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| major_characters = | | major_characters = [[Lucy]], [[Mike]], [[Yashy]], [[Daisy]], [[David]] | ||
| minor_characters = | | minor_characters = | ||
| locations = | | locations = [[Lucy's house]], [[Neighborhood sidewalks and streets]] | ||
| collected_in = [[Bittersweet Candy Bowl: Volume One|Volume One]], [[Bittersweet Candy Bowl: Omnibus 1|Omnibus 1]] | | collected_in = [[Bittersweet Candy Bowl: Volume One|Volume One]], [[Bittersweet Candy Bowl: Omnibus 1|Omnibus 1]] | ||
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Snow blankets Roseville and [[Lucy]] is ready to celebrate — until the morning news announces that every school is open. Cue a mournful walk to class, a one-dog boycott from [[David]], and a talking snowman with a death wish. | |||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Lucy wakes to her alarm dreading another day of school, until she spots the snow falling outside her window. She bounds downstairs chanting "SNOW DAY~! SNOW DAY~!", and when [[Mike]] shows up at her door with his backpack on, she doesn't take the hint and pulls him inside to watch TV instead. The TV has bad news, though: every school in the area is open. Lucy bursts into tears.<ref name=":c3p1">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c3/p1}}</ref> | |||
Mike does his best to console her, suggesting it might snow enough tomorrow, but when he reaches out to her she stops him with a quiet "Don't touch me..". He pulls his hand back and shyly looks aside.<ref name=":c3p1" /> The two head off to school, Lucy grumbling that the snowflakes keep teasing her.<ref name=":c3p2">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c3/p2}}</ref> | |||
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- | Partway there, they find [[David]] sitting in the snow, boycotting school until everybody gets their snow day. He's confident the authorities will kneel before him, cancel class, and eventually make him president. Mike points out they could also just mark him absent, and gets branded a communist for his trouble. David invites Lucy to join the cause instead, hinting she might discover some hidden feelings along the way. For one sparkly-eyed moment his hopes actually soar, since Lucy agrees it's a pretty noble cause. "But I don't like smelly hippies!" She and Mike walk on while David yells after them, demanding to know what she ''does'' like.<ref name=":c3p2" /> | ||
== | [[File:c3_p3_panel3.png|alt=Lucy punches the head clean off a giant snowman with a "POW".|thumb|Talking snowmen should watch their language around Lucy.]] | ||
Further down the road, a huge snowman calls Lucy fat, and she punches its head clean off. She's mid-apology to the wreckage when [[Yashy]] pops out of the snow, quite pleased with herself. Lucy stomps her right back in. Yashy, it happens, was left at home this morning and figured a lesson was in order. [[Daisy]] catches up soon after, fawning over Mike and fishing for gratitude about the math homework she helped him with. Lucy's mocking impression of her goes down poorly, and Yashy makes things worse: "Neither is trying to steal her man, whore!" One snow-pile toss later, Daisy locks in a study date with Mike for the evening.<ref name=":c3p3">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c3/p3}}</ref> | |||
The last stretch of the walk is a sheet of ice, and it gives everybody ideas. Lucy loses her footing and Mike steadies her. Then Yashy glides past like a figure skater, and a light bulb goes on over Lucy's head. She skates off ahead, leaving Daisy alone with Mike, and Daisy makes the most of it by faking a slip of her own so that he'll catch her. Lucy, meanwhile, pulls off a whole skating routine, waving back at the others before dropping into a triumphant pose... right in front of a teacher. A hastily faked twisted ankle doesn't buy her a trip home. "Very funny. My classroom. '''NOW'''."<ref name=":c3p4">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c3/p4}}</ref> | |||
