History WebComic / YuMeDream

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:No Face.]] Even [[WordOfGod the author herself]] comments on [[spoiler:how anticlimactic that death was]]. Done to avoid WhatHappenedToTheMouse.[[invoked]]

* {{Retraux}}: Let's just say that Megan's affinity for the 40s and 50s is not limited to [[Webcomic/IWasKidnappedByLesbianPiratesFromOuterSpace her other comic]].

* BiTheWay: Lia, as we find out later on, has been in love with a man before. Don is also bi, though this is only revealed in a bonus comic in Volume Two of the print version.

** Also, Part 2: Issue 11, with several reveals, such as [[spoiler: Lia was (as most of the fandom had figured out) once a real-world person. In her sleep, she befriended Sadako. In the real world, she fell in love with [[BiTheWay a man named]] [[RedShirt George]]. George died, Lia told Sadako, and then basically Sadako impersonated George and lived with Lia like that for decades. Lia found out, shit hit the fan, her conscience got kidnapped, and Lia became a sociopathic monster named Mara the Terrible.]]

* NothingIsScarier: NoFace has no face. And when he smiles...

* FreudianExcuse: Subverted. [[spoiler:Sadako]] gets set up for this the second her story/issue starts, since we know that [[spoiler:humans go all ChaoticEvil when separated from their consciences]]. Then it turns out [[spoiler:she ''shunned'' her conscience because the poor girl was trying to keep her from having "fun" (read: random acts of manipulation and [[JerkAss jerkassery]]).]]

*** Except [[spoiler: her step mom wasn't evil. She may have been frustrated, but deep down, she loved Fiona. WordOfGod says she was the first to run into the room, crying, the first time Fiona regained consciousness. So it's not all crap.]]

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:No Face.]] Even [[WordOfGod the author herself]] comments on [[spoiler:how anticlimactic that death was]]. Done to avoid WhatHappenedToTheMouse.

* WickedStepmother: Fiona has one [[spoiler:According to the [[WordOfGod author]], she's [[InvertedTrope actually not that bad; Fiona just perceives her as "wicked"]]]].

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: [[spoiler:Us. Hence the need for consciences.]]

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* LovingForce: Subverted. [[spoiler:Sadako]] seems to think this is the case with [[spoiler:Ellie, but being tormented by Sadako in her dreams eventually [[DrivenToSuicide drove Ellie to suicide]].]]

* [[WhamEpisode Wham Chapter]]: Part 1: Issue 9.

''[[http://rosalarian.com/yume/ YU+ME: dream]]'' is a webcomic by Megan Rose Gedris. It concluded in 2010.

The fact that nobody wants to give away the plot means that you might prefer to start from [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1 Strip 1]] just to be on the safe side. The normal text/hidden text ratio on this whole article really says everything; it may start slow, but then [[WhamEpisode WHAM!]] Spoilers that nobody dares give away.

* [[spoiler:AllJustADream: Mercilessly deconstructed, and then reconstructed. The end of the dream is when the real story begins, and the reader follows Fiona while dealing with the very real psychological effects it had on her. Fiona then decides to try, and succeeds, at getting back to the Dream World to pursue the only happiness she knew, even while being aware that what she will find will be different from the fantasy she lived...]]

** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=917 here (WARNING: Mega Spoiler!)]]

* [[spoiler:FantasticRomance: One of the best kept versions of this trope, what with Lia being long dead in the real world.]]

** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1297 this (somewhat spoilery) intermission]].

** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Don on page [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=605 283]].

[[http://rosalarian.com/yume/ ''YU+ME: dream'']] is a webcomic by Megan Rose Gedris. It concluded in 2010.

