Carla McCorkle headcanons: (in my au) and maybe some additional Starla
She never really stopped dancing, however none of her dance partners were ever as good as Stanley.
She was raised by her grandparents, but she really longed for the love of parents.
It's why after her and Stanley's breakup she still visited Caryn, she's the kind of mother she wished she had in her life.
She would sometimes help Caryn out with the phone psychic business, turns out she's quite good at the hustling.
She also keeps a picture of her and Stanley in a pocket or her purse, she especially looks at it after she heard about Stanley's 'death.'
In school she enjoyed English and surprisingly PE, especially after Stanley gave her a few boxing lessons.
After the movie theater incident, even though she is grateful for Stan's help, she wishes she could have done more, so she basically demands Stan to teach her a couple of self defense moves (And Stan can't say no to her.)
She punched Stan once she found out he was alive after going to Ford's house to yell at him, because how dare he live near where Stan died and didn't tell anyone.
It takes about a year for them to get together again, Stan and Carla wanted it to be purely platonic at first, wanting to just stay friends while she helped him on the portal.
She reminds Stan of Ford a lot because she's so curious about all of the creatures in Gravity Falls, she fits so well into this town, she's friendly with the gnomes, her favourite is Shmebulock, despite him only saying one word, she learns how to communicate with him flawlessly.
She convinces Stan to start writing and drawing again, even if it's for his own personal thing and happiness, she disliked how many people told Stan that he was dumber and lesser than Ford.
She's Stanley's only marriage in this au.
When Ford comes back after all that time, she and Ford are the only one's apart from Mabel who enjoys Mabel juice.
Her, Ford and Mabel have pamper nights, she paints his nails, Mabel paints hers, and they all take it in turns painting each other's toenails.
She's the one that convinces Ford to reconcile with Fiddleford, basically saying. "If Stanley and I can get back together after I broke his heart by leaving him for a hippie and stay together of all things then you can get back your cowboy? Hippie? Whatever you call him."
