genuinely EW

esinololly  

Comment ID #120747

Dog made it weird.

PAM  

Comment ID #120748

certified Yashi moment (I hated Yashi)

AlisterTX  

Comment ID #120749

I hate how accurate a read of the situation that one is, ew

SomeColourMage  

Comment ID #120750

I hadn’t expected to hear that from him. I am as surprised as I am repulsed at the word choice.

Sometimes a Badger  

Comment ID #120751

Yeah, that is a genuine ick moment. No amount of rephrasing or rewording could make that sound better.

Relathain  

Comment ID #120752

I need a diagram of how David’s brain works because how can you be this wrong but also right at the same time?

I’m interested to see Lucy’s reaction since she and James can clearly hear them talking.

Tyzel  

Comment ID #120753

I wouldn’t be surprised if it is revealed later on that David is actually really smart and the way he talks is just to throw people off so they don’t take him serious.

Relathain  

Comment ID #120754

This has already happened, like with shooting up to AP English. His problem is that he analyzes things like it’s media he’s outside of and not like it’s real life

Hazel  

Comment ID #120755

@Hazel that is a really good observation, I never thought of it before like that but it feels spot on.

AlisterTX  

Comment ID #120756

I’m just hoping that Paulo isn’t basically gaslitted into stop caring and asking questions again considering the group he’s currently with. It still leaves a bad taste in my mouth how genuinely toxic the final few pages of Line in the Sand got and how a good chunk of the comments section got mad at PAULO for daring to show concern for a friend.

Steven Marshall  

Comment ID #120757

David seems to believe everyone would be absolutely cool with this without question. Paulo, we can already see that it is not the case.

PAM  

Comment ID #120758

I like how david is leaving out how final fantasy cat goated a reaction out of mike and that they all were kind of jerks about it.

Keywii  

Comment ID #120759

Nice backgrounds

iluC  

Comment ID #120760

I’m wondering if David is being actively malicious or passively stupid, and does he even know about what Augustus did to Daisy, cuz David said his OTP is Paulo and Daisy and he won’t put Augustus on such a pedestal if he knew Augustus sexually assaulted Daisy.

AlienSpawn  

Comment ID #120761

Probably a mixture of both and something else.

Tyzel  

Comment ID #120762

Oh no wait woah

Aesthete Noire  

Comment ID #120763

There’s no war in Ba Sing Se.

There’s no problems in our friend group….

There’s no problem with Mike…

Crossbreeze  

Comment ID #120764

I love how Paulo still cares for Mike, the new art style looks good, maybe he should marry Mike and get him out of his toxic relationship i know he can marry both daisy and mike then there a poly relationship hehe let me have my otp moment please, but seriously we seeing another side of davis we saw it a bit but god he defiently leaving details out and i am sure lucy only caim back cause she wanted August to have more friend his age, Lucy is still recovering and the relationship with everyone is defiently not back where it should be, really hope Paulo still keeps asking questions and doesn’t give up on mike we will see how long davis’s delusion lasts cause seems lucy still fragile

Thundefair  

Comment ID #120765

Why does Lucy continue to let other men talk for her? It was sad with Augustus, now it’s just gross.

Xiro  

Comment ID #120766

Manipulation tacktic

Don’t stop people who are doing the decietfull talk for you

She never had any issue speaking up for herself before

Kiall Vun Myeret  

Comment ID #120767

david you are so high school cringe and i love it. nobody takes him seriously and i swear he knows how to weaponize that so well. just keep making silly meme references and use ridiculous language to get people to shut up.

i want david to become an attorney man he’d be so good at it i bet.

Comacoma  

Comment ID #120768

I don’t think you’re not going to get your answer, Paulo. Especially from David.

SCD  

Comment ID #120769

Honestly at this point Lucy should just distance herself from Paulo. He obviously has a stronger friendship with Mike and Lucy had her bitter moment of “remember you promised me-” with Paulo. It’s done. No need to drag it. I hope she’ll just let it go. :/

WitchDoll  

Comment ID #120770

I’m forever seeing Augustus as final fantasy cat from now on 🤣

Jessica Suazo  

Comment ID #120771

Damn, I can’t be the only one who feels like David seems really…ominous….malicious? Intimidating? I don’t know the best word for it, but whatever the opposite of his usual jester persona, that’s the vibe I’m getting.

Nev Ravenoak  

Comment ID #120772

The word disingenuous works since he’s seems very calculating, and a bit insincere about the truth while talking to Paulo while he’s acting nieve and innocent

Crossbreeze  

Comment ID #120773

Disingenuous was kind of where I was headed. Now that it’s no longer 11 PM after a full work week, I finally realized the word I was searching for was “devious.” :P

I guess I’ve never felt David actually leveraging his chaotic energy before haha.

Nev Ravenoak  

Comment ID #120774

Paulo marrying Mike would probably be one of the happier endings Mike could hope for now

Kiall Vun Myeret  

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