History Literature / Unimaa

* TheIdiotFromOsaka: The appendix in the full version mentions that Jun was from Osaka, Japan, and mentions her being bullied for her "unusual personality" as her reason for joining Frida's Friends Club, implying this trope (although she's more of TheDitz).

* ThatNostalgiaShow: The story's "present day" is December 1999 (when George Coryell was around Mika's age), as evidenced by the presence of a VCR and dial-up Internet in the Laine household, Lumi and Sami discussing ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', and, most noticeably, Sami mentioning "the new millennium" coming up the next month. A practical reason for the present day being 1999 is that two things existing now would have broken the plot, namely, streaming services[[note]]which would have given Lumi and Sami less of an excuse to not play with Mika that afternoon as they could have watched their shows later; Lumi points out they could have used the VCR to tape their shows all along after they inadvertently upset Mika to the point of tears, though Sami points out that all their favorite shows are on different channels[[/note]] and Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}[[note]]which probably would have given them a lot more information on the Unimaa legend than a university article on the subconscious[[/note]].

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'''''Unimaa''''' (pronounced "OO-nee-mah") is a 2022 Amazon-published novelette[[note]]originally released as a WebSerialNovel in late 2021[[/note]] by George Coryell (aka Tropers/IcyCrow), author of ''Literature/{{Kasia}}''.

A sample of the first two chapters (out of eight total) can be read on Coryell's website [[https://georgecoryell.com/writings/unimaa/free-sample/ here]] a VanillaEdition print copy can be purchased [[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09R39GVSM here]], and a standard edition copy can be purchased [[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B4GR17F9 here]].

A sample of the first two chapters (out of eight total) can be read on Coryell's website [[https://georgecoryell.com/writings/unimaa/free-sample/ here]] or a VanillaEdition print copy can be purchased [[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09R39GVSM here]]; a "deluxe" edition with illustrations and some supplemental material will be available for purchase at a later date.

* AdultFear: Mika not waking up qualifies as this.
* AdventuresInComaland: Pretty much the whole point of the story.

A sample of the first two chapters can be read on Coryell's website [[https://georgecoryell.com/writings/unimaa/free-sample/ here]] or a VanillaEdition print copy can be purchased [[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09R39GVSM here]]; a "deluxe" edition with illustrations and some supplemental material will be available for purchase at a later date.

* DistressedDude: Mika.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: [[spoiler:In addition to light blue skin, Helmi has pink hair.]]

The entire story can be read on Royal Road [[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/47578/unimaa here]], a sample of the first two chapters can be read on Coryell's website [[https://georgecoryell.com/writings/unimaa/free-sample/ here]], or a VanillaEdition print copy can be purchased [[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09R39GVSM here]]; a "deluxe" edition with illustrations and some supplemental material will be available for purchase at a later date.

* PajamaCladHero: Lumi, Sami, and Mika are (at the very least heavily implied to be) in their pajamas whenever they're within Unimaa, as are the members of Frida's Friends Club. Justified, since Unimaa exists within the subconscious.

'''''Unimaa''''' (pronounced "OO-nee-mah") is a 2021 WebSerialNovel (actually a novelette based on word count, with a VanillaEdition print version released on Amazon in early 2022) by George Coryell (aka Tropers/IcyCrow), author of ''Literature/{{Kasia}}''.

The entire story can be read on Royal Road [[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/47578/unimaa here]] or a VanillaEdition print copy can be purchased [[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09R39GVSM here]]; a "deluxe" edition with illustrations and some supplemental material will be available for purchase at a later date.

** Lumi makes an allusion to Face, the Creator/NickJr mascot back in TheNineties (more specifically, how traumatizing it was to some viewers back in the day).

The entire story can be read on Royal Road [[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/47578/unimaa here]] or a VanillaEdition print copy can be purchased [[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09R39GVSM here]]; a "deluxe" editon with illustrations and some supplemental material will be available for purchase at a later date.

'''''Unimaa''''' (pronounced "OO-nee-mah") is a 2021 WebSerialNovel (actually a novelette based on word count) by George Coryell (aka Tropers/IcyCrow), author of ''Literature/{{Kasia}}''.

The first chapter of the story revolves around one Eino Jokinen, a 12-year-old FarmBoy from the fictional country of Vasa (a stand-in for UsefulNotes/{{Finland}}) at the end of TheGayNineties, who finds his consciousness in the titular realm of Unimaa after being knocked out by a falling apple in his farm's orchard while doing chores his older brothers should have been doing. After he arrives there, he meets Princess Frida, a benevolent-looking spirit who recruits him to rule alongside her and help her find more "friends", then uses a black orb to take away his ability to wake up, which kills him a few days later in the real world. The rest of the story is set largely during one weekend around the very end of TheNineties a hundred years after Eino's death and revolves largely around three siblings from Vasa: Lumi Laine, an eight-year-old girl, her seven-year-old brother Sami, and their four-year-old brother Mika, who feels unappreciated by his two older siblings and his parents. When Mika is asleep that Friday night after a misunderstanding over his siblings not wanting to play with him that afternoon, he finds himself in Unimaa and makes a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with]] Frida to join her and Eino's society known as "Frida's Friends Club" at the cost of not being able to return home. When Lumi and Sami figure out what's going on, they become determined to find a way to bring back their brother from the subconscious and make up with him before it's too late.

The entire story can be read on Royal Road [[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/47578/unimaa here]] or downloaded in digital formats from Coryell’s website until the end of 2021 [[https://seriousxm.wordpress.com/writings/unimaa/ here]]; a "deluxe" print version with illustrations and some supplemental material will be available for purchase at a later date.

