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== Personality == | == Personality == | ||
Madison has a temper, and it doesn't take much to set it off. Paulo flirts with her exactly once at the beach, and gets a punch for his trouble.<ref name=":c90p9">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c90/p9}}</ref> Most of her anger is spent on other people's behalf, though. She tears into Paulo over how he treats [[Rachel]] | Madison has a temper, and it doesn't take much to set it off. Paulo flirts with her exactly once at the beach, and gets a punch for his trouble.<ref name=":c90p9">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c90/p9}}</ref> Most of her anger is spent on other people's behalf, though. She tears into Paulo over how he treats [[Rachel]], telling him "With the way you treat your girlfriend, it's pretty easy to hate you!"<ref name=":c95p3">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c95/p3}}</ref> As Veronica's commentary puts it plainly, "she fights for her friends."<ref name=":c95p4">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c95/p4}}</ref> | ||
Under the bravado sits a girl who is pretty scared of not being good enough. When she learns Jessica once had a crush on Lucy, her first thought is for herself: "Am I just a replacement for <u>SOME BITCH?!</u>"<ref name=":c90p32">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c90/p32}}</ref> Even her big hallway tirade at Lucy stalls halfway through and slides into worrying that Jessica is too good for her. She has to argue herself back up out loud | Under the bravado sits a girl who is pretty scared of not being good enough. When she learns Jessica once had a crush on Lucy, her first thought is for herself: "Am I just a replacement for <u>SOME BITCH?!</u>"<ref name=":c90p32">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c90/p32}}</ref> Even her big hallway tirade at Lucy stalls halfway through and slides into worrying that Jessica is too good for her. She has to argue herself back up out loud. "Nobody wants a whiner who constantly feels sorry for herself! Not her not anyone!"<ref name=":c99p3">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c99/p3}}</ref> | ||
Then there is the tact problem. Veronica has called her a "nervous chatterbox" with "foot-in-mouth syndrome,"<ref name="tumblr-chatterbox">{{Cite web|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/818893023064866816|title=Ask response|website=Tumblr|date=2026-06-08}}</ref> and the comic backs her up | Then there is the tact problem. Veronica has called her a "nervous chatterbox" with "foot-in-mouth syndrome,"<ref name="tumblr-chatterbox">{{Cite web|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/818893023064866816|title=Ask response|website=Tumblr|date=2026-06-08}}</ref> and the comic backs her up. This is a girl who will happily ask an entire lunch table about "that weird incest thing," which is her outsider's read on a school play where [[Mike]] and Lucy played siblings.<ref name=":c92p10">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c92/p10}}</ref> | ||
== Appearance == | == Appearance == | ||
[[File:Tumblr bittersweetcandybowl 140715869088 0.jpg|thumb|Veronica's "original Madison designs," drawn before Madison ever spoke on-panel.<ref name="tumblr-sketches">{{Cite web|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/140715869088|title=Original Madison designs|website=Tumblr|date=2016-03-09}}</ref>]] | [[File:Tumblr bittersweetcandybowl 140715869088 0.jpg|thumb|Veronica's "original Madison designs," drawn before Madison ever spoke on-panel.<ref name="tumblr-sketches">{{Cite web|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/140715869088|title=Original Madison designs|website=Tumblr|date=2016-03-09}}</ref>]] | ||
Madison is a brown cat with darker brown hair and glasses. Her first appearance puts her in a strapless prom dress with a cup of punch in hand,<ref name=":c85p15">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c85/p15}}</ref> and by | Madison is a brown cat with darker brown hair and glasses. Her first appearance puts her in a strapless prom dress with a cup of punch in hand,<ref name=":c85p15">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c85/p15}}</ref> and by the time she gets a formal introduction she has picked up some rather prominent dark circles under her eyes.<ref name=":c90p5">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c90/p5}}</ref> | ||
