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[[Madison]] finally works up the nerve to tell [[Lucy]] exactly what she thinks of her, at length and at full volume. There's just one small problem: Lucy doesn't hear a single word of it. Luckily, [[Jessica]] knows how to cheer a girl up.
[[Madison]] finally catches [[Lucy]] alone in a hallway and unloads every grievance she's been saving up, threats and all. It's a shame nobody warned her about Lucy's ears. Luckily, [[Jessica]] knows just how to patch up a bruised ego.


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
[[Madison]] hums her way through the school hallway, picks up a book from her locker, and is generally at peace with the world. Then [[Lucy]] walks past, and the serene smile snaps into a vengeful glare.<ref name=":c99p1">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c99/p1}}</ref>
[[Madison]] starts the day in a lovely mood, humming her way to her locker.<ref name=":c99p1">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c99/p1}}</ref> Then [[Lucy]] walks past, and the smile snaps into a glare. Madison points at her back and screams "'''YOU!!!'''" — but Lucy just keeps walking.<ref name=":c99p2">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c99/p2}}</ref>


What follows is a furious tirade delivered entirely at Lucy's back. Madison points and screams "BLUE-EYED '''BITCH'''", but Lucy just keeps walking and never once turns around. Madison accuses her of thinking she's so great just because she's pretty, then blushes and falters.<ref name=":c99p2">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c99/p2}}</ref> Before long, she's yelling at herself for whining and self-pity instead of yelling at her target.<ref name=":c99p3">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c99/p3}}</ref>
The tirade starts collapsing almost immediately. Madison warns Lucy to stay away from [[Jessica]], who is spoken for and very happy. "I.. um.. hope, anyway." From there she spirals into a breathless speech about how Jessica is honestly too good for her, then catches herself and scolds herself out loud for tearing herself down yet again.<ref name=":c99p3">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c99/p3}}</ref>


Not one to be discouraged, Madison chases Lucy down the hall to get to the point: [[Jessica]]. She warns Lucy to stay away from her girlfriend, and accuses her of making Jessica sad by flirting with "that '''IDIOT SOMALI BOY'''". Or possibly the Korat. Underneath all the shouting, she lands on something sincere: she loves Jessica, who has gone through a lot and doesn't need anyone making it worse.<ref name=":c99p4">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c99/p4}}</ref> One final threat, and Lucy strolls off into the crowd.
Madison does find her footing for a sincere finish. She loves Jessica, she tries her hardest to make her happy, and she's sure Lucy made Jessica sad by flirting with some boy. Hurt Jessica again, she warns, and Lucy will be answering to her. Lucy walks off without so much as a glance, and Jessica pipes up from behind: "I don't think she heard a word of that."<ref name=":c99p4">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c99/p4}}</ref>


As it turns out, Lucy didn't hear any of it. Jessica has been watching the whole time, and once she recovers from laughing, she explains. Lucy is half-deaf, and between the deaf ear and the noisy freshmen down the hall, she tuned Madison out completely.<ref name=":c99p5">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c99/p5}}</ref> Madison is scandalized. "What?! That sucks!!" She vows revenge on the spot.<ref name=":c99p5" />
Jessica, losing her fight against laughter, explains that Lucy is half-deaf. She tuned Madison out completely.<ref name=":c99p5">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c99/p5}}</ref>


[[File:c99_p6_panel5.png|alt=Jessica, blushing with her eyes closed, kisses a wide-eyed Madison on the lips.|thumb|Jessica makes sure the coast is clear first.]]
Jessica has a sweeter remedy in mind. She calls Madison over and takes one careful look around the hallway. Then she kisses her on the lips. "I love you. You're '''adorable!'''" Jessica tells her, adding that she runs circles around Lucy anyway. The two head off arm in arm.<ref name=":c99p6">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c99/p6}}</ref>
Jessica has a better idea, though. She calls Madison over, checks the hallway for onlookers, and kisses her on the lips. Madison freezes, face red, steam rising off her head. "I love you. You're '''adorable!'''" Jessica tells her.<ref name=":c99p6">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c99/p6}}</ref> Madison beams and takes Jessica's arm. The two head off down the hall, Madison fishing for a few more compliments on the way.
 
[[File:c99_p6_panel5.png|alt=Jessica closes her eyes and kisses a blushing, wide-eyed Madison on the lips in the school hallway.|thumb|One quick check of the hallway first, naturally.]]


