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March 16, 2024

JELL-O

by David M Willis on January 5, 2019 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - But the Sun Still Shines

└ Tags: carla, lucy

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  1. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    January 5, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    Best friends!

    • Dedlok
      Dedlok
      January 5, 2019 at 12:42 am | #

      B E S T F R I E N D S

      • Clif
        Clif
        January 5, 2019 at 7:21 am | #

        What were the odds.

    • Gayer Than You
      Gayer Than You
      January 5, 2019 at 7:24 pm | #

      Outside of the main cast, Carla and Lucy are definitely my favorite characters, can’t wait for them to become best buds!.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      January 7, 2019 at 3:02 pm | #

      Cue Andy Samburg video: “Best Friends”.

  2. Derek
    Derek
    January 5, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    Carla hasn’t annoyed Malaya yet, did she give up on that maybe-romance?

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      January 5, 2019 at 12:40 am | #

      She may handle potential romantic partners differently than friends. That, and/or Carla picking up on what Marcie’s aim was and giving them a wide berth.

      • Emperor Norton II
        Emperor Norton II
        January 5, 2019 at 1:52 pm | #

        Time to link to Robot Hugs again!

        Number three is something that Carla might be into.

        • ValdVin
          ValdVin
          January 5, 2019 at 3:26 pm | #

          Upvote for anyone who posts an R-H link.

  3. butts
    butts
    January 5, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    This just in: Carla admits liking someone (other than herself)

    • butts
      butts
      January 5, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

      …and Malaya, I guess

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      January 5, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

      She did also admit to liking Ruth, but did say she liked Ruth more when she’s, well, Ruthless.

      Not sure how she’s liking the current middle ground.

  4. meep
    meep
    January 5, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    So Lucy had no malicious intent at all. I guess that shouldn’t be surprising given her character, but with how packed this is with drama I couldn’t hel but expect something sneakiy was going on.

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      January 5, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

      Shame on you for thinking pure cinnamon roll Lucy would stoop to sneaky!

      • AntJ
        AntJ
        January 5, 2019 at 12:24 am | #

        Not sneaky, just an underhanded way of restoring her popularity. It does seem a bit much going to Billie’s old dorm to ask how to deal with her, but then again, Billie is a bit much to deal with.

        • ninja_jesus
          ninja_jesus
          January 5, 2019 at 2:23 am | #

          Except Lucy was never interested in popularity. She was more frustrated that people were being totally opposite of how they usually were just because someone “popular” showed up at the dorm.

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      January 5, 2019 at 12:24 am | #

      I’m not convinced.

      • MatthewTheLucky
        MatthewTheLucky
        January 5, 2019 at 12:33 am | #

        Why? Your suspicion is highly irrational.

        • Jengoci
          Jengoci
          January 5, 2019 at 11:34 am | #

          Simple, the spirit of Sarah is possesing tbem

      • Emily
        Emily
        January 5, 2019 at 5:05 am | #

        I’m no stranger to blood feuds against fictional character but I gotta admit you picked a really strange subject for one.

      • dethtolldotmid
        dethtolldotmid
        January 5, 2019 at 5:54 am | #

        What would convince you, then? Because this strip is the most obvious example yet that you’re wrong.

        • DSL
          DSL
          January 5, 2019 at 9:15 am | #

          And DoA overall is the most obvious example that readers who are sure they are right about any character end up being wrong — at least to a degree.

          • Clif
            Clif
            January 5, 2019 at 11:36 pm | #

            I’m sure that Lucy’s motives are purely benevolent. But would it really be so bad if she blackmailed Billie into attending her party?

  5. Shiro
    Shiro
    January 5, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    I’m so excited for this friendship 😀 😀 😀 😀 Poooossibly in part because some of the people I like best in the world express friendship via “bug the everlovin’ shit out of you forever and ever”

  6. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    January 5, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    “Good, clean, Cosby-type fun!”–attributed to Jimmie Walker

    • Shiro
      Shiro
      January 5, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

      That sure didn’t age well

  7. regina phalange
    regina phalange
    January 5, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    …the latter of those options seems indistinguishable from how she treats people she dislikes….