The resemblance to Lucy is written into the story itself. [[David]] greets her with "You're just like my Lucy-baby!",<ref name=":c90p31" /> and Mike mistakes her for Lucy on sight.<ref name=":c92p3">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c92/p3}}</ref> Veronica's commentary heads the comparison off directly | The resemblance to Lucy is written into the story itself. [[David]] greets her with "You're just like my Lucy-baby!",<ref name=":c90p31" /> and Mike mistakes her for Lucy on sight.<ref name=":c92p3">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c92/p3}}</ref> Veronica's commentary heads the comparison off directly, noting that "Madison and Lucy aren't complete clones."<ref name=":c90p31" /> Veronica has also admitted the design turned out "eerily similar to how I draw myself," while insisting "she's not me!! At all!"<ref name="tumblr-selfportrait">{{Cite web|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/815450305870315520|title=Ask response|website=Tumblr|date=2026-05-01}}</ref> | ||
== Significant events == | == Significant events == | ||
Madison's first appearance is easy to miss | Madison's first appearance is easy to miss. She stands silently beside Jessica at junior prom in [[Total Recall]], punch in hand.<ref name=":c85p15" /> The side story [[Love Letters]] fills in how she got there. A newly transferred Madison is partnered with Jessica in history class, and it's Rachel who badgers her into asking Jessica to that very prom. | ||
Her speaking debut comes in [[Golden Hour]], on the summer beach trip. Paulo tries a line on her and gets "I'd rather you catch a disease, loser." in return.<ref name=":c90p8">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c90/p8}}</ref> Jessica steps in and makes the relationship public | Her speaking debut comes in [[Golden Hour]], on the summer beach trip. Paulo tries a line on her and gets "I'd rather you catch a disease, loser." in return.<ref name=":c90p8">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c90/p8}}</ref> Jessica steps in and makes the relationship public with a "Yo! Back off my girl!"<ref name=":c90p9" /> Later in the trip, David's chatter reveals that Jessica used to have a crush on Lucy.<ref name=":c90p31" /> Madison explodes on the spot, and Rachel gleefully stirs the pot.<ref name=":c90p32" /> | ||
The grudge simmers into the fall of senior year. On the first day in [[Table for One]], Mike bumps into her and calls her "Lucy" by mistake | The grudge simmers into the fall of senior year. On the first day in [[Table for One]], Mike bumps into her and calls her "Lucy" by mistake.<ref name=":c92p3" /> At lunch, she works out that David's "Lucy-baby" and Jessica's old crush are one and the same girl.<ref name=":c92p10" /> Then, in [[Love Again]], she finally spots Lucy in the flesh: "'''IS <u>THAT THE FUCKING INCEST BITCH</u>'''"<ref name=":c95p27">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c95/p27}}</ref> | ||
[[PDA]] is Madison's spotlight chapter. She catches Lucy alone in a hallway and unloads the whole grudge at her back.<ref name=":c99p2">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c99/p2}}</ref> Halfway through, the rant collapses into self-doubt | [[PDA]] is Madison's spotlight chapter. She catches Lucy alone in a hallway and unloads the whole grudge at her back.<ref name=":c99p2">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c99/p2}}</ref> Halfway through, the rant collapses into self-doubt. She talks herself back around and lands on a vow to make Jessica the happiest she can be.<ref name=":c99p4">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c99/p4}}</ref> Jessica then breaks the news that Lucy is half-deaf and heard none of it.<ref name=":c99p5">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c99/p5}}</ref> Before Madison can start doubting herself all over again, Jessica kisses her. "I love you. You're <u>adorable!</u>"<ref name=":c99p6">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c99/p6}}</ref> | ||
[[Double Down]] closes the book on Lucy. When [[Augustus]] suggests bringing her along on a mall trip, the whole table freezes and stares at Madison.<ref name=":c114p12">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c114/p12}}</ref> By then she knows about Lucy's suicide attempt, and her answer is a sincere one: somebody ought to keep an eye on Lucy.<ref name=":c114p13">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c114/p13}}</ref> | [[Double Down]] closes the book on Lucy. When [[Augustus]] suggests bringing her along on a mall trip, the whole table freezes and stares at Madison.<ref name=":c114p12">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c114/p12}}</ref> By then she knows about Lucy's suicide attempt, and her answer is a sincere one: somebody ought to keep an eye on Lucy.<ref name=":c114p13">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c114/p13}}</ref> | ||
