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| 6 | [[caption-width-right:350:They seem to live happily together, [[MoodWhiplash but then comes the tragedy]]...]] |
| 7 | |
| 8 | ->'''Chandler:''' ''[In response to Wendy making a move on him]'' I'm married!\ |
| 9 | '''Wendy:''' So? I'm married.\ |
| 10 | '''Chandler:''' I'm ''happily'' married.\ |
| 11 | '''Wendy:''' Oh. What's that like? |
| 12 | -->-- ''Series/{{Friends}}'', "[[Recap/FriendsS9E10TheOneWithChristmasInTulsa The One with Christmas in Tulsa]]" |
| 13 | |
| 14 | Against all the odds, in defiance of the laws of [[RuleOfDrama drama]], spitting in the face of the AwfulWeddedLife, there is... the Happily Married couple. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | This is a couple, [[OfficialCouple Alpha]] or {{Beta|Couple}}, who are in love and not {{wangst}}ing it up dysfunctionally all the time. They avoid PoorCommunicationKills, won't jump to conclusions, and treat each other with love and respect. In short, whatever troubles they have are minor and don't lead to the misanthropy of NoAccountingForTaste or TheMasochismTango. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Both inside and outside of Romance ParentalAbandonment, ShippingBedDeath and the CartwrightCurse tend to [[SortingAlgorithmOfMortality kill them off like flies]]. Aiding this is that most drama considers the above ''"boring!"'' (remember, RuleOfDrama) and will usually try to make things ''"interesting!"'' with "plot twists" that [[ToiletSeatDivorce threaten to split them up]], and otherwise fill their path with rocks to make them StarCrossedLovers. (Their safest bet is as the {{Foil}} to a more turbulent couple.) |
| 19 | |
| 20 | The net effect of having a Happily Married couple in a series is one of stability. (As a general rule, Happily Married couples with kids will be depicted as [[GoodParents more loving and more stable than those without]].) Just having them around gives viewers and characters in the show an emotional anchor and safety net, as well as someones to root for while the OfficialCouple is deciding WillTheyOrWontThey. Needless to say, most viewers will thusly become very protective of said couple and complain when authors needlessly torment them. |
| 21 | |
| 22 | These couples benefit from ThePowerOfLove. In addition, any time a sequel is set a generation later than the original, the main couple from the original will probably have this type of relationship to show that they did get a HappyEnding -- and BabiesEverAfter to prove it. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | Despite some fiction likening this to a DiscreditedTrope (partly because common knowledge dictates that happy marriages [[TrueLoveIsBoring are ill suited for drama]]. Whether common knowledge is right or not is another matter entirely), a ''lot'' of people out there would call this TruthInTelevision, which is why we won't list all those examples. (Congrats to you!) Apparently the secret is to understand that you will end up arguing at some point and that does not mean you are no longer in love but [[EarnYourHappyEnding keep working at your marriage]], [[PoorCommunicationKills talk to each other]], do little things all the time, and never confuse falling in love and being in love; they feel different. This advice is often summed up with "Don't go to bed still angry at each other." There's absolutely no shame in ''simply getting along well'', if it works for the two of you. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | Not to be confused with SickeninglySweethearts, which is basically puppy love. They ''can'' overlap, but it's rare. This trope usually gives viewers [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments warm fuzzy feelings]]--''usually'', as the [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism cynicism of the viewers]] still has to be taken into account. If and when they have kids, they will often become GoodParents. Can result in or be the result of SingleTargetSexuality, especially when it is mutual. |
| 27 | |
| 28 | When this overlaps with ArrangedMarriage, it's a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage. When this overlaps with the characters being ''unrepentant villains'', it's UnholyMatrimony. When it turns out that [[StepfordSmiler they're not really as happy as they let on]], it's HappyMarriageCharade. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | Obviously, this is the desired outcome for most who want to marry, so Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease |
| 31 | |
| 32 | |
| 33 | [[noreallife]] |
| 34 | ---- |
| 35 | !!Example Subpages: |
| 36 | |
| 37 | [[index]] |
| 38 | * HappilyMarried/AnimeAndManga |
| 39 | * HappilyMarried/ComicBooks |
| 40 | * HappilyMarried/FanWorks |
| 41 | * [[HappilyMarried/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]] |
| 42 | * HappilyMarried/{{Literature}} |
| 43 | * HappilyMarried/LiveActionTV |
| 44 | * HappilyMarried/VideoGames |
| 45 | * HappilyMarried/WesternAnimation |
| 46 | [[/index]] |
| 47 | |
| 48 | !!Other Examples: |
| 49 | |
| 50 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
| 51 | * In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'', the main villain Wolffy has a wife named Wolnie. Despite the constant abuse Wolnie puts Wolffy through for constantly failing to capture the goats they want to eat, she does genuinely love her husband and the two otherwise seem to have a pretty happy marriage. |
| 52 | [[/folder]] |
| 53 | |
| 54 | [[folder:Audio Plays]] |
| 55 | * This is the premise of ''AudioPlay/OurHoneymoon''. Each of the four tracks are of you sharing a cute morning with your husband and each of the four are a different voice actor and character type scenario. |
| 56 | [[/folder]] |
| 57 | |
| 58 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 59 | * Calvin's parents from ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' are quite loving, despite the stress of having a kid like Calvin. Or possibly ''because'' they have a kid like Calvin, moments of peace and restaurant dates are so much more enjoyable (even if Calvin's dad keeps turning his head because he thought he heard sirens). |
| 60 | * Many newspaper-strip comics are more about the travails married people find than about their personal relationship. Dagwood and [[ComicStrip/Blondie1930 Blondie]], ComicStrip/HiAndLois, [[ComicStrip/HagarTheHorrible Hagar and Helga]], the parents in ''ComicStrip/BabyBlues'', the parents in ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse''. |