  8. Yumi
    Yumi
    January 5, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    Christ on/as a cracker, I love panel three.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      January 5, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

      Book 9: Stock the Place up with Bad Ideas

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        January 5, 2019 at 12:29 am | #

        It’s been way too long since I thought about Cat and Girl and Bad Decision Dinosaur.

      • Keulen
        Keulen
        January 5, 2019 at 1:27 am | #

        Dumbing of Age Book 9: You’re Not Gonna Enjoy the Respective Likelihoods

        • Clif
          Clif
          January 5, 2019 at 7:14 am | #

          DOA9: Stock the Place Up with Bad Ideas.

          • Clif
            Clif
            January 5, 2019 at 7:33 am | #

            is the best, followed by DOA9: I Dunno, JELL-O SHOTS. It’s too bad the alt-text isn’t available tho.

  9. ShinyNeen
    ShinyNeen
    January 5, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    Aww, Carla made a friend! In a fairly normal, straighforward way, she made a friend!

    … I hope Lucy doesn’t come to regret that.

  10. Some1
    Some1
    January 5, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    I feel like a few people took my comment about Carla to imply that she was a bad person. She isn’t. A bad person doesn’t deal with people like Mary by mildly pranking them.

    • Khantalas
      Khantalas
      January 5, 2019 at 12:34 am | #

      Yeah, a bad person would form a political party with Mary and keep shutting down the legislative.

      • MatsuoTanuki
        MatsuoTanuki
        January 5, 2019 at 1:07 am | #

        Um… zing..?

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        January 5, 2019 at 5:55 am | #

        wow.

  11. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    January 5, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

    More like “how do I coax Billie to go to a party SO everyone else attend”, right ? 😀

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      January 5, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

      wait, I misread. Coffee tiiiiiime

    • CJ
      CJ
      January 5, 2019 at 5:15 am | #

      Meaning “I don’t really need Billie there but if she’s a no-show, everyone is” (and how depressing is that?)

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        January 5, 2019 at 5:54 am | #

        eh, it’d mean I’d say “fuck them I’m watching that movie alone anyway” to me, but it looks like Lucy need the crowd.

  12. Larkle
    Larkle
    January 5, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

    I kind of feel like Carla is already being a better friend to Lucy then her dorm friends are.

    • AntJ
      AntJ
      January 5, 2019 at 12:31 am | #

      Carla, for better or for worse, plays straight. There’s something to be said for bluntness in that you always know where you stand with blunt people.

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        January 5, 2019 at 12:37 am | #

        Pretty sure Carla plays non-straight, actually. 😛

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          January 5, 2019 at 1:50 am | #

          You are correct.

          • ktbear
            ktbear
            January 5, 2019 at 7:39 am | #

            Are you sure about that? I mean, I know Carla thinks girls are cute, because she is one, but I’m not sure that translates to her prefering girls?

            • Nono
              Nono
              January 5, 2019 at 8:23 am | #

              Carla’s very obvious crush on Malaya?

              • thejeff
                thejeff
                January 5, 2019 at 10:23 am | #

                Carla’s crush on Malaya, that was incredibly blatantly obvious for an hour or so with no signs of existence before or since. And appeared to involve either total desperation or an abuse kink that also hasn’t appeared before or since.

                I still think something other than the obvious was going on there.

            • TemperaryObsessor
              TemperaryObsessor
              January 5, 2019 at 9:42 am | #

              I think she likes women romantically, and no one sexually.

            • timemonkey
              timemonkey
              January 5, 2019 at 9:53 am | #

              Sexuality transfers from the other universe where Carla was explicitly stated to be homoromantic asexual.

            • King Daniel
              King Daniel
              January 5, 2019 at 10:01 am | #

              What everyone above me said.

            • Tan
              Tan
              January 5, 2019 at 10:06 am | #

              Word of Willis is that sexualities are consistent across universes (stated both generally and specifically for Carla), which means asexual homoromantic.

            • BBCC
              BBCC
              January 5, 2019 at 11:59 am | #

              Yes, I’m sure. Carla’s a sex repulsed ace lesbian.

  13. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    January 5, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

    Ahhh, so that was Lucy’s game. She wanted to get Billie to show up to get other people to, not blackmail or anything like that.

    Carla and Lucy friendship, heck yes.

