Bittersweet Candy Bowl

If Sue ends ends up being the first person Lucy ends her friendship with, that would be tragically ironic considering she was one of the few characters that actually would’ve picked her over Mike

I wonder if this about that person from her other school

Oh right! The NEW trauma you’re not telling anybody about!

oh my god, she must have got expelled from the other school after something triggered her trauma and she beat the living daylights out of someone over it.

I’m calling it now.

I hope its not that bad.

I want to give these girls a huge hug. I feel horrible for both of them. They’re both going to feel regret over how this conversation went, I bet.

Oh my god!!! Is this about the boy from the other school?? And those people saying that to Lucy were the girls in uniform at the lunch table from Victim Complex?????? OH NO LUUUCCCCYYYYY BABY NOOOOO

IDK why people keep assuming Lucy attacked this person violently, especially given her mom’s comments? I usually hear “you messed up HIS year/future/opportunities” in relation to a guy being punished for being “inappropriate” with a girl, and being reported.

Lucy could have still been in the wrong for whatever happened, like if she misinterpreted and flipped out, but it sounds more like an adult was involved (Lucy’s mom said “you’re not STILL upset about the boy at that school, are you?” after Lucy said “you’ve done enough already”, implying Lucy’s mom was somehow involved)

This is something her family isn’t aware of and maybe not even Augustus. It’s the blank period trauma. If Mike was her “death” then this is the 6ft of dirt that buried her.

Yuuuup, new trauma at the private school knocked her old trauma loose, and coming back to Roseville was the thing that lit the fuse of this ticking time bomb.

- Facing Mike again

- Not wanting to alienate Mike from his friends, but not being willing to explain that to anyone

- Augustus living in her house

- The constant phone calls from Alejandro

- The fact that none of her old friends seem to even remember the incident in the alley (even though they’re probably just burying it like she is)

Now she’s a covered pot reaching boiling point; if someone doesn’t get her to open up and vent a little of that pressure, she’s going to blow. And to continue the pot analogy, it will be MESSY.

I’m a bit confused is this Sue talking to Lucy or is this Lucy’s inner thoughts?

Lucy baby please tell us you didn’t go to another school, not tell anyone about the incidents at your previous school, get involved in triggered drama that really isn’t your fault but also is a little because you could have handled it better by communicating, return to your old school, not tell anyone about the incidents at your now old school, and get involved in triggered drama that really isn’t your fault but also is a little because you could have handled it better by communicating.

LORE!!!

God I relate too hard on Lucy with the private school stuff if it really went that bad with the “boy” at that school and then being scolded for actually speaking up because ahhhhhh ❤️‍🩹 :-: some of Lucy’s past trauma and having to combat dealing with it absolutely hits me personally and hard because I know that all too well having autism (being diagnosed late at 25 as a girl so I was always an alien to everyone at school) I use to get taken advantage of so easy and so often. It takes lots of personal training and healing to not resort to the violence that you were exposed to, to others when it all bottles up so bad it explodes 💔❤️‍🩹you have to learn not to do what was done to you onto others and she has really grown but this page hits home so much man 💔❤️‍🩹 this is such a relatable and amazing story ❤️‍🩹💕

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I know we’re meant to feel bad for Lucy, I get that - But at every. single. turn. she makes choices that directly or indirectly harm the people who actually give a damn about her. At this point, it’s self harm - and maybe that is the narrative point about it. This is all to say I am not a Mike truther. I think they’re both deeply unlikable characters. Sue might’ve been mean in the previous scenes, but honestly? Good. Someone needs to be mean back, at this point, because you can’t keep acting out and expect people to tolerate you.

Trauma doesn’t give you an excuse to act out - It gives a reason, but not an excuse. And the adults in all this have failed these kids for real.

My theory is she got involved with a boy at her new school, her mom overreacted leading to SOMETHING that ruined his reputation and had everyone there turning on Lucy. Making Lucy choose to come back instead of staying