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Election season hits Roseville High. [[Sue]] runs on real, achievable outcomes, [[Jasmine]]'s ticket promises to ban detention, and [[Abbey]] runs on expelling every bully in the building. So naturally, the winner is [[Daisy]], who only joined halfway through the debate.
Election season hits Roseville High. [[Sue]] runs on real, achievable outcomes, [[Jasmine]]'s ticket promises candy bars and a ban on detention, and [[Abbey]] runs on expelling every bully in the building. So naturally, the winner is [[Daisy]], who only joined the race halfway through the debate.


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
The race starts in the [[Roseville High School]] computer lab, where [[Paulo]] prints off a thick stack of campaign posters for [[Jasmine]].<ref name=":c60p1">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p1}}</ref> At lunch, [[Sue]] slams into the cafeteria with [[Alec McCain|McCain]] in tow to announce her own run for student council secretary.<ref name=":c60p2">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p2}}</ref> Paulo and Jasmine burst in moments later as the rival ticket.<ref name=":c60p3">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p3}}</ref>
The race begins in the [[Roseville High School]] computer lab, where [[Paulo]] prints off a thick stack of campaign posters for [[Jasmine]].<ref name=":c60p1">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p1}}</ref> At lunch, [[Sue]] slams into the cafeteria to announce her own run for student council secretary.<ref name=":c60p2">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p2}}</ref> Paulo and Jasmine burst in moments later as the rival ticket.<ref name=":c60p3">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p3}}</ref>


Neither campaign gets through lunch intact. Paulo's promises of candy bars and banned detention wilt under McCain's fact-checking,<ref name=":c60p4">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p4}}</ref> and Sue's modest, achievable platform empties the room.<ref name=":c60p5">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p5}}</ref> Then Sue drops the real bomb: only sophomores can run for secretary, and Jasmine is a freshman. Paulo typed every poster, and Jasmine lets him know it: "IT'S ALL OVER THE SCHOOL!! 300 sheets of '''WRONG''', Paulo!!"<ref name=":c60p6">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p6}}</ref>
Sue then drops a bomb on the rival ticket — only sophomores can run for secretary, and Jasmine is a freshman. Paulo is the one who typed every last poster, and Jasmine lets him know it with a shriek of "IT'S ALL OVER THE SCHOOL!! 300 sheets of '''WRONG''', Paulo!!"<ref name=":c60p6">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p6}}</ref>


[[File:c60_p6_panel11.png|alt=Jasmine flails her arms so fast she appears to have four of them, screaming "300 sheets of WRONG, Paulo!!" at a cringing Paulo.|thumb|Paulo remembers what grade his girlfriend is in, 300 sheets too late.]]
[[File:c60_p6_panel11.png|alt=Jasmine flails her arms so fast she appears to have four of them, screaming "300 sheets of WRONG, Paulo!!" at a cringing Paulo.|thumb|Paulo remembers what grade his girlfriend is in, 300 sheets too late.]]
While Paulo hand-corrects every poster to "TREASURY", Sue lets [[Lucy]] in on her bigger plan: a puppet council with herself as secretary and a senior as figurehead president.<ref name=":c60p7">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p7}}</ref> Her pick for president, [[Tess]], refuses flat out: "THE SCHOOL HATES ME."<ref name=":c60p8">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p8}}</ref> Worse, [[Abbey]] enters the race against Sue rather than beside her.<ref name=":c60p9">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p9}}</ref>
[[Abbey]] disagrees with most of Sue's policies and enters the race against her instead of joining her ticket.<ref name=":c60p9">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p9}}</ref> The secretaries' debate is where the race turns ugly. Asked about the rise in school bullying, Abbey answers with a single word, expulsion.<ref name=":c60p10">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p10}}</ref> Sue accuses him of scare tactics and brands his whole platform a fascist dictatorship.<ref name=":c60p12">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p12}}</ref> "Fascist" is the word that finally breaks him. Abbey slams his fists down and screams "BULLIES SHOULD '''ROT IN HELL!!'''" The room falls silent, apart from Paulo helpfully yelling for Abbey to hit her.<ref name=":c60p13">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p13}}</ref> Daisy calms him with a reminder about his counselor and takes his place at the podium as a strictly temporary substitute.<ref name=":c60p14">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p14}}</ref>


