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Top 5 Reasons "Bitter Sweet Candybowl"
14 years ago
Here's my rant for the day :P
Hey people, Bootz here. Looks like I'm back with another one of these, didn't think I'd find something that'd grind my gears and such. Well suppose you're wondering what today's subject is, please direct yourself to the link below.
http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/
Suppose you're thinkin I'd rip this comic a new asshole right? Wrong. Ya see, I'm a sucker for cheep romance and this is full of it. It's a sweet comic really and the only other thing I have a problem with are the cliche moments where you KNOW that these characters have lustful tension between one another and they WANT to tell each other yet they can't or some crap like that. Its moments like those that make you wanna yell aloud "JUST FUCK ALREADY!" .....What? That just me? .....Yeah that's just me... Regardless, its that kinda cheesy romance that kept me wanting to know what happens to some of these characters as they progress. ...However some people decide to test the waters to the extent to where it drives the ever so loved characters back so far it's like we never knew them at all. Mind you, a couple steps back isn't always bad in certain romance stories. I mean it isn't like what they did in Transformers 3 and completely replaced the original female lead giving us a bullshit story that they broke up because she didn't love Sam for who he was despite the fact that she already DID love her for who he was. And its certainly not like they pulled what they do in some soap operas now a days and have a complete blow out with two characters that have wonderful chemistry and then have everybody, viewers included, demonize either the male or female lead JUST because the audience needs someone to hate. Oh wait, that's actually like what the author of this comic did with some of the characters I actually LIKED. Not to bash the author on their ability to write and such, in some instances this can be a good thing but mainly when the character didn't have a lot to go on to begin with. When it's characters like say Agustus pretty much getting demonized I can get behind that, reason being that he's made his place quite clear as the antagonist even when he's not trying or in his case "worth his time". Characters like that you're meant to hate and frankly it ain't much of a surprise when they do things like, oh I don't know, try to rape a girl they supposedly like and try to deny it. When it's characters like say Mike it ends up taking a nasty land slide...buuut I'll get to that in a bit. With all this said let's just get to the top five reasons as to why the recent turns in "Bitter Sweet Candybowl"...don't quite sit with me all too well.
5.Where it began...
Oi...this one might be hard to explain but I'll do my best. For those of you who read the comic besides me please feel free to correct me cause lord knows I'm gonna get like 5 bits wrong right off the bat when I do these. Anyway where to begin? Well honestly where all the personality changes began was around the chapter 51 "Distance Apart", yeah gives you an idea how far ya gotta read huh? Anyway, pretty much this chapter alone is where things start to change either for worse or for better... from where some of the characters are at now.... it's pretty bad. For those who are too lazy to try and catch up (believe me I don't really blame you, lookit how long that is @__@) here's the abridged version. Lucy finally gathers the courage to tell Mike how she really feels. Mike shoots her down literally saying that there's nothing he can think of that involves Lucy. Lucy goes down a spiral of depression. Hence forth where we are now for those who keep up with the comic. That's it. Well.... there IS a bit more behind it. The reason Mike turned her down you ask? Belive it or not Mike already has a girlfriend..... miles away... who's a supper model.... who's never, if not at all, made any effort to try and visit him. This leaves enough room for the viewer to demonize Sandy, Mike's girlfriend, and say that she doesn't really love him. Really all we know about her is that she's a model and that she rarely if not at all gets any time to get a hold of Mike what so ever..... until they made an arc having to do with her daily life... that leaving LOTS of room for people to demonize her. But that'll be for the next reason, convenient no?
4. Tension
Yeesh...honestly this isn't really an issue for me, some stuff is literally meant for you to say "Just fuck already!" Hell they even had me do that by the time they had Abby and Daisy finally admit their feelings and had that tender moment.... or rather Daisy was the one who said "Lets just shut up and make out already". However this is around the time where we see Lucy's first steps of being a bitch.... and lets face it, her last comment in the last panel was NOT really what I'd necessarily stand behind. I guess the tension in the comic is a bit of an issue for me really, but not just the sexual tension that gets tossed around bit by bit in the comic. Rather the tension that involves animosity between certain characters which ends up into... well, for lack of better terms, cat fights. We'll get to that latter though, to better illustrate what I mean by "tension" allow me to direct you to chapter 63. "Pillow Talk". Read that entire chapter then you'll get an idea, but to make a long point short it pretty much goes to animosity between certain characters that just seems to be there just for the sake of filler, plot fodder or fan service. Eh....this one boils down to preference I suppose, I mean I don't mind a bit of tension here and there as long as there's a reason for it. But I don't write the comics so for all I know maybe she has a plan for some of them, Hell it worked for McCain..... Ok....bad example for those who DO read the comics. Moving on.