Spring brings one last round of drama. In [[Method Acting]], Madison gushes over Jessica's play<ref name=":c121p14">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c121/p14}}</ref> and stays loyally baffled while the others accuse Jessica of basing its cast on them.<ref name=":c121p23">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c121/p23}}</ref> In [[Participation Trophy]], she overhears [[Sue]] crying over her own old play.<ref name=":c126p10">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c126/p10}}</ref> Her apology fumbles badly at first, but it ends somewhere genuinely kind | Spring brings one last round of drama. In [[Method Acting]], Madison gushes over Jessica's play<ref name=":c121p14">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c121/p14}}</ref> and stays loyally baffled while the others accuse Jessica of basing its cast on them.<ref name=":c121p23">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c121/p23}}</ref> In [[Participation Trophy]], she overhears [[Sue]] crying over her own old play.<ref name=":c126p10">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c126/p10}}</ref> Her apology fumbles badly at first, but it ends somewhere genuinely kind. Nobody ever discussed Sue's play, she points out, because Lucy's suicide attempt hit the school the very next day. "So maybe remember those details.. .. and go a little easier on yourself?"<ref name=":c126p13">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c126/p13}}</ref> | ||
== Major relationships == | == Major relationships == | ||
=== [[Jessica]] === | === [[Jessica]] === | ||
[[File:Rel madisonjessica c99 p6.png|thumb|right|Jessica ends the insecurity spiral in [[PDA]].]] | [[File:Rel madisonjessica c99 p6.png|thumb|right|Jessica ends the insecurity spiral in [[PDA]].]] | ||
Jessica and Madison clicked | Jessica and Madison clicked back when Madison was brand new to Roseville. Love Letters shows them paired up in history class and heading to prom together, and Jessica remembers it the same way in-comic: "We spent A LOT of time hating on Mr. Holloway. ... We just sorta clicked."<ref name=":c90p31" /> | ||
The one real crisis between them is Lucy-shaped, and PDA puts it to bed with a kiss and a promise: "You run circles 'round her, don't you worry."<ref name=":c99p6" /> Since then the two have run like clockwork. Jessica manages the temper, whether with a firm "Maddie, stop."<ref name=":c98p8">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c98/p8}}</ref> or a bop on the head.<ref name=":c98p18">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c98/p18}}</ref> Madison worships her right back | The one real crisis between them is Lucy-shaped, and PDA puts it to bed with a kiss and a promise: "You run circles 'round her, don't you worry."<ref name=":c99p6" /> Since then the two have run like clockwork. Jessica manages the temper, whether with a firm "Maddie, stop."<ref name=":c98p8">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c98/p8}}</ref> or a bop on the head.<ref name=":c98p18">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c98/p18}}</ref> Madison worships her right back. Even a group scolding over skipped movie nights comes with the exemption "(Not you Jessica you're perfect)".<ref name=":c111p1">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c111/p1}}</ref> | ||
=== [[Lucy]] === | === [[Lucy]] === | ||
Madison's loudest relationship is with a girl she never properly met. | Madison's loudest relationship is with a girl she never properly met. The grudge starts with the crush reveal at the beach,<ref name=":c90p32" /> and it feeds on lunch-table gossip for months afterward.<ref name=":c92p10" /> It peaks with a hallway tirade that the half-deaf Lucy never hears a word of.<ref name=":c99p2" /><ref name=":c99p5" /> | ||