== Character dynamics ==
== Character dynamics ==
* '''Madison and Jessica:''' The couple's first on-panel kiss, and the first "I love you" between them. Jessica does check the hallway before leaning in — public affection, but the careful kind. She follows the kiss with the reassurance Madison actually needed: "You run circles 'round her, don't you worry."<ref name=":c99p6" />
* '''Madison and Jessica:''' The two have been a couple since their debut in [[Golden Hour]], but Madison has privately feared she's just a stand-in for Lucy ever since [[David]] suggested exactly that.<ref name=":c90p31">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c90/p31}}</ref> This chapter puts that fear on full display, and Jessica happens to be watching every second of it. Instead of teasing, she answers with a kiss and a spoken "I love you", both of them on-panel firsts for the couple.<ref name=":c99p6" /> In fact, this is the first chapter to show the relationship directly rather than secondhand.<ref name=":c90p9">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c90/p9}}</ref>
* '''Madison and Lucy:''' Their first direct on-panel encounter, and a thoroughly one-sided one. Madison declares herself Lucy's enemy at length, and Lucy walks off none the wiser.<ref name=":c99p5" />
* '''Madison and Lucy:''' Until now the grudge has run entirely one way, and always from a distance. Madison blew up over a mistaken name in [[Table for One]], then greeted Lucy's return with a profane outburst in [[Love Again]].<ref name=":c92p3">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c92/p3}}</ref><ref name=":c95p27">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c95/p27}}</ref> This is her first real attempt at a confrontation, and Lucy misses every word of it. From Lucy's side, the feud still doesn't exist. All Madison comes away with is a fresh vow of revenge.<ref name=":c99p5" />


== Trivia & observations ==
== Trivia & observations ==
* Lucy doesn't have a single line in the chapter. It's her first appearance since [[After You]], and her only fully silent one since her return in [[Love Again]].<ref name=":c99p1" />
* The publicly unlocked "Page Deconstruction" post for this chapter reveals two discarded scripts. In one, Lucy yells back in confusion, which was dropped as "not very.. interesting". In the other, Lucy jokingly flirts with Madison to fluster her, which the authors rejected as "a terrible idea". The scene was originally conceived to show Lucy's maturity in not lashing out.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/185840017570/as-a-sample-of-the-behind-the-scenes-posts|title=Behind-the-scenes look at the PDA page script|date=2019-06-25}}</ref>
* The unheard-tirade gag is an old one: back in [[Show and Tell]], [[Yashy]] confessed her misdeeds within earshot of Lucy, believing her deaf ear meant she couldn't hear.<ref name=":c9p1">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c9/p1}}</ref>
* Lucy has no dialogue and never once turns around in the whole chapter. Her deaf left ear got its full explanation back in [[Show and Tell]], which also ran the original version of this gag: [[Yashy]] chattering away at a Lucy she believed couldn't hear her.<ref name=":c99p5" /><ref name=":c9p1">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c9/p1}}</ref>
* Page one went up the day before Veronica's 30th birthday, and Oliver used the commentary under it as a birthday announcement.<ref name=":c99p1" />
* The "'''IDIOT SOMALI BOY'''" is [[Paulo]], and "the Korat" is [[Mike]] — Madison just isn't sure which of the two she means. Both breed labels were established in Show and Tell.<ref name=":c99p4" /><ref name=":c9p3">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c9/p3}}</ref><ref name=":c9p4">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c9/p4}}</ref>
* Page three's commentary calls the mid-rant self-scolding "Madison trying to practice that self-love", and thanks Lucy for encouraging the moment of mindfulness.<ref name=":c99p3" />
* Veronica and Oliver later shared a behind-the-scenes breakdown of this chapter, revealing two rejected script directions: one where Lucy yells back at Madison, and one where Lucy jokingly flirts with her to fluster her, which they deemed "a terrible idea".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/185840017570/as-a-sample-of-the-behind-the-scenes-posts |title=Bittersweet Candy Bowl Tumblr post |website=Tumblr |date=2019-06-25}}</ref>


== Related chapters ==
== Related chapters ==
* '''[[Golden Hour]]''': Madison's debut chapter, where she and Jessica are first revealed as a couple, and where the grudge starts: [[David]] compares Madison to Lucy, and Madison melts down over the idea that she's a replacement.
* '''[[Golden Hour]]''': Madison's debut and the reveal that she and Jessica are a couple. It's also where David planted the Lucy-replacement fear that this whole rant is running on.
* '''[[Table for One]]''': [[Mike]] accidentally calls Madison "Lucy", and Madison threatens to "wring her neck". This chapter is that threat finally attempted, with mixed results.
* '''[[Love Again]]''': The direct setup. Lucy returns to school, and the mere sight of her sets Madison's grudge boiling again.
* '''[[Show and Tell]]''': The origin of Lucy's deaf left ear, and of the Somali and Korat breed labels Madison garbles in her rant.
* '''[[Pillow Talk]]''': The backstory behind Jessica having "gone through a LOT". The chapter shows [[Craig]] coercing her, [[Tess]] running a rumor campaign against her, and her original brawl with Lucy.
* '''[[Pillow Talk]]''': Jessica's backstory chapter, and the story behind "She's gone through a LOT".