| 61 | * In ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'' the loving, stable marriage between Connie and Walt Duncan infuriates their son, Jeremy, by adding to their general dorkiness: their happy stability makes him too well-adjusted to have a tragic backstory. One strip shows the parents talking and laughing over doing the dishes, prompting Jeremy to sigh, "The award for 'person whose life least resembles MTV' goes to..." (or something like that.) |
| 62 | %%* The parents in ''ComicStrip/FamilyCircus''. |
| 63 | * Roger and Andrea from ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' (much to Jason's disgust when he sees them kissing). Despite every crisis they've been through (Roger quitting his job, Andy desperately acting young again, the many horrible, {{Horrible Camping Trip}}s), their love shows no signs of faltering. |
| 64 | * Bob Weber's ''Moose and Molly'' are heavy-set, low-rung blue-collar types, totally blissed out on each other. |
| 65 | * ''ComicStrip/OneBigHappy'' has two generations of married couples and a couple of children living in the same house. |
| 66 | %%* ComicStrip/{{Cathy}} and Irving, when they finally tie the knot. |
| 67 | %%* Ditto ComicStrip/MarkTrail and Cherry. |
| 68 | * ''ComicStrip/SpiderMan'': The newspaper comic version of Peter Parker and Mary Jane are blissfully unaffected by ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay''. |
| 69 | %%* ComicStrip/ThePhantom and Diana since the 1970s. They even have two kids. |
| 70 | %%* ComicStrip/MandrakeTheMagician and Narda for the last 15 years of the strip's run. |
| 71 | %%* ComicStrip/RexMorganMD and June. |
| 72 | %%* [[ComicStrip/DickTracy Dick and Tess Tracy]], although they have had rough patches. |
| 73 | * ComicStrip/{{Sally| Forth Howard}} and Ted Forth. Each would probably drive another spouse crazy, but they're perfect together. |
| 74 | * The couple who became/inspired [[ComicStrip/TheAddamsFamily Gomez and Morticia Addams]]. Unlike all the [[AwfulWeddedLife other couples]] whom Creator/CharlesAddams depicted, they are perfectly and eternally un/happy together. |
| 75 | * The ''ComicStrip/MrPotatoHead'' comic strip clearly shows Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head to be happy together, with a fair number of strips having them make out or say sentimental things to one another. |
| 76 | [[/folder]] |
| 77 | |
| 78 | [[folder:Fairy Tales]] |
| 79 | %%%% Zero context. Please add context. |
| 80 | %%%* The king and queen in ''[[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/076.htm The Lute Player]]''. If only he could have kept from being a GlorySeeker. |
| 81 | %%%%* In ''Literature/TsarevichPetrAndTheWizard'', the Tsar and his Tsaritsa. Their three sons in fact go on their quests for their mothers. |
| 82 | * In ''[[http://www.fairy-tales.parnas.info/en/africa/tales-and-stories/handkerchief.html The Handkerchief]]'', the king and queen have one of the most trusting and loving relationships in folklore. The queen loves the king for his kindness and wisdom, and the king loves the queen for her own cleverness. |
| 83 | [[/folder]] |
| 84 | |
| 85 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 86 | * Bob and Helen Parr in ''Franchise/TheIncredibles'', though this is played with a little. A lot of the [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1 first movie]] focuses on the hitches in their marriage that come as a result of their differing reactions to leaving the superhero life (Helen is able to handle it, while Bob basically has a midlife crisis). Later, Helen is absolutely devastated to think that Bob is cheating on her. When they reunite and finally are open with each other though, Bob refers to her as "the most perfect woman in the entire world", and they are shown much more happy and adjusted once the rift between them closes. Continues in the [[WesternAnimation/Incredibles2 sequel]], where Helen offers to become the breadwinner so Bob can become a HouseHusband and not have to return to a job he hates, showing her concern for Bob's happiness. He nearly breaks himself completely to make sure Helen does well and does not hesitate to suit up and rescue her when he finds out she's in danger. |
| 87 | * Manny and Gypsy in ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' present a subtle example. Their marriage is only alluded to sparingly, and they don't so much as kiss, seeming content to hold hands in tender moments. Gypsy is quite understanding of her magician husband's eccentricities, offering support both on and offstage, while Manny provides the LargeHam stage presence central to their double act. |
| 88 | %%* Grug and Ugga of ''WesternAnimation/TheCroods''. |
| 89 | %%* Jim Dear and Darling in ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'' and the eponymous couple at the end. |
| 90 | %%* Pacha and Chicha of ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' |
| 91 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'': Fa Mulan's parents. |
| 92 | %%* Mr. and Mrs. Fox of ''Literature/FantasticMrFox'' |
| 93 | %%* King Stefan and Queen Leah of ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' |
| 94 | %%* The [[HappilyAdopted human parents]] of ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}''. Also, ([[{{Disneyfication}} in direct contradiction to the source material]]), Zeus and Hera. |
| 95 | %%* Mr. and Mrs. Darling of Disney's ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'' |
| 96 | %%* Derek and Odette in ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess'' and its sequels. |
| 97 | * Franchise/{{Shrek}} and Fiona have their problems to deal with, but they love each other. This is best showcased in the [[WesternAnimation/Shrek2 second film]] where Shrek does his best to be a supportive husband and [[spoiler: Fiona deliberately waiting past-midnight to prove to Shrek that she loves him just the way he is, ogre and all.]] They later have triplets, which puts some strain on their marriage but they still love each other and are GoodParents to their children. |
| 98 | %%%%Same goes for Donkey and Dragon. |
| 99 | %%%%* The WesternAnimation/{{Rio}} franchise has 3 happy (most of the time) couples: Linda and Tulio, Blu and Jewel, and Rafael and Eva. |
| 100 | * Carl and Ellie in ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'' definitely qualify, even if they had trouble [[LawOfInverseFertility making a family]] and fulfilling their dream to go to South America since by the time they were able to afford the trip Ellie soon passed away. This is demonstrated at the end, when Carl looks through Ellie's Adventure Book one last time to find the message [[spoiler:"Thanks for the adventure! Now go have a new one."]] |
