tho i feel like carla and booster have diff definitions of ‘patience’ lol XD
tho does make me wonder what charlies group of friends are like. maybe they’re all fast paced while charlie is chill and vibing or they’re all quietly passing time together slowly at like a libraryor cafe lol
I actually think she was listening, because you can see her visibly straining to slow herself down in the second panel! I think this is her trying to make small talk which isn’t all about herself.
Oh yeah, I also failed to recognize an important detail — considering Carla’s upbringing and not, this is probably her very first experience of like, LIKE liking someone else.
Mturtle7
???…Honestly not sure what you mean by that, actually? By “upbringing” do you mean, like, that she was rich? Or A.M.A.B.? Daughter of engineers? I legit have no idea how any of that suggests she’s never had a crush on someone before. Granted, there’s plenty of OTHER things that might imply such a thing, but nothing about her “upbringing” that I can think of.
good thing campus is relatively safe, bc i’d be worried about her wandering into traffic (inever understood those middle schoolers that jaywalked instead of using crosswalks properly i’d def feel more at ease holding a friends hand crossing the street togeher lol)
It’s not like it’s fenced or anything. But the campus is so large, complex and crowded that randomly wandering out of it in under a day seems unlikely.
anon
i think after a while some stuff might be muscle memory
i’m just surprised an elbow area would be comfortable enoug hfor it (Tho i guess it might be a little above it) who knows maybe it’s to match with booster
Tho lots of diff types of ppl would get a tattoo…i’m too broke but i wouldn’t mind a small floral one even if someone “like me” wouldn’t get like a full armsleeve or so
Honestly, I’ve heard of a lot of people who would be thought of as wimpier, deliberately getting a tattoo in one of the places that hurts a lot, just because they know that people will see it, and be like “damn, they sat through that.” I don’t know if it’s a terribly common choice, but I have heard of it more than once.
anon
i mean other than extreme pain i’d think they’d get some kinda local antiseptic b/c most tattoos as far as i hear don’t accept clients who are drunk beforehand either for safety reasons and/or them being too drunk to realize it and possibly regretitng it the next day
tho i would def think stuff like sexually placed tattoos would def get uncomfortable or even nipple piercings
SailorCakes
There’s numbing spray for tattoos in large or painful areas.
Jon
I’m not a tattoo guy, but I have a scar down one wrist from where I needed surgery to repair a shattered wrist. I was thinking of getting it tattooed with a dotted line, and the legend “DO NOT OPEN UNTIL XMAS”, but my wife tells me the inside of the wrist is too painful a spot. (She is, however, in favor of getting a biohazard trefoil tattooed on my ass.)
No, no, I’m sure it would be far more polite for Carla to just awkwardly hover just behind Charlie’s shoulder for the entire walk back to her dorm, that awkward toothy grin still frozen on her face. This is Romantic Courtship 101, people!
It was said earlier in the strip that Charlie has ADHD [attention deficit hyperactivity disorder] and she seems to have a pretty bad case of it. She may not notice any social cues Carla is throwing her way, even really obvious ones. [I have ADHD too and sometimes I don’t notice obvious things either.]
it’d be great to have control over it or go in and out of disassociation b/c it’d be very hard to ignore someone like carla irl (tho usually some ppl who rly dislike being ignored would probably physically grab you)
For those who don’t read/watch JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, one of the enemies has the power to make someone unable to remember more than three new things at a time. You still have your old memories, but you can only remember three pieces of information at a time, and if you gain a new one, you lose the oldest of your three. That might not sound so bad, but it includes things like “I have a pen in my hand” or “I used my pen to write important instructions on my arm”. So by the time you’ve picked up the pen, written your note, and put the pen down, you won’t remember ever picking up the pen. It leads to characters wandering around almost at random, writing notes all over their body, without any need for the enemy to ever attack them.
Da Boy
Gotta love how Araki evolves into more and more complexity. First Stands? Punch really hard and stop time, later Stands? Do stuff like this.
Taffy
Of course, that also comes with nonsense like Weather Report. Snails, of all things?