    …think she’s going to get clued in to invite Ruth and do it that way?

    • Lingo
      Lingo
      January 5, 2019 at 2:43 am | #

      Whoop whoop, I called it!

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      January 5, 2019 at 5:56 am | #

      ….why would you imagine Lucy wanting to blackmail anyone

      • Zee
        Zee
        January 5, 2019 at 9:55 am | #

        People think she’s some popularity obsessed evil Mastermind or something

        • Khyrin
          Khyrin
          January 5, 2019 at 1:16 pm | #

          Popularity-Obsessed? yes.
          Evil? No.
          mastermind? Maybe.

          her obsession seems to stem from Billie effortlessly displacing her as the Queen Bee of the wing. (As opposed to Alpha Bongo.)

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        January 6, 2019 at 12:26 am | #

        I honestly didn’t think Lucy would do that, but that was what many people were speculating on in the comics.
        I was thinking it was, at worst, a “know your enemy” kind of thing, but this is even less of a hostile thing.

    • Tan
      Tan
      January 5, 2019 at 9:41 am | #

      Alternately, invite Carla. Best case, Billie’s fans are suddenly converted into Carla fans, which is better for everyone. Worst case, you watch a movie with Carla. Win-win.

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        January 6, 2019 at 12:27 am | #

        I like the cut of your jib.

      • Daibhid C
        Daibhid C
        January 6, 2019 at 4:22 pm | #

        The movie will be Short Circuit 2.

  14. Catman
    Catman
    January 5, 2019 at 12:17 am | #

    . These two are adorable. One is a cinnamon roll, extra sweet, and the other one is a cinnamon roll, extra cinnamon

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      January 5, 2019 at 12:23 am | #

      Carla is more like a cinnamon roll, extra chipotle.

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        January 5, 2019 at 12:47 am | #

        I haven’t actually tried it, but I’m thinking chipotle and and cinnamon would be really great together, if you could get the proportions right. I’ll have to add a little bit of chipotle the next time I bake cinnamon rolls.

        • Proxiehunter
          Proxiehunter
          January 5, 2019 at 12:59 am | #

          I don’t know about cinnamon rolls but I bet they’d make a hell of a chocolate cake and you’d have more leeway with the proportions.

    • Emily
      Emily
      January 5, 2019 at 5:29 am | #

      Carla is a raw habanero with like 7 grains of sugar buried at the center.

      • Catman
        Catman
        January 5, 2019 at 8:13 am | #

        I mean, I happen to be quite found of the spicy/sweet combination, though 7 grains of sugar mightn’t be enough for it to work.

        I am now curios to try a have Nero that’s been filled with caramel or toffee, maybe dipped in chocolate for good measure.

        And on the topic of Carla, she seems mostly okay.

  15. Marsh Maryrose
    Marsh Maryrose
    January 5, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

    Re:Alt-text: Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead!

  16. BBCC
    BBCC
    January 5, 2019 at 12:25 am | #

    *looks at last storyline and notes Carla’s still wearing the jacket she got to match Sal* Yeah, that checks out.

    As does Carla’s advice, bad idea though it may be.

    And oooooh, jello shots!

    • Daisy
      Daisy
      January 5, 2019 at 3:53 am | #

      Ha! Good note. Carla bugs Sal about a lot of things, but it mostly involves following her around being nosy and that’s the peak of friendliness for Carla.

      I would read a LOT about the misadventures of these two.

  17. Raen
    Raen
    January 5, 2019 at 12:32 am | #

    I think I’m going to need a source on that first one.

    • Clif
      Clif
      January 5, 2019 at 11:54 pm | #

      First one what?

  18. Solenoid
    Solenoid
    January 5, 2019 at 12:55 am | #

    curs’t to be annoyed for all time

  19. MatsuoTanuki
    MatsuoTanuki
    January 5, 2019 at 1:06 am | #

    Does Lucy not know you DON’T HAVE to be best friends with your roommates? If you can have fun with each other and get along then more the power to you, but the one and only requirement absolutely need to be met is that you can tolerate one another and work in peace.

    • Danigami
      Danigami
      January 5, 2019 at 1:24 am | #

      She just want Billie to come to the movie watch so the others girls go too

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      January 5, 2019 at 5:58 am | #

      After Malaya, I think she kinda noticed.

