#Bcb

[bittersweetcandybowl]

[anonfelis]

Drew this because I was compelled by the urge to draw daisy in something colorful and patterned. I thought it would pair well with her chunky necklace. Give the girl some fun bracelets too.

The outfit itself I took inspiration from various 60s looks. I knew I wanted it bright & floral and my mind immediately thought of that era.

[peteytheparrot]

Artfight attack for Taeshi

BITTERSWEET CANDY BOWL MY BELOVED…. anyway

[bramblepaws]

nostalgia

[vangender]

BCB stained glass I did a bit ago

[prettycooregrey]

Something I don't think Rachel has the capacity to say when she's this angry but I think is important to point out is that...

The play poses Madison as being Jess' shining light who supported her in all the worst of what happened with Tess. And while I'm sure that Maidson does support Jessica and makes her feel very happy and safe... the person actually propping Jess up during what was easily the worst time of her life was Rachel. So not only did she get demoted to slutty airhead side character and her brother's own traumatic involvement with Tess and Roger used a a throwaway plot point, but all of Rachel's support was appointed to bolster Jess's girlfriend's character.

Rachel does like casual (and not so casual) sex. But she's also a very mature character who's often there for other people even to her own detriment. Let's not forget that her birthday party turned into a stage for all the mainline characters to hash out their issues around Mike and Lucy - and to my knowledge, that's something she didn't hold against them.

The only time she's really put up a (soft) boundary was during New Years, when she saw Paulo was upset and didn't move to take care of him again after their tumultuous on-again off-again where he repeatedly took advantage of her feelings.

She's probably really exhausted by being both the "mom friend" AND the moral support and not getting any credit for it. If even her best friend is willing to do it on a (literal) public stage in front of all their peers, that must make her feel totally worthless.

[tensecondstomidnight]

highlights from my bcb art meme. i made a whole comic for it so go give it a look

[chapstick-child]

don't look back in anger

[moonybadger]

sloooooooowly chipping away at this... hopefully it'll get finished one day

[megacarapa]

I LOUUUV THEM??????????

[carnationopal]

He's still my favorite 💛

[bittersweetcandybowl]

[anonfelis]

shout out to my bisexuals out there. hell yeah.

[peteytheparrot]

I start drawing a new mini comic page and then blam I’ve suddenly been rereading Bittersweet Candy Bowl for the 100th time and I haven’t worked on my comic page at all 💔 Why does this always happen to me… This comic is addicting ☠️☠️

[bramblepaws]

hello to the 10 people who are fans of both BCB and Warriorcats

[lacktastrophe]

What are your thoughts on Sue in the current chapter? She usually says she dislikes drama but participates in it. (No shade towards her. Especially since they’re all teenagers and sorta end up in these situations)

Do you have any thoughts or analysis on her here? Abbey too? Since she’s more easygoing while Abbey has a genuine grudge here

I think people misunderstand that disliking drama doesn't necessarily mean you're exempt from gossiping about drama, let alone drama you happen to be involved with. They're mutually exclusive actions. Sue's aversion to drama is like most people's in how it's an unwanted distraction that requires your attention and time that you'd rather spend elsewhere, where resolving it more often than not requires a variety of skill to masterfully navigate to a good resolution. You have messes, and this story has no shortage of them especially when the kids refuse to listen or don't yet have the means or knowledge to move past an issue. The messes aren't navigated well and become larger messes (hellooooooo The Play). So it should be understandable why she feels this way to the idea of drama. Who seriously wants drama???

Still, that doesn't mean she's averse to gossip either and as we've seen she's very keen on a little gossip.

Anyway, there's nothing really new here that I feel we haven't learned from a later chapter to do analysis on. Behind closed doors is a new chapter but it's an event that happened between Golden Hour and Dial Tone. I don't feel a deep analysis is worth it because it doesn't really add anything new particularly to Sue or Abbey. It's more to deal with correcting the flow in the story on things we have figured out to give better explanation into Paulo's behaviour during Volume 6 after Dial tone -- there being another motivator than just Abbey and the fight Paulo had with Daisy over the phone in Golden hour as reasons why Paulo is avoiding her, and why despite his talk with Matt's in the same chapter he reverted to his womanizing persona.

As far as Sue, Abbey and maybe Stacy are all concerned, with perhaps looking at the whole group by extension, there is more supporting perspective and an understanding of a conclusion I feel a lot of people might have made about Paulo's relationship with the circle of friends in that he's largely tolerated (excepting David). I feel you'd be able to pick up this notion quite early in the story just by observing Paulo and his antics objectively, but where we got an impression that the seniors in his other circle largely pity him as we read in Sugar Substitute, we get confirmation of his relationships to many of the other characters.

Depending on how this chapter ends it could give greater meaning to some of the choices Paulo makes in later chapters, like maybe further justification why he was ready to throw Mike under the bus in Double Down for a chance with Lucy for instance (though I think there's enough there to show how desperate he was for her regardless).

But yeah, Sue can't help but not gossip because Paulo is her drama -- she has to deal with him on a day-to-day basis and they're in close proximity while they're at the school. He's a debilitating presence who belittles her and makes fun of her hobbies, and there's very little that she can do about it. I feel a lot is relying on Paulo to be less of a dick than usual.

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I was going to make a comment how Paulo had backed off on Sue but I had momentarily forgotten about Popularity Contest. Behind closed Doors is a fantastic chapter and does a fantastic job of making Stacy trip over herself in the future.

(Fuck, man, I love Popularity Contest, why was this chapter made for me?)