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{{Infobox BCI chapter
{{Infobox BCI chapter
| image = s5p27f5.png
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| major_characters = [[Mike]], [[Lucy]], [[Daisy]], [[Abbey]], [[Paulo]], [[Sue]]
| major_characters = [[Mike]], [[Lucy]], [[Daisy]], [[Abbey]], [[Paulo]]
| minor_characters = [[David]], [[Amaya]], [[Principal]], [[Alec McCain]], [[Stacy]], [[Haley]], [[Chris]]
| minor_characters = [[David]], [[Amaya]], [[Haley]], [[Chris]]
| locations = [[Mike's house]], [[Neighborhood sidewalks and streets]], [[Roseville High School]]
| locations = [[Mike's house]], [[Roseville High School]], [[Neighborhood sidewalks and streets]]
}}
}}
'''Disaster Dominoes''' is a non-canon [[Bittersweet Club International]]-exclusive comic about a Roseville where everything has gone wrong at once: [[Lucy]] is obsessed, [[Paulo]] is addicted, [[Daisy]] is starving herself, and [[Mike]] is the last functional person in school.
'''Disaster Dominoes''' is a non-canon [[Bittersweet Club International]]-exclusive comic where everything in Roseville has gone wrong at once: [[Lucy]] is dangerously obsessed, [[Daisy]] is starving herself, [[Paulo]] needs his fix, and [[Mike]] is the last sane person holding the line.


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
[[Lucy]] is waiting outside [[Mike|Mike's]] house, hollow-eyed, and has been there "A while."<ref name=":s5p1">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=1|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref> On the walk she makes an advance more unsettling than flirty, and Mike gently deflects it.<ref name=":s5p2">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=2|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref> They pass [[Molly|Molly's]] tombstone along the way; her death has everyone on edge.<ref name=":s5p3">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=3|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref>
[[Mike]]'s morning starts out ordinary, which is the last ordinary thing in the comic. [[Lucy]] is waiting outside, hollow-eyed, fretting over [[Paulo]]'s party habits on the walk to school. She quietly assures Mike that "Only you will be getting that...", a promise he gently deflects.<ref name=":s5p2">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=2|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref> [[Sandy]] is visiting next week, and the route passes a graveyard where [[Molly]] already lies buried.<ref name=":s5p3">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=3|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref>


In class, [[Daisy]] trembles at her desk, spiraling over having eaten anything at all today.<ref name=":s5p4">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=4|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref> Kizuna, a classmate exclusive to this comic, recounts killing a mafia assassin,<ref name=":s5p5">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=5|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref> then excuses herself, knife in hand.<ref name=":s5p6">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=6|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref> [[David]], barely verbal, is led away by his caretaker Alice.<ref name=":s5p6" /><ref name=":s5p7">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=7|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref>
[[File:s5p7f7.png|alt=Kizuna stands in the classroom doorway with blood dripping from her chin and mouth, wearing a dazed slight smile.|thumb|Kizuna gets back from her bathroom break in a state that raises a few questions.]]
The classroom fills out the rest of the damage. [[Daisy]] trembles at her desk, berating herself for having eaten today.<ref name=":s5p4">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=4|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref> Paulo sweats and shakes over a little baggie, while [[David]] can barely get Paulo's name out.<ref name=":s5p6">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=6|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref> Kizuna treats the class to a story about the time she killed a mafia assassin.<ref name=":s5p5">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=5|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref> Nobody thinks to question the large knife she takes along when she's excused.<ref name=":s5p6" />


[[File:s5p8f9.png|alt=Abbey, cast entirely in shadow, hangs upside down from a hole in the bathroom ceiling and says "Here you are".|thumb|This universe's Abbey keeps watch from inside the bathroom ceiling.]]
After the bell, Daisy flees to the bathroom in tears, but she isn't alone in there. [[Abbey]] hangs out of a hole in the ceiling, cast fully in shadow. He has been keeping watch over everything Daisy does, and he calls it protection.<ref name=":s5p8">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=8|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref>
Daisy has it worst of all. She flees to the bathroom in tears after the bell. [[Abbey]] is already there, hanging upside down from a hole in the ceiling.<ref name=":s5p8">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=8|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref> This Abbey is her abuser. He drags her up by the hair and punches her mid-thank-you.<ref name=":s5p9">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=9|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref> Mid-threat, he abruptly collapses face-down and doesn't get up.<ref name=":s5p11">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=11|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref> Kizuna opens the stall next, only here for the "DELICIOUS DELICIOUS BLOOD".<ref name=":s5p12">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=12|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref>


