History Webcomic / LilysPokeMadhouse

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Lily and G's relationship has an unprecedented amount of physical and emotional intimacy. They cuddle together, are frequently saying "I love you" to each other, and have almost near-constant physical contact. Even G has described their relationship by saying the only thing keeping it from being romantic is the mutual agreement to call it as such.

** Counterpoint- G has admitted to Lily she deprived her of bodily autonomy and ultimately it should be up to Lily whether she maintains up this connection. It could be argued Mikaila's actions better fit this trope due to the nature of the Mating Bond.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When trying to get G to just go talk to Marah, Lily repeats what all her highschool classmates told her.
-->'''Lily''': Go out there and kiss that damn Gardevoir! You know you want to!
-->'''G''': Pfft! Haha, you dork!

** ''Shame.'' G asks Lily what she would do if it turned out G was actually in love with her. Knowing that this wouldn’t be asked if there wasn’t something more to it, Lily forces her to tell her what’s really going on. G confesses that she is in fact in love with her and Lily comforts her saying that nothing will change between them, and she certainly doesn’t have to be afraid of Lily taking advantage of her. Doubles as a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming when Lily hugs her tightly and G, after initially hesitating, melts into it.

* OpenSecret: The relationship between [[BeastialityIsDepraved Diantha and her Gardevoir]], mostly because Syir (the Gardevoir in question) is [[AxCrazy more than willing to kill anyone]] who threatens her relationship's safety.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: G seems to operate on this, performing an invasive and highly illegal ritual on Lily while she is sleeping and only being worried about her being angry about it, and then seeing nothing wrong with trying to attack a baby Ralts for the crime of unconsciously bonding to Lily.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The comic as a whole didn't really come into it's own until Orchard started exploring short story arcs. Before then, the comics were considered to be extremely shallow and seemingly a vector for Orchard and Turkleson to make cute drawings.

* HalfHumanHybrid: Bonnie, a child created from a cloning experiment meant to replenish the Gardevoir population. G knew Lily wanted a child, which she would never get being a lesbian, so G deliberately mixed DNA samples from herself and Lily to create a half-human-half-Ralts love child between the two. It becomes problematic as her existence makes the news and the tabloids went right for the [[BestialityIsDepraved Waifu angle]].

* MamaBear: After learning about Lily’s breakup and seeing the extent to which Lily had been hurt, Gardevoir was absolutely furious. She stops Lily’s suicidal ranting and hugs her, promising that nobody will ever hurt her like that again.

''Lily's Poke-Madhouse'' (often shortened to just ''Madhouse'') is a slice of life webcomic created by Lily Orchard and Mikaila Turkleson in February 2019 about their comic personas living together with Lily's best friend (her Gardevoir) and taking care of their Pokemon together.

While often dealing with domestic issues, the comic also dabbles in deconstruction of the Pokemon fandom and stories about abusive power-dynamics.

* BreatherEpisode: Blizzard, which is several pages of Lily keeping Gardevoir warm after the heat goes out while explaining how their bond works to Mikaila. It’s a fan-favourite due to how much it emphasizes the close personal relationship between Lily and G.

* DesignerBabies: G and Diantha's Gardevoir are said to be the products of selective breeding that is extremely similar to the games system of IV Breeding. Both are considered to be perfect specimens of their species, having extremely powerful psychic abilities, physical strength and endurance, almost no ailments whatsoever, and extremely high intelligence. However, both of them suffer from extremely debilitating psychological conditions that make their peak physical conditions extremely dangerous and prone to getting people hurt. Where they differ is that they are on opposite ends of the mental health spectrum where G has been steadily improving and learning to control her instincts, while Diantha's Gardevoir is actively murdering and blackmailing people to keep her [[spoiler:illicit relationship with Diantha]] a secret.

* FreudianSlip: When asked if she ever thought of Lily as a mother figure, Gardevoir said that would be weird and made a joke about paging Dr Freud thinking that it meant seeing someone who isn’t your mother as a mother figure. Lily had to correct her and inform her that Gardevoir had just implied the two of them were sleeping together. Cue Gardevoir being very angry with herself.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Lily and G's relationship has an unprecedented amount of physical and emotional intimacy. They cuddle together, are frequently saying "I love you" to each other, and have almost near constant physical contact. Even G has described their relationship by saying the only think keeping it from being romantic is the mutual agreement to call it as such.

** ''The Mega Evolution Arc.'' After fretting about Mega Evolution for a long time and dealing with the constant harassment from Mismagius, Gardevoir finally had a breakdown and admitted that she was afraid that Lily might be in love with her. Lily reassured her this wasn’t the case, and apologized for allowing them to grow further apart over the last few years and doing nothing about Mismagius. Gardevoir cried in Lily’s arms before finally falling asleep from exhaustion in her lap.
** ''Violate.'' Gardevoir was revealed to have formed a mating bond with someone, but was tight-lipped about who it was. Then she finally confessed to Lily that she’d formed a mating bond with her when she was 14 while she was sleeping because she wanted to extend her lifespan. Cue Lily becoming absolutely furious and demanding Gardevoir stay away from her. After a while, once Lily had calmed down, she made up with Gardevoir but not without asserting that what she’d done was a massive betrayal of trust and an extreme violation of her very person-hood and it will be a long time before she can fully trust her again. Lily allows the mating bond to remain, if only so Gardevoir won’t die, but their friendship is severely damaged after that.

* OddFriendship: While typically expected of Pokemon (and Gardevoir especially) Lily nonetheless exceeds the usual bounds of friendship with Gardevoir, being as close to her as she is her human friends.

* HalfHumanHybrid: Bonnie, a child created from a cloning experiment meant to replenish the Gardevoir population. G knew Lily wanted a child, which she would never get being a lesbian, so G deliberately mixed DNA samples from herself and Lily to create a half-human-half-Ralts love child between the two. It becomes problematic as her existence gets Lily fired when Silph co. accuses her of incompetance, and the tabloids went right for the [[BestialityIsDepraved Waifu angle]].

* FamilyofChoice: Lily and Gardevoir. Lily has even described Gardevoir as the only family she has left.

* Family of Choice: Lily and Gardevoir. Lily has even described Gardevoir as the only family she has left.

* Ship Tease: Played with, in that many of the other characters think Gardevoir is holding a torch for Lily (and a large amount of the comic’s humour is built around that), but the comic itself makes it clear that Lily views her as family.

* No Sense of Personal Space: After the Mega Evolution arc, we see Gardevoir snuggling up to Lily a lot more. Unsurprising as Lily’s known to be a cuddler with most of her very close friends.
* Nothing is the Same Anymore: After Violate, Gardevoir and Lily’s previously close friendship became much more tenuous as a result of Gardevoir’s total violation of Lily’s mind. Despite being on good terms, there is a lot more vitriol tossed between them on a regular basis.

* FriendshipFavouritism: Lily clearly favours Gardevoir over her other Pokemon. Gardevoir is the only one who lives in the house, the only one without a ball (Lily smashed it when she learned Gardevoir was claustrophobic), and even has a coffee mug that reads “#1 Mon.” Understandable as the two have been inseparable for over twenty years.

* HoYay: Lily and G’s relationship crosses into this on many occasions. The two are often a little too affectionate and too close, to the point that numerous characters, including Lily’s other Pokemon and her girlfriend, crack jokes about there being something going on between them.

* SweetDreamsFuel: Most of the more serious comics (sans Violate) eventually turn into this, usually reinforcing either Lily and Gardevoir’s friendship, or Gardevoir and Butterfree’s budding romance.