| 101 | * ''Franchise/ToyStory'': |
| 102 | ** Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head. Though the former has to repeat to himself in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' that he's married when he meets one of the Barbie dolls. |
| 103 | %%** Suggested to be the case between [[spoiler:Barbie and Ken]] at the end of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''. |
| 104 | * This is implied in most [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney movies]] and frequently supported in sequels, such as ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', and ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' (technically a midquel, but the ending fastforwards a year after the first movie so the audience can see Belle and the Prince together). The first two,, for instance, show them content in their relationship and raising their children, who are now SpinOffspring. |
| 105 | ** Also the case in ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella III|ATwistInTime}}''. Heck, the first song of the movie has Cinderella telling us how happy she is in her married life and the prince several times referring to her as his "perfect wife". The sequel for ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' shows us that Aurora and Philip are quite happy as well. |
| 106 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'' got an [[RecycledTheSeries animated series]] where we see Tarzan and Jane are happily married. Jane even proudly admitted it to her high society friends when they came for a visit; she's referring to Tarzan's heart but they [[EatingTheEyeCandy see another reason]]. |
| 107 | ** Rapunzel's parents in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}''. One of the first things in the movie is the king (and most of his subjects, for that matter) searching furiously for a way to heal the ill queen. Even after their baby daughter is kidnapped, the two are shown supporting each other in the hope of finding her again. |
| 108 | ** King Fergus and Queen Elinor in ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'', crossed with PerfectlyArrangedMarriage. While Elinor admits at one point that she herself was uncertain about her arranged marriage, she now is very happy with her husband. On his side, Fergus was shocked to think that Elinor was ever uncertain about marrying him. Later, when he suspects that Mordu broke into the castle and attacked Elinor, he goes from his normally pleasant demeanor [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness to a]] [[UnstoppableRage berserker rage]]. |
| 109 | ** Roger and Anita in ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians''. The loss of the puppies (and later Pongo and Perdita) never puts a strain on their relationship. Pongo and Perdita themselves also qualify; like their owners, the loss of their puppies never affected their relationship, and they even [[BattleCouple team up]] in order to find them. |
| 110 | ** Pacha and Chicha in ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' have a well-established, humble life on a hill with two young children and a baby on the way. Their first scene together sees them threatening to be SickeninglySweethearts to get their kids to bed and Chicha threatening to hurt the Emperor for daring to blow off her husband after he traveled so far on the Emperor's request. |
| 111 | * About halfway through ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'', Moses marries Tzipporah, and the two stick together through thick and thin for the rest of the film, with Tzipporah deciding to come with Moses to Egypt even if it would mean leaving her family behind forever, as well as rushing to help him when he's knocked into the dirt by the angry Jews. |
| 112 | ** The spiritual sequel/prequel/whatever, ''WesternAnimation/JosephKingOfDreams'' has Joseph marry Asenath. The two are shown working together on plans to save Egypt from famine, have several children, and see their life together as proof of a better future ahead. [[spoiler:When Joseph imprisons one of his brothers later, Asenath's reminding him of their earlier relationship was able to sooth him for a short period of time.]] |
| 113 | * {{Zigzagged}} with La Muerte and Xibalba from ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife''. WordOfGod confirms that they both [[SingleTargetSexuality only have eyes for each other]], and have ''many'' children. However, due to a previous wager (the exact circumstances unknown), Xibalba cheated on it and was sent to the Land of the Forgotten. The prologue shows that La Muerte is still upset about it, but they're talking, meaning that they're now on good terms (somewhat). Xibalba endangers their marriage ''again'' when [[spoiler:Manolo reveals that he cheated on the wager of who would marry Maria.]] She is ''[[BerserkButton furious.]]'' But, by the end, after Xibalba [[spoiler:apologizes for his actions and asks for her forgiveness, she accepts, [[TheBigDamnKiss and they kiss.]]]] By the end of the movie, they play this trope straight. |
| 114 | * At the end of ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'', [[spoiler:Hiccup and Astrid get married and then are shown several years later [[BabiesEverAfter with two kids]].]] |
| 115 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', though Jin is something of a HenPeckedHusband, it's obvious throughout the film that he and Ming do truly love each other. |
| 116 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Migration}}'': Despite their contrasting personalities (or one could argue because of them), Pam and Mack’s devotion to each other is as clear as it is tenacious. They enjoy being together and openly show affection through gestures such as touching beaks, hugging, and snuggling. Near the beginning of the film, Pam plants a cute kiss on Mack’s cheek. [[spoiler:They also engage in romantic dances three times during the movie, proving to be quite skilled at shaking their tail feathers in tandem too.]] |
| 117 | [[/folder]] |
| 118 | |
| 119 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 120 | * ''Music/KidsPraise'': Psalty finds a wife named Psaltina by the third album, and they are quite happy together and had triplets. |
| 121 | * ''[[Music/TheWhiteAlbum Ob-La-De, Ob-La-Da]]'' by Music/TheBeatles is the story of the long-term happy marriage of Desmond and Molly Jones, who first met in a marketplace and have BabiesEverAfter. |
| 122 | * Music/StanRogers: |