The secretaries' debate is where the race gets ugly. Asked about school bullying, Abbey answers with one word: expulsion.<ref name=":c60p10">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p10}}</ref> He reads a broken-windows speech off a sheet [[Daisy]] hands him, while flashbacks show a bully named Noah shoving Tess into the lockers.<ref name=":c60p11">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p11}}</ref> Sue brands the whole platform a fascist dictatorship.<ref name=":c60p12">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p12}}</ref>
The speech does quieter damage out in the audience. Back at lunch, [[Lucy]] had blown her nose on [[Mike]]'s scarf without asking, business as usual for those two.<ref name=":c60p2" /> As Abbey rails on about bullies and abuse, Mike turns a judgmental frown on Lucy. She goes white and refuses to look at him.<ref name=":c60p12" />


That word is one insult too many. Abbey slams his fists down and screams "BULLIES SHOULD '''ROT IN HELL!!'''" The room falls silent, apart from Paulo's helpful "Hit her!"<ref name=":c60p13">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p13}}</ref> Daisy calms him with a stress ball and takes over his podium, "temporarily".<ref name=":c60p14">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p14}}</ref>
In the end Daisy wins, and Sue collapses under the caption DEFEATED.<ref name=":c60p15">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p15}}</ref> A "WHAT REALLY HAPPENED" flashback reveals that Paulo spent the campaign grimly ordering student after student to vote for her.<ref name=":c60p16">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p16}}</ref> Daisy then hands the job away, reasoning that it was Abbey's campaign all along and that she has eighteen other extracurriculars anyway. Abbey takes the news with an unsettling amount of satisfaction: "Heh heh heh.. Just according to plan.."<ref name=":c60p17">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p17}}</ref>


The speech does quieter damage in the audience. Lucy had blown her nose on [[Mike]]'s scarf at lunch, business as usual for those two.<ref name=":c60p2" /> As Abbey rails on about bullies and abuse, Mike turns a judgmental frown on her. Lucy goes white and won't look at him.<ref name=":c60p12" />
Secretary Abbey wastes no time, declaring a lunchtime trash-pickup day for orange cats that lands squarely on Paulo.<ref name=":c60p18">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p18}}</ref> Jasmine, who won the treasurer's race, gets him back on Paulo's behalf by converting the bake sale money into thousands of pennies and having them delivered straight into Abbey's locker.<ref name=":c60p18" />
 
In the end, Daisy wins in a landslide, leaving Sue face-down under the caption DEFEATED.<ref name=":c60p15">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p15}}</ref> The "WHAT REALLY HAPPENED" flashback shows Paulo, grimly ordering student after student to vote for her.<ref name=":c60p16">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p16}}</ref> Then Daisy gives the job away to Abbey, citing her eighteen other extracurriculars. He smiles thinly: "Heh heh heh.. Just according to plan.."<ref name=":c60p17">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p17}}</ref>
 
As secretary, Abbey declares a lunchtime trash-pickup day for orange cats, which lands squarely on Paulo.<ref name=":c60p18">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p18}}</ref> Treasurer-elect Jasmine gets him back: she converts the bake sale money into thousands of pennies and delivers them to Abbey's locker.<ref name=":c60p18" />