Mike, meanwhile, begs [[Paulo]] to hand over his drugs, and gets a knife pulled on him for his trouble.<ref name=":s5p13">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=13|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref> Waiting outside the boys' bathroom, he tells Lucy he knows what she's doing to her body,<ref name=":s5p14">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=14|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref> and vows "I'm gonna try and be strong for the both of us."<ref name=":s5p15">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=15|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref> Then a crash sounds from inside.<ref name=":s5p16">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=16|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref>
Mike still believes every one of his friends can be saved, and he spends the day trying to hold everybody together. The comic, of course, has other plans. The dominoes fall right up to the final page — is anyone in Roseville getting out of this day intact?


== Character dynamics ==
== Character dynamics ==
* '''Mike and Lucy:''' In canon they are estranged after Lucy's rejected confession in [[A Distance Apart]].<ref name=":c50p11">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c50/p11}}</ref> The AU flips the roles: Lucy is the obsessive one, Mike the patient saint.<ref name=":s5p2" /> He confronts her self-harm outright and vows to stay strong for them both.<ref name=":s5p14" /><ref name=":s5p15" />
* '''Mike and Lucy:''' In the main comic at the time, Lucy had confessed to Mike and been turned down for Sandy's sake.<ref name=":c50p11">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c50/p11}}</ref> The AU swaps the temperaments. This Lucy is devoted to the point of destroying herself, while this Mike is bottomlessly patient, keeping her at arm's length without ever leaving her side.<ref name=":s5p2" />
* '''Abbey and Daisy:''' In the main comic they are a sweet, steady couple,<ref name=":c46p10">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c46/p10}}</ref> and Abbey's deepest fear, per [[Love My Way]], is turning into his violent father.<ref name=":c39p18">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c39/p18}}</ref> This comic is the version where that fear won: he stalks Daisy as her self-appointed "protector" and beats her for crying.<ref name=":s5p9" /> Bleakest of all, Daisy still gazes at his fallen body with a little heart beside her head.<ref name=":s5p11" />
* '''Abbey and Daisy:''' Canon Abbey is Daisy's gentle boyfriend whose deepest fear is turning into his violent father.<ref name=":c39p18">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c39/p18}}</ref> In this comic he has become exactly that. His devotion has curdled into constant surveillance, and Daisy is in no shape to question it.<ref name=":s5p8" />


== Trivia & observations ==
== Trivia & observations ==
* Veronica confirmed on Tumblr that this comic is strictly a "what if" scenario.<ref name="tumblr2015">{{Cite web|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/125552965772/are-any-of-the-bci-comics-canon-i-know-the-newest|title=Are any of the BCI comics canon?|website=bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com|date=2015-08-01}}</ref> She later called its glimpse of Lucy self-harming "so very unofficial" — the only such depiction anywhere in BCB.<ref name="tumblr2017">{{Cite web|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/165488326226/im-really-curious-as-to-what-those-anons-are|title=I'm really curious as to what those anons are...|website=bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com|date=2017-09-18}}</ref><ref name=":s5p14" />
* Veronica answered the canon question on Tumblr: some BCI comics are canonical, but Disaster Dominoes is strictly a what-if.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/125552965772/are-any-of-the-bci-comics-canon-i-know-the-newest|title=Are any of the BCI comics canon?|website=Tumblr|date=2015-08-01}}</ref>
* Molly, dead before the story even opens,<ref name=":s5p3" /> is alive and well in the main comic as Abbey's younger sister.<ref name=":c38p5">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c38/p5}}</ref>
* It's also the only place Lucy is ever depicted cutting herself. Veronica called it "so very unofficial".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/165488326226/im-really-curious-as-to-what-those-anons-are|title=I'm really curious as to what those anons are|website=Tumblr|date=2017-09-18}}</ref>
* Kizuna does not appear anywhere in the main comic. This side story is the whole of her BCB career.
 