    • Zee
      Zee
      January 5, 2019 at 9:56 am | #

      She’s not trying to here though? She’s literally just trying to get her shitty friends to hang out and watch a movie

  20. Keulen
    Keulen
    January 5, 2019 at 1:30 am | #

    Carla is correct though, alcohol is an effective way to get Billie to go to a party.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      January 5, 2019 at 2:47 am | #

      It is also the first step to getting the party to end up in places that you’d prefer it not to go.

      • RicardtheDragoon
        RicardtheDragoon
        January 5, 2019 at 2:58 am | #

        Such as making drinking seem popular? Either knowing Billie is an alcoholic will kill her popularity or make the popularity of drinking alcohol spike in Lucy’s dorm. Or possibly a third option such as no change at all.

        • BenRG
          BenRG
          January 5, 2019 at 3:06 am | #

          Such as having a room full of disorderly conduct that WILL attract the authorities and ruin Lucy’s day, week or possibly academic career because you can bet that Billie’s little minions won’t let their idol take any blame.

  21. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    January 5, 2019 at 1:39 am | #

    Hooray for self-awareness?

  22. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    January 5, 2019 at 2:27 am | #

    So wait, since Lucy is now a friend of Carla, does that actually put her up higher on the social ladder than Billie is?

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      January 5, 2019 at 6:00 am | #

      definitly

  23. qlx
    qlx
    January 5, 2019 at 2:45 am | #

    Hmm, does this mean Carla secretly likes Mary?

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      January 5, 2019 at 2:54 am | #

      Go sit in the corner.

      • Adam Black
        Adam Black
        January 5, 2019 at 8:19 am | #

        Lol

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      January 5, 2019 at 6:00 am | #

      wow, *what*

  24. BenRG
    BenRG
    January 5, 2019 at 2:46 am | #

    FWIW, I think it’s a sign of how much Carla already likes Lucy in that she’s warning her in advance of just how difficult she is to get along with! That said, I’m not sure it’s legal to be that self-aware and not do anything about it!

    • Vulcanodon
      Vulcanodon
      January 5, 2019 at 12:39 pm | #

      I dunno, I’m aware that my lack of control around sweets is not good for me, but still struggle with it. Sometimes our own behavior is a bit of a mystery to us.

      • Emily
        Emily
        January 5, 2019 at 5:15 pm | #

        Yeah but the difference is you’re not hurting anyone else with that behaviour.

    • Jengoci
      Jengoci
      January 5, 2019 at 4:28 pm | #

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-8/01-face-the-strange/assignments-2/ She’s often rewarded because of her behavior so why change it

    • Emily
      Emily
      January 5, 2019 at 5:16 pm | #

      It’s yet another reason for me to dislike her, because hey it turns out she knows she does this and just does not care enough about the people she claims to like to do a damn thing about it.

  25. Bagge
    Bagge
    January 5, 2019 at 3:58 am | #

    That’s pretty solid advice in panel 3. Billie as much as told her the same thing this morning – add a few keg stands and make it a frat party and I’m sure Billie will be there.

  26. fire_daws
    fire_daws
    January 5, 2019 at 5:32 am | #

    If those two pair up together in a sit-com I’d watch the shit out of it.

  27. Clif
    Clif
    January 5, 2019 at 7:43 am | #

    If panel 6 was a stand-alone app where you got to fill in the word balloons for Carla and Lucy, what would it say?

  28. AJ
    AJ
    January 5, 2019 at 7:44 am | #

    Yeah, they gonna bang.

  29. Peter
    Peter
    January 5, 2019 at 7:51 am | #

    Hmm. That last panel is interesting. for one thing, it explains how Carla has treated Joyce with uncharateristic helpfulness. It also explains how she has treated Sal.

  30. TemperaryObsessor
    TemperaryObsessor
    January 5, 2019 at 9:46 am | #

    Lucy is great at doing both at the same time.