It fizzles out in the end. Once Madison learns about Lucy's suicide attempt, the anger gives way to concern,<ref name=":c114p13" /> and by spring the two can share a cafeteria without incident.<ref name=":c127p38">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c127/p38}}</ref> Asked whether Madison would mind Augustus joining the senior table, Veronica sketched Madison shrugging the whole thing off: "It's not my business anyway."<ref name="tumblr-nobusiness">{{Cite web|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/818165757974282240|title=Ask response|website=Tumblr|date=2026-05-31}}</ref> | It fizzles out in the end. Once Madison learns about Lucy's suicide attempt, the anger gives way to concern,<ref name=":c114p13" /> and by spring the two can share a cafeteria without incident.<ref name=":c127p38">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c127/p38}}</ref> Asked whether Madison would mind Augustus joining the senior table, Veronica sketched Madison shrugging the whole thing off: "It's not my business anyway."<ref name="tumblr-nobusiness">{{Cite web|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/818165757974282240|title=Ask response|website=Tumblr|date=2026-05-31}}</ref> | ||
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=== [[Paulo]] === | === [[Paulo]] === | ||
[[File:Rel madisonpaulo c90 p9.png|thumb|left|Madison makes a first impression on Paulo in [[Golden Hour]].]] | [[File:Rel madisonpaulo c90 p9.png|thumb|left|Madison makes a first impression on Paulo in [[Golden Hour]].]] | ||
Paulo fell for Madison the moment she started hitting him | Paulo fell for Madison the moment she started hitting him. His response to the punch was a lovestruck "♥ oh god you hit like her too ♥",<ref name=":c90p9" /> and Veronica's commentary confirms the obvious: "Paulo has a type."<ref name=":c90p8" /> Madison holds him in durable contempt. She greets him with middle fingers<ref name=":c98p8" /> and offers a flat "Fucking pathetic." when she catches him flirting.<ref name=":c95p3" /> He keeps orbiting anyway. [[Matt]] smuggled him into her eighteenth-birthday party,<ref name=":c104.1p2">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c104.1/p2}}</ref> and Paulo once offered her a ride to the mall when she needed one.<ref name=":c112p4">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c112/p4}}</ref> | ||
=== [[Rachel]] === | === [[Rachel]] === | ||
Rachel is the reason Madison and Jessica are a couple at all. In Love Letters, she spots the crush before Madison will admit to it, then bullies her into asking Jessica to junior prom. In the main comic she keeps on refereeing, policing Madison's manners around Paulo ("Be nice. We worked it out, I told you.").<ref name=":c98p8" /> | Rachel is the reason Madison and Jessica are a couple at all. In Love Letters, she spots the crush before Madison will admit to it, then bullies her into asking Jessica to junior prom. In the main comic she keeps on refereeing, policing Madison's manners around Paulo ("Be nice. We worked it out, I told you.").<ref name=":c98p8" /> | ||
Madison repays her with plenty of affection | Madison repays her with plenty of affection. A gloomy Rachel gets smothered with a "But we love you!"<ref name=":c95p26">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c95/p26}}</ref> Their one falling-out comes during the play blowup, when Rachel snaps "Shut up, Madison! This doesn't <u>AFFECT</u> you!"<ref name=":c121p24">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c121/p24}}</ref> It doesn't stick, though. By Participation Trophy, Madison is back at the table needling her as usual.<ref name=":c126p3">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c126/p3}}</ref> | ||
== Minor relationships == | == Minor relationships == | ||
=== [[Jordan]] === | === [[Jordan]] === | ||
[[File:Rel madisonjordan c111 p2.png|thumb|right|Madison and Jordan settle a snack dispute in [[Burnt Bridges]].]] | [[File:Rel madisonjordan c111 p2.png|thumb|right|Madison and Jordan settle a snack dispute in [[Burnt Bridges]].]] | ||
Veronica's commentary calls Jordan and Madison "such peas in a pod."<ref name=":c114p12" /> The two hold movie nights together and communicate largely in punches, most memorably over whether cookies beat her dad's octopus-cut hot dogs.<ref name=":c111p2">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c111/p2}}</ref> | Veronica's commentary calls Jordan and Madison "such peas in a pod."<ref name=":c114p12" /> The two hold movie nights together and communicate largely in punches, most memorably over whether cookies beat her dad's octopus-cut hot dogs.<ref name=":c111p2">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c111/p2}}</ref> Madison is also the one deadpanning about his [[Tiff]] obsession: "I think she's disconnecting."<ref name=":c104p4">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c104/p4}}</ref> | ||
=== [[David]] === | === [[David]] === | ||
