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The Aftermath of Losing Everything | Din Djarin x Fem!Reader
Series Masterlist
Summary: After parting with Grogu, losing his ship, and battling with the tenets of his Creed — Din is plagued by memories he fears will only ever exist in his past. But when he meets you, he’s surprised to see a bit of himself reflected in your eyes... and the family he still longs for. (Set after S2)
Rating: Mature
Warnings/Tags: Fluff, Angst, Eventual Smut (non graphic), Canon-Typical Violence, Mentions of Blood, Hurt Comfort, Slow Burn, no use of ‘Y/N’
A/N: Moodboards/sketches/gifs made by me, please don’t steal them. :)
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Part I. You’ve Been Lonely Too Long
Summary: You and the Mandalorian learn more about each other as you travel the galaxy together. It isn’t easy chipping away at his armor but nothing worth doing ever is. Eventually, you feel closer to him than you’ve ever felt with anyone before. But will your budding friendship be able to survive the secret you’ve been harboring?
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Part II. You Come Around And The Armor Falls
Summary: You and Din continue your travels across the galaxy. A trip to Tython reveals your path and a stay in Sorgan breaks down Din's barriers. But red-stained visions will lead you both on a dangerous journey you can only hope to survive.
Word Count: 7105
Part III. You Mean More
Summary: The plan goes as follows: Send the Mandalorian to the Imperial base under the guise of full cooperation and stall the holoprojector Imp for as long as possible. This will give you enough time to sneak in through an air vent, find a terminal, and hack the system, wiping every Imperial archive of Din Djarin's face. It should work, right? As long as no one gets hurt.
Word Count: 8023
Epilogue. You Will Never Be Alone Again
Summary: Each morning, he’s there, holding you with his smiling lips pressed against your neck and his heart beating against your chest.
Word Count: 3018
@ anon I’m not replying directly to ur asks bc I’m on mobile atm and that feels too complicated rn to put them all in one post sorry o(-( but tbh I think it’s just sorta like… not that bad? esp compared to ur situation I think - like my friend wouldn’t get aggressive just very avoidant and was sometimes a lil bit jokingly mean and it just landed bad lol
and yeah it just sorta is how it is ig like part of friendships is setting up boundaries and I get it bc I know there’s been certain things that I’ve asked my friend not to talk about bc it upsets me (although I have like.. no idea why dsmp upsets them to the point of blocking it on tumblr o(-( I never asked unfortunately. it could be they’ve bought into the “all dsmp members are racist and horrible!!” thing but I don’t know how to bring up how much misinfo that all is) on the other hand I do have close friends who do like dsmp as well so it’s not so bad i just talk to them or talk on here
I just don’t want them to fucking talk about it either bc it’s just that thing of like “your friends don’t want to hear about how much you hate the thing they love” kinda deal akdjsjd and when they bring it up idk whether it’s gonna be like that and I don’t really want to feel like shit bc they’ve decided to make a Pointed Comment
but yea with ur friends that sounds genuinely awful and I wish you the best of luck with that situation. if you feel comfortable enough maybe ask them not to talk about it in front of you bc you don’t like the negativity? idk it’s unfortunately a complex situation and my only suggestion is that from experience it’s better to bring it up sooner rather than later - if they respect you they’ll understand, if they don’t then yep lol red flag. ultimately ur the one who knows ur situation best though
sorry if the last bit sounds a bit preachy or something but yeah I do appreciate the sentiment! It’s just in my situation it’s not as much of a big deal and as much as it’s a… hm stressful situation whenever it’s brought up, they’ve respected my wishes to not talk about things in the past and they’ve also respected my wishes to not talk about dsmp negatively so yeah! idk how to end this. hope u have a good night/good day ^_^
also please tell me all ur thoughts on sue since it seems like u like her >:3
OH NO, EHEHEHEEH, WHAT-UM…MAY HAVE GIVEN YOU THAT IMPRESSION?
Yeeeeeaaaaaaah, I don’t make too much of an effort to hide the fact after years of not really having any particular favourite despite all the GOOD things about the other characters, Sue became my favourite BCB character and PauloxSue became my main ship in 2016 once I got back into the comic in such a big way.
I am a dirty Tsundere-shipper, but there are good reasons behind it. I hope you’re ready for a read. This is a huge post. If you’re not up for that. Feel free to scroll 9/10ths of the way down where I summarise.
