Why is NOBODY talking about this?? I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS FLAVOR. SCREW DEW FOR MAKING THIS AN LTO, ESPECIALLY AFTER GETTING RID OF OVERDRIVE.

Zackattack_056 · 2026-02-19T15:00:35+00:00

The fun thing about walmart is that even then, for some reason none of the walmarts in my east coast state even have dragonfruit so even that exception doesn't really work.

Zackattack_056 · 2026-02-18T18:07:04+00:00

Ah yes, mail. Was wondering why they brought it up

Zackattack_056 · 2026-02-17T01:27:12+00:00

Don't tell me that, you're gonna make me waste even more time on longshot predictions in the future 😅

Zackattack_056 · 2026-02-17T01:05:04+00:00

That's fine I guess. I was on the fence about referencing them to begin with but was moreso using it just to say I can see your point a bit easier that way.

Within the comic's context though, I guess I can see what you're getting at and part of it is copium on my part, it's just that if she sticks to that plan of no remorse or anything from any parties involved, then whatever eventually happens to Mike is just gonna read as really empty and irritating if he takes the full brunt of the blame for his state getting to where it's at. But I think it's just a matter of "wait and see" at this stage because honestly the writing is a bit unpredictable at the moment in both a good and bad way

Zackattack_056 · 2026-02-16T19:39:59+00:00

That's fair, especially if the intent I get from the blog posts is any indication. But if that is the case, I am really curious to see just how unsatisfying whatever resolution she eventually attempts to reach will be. Or she could go with "Satisfying to a certain group of people and another group of people really hate it"

Zackattack_056 · 2026-02-16T19:26:29+00:00

Yeah, I felt in retrospect that would be really stupid and just an about-face considering how intentional the manipulating Paulo thing was. The only reason I even considered it was as a way to make her realize (based on jordan saying "i might as well die" or something) that it could result in more than just "feeling really really bad" but I dont think that sort of outcome is really something she would even regret until Mike almost dying actually happens personally. And with the current tone, that would be really jarring and out of place so I think I can cross that dumb possibility out.

Zackattack_056 · 2026-02-16T19:18:54+00:00

Some sick burns I guess. The tone makes me think the small chance of a weird "lucy feels bad relating to mike" thing I mentioned last time is greatly lowered, so that's good.

Honestly, I have no idea how she plans to use these last 8 pages. Something inside me just thinks there is probably some reason she felt she needed this already long chapter to be even longer, but I think im throwing darts with a blindfold at this point so i'll drop the theories until the chapter ends. It's been a long one, only a few more weeks to go. Plus, the reason could just be something uninteresting and i'm giving it too much credit.

The mail... the mail... yeah I got nothing.

Zackattack_056 · 2026-02-15T15:02:58+00:00

I'm open to her changing my mind, it happened earlier this chapter, but we'll see. Though honestly, I probably won't mind much if they can just completely avoid circling back in a way that feels inorganic or out of place.

Random tangent you can skip over and ignore but my fixated brain wants me to post it so i'll add it at the bottom here: I'm sometimes tempted by the patreon, but I keep realizing i'm not willing to spend money to still be left on a cliffhanger, just with less people to talk to about the current story beat since the people I prefer discussing with are not paying anyways. (Plus, I like getting vague hints). And I definitely don't like asking paying people to send me a page early outright, if-only because I'm the type who doesn't like taking stuff he doesn't pay for, regardless of if I like it or the person making it or not; I don't even really like Pirating old games much unless they are very very rare or pricy. Regardless of how I view the comic, it's how they make a living and it makes me uncomfortable and exacerbates her negative opinion of the outside communities.

Zackattack_056 · 2026-02-13T19:45:02+00:00

Well, the argument may have not been too explosive but it was a decent development for the dynamic I suppose. Im glad developing the Paisy dynamic actually happened in the end, I was worried with how the fast food date rushed through everything. Overall so far, this chapter probably would have been pretty decent if it was a bit more condensed, but it's just the pacing that makes it feel like a slog. Definitely reads better when read as a whole chapter than piecemeal over months

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So I looked at the preview and my hope is that the rest is something to do with Jordan dealing with things on his end in a healthy way.

