Sonichu The Mystery of Merried Senior Comic. -

[SATC Vortex]

Hey guys.

Note: I am typing from my phone, so there might be spelling errors. Grammar errors, well that's my own damn fault.

So I don't know whether this theory has been brought to the forums yet, so disregard it if it has, but I have an idea what Merried Senior Comic is.

He is Chris' mangled characterization of either a Customer Service Manager or a Line Supervisor. Here is my reasoning:

I used to work at Wal-Mart. Commonly, a restaruant is near the entrance or near the Checkout Lines in each store. Of course, the most common manager to approach Chris would be a CSM because that is the area they supervise. Line Supervisors and Zone Supervisors are second, but that is for bigger or 24 hour stores. The poor manager had to shoo Chris away from the restaurant because he was harrassing potential Boyfriend-Free girls entering and leaving the store. I know some times, fast food restaurants in Wal-Mart only have one or two people, so managers are not always there. The other reason why I think Merried Senior Comic is a CSM is because Chris has a penchant for reversing names (See Naitsihrc.). Flip it and you get Comic Senior Merried; slur the words, you get a mangled version of "Customer" from Comic Senior. I also thought, wait, it can also mean Merchandising Manager or Zone Merchandising Supervisor, but then I thought, unless you have worked in Wal-Mart for more than a month, you would know this.

TL;DR: Chris based Merried Senior Comic off of that one Wal-Mart Worker who works at the podium at the Checkout Lines.

If this helps close a mystery I'm happy to help.

 

[Randall Fragg]

All I know is that he's one of my favorite characters. But still, that was informative, although kind of autistic.

 

[SATC Vortex]

All I know is that he's one of my favorite characters. But still, that was informative, although kind of autistic.

lol, for me or him?

 

[Andrew Noel Schaefer]

All I know is that he's one of my favorite characters. But still, that was informative, although kind of autistic.

You are on a subforum talking about Sonichu! EVERY POST IS AUTISTIC!

 

[Shovel Mech Pilot]

This was always pretty clear to me.

1. Merried: He's married. Chris probably saw the ring on his hand.

2. Senior: He's in a position of authority

3. Comic: He's a "joke"

 

[MerriedxReldnahc]

All I could guess from the name was that in one typed statement about his IRL encounter (I don't recall the exact place) he referred to the person as a "seinor comic". I guessed it was an older fellow trying to be funny, and in the comic (no pun intended) he does seem fairly affable. It may be a mystery for all ages though.
Originally in my MerriedxReldnahc headcannon, Merried is just an assistant manager for the MickyD's but I think I like the idea of him being a store greeter instead.

 

[Alex Krycek]

My headcanon for Merried is that he's an extremely merry (and perpetually drunken) older gentleman who tells jokes at a comedy club when he isn't tormenting Chris and the Chu's. Unless Chris himself offers a new explanation I'm not changing this assessment.

 

[Handsome Pete]

A guess: the real-life counterparts to Merried and B-Manajerk must have done a watered-down version of "good cop/bad cop" with Chris, which fits their characterization (such as it is) in the comics. That explains "Seinor Comic" - a friendly older gentleman who probably cracked a few jokes and kept calm. The real mystery is the word "Merried." We know Chris can spell "married." Does it just mean he was both cheerful and married? Is Chris the type to notice a wedding ring, especially on a hated male?

Normally I'd let this go. He's a bad writer, a worse editor, and he can't spell. But how long did it take to figure out "Anchuent" was supposed to be a pun?

 

[Randall Fragg]

Oh yeah? Well in my head canon Merried is a security guard instead of a manager, who hangs out around the Walmart and cracks jokes about the sonichu verse's insanity with his friend B-Manajerk. And he has a Boston accent. And he works as a supervillain on the side, mostly because a Walmart security guard supervillain sounds hilarious.

 

[Saney]

Hey guys.

Note: I am typing from my phone, so there might be spelling errors. Grammar errors, well that's my own damn fault.

So I don't know whether this theory has been brought to the forums yet, so disregard it if it has, but I have an idea what Merried Senior Comic is.

He is Chris' mangled characterization of either a Customer Service Manager or a Line Supervisor. Here is my reasoning:

I used to work at Wal-Mart. Commonly, a restaruant is near the entrance or near the Checkout Lines in each store. Of course, the most common manager to approach Chris would be a CSM because that is the area they supervise. Line Supervisors and Zone Supervisors are second, but that is for bigger or 24 hour stores. The poor manager had to shoo Chris away from the restaurant because he was harrassing potential Boyfriend-Free girls entering and leaving the store. I know some times, fast food restaurants in Wal-Mart only have one or two people, so managers are not always there. The other reason why I think Merried Senior Comic is a CSM is because Chris has a penchant for reversing names (See Naitsihrc.). Flip it and you get Comic Senior Merried; slur the words, you get a mangled version of "Customer" from Comic Senior. I also thought, wait, it can also mean Merchandising Manager or Zone Merchandising Supervisor, but then I thought, unless you have worked in Wal-Mart for more than a month, you would know this.