Actually, truth was, I never actually had too much of a deep fascination for Sue in the same way I never had one for Augustus as per the previous ask. It only started once Taeshi posted that one blog on the Donde Esta Lucy Tumblr about McCain’s subsequent and official removal.
I thought this was tragic. Not for the handling of McCain, but for Sue.
Sue’s had a significant impact in the plot of the BCB comic despite consigning herself to the background, she had her play, she ran for secretary in Feline Fillibuster, she had a VERY large character moment in Critical Hit and she is seen along side the main four at the best of times.
McCain on the other hand… welI never held a position for favourite character, but I did hate certain characters. McCain was at an all time-low on my list, I never understood everyone’s obsession over him back when we had the forums. McCain was less of a character and was more of a plot device to push the plot along while making fun of the butt-monkey (Paulo). He was utterly shallow and devoid of any real personality. I was frankly pleased he had been officially removed but if anything, he should have been removed back when the comic moved into Volume 2.
This might seem mean-spirited, but I hold the opinion if you prefer McCain over the other characters despite their flaws, you were better off simply admitting you never held an opinion in the first place. He was the anti-opinion in a comic with characters which were about as deep as the mariana trench. It’s nice to get your feet wet in shallow water but you haven’t lived until you get waist deep.
Anyway, I thought this was tragic because I knew there was a lot more there in the comic with relation to Sue that there had to be a better ending for her than to consign her to the fucking CLASSROOM TRASHCAN. It was especially jarring given that as far as Sue shipping goes, SuexDavid was more popular on the Booru itself than SuexMcCain and this was LONG in the past. And I’m not even a fan of that either, it was the ‘go-to’ option.
I figured if I was going to re-read the comic to get a better understanding of Augustus, I might as well do the same with Sue…
And I did, there really needs to be a deeper appreciation of Sue than what most people realise, Sue really is the underrated underdog.
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I wouldn’t blame anyone if they really couldn’t formulate an opinion on Sue from as far back as Volume 1, 2 or 3 - it’s quite hard to since Sue doesn’t appear all that often and it’s hard to read into her character. Because of that point I really feel I have to advise a lot of what I’m about to write about may as well be conjecture, particularly considering Taeshi’s warning; Sue may well end up staying single by the end. And while I suppose that’s a better ending in comparison to McCain, I wanna feel that the underdog gets her day sometime during BCB’s life.
Sue is scarce in places throughout Volume 1. She’s introduced like a background character, particularly as one of the go-to stand-in girls whenever it comes time to hook Mike up with a girl.
This idea is pushed further around the end when Sue implicates herself as one when she makes a ‘background character’ group in the Intermission comic: Out of the Frame.
Every time I come to this particular chapter I really can’t help but wonder more about it. Why is Sue organising this fanclub? During the Middle school chapters we see Sue almost as frequently as we see Daisy or Paulo. Right after the kids move into highschool, we barely see Sue until very late in the volume. Her appearances are quite limited. We see her again when the kids are at Tess’ Christmas party, then afterwards talking to Katie before this intermission comic, we see Sue a few more times between Tess and Paulo’s romance and finally when the kids go on the trip to Acapulco.
When we do see Sue in the later chapters before this event, we see her in the hallways talking/meeting other people in-between chapters. She doesn’t appear to interact with the main kids at all until the Intermission comic as above. The chapter in the above image marks the second and third time we see Sue since the kids graduated middle school.
(Kinda cute how Amaya is angry she’s been left out of things.)
And this is so strange given her earlier appearances. Maybe she needed to step aside so Abbey and Tess could a bigger arc? But it’s so strange since we get a real look into Sue’s personality in Confrontation to almost make us believe she’s a core character. She REALLY starts to shine here and I feel it may give some indication into why she suddenly may have disappeared for a period from the comic.
This chapter marks the first time we don’t see Sue with Amaya, it’s also the first time we see Sue calling the shots at trying to get everyone back to Roseville. She comes across quite level-headed, dependable and responsible, particularly as Mike, Lucy, Paulo and Daisy are all fighting each other.
In some of the earlier chapters we do get a little bit of insight into Sue’s likes, like in one of the pictures above this one, we know she has a bit of an interest in Mike, a lot of the girls did and Sue’s no different.
We also know Sue appears a bit intelligent, or at least likes psychology.
We also know Sue’s into romance.
Sue is also interested in photography as we see in the Acapulco trip.
