History YMMV / YuMeDream

* JerkassWoobie: [[spoiler:Sadako; while she has done many horrible things, her backstory and true plans make it hard not to feel at least a little sorry for her. She died in a freak accident after she was thrown into a window and glass punctured her right eye and stomach. And even though she was a stalker and abuser towards Ellie, she just wanted to be with her. After becoming queen of Nod and spending years ruling it, she was DrivenToSuicide for being alive so long -- but couldn't die since Nod wouldn't exist without a ruler, so she sought for the person with the strongest heart to kill her and become the new ruler, which turned out to be Fiona. This means that [[ThanatosGambit almost the entire story was a way for Sadako to get someone to kill her]].]]

* MoralEventHorizon: Just take your pick with [[spoiler:Sadako.]]

** [[spoiler:She masquerades as Lia's dead lover George and claims that they are in the afterlife, which causes Lia to brick up the door to the real world and be trapped in Nod forever.]]

** Sadako's "punishment" for [[spoiler:trying to kiss Ellie. While she ''is'' being a creepy stalker, and one can't exactly expect mid 1800's England to be very accepting, ''having your head smashed into a window''? Brr. If you look closely, one shard of glass has pierced into her stomach, and another in her eye.]]

** Poor Fiona. When she was young, her mother was DrivenToSuicide and attempted to take Fiona's life with her. Fiona survived, but was heavily traumatized by the incident. After keeping the memory repressed for so long, she found her mother's suicide note, and, in an attempt to finish what her mother started, she tried to commit suicide by driving into a tree. She fell into a coma, where she dreamt about falling in love with a girl named Lia. She was mostly happy up until everything was ripped away from her when she came to in the real world. Thankfully, she dreams again and gets back with Lia. [[spoiler:They finally got together in reality by way of ReincarnationRomance]].
** [[spoiler:Lia was once an Italian girl living in the middle of World War II. Her lover, George, died in battle, and she couldn't stand living without him. One night in her dreams, Sadako, disguised as George, found her and unwittingly made her commit suicide by making her brick up the door to reality in hopes of reuniting with her lover. When Sadako revealed herself, Lia flew into a murderous rage that lasted many years. Even after she became herself again, she still had bad memories of what she had done. When she was cast as an extra in a dream, she fell in love with Fiona, but the two were separated due to Fiona waking up in the real world since it clashed with Sadako's intentions. This didn't last, though; the two reunited and eventually met each other in the real world.]]
** For a rather minor character, Ellie has it ''very'' bad. [[spoiler:After she and another man (presumably her father) accidentally kill Sadako, the latter punishes her by ''raping her every night in her dreams'' and saying it's her punishment for killing her. It gets to the point where she [[DrivenToSuicide commits suicide]] because of it]].

** The GenreShift and [[TheReveal]] that the first half was AllJustADream either was an exciting twist that changes the story from a typical SliceOfLife ComingOutStory or ruined the comic and made the entire first half meaningless.

** Being a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, Clandestine can have some funny moments, such as thinking [[spoiler:Lia's journal was literally planted from a journal-growing plant when Don says that Sadako might have planted it in the house they found it in.

** Fiona driving distractedly due to being distressed, with Jake frantically yelling at her that "Suicide is not the answer!" becomes one [when it's revealed that Fiona was in a coma because she attempted vehicular suicide.

* IronWoobie: Clandestine of all people fulfills this role at times. [[spoiler:She was once Sadako's conscience, but after Sadako banished her, she grew progressively crazier until her mind completely broke, which puts her {{Cloudcuckoolander}} personality in a much darker light.]]

** spoiler:No Face is a pretty menacing figure, being a humanoid with [[TheBlank a completely blank face]] who haunted Fiona in her dreams when she was little. It's especially terrifying when he smiles with razor sharp teeth shortly before threatening to rip Fiona's heart out. His scenes are made even creepier with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CB11ZWSGCM this reading]], which gives him a fittingly unnerving voice.
** Sadako's "punishment" for [[spoiler:trying to kiss Ellie. While she ''is'' being a creepy stalker, and one can't exactly expect mid 1800's England to be very accepting, ''having your head smashed into a window''? Brr. If you look closely, one shard of glass has pierced into her stomach, and another in her eye.

** The GenreShift either was an exciting twist or ruined the comic.

** The word "skleebs" was intended as a joke reference to the forum. Unfortunately, Megan was too busy with the comic to note that some forum-ites had objections to the word being used (as a euphemism for boobs. They were objecting to silly threads that they felt had overtaken serious discussion, and were looked on as the StopHavingFunGuys). The mere inclusion of the word ended up causing Megan more trouble than it was worth.

* FanNickname: Fans often call [[spoiler: Clandestine "Clandy"]] for short. It eventually made it [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1562 in-comic]] long after fans have been calling her by that name.

