Bittersweet Candy Bowl

Room for one more?

Sweet thanks

this is about Confrontation

This is regarding the events of confrontation. Which is why she keeps having recurring nightmares of the Alleyway

Honestly for the better, Sue deserves so much more

I see the pentagon’s cryptologists finally cracked the code. Too late for Sue though.

At least somebody gets it.

Poor performance Sue, your skill issues is no excuse.

Do better

The irony here is that Lucy is the one victim blaming

She got so caught up in her self pity and victim complex she forgot that Sue and the others also were victims that day

Well, hopefully this can be a step in the right direction. We understand Lucy has trauma, but Sue has it too. She literally got beaten up for them. By grown men. Which would explain why she pulled away from Mike when he started displaying violent tendencies.

you misunderstand my point: they’re all traumatized kids and no one needs to put anyone in their place over who’s correct in blaming whoever else. people comment like lucy’s a grown adult who should know better or something

I didn’t want to interject, but past pages have shown that certain parts of the fandom hold Mike to the same level of accountability, arguably even moreso, as the adults in the comic despite the fact that he’s also a traumatised kid who is clearly struggling with mental problems. Not saying that makes it right or justified for people to hold Lucy to such scrutiny, but it’s not just Lucy who has gotten this treatment.

I don’t really understand your point. It’s a story, even if a character in a story doesn’t understand their own flaws yet doesn’t mean people can’t discuss it or point it out

Are we suppose to wait to talk about character flaws until after they resolved it?

Exactly. They’re all traumatized kids who are being difficult in their own ways, and are getting yelled at by us because of it. Though I suppose it’s also natural to defend our faves, or the ones we project onto the most! 🤔🤔🤔

there’s a difference between commenting on character flaws and repeatedly remarking that a character is evil or a bad person for their character flaws

I think you’re right and people are jumping to some conclusions and missing some very sad possibilities. I am also confused at what Lucy’s saying here a little too because it doesn’t map to the Alejandro incident very neatly as many have angrily pointed out. But I don’t know if this seems consistent with a character flaw kind of thing, Lucy isn’t really one for simply lying outright about plain facts on what did or didn’t happen even if you don’t always like her interpretation of things. So as you say, I think if Lucy means what everyone seems to think she means, then I think it’s more than just Lucy being a bratty unreasonable angry person. She may be genuinely losing touch with how things actually happened in the chaos of traumatized anxiety, constant flashbacks and what they can do to memories and if that’s the case that’s awful. I really hope someone can help Lucy distinguish between memory and nightmares again if that’s what she’s struggling with because she seems like she’s losing herself and doing incredibly poorly and no one really knows what’s haunting her truly because it’s clearly not just The Mike Of It All.

That’s a really good point, Mobsterseeker.

It makes me wonder further if this could possibly have something to do with Lucy’s displays of hypersexuality.

Something may have happened with the boy from the other school her mother mentioned. And instead of processing what happened there, Lucy could be projecting that trauma onto the situation with Alejandro, so she doesn’t have to think about it. Or something may have still happened with Alejandro after the fact that we didn’t get to see.

@Lily Hoyda Yes, I understood your point. I was also pointing out that it’s not just Lucy with trauma. All of them have it. Which is why I haven’t commented negatively on Lucy’s reaction here. 😊

Yes this is def what I’ve been driving at, too, you put it quite eloquently! the previous chapters and Lucy’s nightmares especially have shown her succumbing to what seem like paranoid delusions that she’s in no way in control of, she’s clearly suffering an extended mental health crisis and doesn’t trust anyone enough to ask for help until she’s pushed to her limits. it makes me sad when people are like “gee Lucy have you considered being a better person” lmao