"Maddie-baby" is David's invention, kept in use over Madison's | "Maddie-baby" is David's invention, and he has kept it in use over Madison's loudest objections. Her "'''DON'T CALL ME THAT YOU <u>JERK!!</u>'''" just got a cheery "Close enough!" out of him.<ref name=":c90p32" /> Months later, she still recoils whenever he pops up, and he still doesn't mind a bit.<ref name=":c126p3" /> | ||
=== [[Sue]] === | === [[Sue]] === | ||
Madison's mockery of Sue's play was one of the voices rattling around Sue's head | Madison's mockery of Sue's play was one of the voices rattling around Sue's head. Sue says as much herself: "I know I shouldn't listen to Paulo or Madison.."<ref name=":c126p10" /> The apology she eventually gets comes with the fumble built in. "Your play didn't suck!" is followed immediately by "Your actors sucked!"<ref name=":c126p12">{{Cite chapter|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c126/p12}}</ref> | ||
== Quotes == | == Quotes == | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* Madison was planned well before she showed up. Veronica has said she | * Madison was planned well before she showed up. Veronica has said she "wanted to give Jessica a girlfriend and have an actual relationship in the comic for once..", and so she "plotted Madison out for a while."<ref name="tumblr-planned">{{Cite web|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/797517180070707200|title=Ask response|website=Tumblr|date=2025-10-15}}</ref> | ||
* Her silent background debut at prom ran in October 2013 | * Her silent background debut at prom ran in October 2013. That was nearly two years of real time before her formal introduction in [[Golden Hour]].<ref name=":c85p15" /><ref name=":c90p5" /> | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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| Madison | |
|---|---|
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| Gender | Female |
| Age | 18 |
| Birthday | October 19, 1990 (Libra) |
| Grade | Senior as of Table for One |
| Species | Cat |
| Occupation | Student |
| Affiliation | Senior friend group |
| Debut | Total Recall, page 15 October 24, 2013 |
Loud, devoted, and completely without a filter, Madison is a senior at Roseville High School and Jessica's girlfriend. She transferred in during tenth grade[1] and settled comfortably into the seniors friend group, where she can usually be found planning movie nights, threatening Paulo, or nursing a grudge against a girl named Lucy she had never actually met.
Personality
Madison has a temper, and it doesn't take much to set it off. Paulo flirts with her exactly once at the beach, and gets a punch for his trouble.[2] Most of her anger is spent on other people's behalf, though. She tears into Paulo over how he treats Rachel, telling him "With the way you treat your girlfriend, it's pretty easy to hate you!"[3] As Veronica's commentary puts it plainly, "she fights for her friends."[4]
Under the bravado sits a girl who is pretty scared of not being good enough. When she learns Jessica once had a crush on Lucy, her first thought is for herself: "Am I just a replacement for SOME BITCH?!"[5] Even her big hallway tirade at Lucy stalls halfway through and slides into worrying that Jessica is too good for her. She has to argue herself back up out loud. "Nobody wants a whiner who constantly feels sorry for herself! Not her not anyone!"[6]
Then there is the tact problem. Veronica has called her a "nervous chatterbox" with "foot-in-mouth syndrome,"[7] and the comic backs her up. This is a girl who will happily ask an entire lunch table about "that weird incest thing," which is her outsider's read on a school play where Mike and Lucy played siblings.[8]
Appearance
Madison is a brown cat with darker brown hair and glasses. Her first appearance puts her in a strapless prom dress with a cup of punch in hand,[10] and by the time she gets a formal introduction she has picked up some rather prominent dark circles under her eyes.[11]
The resemblance to Lucy is written into the story itself. David greets her with "You're just like my Lucy-baby!",[1] and Mike mistakes her for Lucy on sight.[12] Veronica's commentary heads the comparison off directly, noting that "Madison and Lucy aren't complete clones."[1] Veronica has also admitted the design turned out "eerily similar to how I draw myself," while insisting "she's not me!! At all!"[13]
Significant events
Madison's first appearance is easy to miss. She stands silently beside Jessica at junior prom in Total Recall, punch in hand.[10] The side story Love Letters fills in how she got there. A newly transferred Madison is partnered with Jessica in history class, and it's Rachel who badgers her into asking Jessica to that very prom.