** [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=463 Lia obsessing over tacos.]] ([[ItMakesSenseInContext It's funnier in context]], since Lia hates Sadako and is eating so many tacos either to get her mind off her or to not let Sadako pay much attention to her.)
** When Fiona is naked [[spoiler:when re-entering the dream world]], she didn't realize it until some guy pointed it out much to her embarrassment. Then her conscience told her she didn't have to be naked, to her chagrin.

** Being a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, [[spoiler:Clandestine]] can have some funny moments, such as thinking [[spoiler:Lia's]] journal was literally planted from a journal-growing plant when Don says that [[spoiler:Sadako]] might have planted it in the house they found it in.

** Fiona driving distractedly due to being distressed, with Jake frantically yelling at her that "Suicide is not the answer!" becomes one [[spoiler: when it's revealed that Fiona was in a coma because she attempted vehicular suicide.]]
** Also in Part One, Jake sarcastically tells Lia, "I'm just pretending to be gay for all of the social benefits it brings," the joke being that so far in the comic, he's caught nothing but flak for his homosexuality. In Part Two, it's revealed that [[spoiler: the actor who played Jake is actually a [[WordofGod "straight douche"]] who won an Emmy Award for his role. The commentary on [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1383 this page]] suggests that he primarily won the award because of the (mis)perception that it's a huge challenge for a straight actor to play a gay character.]]
* IronWoobie: [[spoiler:Clandestine]] of all people fulfills this role at times. [[spoiler:She was once Sadako's conscience, but after Sadako banished her, she grew progressively crazier until her mind completely broke, which puts her {{Cloudcuckoolander}} personality in a much darker light.]]
* JerkassWoobie: [[spoiler:Sadako; while she has done many horrible things, her backstory and true plans make it hard not to feel at least a little sorry for her. She died in a freak accident after she was thrown into a window and glass punctured her right eye and stomach. And even though she was a stalker towards Ellie, she just wanted to be with her. After becoming queen of Nod and spending years ruling it, she was DrivenToSuicide for being alive so long, but couldn't die since Nod wouldn't exist without a ruler, so she sought for the person with the strongest heart to kill her and become the new ruler, which turned out to be Fiona. This means that [[ThanatosGambit almost the entire story was a way for Sadako to get someone to kill her]].]]
* MemeticMutation: "Someone should turn [douche you hate] into a Gyro!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Comes from a scene where Fiona wishes [[spoiler:Jake]] was turned into a gyro after learning about [[spoiler:his]] true nature. It became a minor in-joke among the fandom to wish that someone a person dislikes would be turned into a gyro. It only appears to be relegated to the now-defunct forums, as shown [[https://web.archive.org/web/20100211042922/http://yumeboard.omgforum.net/talk-about-yume-f1/when-you-want-to-turn-someone-into-a-gyro-t76.htm here]].[[/labelnote]]
* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Just take your pick with Sadako.]]
** [[spoiler:One example could be when she ''rapes Ellie in her dreams'' and causes the latter to [[DrivenToSuicide commit suicide]].]]
** [[spoiler:Another could be when she masquerades as Lia's dead lover George and claims that they are in the afterlife, which causes Lia to brick up the door to the real world and be trapped in Nod forever, at least until the ending.]]

** [[spoiler:No Face]] is a pretty menacing figure, being [[spoiler: a humanoid with [[TheBlank a completely blank face]] who haunted Fiona in her dreams when she was little.]] It's especially terrifying when [[spoiler:he smiles with razor sharp teeth on [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1019 this page]], shortly before threatening to rip Fiona's heart out.]]
*** [[spoiler:His scenes are made even creepier with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CB11ZWSGCM this reading]], which gives him a fittingly unnerving voice.]]
** Also, Sadako's "punishment" for [[spoiler:trying to kiss Ellie. We mean, she ''is'' being a creepy stalker, and one can't exactly expect mid 1800's England to be very accepting, but ''having your head smashed into a window''? Brr. (and if you look closely, one shard of glass has pierced into her stomach...)]] {{Invoked|trope}} The punishment that Sadako deals out to [[spoiler:Ellie, for ''killing'' her -- being raped in her dreams EVERY TIME she tries to sleep.]]

** Poor Fiona. When she was young, [[spoiler:her mother was DrivenToSuicide and attempted to take Fiona's life with her. Fiona survived, but was heavily traumatized by the incident. After keeping the memory repressed for so long, she found her mother's suicide note, and, in an attempt to finish what her mother started, she tried to commit suicide by driving into a tree. She fell into a coma, where she dreamt about falling in love with a girl named Lia. She was mostly happy up until everything was ripped away from her when she came to in the real world.]] Thankfully, [[spoiler:she dreams again and gets back with Lia. They finally got together in reality by way of ReincarnationRomance]].
** Lia [[spoiler:was once an Italian girl living in the middle of World War II. Her lover, George, died in battle, and she couldn't stand living without him. One night in her dreams, Sadako, disguised as George, found her and unwittingly made her commit suicide by making her brick up the door to reality in hopes of reuniting with her lover. When Sadako revealed herself, Lia flew into a murderous rage that lasted many years. Even after she became herself again, she still had bad memories of what she had done. When she was cast as an extra in a dream, she fell in love with Fiona, but the two were separated due to Fiona waking up in the real world since it clashed with Sadako's intentions. This didn't last, though, because as mentioned in Fiona's entry above, the two reunited and eventually met each other in the real world.]]
** For a rather minor character, [[spoiler:Ellie]] has it ''very'' bad. [[spoiler:After she and another man (presumably her father) accidentally kill Sadako, the latter punishes her by ''raping her every night in her dreams''. It gets to the point where she [[DrivenToSuicide commits suicide]] because of it]].