3. Unnecessary Animosity
This one will be a bit easier to explain since I have a TON of examples for this one, a lot of them being in chapter 55. "Back and forth". Now if you're a late reader like me I got into this comic by the time Mike was still baled a prick and had started alienating everybody, if not you'll probably have other examples of said point. Anyway, when I first got into this I was just finding out that one of the girls in this chapter, Jessica along with her friend Rachel had a ton of pent up rage against Tess for past reasons that aren't revealed till the "Pillow Talk" chapter. To make it short, Jessica and Rachel end up getting to Tess cause they actually sleep with Paulo... I'm not kidding. This actually brings Lucy and Mike into this by default when Paulo accidentally mentions that he and Lucy had nearly did the dirty deed had it not been for Paulo being awesome as he is and telling her to snap the fuck out of it, unfortunately before he could get to tell said methods Mike automatically starts getting on Lucy's case cause of this thus setting the bar for further douche bagary. Upon retrospect you could probably say that chapter 55 was the reason that Mike decided being a prick latter on but again we'll get to that when we get to it.
2. Sandy
This one really isn't much of a problem.... rather than it is a "WTFF" or "Who The Flying FUCK". And no I'm not gonna bash on Sandy, we barely know OF Sandy 'cept for she's a model, her mom's a show mom kinda person, and that she puts on a face smile to endure the long distance from Mike. Honestly she isn't even bash worthy material cause... really she's actually a good character, however that doesn't mean that I don't have my quirks with her. Or rather the fact that she's kinda a tragic character in a sense. Pretty much, she's genuinely in love with Mike and when you read the chapter "To The Top" you'll see just who she really is but only in that said chapter. It bugs me more so because its the only time we EVER see what she goes through in the meantime and frankly I wanna know what else happens to her cause it doesn't seem like she's much of a saint either with half her expressions, but regardless she's a genuinely sweet person and I find it hard as to why some people bash on her. However I really find it hard to believe why some people want her and Mike to be together considering he doesn't deserve her at this pint, thus bringing me to the number one reason as to why I'm uneasy toward the comics in terms of character if you will.
1. Mike
Upon retrospect I'm not so uneasy about it now.... but he STILL pisses me off. When he's first introduced he was the generic shy guy who had no idea he was leading girls on let alone the female lead, what's more he was a noble and sweet kind of person who wouldn't hesitate to try and make you feel better if you were down. Not to the extent of how Abby does things in terms of what's right but slightly up there. Pretty much the recipie for your generic good guy and all around likable character and protagonist in a cheesy love story right? However recent events as described above have shown that he's taken a complete and utter 360 in character change and has turned into a complete and utter asshole. And no not because he turned down Lucy. Honestly after re-reading it I understand why he did so and frankly you can kinda see where he's coming from on one end and lets face it while he loves Sandy he didn't really find it easy to really turn Lucy down to begin with, frankly it was even revealed that they ALMOST had a moment but Lucy decided to stop it soon regretting it much much latter as revealed in "Pillow Talk". However that completely gets thrown out the window when he starts avoiding her just to avoid the oh so inevitable drama even to the point of ignoring her feelings completely, early on it was acceptable because he was pretty oblivious to how much she really felt for the guy and how much what he said hurt her. However latter cases show that he just completely ignores her after a while even to the point to where even when she's SICK and nearly kills herself trying to get to school he doesn't give a damn but rather just scoffs it off like "Ah jeez not this shit again." Now mind you, I know Lucy's no saint cause lets face it she's partially to blame for her own fixation.... But for fuck sake Mike, even if you don't feel for her romantically that doesn't mean you just don't feel for her like she's irrelevant! It's like he's taking a page from Augustus with that crap. Look, in certain romance flics, movies, novels they have a plot sometimes that makes it to where the main lead is in a phase trying to get over someone which does make for a decent plot point. However getting over someone doesn't mean they need to be an complete and utter anti-social prick who practically alienates himself from the issue at hand, he's gonna have to deal with it sooner or latter and acting like its all HER fault that she has a fixation and acting like its HER fault that she actually cares for you more than he cares to notice is gonna make it go away. My shout out to Mike? GROW A PAIR OF BALLS YA GOD DAMNED PUSSY!! You don't get to say "Fuck it all" when the only thing you've had to worry about is how Sandy's doing and frankly SHE doesn't even know the full story let alone that he has a girl who's had a crush on him and at one point even got him out of his OWN depression. What's more you sure as hell don't gt to act like the girl who've you've been friends with all you're life doesn't exist just cause she hangs with the wrong crowd, especially considering she's doing that because she doesn't have a shoulder to hold on because you abandoned her. Seriously, go get hit by a fuckin' bus!
