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1[[WMG: David deliberately cultivates his FlatCharacter status]]
2As the FourthWallObserver of the comic, he realizes that serious relationships and character depth only leads to grief. As hinted at the end of the Summer Vacation arc, he's afraid of changing because that will cause grief and complication in his life.
3[[WMG: Sandy will dump Mike.]]
4In this [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/ recent comic]], Sandy says that Mike is "young and bright" and "exactly as she remembers". Why would Taeshi emphasize this? Considering Mike's [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c68/p29.html change in character]] [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c68/p30.html and dickishness towards Lucy]], this isn't exactly true. Somehow, Sandy's going to find out about it, and she'll either become horrified and think she turned Mike into Lucy, or she'll become pissed off. Either way, she'll leave Mike, leading him into shock/depression.
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6Bonus points for an IronicEcho.
7* [[spoiler:Appears to be confirmed.]]
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9[[WMG: Mike and Lucy are going through an HourglassPlot.]]
10When they were younger, Lucy was socially isolated, which led to her developing her {{Tsundere}} personality. Mike, on the other hand, doesn't appear to have faced as many issues while growing up, and turned out to be a NiceGuy. However, thanks to their friends [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale laughing off Lucy's abuse]] and [[ButtMonkey treating]] [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin him]] [[TheUnfairSex poorly]], he has grown bitter and cynical. This has only grown worse after their friends learned that he rejected Lucy's confession -- he's even been explicitly told that his LongDistanceRelationship with Sandy 'doesn't count' because "those never work out", and that he should hook up with the girl who's right there, ''despite'' how she [[CharacterDevelopment used to]] treat him so badly.
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12This will lead to their situations completely reversing, with ''Mike'' developing an abrasive SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids personality due to being completely socially isolated while ''Lucy'' is surrounded by well-wishers and lots of friends, drawing her further out of her shell and helping her open up to others aside from her pets. This may end with the two eventually meeting in the middle, though whether or not they [[OfficialCouple hook up]] after reconciling is up in the air.
13* So far, this seems to be coming true.
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15[[WMG: Taeshi has already foreshadowed the [[DownerEnding "bad ending."]]]]
16Does everyone remember Chapter 10: Off to the movies? Specifically the [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c10/p6.html last page?]] How they say everything could have worked out if she had opened up to each other sooner? Well, doesn't this sound VERY similar to how things in the comic are going right now? Seriously, if Lucy had opened up to Mike before he got back in touch with Sandy, they'd likely be a happy couple right now! Instead, she waited until things were too late, and there was much {{Wangst}}! This is going to continue until the end when Mikes points all this out, and everyone will be sad. Yes, I have no evidence, but DAMN it would be awesome.
17* [[TearJerker Awesome?]] Really?
18** As much as I'd like for the characters to have a happy ending, that would be a nice bit of foreshadowing for a tragedy. And seeing the way the comic has been going from goofy lightheartedness to serious drama, I can't say that sort of ending would be out of place.
19* I doubt Chapter 10 was foreshadowing the ending. It was foreshadowing for [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c51/p12.html Chapter]] [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c51/p13.html 51]].
20** And come Chapter 68, Mike ''has'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech called Lucy out on her behavior]]. Comic's not over yet.
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22[[WMG: Lucy will probably [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide attempt suicide]].]]]]
23Think about it. Her situation with Mike is not getting better and with [[spoiler:Mike ignoring her now as of Pillow Talk and talking about Sandy more as of Call Waiting]], she is spiraling down to that point. What hints at this is the non-canon chapter Disaster Dominoes with Lucy [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide killing herself]] when [[TogetherInDeath Mike got killed]]]] and the canon chapter Pillow Talk with [[spoiler:Mike ignoring her on her birthday, which [[BreakTheCutie breaks her more]] with memories of when he used to try to surprise her on previous birthdays and the flashback near the end where she now sees that she has lost her chance.]] And now, in the recent chapter Call Waiting, the author said in this [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c64/p3.html page]] commentary, "You know you have hit the deep end when you feel the only person you can go to is not exactly someone you trust", in which she is hanging around Augustus. It's unknown when she will do so, but it might happen when Sandy comes to visit Mike maybe during the play in January, in which that will be the final straw for her. [[TearJerker Yeah...]]
24* This troper isn't so sure. Remember, Lucy is the main character, and the comic ends their junior year. If Lucy commits suicide now, we'll have a year and a half without the main character. Plus, we don't know that Sandy is coming to visit Mike any time soon. Yes, December and January are supposed to be the angst-iest chapters yet, but suicide doesn't seem likely.