Her speaking debut comes in Golden Hour, on the summer beach trip. Paulo tries a line on her and gets "I'd rather you catch a disease, loser." in return.[14] Jessica steps in and makes the relationship public with a "Yo! Back off my girl!"[2] Later in the trip, David's chatter reveals that Jessica used to have a crush on Lucy.[1] Madison explodes on the spot, and Rachel gleefully stirs the pot.[5]
The grudge simmers into the fall of senior year. On the first day in Table for One, Mike bumps into her and calls her "Lucy" by mistake.[12] At lunch, she works out that David's "Lucy-baby" and Jessica's old crush are one and the same girl.[8] Then, in Love Again, she finally spots Lucy in the flesh: "IS THAT THE FUCKING INCEST BITCH"[15]
PDA is Madison's spotlight chapter. She catches Lucy alone in a hallway and unloads the whole grudge at her back.[16] Halfway through, the rant collapses into self-doubt. She talks herself back around and lands on a vow to make Jessica the happiest she can be.[17] Jessica then breaks the news that Lucy is half-deaf and heard none of it.[18] Before Madison can start doubting herself all over again, Jessica kisses her. "I love you. You're adorable!"[19]
Double Down closes the book on Lucy. When Augustus suggests bringing her along on a mall trip, the whole table freezes and stares at Madison.[20] By then she knows about Lucy's suicide attempt, and her answer is a sincere one: somebody ought to keep an eye on Lucy.[21]
Spring brings one last round of drama. In Method Acting, Madison gushes over Jessica's play[22] and stays loyally baffled while the others accuse Jessica of basing its cast on them.[23] In Participation Trophy, she overhears Sue crying over her own old play.[24] Her apology fumbles badly at first, but it ends somewhere genuinely kind. Nobody ever discussed Sue's play, she points out, because Lucy's suicide attempt hit the school the very next day. "So maybe remember those details.. .. and go a little easier on yourself?"[25]
Major relationships
Jessica
Jessica and Madison clicked back when Madison was brand new to Roseville. Love Letters shows them paired up in history class and heading to prom together, and Jessica remembers it the same way in-comic: "We spent A LOT of time hating on Mr. Holloway. ... We just sorta clicked."[1]
The one real crisis between them is Lucy-shaped, and PDA puts it to bed with a kiss and a promise: "You run circles 'round her, don't you worry."[19] Since then the two have run like clockwork. Jessica manages the temper, whether with a firm "Maddie, stop."[26] or a bop on the head.[27] Madison worships her right back. Even a group scolding over skipped movie nights comes with the exemption "(Not you Jessica you're perfect)".[28]
Lucy
Madison's loudest relationship is with a girl she never properly met. The grudge starts with the crush reveal at the beach,[5] and it feeds on lunch-table gossip for months afterward.[8] It peaks with a hallway tirade that the half-deaf Lucy never hears a word of.[16][18]
It fizzles out in the end. Once Madison learns about Lucy's suicide attempt, the anger gives way to concern,[21] and by spring the two can share a cafeteria without incident.[29] Asked whether Madison would mind Augustus joining the senior table, Veronica sketched Madison shrugging the whole thing off: "It's not my business anyway."[30]
Paulo
Paulo fell for Madison the moment she started hitting him. His response to the punch was a lovestruck "♥ oh god you hit like her too ♥",[2] and Veronica's commentary confirms the obvious: "Paulo has a type."[14] Madison holds him in durable contempt. She greets him with middle fingers[26] and offers a flat "Fucking pathetic." when she catches him flirting.[3] He keeps orbiting anyway. Matt smuggled him into her eighteenth-birthday party,[31] and Paulo once offered her a ride to the mall when she needed one.[32]
Rachel
Rachel is the reason Madison and Jessica are a couple at all. In Love Letters, she spots the crush before Madison will admit to it, then bullies her into asking Jessica to junior prom. In the main comic she keeps on refereeing, policing Madison's manners around Paulo ("Be nice. We worked it out, I told you.").[26]
Madison repays her with plenty of affection. A gloomy Rachel gets smothered with a "But we love you!"[33] Their one falling-out comes during the play blowup, when Rachel snaps "Shut up, Madison! This doesn't AFFECT you!"[34] It doesn't stick, though. By Participation Trophy, Madison is back at the table needling her as usual.[35]
Minor relationships
Jordan