| 123 | ** Though the protagonist in "Lies" has become older and less conventionally beautiful, her husband still loves her face "line for line" and still takes her out dancing when they get the chance. |
| 124 | ** "Forty-Five Years" is about how besotted the first-person character is with his partner, even after years with her, and how he wants to be with her for another [[TitleDrop forty-five years.]] |
| 125 | * "Whatta Man" by En Vogue and Salt 'N' Pepa is about being married to the perfect man, who is romantic, a PapaWolf to his children, respects women, and [[SexGod knows how to please them]]. |
| 126 | [[/folder]] |
| 127 | |
| 128 | [[folder:Myths & Religion]] |
| 129 | * Myth/GreekMythology |
| 130 | ** Baucis and Philemon. An elderly couple who [[AngelUnaware entertained Zeus and Hermes unaware]] to the fullest extent of SacredHospitality and beyond, they received having a wish granted. [[TogetherInDeath They wished that they would die at the same moment so that neither of them would have to live widowed.]] They didn't even die exactly; at the end of their long lives, as they stood looking at one another, they were transformed into a pair of trees with the limbs intertwined so that they could never be separated. It's almost uncharacteristically sweet. |
| 131 | ** Cyane and Anapos. Cyane tried to stop Hades from abducting/marrying Persephone by citing her own happy marriage as an example of consensual relationship, and as the opposite of Hades' own methods. |
| 132 | ** Hilariously, [[HeroKiller Typhon]] [[UnholyMatrimony and]] [[MotherOfAThousandYoung Echidna]]. Two of the worst monsters to ever come out of [[{{Hell}} Tartarus]] (who by the way is Typhon's father), are entirely faithful to one another and support each other in all of their endeavours. Typhon eventually becomes SealedEvilInACan, but Echidna never moves on. All of her young (and there are a lot of them) are also Typhon's. By Greek standards that is weirdly functional. |
| 133 | ** The RescueRomance of Perseus and Andromeda. Just the fact that neither cheated on the other is a ''very'' good sign. |
| 134 | ** Ariadne and Dionysus. Dionysus saved Ariadne when Theseus abandoned her on Naxos and she later accompanied him during his journeys. (Though some sources say that Dionysius had his eyes on Ariadne for a while already, and thus threatened Theseus in his dreams so he'd leave her.) He loved her enough to not only [[ToHellAndBack go down to the Underworld]] after her death to demand her soul back, but also made her immortal afterwards. |
| 135 | ** Hector and Andromache in ''Literature/TheIliad'' in sharp contrast to everyone else. Priam's a philandering bastard, Helen and Menelaus/Helen and Paris are horribly dysfunctional, and we won't even get started on Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Hector and Andromache honestly seem to have been a good match. |
| 136 | ** Odysseus and Penelope from ''Literature/TheOdyssey''. Okay, there was the stuff with [[TheVamp Circe]] and Calypso but neither of those was what you could call [[QuestionableConsent 100% consensual]] (because when a very powerful being that could kill you in a heartbeat wants to sleep with you, it's smart not to argue, and Odysseus is nothing if not smart) and he ''did'' go to the ends of Earth ([[ToHellAndBack and Hell and back]]) to get back to Penelope. That counts for something. As does the fact that he ''turned down '''immortality''''' for her. For her part, Penelope did all she could to hold off the obnoxious suitors and stay faithful to her husband. After ten years of devotion to her husband, Penelope feared the worst and asked Artemis to strike her down painlessly, either because she wanted to be TogetherInDeath with Odysseus, or because she knew her suitors would kill her son and force her to choose between them (or not even let her choose), or both. |
| 137 | ** Hades and Persephone. The fact that he wanted to ''marry'' her (as in, keep her around) rather than have a one-night stand speaks volumes in Greek mythology. Hades's brothers Poseidon and Zeus (Zeus being Persephone's ''dad'', even) were quite the philanderers. Hades was ''not''. It also started as an arranged marriage (unlike the EverybodyHatesHades interpretation, the Hymn to Demeter made it abundantly clear that Zeus arranged the whole thing without Demeter or Persephone's consent, because Zeus is kind of a dick), making it even more impressive that they manage to make it one of the most functional and happy relationships in the mythos. Persephone is even said to prefer her time in the Underworld with her husband than with her mother. |
| 138 | ** Orpheus and Eurydice until she's dragged to Hades, but even then, he loves her so much that he goes [[ToHellAndBack to Hades and back]] to try and retrieve her. When he fails at the ''very last moment'', [[TheMourningAfter man, how he mourns...]] |
| 139 | ** Eros and Psyche are an unlikely pair, considering how the vast majority of the Greek pantheon are constitutionally incapable of anything resembling fidelity. The story of the origins of their marriage is about trusting and going to great lengths to mend bridges. |
| 140 | |
| 141 | * From Myth/NorseMythology: |
| 142 | ** Freyr and Gerðr, though getting her to fall for him leads to his death he didn't regret it. |
| 143 | ** Balder and Nanna. The Norse really liked their gods to be happily married before they were killed by giants. |
| 144 | %%** Thor and Sif. |
| 145 | %%** Odin and Frigga. |
| 146 | * Myth/EgyptianMythology has Osiris and Isis who were surprisingly non-dysfunctional considering they were [[BrotherSisterIncest siblings]]. When the former was killed, the latter devoted much of her life to bringing him back. |
| 147 | * SantaClaus and Mrs. Claus are ''usually'' portrayed this way, as part of the warm mythology of Christmas. (If Santa and Mrs. Claus ''didn't'' get along like the idealized grandpa and grandma, it wouldn't work with the rest of the story. This is extremely amusing for people who know that Santa Claus is based in part on the historical Saint Nicholas of Myra, who was a bishop and therefore celibate.) |
| 148 | * Myth/RobinHood and Maid Marian didn't get married in many of the original ballads (usually because she didn't exist yet), but many adaptations happily pair them off. The commentary for the 2010 movie stated that each era makes them into that era's idea of the perfect marriage. |
| 149 | * Myth/IrishMythology: |
