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''I Want To Be Your Moon'' is an [[RPGMaker RPG Maker VX Ace]]-powered VideoGame by is a [[ComingOfAgeStory coming-of-age story RPG]] by [[Tropers/{{Dinru}} Dinru]] and [[Tropers/VanguardJade Jade]]. It stars Tara, who is [[GoodMorningCrono taking a leak]] when a mysterious voice appears in her head, telling her to rescue a kidnapped elf in the forest... Luckily for the elf, she listens. She is a beautiful [[GratuitousFrench bilingual]] [[SubvertedTrope Less-Than-]]FieryRedhead elf named Li.

Trying and failing at being a total BadAss, she is feared by her peers and misunderstood by her elders. Nevertheless, she has cultivated a gentle side that, when she allows it to shine, melts even the coldest of hearts.

''I Want To Be Your Moon'' is an [[RPGMaker RPG Maker VX Ace]]-powered VideoGame by is a [[ComingOfAgeStory coming-of-age story RPG]] by [[{{Dinru}} Dinru]] and [[Tropers/VanguardJade Jade]]. It stars Tara, who is [[GoodMorningCrono taking a leak]] when a mysterious voice appears in her head, telling her to rescue a kidnapped elf in the forest... Luckily for the elf, she listens. She is a beautiful [[GratuitousFrench bilingual]] [[SubvertedTrope Less-Than-]]FieryRedhead elf named Li.

* AlphaBitch: Cornelia, at

* ElementalPowers: Black Mages, such as Tara, have these, especially when they're on a [[AlternateUniverse plane]] that's closer to the SourceOfMagic.

* HeroesWantRedheads: It's obvious from the start that Tara has a thing for Li. [[spoiler:Eventually subverted in that Tara ends up with the blonde/green-haired Lulu.]]
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Most of the prostitute Bunny Girls are actually very nice people. Also, [[spoiler:Cornelia]]

* BlackMage
* {{Foil}} to Lulu.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

* AmbiguousDisorder: She is a ChildProdigy at WhiteMagic, and (unusually for the trope) is a social butterfly, but her understanding of reality is less-than-solid. But she also has a perfect understanding of the inner workings of the world- just, it's [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall our world]] and not hers.

* CloudCuckooLander

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Subverted with Lulu and Cain, who have both used hair dye. Played straight with the Mermaids and Eirynians, who have hair in several different and bright shades of blue and green.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Subverted with Lulu and Cain, who have both used hair dye. Played straight with the Mermaids and Eirynians, who have hair in several different and bright shades of blue and green.

''I Want To Be Your Moon'' is a VideoGame (developed on [[GameMaker RPG Maker VX]], though using many original graphics and some original music) is a [[ComingOfAgeStory coming-of-age story RPG]] by troper [[{{Dinru}} Dinru S Farore]], based on the idea of [[{{Reconstruction}} reconstructing]] {{Dystopia}}. It stars Tara[[note]]The player can [[PurelyAestheticGender choose the gender of their main character as well as another character, the elf in the forest]], but for the sake of this article, [[LesYay they are both female]][[/note]], who is [[GoodMorningCrono taking a leak]] when a mysterious voice appears in her head, telling her to rescue a kidnapped elf in the forest... Luckily for the elf, she listens. She is a beautiful [[GratuitousFrench bilingual]] [[SubvertedTrope Less-Than-]]FieryRedhead elf named Li.

When they get back to town, Tara realizes that Li has no citizenship papers, and as such is in the country illegally. They bump into Tara's best friend and former girlfriend, Lulu, on the way, who joins them. They go to Kingston to get papers from the king, who completely understands Li's situation and grants her legal citizenship. But just then, a door to the Demon Dimension opens in the middle of town. Doors like that appear when there is a major shift in magical power between two dimensions, and require five keys to open (which are not in very convenient locations, mind you). For it seems that there is more to Li than meets the eye...

Chock-full of {{homage}}s and humor, as well as drama and romance, all from the mind of an over-obsessive CloudCuckooLander with too much time on her hands.

* AlphaBitch: Cornelia, in spades. Although her popularity is more because of her appearance than actually trying.
* AnythingThatMoves: Lulu.
* AuthorAvatar: An NPC in Expositionville is Tropers/{{Dinru}}. Literally. In the NewGamePlus, you can come back and she'll give you some WordOfGod ([[CloudCuckooLander or random bits of whatever]]) if you'd like.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:Sorta-implied with Tara and Lulu, since the whole game is Lulu retelling the tale of Tara and Lulu's adventure to their grandchildren.]]