* ThatNostalgiaShow: The story's "present day" is December 1999 (when George Coryell was around Mika's age), as evidenced by the presence of a VCR and dial-up Internet in the Laine household, Lumi and Sami discussing ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', and, most noticeably, Sami mentioning "the new millennium" coming up the next month.

** Brady, in the scene where [[spoiler:the members of Frida's Friends Club start to truly realize that Frida tricked them]], mentions that [[Franchise/CareBears the Care Bears]] were the closest things he had to friends before he joined Frida's Friends Club. Lumi points out that [[WesternAnimation/CareBears1980s the show]] hadn't been on the air in years, since it was already 1999 where she and Sami were from.

* OnlySaneWoman: [[spoiler:Bianca is the only member of Frida's Friends Club who had figured out the whole thing was a sham, but had done nothing about it because she would have been placed in the quiet room permanently if she did. When she realizes that Lumi and Sami know it's a sham as well because they had come to Unimaa to rescue Mika, she asks the younger members of the club if they had grown tired of it like she had, and it's because of her getting the club members to listen to Lumi and Sami that the club members realize Frida's deceptions.]]

* OnlySaneWoman: [[spoiler:Bianca is the only member of Frida's Friends Club who had figured out the whole thing was a sham, but had done nothing about it because she would have been placed in the quiet room permanently if she did. When she realizes that Lumi and Sami know it's a sham as well because they had come to Unimaa to rescue Mika, she asks the younger members of the club if they had grown tired of it like she had, and it's because of her convincing the club members to listen to Lumi and Sami that the club members realize Frida's deceptions.]]

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler:When Eino is asked to consider why literally every child in Unimaa is wearing pajamas, this is what makes him truly realize Frida tricked him into giving her his soul.]]

The entire story can be read on Royal Road [[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/47578/unimaa here]]; a "deluxe" print version with illustrations and some supplemental material will be available for purchase at a later date.

'''''Unimaa''''' (pronounced "OO-nee-mah") is a 2021 WebSerialNovel[[note]]actually a novelette[[/note]] by George Coryell (aka Tropers/IcyCrow), author of ''Literature/{{Kasia}}''.

The first chapter of the story revolves around one Eino Jokinen, a 12-year-old FarmBoy at the end of TheGayNineties from the fictional country of Vasa (a stand-in for UsefulNotes/{{Finland}}) who finds himself in the titular realm of Unimaa after being knocked out by a falling apple in his farm's orchard and meets Frida, a benevolent-looking spirit who recruits him to help her find more "friends" and uses a black orb to take away his ability to wake up, which kills him a few days later in the real world. The rest of the story is set largely during one weekend around the very end of TheNineties and revolves largely around three siblings from Vasa: Lumi Laine, an eight-year-old girl, her seven-year-old brother Sami, and their four-year-old brother Mika, who feels unappreciated by his two older siblings and his parents. When Mika is asleep that Friday night after a misunderstanding over his siblings not wanting to play with him that afternoon, he finds himself in Unimaa and makes a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with]] Frida to join their society at the cost of not being able to return home. When Lumi and Sami figure out what's going on, they become determined to find a way to bring back their brother from the subconscious and make up with him before it's too late.

* GirlishPigtails: Frida is described as having pigtails, probably to give off a sense of childlike innocence.

** In one scene, Frida mentions that [[spoiler:Mika trying to remove her from power]] is "a Frida no-no", a reference to [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cram-it-clown/ a very famous urban legend involving]] [[Series/TheBozoShow Bozo the Clown]].

The story is set largely during one weekend around the very end of TheNineties and revolves largely around three siblings from the fictional country of Vasa (a stand-in for UsefulNotes/{{Finland}}): Lumi Laine, an eight-year-old girl, her seven-year-old brother Sami, and their four-year-old brother Mika, who feels unappreciated by his two older siblings and his parents. When Mika is asleep that Friday night after a misunderstanding over his siblings not wanting to play with him that afternoon, he finds himself in a mysterious world inhabited by lost children named Unimaa and makes a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with]] Frida, their leader, to join their society at the cost of not being able to return home. When Lumi and Sami figure out what's going on, they become determined to find a way to bring back their brother from the subconscious and make up with him.

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** Eino paraphrases Music/{{Prince}}'s opening monologue from "Let's Go Crazy" when explaining to Mika why he should join their society.

* PajamaCladHero: Lumi, Sami, and Mika are (heavily implied to be) in their pajamas whenever they're within Unimaa, as are the members of Frida's Friends Club. Justified, since Unimaa exists within the subconscious.

** In one scene, Frida mentions that something is "a Frida no-no", a reference to [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cram-it-clown/ a very famous urban legend involving]] [[Series/TheBozoShow Bozo the Clown]].

'''''Unimaa''''' (pronounced "OO-nee-mah") is a 2021 WebSerialNovel[[note]]actually a novelette[[/note]] (with a print version forthcoming) by George Coryell (aka Tropers/IcyCrow), author of ''Literature/{{Kasia}}''.

The entire story can be read on Royal Road [[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/47578/unimaa here]] or downloaded for free in digital formats (PDF, EPUB, MOBI) as a VanillaEdition from Coryell's website [[https://seriousxm.wordpress.com/writings/unimaa/ here]]; a "deluxe" print version with illustrations and some supplemental material will be available for purchase at a later date.

* DangerouslyGarishEnvironment: Unimaa is very much this. [[spoiler:Though it wasn't always dangerous.]]