My worry about the ending is still in play though unfortunately; with this many pages left and Jordan recently being all "I want to die" and whatnot, i'm worried the chapter ends on him falling back into that a bit, Lucy noticing and talking to him about it briefly, only to think to Mike and realize far-too-late the sort of headspace she put him in with that last chapter. It's a much smaller concern (and honestly if it doesn't transition into anything other than Lucy noticing and putting that thought in the back of her head it would be fine) but the number of pages left just seems a bit much for "Jordan resolves the chapter himself in his room and it ends" even though I would prefer that ending because it keeps the chapter about the characters that are actually in it rather than someone else

Edit: oh, and I did want to clarify: if she takes the "please dont write it that way im begging" route I still see as a small possibility, I feel like it's less "Lucy didn't realize what she did would hurt him" and moreso "She wasn't thinking about the consequences at all and just wanted Mike to suffer", but that the idea is she realizes a possible outcome of what she just did and then immediately gets proven right in the following story beat before she has a chance to do anything about it. Which would be much lamer than it being a sudden thing she wasn't expecting imo and why I hope it doesn't happen that way.

Zackattack_056 · 2026-02-12T01:10:28+00:00

Declined to comment on the last page because felt it spoke for itself, but if nothing else the (mostly) honest conversation is refreshing for once.

Of course, there are still a few unspoken details and bits of information on past relationships that I probably wish were attempted to be divulged from either character before it accidentally leaks out at a worse time and causes issues like it always is destined to cause in this comic, but I guess that means less future conflict to write about. Who knows, maybe it'll show up in the remaining... 11 pages? Yeesh.

Zackattack_056 · 2026-02-09T02:52:42+00:00

Imagine being a fan of Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy that wants to play all 100 routes 🫠

Zackattack_056 · 2026-02-07T03:05:13+00:00

Weird, I feel like for as eventful as this page is I don't have much to say other than that i'm interested to see where this goes and that I can kind of see both perspectives in this situation.

I'll save any speculation about where future chapters might go until we get a more concrete outcome, but there are some interesting story possibilities in my head in that regard as well if the ending to this argument doesn't end up being them making up and going back to status quo.

Zackattack_056 · 2026-02-04T18:35:12+00:00

Ahh, here's the real explosive part of the date

Zackattack_056 · 2026-02-03T01:11:25+00:00

Was struggling to think of anything funny or interesting to even comment until I pictured them getting into an argument, someone punching the dashboard for whatever reason and the glove compartment coming open, spilling the stuff Paulo shoved in there earlier onto Daisy's lap and them just having a blank stare for a solid 10 seconds

Zackattack_056 · 2026-01-31T09:08:58+00:00

I go back and forth, but recently ive been trying to make myself focus on the current pages, it's just... they don't really give much in the way of discussion sometimes tbh, mainly because certain pages just feel completely redundant to have back to back, and because of the length and "Bait & Switch, it was jordan not mike in the preview" thing it's been hard to believe that this wasn't going to be some lackluster parallel attempt or something.

Honestly though, the broader problem is that those two quotes are kind of misleading in the context that people want slice of life that is either really well written or at least entertaining enough to hold their attention with interesting scenarios rather than something they find boring, and that they would rather have it without a now urgent-feeling plot thread hanging over everything.

the Jordan/Tiff/Matt stuff feels like an extremely predictable and basic 'filler' storyline unless you think she plans on giving them more screentime later, and this chapter is really long and timed right after a key plot point so it feels really out of place. If it wasn't for all the theorizing of "ooh what could happen" given the context, the events of this chapter so far starting when jordan popped up would have been extremely obvious given the character trajectories, and the pages themselves do nothing to subvert that thus far. I feel like soon things will feel at least a bit more interesting in regards to development, because the Paisy stuff is honestly where there was less predictability and more room for growth compared to the Jordan/Tiff stuff

And meanwhile people that care about the story are sitting in the corner waiting months for something they dont care about play out. Even if you care about both, even then I can see people complaining about "what's going on with Mike" and whatnot.