Phew.... that was longer than I intended it to be. I honestly like this comic and I don't mind all this as I let on really... but Jebus. You remember when I said some romances just make you wanna scream "Just fuck already!" right? Welp....Im at the point to where I wanna scream. "When's the orgy gonna start?!" Anyway hope you enjoyed this little rant, till next time folks.
http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/
Suppose you're thinkin I'd rip this comic a new asshole right? Wrong. Ya see, I'm a sucker for cheep romance and this is full of it. It's a sweet comic really and the only other thing I have a problem with are the cliche moments where you KNOW that these characters have lustful tension between one another and they WANT to tell each other yet they can't or some crap like that. Its moments like those that make you wanna yell aloud "JUST FUCK ALREADY!" .....What? That just me? .....Yeah that's just me... Regardless, its that kinda cheesy romance that kept me wanting to know what happens to some of these characters as they progress. ...However some people decide to test the waters to the extent to where it drives the ever so loved characters back so far it's like we never knew them at all. Mind you, a couple steps back isn't always bad in certain romance stories. I mean it isn't like what they did in Transformers 3 and completely replaced the original female lead giving us a bullshit story that they broke up because she didn't love Sam for who he was despite the fact that she already DID love her for who he was. And its certainly not like they pulled what they do in some soap operas now a days and have a complete blow out with two characters that have wonderful chemistry and then have everybody, viewers included, demonize either the male or female lead JUST because the audience needs someone to hate. Oh wait, that's actually like what the author of this comic did with some of the characters I actually LIKED. Not to bash the author on their ability to write and such, in some instances this can be a good thing but mainly when the character didn't have a lot to go on to begin with. When it's characters like say Agustus pretty much getting demonized I can get behind that, reason being that he's made his place quite clear as the antagonist even when he's not trying or in his case "worth his time". Characters like that you're meant to hate and frankly it ain't much of a surprise when they do things like, oh I don't know, try to rape a girl they supposedly like and try to deny it. When it's characters like say Mike it ends up taking a nasty land slide...buuut I'll get to that in a bit. With all this said let's just get to the top five reasons as to why the recent turns in "Bitter Sweet Candybowl"...don't quite sit with me all too well.
5.Where it began...
Oi...this one might be hard to explain but I'll do my best. For those of you who read the comic besides me please feel free to correct me cause lord knows I'm gonna get like 5 bits wrong right off the bat when I do these. Anyway where to begin? Well honestly where all the personality changes began was around the chapter 51 "Distance Apart", yeah gives you an idea how far ya gotta read huh? Anyway, pretty much this chapter alone is where things start to change either for worse or for better... from where some of the characters are at now.... it's pretty bad. For those who are too lazy to try and catch up (believe me I don't really blame you, lookit how long that is @__@) here's the abridged version. Lucy finally gathers the courage to tell Mike how she really feels. Mike shoots her down literally saying that there's nothing he can think of that involves Lucy. Lucy goes down a spiral of depression. Hence forth where we are now for those who keep up with the comic. That's it. Well.... there IS a bit more behind it. The reason Mike turned her down you ask? Belive it or not Mike already has a girlfriend..... miles away... who's a supper model.... who's never, if not at all, made any effort to try and visit him. This leaves enough room for the viewer to demonize Sandy, Mike's girlfriend, and say that she doesn't really love him. Really all we know about her is that she's a model and that she rarely if not at all gets any time to get a hold of Mike what so ever..... until they made an arc having to do with her daily life... that leaving LOTS of room for people to demonize her. But that'll be for the next reason, convenient no?
4. Tension
Yeesh...honestly this isn't really an issue for me, some stuff is literally meant for you to say "Just fuck already!" Hell they even had me do that by the time they had Abby and Daisy finally admit their feelings and had that tender moment.... or rather Daisy was the one who said "Lets just shut up and make out already". However this is around the time where we see Lucy's first steps of being a bitch.... and lets face it, her last comment in the last panel was NOT really what I'd necessarily stand behind. I guess the tension in the comic is a bit of an issue for me really, but not just the sexual tension that gets tossed around bit by bit in the comic. Rather the tension that involves animosity between certain characters which ends up into... well, for lack of better terms, cat fights. We'll get to that latter though, to better illustrate what I mean by "tension" allow me to direct you to chapter 63. "Pillow Talk". Read that entire chapter then you'll get an idea, but to make a long point short it pretty much goes to animosity between certain characters that just seems to be there just for the sake of filler, plot fodder or fan service. Eh....this one boils down to preference I suppose, I mean I don't mind a bit of tension here and there as long as there's a reason for it. But I don't write the comics so for all I know maybe she has a plan for some of them, Hell it worked for McCain..... Ok....bad example for those who DO read the comics. Moving on.