== Critical moments ==
== Critical moments ==
[[File:c60_p17_panel7.png|alt=Abbey smiles thinly against a green background, saying "Heh heh heh.. Just according to plan..".|thumb|Roseville High's incoming secretary, everybody.]]
[[File:c60_p17_panel7.png|alt=Abbey smiles thinly against a green background, saying "Heh heh heh.. Just according to plan..".|thumb|Roseville High's incoming secretary, everybody.]]
* Sue reveals that only sophomores can run for secretary, voiding Jasmine's campaign and all 300 of Paulo's posters. Jasmine switches to the treasurer's race.<ref name=":c60p6" /><ref name=":c60p7" />
* Sue reveals that only sophomores can run for secretary, voiding Jasmine's freshman campaign and all 300 of Paulo's posters. Jasmine switches to the treasurer's race instead.<ref name=":c60p6" /><ref name=":c60p7">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p7}}</ref>
* Sue's "fascist" jab breaks Abbey's temper mid-debate: he screams that bullies should rot in hell, and Daisy has to defuse him with a stress ball.<ref name=":c60p13" /><ref name=":c60p14" />
* Sue brands Abbey's anti-bullying platform a fascist dictatorship, and his temper snaps mid-debate. He screams that bullies should rot in hell, and Daisy has to defuse him with a stress ball.<ref name=":c60p13" /><ref name=":c60p14" />
* Mid-debate, Abbey's speech about abuse lands somewhere unintended: Mike turns a judgmental frown on Lucy, who goes white and looks away.<ref name=":c60p12" />
* Abbey's speech about bullies and abuse lands somewhere he never aimed it. Mike turns a judgmental frown on Lucy, who goes white and looks away.<ref name=":c60p12" />
* Daisy wins the election (Paulo strong-armed voters one at a time) and hands the seat to Abbey, who calls it "Just according to plan.."<ref name=":c60p16" /><ref name=":c60p17" />
* Daisy wins the election, thanks to Paulo strong-arming voters one at a time, and promptly hands the seat to Abbey. He calls it "Just according to plan.."<ref name=":c60p16" /><ref name=":c60p17" />


== Character dynamics ==
== Character dynamics ==
* '''Mike and Lucy:''' Lucy's rough treatment of Mike, scarf-as-handkerchief included, passes as normal between them.<ref name=":c60p2" /> Abbey's tirade recasts it as something uglier: Mike frowns at her across the auditorium, and she can't meet his eyes.<ref name=":c60p12" /> The chill carries straight into [[Pillow Talk]], where he ignores her on her own birthday.<ref name=":c61p3">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c61/p3}}</ref>
* '''Mike and Lucy:''' Lucy's rough treatment of Mike has always passed as normal between them, and blowing her nose on his scarf at lunch is just the latest example.<ref name=":c60p2" /> Abbey's tirade recasts that habit as something much uglier. Mike frowns at her across the auditorium, and Lucy can't bring herself to meet his eyes.<ref name=":c60p12" /> Not a word is exchanged, and the very next chapter, [[Pillow Talk]], has Mike ignoring her on her own birthday.<ref name=":c61p3">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c61/p3}}</ref>
* '''Sue and Abbey:''' Sue greets Abbey as an assumed campaign ally and gets a rival instead.<ref name=":c60p9" /> By mid-debate she's calling his platform fascist and he's screaming at her.<ref name=":c60p12" /><ref name=":c60p13" /> Watching him land the seat anyway horrifies her all over again.<ref name=":c60p17" />
* '''Sue and Abbey:''' Before this chapter the two barely had a relationship at all, just fellow members of the friend group. The election turns them into open political rivals. Sue greets Abbey as an assumed campaign ally and gets an opponent instead,<ref name=":c60p9" /> and by mid-debate she's branding his platform fascist while he screams at her from the stage.<ref name=":c60p12" /><ref name=":c60p13" /> The rivalry outlasts the vote, too. Sue insists she got over the loss, but watching Abbey land the seat anyway horrifies her all over again.<ref name=":c60p16" /><ref name=":c60p17" />
* '''Daisy and Abbey:''' The couple becomes a political unit here, with Daisy acting as much like Abbey's campaign staff as his girlfriend. She hands him his speech and talks his temper down on stage,<ref name=":c60p11">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p11}}</ref><ref name=":c60p14" /> then runs in his place, wins, and gives him the seat. On the evidence, she is the more electable half of the couple.<ref name=":c60p17" />


== Trivia & observations ==
== Trivia & observations ==
* The title was a beta-title from Oliver, who scripted the first six or so pages; Veronica's working title was "Elections".<ref name=":c60p1" />
* The chapter title was a beta-title from Oliver, who scripted the first six or so pages. Veronica's own working title was "Elections".<ref name=":c60p1" />
* A post on the authors' Tumblr sets the chapter in late 2007, between Halloween and Lucy's birthday — hence [[David]]'s "running for Obama?" crack.<ref name=":c60p3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/158720061474|date=2017-03-22}}</ref>
* A post on the authors' Tumblr sets the chapter in late 2007, between Halloween and Lucy's birthday — hence [[David]]'s "running for Obama?" crack.<ref name=":c60p3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/158720061474|title=Ask response on David knowing about Obama early|date=2017-03-22}}</ref>
* Lucy using Mike's scarf as a tissue revives the running gag from [[Wardrobe Malfunction]] ("How nostalgic!", per Veronica).<ref name=":c60p2" /><ref name=":c24p1">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c24/p1}}</ref>
* Lucy using Mike's scarf as a tissue revives the running gag from [[Wardrobe Malfunction]], a chapter the group spends wiping all manner of things on that poor scarf. Veronica's commentary greets the return with "How nostalgic!"<ref name=":c60p2" /><ref name=":c24p1">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c24/p1}}</ref>


