History Literature / TheYellowHouse

* SchoolGirlLesbians: Sylvia spends most of the story fending off or politely tolerating Camilla's advances. Eventually, [[spoiler:she succumbs and the two of them have sex. Camilla's behavior up until then is portrayed as [[PsychoLesbian extremely lewd, creepy, and borederline rapey.]] This is subverted, however, when she realizes how freaked out Sylvia is over their sexual encounter and she honestly tries to make amends and keep things platonic rather than lose the friendship.]]

''The Yellow House'' is a horror novella written by D.J. Tyrer. It tells the tale of Sylvia, a young woman sent to live at the titular home of her relatives: an impossibly large, sprawling mansion in the countryside by a mysterious, mist-shrouded lake. Intimidated by the house's menacing adult caretakers and initially shunned by her aloof twin cousins, Sylvia eventually breaks the injunction against exploring the house's upper levels and finds a mystery she cannot begin to comprehend. The story contains numerous references to Robert W. Chambers' [[Literature/TheKingInYellow The King In Yellow]] and is best viewed in the context of that mythos.

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* {{Yandere}}: Cassilda does NOT like anyone else getting close to Camilla.

''The Yellow House'' is a horror novella written by D.J. Tyrer. It tells the tale of Sylvia, a young woman sent to live at the titular home of her relatives: an impossibly large, sprawling mansion in the countryside by a mysterious, mist-shrouded lake. Intimidated by the house's menacing adult caretakers and initially shunned by her aloof twin cousins, Sylvia eventually breaks the injunction against exploring the house's upper levels and finds a mystery she cannot begin to comprehend. The story contains numerous references to Robert W. Chambers' [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheKingInYellow The King In Yellow]] and is best viewed in the context of that mythos.

* ContinuityNod: Camilla and Cassilda state that they are named after characters from [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheKingInYellow a play]] and Camilla reads from said play at one point. They also remark that Sylvia shares the same name as a "famous artist's model," which could correspond to Sylvia from ''The Street of the First Shell.'' She is also stated as being a relative of the Castaigne family from ''The Repairer of Reputations.''

* EldritchLocation: Not just the Yellow House, but the lake beside it which is heavily implied to be [[spoiler: [[TheKingInYellow the Lake of Hali itself.]]]]

* XMeetsY: [[spoiler: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheShining The Shining]] meets [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheKingInYellow The King in Yellow.]]]]

* DistractedByTheSexy: Sylvia almost manages to solve one of the biggest mysteries of ''The King in Yellow's'' universe: just ''what'' and ''where'' is Hastur? She locates it on a map, but is too hot and bothered by Cassilda's flirting to process the information. It is possible that it wouldn't have mattered anyway, as she mentions the map beginning to [[WeirdnessCensor warp and distort just as she locates it.]]

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Devices like the mannequin dancer and the music in the ball room are probably set to activate upon entering the area, and seemingly-ghostly occurrences such as the phonograph switching records or the sobbing in the cupboard could be Camilla or one of the servants out to mess with people. Given the ending, [[spoiler: however, [[SchmuckBait if you really believe any of that]] [[RealAfterAll then there's some waterfront property on the shores of Lake Hali you can buy dirt cheap!]]]]

* SchoolGirlLesbians: Sylvia spends most of the story fending off or politely tolerating Camilla's advances. Eventually, [[spoiler:she succumbs and the two of them have sex. Camilla's behavior up until then is portrayed as [[PsychoLesbian extremely lewd, creepy, and borederline rapey.]] This is subverted, however, when she realizes how freaked out Sylviah is over their sexual encounter and she honestly tries to make amends and keep things platonic rather than lose the friendship.]]
* StalkerWithACrush: During her first few explorations Sylvia is aware of Camilla following her at a difference, shadowed by a [[Yandere jealous Cassilda]].

''The Yellow House'' is a horror novella written by D.J. Tyrer. It tells the tale of Sylvia, a young woman sent to live at the titular home of her relatives: an impossibly large, sprawling mansion in the countryside by a mysterious, mist-shrouded lake. Intimidated by house's menacing adult caretakers and initially shunned by her aloof twin cousins, Sylvia eventually breaks the injunction against exploring the house's upper levels and finds a mystery she cannot begin to comprehend. The story contains numerous references to Robert W. Chambers' [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheKingInYellow The King In Yellow]] and is best viewed in the context of that mythos.

* AdultsAreUseless: Sylvia gets packed off to the countryside because her parents are serving a war effort in various capacities. The Yellow House is the home of teenaged cousins, but their parents are ever seen. The only other adults seen are the aging caretaker and housekeeper who are [[EvilOldFolks actively malevolent.]]

* AnachronismStew: Sylvia is sent to live with relatives in her country due to "the war" - presumably World War II. But the setting seems like something out of the 1890's - 1910's and Sylvia mentions the movie [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheHaunting1963 The Haunting]] which did not come out until 1963!

* SchoolGirlLesbians: Sylvia spends most of the story fending off or politely tolerating Camilla's advances. Eventually, [[spoiler:she succumbs and it is heavily implied that the two of them have sex. Camilla's behavior up until then is portrayed as [[PsychoLesbian extremely lewd, creepy, and borederline rapey.]] This is subverted, however, when she realizes how freaked out Sylviah is over their sexual encounter and she honestly tries to make amends and keep things platonic rather than lose the friendship.]]

* WholePlotReference: [[PsychicChild A child who may be supernatural herself]] is sent to live a [[EldritchLocation huge, remote, haunted building]] that may house an [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abomination]] where she is menaced by a pair of [[CreepyTwins Creepy Twins.]] If you haven't figured out [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheShining what this resembles yet,]] you will by the time the protagonist [[spoiler: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheShining discovers a typewriter full of the same phrase]] [[MadnessMantra typed over and over again]], and you DEFINITELY will when the building's caretaker goes completely [[AxCrazy Ax Crazy]] [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheShining and murders an old man who just arrived on scene seconds earlier before chasing the protagonist through a maze, ending in the reveal that the main character has possibly been through all this many times before.]]]]

* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Camilla, who has completely immature and inappropriate reactions to photographs of torture, death, atrocity, and sexual deviancy [[spoiler: up to and including a photograph of [[{{Squick}} her own mother having sex with a horse!}}]]]]

* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Camilla, who has completely immature and inappropriate reactions to photographs of torture, death, atrocity, and sexual deviancy [[spoiler: up to and including a photograph of [[{{Squick}} her own mother having sex with a horse!}}]]

* SchoolGirlLesbians: Sylvia spends most of the story fending off or politely tolerating Camilla's advances. Eventually, [[spoiler:she succumbs and it is heavily implied that the two of them have sex. Camilla's behavior is portrayed as [[PsychoLesbian extremely lewd, creepy, and borederline rapey.]] This is subverted, however, when she realizes how freaked out Sylvia is over their sexual encounter and honestly tries to make amends and keep things platonic rather than lose the friendship.]]

* Twincest: Never stated outright, but implied through Camilla's overall behavior and the jealous rage it elicits from Cassilda.

[[Spoiler: *GroundHogDayLoop: It is implied that Sylvia will repeat the events at the Yellow House over and over without end, beginning with her carriage ride up to the house and ending with her death at Chambers' hands in the attic.]]

* Yandere: Cassilda does NOT like anyone else getting close to Camilla.

* [[Spoiler: GroundHogDayLoop: It is implied that Sylvia will repeat the events at the Yellow House over and over without end, beginning with her carriage ride up to the house and ending with her death at Chambers' hands in the attic.]]