Line #35 Creator/Merryweatherey


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4	Lucius Merryweather is a webcomic author. He ([[GenderBlenderName yes, he, despite his feminine user name]]) specializes in anime-style trope short stories as well as AnthropomorphicPersonification of various tools, from internet browsers to video game platforms to various tools. Likewise, he's ''[[AuthorAppeal really]]'' into creepy and macabre stories, more often than not having a narrative start off with cute protagonists before spiraling into some rather dark tales. Heck, even some of his shorts have these undertones, so fair warning.
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6	Being the brains behind the webcomic, Merry usually collaborates with other artists to paint his comics and ideas, most frequently Princess Hinghoi. He currently leads [[https://twitter.com/Merryweatherey Merryweather Media,]] which covers his original and horror content, while the spin-off group [[https://twitter.com/MemeGirlsStudio Meme Girls!]] focuses on his meme and moe anthropomorphism content.
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8	Beyond his webcomic work, he regularly writes and helps produce lore videos for various [=VTubers=], including WebVideo/VShojo and WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}.
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10	Available in [[https://twitter.com/Merrydawg Twitter]], Webtoon and [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCtIO1it51jSkZGibS9R3w YouTube]], where he also contacts indie Japanese voice actors to voice his comic dubs. He is also a VirtualYouTuber [[https://www.twitch.tv/merryweatherey on Twitch]].
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12	Also has a Wolf-Girl [[VirtualYouTuber VTuber]] cousin named {{WebVideo/Lumi}}, both of them are now part of the VirtualYouTuber group Astraline.
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14	!Comic Series
15	* ''WebComic/AmericanWeebInJapan'': An {{Otaku}} becomes a ForeignExchangeStudent in Japan.
16	* ''Webcomic/MySuccubusGirlfriend'': As stated, a comic about a boy having to put up with a succubus who becomes infatuated with claiming his soul despite his resistance to her advances. Was acting forced to reboot after the original artist left the comic and he partnered with a new one, changing the style in the process.
17	* ''WebComic/IMadeAComicAboutInternetExplorer'': His most known comic (alternatively known as ''Browser Waifu'' or ''Internet Explorer-chan''), featuring an AnthropomorphicPersonification of Internet Explorer as she ventures through the life of a web browser and having to content her homicidal rival Google Chrome.
18	* ''WebComic/StalkerXStalker'': Horror-romance of two {{Yandere}} and their love life, although it's mostly RomanticComedy.
19	* ''WebComic/ClinicOfHorrors'': Horror-comedy of a nurse working in a clinic surrounded with EldritchAbomination creatures, people, and situations that just wanted some treatments.
20	* ''WebComic/CrawlingDreams'': An innocent goth girl, Nyarla, cluelessly lives her life in a Lovecraftian nightmare of a city. Luckily she's got her [[EldritchAbomination kitty Ghast]] to protect her!
21	* ''Webcomic/EverywhereAndNowhere'': A Time-Travelling Romance featuring two [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Shakespearean Side Characters.]] Illustrated by [[https://twitter.com/pcmaniac88/media [=PeaCh=].]]
22	* ''[[Webcomic/GothGirlAndTheJock Goth Girl & The Jock]]'': A series centered around the unlikely romance between Tyler, a Jock, and Ophelia, a lonely goth girl.
23	** ''Goth Boy & The Jock'': A spin-off series which focuses on the relationship between a Jock named Thad and a sassy goth boy named Jasper.
24	* ''Webcomic/LovecraftGirls - or How To Prevent The Apocolypse'': A series centered around monsters by Creator/HPLovecraft as women.
25	* ''Fox Girls Are Better'': An ordinary otaku guy accidentally ordered a fox girl to stay at his apartment. Hilarity ensues and crazy things start to happen to the guy. Characters and concept originate from ''WebVideo/LostPause''.