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 10:02, 29 July 2026

PDA
Chapter99 of 127 (list of chapters)
PublishedDecember 4, 2017 (2017-12-04)
Page count6
Major charactersMadison, Jessica, Lucy
LocationsRoseville High School
Collected inVolume Seven
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Madison finally catches Lucy alone in a hallway and unloads every grievance she's been saving up, threats and all. It's a shame nobody warned her about Lucy's ears. Luckily, Jessica knows just how to patch up a bruised ego.

Synopsis

Madison starts the day in a lovely mood, humming her way to her locker.[1] Then Lucy walks past, and the smile snaps into a glare. Madison points at her back and screams "YOU!!!" — but Lucy just keeps walking.[2]

The tirade starts collapsing almost immediately. Madison warns Lucy to stay away from Jessica, who is spoken for and very happy. "I.. um.. hope, anyway." From there she spirals into a breathless speech about how Jessica is honestly too good for her, then catches herself and scolds herself out loud for tearing herself down yet again.[3]

Madison does find her footing for a sincere finish. She loves Jessica, she tries her hardest to make her happy, and she's sure Lucy made Jessica sad by flirting with some boy. Hurt Jessica again, she warns, and Lucy will be answering to her. Lucy walks off without so much as a glance, and Jessica pipes up from behind: "I don't think she heard a word of that."[4]

Jessica, losing her fight against laughter, explains that Lucy is half-deaf. She tuned Madison out completely.[5]

Jessica has a sweeter remedy in mind. She calls Madison over and takes one careful look around the hallway. Then she kisses her on the lips. "I love you. You're adorable!" Jessica tells her, adding that she runs circles around Lucy anyway. The two head off arm in arm.[6]

Jessica closes her eyes and kisses a blushing, wide-eyed Madison on the lips in the school hallway.
One quick check of the hallway first, naturally.

Character dynamics

  • Madison and Jessica: The two have been a couple since their debut in Golden Hour, but Madison has privately feared she's just a stand-in for Lucy ever since David suggested exactly that.[7] This chapter puts that fear on full display, and Jessica happens to be watching every second of it. Instead of teasing, she answers with a kiss and a spoken "I love you", both of them on-panel firsts for the couple.[6] In fact, this is the first chapter to show the relationship directly rather than secondhand.[8]
  • Madison and Lucy: Until now the grudge has run entirely one way, and always from a distance. Madison blew up over a mistaken name in Table for One, then greeted Lucy's return with a profane outburst in Love Again.[9][10] This is her first real attempt at a confrontation, and Lucy misses every word of it. From Lucy's side, the feud still doesn't exist. All Madison comes away with is a fresh vow of revenge.[5]

Trivia & observations

  • The publicly unlocked "Page Deconstruction" post for this chapter reveals two discarded scripts. In one, Lucy yells back in confusion, which was dropped as "not very.. interesting". In the other, Lucy jokingly flirts with Madison to fluster her, which the authors rejected as "a terrible idea". The scene was originally conceived to show Lucy's maturity in not lashing out.[11]
  • Lucy has no dialogue and never once turns around in the whole chapter. Her deaf left ear got its full explanation back in Show and Tell, which also ran the original version of this gag: Yashy chattering away at a Lucy she believed couldn't hear her.[5][12]
  • The "IDIOT SOMALI BOY" is Paulo, and "the Korat" is Mike — Madison just isn't sure which of the two she means. Both breed labels were established in Show and Tell.[4][13][14]

Related chapters

  • Golden Hour: Madison's debut and the reveal that she and Jessica are a couple. It's also where David planted the Lucy-replacement fear that this whole rant is running on.
  • Love Again: The direct setup. Lucy returns to school, and the mere sight of her sets Madison's grudge boiling again.
  • Pillow Talk: The backstory behind Jessica having "gone through a LOT". The chapter shows Craig coercing her, Tess running a rumor campaign against her, and her original brawl with Lucy.

References

  1. ↑ Chapter 99: PDA, page 1
  2. ↑ Chapter 99: PDA, page 2
  3. ↑ Chapter 99: PDA, page 3
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 99: PDA, page 4
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Chapter 99: PDA, page 5
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter 99: PDA, page 6
  7. ↑ Chapter 90: Golden Hour, page 31
  8. ↑ Chapter 90: Golden Hour, page 9
  9. ↑ Chapter 92: Table for One, page 3
  10. ↑ Chapter 95: Love Again, page 27
  11. ↑ "Behind-the-scenes look at the PDA page script". 2019-06-25.
  12. ↑ Chapter 9: Show and Tell, page 1
  13. ↑ Chapter 9: Show and Tell, page 3
  14. ↑ Chapter 9: Show and Tell, page 4
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