* AgeAppropriateAngst - Young Fiona

* AlphaBitch - Sarah and Cass
* AlwaysChaoticEvil - [[spoiler:Us. Hence the need for consciences.]]
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl - Fiona's decision to [[spoiler:attempt to go back into the DreamWorld to find Lia]]

* {{Animesque}} - Used for [[spoiler: the real-world]] portions of Sadako's story, and for the most part of the early chapters. By the end, Megan has all but completely removed any anime[=/=]manga influences.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking - [[spoiler:When Fiona states Lia is not worth pursuing anymore... because she is a murderer, 900 years old and *le gasp* had other lovers - ''MEN''!]].

* AscendedExtra - [[spoiler: Subverted with Lia - at first she gets revealed as one, but later evidence proves otherwise. Don is also one of these, but it seems more like a last-minute shoo-in than anything else.]]

* BigBad - [[spoiler:Sadako, who turns out to be the queen of dreams. Originally, it seemed that she was NOT happy at Lia for ruining her endeavor. The end of Part 2: Issue 11 revealed that Sadako was planning on using Lia as a trap to lure Fiona into the DreamWorld for quite some time.]]
* BilingualBonus - "yume" is Japanese for "dream"

* BiTheWay - Lia, as we find out later on, has been in love with a man before. Don is also bi, though this is only revealed in a bonus comic in Volume Two of the print version.

* BuryYourGays - Several gay characters are killed or commit suicide, including [[spoiler: the main character. She gets better, though.]]
* CastFullOfGay - similar to MagneticGirlfriend, [[spoiler:Sarah]] is implied to be not straight as well, since [[spoiler:they kiss towards the end of act 1. In act 2, the actor that played Sarah in her dream, Lucy, had an early script even said that "Sarah" harbored a secret crush on Fiona in the script.]] [[spoiler:Cass also appears to be involved or have a crush on Sarah, and have a total [[BerserkButton flip out]] towards Fi after she catches them kissing.]] On top of those spoilers, Jake, Don and [[spoiler:Richard]] are all gay as well.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} - [[spoiler:Clandestine Jones. This is later revealed to be because she used to be Sadako's conscience. But Sadako ''banished'' her for, basically, not letting her have her [[RapeAsDrama "fun"]] with Ellie.]]
* ComingOutStory - [[spoiler:A theme in Part 1]]

* DeathSeeker - [[spoiler:Sadako. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because Nod won't let her die without a suitable replacement.]]
* TheDragon - [[spoiler:No-Face.]]
* DramaBomb - Many of these are in Part 1: Issues 1 - 8, but Part 1: Issue 9 definitely takes the cake on this. The ending of this issue is a total drama bomb, which was a WhamEpisode to all, but to some it was ridiculous, to some it was FridgeBrilliance after a few months.

* DreamLand - [[spoiler:where Part 1 takes place. Fiona returns in Part 2 to look for Lia. It's actually an alternate dimension called Nod that used to be tenuously connected to the space of human dreams, until Sadako merged the two together.]]
* DrivenToSuicide - [[spoiler:Fiona's mom]], [[spoiler:Fiona]], [[spoiler:Ellie]], [[spoiler:the King of Nod]], [[spoiler:Sadako]] and [[spoiler:Lia, although she wasn't really so much "driven" as semi-murdered]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext (it's complicated)]]. And then [[spoiler: Fiona and Lia again, but in a [[ReincarnationRomance happier tone]].]] This story seems to love this trope.
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale - Also subverted. [[spoiler:Sadako believes she is justified in what she does to Ellie, but the consequences for both Ellie and Sadako are fairly unforgiving.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim - [[spoiler:No Face.]] Even [[WordOfGod the author herself]] comments on [[spoiler:how anticlimactic that death was]]. Done to avoid WhatHappenedToTheMouse.