26	* ''Meme Girls:'' Probably Merryweathery's best known work outside of ''Internet Explorer'', a series of one-shots featuring [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin various memes turned into anime girls.]] Illustrated by Princess Hinghoi. Originally part of ''I Made A Comic About Internet Explorer'', it eventually branched into its own thing. (Aside of the video game consoles below, there's also websites like Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, etc turned into girls...)
27	** ''WebComic/ConsoleWaifu'': A SpinOff of ''WebComic/IMadeAComicAboutInternetExplorer'' published under the ''Meme Girls'' banner. Features video game consoles, chiefly Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4 and Xbox One (the latter two are evolving to match with Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X). Considerably LighterAndSofter than its predecessor.
28	* ''Minecraft Anime/Creeper-chan'': Based on the creeper of ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' fame, except it's a GenderFlip AnthropomorphicPersonification.
29	* ''The Empty World'': A webcomic starring Merry's AuthorAvatar who desperately tries to come up with a story he can exist in.
30	* ''My Incubus Boyfriend'': A male demonic incubus was summoned to be a boyfriend by a lonely girl who has been thoroughly bullied/abused by every other people she came across (from her own family to her classmates). May get a little depressing due to the bullying theme. GenderInverted version of ''My Succubus Girlfriend'', although it actually manages to be noticeably different in tone.
31	* ''Magickology'': Merryweatherey's own take of the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' verse, featuring two rivaling magician girls
32	* ''Vampire Gamer'': Simple little comic about a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin who's into gaming.]]
33	* ''WebComic/WinterMoon'': Risa, a seductive priestess, meets Florence, a homosexual wizard in an MMORPG. Hilarity ensues.
34	* ''Webcomic/DemonKingGF'': [[MaouTheDemonKing Alvida the Demon King]] accepts a marriage proposal from the Hero of the Human Kingdom for the sole purpose of ending him when they were alone together. [[BecomingTheMask She ends up]] [[InLoveWithTheMark falling in love with him for real]]. Illustrated by [[https://twitter.com/pcmaniac88/media [=PeaCh=].]]
35	* ''Succubus x Delinquent'': Centers around Satan's daughter after he kicked her out of hell for being a lazy brat and forcing her to do her job as a succubus to [[SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny corrupt human souls]], and meets the titular delinquent in police station lock up after she was MistakenForProstitute and [[BullyHunter he got into a fight with some bullies]]. Illustrated by [[https://twitter.com/pcmaniac88/media [=PeaCh=].]]
36	* [[Webcomic/ConspiracyResearchClub Conspiracy Research Club]]: Although not in his linktree, he's the writer behind Conspiracy Research Club or, he was, up until chapter 14. It's not super clear.
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38	!Mini Series
39	* ''A City Called Nowhere:'' A NightmareFuel-worthy comic about a girl who lives in a city where strange things happen and what to do when said things happen.
40	* ''MMORPG'': Various one-shots where Merryweatherey lampoons many MMORPG game tropes.
41	* ''Virgin vs Chad'': A fledging comic adaptation of the ''Webcomic/VirginVsChad'' meme. Chad Thundercock is the super popular, muscular guy that gets all the girls, and our protagonist Virgin is really jealous at him despite some girls trying to befriend him. But is that really the case?
42	* ''Pokémon Comics'': Short comics in regards of ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', but especially putting emphasis of the meme 'Scottish Female Pokémon Trainer' that spawns from the game.
43	* ''Chronicles of Deathslayer'': An attempt of one-shot comic longer than the usual mini-comics of Merry. Combining Shonen genre and a reversal of Isekai genre; it's a story of a gamer who played an MMORPG with the in-game nickname 'Deathslayer', who has grinded to the maximum level, but felt a little burned on the game. While taking a walk, he's in for a surprise when another player in her own avatar appeared along with a monster trying to kill him (when he's not being the invincible Deathslayer), apparently their worlds has merged. The player must come to terms with how it's happening and that he can still call upon the power of Deathslayer to at least save himself.
44	* ''Digital Love Story'': Alan Dorsey is an obese and unremarkable office drone with no real social life outside of work. To escape this toiling existence, he has sunk hundreds of hours into an MMO under the pseudonym of Alister, including being in an in-game relationship with fellow player Lana. But things get complicated when Lana arranges for them to meet up IRL.