| 150 | ** [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Deirdre]] and [[WarriorPoet Naoise]] from ''Literature/{{TheExileOfTheSonsOfUisnech}}''. Deirdre is the daughter of the court poet of King Conchobar of Ulster, who orders that she be raised away from the eyes of men, due to a [[PropheciesAreAlwaysRight prophecy]] that she would be [[SoBeautifulItsACurse so beautiful that kings and lords would go to war over her, much blood would be spilled in her name, Ulter's three finest warriors would be forced into exile and die for her sake, and the kingdom of Ulster would collapse]]; ignoring the protests of his warriors to kill the baby and totally avert the prophecy, Conchobhar intends to take her as his wife once she is of marriageable age. Deirdre grows up with foster parents and out of sight of all boys, so she doesn't fall for anyone else before Conchobar marries her. Unsurprisingly, things do not go according to plan; Deirdre, [[AbhorrentAdmirer repulsed]] by the [[MayDecemberRomance aging, foul-tempered king]], has a vision of a handsome, fearless young warrior with raven-black hair, snow-white skin, and blood-red cheeks and instantly falls in love. Her teacher and foster-mother, [[MamaBear Leabharcham]], tells her that that description matches Naoise Mac Uisnich, Conchobhar's finest warrior and hunter. With a small amount of complicity with Leabharcham, Deirdre meets Naoise. When he is initially reluctant to elope with her, she literally [[AbductionIsLove pounces on him and says that he will have "two ears of mockery and shame" if he refuses her]]. Whether it's meant as a joke or totally serious, Naoise agrees to go with her, and [[RuleOfThree his two brothers, Ardan and Ainnle, tag along, unwilling to be separated from Naoise]]. The little group ends up in Scotland, where they live simply and happily for a while (in a few versions of the story, [[BabiesEverAfter they have a son and a daughter]], who are fostered by Manannan Mac Lir, the god of the sea, for their own safety)... until Conchobhar's men find them. Despite their strange meeting and courtship, Deirdre and Naoise seem to have the most loving marriage in Irish mythology. |
| 151 | * Myth/WelshMythology: |
| 152 | ** [[IdiotHero Pwyll]] and [[GuileHero Rhiannon]] from ''Literature/{{Mabinogion}}''. They met and got married pretty quickly, but they had to deal with Rhiannon's jealous exboyfriend Gwawl who took advantage of Pwyll's kindness to demand to marry Rhiannon instead of Pwyll. Together they came up with a plan to get rid of Gwawl to get married. In their marriage, they have to deal with judgmental nobles because Rhiannon didn't get pregnant for the first two years of their marriage. When their son was conceived and born, they then lost him due to their careless handmaids falling asleep. Worse, Rhiannon was framed by [[UngratefulBastard said handmaids]] who claimed that Rhiannon ate her son. Pwyll refused to set her aside and stays by her while she did her penance. The couple is eventually reunited with their son and properly named him Pryderi. |
| 153 | [[/folder]] |
| 154 | |
| 155 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 156 | %%%% They are...what, exactly? Please don't assume that the trope title is automatically part of a sentence. |
| 157 | %%%%* Almost all of the parents of the main ''Podcast/{{Sequinox}}'' cast--excluding Syd's and Ethan's--are this. |
| 158 | %% |
| 159 | * In episode three of ''Podcast/MysteryShow'', Starlee meets a witness who describes his wife as his "soulmate," and credits the episode's subject, Hans Jordi, with their meeting. |
| 160 | * Frank and Sadie Doyle in the "Beyond Belief" segments of ''Podcast/TheThrillingAdventureHour'' are very much in love. The only thing they love nearly as much as they love each other [[http://youtu.be/2JZVycJhJYU is a good martini]]. |
| 161 | * Rod and Karen, co-hosts of ''Podcast/TheBlackGuyWhoTips'', are high-school sweethearts who have been married since 2002. Their on-air interactions can veer into SickeninglySweetHearts (sometimes on purpose). |
| 162 | * ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'': About four and a half years after they met, Cecil and Carlos get married in episode 100. Although their relationship has had its ups and downs, it's ultimately very stable and loving. |
| 163 | [[/folder]] |
| 164 | |
| 165 | %%[[folder:Roleplay]] |
| 166 | %%* Roleplay/DCNation tends to run with this, despite being based on Franchise/TheDCU, with the Garricks and the Dibnys being the examples other heroes aspire to. |
| 167 | %%[[/folder]] |
| 168 | |
| 169 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 170 | %%* {{Deconstructed}} by Music/StephenSondheim and George Furth in ''{{Company}}''. |
| 171 | %%* Paul and Corrie Bratter from ''Theatre/BarefootInThePark''. |
| 172 | * ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'': |
| 173 | ** Tevye and Golde. It was revealed in a lovely AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther duet. |
| 174 | ** Their daughters end up happily married to the men of their choices. All three unions face varying external conflicts that try to tear them apart, but the love between the couples never wavers. |
| 175 | * Wilbur and Edna Turnblad from ''Theatre/{{Hairspray}}''. Wilbur says it all in their song together - "''When I need a lift// time brings a gift// Another day with you''". |
| 176 | * ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix''. |
| 177 | ** John and Abigail have three duets, with "Yours Yours Yours" expressing how much they love and miss each other. Abigail helps to keep John from flying ''too'' far off the handle and reminds him that there's more to his life than yelling at Congress. TruthInTelevision, too. Most of the content of those songs was taken from the Adams' actual letters to each other -- and John did, indeed, sign multiple letters as "Yours, yours, yours". |
| 178 | ** Tom misses his wife so much that he has a crippling case of WritersBlock when he's unable to visit her, so Adams has to ask her to come to Philadelphia--where they immediately fall into each other's arms (and then bed). |
| 179 | %%* ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'': They're utterly batty, but Mayor Shinn and Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn]] qualify. |
| 180 | %%* Captain Von Trapp and Maria from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' |
| 181 | %%* Whitney and Jessica Olive from ''Theatre/DoneToDeath''. Fitting as they are a parody of Nick and Nora Charles from ''Film/TheThinMan''. |
| 182 | %%* The Nurses in ''Theatre/TheCrucible''. The Coreys seem to be as well, despite Giles' [[NiceJobBreakingItHero innocent accidental accusation of witchcraft on his wife]]. |