25** One of the main characters, you mean. You're right though, we don't know when Sandy will visit Mike, but I'm just guessing. The angst part of all this would be that no one would expect it due to her not being open with her friends about the issue she has with Mike and Sandy. Now, I'm not saying she would succeed. I'm saying that she would probably attempt it and yet still live, not actually succeed killing herself. I put down "attempting suicide" and not "commit suicide" due to her being one of the main characters. But, I'll wait until the December and January chapters come to see if this might be true or if it will be something else.
26*** WordOfGod is that there's gonna be some ''major'' angsting in December or January. So, this may be spot-on...
27*** Okay... if Mike flat-out screaming "'''I HATE YOU!!!!'''" at Lucy and then explaining ''why'' isn't going to catalyze an A-bomb of angst, I don't know what will...
28*** [[spoiler:Confirmed.]]
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30[[WMG: Mike is just as dependent on Lucy as she is on him.]]
31What, like you weren't thinking that, too?
32* So far, this recent [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c64/p5.html page]] could be saying that this is starting to become true.
33** Actually, it sounds more like he's just disgusted with her clinginess, at least according to some folks on the board.
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35[[WMG: Alejandro will murder Sandy in cold blood at the very end of the storyline.]]
36Let's face it, the guy clearly wants to hurt Mike ''bad'', and he's a huge asshole. During Confrontation, he came damn close to killing Mike, and when Lucy stopped him, he then proceeded to nearly rape-and-murder her. Then Mike and Lucy [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown teamed up on him]], and Alejandro was damn lucky to slink away from that one without permanent injuries. Now Alejandro wants revenge on Mike, so when he hears about Mike's relationship with Sandy, he decides to pull a RevengeByProxy. So shortly after Mike and Sandy have their touching reunion -- in front of ''everyone'', including (a visibly distraught) Lucy -- Alejandro comes in out of friggin' nowhere and [[ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination shanks Sandy]] [[BackStab in the back]] [[InterruptedKiss the instant before she and Michael get to kiss]]. Maybe more than once. Cue in-universe declarations that Alejandro crossed the MoralEventHorizon -- even from Augustus, who at the moment looks up to Alejandro as a leader/big brother-type figure (especially when he sees how upset Daisy become upon seeing Sandy get mortally wounded) -- which immediately segue into UnstoppableRage. In the bad ending, Mike will charge Alejandro almost ''immediately'', and Alejandro will not only slash Mike's throat without skipping a beat, he'll then [[VillainExitStageLeft flee the scene]] and [[TheBadGuyWins get off]] [[KarmaHoudini scot-free]]. Cue Lucy [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide]], Sandy bleeding to death, and [[DownerEnding everyone else being incredibly depressed]]. (Though there would be a SilverLining in that Alejandro's future arrest and conviction would be pretty darn likely, considering the number of witnesses.) In the good ending, Mike [[HeroicBSOD will just be in shock over what just happened]], while Alejandro engages in EvilGloating about how much Mike must be suffering without his true love... but just before Mike crosses the DespairEventHorizon, Lucy, of all people, having accepted that Mike loves Sandy and not her, calls Alejandro a scumbag for ruining Mike's happiness and proceeds to attack him. Though Alejandro will once again get the upper hand at first, with his cronies preventing the others from stopping him, Augustus will take it upon himself to intervene and damn-near-kill Alejandro (but will be fatally wounded in the process, with Lucy already beaten to within an inch of her life). Meanwhile, Sandy will have been watching all this in her dying moments, and with her final breaths, ask Mike to focus on what he has rather than what he's lost. This gets Mike out of his HeroicBSOD long enough to see Augustus dead and Alejandro smirking psychotically and about to finish Lucy off (for extra dick points, by dropping her into a nearby lake). Mike then immediately proceeds to grab Alejandro's weapon right out of his hands and stab him in the face, then begin pleading with an unconscious Lucy to wake up. Cue scene cut to hospital, then Sandy's funeral, and a DistantFinale of Mike and Lucy finally getting together... which gets me to why I cooked up this theory in the first place. Taeshi's stated that Mike and Lucy ''will'' get together at the end of the comic, but as things currently are, that's not gonna happen. Mike and Sandy are very much in love with each other, and Lucy is seemingly resigned to not having Mike in her life, ''period''. If not for the WordOfGod contradicting it, Mike and Sandy being happy together in the end would be completely viable (and what I'd be rooting for, seeing as Lucy totally blew her chance with him.) And with the series's spiral into the depths of CerebusSyndrome (not to mention Kizuna and Carson already having been KilledOffForReal), I wouldn't be surprised if [[DeathOfTheHypotenuse Sandy being brutally killed]] didn't end up as the series's DarkestHour. As for why Alejandro would do it, see the beginning of this rant -- namely, that he hates Mike, and that he's a dick.
