History Fanfic / NightsQuatroFacetsOfDreams

* EasilyForgiven: Compared to how Coraline and the Mystery Twins [[BrokenPedestal react]] to the information of [[spoiler: [=NiGHTS=] being a Nightmaren]], Skid, Pump, and Frisk let them off the hook quite easily. {{Justified}} thanks to their [[StupidGood respective]] [[AllLovingHero personalities]].

** Notably, Dipper is the only one of the protagonists to not Dualize with [=NiGHTS=] until the very end. It is {{justified}}, though, since there's trauma behind it, and when he chooses to dualize with [=NiGHTS=] in the end, it's a step to outgrow it.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: The kids are initially unaware of [=NiGHTS=]' reasons for helping them recover their Ideyas. In the long run, it makes Wizeman's CoDragons have a bigger chance at manipulating them against the purple jester, but it's also {{justified}} in that [[spoiler: it'd be hard for a kid to trust a being capable of inducing nightmares, even post-HeelFaceTurn]].

* CrossoverVillainInChief: Wizeman and his Nightmarens are the main and sole antagonists here. {{Justified}} since the villains actually willing to kill the kids died, with most of the remaining ones being bullies (in Skid and Pump's case) and redeemed/befriended antagonists (in Skid and Pump and Frisk's case).

* TheDreaded: Wizeman's mere [[VoiceOfTheLegion vo]][[EvilSoundsDeep ice]] is enough to instinct fear on the dreamer heroes and remind them of their worse experiences ({{Justified}} in a way since he's the God of Nightmares). Even Skid and Pump, [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu who are friends with an]] EldritchAbomination [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu themselves]], treat Wizeman as one of the few genuinely scary things they ever saw.

* AdaptationalGenderIdentity: [=NiGHTS=] and Frisk become demigirl's, while Pump becomes a demiboy.

* ParentalAbandonment: Pump's parents are either neglectful, missing, or absent.

*** Klinge and Couper, being savage insects (a mantis and a wasp respectively), represent the creepiness the Other World truly had, and Baba Yaga represents the Other Mother herself, being a witch with button eyes and made out of inhuman material.
*** Faux and the skeleton couple are the usual spooky fare Skid and Pump always seek and casually talk with, or even most obvious criminals that are nonetheless accepting of them, and Treetop could be considered the symbol of a supernatural force tied with nature, not completely unlike the Eyes of the Universe.
*** Caiman and Kunzite represent the weird creatures the Mystery Twins had to face; respectively, the ones that couldn't be reasoned with/are tied to nature, and the ones they managed to befriend. Hexal is a hammy but dangerous living geometric shape, not unlike Bill Cipher.
*** Crescendo is a symbol of the monsters that could be befriended with ease by kind words, while Aquamarine represents those that were pitied against Frisk due to circumstances, but after befriending and overcoming their sorrows, became protective of. The bird duo is Asriel and Chara; two siblings tragically separated, that lashed out after realizing they'd never see their friends again.

** The Nightmaren that terrorize Frisk in her epilogue do this, specifically pretending to be the dust of dead monsters, and their killer ([[spoiler:Chara]]) guilt-tripping Frisk for being "too lazy and selfish" to find a way to save the Dreemurr's children.

* EvilVirtues: Wizeman, Reala, and Jackle possess Determination, as all of them keep on pushing forward to achieve their goals even when trumped multiple times by the heroes in combat and speeches. Reala and Jackle also [[spoiler: still Love [=NiGHTS=] deep down, refusing to accept she hates both of them and will never work with them again]]. Faux has Respect for the heroes and KnowsWhenToFoldEm when he can't beat them. Kunzite is Kind and Respects the heroes' victory to the point of being a GracefulLoser. All the Nightmarens that Frisk faces express Gratitude when the determination-fueled AllLovingHero offers them kindness, giving them their Ideya when they reach out to them.

* Played literally with the last Nightmarens that Frisk faces off; a pair of birds that are best friends, and were [[KickTheDog separated and gaslighted by Wizeman]] for no good reason other than possibly to increase their combat efficiency. Fairbairn plays the trope in the more traditional sense, lashing out about it with bitterness and self-hatred.
* Coraline initially refuses to accept [=NiGHTS=] and Owl are her friends, but it's because she thinks they will manipulate her to their own interests just like the Other Mother, her biggest trauma source.

* ThisWasHisTrueForm: Wizeman becomes a dark purple blob of energy after tanking the heroes' final assault, and melts as he gives his AsLongAsThereIsEvil speech.

* AffablyEvil: The skeleton couple and Kunzite are some of the only genuinely friendly Nightmaren [[spoiler: along with [=NiGHTS=]]], treating their foes courteously. They even get an AlasPoorVillain moment when Wizeman comes in.

* MysteriousFlutist: [=NiGHTS=] is a mystic character with a mysterious vibe in spite of the cheerful personality and plays an invisible flute.

** Notably, Dipper is the only one of the protagonists to not Dualize with [=NiGHTS=]. It is {{justified}}, though, since there's trauma behind it.

** The story itself has one. Wizeman's form has been destroyed for now, but he will eventually come back [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil as long as the beings of the waking world have nightmares]], making the heroes' victory a temporary one. Plus, the highly frequent visits to the Night Dimension are over for the {{Kid Hero}}es, as they in practice have no need to go there anymore. But [=NiGHTS=] and Owl will also never give up on protecting Nightopia from Wizeman and on guiding young Visitors to balance their hearts, shown when they get right back on their self-imposed duty at the end of the epilogue, Reala and Jackle are mentioned to be considering doing a HeelFaceTurn, and thanks to meeting each other in the dream world, the kids became friends in the waking world too, with minor hints that they will share adventures together.

** All the endings of the works featured in it (minus ''Spooky Month'', that was incomplete by the time this fic was made) become these, as while the heroes triumphed against the evils they had to face after a lot of struggle, they sustained emotional scars thanks to the experiences. And Wizeman hasn't given up yet.
** The story itself has one. Wizeman's form has been destroyed for now, but he will eventually come back [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil as long as the beings of the waking world have nightmares]], making the heroes' victory a temporary one. Plus, the frequent visits to the Night Dimension are over for the {{Kid Hero}}es, as they in practice have no need to go there anymore. But [=NiGHTS=] and Owl will also never give up on protecting Nightopia from Wizeman and on guiding young Visitors to balance their hearts, shown when they get right back on their self-inflicted duty at the end of the epilogue, and thanks to meeting each other in the dream world, the kids became friends in the waking world too, with minor hints that they will share adventures together.

** The story itself has one. Wizeman's form has been destroyed for now, but he will eventually come back [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil as long as the beings of the waking world have nightmares]], making the heroes' victory a temporary one. Plus, the frequent visits to the Night Dimension are over for the {{KidHero}}es, as they in practice have no need to go there anymore. But [=NiGHTS=] and Owl will also never give up on protecting Nightopia from Wizeman and on guiding young Visitors to balance their hearts, shown when they get right back on their self-inflicted duty at the end of the epilogue, and thanks to meeting each other in the dream world, the kids became friends in the waking world too, with minor hints that they will share adventures together.

* AndTheAdventureContinues: The last chapter shows two instances of this. First, the kids will keep in contact with each other and remain friends, implying that they have high chances of sharing adventures together. Then, [=NiGHTS=] and Owl [[HereWeGoAgain prepare to take into their wing another troubled Visitor]]... [[spoiler:WesternAnimation/''StevenUniverse'']].