I *was* going to vote 3, but 4 actually seems like the most realistic answer. Her entrance music includes an advertisement for her family’s company, of course.
“Now entering the Lobby/Cafeteria/Mailroom/DormRoom/Classroom . . . put your hands together for . . . CARLA RUTTER!!!!!” *smoke suddenly billows from hidden projectors along with green laser lights as the “We Like To Party” theme song from Six Flags parks plays*
I do like the idea that Carla smells like banana cream pie. That’s nice. (I think Walky is the only character we have an idea of what they smell like. He smells like Nachitos. Also Robin, who smells like Skittles due to her high sugar intake. Although that’s Walkyverse Robin.)
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Y’know, I bet Carla has some Thoughts And Feelings about another openly T/NB/GNC person being around. As prickly as she is… most of us are pretty desperate for community.
she seemed to be fond of malaya tho even if malaya was indiff at best/tolerating carla up to the point of hanging out together otuside of roller derby practice
Wraithy2773
…this might end up being a question for actual scholars in the field, but how much Ace is it when you take a sort of pride in how efficiently and/or aggressively you can bring your partner to climax, even if you’re not receiving any physical pleasure from the act?
This isn’t meant to diminish or demean Carla’s ace-ness in Shortpacked (and maybe DoA? It hasn’t exactly been relevant before), just more of a “break out the tweezers and tiny brushers it’s sciencing time” mentality here :).
Mark
Nothing like an actual scholar in the field, but I’m thinking perhaps this extends mostly along the romance axis rather than the sexuality axis.
Certified Queer
There are sex-positive asexual people. If they’re in a romantic relationship (because asexual people can have romantic attraction), they might want to experience the closeness of sex, they might want to make their partner happy, or they might just want to bump uglies because they are horny.
Certified Queer
In the case of Shortpacked! Carla and Malaya’s interactions, it is likely the desire to give Malaya pleasure mixed with Carla’s desire to be the best, even if it’s the best at fucking. Carla doesn’t need to be sexually attracted to Malaya to have those desires.
dalniente
Sex is just an activity for people to do together. Different people get different things from it and enjoy different pieces of it, same as any other activity. Enjoying being offered control and trust (for example) and/or just plain old taking pride in your skill is not necessarily a sexual thing at all.
So I’d say what you’re describing is about as ace or allo as anything else. It’s all down to the individual. Trying to assess how “much” ace something like this is kinda misses the complexities and infinite variations of the human experience. Asexuality has nothing to do with whether or not (or in what way) we enjoy sex, it’s about how and whether we experience sexual attraction.
Well, she has a more ‘masculine’/tom boy ish name, but booster did say “sister” than sibling and i imagine they’d be more conscious about that if charlie did also ID as NB like booster does
Speaking of desperate for community, how the fuck does a 30-year-old genderwhatever in a bigoted rural town meet other queer people? I always see suggestions like “Go to your local queer meeting spot”, like it’s just a given that one exists in every town.
Try hanging around your local public library, if you have one. See what activities or meetings they offer. Google and Duckduckgo “lgbt queer community Town Name, State” and see what turns up – even outdated posts are worth something if you can reach out to whoever posted them. If your town is really tiny they might all be hiding and you may need to take the plunge and kick something off yourself, for which I would again suggest the library.
Another possibility might be to find the closest Unitarian Universalist church and go on a day trip if it’s at all feasible. It might be a bit of a hike and it’s a long shot either way, but if you have one somewhere within… say, a two-hour radius, somebody there might be able to connect you to someone more local.
The sad truth is there simply may not be anyone willing to come out in your area. But I hope that ends up not being the case and you’ll find some folks with a bit more digging. Good luck.
Taffy
Thanks for the advice. A quick search revealed that there are no clearly-labeled public queer groups in my reachable area. None of those churches you mentioned, either. (Not that I’d ever willingly go to a church if it was even remotely avoidable.) The website for the library was borderline unusable, but it also didn’t seem to have anything openly labeled. Kind of a frustrating search, to be honest. Either there’s no queer community here or they’re all afraid to be open.
deliverything
If you do try to start something yourself — depending on how queer-unfriendly your local area is — I wonder if it might be good to form a group that’s not overtly queer but just hints at it (for deniability’s sake, in case unpleasant people start poking around)?
