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Post by darkdaemon on Mar 17, 2010 8:33:55 GMT -5
Post inane theories about the comic here! My idea: Everything since the hike has been in Lucy's head. Mike didn't do the crazy action-rescue thing. She fell, and suffered severe injuries. Everything from that moment was hallucination/dream.
In this dream, Lucy's closeness to Mike represents her closeness to life- first, he seems lost/dead, as she is dying in the mountain. However Mike is then found, meaning that someone finds Lucy (presumably her friends) and gets her medical attention.
For a while, she lays in the hospital in a vegetative state (she's close to Mike, but not in a relationship). Then, a radical treatment is proposed- one that could return her to the land of the waking, or could hurt her. Her mind interpreted that as confessing her love to Mike.
Unfortunately, it didn't work.
The only question is, does this mean that Lucy might die in her hospital bed- or is Paulo representative of something? Perhaps he's another doctor who hasn't given up on Lucy yet?
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Post by SereneHeaven on Mar 17, 2010 8:40:26 GMT -5
Wow, that's a new one. It got me thinking, for sure. We won't be sure until it ends, of course, but to be honest I don't think this is the case, as Taeshi mentioned on her Formspring that the comic may end in junior/senior year. So, we'll have to wait to figure it out.
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Post by darkdaemon on Mar 17, 2010 8:45:53 GMT -5
Heh, thanks. The point of these isn't to be right- although it'd be quite a twist if it was (not sure I would like said twist- I usually disapprove of "it was all a dream").
Like you said, oh wise one: it make you think. Just a little thought exercise, a little what-if.
This started out from the falling/catching scene. BCB's action scenes always astound me- it's rare to see a slice o' life comic do action this well.
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Post by ILB on Mar 17, 2010 9:34:10 GMT -5
I'm a tad confused - what's "Epileptic Trees" mean?
The theory is fun, though, although it's highly implausible. Heh, it'd be amusing if everything was revealed to be a daydream or something in the final comic.
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Post by darkdaemon on Mar 17, 2010 9:44:11 GMT -5
Oh, it's from Tvtropes. One of the tropes is called epileptic trees- ie. crazy fan theories.
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Post by ILB on Mar 17, 2010 9:52:28 GMT -5
Oh, okay. Thanks for clarifying.
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Post by SuitCase on Mar 18, 2010 4:23:01 GMT -5
This is pretty awesome, but I won't tell you why.
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Post by ILB on Mar 18, 2010 7:54:28 GMT -5
Hmm... Reverse psychology? ^_^
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Post by darkdaemon on Mar 18, 2010 22:20:43 GMT -5
ZOMG. I... wow. Gears turning... speed shift...
I must ponder! To the ponder-cave!
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Post by whatanamazinguser on Mar 18, 2010 22:31:34 GMT -5
This is pretty awesome, but I won't tell you why. i swear to god if you guys pull an "IT WAS ALL A DREAM" i will fucken fff
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Post by darkdaemon on Mar 18, 2010 23:03:44 GMT -5
I'll join you. Despite that it was my theory. It's one of the worst cop-outs in the history of stories.
"Ooh, let's do something edgy! Something that will break the status quo! Something amazing! Some- HAH! Fooled Ya! Neener neener ne-" *punch in the face* No! Bad writer! Bad! No cookie!
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Post by darkdrake on Mar 18, 2010 23:10:27 GMT -5
I have mixed feelings about this theory. If it were true, I would be really mad, as it is one of the most over-used excuses ever made. Also, we were actually getting somewhere with the characters. If it was then like, nope sorry, the character development was ALL IN HER MIND, then I would lose some of my faith in this webcomic.
On the other hand, it always seemed a somewhat super-human feat when Mike managed to redirect Lucy's fall WHILE FALLING, and then survive the fall with scratches himself. This actually makes more sense to that degree.
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Post by darkdaemon on Mar 18, 2010 23:30:41 GMT -5
Yeah- some things don't make sense, especially from that point forward, such as why the teachers stay the same(Lucy's mind would have difficulty making up new teachers, so just recycled the old ones), and a couple other things (that I don't remember right now).
For reference, a previous action sequence, the fight with the gang, was rather realistic, and no one was super-feline/canine.
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Post by SuitCase on Mar 19, 2010 1:08:59 GMT -5
Mike is Tyler Durden..
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Post by pantheraleo08 on Mar 19, 2010 17:27:06 GMT -5
I don't see it being a dream at all. I mean yeah, you could wrap everything up in the nice "its a dream" napkin and toss so much story away that has become purposeless for the sake of avoiding plot wholes that it would create.
Also, David secretly knows who Kizuna is, and admires her. But in order to uphold the image that he and Paulo shared, he pretends to chase another's tail... no dog puns intended here.
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Post by whatanamazinguser on Mar 19, 2010 23:28:53 GMT -5
theory: none of these creatures can reproduce as they are flat between their legs
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Post by darkdrake on Mar 20, 2010 10:42:27 GMT -5
well, the fur could just be thicker than we thought, as it is in twokinds. but why would Lucy be trying to get laid with Paulo if they are all missing those parts
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Post by whatanamazinguser on Mar 20, 2010 17:15:22 GMT -5
lets just assume that none of these characters have such organs the real question is
what are they doing having romantic relationships at all
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Post by ILB on Mar 20, 2010 19:17:21 GMT -5
With that assumption, the question is valid. Without, it is not.
If we consider it valid, then the answer should be that romance itself seldom includes said organs. ^_^
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Post by darkdaemon on Mar 21, 2010 3:58:04 GMT -5
They have parents. They replicate somehow.
GIANT TEST TUBES. LUCY WANT MIKE INTO HER GIANT TEST TUBE TO MAKE LITTLE MIKE CLONES.
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