* ExecutiveMeddling - an in-universe example revealed in flashback wherein [[spoiler:conscience management have concluded Fiona will react better to her conscience if she acts like an ethnic stereotype. Cue hilarious scenes where said conscience struggles to understand Ebonics and complains about her outfit]].
* EyeScream - [[spoiler: The story behind Sadako's eye.]]
* [[spoiler:FantasticRomance - One of the best kept versions of this trope, what with Lia being long dead in the real world.]]
* FramingDevice - [[spoiler: Part 2 is the story being told by Don after Fiona and Lia left Nod and he became its new king.]]
* FreudianExcuse - Subverted. [[spoiler:Sadako]] gets set up for this the second her story/issue starts, since we know that [[spoiler:humans go all ChaoticEvil when separated from their consciences]]. Then it turns out [[spoiler:she ''shunned'' her conscience because the poor girl was trying to keep her from having "fun" (read: random acts of manipulation and [[JerkAss jerkassery]]).]]
* {{Gayngst}} - The first part runs semi-literally off of gayngst!
* GenreShift - Between Part 1 and Part 2
* GeniusLoci - [[spoiler:Nod, which won't let its current ruler be [[KlingonPromotion killed and replaced]] if the replacement isn't suitable.]]
* GildedCage - The place where [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1845 Sadako imprisons Lia]] is pretty much one.
* GirlsLove - Fiona and Lia, arguably [[spoiler:Sarah and Cass]] given their behaviors.
* GoodAngelBadAngel - Conscience
* HaveAGayOldTime - Fiona doesn't understand what Jake means when he says he's "gay" at first.
* HomoeroticDream - Fiona has one in Part 1: Issue 3, causing her to fear that she might be gay, as well as worrying how Lia will feel about the dream. [[spoiler:Ellie not so much has them as she has [[MindRape Sadako inflict them on her]].]]

* INeverToldYouMyName - [[spoiler: Fake]] George inadvertantly calls Lia by her full name (Celia) [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1776 here]].
* ItHasBeenAnHonor - [[spoiler: Clandestine]] quite literally [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=2221 says this to Fiona]], before [[spoiler:dying along with Sadako]].
* JerkAss - [[spoiler:Sebastian, the guy who played Jake.]]
* JiveTurkey - Oddly enough, Fiona's conscience, in the Part 1: Issue 1. By Issue 2, she still speaks in ebonics, but noticeably toned down.

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope - [[spoiler:Lia when she lost her conscience, especially compared to Sadako's relatively benign reaction to losing her conscience. Granted, [[LoveMakesYouEvil Sadako wasn't exactly a paragon to begin with]], but she never fell near as far as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Terrible Mara]].]]
* KlingonPromotion - [[spoiler:A new king or queen of Nod must kill the old one. However, Nod seems to have a will of it's own, and if it doesn't want the killer to be the new ruler, then it simply won't let the old ruler die.]]
* LampshadeHanging[=/=]LeaningOnTheFourthWall - [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=670 "Oh, I thought you were trying to look like some comic book character."]]
* LateArrivalSpoiler - One of the early top banners (it has since changed). Description: [[spoiler:Not only does it state that Fiona and Lia are in love with each other, it ''also'' implies that they both like girls, sort of ruining the whole ComingOutStory part for new readers.]]
* LipstickLesbian - both Fiona and Lia
* LoveHurts - see DramaBomb list above
* LoveMakesYouEvil - it is hinted that [[spoiler:Sadako impersonated Lia's dead lover and tricked her into staying forever in the DreamWorld, at least partly because she couldn't stand to see her so upset at his death.]]

* MagneticGirlfriend - Once everyone knows Fiona is a lesbian, they [[spoiler:kiss her or threaten her to stay away from "their girl"]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since [[spoiler:it was AllJustADream, scripted by Sadako and catered to Fiona's perception of the world]].
* [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]] - [[spoiler: Sadako]]
* MeaningfulName - Fiona's mom, who is already dead at the start of the comic, was named Angel.
* MindScrew - We can see the writing on the wall in the ending of Part 1: Issue 9, but from Part 2: Issue 1 onward, Yu+Me is ''absolutely insane''.