A book club called Alphabet Soup, for example, could relate to a sort-of humorous nickname for the LGBTQIA+ abbreviation when a friendly person asks, and just a reference to books when people like Toedad happen by.
Having a dual-purpose group (e.g. reading and queerness) could also be more inviting to people who aren’t sure they’re ready to be out yet, as they could appear to just be hanging around and reading or whatever while they cautiously explore other options.
…but take this suggestion with a pinch of salt, please. I’ve no actual personal experience with these matters, being an aromantic asexual with social anxiety; while I like that queer groups and such things exist, I’ve never had much interest in joining one.
Far as starting a group myself goes, I have absolutely zero experience leading anyone at anything. I don’t have the knowledge or personality for that. Plus, if everyone else feels unsafe being out, maybe I don’t need to be the first one to get my head caved in.
dalniente
Unfortunate, my sympathies. I hope something turns up for you eventually.
It can happen there is no such place. The former mayor of my town is gay, but you can’t find any queer spot in town. That doesn’t mean ther arent any event where you’ll find more gay/queer people: reading of progessive authors at libraries, concerts of bands known to be LGBTQ, movies about gay people, but you can also track activities that are socially devoted to one gender and see if people of the “unusual” gender join – while they may not be queer, they may be open minded people tat it could be nice enough to know.
Wonder how much they’ll help, i’m sure they’re fairly close but it totally would be a ‘sibling’ thing to list all the things she hates and tell carla it’s something she likes lol
161 thoughts on “Privacy chair”
Ana Chronistic
those chairs look curvier than I remember
Ana Chronistic
12:13 now, server!
(also, I bet they heard the skates)
Doctor_Who
Place your bets for how Booster knew:
1) They have amazing powers of observation.
2) Loud roller skates down the hall.
3) Oncoming scent of banana cream pie.
4) Carla just plays entrance music everywhere she goes like a pro wrestler.
Alden Bates
All of the above?
Opus the Poet
Actually that seems the most “on brand” for Carla.
Opus the Poet
And a reminder from all the way back in 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUXvrWeQU0g&ab_channel=CNN
jflb96
I feel like if it were 4 someone would have done something drastic about it by now. She still has both femurs, for example.
Cholma
I *was* going to vote 3, but 4 actually seems like the most realistic answer. Her entrance music includes an advertisement for her family’s company, of course.
DarkoNeko
going for 3 too
Jo_cubstar
It’s probably 4, but I hope not.
Cholma
“Now entering the Lobby/Cafeteria/Mailroom/DormRoom/Classroom . . . put your hands together for . . . CARLA RUTTER!!!!!” *smoke suddenly billows from hidden projectors along with green laser lights as the “We Like To Party” theme song from Six Flags parks plays*
Dana
1 and 2, but I want it to be 4.
Thomas
I do like the idea that Carla smells like banana cream pie. That’s nice. (I think Walky is the only character we have an idea of what they smell like. He smells like Nachitos. Also Robin, who smells like Skittles due to her high sugar intake. Although that’s Walkyverse Robin.)
Otl1973
5. Willis just finds Booster’s powers funny and will never offer a “rational” explanation.
Tawdry Quirks
I like the idea that Carla’s signature scent is a niche gourmand fragrance that smells like banana cream pie. I’m imagining something like this: https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Hilde-Soliani/Donna-Sentenza-52061.html
Quirdry Tawks
You’ve returned! I look a little less stupid now. xD
Taffy
Wow, that smells really good. I assume. It’s impossible to tell through text and pictures.
RoyanRannedos
I can hear the trumpets now.
Maveric1984
Even privacy chairs are susceptible to the freshman fifteen…
NGPZ
I mean everything looks curvier just after your mind’s been melted into the happiest, gayest goo ever, like mine right now for intance ? ? ? ??
Thomas
You mean you almost mistook Booster for Charlie? :p
NGPZ
No I mean I’ve been having some of the gayest times with my friend this month, it’s been oh so wonderful ??