== Trivia & observations == | == Trivia & observations == | ||
* All four pages of the chapter were published on the same day, March 23, 2010.<ref name=":c3p1" /> | |||
* Lucy's quiet "Don't touch me.." is the first time she turns down comfort from Mike on-page. Her aversion to being touched goes back further, all the way to [[Simple Pleasures]].<ref name=":c3p1" /><ref name=":c1p3">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c1/p3}}</ref> | |||
* Snow days are "completely foreign" to Oliver, who is Australian. His commentary wonders, "I think it's from cartoons. What's snow?"<ref name=":c3p1" /> | |||
* Veronica's commentary points out the absurdity of David staging his protest "in the middle of nowhere. Not even in front of the school!"<ref name=":c3p2" /> | |||
* Per Veronica's commentary, Yashy is "saying what certain people are actually thinking", and Lucy gets flustered not because she thinks Yashy is wrong.<ref name=":c3p3" /> In a much later Tumblr post, Veronica added that Yashy "sorta represented Lucy's mean intrusive thoughts a lot of the time, but when push came to shove Yashy's obnoxious self would advocate for Lucy when she couldn't."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/819708455271219200/hello-i-heard-you-like-hearing-headcanons-here|date=2026-06-17}}</ref> The "steal her man" outburst is also the first time on-page that Yashy pushes Mike and Lucy as a couple.<ref name=":c3p3" /> | |||
* Veronica based the final page on an old comic she made "long long ago, before 'Bittersweet Candy Bowl' was a thing," and she would have liked Lucy to do even more stunts if space had allowed.<ref name=":c3p4" /> | |||
* The poodle teacher is the first teacher to appear in the series. A poodle teacher shows up again in [[Unfit for Education]].<ref name=":c3p4" /><ref name=":c4p2">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c4/p2}}</ref> | |||
== Related chapters == | == Related chapters == | ||
* '''[[Simple Pleasures]]''': The whole main cast of this chapter made their first appearances there, and Daisy was already gushing over Mike's workbook. The homework and study-date business here continues that thread. | |||
- | * '''[[Unfit for Education]]''': The very next chapter picks up in the classroom Lucy gets marched off to, and the whole thing is about Yashy tagging along to school with the gang. | ||
* '''[[Pillow Talk]]''': The snow-day flashback in this much later chapter follows the same shape as Lucy's morning here, with a playful moment in the snow between Mike and Lucy ending in her pushing him away. | |||
* '''[[Under Pressure]]''': Daisy's staged slip gets an unstaged sequel there. She genuinely goes under in the pool while distracted by Mike, and this time he rescues her for real. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Chapters]] | [[Category:Chapters]] | ||
[[Category:Volume One]] | [[Category:Volume One]] | ||
[[Category:Omnibus 1]] | [[Category:Omnibus 1]] | ||
{{BCB chapters}} | {{BCB chapters}} | ||
[[Category:Chapters]] | [[Category:Chapters]] | ||
[[Category:Volume One]] | [[Category:Volume One]] | ||
[[Category:Omnibus 1]] | [[Category:Omnibus 1]] | ||
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| Merry Snow Day | |
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| Chapter | 3 of 127 (list of chapters) |
| Published | May 8, 2006 |
| Page count | 4 |
| Major characters | Lucy, Mike, Yashy, Daisy, David |
| Locations | Lucy's house, Neighborhood sidewalks and streets |
| Collected in | Volume One, Omnibus 1 |
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Snow blankets Roseville and Lucy is ready to celebrate — until the morning news announces that every school is open. Cue a mournful walk to class, a one-dog boycott from David, and a talking snowman with a death wish.