Going back to Confrontation, suffice to say, Sue can’t defend them against Alejandro. It’s up to Mike and Lucy to save her and the others. We don’t see much of Sue past this point. I can’t help but think the whole situation rubbed off on her so well afterwards either.
After Confrontation, we don’t really see Sue interact with the main kids too much at all. We see Sue with Amaya again for a final time in ‘Field Day’ right afterwards, and that’s the last time for a LONG TIME once the kids enter Roseville High. We don’t see her at all until Tess’ Christmas party in Feline festivities where they keep to themselves. Then we see her two more times in Under Pressure, the first when she’s walking in the hallway with another girl, and then getting into a verbal fight with Katie.
I really want to think there’s a reason for this, it’s kind of strange how a character who was ‘somewhat’ common would disappear into the background to make way for Abbey and Tess, and then be reintroduced later.
Sue’s absence makes me want to think she tried finding a new group of friends to hang out with, or even trying to lead a group of friends herself, but… it doesn’t seem like things quite worked out, there didn’t appear to be any group she naturally got along with.
So, in a fit of jealousy, Sue leads a counseling club for forgotten/support/fancharacters who seek to bask in the limelight. It seems all comedic, it fits in with the nature of Volume 1.
…Although is it really that? Or was Sue trying to lead a club with the most questionably eccentric people she could find to try and draw the attention away from Lucy and the gang?
All goes well until… well, they secede her and go off without her.
There might have been some ingenuity behind it if Sue didn’t try to run it so much as a club and try to wrap them around such an objective.
Sue sort of…reflects and feels out of place in a world where her ideas to help people are generally ignored.
Wouldn’t be the only time; we see this again in Feline Fillibuster when Sue runs for a leadership position.
Sue gives up regardless and scopes out Lucy, she begs for her forgiveness and explains she’d been jealous of the group. Lucy, having no problem with Sue, lets her know nobody cares who joins the table and invites her into the group.
This point really marks where Sue starts making frequent appearances in the comic as the point of reason. This was something McCain was originally introduced for, but it’s done substantially better since we’re now using a character who’s been in the comic since day one who intergrates and interacts more with the other characters.
One of the largest injokes is that Sue is largely forgetable so when Tess invites her on a holiday to Acapuloco. She’s ecstatic!
The next appearance is a bit of an eyeopener.
It’s kind of a 180 to be like “Psssh, my friends are all unintelligent dweebs, I am waaaaay above that, but I’ll come along anyway just because you remember me.”
Sue also appears averse to involving herself in the drama her friends surround themselves with but like I pointed out a couple of weeks back, Sue seems inclined to start drama, and does so, with a game of Truth and Dare of all things.
It’s a hell of a juxaposition for Sue and it’s lampshaded with scenes of Sue in-between pages having fun, using that little camera she bought or even doing that Japanese custom where you beat the crap out of a watermelon on a beach. She’s enjoying being here with these guys. She can’t lie. She acts all out of place but she belongs here even if she isn’t in this love square between the main four. Logic be damned. She’s here to have fun. And it’s a different side we see of her before she goes back to school. I’d like to think that this is one of the many sides of Sue where she really lets loose. We don’t see this cynicle Sue return again until the kids go back to Highschool.
Sue makes fewer appearances in Volume 2, we see her in two chapters, Unrequited as a shoulder for Lucy, and then a following time when Sue makes a play in Casting Call. When Lucy is having difficulties dealing with Mike’s rejection, Sue becomes a shoulder to cry on, offering her a slushy when Lucy realises what Zachary told her was right. Sue then gets the idea to try and mend the relationship through a play. She is only briefly mentioned in Back and Forth having told Lucy that Paulo was at the cinemas with a younger girl.
Sue has a moment to shine in Volume 3 when Sue aims for School Secretary in Feline Fillibuster. Sue’s identified various problems with the school and aims for fix them.
Sue finds real competition when Abbey also runs for the school secretary position with a few ideas of her own. This entire chapter is more about bringing up how these two are polar opposites; Abbey is someone who would resort to Authoritarian measures to deal with a particular problem, where Sue on the other-hand is the opposite, she’s more liberal leaning. We also gain some insight and clarification in that Abbey has used violence previously (Hint hint volume 1) to resolve problems with particular bullies, Sue won’t resort to that, and calls him out for it. She’s too much of a lover to be a fighter.
Unfortunately Sue’s undoing is when Daisy takes over Abbey’s position, Sue underestimates Daisy’s capability to debate and become politically charged.
