Line #20 Webcomic/MissingMonday


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3	''[[https://www.missingmondaycomic.com/ Missing Monday]]'' is a {{webcomic}} by Elle Skinner about an [[FantasticRomance inter-universal romance]].
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5	Apprentice mechanic Foyle Leaf is cheerfully going through a storage room in the old clock tower (that her long-suffering employer let her raid) when a locked door unexpectedly opens, letting through a bright light and a [[{{Herald}} blonde]] in a [[PajamaCladHero silk nightgown]]. The visitor's name is Monday Rhodes, and she claims to come from another world.
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7	The two teenaged girls discover a mutual attraction and start building a part-time relationship with Monday commuting between Foyle's world and her own. But one day, Monday fails to arrive, causing Foyle to worry. Worry enough to open the mysterious door and go looking for her...
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9	Starting on March 14, 2011 the comic concluded after 15 chapters on March 21, 2023.
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11	!!This webcomic provides examples of:
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13	* AlmostKiss: [[https://www.missingmondaycomic.com/comic/chapter-01-page-47 While cooking]] a few days after their first meeting.
14	* ArrangedMarriage:
15	** Learning that [[spoiler:she was going to be put into one]] is what prompted [[spoiler:Monday's initial journey through the magic door in her world]].
16	** [[spoiler:The Cat version of Monday]], in her absence, has apparently gone forward with one.
17	* CrashIntoHello: An unexpected step down from the magic door causes Monday to stumble into Foyle's arms.
18	* CultureClash: There are significant cultural differences between Foyle's world and Monday's world. This is a cause of misunderstandings.
19	* DancesAndBalls: Upon arriving in Monday's world, Foyle finds one. Being UnderdressedForTheOccasion, [[JanitorImpersonationInfiltration she crashes it]].
20	* DayOfTheWeekName: Monday Rhodes and her sister Tuesday.
21	* {{Doppelganger}}: When Foyle eventually finds Monday in her world, she coldly dismisses Foyle. [[spoiler:Later on, it's revealed that this is Cat posing as Monday and not the real deal.]]
22	* TheFairFolk: Shadowy, animal-themed beings that inhabit the corridors between worlds. They make deals over letting people in and out, taking [[IntangiblePrice payments]] like an ability to sing a song, a name or [[spoiler:in Monday's case, the life she's leaving behind]].
23	* ForcedSleep: [[spoiler:The real Monday]] was placed in one as part of [[spoiler:Cat's machinations]].
24	* FullyClothedNudity: Monday has a minor freakout upon realising she's been wandering the streets of a strange town in her nightie.
25	* GildedCage: Monday describes her world as pretty in a cold, diamond-like way.
26	* HairpinLockpick: When [[spoiler:Tuesday]] locks Foyle in her room, Foyle steals a hairpin from her vanity in order to do just that.
27	* InsecureLoveInterest: Foyle has a bad tendency to jump to the wrong conclusion when faced with emotional hardships. For instance, when Monday fails to show up, Foyle immediately concludes she's been dumped.
28	* IntangiblePrice: The [[TheFairFolk shadow creatures]] treat any other form of payment as incredibly rude. They're also very into ExactWords.
29	* ItsAllAboutMe: Foyle, curiously enough, displays this in her dealings with her boss, who's really had enough of her unreliability. Monday talks her out of it.
30	* MagicAIsMagicA: There are consistent rules for who is eligible to visit another world and how to open the magic door. Monday followed the instructions in her favourite childhood storybook. Also, Foyle's world has "knacks"--some people are supernaturally talented at specific occupations (her knack is for fixing things, despite coming from a family that usually has one for gardening/botany).
31	* MysteriousWaif: Monday starts out looking like one of these, but she can actually go home when she pleases (she just doesn't).
32	* LonelyRichKid: [[spoiler:Monday and Tuesday]] seem to be these.
33	* PortalCrossroadWorld: A maze of twisty little corridors, all different and populated by [[TheFairFolk shadow creatures]] who claim it's infinitely large. Portals are inconspicuous in their respective words, but can only be opened by an eligible person, using an appropriate key.
34	* QueerRomance: Same-sex relationships seem to be much more accepted in both Foyle's and Monday's worlds than in ours. The bakers who Monday works for in Foyle's world are boyfriends, and [[spoiler:Monday's world has same-sex {{Arranged Marriage}}s, with a bride price--we don't (yet) know how Monday's society works, exactly, but she herself treats it like slavery]].
35	* RichBitch: Both [[spoiler:guardian-Monday]] and her fiancee.
36	* SecondActBreakup: Monday's failure to appear turns out to have heart-breaking causes.
37	* SecretlyWealthy: In Foyle's world, Monday works part-time as a baker. [[spoiler: In her own, she's very upper class, making her an UptownGirl for Foyle]].
38	* TattooAsCharacterType: Foyle's family crest is a tattoo of leafy vines that runs from her neck across her shoulders and most of the way down her arms. [[spoiler:Spider takes it as payment for allowing Foyle the chance to rescue Monday from the place where she had been put in slumber by Cat.]]
39	* ThemeNaming: Subtle, but people in Monday's world tend to be named after time-related concepts (Monday, Tuesday, Summer), while Foyle's world goes for objects related to family knack (Foyle comes from a family of botanists, for example).
40	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Foyle is a trousers-wearing WrenchWench with BoyishShortHair who is impulsive and risk-taking. Monday's hair is a lot longer and more feminine, she acts [[ProperLady tactfully and demurely]], wears nice dresses and spends some time as [[spoiler:a DamselInDistress whom Foyle rescues]].
41	* WhamEpisode: When Foyle learns [[spoiler:Monday's history with the doors and guardians and the deal she made with Cat]].
42	* YearOutsideHourInside: Foyle expects this, but [[AvertedTrope their worlds turn out to be synchronised]]. That isn't the case for the [[PortalCrossroadWorld corridors]], where it seems [[NarniaTime anything goes]].
43	* YourUniverseOrMine: Monday is unable or unwilling to move to Foyle's world permanently, and Foyle is not eligible (yet) for world-hopping. Thus the commuting. [[spoiler:Monday eventually reveals that her periodic returns to her world are to fix any problems Cat may have caused while posing as her.]]
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