3. Unnecessary Animosity
This one will be a bit easier to explain since I have a TON of examples for this one, a lot of them being in chapter 55. "Back and forth". Now if you're a late reader like me I got into this comic by the time Mike was still baled a prick and had started alienating everybody, if not you'll probably have other examples of said point. Anyway, when I first got into this I was just finding out that one of the girls in this chapter, Jessica along with her friend Rachel had a ton of pent up rage against Tess for past reasons that aren't revealed till the "Pillow Talk" chapter. To make it short, Jessica and Rachel end up getting to Tess cause they actually sleep with Paulo... I'm not kidding. This actually brings Lucy and Mike into this by default when Paulo accidentally mentions that he and Lucy had nearly did the dirty deed had it not been for Paulo being awesome as he is and telling her to snap the fuck out of it, unfortunately before he could get to tell said methods Mike automatically starts getting on Lucy's case cause of this thus setting the bar for further douche bagary. Upon retrospect you could probably say that chapter 55 was the reason that Mike decided being a prick latter on but again we'll get to that when we get to it.
2. Sandy
This one really isn't much of a problem.... rather than it is a "WTFF" or "Who The Flying FUCK". And no I'm not gonna bash on Sandy, we barely know OF Sandy 'cept for she's a model, her mom's a show mom kinda person, and that she puts on a face smile to endure the long distance from Mike. Honestly she isn't even bash worthy material cause... really she's actually a good character, however that doesn't mean that I don't have my quirks with her. Or rather the fact that she's kinda a tragic character in a sense. Pretty much, she's genuinely in love with Mike and when you read the chapter "To The Top" you'll see just who she really is but only in that said chapter. It bugs me more so because its the only time we EVER see what she goes through in the meantime and frankly I wanna know what else happens to her cause it doesn't seem like she's much of a saint either with half her expressions, but regardless she's a genuinely sweet person and I find it hard as to why some people bash on her. However I really find it hard to believe why some people want her and Mike to be together considering he doesn't deserve her at this pint, thus bringing me to the number one reason as to why I'm uneasy toward the comics in terms of character if you will.
1. Mike
Upon retrospect I'm not so uneasy about it now.... but he STILL pisses me off. When he's first introduced he was the generic shy guy who had no idea he was leading girls on let alone the female lead, what's more he was a noble and sweet kind of person who wouldn't hesitate to try and make you feel better if you were down. Not to the extent of how Abby does things in terms of what's right but slightly up there. Pretty much the recipie for your generic good guy and all around likable character and protagonist in a cheesy love story right? However recent events as described above have shown that he's taken a complete and utter 360 in character change and has turned into a complete and utter asshole. And no not because he turned down Lucy. Honestly after re-reading it I understand why he did so and frankly you can kinda see where he's coming from on one end and lets face it while he loves Sandy he didn't really find it easy to really turn Lucy down to begin with, frankly it was even revealed that they ALMOST had a moment but Lucy decided to stop it soon regretting it much much latter as revealed in "Pillow Talk". However that completely gets thrown out the window when he starts avoiding her just to avoid the oh so inevitable drama even to the point of ignoring her feelings completely, early on it was acceptable because he was pretty oblivious to how much she really felt for the guy and how much what he said hurt her. However latter cases show that he just completely ignores her after a while even to the point to where even when she's SICK and nearly kills herself trying to get to school he doesn't give a damn but rather just scoffs it off like "Ah jeez not this shit again." Now mind you, I know Lucy's no saint cause lets face it she's partially to blame for her own fixation.... But for fuck sake Mike, even if you don't feel for her romantically that doesn't mean you just don't feel for her like she's irrelevant! It's like he's taking a page from Augustus with that crap. Look, in certain romance flics, movies, novels they have a plot sometimes that makes it to where the main lead is in a phase trying to get over someone which does make for a decent plot point. However getting over someone doesn't mean they need to be an complete and utter anti-social prick who practically alienates himself from the issue at hand, he's gonna have to deal with it sooner or latter and acting like its all HER fault that she has a fixation and acting like its HER fault that she actually cares for you more than he cares to notice is gonna make it go away. My shout out to Mike? GROW A PAIR OF BALLS YA GOD DAMNED PUSSY!! You don't get to say "Fuck it all" when the only thing you've had to worry about is how Sandy's doing and frankly SHE doesn't even know the full story let alone that he has a girl who's had a crush on him and at one point even got him out of his OWN depression. What's more you sure as hell don't gt to act like the girl who've you've been friends with all you're life doesn't exist just cause she hangs with the wrong crowd, especially considering she's doing that because she doesn't have a shoulder to hold on because you abandoned her. Seriously, go get hit by a fuckin' bus!
Phew.... that was longer than I intended it to be. I honestly like this comic and I don't mind all this as I let on really... but Jebus. You remember when I said some romances just make you wanna scream "Just fuck already!" right? Welp....Im at the point to where I wanna scream. "When's the orgy gonna start?!" Anyway hope you enjoyed this little rant, till next time folks.
