“Double Down”, page 46

Catcata

I am so tired of this

kerBamf

Dude has good intentions, but he was forcing the issue while literally holding her in place, ignoring her first request to drop the conversation. Lucy lashes out when threatened or uncomfortable. He should have let her get to it on her own terms.

DaniBelle

This was a solid gut punch 10/10 for the emotional damage 🥲

Parks

Yes, she’s in a vulnerable place right now. She isn’t totally back to being glassyeyed, but it is certainly a big setback. Hopefully with support and continued visits to her therapist she can find her footing. But knowing that everyone knows what Mike said/did to her and that they are still close is a blow to trust.

Rory

augustus was right, mike really did undo every little bit of progress lucy made for herself

SCD

Lucy: I'm bad, Paulo. You don't want to get mixed up with a girl like me. I'm a loner. A rebel. Paulo: Deja Vu.

Demetrius S.

I smell something burning.....is that a bridge?!

April

I also wondered who Paulo actually is referring to with this „us“ in „talk to us“. It sounds so nice when he says it, but when you actually go through every single person (that he’s close with) he could mean - Mike, Daisy, David? - it really IS understandable how Lucy is reacting here. The only one she really feels secure and comfortable right now is obviously Augustus. And yeah she‘s cool with Sue und Amaya, but even so it feels like she keeps a certain emotional distance to them.

RakZom

Can we have Paulo snap at her like.he did with Mike?

Friosis

Oh so thiiiis is the double down

I hope he just leaves with a concise response to that. Arguing is only going to escalate things at this point.

Wow. I subbed for this page and I'm honestly aghast that she made it even worse. She's completely valid in her feelings that she wants to make her own decisions without influence. But... I feel so bad for Paulo. Basically told him straight up she doesn't even want to be friends with him, meanwhile he's just trying to connect on an emotional level and assure that he cares about her. But that's not what she's focused on at all. Paulo isn't gonna recover from this for a long time, huh? I hope she at least know that she hurt him, but I doubt she'll understand that unless he starts crying.

cottoncandy.x

I hate to say it, but my knee-jerk reaction would be exactly like Lucy's! I'm very inclined to agree with everything she's saying on this page!

cottoncandy.x

As the previous scene proved, DAISY sure isn't her friend. Who does that leave in the main group? Paulo is really close to Daisy. Mike is out for sure. Sue is trying, but doesn't quite get it, as shown with her play. Paulo can't claim that they all have her back when really most of them don't. He needs to stop speaking for other people here, saying he'd drop Mike if she asked, when really, it's much more complicated than that and he's Mike's friend too.