Excellent revelations about Carla provided by this strip.
1) Has “mischief senses” that are 1000% more effective than her “does this person like me” senses.
2) Not only stole Jason’s book, carries it around just in case an opportunity to do a shenanigan with it happens.
3) Casual appreciation for Joyce’s assets. She may not remember unimportant info like your not-Carla-name, but she’ll gladly greet you via your relative cup size.
Yeah, that joke has been played before when Carla was talking to Ruth and Carla said “The one with the jugs” and Ruth was like “Well, yeah, if we’re gonna use descriptors that are gonna get me (re)fired” or something like that.
Also, Dorothy is “not-jugs” because of that one storyline where Carla was trying to figure out who was Joyce, thought she was Dorothy, and only realized her mistake when she remembered that time she made milk-jug-shoes for Joyce!
Shapeshifting Powder sounds so much cooler 😀
Not interested in makeup personally, though I can appreciate the artistry people put into it.
But I assume it would feel like Uncomfortable Texture on Skin.
Leorale
Most makeup doesn’t feel like that, unless it’s theatrical makeup, or unless you use a lot of it.
I hope you’re talking about flour because that’s the only shapeshifting powder I have a hope in hell at achieving anything with.
Dangit now I wish I’d shapeshifted some into cookies today.
Miri
Misread as “shapeshifted into some cookies” ???♀️ your way makes more sense. Please don’t get eaten, unless you wish to (in which case, presumably “in the fun sense” is implied).
I’m not trans but I learned how to use makeup as disguise when I was in theater. Shave my beard and apply a little foundation and blush and I can look completely different. The beard does most of the work, but applying a darker color under my cheekbones and a paler cover over them and I lose 20 pounds visually.
Messrs Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs
Purveyors of Aids to Magical Mischief-Makers
are proud to present
THE MARAUDER’S MAP (to getting totally sloshed)
Yesterday, it was just cigarettes and now Pikachu is already at a bong – my god, at this rate Ash start hiding the old Game Boy, or before he knows it Pikachu will be on Pokemon Crystal.
Ooooh my God I feel prescient because I just posted how much I want Carla to show up for a makeover montage. Yesssss this is good I want more of this plzkthx.
Yeah I feel like Joyce’s tracts of land are generally unappreciated when hidden under sweater vests. She does select her clothes to downplay her physical attributes; unsurprising given her upbringing but also prone to make us forget she’s stacked.
Maybe she knew someone back in high school with bigger ones, then moved on to Jennifer. And we definitely know she’d never looked at barely any non-Christian media so all her reference points are skewed.
I am loving this like, a lot actually. Great way to work Carla in, too, because holy shit is presentation a big deal in the trans community, more than most.
On panel 2 business, it really ruffles my jimmies how in the US you can own a car, a gun, and go get killed for oil in the middle east at 18, but booze? Too much of a child for booze.
Discussion (212) - “Underagedly”
Ana Chronistic
there are two types of people
Jugs and Not-Jugs
Dday
Jugs are really into hamburgers and never seem to open their eyes all the way.
Proto
And in case you haven’t noticed, they’re weird. They’re weirdos. They don’t fit in. And they don’t want to fit in.
ValdVin
I thought jugs were into eating foods which were not mixed up with other foods.
Gigafreak
Jugs like to wear inverted fedoras with the brim cut to resemble a crown.
Decidedly Orthogonal
TIL I never knew Jughead was the inspiration for Indiana! Jones cousins ftw!
Felis Dee
They also exude serious slacker vibe but are low-key smarter than everyone else in the room.
Mturtle7
Inside you there are two wolves-
Leorale
Inside you are two wolves. Mozart was a genius, he had like six or seven wolves. that’s why they called him Wolfgang.
thejeff
Inside you there are two wolves-This is a serious medical emergency. Get to a hospital immediately.
Arianod
Now say that again, but in Clint Eastwood’s voice ^^
Doctor_Who
Excellent revelations about Carla provided by this strip.
1) Has “mischief senses” that are 1000% more effective than her “does this person like me” senses.
2) Not only stole Jason’s book, carries it around just in case an opportunity to do a shenanigan with it happens.
3) Casual appreciation for Joyce’s assets. She may not remember unimportant info like your not-Carla-name, but she’ll gladly greet you via your relative cup size.
4) Makeup skills on-point?
drs
“Jugs” may also refer to the fact that Carla made shower-shoes for Joyce out of empty milk jugs.
Jamie
I was also going to make this joke, but the alt-text beat us both.
Thag Simmons
It’s not a joke if you are simply correctly identifying the callback.
ValdVin
It is, however, a knowing nod among people whose monocles do not pop out when Carla calls someone “Jugs”.
If Joyce and Dorothy had monocles would that help them get into a bar?
Gigafreak
Archie’s friend is Jughead.
Dorothy’s friend is Jugfeet.
Nathan
Joyce is quite insistent that she’s not a friend of Dorothy
Gigafreak
What do you mean?
shellshockbp
“Sorry we don’t cater to people who look like massive dorks. You’re better off at this place near campus called ‘The Herman B Wells Library’. Next!”
(Yes I looked up the name of the IU library just to make this comment.)
Decidedly Orthogonal
Would those be Single-Use Unlubricated Monocles?
drs
…I feel that alt-text wasn’t there when I first read it.
Thag Simmons
I can say with relative certainty that it was.
Booyahman
Yeah, that joke has been played before when Carla was talking to Ruth and Carla said “The one with the jugs” and Ruth was like “Well, yeah, if we’re gonna use descriptors that are gonna get me (re)fired” or something like that.