| 183 | * A few of the vignettes in ''I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change'' have these kind of couples, namely "Whatever Happened To Baby's Parents", "Sex and The Married Couple" and the untitled one featuring the song "Shouldn't I Be Less In Love With You?" It's indicated that the couple in "Wedding Vows" will be this since, despite some initial last minute panicking, they go through with the wedding because they sincerely love each other. |
| 184 | * ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'': Lord and Lady Macbeth. Yes, they brought doom and damnation upon themselves together, but they loved and supported each other along the way (though Lady Macbeth could get a little mean in her "supporting"...). |
| 185 | %%* George's parents, Emily's parents, and Emily and George from ''Theatre/OurTown'' |
| 186 | %%* The Mayor and his wife from ''Theatre/{{Seussical}}'' |
| 187 | %%* Barnum and Charity from ''Barnum''. |
| 188 | * Wintergreen and Mary in ''Theatre/OfTheeISing'', who get married in the first act finale and stay resolutely together through the sequel ''Let 'Em Eat Cake''. |
| 189 | * It can be taken that Dionysus and Ariadne had this sort of marriage in ''Theatre/TheFrogs'', considering how Dionysus describes their time together: "And the years filled with joy/And my heart filled with pride/Just to know Ariadne was there at my side." And when he's in the Underworld, struggling to figure out who the best playwright to bring back to Earth with him is, Ariadne shows up to comfort him and help him find the answer. |
| 190 | * Chris and Ellen in ''Theatre/MissSaigon''. While he clearly loved Kim during the first half of the show, Ellen is the one he wants to build a life with, and she is supportive and accepting of the idea that he has a son by another woman. |
| 191 | * Kristina and Karl Oskar in "''[[TheEmigrants Kristina from Duvemåla]]''". They even have several songs about it, with lines such as "''It is cold and empty// when you've shared everything// and are made to be apart''" and "''We shall be together when day adds to day// For where you go, I go as well''". Karl Oskar also has a song, "''Stay''", in which he describes how much his wife (who is at that point very ill from scurvy and might not make it through the night) means to him. The musical depicts their initial courtship and early years of marriage, their decision to be the first in their parish to emigrate from Sweden to the US in the mid 1840s, and building a new life for themselves and their six children in Minnesota. |
| 192 | * ''Theatre/ShowBoat'': |
| 193 | ** Steve and Julie were this until they leave the show and he leaves her. The song "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" shows this (Julie: "Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, I gotta love one man till I die...") |
| 194 | ** Joe and Queenie. She's frustrated with him for being so lazy, but their part in the same song makes it clear that they're still very much in love with each other. |
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| 196 | |
| 197 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 198 | %%* '''WebAnimation/BrokenSaints:''' Both Shandala's adoptive parents--Mama and Papa Tui--and her biological parents - [[spoiler: Lear Dunham and [[TheGhost Mariko]] ]] - have marriages like this |
| 199 | * ''WebAnimation/DeadlySpaceAction'' features Saige and Orton, who always seem to be happy around each other and do almost everything together as equal partners. |
| 200 | %%* Scotty and Beulah from ''WebAnimation/LooneyTunesIntroBloopers''. They became Happily Married in Episode 72. |
| 201 | * Chelsea and Tucker from Season 5 onwards of ''WebAnimation/{{Anon|Machinima}}'', their daughter Candace even states she wants a relationship like theirs someday. |
| 202 | * ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' has Moxxie and Millie. The duo utterly adore each other and Millie is one of the few things that makes Moxxie happy on a regular basis. |
| 203 | [[/folder]] |
| 204 | |
| 205 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 206 | * Commander Vora and her husband General Lagan from ''Webcomic/ArtOfDomination'' had been married for 20 years at the start of the story, and are very much in love. |
| 207 | * ''Webcomic/TheBirdFeeder'' has Darryl and Edna, two cardinals, because cardinals (supposedly) mate for life. |
| 208 | * Erika and Matt of ''Webcomic/{{DAR}}: A Super Girly Top Secret Comic Diary'', both in the webcomic ''and'' in real life. Erika herself says that her years with Matt have been the happiest time of her life. Made even more noteworthy by her originally being a 100% lesbian with a very dim opinion of "hetero-normativity" [[IfItsYouItsOkay until she met Matt]]. |
| 209 | * Donovan and Miranda Deegan in ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'' who still get busy every once in a while. |
| 210 | ** Later in the story, [[spoiler:Dominic and Luna]]. |
| 211 | * ''[[http://hitched.tonybreed.com/ Finn and Charlie are Hitched]]'': Finn and Charlie have been happily married for years, and are in fact based on the creator and his husband. |
| 212 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Fans}}'', Rikk's parents are happily married. Later Rikk's marriage to Alysin proved to be rather tumultuous ([[StepfordSmiler Aly's]] tendency toward self-loathing led to her wanting to break it off with Rikk at one point). [[{{Polyamory}} Rikk and Aly (and Rumy)]] are a happily married [[strike:couple]] triple. |
| 213 | %%** Also, Tim and Julia are decidedly so. Will and Shanna had some bumps in the road, but they seem to be working it out. |
| 214 | * Fox and Collin of ''Webcomic/FriendlyHostility''. Fox's parents (and Rafi) have been happy together for decades. |
| 215 | * ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': |
| 216 | ** Master Payne and the countess may have the occasional argument, as can be expected of a couple trying to keep themselves and their circus troop alive in the dangerous wastelands, but even their arguments generally devolve into flirting and they do whatever they can to keep each other happy and relatively safe. |
| 217 | ** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100602 Old Man Death and the wild princess]] both stepped away from their former wild lives in order to spend the rest of them together in their youth and are still deeply enamored and happy with each other in their old age, though she never did like his ubiquitous hat so she'll be pleased Maxim tricked him out of it. |
