>>101527119The common consensus here is she's doing it intentionally, but there's a dozen theories on why. The comics been doing a fine job of making her motivations for it as opaque as possible.
We know she's pushing everyone away but she's trying to be coy about it. Trying to convince Paulo she was just leading him on, trying to validate Mike by flimsily acknowledging her being a cunt was putting a strain on him & Sandy, etc. Her strategy is to make herself look as causally unsavory as possible without being obvious about it but it's been backfiring on her. The friends keep giving her the benefit of the doubt, Mike is literally stalking her, Paulo actually came back for seconds after the carnival shitshow. So she's upping the bitch-factor each time they push.
The question is why, though. Has she really internalized the whole "parasite" talk and truly believes she's not worth it? Does she actually just hate the drama and doesn't want anything to do with them anymore? Why even come back, considering she never even knew Augustus was still stuck there until after returning?
We've seen no internal monologue of Lucy since her return. That shitty recap chapter didn't even have Lucy appear at all. Two flashbacks (suicide scene and her at Augustus's house) which added nothing to it either. We're intentionally left in the dust to grasp at straws on this.
