Marry Me (webcomic)
This is the story of three people and a sign.
Marry Me is a webcomic created and written by Bobby Crosby (+EV, Last Blood) and illustrated by Remy "Eisu" Mokhtar (No Pink Ponies). It depicts the life of Stasia, a pop-idol of some renown who fills whatever arena she sings on. On the personal front, though, it's less of a sunshine story. Stasia's earlier relationships have turned out less than satisfactory, and she is not eager to get back into the dating scene again. Depressed and unenthusiastic, she prepares for her last show of the year.
Enter Guy. Or in fact, enter Parker, dragging Guy with her by his ear. Parker is a die-hard Stasia fan (and self-proclaimed official head editor of Stasia's Wikipedia page), and has brought along a sign that she is intent on getting Stasia's autograph on. Guy can't understand the appeal of her music (or any other parts of her). As the show progresses, nature calls to Parker. Unfortunately, this may make her miss the big moment, but she makes Guy swear to present the sign if she doesn't make it back in time. Being a nice guy, he does. He probably shouldn't have.
Marry Me is a plot-heavy romantic comedy in its purest form. You will find many romance tropes roaming about, and while the story is original in itself, the form is easily recognizable and rather predictable. That doesn't stop it from being good, however.
- Accidental Marriage: The whole plot foundation.
- Best Woman: In the epilogue.
- Book Ends: Stasia talking to Jenny backstage before doing a concert while one of them is very pregnant.
- Chekhov's Hobby: Parker is training for a vampire marathon. (Which is the same thing as a normal marathon, only...by vampires.)
- Did Not Do the Research: Janny travels a LOT for a woman ready to go into labor.
- Also, the newspaper clip of Guy with the babies has two children looking the exact same age... born a year apart.
- The women who just gave birth all seem pretty active afterward. And their babies are already calm.
- Double Entendre: "I'm in Stasia's pants tonight."
- Foreshadowing: Stasia comments that she plans on wearing Janny's maternity clothes on her next tour.
- Fourth Date Marriage: First played around with with Stasia and Guy's instant wedding. Then played straight after he asks her to marry him for real less than 72 hours later.
- Good Samaritan: Stasia is an avid giver to charity and cancer research.
- I Drank What: Averted when the characters ask what they're drinking before they consume it. It turns out to be blood. They drink it anyway.
- Ironic Echo: Stasia says that on the next tour she'd be wearing maternity clothes; guess what?
- Naked People Are Funny: Parker trying to get a look at Stasia, forgetting that her pants are down.
- Noodle Incident: The San Diego Zoo incident. Whatever it was, it was enough to stop Stasia from donating to The Society For Happier Monkeys any more.
- Missing Mom: Stasia and Janny's mom has been gone for years.
- Reality Is Unrealistic: One of the News Commentators thinks the entire thing is a publicity stunt. Though, to give him credit, he does bring up some good points for it, despite them all just being coincidences. Really, REALLY, convenient coincidences.
- Also, Guy is too realistic of a pirate for audiences to connect with. Don't ask.
- Scary Black Man: Denny the body guard.
- Stage Dad: Stasia and Janny's father.
- Viewers are Morons: The author often thinks he needs to explain everything to his readers. He also does not encourage speculation on the plot that does not concur with what he thinks you should be guessing at that point.