| 218 | %% ** The circus provides a second example in Balthazar's parents. |
| 219 | %% ** Punch and Judy, though the marriage itself may not be strictly official in their case. |
| 220 | * The Dunkels from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' have a peaceful, happy home life. It's made sweeter by a small panel's implication that Elliot was a mistake that happened too early, but they soldiered on through the hardships. |
| 221 | * In ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'', it turns out that team lawyer Arianna has been married to financial adviser Aurelius Shrapnel for fourteen years, though they don't bother mentioning it to anyone who doesn't ask. Presumably they're both happy with it to last that length of time; it's notable that, when everyone in the base is affected by a magical lust effect, and most of them jump the nearest person of their gender of choice, Arianna's response is to call Aurelius to come into the office ASAP. |
| 222 | * In ''Webcomic/KoanOfTheDay'', the tortoises meet each other, [[http://www.koanoftheday.com/126/ fall in love]], [[http://www.koanoftheday.com/127/ get married]], and while one tortoise [[http://www.koanoftheday.com/128/ messes with the other]], they're both [[http://www.koanoftheday.com/130/ very happy]]. |
| 223 | %%* [[spoiler:Ryan and Amy]] in ''Webcomic/BadMachinery''. |
| 224 | %%* In ''Webcomic/BlueYonder'' [[http://www.blueyondercomic.net/comics/1286480/blue-yonder-chapter-1-page-26/ Jared's abducted parents,.]] |
| 225 | %%* In ''Webcomic/DocRat'', Danni's sisters just wanted to marry and have babies. It worked out perfectly for them. |
| 226 | %%* [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/1991200/good-night/ Mr. Mighty and Jane]] from ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes''. Also the neighbors [[AuthorAvatar Ed and Joan Generic]]. |
| 227 | %%* Dwayne and Nicole Duncan in ''Webcomic/GeneralProtectionFault''. So far, [[spoiler:Nick and Ki]]. |
| 228 | %%* The Donlans, as seen in this ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=399 comic]]. |
| 229 | %%* Tom and Karla of ''Webcomic/HomeOnTheStrange''. |
| 230 | %%* Hala and Luk River from [[http://subcultura.es/webcomic/elis/1 Irregular Elis]] are a good example. They formed a very good and happy BadassFamily. |
| 231 | %%* ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'': Kevin and Kell Dewclaw have been happily married since before the strip began in 1995. |
| 232 | %%* In ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'', Elsa and Bobby appear to be this. |
| 233 | * ''WebComic/Level1Housewife'', Angrboda and Hubby are very happily married, although she has trouble not accidentally injuring him due to being twice his size. |
| 234 | %%* [[AuthorAvatar Gen and Uriel]] of LittleTales, though [[CloudCuckoolander Gen]] sometimes tests his sanity. |
| 235 | * ''Webcomic/MadameOutlaw'': The Marcoses, the captains of the steamship boarded by the characters, are a loving and affectionate couple. |
| 236 | %%* ''AMagicalRoommate'' is abundant with these, including those who got married before and during the plot. The only glaring exception is Lettie and Joralan... but really, where would the story be without their insane antics? |
| 237 | %%* Ma and Pa Todd from ''Webcomic/NipAndTuck''... [[http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00336.html much to their son's chagrin]]. |
| 238 | * In ''Webcomic/NoRestForTheWicked'', [[http://www.forthewicked.net/archive/04-42.html King Gareth and Claire. He even stopped the war because news about her made him lose the will to fight.]] |
| 239 | %%* Julie and Lenny in ''OurLittleAdventure'' and in a bit of a twist, the [[BigBadDuumvirate two main villains]] are [[UnholyMatrimony married as well.]] |
| 240 | %%* Dora and Sven's parents in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent''. |
| 241 | %%** Martin's father and his new husband too, apparently. |
| 242 | %%* Webcomic/RealLifeComics: Greg and Liz Dean, getting into no bigger scraps than little smatterings of FridgeLogic, in-comic. Probably like this in their ''actual'' real life, too. |
| 243 | * Webcomic/{{Realmwalker}} has Thor and Sif, and Aegir and Ran. Both of these couples love each other to bits, and they both use plenty of pet names.[[spoiler: Baldr and Nanah appear this way, but Nanah is actually brainwashed into loving him.]] |
| 244 | %%* In ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'', [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/critical-missives-2/ Cube]] (Off-stage, though.) |
| 245 | %%* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep The Boy's]] parents The Mother and The Father in ''Webcomic/ScaryGoRound'', and those of his French exchange paramour Elodie. |
| 246 | %%* The main events of ''Webcomic/{{Sunstone}}'' are HowWeGotHere to the happy marriages of Ally with Lisa and Alan with Anne. |
| 247 | %%* In ''Webcomic/ThistilMistilKistil'', [[http://tmkcomic.depleti.com/comic/ch04-pg13/ Loki and Sigyn]] |
| 248 | * Phil and Millie, in ''Webcomic/PhilLikesTacos'', married on the strip's 10th anniversary. |
| 249 | * The epilogue of ''Webcomic/Rain2010'' reveals that [[spoiler:Rain and Emily]] have eloped and now live a comfortable and healthy life. |
| 250 | * In ''Webcomic/TheRedStar'': Maya and her husband deeply loved each other [[http://www.beyondrealitymedia.com/the-red-star/issue-2/page-2/ As seen in this speech about the joys of love and married life.]] |
| 251 | * Mr. and Mrs. Cake from ''Blog/SliceOfLife'', just like their cartoon counterparts. They shamelessly refer to each other with cutesy nicknames in public, and never get angry or frustrated with each other, even when dealing with their more troublesome customers or suppliers. |
| 252 | -->'''Mrs. Cake:''' "Well, let's get this over with, ginger-beer."\ |
| 253 | '''Mr. Cake:''' "We should probably knock, sugarpie."\ |
| 254 | '''Mrs. Cake:''' "Oh, one of us should, toffeebean."\ |
| 255 | '''Mr. Cake:''' "Sometime soon, fizzypop." |
| 256 | * Fred and Faye [=MacIntire=], Davan's parents from ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive''. [[spoiler:Faye dies peacefully of old age, and since most characters are based on the cartoonist's life, his mom started looking at him funny. The strip after this had the tagline at the bottom: "I got a very annoyed voicemail from my mother today. I wonder why?"]] |
| 257 | ** Also Aubrey and Jason; they are also based on real people, though those people are not a couple in real life. |