Daisy mops the floor with her.
Sue appears quick to recover having lost a chance at making things better at the school, but we can see it in her face she really hasn’t. Daisy rubs salt in the wound when she gives the position to Abbey.
Poor Sue, you really tried. So is the life of the underdog.
Sue appears again in PillowTalk during Lucy’s sleepover party at Daisy’s house. Sue tries to help in cheering Jasmine up although it doesn’t quite work out when Sue comments how Paulo will likely dump her ass when she gains a few pounds.
Wooops.
Wouldn’t be the first time Sue has voiced such a bad impression of Paulo, but knowing how Sue sees a lot of things from the background we can’t really blame her.
It’s interesting to note Sue just isn’t one of those people who thinks Paulo is top shit, at all. She doesn’t carry the highest impression of him and that carries on throughout most of the comic. It explodes in a big way by Critical Hit.
I ship those two so fucking much it’s horrid, you have no idea, more on that a little later.
In a different change from Volume 2, Sue is curious as to why Paulo and Jasmine fought. Rather than simply to choose to let them be. Somewhere down the line it seems like see’s realised she needs to be a little invested in people.
We also get to see more of Sue being a bit of an underdog. Sue’s the real romance-y type of person, and yet…..
Awww poor Sue. Look at the resentment in her face.
There is a bit of difference observed between Daisy and Sue in Pillow Talk. Daisy is pretty open about her interest in romance and the like. Unlike the earlier chapters in volume 1, Sue would prefer to play coy about it.
We see a bit more of Sue’s subtle jealousy with romantic moments in the following chapter.
Also, geez Sue, nosy much? Looking into another person’s texts?
Earliest insight into Sue is not quite as perfect as she makes herself out to be in the chapter after this when David sneaks a peak at her work.
That just about does it for Sue’s roles in Volume 3. We see her two more times where she’s there for Tess’ 18th and in December just being cut short of being in a group pairing with Mike for an essay. She gets assigned to Cletus again, another underdog moment.
We see Sue play a much larger role in Volume 4, Sue’s play finally goes ahead. The book and ebook volumes contains a lot of bonus chapters containing Sue.
Sue is actually quite nervous about her play, her largest venture yet and a real test of her abilities.
Really can’t blame her.
Sue finds Paulo lurking around backstage looking for Lucy, having broken off his relationship with Jasmine and having the need to tell Lucy his feelings in person.
This is a pretty significant moment when Sue hesitates having considered her reservations against Paulo. She may have noticed Lucy was happier when she was with Paulo. Knowing her friend had been in a very….displaced mood, she risks the chance and she lets Paulo know where she’s hiding.
When Sue goes to get Mike ready for his part, Lucy takes a moment to let Sue know her work is lovely.
It’s a touching moment that helps boost Sue’s confidence in her play.
Afterwards, Lucy moves away, Sue is one of the people shocked by the revelation.
Sue shows her initiative again being the one forcing herself to knock on the front door of Lucy’s house to speak to Jordan.
Well that went well!
Paulo has none of it. Eventually becoming so determined he scales the wall and finds her room empty.
It’s a sad scene, not having the answers, Paulo runs off. Sue…kind of appears stand-off ish, she’s not sure what to do.
You have to feel for Sue here. There’s not a lot she’s finding herself able to do. Lucy appeared fine by the play. Now she’s gone. Was it her fault? There’s nobody she’s able to talk to.
Sue appears again in the next chapter ‘Study buddy’, when studying along side Mike. Sue gives an offhanded comment about studying with multiple choice questions, Mike returns a strange answer to it. Almost as if he’s hiding something.
Lucy having left immediately after the play, Sue couldn’t help but wonder….
Aaaand sheeee’s riiiiiight.
Clearly one of the best fucking scenes of BCB when Sue sets aside her non-violence mantra for just a few short seconds.
The situtation is diffused when Tess steps in and teases Mike herself. Then Jasmine appears and Paulo’s got another woman crawling all over him. Sue resigns herself to having to diffuse the situation herself and invites Jasmine over.
The things you do for your friends, Sue.
Sue’s jealousy appears again in the next chapter when Daisy and Abbey show off their unity.
This Volume is rife with a lot of Sue & Paulo interactivity. In this chapter Sue has to be the one to be the reality check for Paulo.
And then we have Critical Hit.
Oh boy you’ve all been waiting for this haven’t you?