TL;DR: Chris based Merried Senior Comic off of that one Wal-Mart Worker who works at the podium at the Checkout Lines.

If this helps close a mystery I'm happy to help.

That's some nice detective work there, Kirigiri.

 

[Holdek]

You are on a subforum talking about Sonichu! EVERY POST IS AUTISTIC!

So is the moderation, so it won't stop Dun from locking this thread on a whim.

 

[EI 903]

Dun actually doesn't lock threads often. He arrives, bans, and then disappears from whence he came.

 

[Saney]

Dun actually doesn't lock threads often. He arrives, bans, and then disappears from whence he came.

So, he's like Batman, but with a banhammer instead of a batarang? Does he have ween repellent on his belt?

 

[EI 903]

So, he's like Batman, but with a banhammer instead of a batarang? Does he have ween repellent on his belt?

Nah, that's where he keeps his Pokemon cards.

 

[Le Bateleur]

Best explanation I ever read for this (and what does it say about my life that I'm weighing the competing merits for theories on the origins of an obscure fanfiction character) is that MSC is based off a store worker who thought it was funny (comic) to tease Bob for being an old married (merried, seinor) guy.

OP's theory is interesting though. Chris does use reversal a lot, and has a liking of backronyms (expanding lulz to "laughs under lucridities" etc).

 

[Tragi-Chan]

Chris is better documented than the majority of celebrities and most historical figures. We know all about his intimate moments, his toilet habits, his schoolwork, his home, his family, his medical history and his spending habits. By means of intensive detective work, subterfuge and outright theft, we have answered almost every question there is about him. I therefore find it hilarious that the one mystery we cannot crack is what this one minor character's name means.

 

[DustygreeneNCR]

This was always pretty clear to me.

1. Merried: He's married. Chris probably saw the ring on his hand.

2. Senior: He's in a position of authority

3. Comic: He's a "joke"

I remember someone bringing up a good theory about the name directly.

1. Merried: He's usually happy, hence the bastardization of the word merry. (the german word begeistert is a better term, I don't know the english translation)
2. Seinor: The guy is most likely old. Chris drew him as such with gray hair.
3: Comic: He probably worked in a comic book shop that Chris visited and was banned from.

So in short, MSC was most likely some cheerful old man running a comic shop that wouldn't tolerate Chris for something that he did and banned him from the store.

 

[Pine Tar]

I remember someone bringing up a good theory about the name directly.

1. Merried: He's usually happy, hence the bastardization of the word merry. (the german word begeistert is a better term, I don't know the english translation)
2. Seinor: The guy is most likely old. Chris drew him as such with gray hair.
3: Comic: He probably worked in a comic book shop that Chris visited and was banned from.

So in short, MSC was most likely some cheerful old man running a comic shop that wouldn't tolerate Chris for something that he did and banned him from the store.

MSC is Michael Snyder. Gotcha!

 

[Honeyrabbit]

3: Comic: He probably worked in a comic book shop that Chris visited and was banned from.

Ironically, comics are one of the few types of traditional "geek" media that Chris shows little to no interest in.

 

[Tragi-Chan]

I remember someone bringing up a good theory about the name directly.

Ooh! That was me! That was me!

Ironically, comics are one of the few types of traditional "geek" media that Chris shows little to no interest in.

I think most comics would either be too deep or too complicated for him. But a lot of comic book stores also have game merchandise, which was why I thought it was possible that Chris could have been banned from one. He absolutely seems like the sort of person who'd flip through the comics, crease up the pages and leave them on the shelf in a mess.

Another thought - perhaps we're going about this the wrong way, and we shouldn't be thinking along the lines of "Married/Merry Senior Comic." Chris has, now and again, been smart enough to try to hide the name of a real person. Unfortunately, due to that whole Dunning-Kruger problem he has, he thinks that writing the name backwards (Slaweel), writing a name that's similar but not identical (Cly) or not naming the character directly (THESE CHARACTERS HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME AS JASON THOUGH) are all devilishly cunning ways of disguising his intentions. So I wonder if maybe it's a more conventional name reversed or mixed up, say Ed Merry.

I just tried running Michael Snyder through an anagram site and got such gems as "Archenemy Slid" and "Malice Nerd Shy."