| 258 | * ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent'': In the Finland segment of the prologue, the two married couples shown seem to be getting along quite well. Tuuli and Eino are shown to be on the same CrazySurvivalist wavelength, while "usually 'dying' from something" Saku responds to his wife coming to comfort him during a bout of seasickness by telling her he's always loved her. |
| 259 | %%* In ''Webcomic/{{Sunstone}}'', the framing device shows the six main characters, Lisa with Ally, Anne with Allan, Tom with Cassie are all happily married, five years ago Tom and Cassie had already reached this point. |
| 260 | * In ''Webcomic/TalesOfTheQuestor'', Quentyn's parents' marriage is rock solid as demonstrated by how his father [[http://www.rhjunior.com/tales-of-the-questor-0571/ cheers his wife up]]. |
| 261 | * ''Webcomic/UnderTheOakTree'': Maximillian and her husband Riftan are crazy for each other. They do have some tension, because Max's childhood abuse has given her severe issues communicating, and Riftan can sometimes be smotheringly overprotective, but they nevertheless have an intense devotion to each other. |
| 262 | * In ''Webcomic/UmlautHouse 2'', the three couples that got a HappilyEverAfter ending in the first series are now Happily Married with children. |
| 263 | * ''Webcomic/UnknownLands'': Marya and her wife Keilo are quite in love and devoted to each other. When the elves are trying to sacrifice Keilo her wife, who is usually hesitant to kill even when those she's fighting are doing everything in their power to kill her, snaps and starts killing those holding Keilo without hesitation. |
| 264 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Widdershins}}'', GentlemanAdventurer Henry Barber and [[FantasticScience magical theorist]] Isabelle Holt wander into each other's lives, hit it off within minutes, and are still going strong when their grandchildren are adults. |
| 265 | * Webcomic/{{Zoophobia}}'s Alanzo and Jackie are a married couple who are frequently described as "completely inseparable soulmates". They also style their hair after each other. |
| 266 | [[/folder]] |
| 267 | |
| 268 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 269 | * Persephone and Hades in ''Literature/ThaliasMusings''. Persephone faked her own abduction to [[MarryForLove elope with Hades]] against [[MyBelovedSmother Demeter's]] [[ParentalMarriageVeto orders]]. |
| 270 | * Several parents of Team Kimba in the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse''. Chaka's parents are still happy together even with five kids, the oldest of which is about college age. Tennyo's parents have been together ever since they met while both working [[spoiler: as mutant agents for the C.I.A.]] Phase's parents are in their fifties with about six kids and still together, even though Phase's father runs Goodkind International and is the richest man on the planet. |
| 271 | * ''Literature/TheJournalEntries'' contain a surprising number of these, considering most of the characters are immortal bisexuals who either don't have a real concept of monogamy or abandoned it long ago [[note]] (the stable, core character grouping is actually a trio, one of whom is a male exclusive homosexual, which doesn't stop him from having occasional sex with females, it just means he doesn't normally do so even if he has been sleeping in the same bed with one for the last 600 years).[[/note]] The implication in universe is that so many characters have stable long-term relationships because the culture does not expect anything specific beyond not being evil; not being able to handle it when your lover beds someone else is seen as a failing on your part. |
| 272 | * Dan and Marc in ''Literature/YouCouldMakeALife'' are a married couple in all but name long before they officially tie the knot. They do face their share of obstacles, but their love for each other always remains the greatest constant in their lives. |
| 273 | [[/folder]] |
| 274 | |
| 275 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 276 | * [[Website/{{Twitch}} Twitch streamer]] ''WebVideo/The8BitDrummer'' is this with his wife and fellow Twitch streamer, [[https://www.twitch.tv/Chatia Chatia]]. |
| 277 | * WebVideo/CitationNeeded: In season 2 episode 5, concerning the Flitch of Bacon, it's explained that you only receive the flitch of bacon if you have never regretted your marriage during a year and a day. Panelist Gary Brannan had this to say: |
| 278 | -> '''Gary:''' Well, put it this way: I am due me some bacon! |
| 279 | * In the first campaign of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'', [[spoiler:Kima and Allura as well as Percy and Vex]] got married at some point over the TimeSkip, both couples having endured great hardship together, and are delighted and relieved to be able to settle down by the story's end. [[spoiler:Nott the Brave/Veth Brenatto]] of Campaign 2 turns out to be married to fellow halfling Yeza and they adore each other, and in ''WebVideo/CriticalRoleExandriaUnlimited'', we find out that [[spoiler:Shaun Gilmore]] is in a loving marriage to an elven man named Darius. |
| 280 | * This is painfully subverted and possibly even deconstructed with ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''. Goku is a complete and total idiot who disappears at the drop of a hat and only thinks of food and fighting. Unlike his anime counterpart, this causes incredible strain towards his family, especially since he tends to treat Gohan as a non-entity and puts Chi-Chi through incredible strain by his child-like actions. It finally reaches a head with ''[[Recap/DragonBallZAbridgedM11 Broly the Legendary Super Saiyan]]'', where an exasperated Chi-Chi, having paid Gohan's College tuition through the nose and upset at the fact that Goku both left her and ''doesn't seem to care at all'', tells him that she wants a divorce. |
| 281 | * ''WebVideo/DougFunnieInAdultLife'': Near the end of the film, one of Doug's students asks him how everything went with Patti. [[spoiler:The camera immediately pans to a wedding ring on Doug's finger.]] |
| 282 | * [[RuleOfFunny In a world where the Critic was never born]], WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick would have been a sweet, well-adjusted, hugely successful director with a baby and a husband. |
| 283 | * ''WebVideo/StephenVlog'': Stephen Georg and his wife, Mallory, fit this trope to a T. Often times, it's hard to remember that Stephen and Mal are married because their personalities are so distinctly defined, as well as how their dynamic with each other feels natural and not something to play up. |
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