* MissingMom - Fiona's mom [[spoiler:committed vehicular suicide]] with [[spoiler:Fiona in the car]].
* TheMole - [[spoiler:Sadako]] and [[spoiler:Lucy, who was made sympathetic by having been coerced into it and by trying to act as a DoubleAgent in favor of the protagonists]].
* NoBisexuals - Averted. [[spoiler:Don was confirmed as bisexual via a bonus strip in the back of the 2nd book and Lia was confirmed as bisexual in Part 2.]]
* NothingIsScarier - NoFace has no face. And when he smiles...
* OverlyLongName - While we knew him as Jake, it is later revealed that his name is a lot longer than we thought [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1378 (spoiler warning)]]. Briefly parodied [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1208 here]] as well.
* OutOfClothesExperience - Fiona naked when [[spoiler: she first returns to the dream world]]. This could be a CMOF since she didn't realize until some guy pointed out much to her embarrassment. And that her conscience told her she didn't have to be naked.

* PhotoComic - Only for a little bit and only to [[spoiler:artistically separate DreamLand and RealLife]].
* ThePowerOfLove - Fiona's decision to [[spoiler:attempt to go back into the DreamWorld to find Lia]], especially considering [[spoiler:Sadako had banned Fiona from the DreamLand]].

* PsychoLesbian - [[spoiler:Sadako. However, unlike usual uses of this trope, it's obviously not to make lesbians look bad. Just this one in particular who has... [[YanDere issues]].]]
* PungeonMaster - Just ''look'' at that title! Painful on ''so'' many levels, especially following the DramaBomb. And then there's one of the old taglines "[[spoiler:Fiona has found the girl of her dreams...]]"
* RealityWarper - [[spoiler:Dreamers.]]

* {{Retraux}} - Let's just say that Megan's affinity for the 40s and 50s is not limited to [[Webcomic/IWasKidnappedByLesbianPiratesFromOuterSpace her other comic]].
* TheReveal - consider the DramaBomb list, especially the last one.
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship - Hinted at several times in later issues of Part 1 with [[spoiler:Sarah and Cass]].
* SadistTeacher - Nuns, technically.
* SassyBlackWoman - Fiona's conscience, who is basically a PaletteSwap of her with an afro.
* SchoolgirlLesbians - Fiona and Lia
* SecretRelationship - Fiona and Lia, mostly because of Lia [[spoiler:not wanting Sadako to know, for good reason]], but also because they go to a Catholic high school.
* ShaggyDogStory - The end of part one arguably turns the comic into this, for some
* ShoutOut - tons, see the webcomics page of this trope for a list

* SoftGlass - Completely averted. [[spoiler:Sadako]] died being tossed through a glass window.
* SoHappyTogether - Fiona goes to prom and is very happy because she gets to be with Lia when a DramaBomb goes off...
* TeenDrama - given the list of 10 [[DramaBomb drama bombs]] above and that the story's main characters are teens or [[spoiler:at least ''play'' teens in dreams...oh 400 year old Lia]]...it's rather obvious that Part 1 is a total TeenDrama

* ThanatosGambit - [[spoiler:Basically, the entire plot is Sadako trying to commit suicide.]]
* TomatoSurprise - [[spoiler:Part One is AllJustADream]]
* TraumaInducedAmnesia - not entirely trauma induced, but Fiona doesn't remember certain things about her past until [[spoiler:Richard]] starts telling her how her mother died.

* UnsoundEffect - "Anger" and "Flee", among others.
* LovingForce - Subverted. [[spoiler:Sadako]] seems to think this is the case with [[spoiler:Ellie, but being tormented by Sadako in her dreams eventually [[DrivenToSuicide drove Ellie to suicide]].]]
* WasItAllALie - I hate to keep referring to it, but see #9 of the DramaBomb list.
* [[WhamEpisode Wham Chapter]] - Part 1: Issue 9.