*plays “Starlight Festival” from Super Mario Galaxy on hacked muzak*
Thomas
Aww, that’s cute! 🙂
Aura
Could be estrogen?
morleuca
That’s my anti-drug! Beautiful beautiful estrogen….
Kazuma Taichi
they look more magnetic than I remember
DarkoNeko
I didn’t have “woken up at 6AM by loud thunder and thus on time to see DoA updating” on my schedule today but I’ll take it
Quirdry Tawks
Gawwwwwwd works in mysterious ways.
DailyBrad
Okay, “Jetpack” is fantastic.
Stephen Bierce
Must tell my friend Magnus.
Angel
Sounds very transformers-y
Or like a super hero team name “Jetpack & Booster”
Ray Radlein
Beats heck out of “High Chair” as an alternative name. I’d grab that in a second if I were Booster
Angel
high chair sounds like that’d be something to give to a baby superhero or a parent themeed one XD
BBCC
I applaud that and also Booster for studying so early on a Saturday.
Darkoneko
Maybe Walky SNORES
Bo
Might be avoiding his reaction to waking up without the Nintendo Switch
Elle L
Can confirm this is how transfers meet NBS in the wild
EmTaya
real
morleuca
On the advice of council, and in accordance with the 5th amendment in the bill of rights and my rights and privileges as outlined within, I can neither confirm nor deny these allegations as presented before me on this day.
Thag Simmons
Yay, Carla
Straximus
Yay, Carla!
Aura
Carla, yay! 😀
Elle L
I meant trans femmes but that work too I guess
not someone else
Y’know, I bet Carla has some Thoughts And Feelings about another openly T/NB/GNC person being around. As prickly as she is… most of us are pretty desperate for community.
not someone else
Especially since the other main option is fuckin’ Malaya.
Angel
she seemed to be fond of malaya tho even if malaya was indiff at best/tolerating carla up to the point of hanging out together otuside of roller derby practice
Wraithy2773
…this might end up being a question for actual scholars in the field, but how much Ace is it when you take a sort of pride in how efficiently and/or aggressively you can bring your partner to climax, even if you’re not receiving any physical pleasure from the act?
This isn’t meant to diminish or demean Carla’s ace-ness in Shortpacked (and maybe DoA? It hasn’t exactly been relevant before), just more of a “break out the tweezers and tiny brushers it’s sciencing time” mentality here :).
Mark
Nothing like an actual scholar in the field, but I’m thinking perhaps this extends mostly along the romance axis rather than the sexuality axis.
Certified Queer
There are sex-positive asexual people. If they’re in a romantic relationship (because asexual people can have romantic attraction), they might want to experience the closeness of sex, they might want to make their partner happy, or they might just want to bump uglies because they are horny.
Certified Queer
In the case of Shortpacked! Carla and Malaya’s interactions, it is likely the desire to give Malaya pleasure mixed with Carla’s desire to be the best, even if it’s the best at fucking. Carla doesn’t need to be sexually attracted to Malaya to have those desires.
dalniente
Sex is just an activity for people to do together. Different people get different things from it and enjoy different pieces of it, same as any other activity. Enjoying being offered control and trust (for example) and/or just plain old taking pride in your skill is not necessarily a sexual thing at all.
So I’d say what you’re describing is about as ace or allo as anything else. It’s all down to the individual. Trying to assess how “much” ace something like this is kinda misses the complexities and infinite variations of the human experience. Asexuality has nothing to do with whether or not (or in what way) we enjoy sex, it’s about how and whether we experience sexual attraction.
Dante
I mean, she had no problem fucking Malaya (in a very Ace way) last continuity, but I’m also
1- Very much agreeing with you, I’m pumped by this interaction :33
2- On board with “fucking Malaya” remaining a marker of chagrin and nothing else
HueSatLight
She was pretty excited Malaya was moving to her hall.
