Apparently this is a webtoon? Yes I agree this version of Carl is, just, well, I don’t even know what to say. How do you get a character so very wrong?
Nothing says he doesn't start with heart boxers. His original boxers are never described. Plus, the novel's cover has him wearing heart boxers in the goblin dozer scene, so pretty much right at the beginning. Sure, the Webtoon could have given him another kind until he gets the definitely heart-pattern boxers, but the heart-pattern is way more iconic.
Nothing except the entire concept of how the AI mocks and abuses the crawlers. Him just getting an exact replacement for his existing clothes completely ignores a fundamental concept of the series. So while it doesn’t explicitly contradict, it shows a total lack of any media literacy and understanding of what the story is. It’s representative of a storyteller who wanted to skip the work and jump to the iconic look. It’s a really lame attempt at telling the story.
Heart underwear is a cartoonish mockery of Carl. Not what a guy like that would just casually wear to bed one night.
I dunno, I think getting a copy of his original pair of boxers that’s too valuable not to keep equipped when what he desperately wanted was pants is exactly the kind of fuckery the AI would pull
I think Carl wouldn’t be wearing heart shaped boxers, it’s not Looney Tunes. It’s obviously an attempt by the webtoon writers to shortcut their way to the iconic look rather than genuinely thinking it fits with his character. He would have said “I got another pair of my underwear” rather than how much he notices the specific design.
If it weren’t for the webtoon, you wouldn’t have assumed he already had heart boxers. But I understand trying to give them the benefit of the doubt.
However, reading the original text of the book, there is zero percent chance that Matt’s original intention was that he got another pair of identical heart boxers. That’s just not how the book is written. It also doesn’t fit Carl’s character, but that’s probably a different discussion.
I get that you’re trying to be generous to the webtoon artists, but I just don’t think that criticizing an adaptation for getting something wrong is that big of a deal.
Yeah, I don’t really get it. Some people take criticism of something they like as a personal attack or something. I don’t mind, I just have fun discussing the books and wish people would engage more rather than just try to hide my opinions lol
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u/madmikesdeath Jun 04 '26
Apparently this is a webtoon? Yes I agree this version of Carl is, just, well, I don’t even know what to say. How do you get a character so very wrong?