== Related chapters ==
* '''[[A Distance Apart]]''': In canon, Lucy confessed and Mike turned her down for Sandy. The AU keeps that triangle and turns the devotion up to something frightening.
* '''[[Pillow Talk]]''': The main-comic chapter running when Disaster Dominoes came out — the Mike and Lucy heartache was the live storyline being parodied.
* '''[[Love My Way]]''': Canon Abbey stops himself mid-swing here because he refuses to become his abusive father. The Abbey in this comic clearly had no such moment.


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 12:29, 14 July 2026

Disaster Dominoes
PublishedJanuary 24, 2011 (2011-01-24)
Page count33
Major charactersMike, Lucy, Daisy, Abbey, Paulo
Minor charactersDavid, Amaya, Haley, Chris
LocationsMike's house, Roseville High School, Neighborhood sidewalks and streets
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Disaster Dominoes is a non-canon Bittersweet Club International-exclusive comic where everything in Roseville has gone wrong at once: Lucy is dangerously obsessed, Daisy is starving herself, Paulo needs his fix, and Mike is the last sane person holding the line.

Synopsis

Mike's morning starts out ordinary, which is the last ordinary thing in the comic. Lucy is waiting outside, hollow-eyed, fretting over Paulo's party habits on the walk to school. She quietly assures Mike that "Only you will be getting that...", a promise he gently deflects.[1] Sandy is visiting next week, and the route passes a graveyard where Molly already lies buried.[2]

Kizuna stands in the classroom doorway with blood dripping from her chin and mouth, wearing a dazed slight smile.
Kizuna gets back from her bathroom break in a state that raises a few questions.

The classroom fills out the rest of the damage. Daisy trembles at her desk, berating herself for having eaten today.[3] Paulo sweats and shakes over a little baggie, while David can barely get Paulo's name out.[4] Kizuna treats the class to a story about the time she killed a mafia assassin.[5] Nobody thinks to question the large knife she takes along when she's excused.[4]

After the bell, Daisy flees to the bathroom in tears, but she isn't alone in there. Abbey hangs out of a hole in the ceiling, cast fully in shadow. He has been keeping watch over everything Daisy does, and he calls it protection.[6]

Mike still believes every one of his friends can be saved, and he spends the day trying to hold everybody together. The comic, of course, has other plans. The dominoes fall right up to the final page — is anyone in Roseville getting out of this day intact?

Character dynamics

  • Mike and Lucy: In the main comic at the time, Lucy had confessed to Mike and been turned down for Sandy's sake.[7] The AU swaps the temperaments. This Lucy is devoted to the point of destroying herself, while this Mike is bottomlessly patient, keeping her at arm's length without ever leaving her side.[1]
  • Abbey and Daisy: Canon Abbey is Daisy's gentle boyfriend whose deepest fear is turning into his violent father.[8] In this comic he has become exactly that. His devotion has curdled into constant surveillance, and Daisy is in no shape to question it.[6]

Trivia & observations

  • Veronica answered the canon question on Tumblr: some BCI comics are canonical, but Disaster Dominoes is strictly a what-if.[9]
  • It's also the only place Lucy is ever depicted cutting herself. Veronica called it "so very unofficial".[10]
  • Kizuna does not appear anywhere in the main comic. This side story is the whole of her BCB career.

Related chapters

  • A Distance Apart: In canon, Lucy confessed and Mike turned her down for Sandy. The AU keeps that triangle and turns the devotion up to something frightening.
  • Pillow Talk: The main-comic chapter running when Disaster Dominoes came out — the Mike and Lucy heartache was the live storyline being parodied.
  • Love My Way: Canon Abbey stops himself mid-swing here because he refuses to become his abusive father. The Abbey in this comic clearly had no such moment.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Disaster Dominoes, page 2 🔒 (members only)
  2. ↑ Disaster Dominoes, page 3 🔒 (members only)
  3. ↑ Disaster Dominoes, page 4 🔒 (members only)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Disaster Dominoes, page 6 🔒 (members only)
  5. ↑ Disaster Dominoes, page 5 🔒 (members only)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Disaster Dominoes, page 8 🔒 (members only)
  7. ↑ Chapter 50: A Distance Apart, page 11
  8. ↑ Chapter 39: Love My Way, page 18
  9. ↑ "Are any of the BCI comics canon?". Tumblr. 2015-08-01.
  10. ↑ "I'm really curious as to what those anons are". Tumblr. 2017-09-18.
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