37** Wait... I just re-read [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/about.html the page]], and the answer keeps flickering between "no" and "yes". Taeshi's trying to confuse us. (When I posted [[http://comments.deviantart.com/4/377701/2177613587 a comment on her DeviantART profile]] about this WMG entry, her response was "[[http://comments.deviantart.com/4/377701/2177631640 i love the mass-guessing section, it's so delicious~]]".)
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39[[WMG:Mike is going to snap and give his friends a WhatTheHellHero-style calling-out.]]
40During this rant, he will call them on the DoubleStandard they showed in regard to Lucy's pre-CharacterDevelopment [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale treatment]] of him, as well as how they themselves gleefully used him as a ButtMonkey. He'll also ream them out over their presumption that he and Lucy should get together just because she confessed despite his ''already being in a relationship with Sandy'', spelling out how much it hurts that they assume she doesn't count just because it's a LongDistanceRelationship. With everyone worrying about Lucy's hurt feelings, he'll claim they've forgotten [[DidYouThinkICantFeel he has feelings too]] -- and they've been hurting them and his friendship with them for ''years''.
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42This will {{Foreshadow}} the series' DarkestHour, with the now socially isolated Mike having to deal with Alejandro's scheming alone, unwilling to approach his 'former' friends for help.
43* To cement this isolation, the calling out may occur somewhere very public... maybe the school play, an transparently obvious ploy to get the pair back together?
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45[[WMG: Lucy and Mike will get kidnapped by the mafia.]]
46Alejandro will turn out to be the son of the head of a mafia family, and all this time he was trying to convince his father to kidnap Mike and Lucy so he could have a long, drawn-out revenge on them (hence why he doesn't just kill them). After some character development for Lucy, Mike, and Augustus, they are saved by Sandy, who as it turns out is the daughter of a rival mafia group, who strikes a deal for their release.
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48(I'm well aware that Taeshi has said, quote, "I already have plans that aren't as melodramatic and mafia-ridden as people think", but I still thought the idea of Sandy turning out to be the daughter of a mafia family would be neat.)
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50[[WMG: Mike is trying to provoke Lucy into hitting him again.]]
51He may only subconsciously be aware of it, but on some level, he ''wants'' Lucy to lash out at him -- because every insult and strike from her will just reaffirm his position that she's ''still'' an abusive piece of work. While she's [[CharacterDevelopment grown considerably]], he can't acknowledge that yet because of all the resentment he's bottled up over years and years of being her beaten and battered LivingEmotionalCrutch. But if she responds in the 'usual fashion', by striking him, that will just strengthen his resolve, allowing him to cling to the belief that she really ''hasn't'' changed one bit and thus deserves to continue reaping what she sowed.
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53[[WMG: Abbey will attempt to expel Mike for bullying.]]
54And this will make Mike ''explode'' at the seeming injustice, leading to a vicious argument between the two (probably dragging others into it). Mike will attempt to call him out on condoning Lucy's past abuse, while Abbey will shoot back that while what she did ''was'' wrong, it doesn't justify Mike being a total {{Jerkass}} to her when she's actively ''trying'' to be better.
55* And Mike will immediately shoot back with Abbey assaulting Paulo as an example. Abbey will claim it's different, until Mike brings up trying to control Daisy, which will eventually convince Abbey about Daisy, [[DoubleStandardAbuseMaleOnMale but not Paulo]] [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale or Mike]].
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57[[WMG: Lucy will either send death threats to Sandy, or kill her.]]
58Think about it, after Mike told her he hates her for everything she did and left the room to tell his mother the news, Lucy will look and write down the phone number, read the text Sandy wrote where she will meet Mike, and send some death threats to Sandy to prevent her to come, or when Sandy comes to Roseville and tries to find Mike, only Lucy will appear and since Sandy has no idea what Lucy looks like, Lucy will take that advantage to take Sandy into a dark place and Sandy has no idea where she's taking her, and Lucy will bash her head and throws her body in the river and leave her to drown. Then Mike saw the whole thing and tries to call the police, but Lucy STABS Mike multiple times and her eyes will look soulless and empty, just like the murder plot of School Days.
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60* [[spoiler:[[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c71/p17.html This comic]] has already {{jossed}} that.]]
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62[[WMG: At least one pairing will end up happy aside from [=AbbeyxDaisy=].]]
63I personally think it will be [[CrackPairing Mike]] x [[CargoShip Dock]]
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65[[WMG: Abbey's Mom [[spoiler:isn't dead.]]]]
66[[spoiler:She must have been in hiding.]]