Maveric1984
Doesn’t Booster’s twin present as NB or GNC too? Carla really doesn’t like them…
Angel
Well, she has a more ‘masculine’/tom boy ish name, but booster did say “sister” than sibling and i imagine they’d be more conscious about that if charlie did also ID as NB like booster does
Tan
Booster also refers to Charlie as “she”
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2023/comic/book-13/03-joementum/twinsister/
Dana
I figured she was cis female, but given how horrible my gaydar is I wouldn’t be surprised if my gender-dar is busted too.
Taffy
Come on, “gendar” was the right there.
morleuca
Uze the transceiver
Taffy
Speaking of desperate for community, how the fuck does a 30-year-old genderwhatever in a bigoted rural town meet other queer people? I always see suggestions like “Go to your local queer meeting spot”, like it’s just a given that one exists in every town.
dalniente
Try hanging around your local public library, if you have one. See what activities or meetings they offer. Google and Duckduckgo “lgbt queer community Town Name, State” and see what turns up – even outdated posts are worth something if you can reach out to whoever posted them. If your town is really tiny they might all be hiding and you may need to take the plunge and kick something off yourself, for which I would again suggest the library.
Another possibility might be to find the closest Unitarian Universalist church and go on a day trip if it’s at all feasible. It might be a bit of a hike and it’s a long shot either way, but if you have one somewhere within… say, a two-hour radius, somebody there might be able to connect you to someone more local.
The sad truth is there simply may not be anyone willing to come out in your area. But I hope that ends up not being the case and you’ll find some folks with a bit more digging. Good luck.
Taffy
Thanks for the advice. A quick search revealed that there are no clearly-labeled public queer groups in my reachable area. None of those churches you mentioned, either. (Not that I’d ever willingly go to a church if it was even remotely avoidable.) The website for the library was borderline unusable, but it also didn’t seem to have anything openly labeled. Kind of a frustrating search, to be honest. Either there’s no queer community here or they’re all afraid to be open.
deliverything
If you do try to start something yourself — depending on how queer-unfriendly your local area is — I wonder if it might be good to form a group that’s not overtly queer but just hints at it (for deniability’s sake, in case unpleasant people start poking around)?
A book club called Alphabet Soup, for example, could relate to a sort-of humorous nickname for the LGBTQIA+ abbreviation when a friendly person asks, and just a reference to books when people like Toedad happen by.
Having a dual-purpose group (e.g. reading and queerness) could also be more inviting to people who aren’t sure they’re ready to be out yet, as they could appear to just be hanging around and reading or whatever while they cautiously explore other options.
…but take this suggestion with a pinch of salt, please. I’ve no actual personal experience with these matters, being an aromantic asexual with social anxiety; while I like that queer groups and such things exist, I’ve never had much interest in joining one.
deliverything
Just to add: that Alphabet Soup idea has already been taken by both sites like https://www.mic.com/articles/28093/lgbtqia-a-beginner-s-guide-to-the-great-alphabet-soup-of-queer-identity and already-existing book clubs. Maybe you’ll think of something more original than I managed.
Taffy
Far as starting a group myself goes, I have absolutely zero experience leading anyone at anything. I don’t have the knowledge or personality for that. Plus, if everyone else feels unsafe being out, maybe I don’t need to be the first one to get my head caved in.
dalniente
Unfortunate, my sympathies. I hope something turns up for you eventually.
khn0
It can happen there is no such place. The former mayor of my town is gay, but you can’t find any queer spot in town. That doesn’t mean ther arent any event where you’ll find more gay/queer people: reading of progessive authors at libraries, concerts of bands known to be LGBTQ, movies about gay people, but you can also track activities that are socially devoted to one gender and see if people of the “unusual” gender join – while they may not be queer, they may be open minded people tat it could be nice enough to know.
not someone else
I have a lot of personal experience with this exact issue! Your options are:
1) The internet!
2) Driving a long way!
3) Moving!
And it sucks.
HueSatLight
She’s getting Charlie advice I bet.
Angel
Wonder how much they’ll help, i’m sure they’re fairly close but it totally would be a ‘sibling’ thing to list all the things she hates and tell carla it’s something she likes lol
AY
This is what I’m hoping for, I wanna know more about Charlie!
Angel