== Related chapters ==
== Related chapters ==
* '''[[Pillow Talk]]''': the direct payoff, in the very next chapter: Mike openly ignores Lucy on her birthday.
* '''[[Pillow Talk]]''': The very next chapter is Lucy's birthday, and Mike spends it ignoring her while happily greeting everyone else.
* '''[[Under Pressure]]''': the source of Abbey's debate flashback; Noah corners Tess and Abbey drives him off.
* '''[[Under Pressure]]''': The source of Abbey's debate flashbacks. Noah pins Tess against a wall in this chapter, and it's Abbey who drives him off.
* '''[[A Different Side]]''': the pep rally where the school booed Tess on stage, context for "THE SCHOOL HATES ME."
* '''[[A Different Side]]''': The history behind "THE SCHOOL HATES ME". At the pep rally, Tess was forced on stage and booed by the whole school.


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 10:01, 29 July 2026

Feline Filibuster
Chapter60 of 127 (list of chapters)
PublishedNovember 24, 2010 (2010-11-24)
Page count18
Major charactersSue, Paulo, Jasmine, Abbey, Daisy, Alec McCain, Tess
Minor charactersMike, Lucy, David, Rachel, Amaya, Katie
LocationsRoseville High School
Collected inVolume Three, Omnibus 1
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Election season hits Roseville High. Sue runs on real, achievable outcomes, Jasmine's ticket promises candy bars and a ban on detention, and Abbey runs on expelling every bully in the building. So naturally, the winner is Daisy, who only joined the race halfway through the debate.

Synopsis

The race begins in the Roseville High School computer lab, where Paulo prints off a thick stack of campaign posters for Jasmine.[1] At lunch, Sue slams into the cafeteria to announce her own run for student council secretary.[2] Paulo and Jasmine burst in moments later as the rival ticket.[3]

Sue then drops a bomb on the rival ticket — only sophomores can run for secretary, and Jasmine is a freshman. Paulo is the one who typed every last poster, and Jasmine lets him know it with a shriek of "IT'S ALL OVER THE SCHOOL!! 300 sheets of WRONG, Paulo!!"[4]

Jasmine flails her arms so fast she appears to have four of them, screaming "300 sheets of WRONG, Paulo!!" at a cringing Paulo.
Paulo remembers what grade his girlfriend is in, 300 sheets too late.

Abbey disagrees with most of Sue's policies and enters the race against her instead of joining her ticket.[5] The secretaries' debate is where the race turns ugly. Asked about the rise in school bullying, Abbey answers with a single word, expulsion.[6] Sue accuses him of scare tactics and brands his whole platform a fascist dictatorship.[7] "Fascist" is the word that finally breaks him. Abbey slams his fists down and screams "BULLIES SHOULD ROT IN HELL!!" The room falls silent, apart from Paulo helpfully yelling for Abbey to hit her.[8] Daisy calms him with a reminder about his counselor and takes his place at the podium as a strictly temporary substitute.[9]

The speech does quieter damage out in the audience. Back at lunch, Lucy had blown her nose on Mike's scarf without asking, business as usual for those two.[2] As Abbey rails on about bullies and abuse, Mike turns a judgmental frown on Lucy. She goes white and refuses to look at him.[7]

In the end Daisy wins, and Sue collapses under the caption DEFEATED.[10] A "WHAT REALLY HAPPENED" flashback reveals that Paulo spent the campaign grimly ordering student after student to vote for her.[11] Daisy then hands the job away, reasoning that it was Abbey's campaign all along and that she has eighteen other extracurriculars anyway. Abbey takes the news with an unsettling amount of satisfaction: "Heh heh heh.. Just according to plan.."[12]