189 thoughts on “I’m Carla”
Doctor_Who
Huh, is that a tattoo peeking out from under Charlie’s sleeve? Does Charlie have a tattoo?
Better question: Does Charlie know she has a tattoo?
Rose by Any Other Name
It’s one of those Memento style tattoos – it’s where she keeps the information about the man who killed her wife.
Speedball
This is the only explanation I will accept.
Decidedly Orthogonal
Canon
Lysbeth
Plot twist: her wife was actually Carla
Stephen Nedland
So, we’re going from, “Memento”, to, “50 First Dates”?
Freemage
Memento was the less creepy of those two movies….
David DeLaney
Lichtenberg marks
–Dave, lightning-noodles incident
lur
i may be wrong but it does remind me a bit of nami’s tatoo in one piece
Booyahman
My first thought was the Fairy Tail thing but it’s not that. I don’t think it’s Nami’s either though. But it does really feel in that vein!
Ana Chronistic
??GOAL??
Carla be like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42iv34puEfU
Proto
More like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAChq41MUHU given Charlie’s reaction
PedanticJerkass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsS_VMzY10I
Mark
Her squiggly smile is precious.
DarkoNeko
wow it’s working
shadowcell
ah, how the universe contorts itself
Devin
So close, and yet so Carla
anon
well, charlie prolly wouldn’t be noticed/affected if carla walked side by side but i imagine she might stop that for borderline stalking
NGPZ
Not quite rejection, but still
Carla, were you not listening when Booster said you needed to be patient? XD
anon
her getting a response is progress!
tho i feel like carla and booster have diff definitions of ‘patience’ lol XD
tho does make me wonder what charlies group of friends are like. maybe they’re all fast paced while charlie is chill and vibing or they’re all quietly passing time together slowly at like a libraryor cafe lol
Rosicrucian
Patience?
Sounds like loser talk.
PedanticJerkass
Sounds like “someone who wants to achieve a long-term goal and not be pointlessly frustrated” talk.
Mturtle7
I actually think she was listening, because you can see her visibly straining to slow herself down in the second panel! I think this is her trying to make small talk which isn’t all about herself.
NGPZ
Oh yeah, I also failed to recognize an important detail — considering Carla’s upbringing and not, this is probably her very first experience of like, LIKE liking someone else.
Mturtle7
???…Honestly not sure what you mean by that, actually? By “upbringing” do you mean, like, that she was rich? Or A.M.A.B.? Daughter of engineers? I legit have no idea how any of that suggests she’s never had a crush on someone before. Granted, there’s plenty of OTHER things that might imply such a thing, but nothing about her “upbringing” that I can think of.
NGPZ
I meant her living a rich, likely sheltered upbringing.
brionl
This *is* Carla being patient.
Nono
There’s probably been an entire semester of hijinks involving Charlie wandering into places and situations by accident.
Zero
She’s actually been in the background of every scene so far.
Just not in this comic.
RassilonTDavros
In this scene, Charlie is cleverly disguised as a tree branch.
Schpoonman
“completely divorced from all context, how ridiculous is this page”
Absolutely insane.
John Campbell
The branch is actually, no kidding, Booster.
StClair
Yup!
Aura
Wooooah! O.O
Chaucer59
Wait. If weāre playing Whereās Charlie, why is Carla wearing the stripes?
Reltzik
Twist: She wasn’t in Read by accident. She was here looking for Booster… and forgot.
anon
good thing campus is relatively safe, bc i’d be worried about her wandering into traffic (inever understood those middle schoolers that jaywalked instead of using crosswalks properly i’d def feel more at ease holding a friends hand crossing the street togeher lol)
Mark
It’s not like it’s fenced or anything. But the campus is so large, complex and crowded that randomly wandering out of it in under a day seems unlikely.
anon
i think after a while some stuff might be muscle memory
Uly
The way cars turn without paying any attention at all I’ve always felt safer crossing in the middle.
Laura
Like Dina. I think Dina and Charlie would vibe.