  31. Zee
    Zee
    January 5, 2019 at 10:00 am | #

    Huh wadd’ya know. The nerd girl who so far has shown no traits other than being a somewhat pushy lonely kid who just wants friends *didn’t* come here to socially destroy her roommate. Go figure

    • Emily
      Emily
      January 5, 2019 at 5:17 pm | #

      Clearly this scheme is actually just even more diabolically complex.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        January 5, 2019 at 5:34 pm | #

        There’s a crackfic somewhere of Lucy being a diabolical villainess.

    • fire_daws
      fire_daws
      January 5, 2019 at 5:18 pm | #

      Amazing isn’t it? It’s as if everybody’s worst ever projections didn’t come to pass.

  32. hof1991
    hof1991
    January 5, 2019 at 10:21 am | #

    The unmentioned difference between the two dorms. Lucy and Joyce are pretty similar, the difference being that Joyce is harder to get along with. Joyce has a lot of friends who care about her. Lucy doesn’t.

  33. kilgaen
    kilgaen
    January 5, 2019 at 1:42 pm | #

    What? Who’s Carla just been nice to?

    • Emperor Norton II
      Emperor Norton II
      January 5, 2019 at 1:56 pm | #

      She was being nice to Joyce by making her shower-shoes.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      January 5, 2019 at 2:16 pm | #

      Her parents? I also haven’t seen her being mean to Marcie either.

    • JBento
      JBento
      January 5, 2019 at 2:32 pm | #

      She patched up Amber once.

    • Norah
      Norah
      January 5, 2019 at 5:45 pm | #

      She was nice to Ruth when Ruth was depressed. Plus she alerted everyone to the fact that Ruth wanted to die and needed help. She didn’t do this in the best way, but then she didn’t realize that Ruth might have to go live with her abusive grandpa if she got fired.

  34. Whatt
    Whatt
    January 5, 2019 at 2:06 pm | #

    Worst case scenario of them being friends, Lucy was just doing it for the free jacket and droids!

  35. Kathleen
    Kathleen
    January 5, 2019 at 2:07 pm | #

    the way to Carla’s heart: say thanks!

  36. Megz
    Megz
    January 5, 2019 at 3:50 pm | #

    So I’m pleasantly surprised that Lucy wasn’t aiming for blackmail material. She does still seem too eager to please people who are actually still stuck on high-school levels of shallowness. Sweet girl needs to take a break from trying to force this movie night and let the glow of “Popular Billie” fade because it will. These nerd girls will have to grow out of this craziness soon enough.

    • Emily
      Emily
      January 5, 2019 at 5:20 pm | #

      If current events have taught us anything it is that people don’t have to grow out of falling for cults of personality revolving around people with extremely questionable charisma.

      • Norah
        Norah
        January 5, 2019 at 5:41 pm | #

        Yes, but they live day to day with Billie, and they might get sick of her shit after awhile. It’s not as if she’s on TV or Twitter telling them what they want to hear and validating all their bigoted thoughts, but she’s far away in the White House and they don’t live with her or have to work with her daily.

        • Norah
          Norah
          January 5, 2019 at 5:58 pm | #

          Not sure if that made any sense. What I meant was, if people who idolize Trump had to spend time with him day to day, they might feel differently about him. Since Billie’s dorm-mates do see and deal with her daily, she may end up doing things that alienate them, or at least make them stop idolizing her and treat her more like a normal, everyday person.

  37. stoodmuffin
    stoodmuffin
    January 5, 2019 at 5:44 pm | #

    People shit on Carla, but. Damn if she isn’t relatable in some ways. Not just for being trans.

    • Jago
      Jago
      January 6, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

      I can’t really relate to her, but I can respect her attitude. I wish I was that confident.

      • Jago
        Jago
        January 6, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

        …and before someone yells at me, that doesn’t mean that I think her behaviour is good, but that’s kind of the point. Being so unapologetically yourself takes a lot of confidence, I imagine. Especially if she’s aware of how she is acting, and that acting like that will cause people to dislike her. Not caring what others might think of you, it’s impressive.

  38. Clif
    Clif
    January 5, 2019 at 11:49 pm | #

    I have a note to myself atter reading yesterday’s comments to google Bojack Horseman. I’ve now decided that it’s much less effort to blow that off and assume/believe that Bojack Horseman is a My Little Ponies arch-villain.

  39. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    January 6, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    Why not both ?

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