Critical hit was interesting because it’s one of those chapters were it felt like we didn’t come to a resolution. A lot of people in the chapter talk sort of missed the point of this chapter.
This chapter is full of Sue trying to be a leader of the group. Sue is losing her SHIT trying to ensure that neither Paulo or David get up to their usual antics and end up embarassing them by destroying something.
In the meanwhile we’re also understanding Sue is encountering problems reading the art.
Sue can’t concentrate with the noise but it’s a convenient distraction.
It’s kind of a feint, Sue isn’t so much ensuring she’s being a responsible leader, as much as she’s hanging out with the delinquents because she’s having difficulty with the subject matter. We get this impression several times, but it’s solidified around the end of the chapter.
The problem here is Sue’s image. Even to Paulo, Sue gives off the impression of an intellectual. He actually does it as far back when David asks if there would be someone after Lucy or Tess.
But Sue is struggling with understanding the subject matter. Sue’s hopeful that if someone like Paulo can gain an understanding, then hopefully she could too.
Paulo is left downstairs when the rest of the group goes upstairs to another exhibition of the art gallery, refusing to pay for education because it’s nerdy. But even surrounded by people who rival her or who are just more intellectual, Sue is struggling.
Suffice to say, even with Amaya. Sue can’t admit even to her that she’s struggling with this.
Oh, look who it is.
Paulo comes upstairs having been peer-pressured by being alone. This is kind of a good development for Paulo having realised he’s out of place acting like the COOL KID WHO DONT NEED NO EDUCATION.
Oh boy. There’s the gut punch. Both of them start taking verbal swings at each other hitting each other’s insecurities.
This is a real sad page. Paulo is taking out his frustrations on Sue and she’s doing the same thing back. None of their insecurities or failures are being spared in this moment and they’re both being unquestionably mean about it. Paulo is calling out Sue’s protective nature of her otherwise false image while Sue is going straight after Paulo’s inability to display some discipline, using Lucy as an excuse almost as if she blames Paulo for her leaving.
Paulo’s a bit of a hypocrite about the play; you clapped.
Sue thankfully displays the courage to admit wrongdoing. She realises they’re both frustrated because neither of them are able to understand the meaning behind the artworks being displayed.
These last few pages are quite sad too. Sue’s unable to respond to what Paulo tells her, not having the answer to it herself, Sue walks away. For Paulo, kind of a spoiler in my break down of how the events affect him, Paulo realises in the last page the problem in his words when he stares back at the painting; you don’t get anything back unless you put in the effort to try. Paulo took too long dealing with his feelings for Lucy and trying to show how manly he was to David, he lost focus of Lucy and now he’s got nothing.
There is a lovely SuexPaulo event in a bonus strip afterwards for people who bought the book and/or the ebook.
Sue appears again in Happy hour. Immediately fitting in:
or…not……
We sort of gain an impression from what Sue says that there may be a chance she doesn’t know Lucy as intimately as we’d have believed.
David isn’t shown to be a close friend of Lucy but he is very observant. It’s difficult to know whether Sue was trying to lift the mood of the room at the sacrifice of her own knowledge or if she really really didn’t know her.
Sue’s leadership qualities showing when she toasts to Lucy in her absence.
When Paulo and Mike start to fight over who liked Lucy more, Sue comes back into the picture, similarly when the kids were studying and she suspected Mike may have had something to do with it, she poses the question again.
A fair warning by Sue but Mike ends up breaking down and telling everyone what he did.
Did I mention how much of a great chapter this was too?
Sue is largely absent by Volume 5. We only see her once when Paulo makes fun of her. Sue has some good healthy opinions but she’s hard at supporting them being a bit self-conscious herself. Not being able to follow what you preach and all that.
Volume 5 really is all about Paulo’s character development so we don’t see Sue after this until Tess’ graduation.
We see Sue again in Guest of Honour in Volume 6 when Daisy brings Paulo to a con.
Oh boy this chapter was good fun.
Can’t blame Sue for being a little self-conscious about her appearance. Having someone laugh at her would feel a demotivating, but why do you care Sue? It’s just Paulo.
If you guys really wonder why I ship Paulo and Sue a lot, this chapter really kind of shows off how Tsundere/cute they are.
Paulo heads home after being choked by Abbey in the bathroom. Sadly Paulo decides to make an excuse at the expense of Sue.
Oh man, can’t these two just get along?
