Disaster Dominoes
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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.
| Disaster Dominoes | |
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| Published | January 24, 2011 |
| Page count | 33 |
| Major characters | Mike, Lucy, Daisy, Abbey, Paulo |
| Minor characters | David, Haley, Chris, Amaya |
| Locations | Mike's house, Neighborhood sidewalks and streets, Roseville High School |
| Chapter navigation | |
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| Read in the BCI Members' Library | |
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]
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
- ↑ Disaster Dominoes, page 1 🔒 (members only)
- ↑ Disaster Dominoes, page 3 🔒 (members only)
- ↑ Disaster Dominoes, page 4 🔒 (members only)
- ↑ Disaster Dominoes, page 6 🔒 (members only)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Disaster Dominoes, page 9 🔒 (members only)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Disaster Dominoes, page 14 🔒 (members only)
- ↑ Chapter 50: A Distance Apart, page 11
- ↑ Chapter 39: Love My Way, page 18
- ↑ "Are any of the BCI comics canon?". Tumblr. 2015-08-01.
- ↑ "I'm really curious as to what those anons are..." Tumblr. 2017-09-18.
- ↑ Chapter 38: Rising Temperature, page 5