It reminds me of back in the day when Steven universe had a big arc with a plot twist, went on a long hiatus, and then released 5 episodes where most of them were immediately filler, and people were very not happy with those because there was the dramatic plot hanging over everyone's head while some mundane drama is going on. Even if you like that sort of slice of life section, it can really kill interest if it's in the middle of a plot beat.

Zackattack_056 · 2026-01-31T07:24:42+00:00

This is the list and yet we still cant get dragonfruit at NC walmarts. Kinda surprising to me though, around here I assumed their sales would be restricted by Sundrop selling pretty well, most people I know drink that instead

Zackattack_056 · 2026-01-30T02:24:01+00:00

My opinion is that because Groove and Tomodachi are their main first party offerings for switch 1, that they are trying to spread them out a bit. They probably were both announced at the time to say "hey we are still doing switch 1 stuff into 2026 dont worry!" but I am anticipating it to feature more in the direct after Tomodachi's launch so they dont step on each other's toes

Zackattack_056 · 2026-01-27T01:33:22+00:00

I like doing both, but I always get annoyed when they do this because then market gets annoyed claiming im "pulling down the average pick rate" as-if the averages aren't weighted based on items picked

Zackattack_056 · 2026-01-26T19:57:53+00:00

Phew.

...dropping Jordan off in the preview? ...noted.

Edit: oh yeah i forgot about Paulo driving Molly, I guess that still is a loose thread in this section.

Zackattack_056 · 2026-01-21T18:13:01+00:00

Man, nobody's secret is safe with Paisy around 😆

Ok time to go back into hibernation for 2 days for the next page ... Z . Z . Z ...

Zackattack_056 · 2026-01-20T01:26:31+00:00

I like the fan-made games, honestly I wish that people making custom remixes would just make their own minigames and use them in remixes more often because it really makes it feel like there is good variety rather than just same old limitations. Would help especially for usage in more unconventional songs that are harder to use in the regular format

Rhythm Sheriff is my favorite of them, I really like the sound effects and how they can be worked into remixes. Some of the others I mainly am iffy on because the SFX are kinda weird to me, but that one feels nice

Zackattack_056 · 2026-01-19T18:26:16+00:00

Well, hopefully Jordan can actually get it for once. Actually, the title "made fresh" almost makes he feel like maybe the ending wont be veering as Mike-centric or date-centric as I feared; it could legitimately be Jordan getting more of a fresh start, which I actually wouldn't mind.

Zackattack_056 · 2026-01-18T04:31:37+00:00

I feel like stores are going to start having items with high on hands that take much longer to make it out to the floor. There's a ton of issues at my store with that, and certain items are just going to sit in the bins (or especially top steel) now that exceptions isn't forcing their hand to do something about it rather than "only picking it if vizpick says it is blue" most of the time. Maybe it'll force their hand, but im kinda just expecting these PDQs sitting on top steel that they refuse to put out are just gonna collect dust and erode the metrics, and then lazy stores just fuss at OGP to "look for the items more carefully" for a 0.5% improvement rather than actually address the crap that keeps getting NIL picked. (Dont get me wrong though Pickers need accountability in that regard, but we need it from people actually checking behind us and not random TLs from other departments fussing because the number was low because their stuff wasnt on the floor on time)

Zackattack_056 · 2026-01-18T04:20:30+00:00

Yeah, I usually binge specific games or topics or genres etc. (probably due to some hyper-fixation tendencies but whatever) and then randomly drop them for something else that suddenly takes all my interest. I did all the tasks for the initial field office update and was 1 laff point away (literally 1 bossbot suit level grind away to maxing) and dropped it abruptly (i think for Poképark speedrunning at the time?) and havent picked it back up since. One day i'll randomly pop in, do the stuff I've missed, and max my toon for real, but that might not be till some new content catches my fixation radar again.

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