Secretary Abbey wastes no time, declaring a lunchtime trash-pickup day for orange cats that lands squarely on Paulo.[13] Jasmine, who won the treasurer's race, gets him back on Paulo's behalf by converting the bake sale money into thousands of pennies and having them delivered straight into Abbey's locker.[13]

Critical moments

Abbey smiles thinly against a green background, saying "Heh heh heh.. Just according to plan..".
Roseville High's incoming secretary, everybody.
  • Sue reveals that only sophomores can run for secretary, voiding Jasmine's freshman campaign and all 300 of Paulo's posters. Jasmine switches to the treasurer's race instead.[4][14]
  • Sue brands Abbey's anti-bullying platform a fascist dictatorship, and his temper snaps mid-debate. He screams that bullies should rot in hell, and Daisy has to defuse him with a stress ball.[8][9]
  • Abbey's speech about bullies and abuse lands somewhere he never aimed it. Mike turns a judgmental frown on Lucy, who goes white and looks away.[7]
  • Daisy wins the election, thanks to Paulo strong-arming voters one at a time, and promptly hands the seat to Abbey. He calls it "Just according to plan.."[11][12]

Character dynamics

  • Mike and Lucy: Lucy's rough treatment of Mike has always passed as normal between them, and blowing her nose on his scarf at lunch is just the latest example.[2] Abbey's tirade recasts that habit as something much uglier. Mike frowns at her across the auditorium, and Lucy can't bring herself to meet his eyes.[7] Not a word is exchanged, and the very next chapter, Pillow Talk, has Mike ignoring her on her own birthday.[15]
  • Sue and Abbey: Before this chapter the two barely had a relationship at all, just fellow members of the friend group. The election turns them into open political rivals. Sue greets Abbey as an assumed campaign ally and gets an opponent instead,[5] and by mid-debate she's branding his platform fascist while he screams at her from the stage.[7][8] The rivalry outlasts the vote, too. Sue insists she got over the loss, but watching Abbey land the seat anyway horrifies her all over again.[11][12]
  • Daisy and Abbey: The couple becomes a political unit here, with Daisy acting as much like Abbey's campaign staff as his girlfriend. She hands him his speech and talks his temper down on stage,[16][9] then runs in his place, wins, and gives him the seat. On the evidence, she is the more electable half of the couple.[12]

Trivia & observations

  • The chapter title was a beta-title from Oliver, who scripted the first six or so pages. Veronica's own working title was "Elections".[1]
  • A post on the authors' Tumblr sets the chapter in late 2007, between Halloween and Lucy's birthday — hence David's "running for Obama?" crack.[3][17]
  • Lucy using Mike's scarf as a tissue revives the running gag from Wardrobe Malfunction, a chapter the group spends wiping all manner of things on that poor scarf. Veronica's commentary greets the return with "How nostalgic!"[2][18]

Related chapters

  • Pillow Talk: The very next chapter is Lucy's birthday, and Mike spends it ignoring her while happily greeting everyone else.
  • Under Pressure: The source of Abbey's debate flashbacks. Noah pins Tess against a wall in this chapter, and it's Abbey who drives him off.
  • A Different Side: The history behind "THE SCHOOL HATES ME". At the pep rally, Tess was forced on stage and booed by the whole school.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 60: Feline Filibuster, page 1
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Chapter 60: Feline Filibuster, page 2
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 60: Feline Filibuster, page 3
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 60: Feline Filibuster, page 6
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chapter 60: Feline Filibuster, page 9
  6. ↑ Chapter 60: Feline Filibuster, page 10
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Chapter 60: Feline Filibuster, page 12
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Chapter 60: Feline Filibuster, page 13
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Chapter 60: Feline Filibuster, page 14
  10. ↑ Chapter 60: Feline Filibuster, page 15
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Chapter 60: Feline Filibuster, page 16
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Chapter 60: Feline Filibuster, page 17
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Chapter 60: Feline Filibuster, page 18
  14. ↑ Chapter 60: Feline Filibuster, page 7
  15. ↑ Chapter 61: Pillow Talk, page 3
  16. ↑ Chapter 60: Feline Filibuster, page 11
  17. ↑ "Ask response on David knowing about Obama early". 2017-03-22.
  18. ↑ Chapter 24: Wardrobe Malfunction, page 1
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