Stu Maxsome

**Stu Maxsome** is a character in the first season of the YouTube Red science fiction series ***Weird City***. He is married to Burt Chund and is the son of an app developper, who made a lot of money on one of her creations.

## Early Life

Stu grew up Below the Line, with the have nots, where you are not assigned a pairings and instead have to date. His mother invented "UnAppetizer", an app that removes apps from your brain, which made them a ton of money. Because of her creation they were able to move Above the Line, but at the time Stu had already turned 18, and therefore had to continue dating.

## Personality

Stu is an honest and friendly person who spends a lot of time socializing. He is a perpetually late person, which he openly admits to, and jokes along with his friends about this shortcoming. He enjoys drinking lager because of his time below the line, and is always modest when speaking about his life and family.

## Physical Appearance

Stu is a white man in his twenties, of average height and with a thin build. He has close cropped black hair and brown eyes, with freckles. He is usually smiling, and conveying positivity with his body language. Stu often wears jeans or sweatpants and t-shirts with sweaters, and small slip on shoes.

## The One

Stu arrives late to the bar, where he is meeting Dewis and his friend Pobby. Stu apologizes for his late arrival and they joke about him always being late. Dewis asks Stu if he has any dates planned this week, and Stu tells him he hasn't had a date since the previous month. Stu tells them that he's starting to think he may be single forever, and when a man across the bar overhears their conversation, he comes over to pitch the dating app "The One that's the One" to Stu. He asks the man if he works with the company and the man says he's waiting to hear back, and plays the commercial for them.

Stu watches the commercial again in the "The One that's the One" waiting room, and is greeted by the man in the commercial. Stu recognizes him and points that out, but the man says that he doesn't know what he's talking about, and guides him into the lab. The man has Stu answer questions while doing a brain scan and urges him to answer completely honestly, as the questions get more and more bizarre. At the end Stu is made to sign a waver and pay, the man then tells him that he will be entered into the database and his partner will show up at his door at midnight.

At home Stu anxiously awaits midnight, practicing different greetings and pacing around his living room. When midnight comes and goes Stu believes that no one is coming and slumps onto the couch, but then the doorbell rings. When he opens it, Stu is surprised to see an older man and asks if he can help him, to which the man replies that he is his "One that's the One" and walks inside. Stu tells him that he can't be and the man replies that he obviously can't be because they are homosexual. Stu tels him that he's glad someone showed up beacuse once midnight passed he assumed that no one would. The man tells him that's his fault because he's always running late and introduces himself as Burt Chund saying it was good to meet him anyway. They relate about being from Below the Line and Stu suggests they go out to get food. Burt suggests they go to Al's Diner which is below the line, and Stu says he loves it there.

While crossing The Line, the security asks for their reason to visit and Burt tells them they're getting Diner food, which the security guard says is gross. Stu is being patted down by another security guard named O'Shell, and she says she doesn't mind patting people down when they have muscles like his. Stu says he's glad he could make her night better and quickly follows after Burt, leaving O'Shell laughing behind them.

At the diner, they dicuss their one of their favourite television shows, and when Al comes to take their orders, they discover that they both want an egg white omlette with the yolks fried on the side. They spend their meal talking and laughing, Stu finds out that Burt's wife passed away and Burt assures him it was a long time ago. When the check comes they both attempt to pay for the meal, and Burt wins in the end.

While walking home they both say they had a great time, and when they're headed in different directions Burt goes to give Stu a handshake while Stu goes in for a hug. They awkwardly laugh it off and say goodbye, walking away but both turn back to wave.

The next day Stu enters the lab again and finds Dr. Negari asleep at a desk. Burt comes up behind Stu making him scream, which in turn causes Burt to scream. Dr. Negari is awoken by the screaming and screams while running away. Burt attempts to talk to him but Dr. Negari enters a tube and is sucked away, leaving Stu and Bert alone in the lab. Burt guesses that he didn't want to give them their money back, and Stu asks Burt if he wants to get lunch together. They end up in bed and afterwards Stu asks if Burt still wants a grilled cheese, but Burt tells him he doesn't even like grilled cheese because he's lactose intolerant, which makes Stu laugh.

The two spend more time together growing their relationship and Stu brings Burt to meet his parents. While he's nervous at first, they hit it off and his parents really love him. They compliment Stu on his choice of partner and Stu tells them that he was worried they wouldn't be happy about his age, but they tell him that now they have another person to talk about the good old days with. Burt says that Stu mentioned his mother likes owls, giving her a mechanical owl as a present, and his parents ask them to stay for dinner.

Next Burt brings Stu to meet his kids, and Stu worries that they'll compare him to their mother. Plisa happily chatises her father for not mentioning that Stu was hot, but Booj stalks away without introducing himself. Stu says he'll go talk to him, they toss a Safeball back and forth and Stu assures him that he's not trying to take his mother's place. Booj opens up about his depression from his mother's death and how his assigned mate applied for unassignment and they bond.

Six months later, Dr. Negari and the technician arrive at their home to inform them that there was a problem when their data was imput to the database and they are not supposed to be together. They are shown their actual partners, and Burt is surprised to see that his is Al from the diner. They argue saying that they have now been together for a year and are married, but the doctor tells them that more than their relationship is at stake and they have been mandated for seperation. Stu and Burt try to fight it but they are told it is legally required, and that they have two hours to seperate. Stu packs his possesions, along with a picture of him and Burt together, and Burt asks if he wants to try to take out the guards. Stu tells him that they're armed so it wouldn't be possible, and the two say their goodbyes.

With his new partner Schmeidre, Stu goes to all the places that he went with Burt, but he can't feel a connection with her. While getting ice cream he tries to duplicate what Burt did, smearing ice cream on Schmeidre and going to like it off, but she gets weirded out, asking what he's doing. He tells her that he's doing nothing but he should be doing something, and he takes off to find Burt.

At the Pod Port, Stu is too late and the Pod takes off before he can get to it. He sighs asking himself why he's always late, and Burt says from behind him that it's a good thing he's always late too. They hug and kiss, and decide to be together despite the science. They pack up their stuff and move Below the Line where they can be together.

## Notes

* Stu soley appears in the series premiere "The One"