History Webcomic / Dreamless

%%* BlessedWithSuck: The main two's condition is probably one of these, though it varies as to which they see it as themselves.
%%* CatapultNightmare: Elanor wakes up [[http://cdn.dreamless.keenspot.com/comics/dreamless20090420.jpg like this]] after a bad dream.

%%* DreamSpying: The whole point of the comic.

%%* {{Flashback}}: Due to the use of HowWeGotHere

%%* SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou: [[http://dreamless.keenspot.com/d/20090119.html Here]].

%%* SingleTargetSexuality: One can only assume.

%%* WhamLine: [[spoiler: [[http://dreamless.keenspot.com/d/20100222.html "You can speak Japanese for the same reason I can speak German."]]]]
%%* WhatNowEnding: A rare non-depressing example.

* MindlinkMates: Central conceit of the story. Elanor and Takashi can only block each other out when they're sleeping at the same time. Being in different timezones this can get a bit difficult to coordinate. They've shared consciousness since they were babies so they can speak multiple languages and get twice the experience.

* SiblingIncest: Not literal, of course, but Eleanor and Takashi's relationship can feel a lot like this to anyone who's ever heard of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imprinting_(psychology)#Westermarck_effect Westermarck effect]].

* BlessedWithSuck / CursedWithAwesome: The main two's condition is probably one of these, though it varies as to which they see it as themselves.
* CatapultNightmare: Elanor wakes up [[http://cdn.dreamless.keenspot.com/comics/dreamless20090420.jpg like this]] after a bad dream.

* DreamSpying: The whole point of the comic.

* {{Flashback}}: Due to the use of HowWeGotHere

* SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou: [[http://dreamless.keenspot.com/d/20090119.html Here]].

* SingleTargetSexuality: One can only assume.
* StarCrossedLovers: An American girl and a Japanese boy... during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
** [[spoiler:Subverted toward the end.]]

* WhamLine: [[spoiler: [[http://dreamless.keenspot.com/d/20100222.html "You can speak Japanese for the same reason I can speak German."]]]]
* WhatNowEnding: A rare non-depressing example.

[[http://dreamless.keenspot.com/ Can be found here.]] Illustrated in gorgeous pastels by Sarah Ellerton. Written by Bobby Crosby.

* CherryBlossoms: Takashi walks by a cherry tree [[http://dreamless.keenspot.com/d/20090518.html here].

* LoveBeforeFirstSight: Living each other's lives, Takashi and Elanor fall in love

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Elenor's mother kills herself due to her mental illness. Elenor herself very nearly throws herself off the same bridge as her mother.]]

* GreatOffscreenWar: ''World War II'', amazingly enough. Elenor is too shut inside herself to notice anything going on around her, to the point that the only time the war actually affects the plot is when [[spoiler: it allows Takashi to get to America]].
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Takashi. The story follows Elenor's viewpoint for most of the story, where she mostly deals with her mental illness and her alcoholic father. Takashi, meanwhile, has an active social life, deals with cultural expectations like arranged marriages and the upcoming war, and the natural emotional struggles that come with those things. It's lead some fans to think that Takashi's story is far more interesting than Elenor's.

* SingleTargetSexuality: One can only assume

* WhatNowEnding: a rare non-depressing example.

* StarCrossedLovers: An American girl and a Japanese boy... during UsefulNotes/WorldWar2.

* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: Elenor's mother kills herself due to her mental illness. Elenor herself very nearly throws herself off the same bridge as her mother.]]

The problem? It's hard for under-18s to emigrate across the Pacific. ...Especially in the 1940s, when Japan and America are [[WorldWarII on the brink of war]].

* StarCrossedLovers: An American girl and a Japanese boy... during WorldWar2.

* StrangeGirl: Elanor comes across this way due to speaking aloud, apparently to herself, knowing Takashi will hear her.

* AsianGalWithWhiteGuy: {{Inverted}} and/or GenderFlipped.

* MeLoveYouLongTime: {{Inverted}} and/or GenderFlipped.

* FelonyMisdemeanor: Bobby Crosby seems to think that lying to anyone for any reason is horrible, which is why both he and the story consider Takashi an idiot for telling small lies to Elenor so he can actually have some privacy.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Bobby Crosby is infamous for raging at everyone who even remotely hints there may be defects in his personality or writing, or interpreting the story differently than how he sees it.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: Bobby Crosby seems to think that lying to anyone for any reason is horrible, which is why both he and the story consider Takashi an idiot for telling small lies to Elenor so he can actually have some privacy.

[[http://dreamless.keenspot.com/ Can be found here.]] Illustrated in gorgeous pastels by Sarah Ellerton. Written by Bobby Crosby. Much BetterThanItSounds.