Sue tries to find the silver lining but Mike’s not in a good mood afterwards realising what Abbey’s done but not having the courage to say so. Sue’s idol and friend tells her something she’d never expect.
Poor Sue. You can’t catch a break.
It kind of is sad every time Paulo and Sue interact it’s always at expense of one or the other. The two never get along because Paulo is such an asshole who isn’t into the whole ‘nerd’ thing, and Sue finds Paulo detestable because he’s a womanizing idiot.
It’s kind of sad for her because everyone tells her that Paulo isn’t so much of a bad guy.
And hell, even in the newer chapter.
It’s interesting to note Sue is surrounded by people who have some high opinion of Paulo enough to defend him. The only person who has an opposing view is likely Abbey. Even though he told Jasmine, Paulo does have his advantages.
Day dreaming aside, I wonder if Sue might reflect on this. With all these opposing view points from different people close to Sue and the ONLY similar viewpoint from ABBEY, I want to think at some stage Sue would want to get to the bottom of their relationship. Why does everyone else have such fond memories of Paulo to come to the defense of him? Between Daisy’s constant support of Paulo, Mike suggesting Sue shouldn’t be such an outward jerk even though Paulo was being one and Lucy suggesting Paulo could well up being smarter than he eludes to. Something is up here!
Bit of an underdog moment for Sue when David salts the Play wound in Table for one.
Sue’s writing ability gets called out by Madison in the next few pages.
It’s a bit of an underdog moment for Sue, I mean even Paulo appeared to have understood the subject matter.
Sue appears again in Model Girlfriend, having been interested in seeing who Mike is really dating. Another PauloxSue moment here where the qualities of both characters are called into question by each other. It’s key to note that these scenes happens a lot like a double-act, Paulo is the wacky idiot, Sue’s the straight-man.
Why the fuck are these two not dating?
Sue recognises Sandy as a pinup model. It’s possible Sandy might be some inspiration to Sue but that is a fucking longshot at this point. Sue’s nerd privileges are showing.
We see Sue again in Love again. She’s one of the first people who finds Lucy’s returned to Roseville high.
We think things are going to start off with Paulo and Lucy becoming a thing after when lunch comes around but for some reason Sue interjects and tells Paulo Lucy just wants to be alone for a little bit.
It’s kind of strange this is happening.
I have to admit when this chapter was first coming out I was thinking Sue knew that Augustus was at Lucy’s house. Maybe when Lucy was gone they still spoke over the phone, but given the present chapter, it doesn’t appear like they did:
So Sue knows who Augustus is but wasn’t aware of this information. Is it the fact he’s living at her home the shocking thing? Was she aware they were hanging out for a period of time?
Did she know when she dragged Paulo away that’s who Lucy was looking for?
We see Sue again in High Expectation. Sue’s mental image of Mike is threatened in this chapter. Sue’s attempts to make the world a better place are put at risk when she’s unable to find common ground to talk to Mike about his problems.
Then we get this page.
It’s…pretty sad the way things are going.
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I think Sue is everyone. Sue has relatable qualities that everyone can find something relate to, whether it’s a desire to be in the center of attention, being the responsible one in a group, being a leader, trying to make the world a better place, trying at the things that she doesn’t understand or even wanting to be there for people.
Sue isn’t flawless, she has her issues. Sue has shown jealousy at times. She has difficulties admitting when she’s wrong. Sue gives off a feel that she’s an intellectual, even though she struggles at academics. And that’s not completely wrong but it’s not her; It’s a fake representation. Sue is trying too hard in this area.
By far the biggest problem I see with Sue is that she spends too much time in the background than in the limelight.
Sue starts off being the sort of person who’s like “I’m faaarr too smart to be in this group but here I am.’ That’s showing to be a problem. Even in the group, Sue is constantly corrected by the friends around her about Paulo, someone who she’s never seen the lighter side of, either because there aren’t too many occasions where she can or from a lack of trying. She isn’t able to help Mike with his problems with Sandy. Sue is only able to give parting advice to Abbey when it came to what he could control in life, but she was only able to do that because they interacted on a daily basis. Sue is not able to help Mike because of her inexperience; Sue’s aversion to drama limits her ability find ways to amicably resolve the problems plaguing her friends. It’s why the play flopped in having Mike and Lucy get along until the very end, and it’s why she’s so mopey about it in the current chapter.