45	* ''Webcomic/TomboyGF'': A comic about a girl with abs who loves to exercise and her round boyfriend who's more of a lazy bum and likes girls with huge abs.
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47	!!Tropes associated with Merryweatherey comics
48	* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Be it internet browsers, video game consoles, to even a creature within a game or an internet meme.
49	* CallingYourAttacks: "CHAD SMASH!!"
50	* TheCameo: Both Virgin and Chad appear in one panel in ''Digital Love Story'' [[spoiler:greeting Alan Dorsey when he goes to the gym with Robin.]]
51	* CastingGag: The English version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejELlIauOL8 "Seto Kaiba's Girlfriend?"]] features Creator/LittleKuriboh as both Yugi and Kaiba, due to the immense popularity and legacy of ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''.
52	* CerebusSyndrome: Many of his comics start off innocent and humorous enough before really getting dark and disturbing. How dark it gets usually varies on the tone of the story. Some are just simple BlackComedy, but other outright veering into a CosmicHorrorStory.
53	* ClingyJealousGirl: Stacy is ''very'' obsessive on Chad and doesn't like it when someone gets captivated by his... 'Chad'-ness.
54	* CreatorThumbprint: The Franchise/CthulhuMythos is a common theme in his works.
55	* CruelTwistEnding:
56	** The ending of [[spoiler:''Digital Love Story'' reveals that Alan's happy ending with his wife was actually a VR game he was addicted to in an attempt to dull the pain of his loneliness. Subverted in an addendum where he straightens up, ditches the game for good, goes to a gym to lose weight and enters a happy relationship with a fit GamerChick named Robin who helps him get his life together.]]
57	** In a one shot titled "Love from Light Years Away", an [[HumanAliens alien woman]] receives a message from a scientist, welcoming any intelligent beings to Earth. She thinks he looks cute and sets a course for Earth which is 30 light-years away, and when she arrives, she [[spoiler:breaks down as she finds Earth an irradiated wasteland]]. ([[DontExplainTheJoke the "punchline"]] being [[spoiler:that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome it took 30 years for the radio signal to leave Earth and reach her ship]], and in those 30 years a nuclear war broke out and Earth was destroyed]]). However, in ''[[Webcomic/GothGirlAndTheJock Goth Girl & The Jock]]'' it seems she figured a way to [[spoiler:go back in time to prevent the war,]] or that story takes place in alternate universe, as both the alien woman and the scientist make cameo appearances.
58	* DisguisedHorrorStory: Many of his comics start off normal, only to have a dark twist of some sort.
59	* GenderBlenderName: Merry is a feminine sounding name, and he mostly puts up [[WebComic/IMadeAComicAboutInternetExplorer Internet Explorer (or occasionally Google Chrome)]] as his avatar. This causes many other internet persona that knew him to think that he's a female... conveniently missing out that his very first video uploaded in [=YouTube=] is showing that he's completely a dude. Eventually, the newer audience would be cleared up on this with his V-Tuber model, who pretty solidly falls into the {{Bishonen}} category.
60	* GenderFlip: As shown with the browser and console comics and the whole Meme Girls, in which he expands more (from internet websites to applications to some video game characters, like ''Minecraft'' or ''VideoGame/FallGuysUltimateKnockout''). Even WebVideo/PewDiePie got gender-flipped for a one shot, and [=PewDiePie=] likes it.
61	* GeniusBruiser:
62	** The musclebound elf in the MMORPG comics is shown to be highly intelligent despite his muscles and defeats his enemies by muttering overly intelligent/nerdy babbling.
63	** Chad Thundercock is not just a hypermuscular dude, he gets an A+ in his quizzes too.
64	* HumanoidAbomination: [[https://redd.it/igaf6p The Wizard]] is a lot more disturbing than his original Virgin vs. Chad portrayal.