* ButterflyOfDoom: [[spoiler:The spirit possessing Li.]]
* CastCalculus: It starts off with RedOniBlueOni Tara and Lulu (Tara's blue, Lulu's red). Then, it becomes a PowerTrio with [[TheSpock Tara]], [[TheKirk Li]], and [[TheMcCoy Lulu]]. [[spoiler:Later on Cornelia and Cain show up, creating a ThreePlusTwo FiveManBand of [[TheHero Tara]], [[TheLancer Li]], [[TheSmartGuy Cornelia]], [[TheBigGuy Cain]], and [[TheChick Lulu]].]]

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Li has red eyes and hair.

** RainbowMotif:

* DoingItForTheArt: Well? Did you think this was done for money?

* {{Dystopia}}: Reconstructed. Sure, the world seems utopic enough - no real poverty, everyone pretty much gets along and accepts each other. [[spoiler:Sure, things beneath the surface aren't so great - only one government in the world is at all competent, prostitution is rampant and, even though there are no [=STDs=], all other problems still exist, and people in general are just plain messed up. Sure, all of the main characters have problems and even crippling neuroses. But, as with RealLife, ''life goes on''.]]

* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Li.]]
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: The voice/text boxes which give you exposition on how to play([[NoFouthWall which is a character in and of itself]]named [[AliceAllusion Alice]], though nothing else is known about her.)

* {{Homage}}[=/=]ShoutOut: Several, including:
** The King of Latria's favorite Maid is named [[Literature/{{Xanth}} Millie]].
** Examining the mirror at the inn in Kingston shows the message "[[VideoGame/{{Mother3}} Lookin' handsome.]]"
** One particular character, [[spoiler:Lulu Cambia]], is a [[WholePlotReference Whole Character Reference]] to Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion.
** There's [[GoldenGirls St. Olaf's Farm]], with Blanche the Bunny, Sophia the Chicken, Rose the Cow, Dorothy the Dog, and [[OddNameOut Elmer]] [[{{Sidequest}} The Random Pony]].
** Liam died in a [[NoodleIncident "Tragic Knitting Accident"]]. This is a [[http://xkcd.com/369/ direct]] [[ShoutOut shout-out to]] Webcomic/{{xkcd}}.

* IllGirl: [[spoiler:Cornelia suffers from... SoapOperaDisease, apparently.]]

* LyricalDissonance: Sort of. [[spoiler:The character of Lulu Cambia]] is based off of this idea. Her character was even inspired by ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Komm Susser Todd]]''.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The "female main character male elf" set-up, [[spoiler:though, as with most tropes concerning these two, eventually subverted in favor of a ButchLesbian and LipstickLesbian set up between Tara and Lulu.]]
* TheMultiverse: {{Dinru}} has determined that all of her original works will take place in the same Multiverse. Li is the great-great (etcetera) grand-aunt of Theodore from DarthWiki/ShatteredLikeGlass.
* NoFourthWall: Some characters are more aware of the Fourth Wall than others, but everyone gets a chance to break it. The meaningless instruction exposition is even a character of it's own (see HeWhoMustNotBeeSeen above)

* ThePollyanna: Li.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The scientist who kidnapped Li just before the events of the story was trying to exorcise her of a demon that [[TheWoobie doesn't mean to be an omen of doom]]. Therefore, it's up to the heroes to finish what he started. [[DownerEnding It doesn't end well.]]]]

* [[ShyBlueHairedGirl Shy Blue Haired Person]]: Tara (regardless of which gender you choose.)
* {{Transsexual}}: [[spoiler:Cain, who used to be a Bunnygirl named [[CainAndAbel Abel]]. He treats it as a non-issue and doesn't even plan on telling anyone until the GenderBender Dungeon, where they notice he hasn't changed except his voice lowers.]]

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Subverted with Lulu and Cain, who have both used hair dye. Played straight with Tara, who's hair is naturally BlueBlack. Played straight with the Mermaids, who have hair in several different and bright shades of blue.

* HotShonenMom: Tara's, though it's hard to tell.

* LyricalDissonance: Sort of. [[spoiler:The character of Lulu Cambia]] is based off of this idea. Her character was even inspired by ''[[NeonGenesisEvangelion Komm Susser Todd]]''.

** One particular character, [[spoiler:Lulu Cambia]], is a [[WholePlotReference Whole Character Reference]] to NeonGenesisEvangelion.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Everyone has their own color. Tara is blue, Lulu is green, Li is red, [[spoiler:Cornelia is yellow, and Cain is purple.]] Also, everyone [[spoiler: except eventually Lulu]] has their PowerColor as their hair color.