Synopsis
Lucy wakes to her alarm dreading another day of school, until she spots the snow falling outside her window. She bounds downstairs chanting "SNOW DAY~! SNOW DAY~!", and when Mike shows up at her door with his backpack on, she doesn't take the hint and pulls him inside to watch TV instead. The TV has bad news, though: every school in the area is open. Lucy bursts into tears.[1]
Mike does his best to console her, suggesting it might snow enough tomorrow, but when he reaches out to her she stops him with a quiet "Don't touch me..". He pulls his hand back and shyly looks aside.[1] The two head off to school, Lucy grumbling that the snowflakes keep teasing her.[2]
Partway there, they find David sitting in the snow, boycotting school until everybody gets their snow day. He's confident the authorities will kneel before him, cancel class, and eventually make him president. Mike points out they could also just mark him absent, and gets branded a communist for his trouble. David invites Lucy to join the cause instead, hinting she might discover some hidden feelings along the way. For one sparkly-eyed moment his hopes actually soar, since Lucy agrees it's a pretty noble cause. "But I don't like smelly hippies!" She and Mike walk on while David yells after them, demanding to know what she does like.[2]
Further down the road, a huge snowman calls Lucy fat, and she punches its head clean off. She's mid-apology to the wreckage when Yashy pops out of the snow, quite pleased with herself. Lucy stomps her right back in. Yashy, it happens, was left at home this morning and figured a lesson was in order. Daisy catches up soon after, fawning over Mike and fishing for gratitude about the math homework she helped him with. Lucy's mocking impression of her goes down poorly, and Yashy makes things worse: "Neither is trying to steal her man, whore!" One snow-pile toss later, Daisy locks in a study date with Mike for the evening.[3]
The last stretch of the walk is a sheet of ice, and it gives everybody ideas. Lucy loses her footing and Mike steadies her. Then Yashy glides past like a figure skater, and a light bulb goes on over Lucy's head. She skates off ahead, leaving Daisy alone with Mike, and Daisy makes the most of it by faking a slip of her own so that he'll catch her. Lucy, meanwhile, pulls off a whole skating routine, waving back at the others before dropping into a triumphant pose... right in front of a teacher. A hastily faked twisted ankle doesn't buy her a trip home. "Very funny. My classroom. NOW."[4]
Trivia & observations
- All four pages of the chapter were published on the same day, March 23, 2010.[1]
- Lucy's quiet "Don't touch me.." is the first time she turns down comfort from Mike on-page. Her aversion to being touched goes back further, all the way to Simple Pleasures.[1][5]
- Snow days are "completely foreign" to Oliver, who is Australian. His commentary wonders, "I think it's from cartoons. What's snow?"[1]
- Veronica's commentary points out the absurdity of David staging his protest "in the middle of nowhere. Not even in front of the school!"[2]
- Per Veronica's commentary, Yashy is "saying what certain people are actually thinking", and Lucy gets flustered not because she thinks Yashy is wrong.[3] In a much later Tumblr post, Veronica added that Yashy "sorta represented Lucy's mean intrusive thoughts a lot of the time, but when push came to shove Yashy's obnoxious self would advocate for Lucy when she couldn't."[6] The "steal her man" outburst is also the first time on-page that Yashy pushes Mike and Lucy as a couple.[3]
- Veronica based the final page on an old comic she made "long long ago, before 'Bittersweet Candy Bowl' was a thing," and she would have liked Lucy to do even more stunts if space had allowed.[4]
- The poodle teacher is the first teacher to appear in the series. A poodle teacher shows up again in Unfit for Education.[4][7]
Related chapters
- Simple Pleasures: The whole main cast of this chapter made their first appearances there, and Daisy was already gushing over Mike's workbook. The homework and study-date business here continues that thread.
- Unfit for Education: The very next chapter picks up in the classroom Lucy gets marched off to, and the whole thing is about Yashy tagging along to school with the gang.
- Pillow Talk: The snow-day flashback in this much later chapter follows the same shape as Lucy's morning here, with a playful moment in the snow between Mike and Lucy ending in her pushing him away.
- Under Pressure: Daisy's staged slip gets an unstaged sequel there. She genuinely goes under in the pool while distracted by Mike, and this time he rescues her for real.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Chapter 3: Merry Snow Day, page 1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chapter 3: Merry Snow Day, page 2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Chapter 3: Merry Snow Day, page 3
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Chapter 3: Merry Snow Day, page 4
- ↑ Chapter 1: Simple Pleasures, page 3
- ↑ . 2026-06-17 https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/819708455271219200/hello-i-heard-you-like-hearing-headcanons-here.
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