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| Mary refused to wear the chain mail bikini. Sorry. |
It's been a couple of months since I've done one of my "comic strip roundup"-type posts at this blog, so I figured it was time to do another. The last time we spoke, the current Mary Worth story about dog lover Saul Wynter and his protective pooch Bella was just getting started. As you'll recall, Mary and Toby approached Saul and Bella at a Charterstone pool party. Muffins were offered. It didn't go well.
What happened after that?
Well, if you read Mary Worth regularly, you know where things went from there. For one thing, Bella died. I know, I know. You're devastated. We all were. These things happen. The good news is, the little pooch went right to Heaven. The bad news is, there was a little problem getting past security.
Toby, not being a pet owner, didn't understand why this would have any kind of effect on Saul. So Mary explained it all to her in a heart-to-heart chat. Shit got real.
Mary patiently explained that, within Saul Wynter, the forces of good and evil were waging an epic battle.
But Toby still didn't get it. Mary tried to explain how humans could form emotional attachments to pets.
Mary wisely bailed on Toby and went to talk to Saul directly, trying to find out what the hell happened to that dog.
Sometime later, Mary accompanied Saul to the pet cemetery. But I thought their conversation was a little wordy, so I offered up my own quick rewrite.
Saul and Mary's conversation brought up some fundamental topics.
I tried to take the story in an even more interesting direction, but Mary Worth author Karen Moy wouldn't follow my lead.
The conversation lasted so long, even Mary got confused.
Boy, did it go on.
Mary advised Saul to get on with his life. Saul wasn't having it.
Like, at all.
Maybe Saul had other issues in his life.
But Mary wouldn't give up on Saul. So she started bothering him in his apartment again. It did not go well initially.
Eventually, and here's where the story gets convoluted, Mary lured Saul out of hiding by pretending she needed his expertise at an auto repair shop. They went on a car trip that lasted for days and days. Frankly, it got a little dull, so I turned it into a Tarantino-esque crime drama.
Eventually, though, Mary lured Saul into the animal shelter, where he bonded with a new dog named Greta. Almost everyone was happy. Almost.
Greta and Saul made an adorable couple. In fact, they reminded me of another adorable couple.
Since this story was happening around Halloween, I decided to give Saul a costume. And what costume could be better than Annie Lennox in the "Sweet Dreams Are Made of This" video?
Mary was very pleased with what she'd done. Too pleased, some might say.
And now, everything's great. Except for the fact that poor Greta is so terrified that she tried to escape the comic strip itself and leap into our world.
And that's where the story is now, folks. Perhaps if I do another Mary Worth update in a few months, this story will have concluded. Or at least Greta will be in therapy.