''I Want To Be Your Moon'' is a VideoGame (developed on [[GameMaker RPG Maker VX]], though using many original graphics and some original music) is a [[ComingOfAgeStory coming-of-age story RPG]] by troper [[{{Dinru}} Dinru S Farore]], based on the idea of [[{{Reconstruction}} reconstructing]] {{Dystopia}}. It stars Tara[[hottip:* :The player can [[PurelyAestheticGender choose the gender of their main character as well as another character, the elf in the forest]], but for the sake of this article, [[LesYay they are both female]]]], who is [[GoodMorningCrono taking a leak]] when a mysterious voice appears in her head, telling her to rescue a kidnapped elf in the forest... Luckily for the elf, she listens. She is a beautiful [[GratuitousFrench bilingual]] [[SubvertedTrope Less-Than-]]FieryRedhead elf named Li.

* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: They know mermaid-fu! [[spoiler: They save Lulu from nearly drowning and [[PrettyCoolGuy don't afraid of anything]]]].

* SchoolgirlLesbians: Tara and Lulu used to date. [[spoiler:Lulu [[ItGotWorse still holds a candle for Tara.]]]]

* EmotionlessGirl: Tara. Like [[HaruhiSuzumiya Yuki]], she's actually more of an incredibly repressed girl; unlike most repressed girls, however, it's obvious from the very beginning. The [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience blue rose]] is even the Rose of Repression in her honor.

** Liam died in a [[NoodleIncident "Tragic Knitting Accident"]]. This is a [[http://xkcd.com/369/ direct]] [[ShoutOut shout-out to]] {{xkcd}}.

* NoodleInsident: Tara's other friend, Liam, was killed in a [[{{XKCD}} tragic knitting accident]]. The exact details are never given.

* BlackMagicianGirl: Tara, as a {{Foil}} to Lulu's StaffChick.

* StaffChick: Lulu, furthering her role as a {{foil}} for [[BlackMagicianGirl Tara]]. [[spoiler:She eventually learns Mermaid-fu and her role in battle expands.]]

** Examining the mirror at the inn in Kingston shows the message "[[{{Mother3}} Lookin' handsome.]]"

* PinkBoyBlueGirl: The "female main character male elf" set-up, [[spoiler:though, as with most tropes concerning these two, eventually subverted in favor of a ButchLesbian and LipstickLesbian set up between Tara and Lulu.]]

** RoyGBiv: [[spoiler:Minus the "o" and the "i"]]

** RoyGBiv: [[spoiler:Minus the "o" and the "i"... OrIsIt?]]

* TheLibby: Cornelia, in spades. Although her popularity is more because of her appearance than actually trying.

** The King of Latria's favorite Maid is named [[{{Xanth}} Millie]].

* {{Dystopia}}: Reconstructed. Sure, the world seems utopic enough - no real poverty, everyone pretty much gets along and accepts each other. [[spoiler:Sure, things beneath the surface aren't so great - only one government in the world is at all competent, prostitution is rampant and, even though there are no STDs, all other problems still exist, and people in general are just plain messed up. Sure, all of the main characters have problems and even crippling neuroses. But, as with RealLife, ''life goes on''.]]

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Lulu, though it's [[XMeetsY more of a]] [[DisneyDeath Disney]] [[DrivenToSuicide Suicide]].]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Lulu. [[IGotBetter She gets better.]]]]

* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: They know mermaid-fu! [[spoiler: They save Lulu from [[DrivenToSuicide suicide]] and [[PrettyCoolGuy don't afraid of anything]]]].

* UnfortunateImplications: The only {{transsexual}} is also the only heterosexual.
* TheWoobie: [[spoiler:Cornelia. Despite her JerkAss and [[TheLibby Libby]] tendencies, she's actually a nice person who's constantly under stress trying to make a living (as her parents [[AbusiveParents refuse to take care of her]]) out of prostitution, despite her [[IllGirl disease]].]]
* YanDere: [[spoiler:Lulu. Deconstructed when her possesiveness towards Tara [[DrivenToSuicide drove her to suicide]] after Tara and Li became a couple.]]

* NominalImportance: Averted and played straight all at once. Minor characters, even random NPCs, almost always have names. However, their last names are seldom given unless they're either important to the plot or related to someone important to the plot.

* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: The voice/text boxes which give you exposition on how to play([[NoFouthWall which is a character in and of itself]]named [[GoAskAlice Alice]], though nothing else is known about her.)

* EmotionlessGirl: Tara. Like [[HaruhiSuzumiya Yuki]] (YouShouldKnowThisAlready!), she's actually more of an incredibly repressed girl; unlike most repressed girls, however, it's obvious from the very beginning. The [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience blue rose]] is even the Rose of Repression in her honor.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Subverted with Lulu: It's not her natural color. Played straight with the Mermaids, who have hair in several different shades of blue.