“Burnt Bridges”, page 8
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I really hope we get to see another conversation like Mike had with Abbey WAAAAAYYYYY back in chapter 38 pages like 8 and 9. Mike does have a hard time separating his attention out between his friends and love interest. Then when a fallout happens with the love interest it's 110% on the runner up to get all of his attention. Just step back dude and learn there is more purpose in the world than just you being in a relationship!
Snowfarmer
2021-08-08 08:19:05 +0000 UTCThis is an excellent point! If there's someone who can talk some self awareness into Mike at this moment, it'd unmistakably be the "cartoon villain" himself, Augustus. I can't wait for some personal development for Mike, but not without some well overdue apologies and respecting boundaries. Augustus is an excellent choice here as he doesn’t have the same sort of history nor personal investment with Mike like most of the other characters. He has the best potential of being as unbiased as it can get while still being relevant to what happened in the last chapter. He’s obviously on Lucys side, of course, but the fact that he is willing to hear Mikes side of the story in a quiet, isolated setting shows that he doesn’t want to make a scene. Granted the bleachers are his usual hang out spot but he could have easily approached Mike in a much more confrontational way considering he is solely responsible for Lucys emotional roller coaster in the last 12 hours. I am curious as to what exactly his intentions are, but I know that it is with good intentions and I can’t wait to see how this chapter plays ooouuuut~
esinololly
2021-08-05 22:13:38 +0000 UTCControversial take, but I'm looking forward to this talk and consider it highly interesting with a lot of potential because in my head Mike has fucked up for many of the same reasons Augustus once did. If there's anyone who can understand Mike's emotionally confused actions, I think it might be who he's talking to now. Back at that tree, Lucy tried to make her boundaries clear, and Mike responded with a lot of grabbing and touching, keeping her from leaving, and eventually kissing her. He acted on intense loneliness and insecurity and partly out of displaced affection for someone else entirely, which is something I think Augustus might know a thing or two about. Even though there were also clear differences, I think there are parallels. He disregarded a girl's feelings and boundaries to get what he wanted in that moment. That said, at this point in his development, I think that's why Augustus will also recognize better than anyone that Mike needs to understand what he did and can't be let off the hook for it, just as he himself wasn't.
mobsterseeker
2021-08-05 20:30:38 +0000 UTC