DarkoNeko
but huh. It feels odd that someone like Charlie would get a tatoo
AY
How so?
anon
i’m just surprised an elbow area would be comfortable enoug hfor it (Tho i guess it might be a little above it) who knows maybe it’s to match with booster
Tho lots of diff types of ppl would get a tattoo…i’m too broke but i wouldn’t mind a small floral one even if someone “like me” wouldn’t get like a full armsleeve or so
Throwatron
Honestly, I’ve heard of a lot of people who would be thought of as wimpier, deliberately getting a tattoo in one of the places that hurts a lot, just because they know that people will see it, and be like “damn, they sat through that.” I don’t know if it’s a terribly common choice, but I have heard of it more than once.
anon
i mean other than extreme pain i’d think they’d get some kinda local antiseptic b/c most tattoos as far as i hear don’t accept clients who are drunk beforehand either for safety reasons and/or them being too drunk to realize it and possibly regretitng it the next day
tho i would def think stuff like sexually placed tattoos would def get uncomfortable or even nipple piercings
SailorCakes
There’s numbing spray for tattoos in large or painful areas.
Jon
I’m not a tattoo guy, but I have a scar down one wrist from where I needed surgery to repair a shattered wrist. I was thinking of getting it tattooed with a dotted line, and the legend “DO NOT OPEN UNTIL XMAS”, but my wife tells me the inside of the wrist is too painful a spot. (She is, however, in favor of getting a biohazard trefoil tattooed on my ass.)
DailyBrad
Took a wrong turn at Albuquerque.
Kyoulkoa
Charmed I’m sure.
Schpoonman
Do you think Charlie remembers she has a tattoo?
Reltzik
I’m sure she at least has an inkling.
StClair
oh, well played.
David DeLaney
sir/madam/both/neither.
Mturtle7
HOW DARE-
Steve C
Dont just stand there, Carla! Offer to walk her home.
anon
depends on if booster interrupts them and doesn’t want carla to know her exact dorm room so she’s not knocking at like 5 am
tho makes me wonder who/what charlies roommate is like
Thomas
Charlie’s roommate is a tree sloth.
Mturtle7
No, no, I’m sure it would be far more polite for Carla to just awkwardly hover just behind Charlie’s shoulder for the entire walk back to her dorm, that awkward toothy grin still frozen on her face. This is Romantic Courtship 101, people!
Aura
I mean, sure, I guess that’s an option, but if that’s your strategy why not just cut to the chase and throw a toy at the back of her head?
egon
what’s wrong with charlie, why doesn’t she ever know what’s going on
EAG46
It was said earlier in the strip that Charlie has ADHD [attention deficit hyperactivity disorder] and she seems to have a pretty bad case of it. She may not notice any social cues Carla is throwing her way, even really obvious ones. [I have ADHD too and sometimes I don’t notice obvious things either.]
anon
it’d be great to have control over it or go in and out of disassociation b/c it’d be very hard to ignore someone like carla irl (tho usually some ppl who rly dislike being ignored would probably physically grab you)
Taffy
She was affected by Jail House Lock.
David DeLaney
ya shoulda heard those locked-out jail-birds sing!
Taffy
For those who don’t read/watch JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, one of the enemies has the power to make someone unable to remember more than three new things at a time. You still have your old memories, but you can only remember three pieces of information at a time, and if you gain a new one, you lose the oldest of your three. That might not sound so bad, but it includes things like “I have a pen in my hand” or “I used my pen to write important instructions on my arm”. So by the time you’ve picked up the pen, written your note, and put the pen down, you won’t remember ever picking up the pen. It leads to characters wandering around almost at random, writing notes all over their body, without any need for the enemy to ever attack them.
Da Boy
Gotta love how Araki evolves into more and more complexity. First Stands? Punch really hard and stop time, later Stands? Do stuff like this.
Taffy
Of course, that also comes with nonsense like Weather Report. Snails, of all things?
HueSatLight
Usually the goddess is the one who does the smiting.
RassilonTDavros
Hmm, I wonder if that’s an elbow dimple on Charlie’s arm, or if it’s a tattoo. Could also be a birthmark or scar, I suppose.
HueSatLight