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| major_characters = [[Mike]], [[Lucy]], [[Daisy]], [[Abbey]], [[Paulo]], [[Sue]]
| caption = Homeroom in a Roseville where everything has gone wrong.
| minor_characters = [[David]], [[Amaya]], [[Principal]], [[Alec McCain]], [[Stacy]], [[Haley]], [[Chris]]
| major_characters = [[Mike]], [[Lucy]], [[Daisy]], [[Abbey]], [[Paulo]]
| minor_characters = [[David]], [[Haley]], [[Chris]], [[Amaya]]
| locations = [[Mike's house]], [[Neighborhood sidewalks and streets]], [[Roseville High School]]
| locations = [[Mike's house]], [[Neighborhood sidewalks and streets]], [[Roseville High School]]
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'''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 set in a what-if Roseville where everything that could go wrong already has. [[Mike]] is the last functional person left, and the school day ahead is not about to go easy on him.


== 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 pleasantly enough. He waves goodbye to [[Haley]] and [[Chris]] and finds [[Lucy]] waiting on the wall outside, hollow-eyed. How long has she been there? "A while."<ref name=":s5p1">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=1|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref> The walk to school passes a graveyard and [[Molly]]'s tombstone. Her death, Mike explains, put everyone on edge. At least [[Sandy]] is visiting next week.<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>
Homeroom fills in the rest of the picture. [[Daisy]] trembles at her desk, hating herself for having eaten anything at all today.<ref name=":s5p4">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=4|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref> [[Paulo]] sweats through withdrawal, and [[David]] can barely get Paulo's name out. Their classmate Kizuna excuses herself from class carrying a very large knife.<ref name=":s5p6">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=6|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref>


[[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.]]
[[File:s5p7f7.png|alt=Kizuna stands in the classroom doorway with blood dripping from her chin, wearing a dazed slight smile.|thumb|Kizuna gets back from her bathroom break.]]
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>
Some of it is still hidden, though. [[Abbey]] has been shadowing Daisy's every move, and his idea of protecting her is a violent one.<ref name=":s5p9">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=9|title=Disaster Dominoes}}</ref> Mike, meanwhile, knows what Lucy is doing to her body, and keeps her gently at arm's length for Sandy's sake.<ref name=":s5p14">{{Cite BCI page|slug=disasterdominoes|page=14|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>
From there, one crisis tips into the next. How many dominoes can fall before the final bell?


== 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:''' At the time, canon Mike and Lucy were estranged after her rejected confession in [[A Distance Apart]].<ref name=":c50p11">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c50/p11}}</ref> The AU keeps the Sandy triangle but swaps the temperaments: this Lucy is the obsessive, self-destructive one, and this Mike is a patient saint who won't cross the line.<ref name=":s5p14" />
* '''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 defender, whose great fear is becoming his abusive father.<ref name=":c39p18">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c39/p18}}</ref> The AU hands him that exact role. His "protection" is stalking and violence, and Daisy, disturbingly, stays grateful for it.<ref name=":s5p9" />


== 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 has confirmed on Tumblr that while some BCI comics are canon, this one is strictly a "what if" scenario.<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>
* Veronica also cites this as the only place Lucy is ever depicted cutting herself, calling 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>
* In the main comic, Molly is alive and well as Abbey's little sister.<ref name=":c38p5">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c38/p5}}</ref>
 
== Related chapters ==
* '''[[A Distance Apart]]''': the canon confession this AU turns inside out.
* '''[[Pillow Talk]]''': the main chapter running at the time, deep in the estrangement it exaggerates.
* '''[[Love My Way]]''': where canon Abbey's fear of becoming his father comes from.


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 13:04, 12 July 2026

Disaster Dominoes
Homeroom in a Roseville where everything has gone wrong.
PublishedJanuary 24, 2011 (2011-01-24)
Page count33
Major charactersMike, Lucy, Daisy, Abbey, Paulo
Minor charactersDavid, Haley, Chris, Amaya
LocationsMike's house, Neighborhood sidewalks and streets, Roseville High School
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Disaster Dominoes is a non-canon Bittersweet Club International-exclusive comic set in a what-if Roseville where everything that could go wrong already has. Mike is the last functional person left, and the school day ahead is not about to go easy on him.

Synopsis

Mike's morning starts pleasantly enough. He waves goodbye to Haley and Chris and finds Lucy waiting on the wall outside, hollow-eyed. How long has she been there? "A while."[1] The walk to school passes a graveyard and Molly's tombstone. Her death, Mike explains, put everyone on edge. At least Sandy is visiting next week.[2]

Homeroom fills in the rest of the picture. Daisy trembles at her desk, hating herself for having eaten anything at all today.[3] Paulo sweats through withdrawal, and David can barely get Paulo's name out. Their classmate Kizuna excuses herself from class carrying a very large knife.[4]

Kizuna stands in the classroom doorway with blood dripping from her chin, wearing a dazed slight smile.
Kizuna gets back from her bathroom break.

Some of it is still hidden, though. Abbey has been shadowing Daisy's every move, and his idea of protecting her is a violent one.[5] Mike, meanwhile, knows what Lucy is doing to her body, and keeps her gently at arm's length for Sandy's sake.[6]

From there, one crisis tips into the next. How many dominoes can fall before the final bell?

Character dynamics

  • Mike and Lucy: At the time, canon Mike and Lucy were estranged after her rejected confession in A Distance Apart.[7] The AU keeps the Sandy triangle but swaps the temperaments: this Lucy is the obsessive, self-destructive one, and this Mike is a patient saint who won't cross the line.[6]
  • Abbey and Daisy: Canon Abbey is Daisy's gentle defender, whose great fear is becoming his abusive father.[8] The AU hands him that exact role. His "protection" is stalking and violence, and Daisy, disturbingly, stays grateful for it.[5]

Trivia & observations

  • Veronica has confirmed on Tumblr that while some BCI comics are canon, this one is strictly a "what if" scenario.[9]
  • Veronica also cites this as the only place Lucy is ever depicted cutting herself, calling it "so very unofficial."[10]
  • In the main comic, Molly is alive and well as Abbey's little sister.[11]

Related chapters

  • A Distance Apart: the canon confession this AU turns inside out.
  • Pillow Talk: the main chapter running at the time, deep in the estrangement it exaggerates.
  • Love My Way: where canon Abbey's fear of becoming his father comes from.

References

  1. ↑ Disaster Dominoes, page 1 🔒 (members only)
  2. ↑ Disaster Dominoes, page 3 🔒 (members only)
  3. ↑ Disaster Dominoes, page 4 🔒 (members only)
  4. ↑ Disaster Dominoes, page 6 🔒 (members only)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Disaster Dominoes, page 9 🔒 (members only)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Disaster Dominoes, page 14 🔒 (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.
  11. ↑ Chapter 38: Rising Temperature, page 5
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