* WickedStepmother - Fiona has one [[spoiler:According to the [[WordOfGod author]], she's [[InvertedTrope actually not that bad; Fiona just perceives her as "wicked"]]]].

* YanDere - [[spoiler:Sadako, to a T. She looks innocent enough, but man that girl has some issues.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair - Jake has green hair, Sadako's hair is purple-ish, Fiona's hair is naturally two-toned, Don's hair is just... funky [[spoiler:because he's of a humanoid race who's hair changes every day, Lucy can change heads so it's inevitable for her, Clandestine/Himitsu ''was'' brunette but losing Sadako drove her insane and made it turn blue, and Fiona's disguises consisted of brown-green hair and pink-purple hair. This series likes this trope a lot.]]
* YoureJustJealous - [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=2120 literally]].
* YuriFan - Mr. Bun, at least in one of [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=409 Fiona's dreams]].

* {{Retraux}} - Let's just say that Megan's affinity for the 40s and 50s is not limited to [[IWasKidnappedByLesbianPiratesFromOuterSpace her other comic]].

YU+ME: dream is a webcomic by Megan Rose Gedris and can be found [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/ here]]. It concluded in 2010.

!!The webcomic contains examples of following tropes:

* NothingIsScarier - NoFace has no face. And when he smiles....NightmareFuel

* EverythingsWorseWithBears

* AscendedExtra - [[spoiler:Lia was one of these, so that she could get closer to Fiona. However, it's implied that there are serious consequences to her actions. (Read: Imprisonment.) Don is also one of these, but it seems more like a last-minute shoo-in than anything else.]]
** Actually, [[spoiler:Lia was planned all along.]]

** [[spoiler:Somewhat justified in that the CastFullOfGay is literally just that - a cast following a script...]]
*** [[spoiler:Actually, that's both true and false. While they were following a script, Don is bi and WordOfGod says that Lucy simply doesn't care. She also states that sexuality in the DreamWorld is a lot more fluid, and it can be assumed that LGBT matters are far more accepted. Probably also thanks to Sadako.]]

* DreamLand - [[spoiler:where Part 1 takes place. Fiona returns in Part 2 to look for Lia.]]
** [[spoiler:It's actually an alternate dimension called Nod that used to be tenuously connected to the space of human dreams, until Sadako merged the two together.]]

** Oh, but [[spoiler:dreams are real and what we think of as a "dream world" is actually another dimension, known as Nod, so it's not ''just'' a dream]].

* [[WhamEpisode Wham Chapter]] - Part 1: Issue 9, natch.

*** Actually, make that everything from 2-11 onwards. With the ending coming soon, there's bound to be more.

4. [[spoiler:Richard]] tells Fiona some pretty major things about her family that she didn't know/had amnesia about, such as the fact that [[spoiler: her mother committed suicide by getting into a car accident with little Fiona in the car because her father was cheating, with the Wickedstepmother]]\\

** In one [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1147 page (spoiler warning!)]], to the BuffyTheVampireSlayer character, known as [[spoiler: the Cheese Man]]

* VictimFallsForRapist - Subverted. [[spoiler:Sadako]] seems to think this is the case with [[spoiler:Ellie, but being tormented by Sadako in her dreams eventually [[DrivenToSuicide drove Ellie to suicide]].]]

* DramaBomb - Many of these are in Part 1: Issues 1 - 8, but Part 1: Issue 9 definitely takes the cake on this. The ending of this issue is a total drama bomb, which was a WhamEpisode to all, but to some it was ridiculous, to some it was FridgeBrilliance after a few months, YourMileageMayVary indeed.

* ShaggyDogStory - The end of part one arguably turns the comic into this, [[YourMileageMayVary for some]]

YU+ME: dream is a webcomic by Megan Rose Gedris and can be found [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/ here]]

As of June 2010 the main series is finished and a weekly epilogue has begun, which itself ended on October 25.