Mturtle7
Also, Dorothy is “not-jugs” because of that one storyline where Carla was trying to figure out who was Joyce, thought she was Dorothy, and only realized her mistake when she remembered that time she made milk-jug-shoes for Joyce!
Thag Simmons
1) Carla assumes everyone dislikes her and if they don’t yet they will soon.
3) Jugs is in reference to literal milk jug shoes
Jeremiah
But deducing wherever the girl who hold her hand and smile at her and call herself her girlfriend likes her is beyond her ample skill.
Riley
4) we (transfemmes) tend to be well versed in the arts of the shapeshifting powder
Jade
Shapeshifting Powder sounds so much cooler 😀
Not interested in makeup personally, though I can appreciate the artistry people put into it.
But I assume it would feel like Uncomfortable Texture on Skin.
Leorale
Most makeup doesn’t feel like that, unless it’s theatrical makeup, or unless you use a lot of it.
Betsumei
I hope you’re talking about flour because that’s the only shapeshifting powder I have a hope in hell at achieving anything with.
Dangit now I wish I’d shapeshifted some into cookies today.
Miri
Misread as “shapeshifted into some cookies” ???♀️ your way makes more sense. Please don’t get eaten, unless you wish to (in which case, presumably “in the fun sense” is implied).
zee
Shh!
If the men find out we can shapeshift they are going to tell the church!
Opus the Poet
I’m not trans but I learned how to use makeup as disguise when I was in theater. Shave my beard and apply a little foundation and blush and I can look completely different. The beard does most of the work, but applying a darker color under my cheekbones and a paler cover over them and I lose 20 pounds visually.
Ana Chronistic
Be careful with the shapeshifting powder: https://cohost.org/Lekon/post/1387198-where-the-animal-ear
Amós Batista
2) Whe did she stole the book?
IntangibleMatter
HELL YEAH CARLA APPEARANCE THIS IS A GOOD DAY.
She’s the best. And yes, grad school book is gonna help Dorothy.
Clif
Also it’s a relief that Juggs and not-Juggs are in good hands.
devil's wellbuilder
I agree that Carla is delightful
Sirksome
Joyce is definitely the jugs around anyone that’s not Jennifer.
Yotomoe
or Amber. I think Amber has her beat.
ValdVin
She may need to wear her superhero boots to reach 5’5″, but in that regard I think you’re on the monet.
J.Gawain
Get off the Monet quickly or it won’t be worth any money.
ValdVin
Do not be confused by the “Monet” autocorrect. My browsing and posting history includes a little art but is not that classy.
Daibhid C
I had no idea Jennifer had issues with shower floors.
Wraithy2773
I mean, it’s because of the whole shower shoes thing, but I can’t exactly blame Dorothy for assuming the obvious :D.
Thag Simmons
Dorothy knows
Thag Simmons
Jesus christ did it take that long for a comic to be called “Jesus Christ”?
butting
Yup. It’s Joyce who hasn’t heard it used as a nickname before.
(may never recover from Sarah’s face in that link though)
Wraithy2773
I can 100% buy that it skipped Dorothy’s mind in favor of the more obvious reference :P.
ValdVin
How is “Well, okay, if we’re going to use descriptions i can’t affirm without involving human resources” not a book title?
And any excuse to look at Sarah’s flabbergasted face there…
True Survivor
Messrs Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs
Purveyors of Aids to Magical Mischief-Makers
are proud to present
THE MARAUDER’S MAP (to getting totally sloshed)
Ray
Holy shit, exactly the right girl to make this work found them.
NGPZ
The Jugs she referring to:
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/03-the-thing-i-was-before/framework/
Wraithy2773
Well, those are at least some of the jugs she’s referring to.
After all, the best references are multi-layered :D.
True Survivor
Yesterday, it was just cigarettes and now Pikachu is already at a bong – my god, at this rate Ash start hiding the old Game Boy, or before he knows it Pikachu will be on Pokemon Crystal.
NGPZ
Nah, Pikachu gonna try acid first XD
pope suburban
Ooooh my God I feel prescient because I just posted how much I want Carla to show up for a makeover montage. Yesssss this is good I want more of this plzkthx.
Coatl
I guess now that opportunity will be given
Yotomoe
God Joyce. It’s cuz of your big fat honkin’ huge titties. Don’t tell me you are somehow unaware.
Justnobodyfqwl
I feel like even you, an artist who’s fantastic and generous with big fat honkin’ huge titties, can underestimate Joyce’s proportions
pope suburban
Yeah I feel like Joyce’s tracts of land are generally unappreciated when hidden under sweater vests. She does select her clothes to downplay her physical attributes; unsurprising given her upbringing but also prone to make us forget she’s stacked.
Proto
Maybe she knew someone back in high school with bigger ones, then moved on to Jennifer. And we definitely know she’d never looked at barely any non-Christian media so all her reference points are skewed.
OBBWG
“Titties”? Is that what you young whippersnappers are calling milk containers now?
Taffy
Boobs have nothing to do with milk. Mammals don’t lactate.
DailyBrad
I am loving this like, a lot actually. Great way to work Carla in, too, because holy shit is presentation a big deal in the trans community, more than most.
Dara
I remembered the milk jug shoes immediately.
DailyBrad
Oh wait, you are totally right.
Puppeteer Nessus
Panel 2 is a little like the comedy-and-tragedy masks that represent Legit Theatah
Mr D phone posting
On panel 2 business, it really ruffles my jimmies how in the US you can own a car, a gun, and go get killed for oil in the middle east at 18, but booze? Too much of a child for booze.
Taffy