When you consider how everyone just got bored and ran away in Feline Fillibuster when Sue was explaining her objectives you have to wonder whether or not this was really because it was boring talk, or because people knew Sue was a nobody who didn’t quite have the means to attain what she was after. ‘Achievable outcomes? What’s that? How do you plan to get there?’
Kind of a dark theory.
The way Sue handled Mike’s problem makes me wonder more about what Paulo said back in the museum.
“You should stop pretending to fit in and go back to your gay little drama club”.
It’s possible that Paulo was only talking about Sue’s image. But is it only that?
We’ve seen that Sue and Lucy have a relationship but we don’t know how close it is, the recent chapter is putting holes in this. We don’t know how close she is to Daisy. We know she isn’t as close to Mike. She’s only used to Abbey from the video game she plays, and she does not get along with Paulo at all. While everyone else has shown some kind of a strong bond to one another, even David to Paulo, despite not being a core character, at times it seems like Sue is so out of frame she really isn’t in the picture at all.
Sue’s comes across as a vagabond. She doesn’t belong anywhere. She involves herself in other people’s drama, but doesn’t have a story herself.
That’s what Paulo means.
So if she isn’t as strongly bonded to anyone, why is she here? It’s not Lucy, I think deep down there might be some jealousy.
It could be possible Sue wanted to get along with Lucy if that meant getting her closer to Mike who she did like at the time.
But she doesn’t make an effort at all, or at least, if she did, it didn’t reach a stage where Mike wouldn’t have raged at her like he did. It’s probable Paulo wouldn’t have been slammed into the desk if they just talked about it amicably, Sue wouldn’t have needed to walk away if she knew more about it.
So given that, why does she continue to hang around them?
Totally a speculative moment, I want to think this frame might have something to do with it.
Wow. Really? Paulo’s ecstatic about the sports carnival and Sue put’s herself in vain. It’s just…it’s just so strange! Granted Paulo was going to make fun of Sue at her own peril and bring her confidence down, but Paulo doesn’t when he realises Daisy is nearby.
“You’ll conquer even me!” Wow, right?
I want to feel that this has some significance despite the double entorage.
What if Sue was being more friendly to Lucy to get her closer to Paulo?
In Confrontation, Sue gets assaulted, causing Paulo to quickly step in.
When Paulo gets assaulted, Sue tries to defend him. Neither of them are able to fight back.
It leaves them like this.
I want to feel at some stage Sue tried being a guardian angel for Paulo. When Paulo goes about sleeping with Jessica, Rachel and dating Jasmine, Amaya lets Sue know, who in turn lets Lucy know.
After this point Sue and Paulo do not get along whatsoever. It doesn’t help Paulo displays a lack of maturity and Sue doesn’t try anything to learn why Paulo is such an arrogant dick to her.
There’s a neat moment where Rachel is about to tell the girls what she made him do when they spent a night together. Sue intervenes, she’s going to be sick.
So Tsundere.
I figure these two could be the best of friends. We know Paulo is a fucking closet nerd. They have something in common. There are probably other things in common we just don’t know about. Particularly for Paulo, is Paulo’s only interest in being a cool-dude in the hallways?
In the bonus chapter in volume 4 they ALMOST talk about comics and get along. It’s just the two are so abrasive about each other’s likes and dislikes.
Paulo could be good for Sue, Paulo doesn’t give a damn what other people think of him, it could help bring out the real Sue instead of the fake image she has, maybe even teach her to love herself. Given Paulo has completed his journey, it seems like the right time for them to talk. At the same time, Sue is very responsible, if she could find a way to tell Paulo off when he does bad in an amicable way, it would help him further on his pathway towards maturity, more than the last couple of chapters have done. Maybe Sue’s visage of responsibility would rub off on him in a big way.
Paulo is a caring individual, he knows what romance is, he knows how to look after a person. Sue is all for that, but has troubles displaying it and going out to obtain it herself.
They’re fucking perfect. If they sort out their differences they would have such a powerful dynamic.
This is why I think the McCainxSue ending is a travesty for such a character who’s has shown some potential for being the person who really tries this late into the comic. It might be possible that Sue’s whole presence in the comic is just to be a message that sometimes people lose out, sometimes nothing goes right and we end up leaving school having not attained what we were after originally. And that’s fine. It happens! The world doesn’t end at graduation. There’s a lot more out there to care about.
But part of me wants to hope that every underdog has its day eventually, I really hope the original incantation of BCB has one where Sue gets hers.
…and I mean in a not-literal sense where it’s McCain or David.