65	* InformedSpecies: The title character of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBM57ga1N0g Cockatoo Bird Anime Girl!]] has a dress and headpiece to make her resemble a bird, except it actually resembles a cockatiel.
66	* LovableJock: Chad Thundercock defies the stereotype of [[JerkJock a jock who tends to be bullies to weaker people.]] He's a charming NiceGuy who's also a GentleGiant, being supportive to Virgin despite his jealousy and does not like guys who ''did'' follow the aforementioned stereotype (or in his words, does the 'beta move'), as Brad would attest after getting punched in the face by Chad for trying to bully Virgin.
67	* MistakenForGay: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbYyI3GDBCM According to him, anyway]].
68	* NamedByTheAdaptation: It's revealed at the end of the ''Virgin vs. Chad'' comics that Virgin's actual name is [[spoiler:Kyle]].
69	* NoDubForYou:
70	** All of the official comic dubs on his channel are voiced in Japanese with English text, though there are English fan-dubs on other channels.
71	** An official channel, [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrlGh_VijlIASh3TWH-y81A Merryweather Media EN]], now exists.
72	* PhraseCatcher: Most of the time [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield the female Pokémon Trainer/Gloria]] is revealed to have a Scottish accent and tendencies, her talk-mate would murmur "Oh no. She's Scottish."
73	* SadistTeacher: What's that? You forgot to do your Japanese lesson and Duolingo-chan caught wind of it? [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/meme-girls/duolingo-chan/viewer?title_no=304446&episode_no=1 Hope you remember how to beg for mercy in Japanese.]]
74	* ShoutOut: The short [[https://twitter.com/Merryweatherey/status/1321222976902209543?s=20 'Genie and 100 Lamborghinis']] had the heroine set up by the titular JackassGenie make a face that looks like [[Literature/KonoSuba Aqua]] [[https://twitter.com/CrasherX2000/status/1321244907542073351?s=20 when she lost her Blessing-Enhanced Rock-Paper-Scissors with Kazuma.]]
75	* TakeThatCritics: After one of his artists was harrassed over an UglyGuyHotWife comic, [[https://twitter.com/Merryweatherey/status/1579924892455436288 it was announced]] that the following month's comics would solely consist of this theme out of spite.
76	* TerribleArtist: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYb5W2a2rtw Shown]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r0NnvvUPWc whenever]] he tries to draw something. He sticks to the writing for a reason.
77	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: This is basically what Chad had to say to a typical big bully, though much shorter than a longass speech, he got the point across:
78	-->'''Chad:''' ''Brad!! Picking on people smaller than you... is a '''BETA MOVE''', bro!''
79	* ThatsNoMoon: "[[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/a-city-called-nowhere/thats-not-the-moon/viewer?title_no=552816&episode_no=7 That's not the moon]]" tells that if you're alone on a moonlit night and it looks like the moon moves, to go back inside until it passes. It then shows what looks like a nightmarish bug with a moon-shaped angler carrying two unlucky victims.
80	* TooKinkyToTorture: The Tank in the MMORPG series is ''waaay'' too enjoying of the damages given to her by the skeleton, akin to [[Literature/KonoSuba Darkness]].
81	* WhiteMagicianGirl: Subverted with the Healer in the MMORPG series. She's supposed to be the caring, compassionate healer of the team, but she does not take insults lightly, subtly threatening that she'll not heal anyone who badmouths her. After all, ''she's the one who decides about who gets to live and who gets to die''. The second Healer plays with this. She ''is'' caring, compassionate, but [[TheDogBitesBack she snaps and refuses to heal the tank after he insults her performance one too many times.]]
82	* YouDontLookLikeYou: Stacy from the ''Virgin Vs Chad'' comics looks quite different than [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/capture_584.PNG the standard picture of Stacy in the meme.]] For one, she sports GirlishPigtails and has more anime-ish eyes than the rest of the cast.
83	* YouTuberApologyParody: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEkUGue4uZQ Made one]] wherein he used his [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FR3R1YlXwAEPeTE?format=jpg&name=large dog model]] and communicated entirely in weird dog noises.

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