67* [[spoiler:{{Jossed}} by [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c69/p40.html At]] [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c69/p41.html Loose]] [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c69/p44.html Ends]].]]
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69[[WMG: Sandy will try to run away with Mike after the fashion show.]]
70Maybe not permenantly, but once she's with Mike and her parents' backs are turned, she'll snap, think "Screw it!", grab Mike, and run out with him. If she doesn't try to stay in Roseville, she'll tell him that they only have this one night and that they should actually go out on a date. Her new reckless attitude might even make her convince Mike to make this night their "first time."
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72[[WMG: Kizuna isn't dead.]]
73True she could be dead, but in all honesty I don't think that's the true explanation, (even if it isn't I think this idea for why she's gone is not only better but also something that's more likely to happen it this comic) my idea is that(given that David openly admitted that he'd like to have sex with someone at least once), since not even David is stupid enough to recognize somebody has a thing for him (not at first though) he had with Kizuna and got her pregnant, but due to his inability to take things seriously (at least that's how he strikes me) he treated learning that he knocked her up as a joke...Kizuna got heartbroken and just left school, what would happen next I'm not sure but I think she might have just carried the pups in her...but that's only my opinion.
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75[[WMG: There will eventually be a chapter with a journey Blur had to find where Yashy went off to and could have his memories slowly return in the process.]]
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77* I really hope so.
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79[[WMG: The hospital was only a meeting place.]]
80It might be the only familiar landmark or plans were made long ago that whenever something happened they would meet up there.
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82[[WMG: Lucy planned everything from the start to when she was to depart.]]
83She got the idea of how they would react so she set it up like she wanted to leave the town, faked what needed her to be going to the hospital and meet up with her father and is now awaiting to see how everyone she left behind will react.
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85[[WMG: Unlikely ways for the series to end.]]
86* Alejandro becomes an all-powerful entity and lets out his revenge leading to everyone trying to figure out how to ultimately defeat him. David tries to succeed through comedy relief but in the end Lucy returns with a sword in her hand. This blade is nothing ordinary, it is the only weapon to successfully win this final battle. She stabs the foe in his chest and Mike realizes he was meant to be with her, they forgive the wrongs of the past and walk off into the sunset. (Augustus dies somewhere in the mix of this, possibly)
87* All the remaining main characters are slowly killed off in the path of life's craziness. Lucy comes back to town in the final chapter and sees all the gravestones responding either with:
881. "I knew this would happen."
892. "Serves them right."
903. Maniacal laughter
914. "Excellent" a la Mr. Burns
925. Waking up with one of those "That was a crazy dream" endings.
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94[[WMG: Mike will run away from Roseville in a later chapter]]
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96After trying to apologize to Lucy and failing miserably, he would realize that his former friendship with Lucy is destroyed beyond repair and that he could never be forgiven for what he's done. Hell, if he walked in her general direction again, her brothers would probably beat the tar out of him. He would also probably be kicked from (or leave voluntarily) the table by his friends (especially Paulo) in an attempt to get Lucy back. The only people he could turn to then would be either his family (his parents are probably busy with work, Chris is just 3-5 years old, and his sister will probably only bug him), his girlfriend Sandy (who is all the way in Richter), and Abbey, and he's more than likely still dealing with his breakup with Daisy (so no support from Daisy maybe); up to eleven if Sandy breaks up with him. Socially isolated and not able to probably deal with his negative feelings, he would start thinking about running away given that there is nothing for him in Roseville now (i don't think he would attempt suicide like Lucy, he's probably much more mentally stable than that). In terms of place he could run away to, it could either be to Sandy's house in Richter (if they haven't broken up) or to some other city (most likely somewhere on the East Coast, given that the author said that the city of Roseville is on the East Coast). So in terms of cities, maybe New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington D.C., all the way down to Florida? So many possibilities. I know runaway teen is cliche and all but it would still make a very good plot and would cover the issue of teenagers running away from home and what dangers they would face.
97** And of Course Lucy [[NeverMyFault would deny any and all guilt in causing this]]
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99[[WMG: Toby will [[spoiler:find out Augustus saved Lucy and, while telling Alejandro, will reveal Augustus was the one Melanie kissed.]]]]
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101He would likely claim [[spoiler:Augustus slept with Melanie [[AccidentalTruth while unaware he actually did]], just to be sure Augustus is doomed. It will backfire fatally. when Alejandro realizes this means Toby knew who it was and kept quiet the whole time. Either Toby or Alejandro will die, and the fight will let Augustus leave while they are distracted.]]
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103[[WMG: Mike will return James' feelings for him]]
104It's his first time being kissed by another guy, but given his body language around James, I’m assuming he might be into it.
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