Veronica's commentary calls Jordan and Madison "such peas in a pod."[20] The two hold movie nights together and communicate largely in punches, most memorably over whether cookies beat her dad's octopus-cut hot dogs.[36] Madison is also the one deadpanning about his Tiff obsession: "I think she's disconnecting."[37]
David
"Maddie-baby" is David's invention, and he has kept it in use over Madison's loudest objections. Her "DON'T CALL ME THAT YOU JERK!!" just got a cheery "Close enough!" out of him.[5] Months later, she still recoils whenever he pops up, and he still doesn't mind a bit.[35]
Sue
Madison's mockery of Sue's play was one of the voices rattling around Sue's head. Sue says as much herself: "I know I shouldn't listen to Paulo or Madison.."[24] The apology she eventually gets comes with the fumble built in. "Your play didn't suck!" is followed immediately by "Your actors sucked!"[38]
Quotes
I'd rather you catch a disease, loser. — Madison, rebuffing Paulo at the beach in Golden Hour
I swear I'm going to find this "Lucy" and WRING HER NECK — Madison, after Mike calls her the wrong name in Table for One
I might not be perfect, but Jessica likes me.. and I want to make her the happiest she can be. She's gone through a LOT and doesn't need YOU making it any worse! — Madison, to a Lucy who can't hear a word of it in PDA
(Not you Jessica you're perfect) — Madison, making an exception mid-lecture in Burnt Bridges
I didn't even realize what she was going through! Someone oughta keep an eye on her, right? — Madison, letting the grudge go in Double Down
Gallery
Appearances by volume
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Madison looking concerned in Total Recall. -
Madison having a bad day in Love Again. -
Madison being foiled by Lucy in PDA. -
Madison and Jordan's friendly fire in Burnt Bridges. -
Madison's growth in Double Down. -
Madison being clueless in Method Acting.
Outfits
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Madison's sundress in Golden Hour. -
Madison's outfit in Table for One. -
Madison's outfit in Love Again. -
Madison's outfit in Moments Apart.
Trivia
- Madison was planned well before she showed up. Veronica has said she "wanted to give Jessica a girlfriend and have an actual relationship in the comic for once..", and so she "plotted Madison out for a while."[39]
- Her silent background debut at prom ran in October 2013. That was nearly two years of real time before her formal introduction in Golden Hour.[10][11]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Chapter 90: Golden Hour, page 31
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chapter 90: Golden Hour, page 9
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 95: Love Again, page 3
- ↑ Chapter 95: Love Again, page 4
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Chapter 90: Golden Hour, page 32
- ↑ Chapter 99: PDA, page 3
- ↑ "Ask response". Tumblr. 2026-06-08.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Chapter 92: Table for One, page 10
- ↑ "Original Madison designs". Tumblr. 2016-03-09.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Chapter 85: Total Recall, page 15
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Chapter 90: Golden Hour, page 5
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Chapter 92: Table for One, page 3
- ↑ "Ask response". Tumblr. 2026-05-01.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Chapter 90: Golden Hour, page 8
- ↑ Chapter 95: Love Again, page 27
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Chapter 99: PDA, page 2
- ↑ Chapter 99: PDA, page 4
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Chapter 99: PDA, page 5
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Chapter 99: PDA, page 6
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Chapter 114: Double Down, page 12
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Chapter 114: Double Down, page 13
- ↑ Chapter 121: Method Acting, page 14
- ↑ Chapter 121: Method Acting, page 23
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Chapter 126: Participation Trophy, page 10
- ↑ Chapter 126: Participation Trophy, page 13
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Chapter 98: Moments Apart, page 8
- ↑ Chapter 98: Moments Apart, page 18
- ↑ Chapter 111: Burnt Bridges, page 1
- ↑ Chapter 127: Line in the Sand, page 38
- ↑ "Ask response". Tumblr. 2026-05-31.
- ↑ Sugar Substitute, page 2
- ↑ Chapter 112: Fuel Economy, page 4
- ↑ Chapter 95: Love Again, page 26
- ↑ Chapter 121: Method Acting, page 24
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 Chapter 126: Participation Trophy, page 3
- ↑ Chapter 111: Burnt Bridges, page 2
- ↑ Chapter 104: Fair Game, page 4
- ↑ Chapter 126: Participation Trophy, page 12
- ↑ "Ask response". Tumblr. 2025-10-15.