* EthnicScrappy: Fiona's Consience was initially disliked for speaking almost entirely in ebonics, making her a stereotype of black people. [[spoiler:Luckily, she's being given some much-needed character development in Part 2, so she may be RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap.]]

* IronWoobie: [[spoiler:Clandestine]] of all people fulfills this role at times. [[spoiler:She was once Sadako's conscience, but after Sadako banished her, she grew progessively crazier until her mind completely broke, which puts her {{Cloudcuckoolander}} personality in a much darker light.]]

** Poor Fiona. When she was young, [[spoiler:her mother was DrivenToSuicide and attempted to take Fiona's life with her. Fiona survived, but was heavily traumatized by the incident. After keeping the memory repressed for so long, she found her mother's suicide note, and, in an attempt to finish what her mother started, she tried to commit suicide by driving into a tree. She fell into a coma, where she dreamt about falling in love with a girl with Lia. She was mostly happy up until everything was ripped away from her when she came to in the real world.]] Thankfully, [[spoiler:she dreams again and gets back with Lia. They finally got together in reality by way of ReincarnationRomance]].
** Lia [[spoiler:was once an Italian girl living in the middle of World War II. Her lover, George, died in battle, and she couldn't stand living without him. One night in her dreams, Sadako, disguised as George, found her and unwittingly made her commit suicide by making her brick up the door to reality in hopes of reuniting with her lover. When Sadako revealed herself, Lia flew into a murderous rage that lasted many years. Even after she became herself again, she still had bad memories of what she had done. When she was cast as an extra in a dream, she fell in love with Fiona, but the two were separated due to Fiona waking up in the real world since it clashed with Sadako's intentions. This didn't last, though, because as mentioned in Fona's entry above, the two reunited and eventually met each other in the real world.]]

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** Fiona driving distractedly due to being distressed, with Jake frantically yelling at her that "Suicide is not the answer!" becomes one [[spoiler: when it's revealed that Fiona was in a coma because she attempted vehicular suicide.]]
** Also in Part One, Jake sarcastically tells Lia, “I’m just pretending to be gay for all of the social benefits it brings,” the joke being that so far in the comic, he’s caught nothing but flak for his homosexuality. In Part Two, it’s revealed that [[spoiler: the actor who played Jake is actually a [[WordofGod “straight douche”]] who won an Emmy Award for his role. The commentary on [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1383 this page]] suggests that he primarily won the award because of the (mis)perception that it’s a huge challenge for a straight actor to play a gay character.]]

* EthnicScrappy: Fiona's Consience. [[spoiler:Luckily, she's being given some much-needed character development in Part 2, so she may be RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap.]]

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=463 Lia sure loves tacos!]] ([[ItMakesSenseInContext It's funnier in context]])
* MemeticMutation: "Someone should turn [douche you hate] into a Gyro!"

* NightmareFuel: Also, Sadako's "punishment" for [[spoiler:trying to kiss Ellie. We mean, she ''is'' being a creepy stalker, and one can't exactly expect mid 1800's England to be very accepting, but ''having your head smashed into a window''? Brr. (and if you look closely, one shard of glass has pierced into her stomach...)]] {{Invoked|trope}} The punishment that Sadako deals out to [[spoiler:Ellie, for ''killing'' her -- being raped in her dreams EVERY TIME she tries to sleep.]]

* FanNickname: Clandy, eventually makes it [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1562 in-comic]] long after fans have been calling Clandestine by that name.
* FridgeBrilliance: The end of Part 1.

* IKnewIt: Clandy being [[spoiler:Sadako's conscience]] and Don being the [[spoiler:new King of Nod]] were two EpilepticTrees that turned out to be right. Hardly a case of AscendedFanon, since both facts were foreshadowed much before those theories were ever formed. In Don's case, that foreshadowing dates back to the freaking ''first page of volume two'', 398 pages before the reveal.
* IronWoobie: [[spoiler:Clandestine]] of all people fulfills this role at times.

* NightmareFuel:
** [[spoiler:No Face]], particularly [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1019 this page]].
** [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CB11ZWSGCM&feature=player_embedded On the subject of No Face...]]]]
** Also, Sadako's "punishment" for [[spoiler:trying to kiss Ellie. We mean, she ''is'' being a creepy stalker, and one can't exactly expect mid 1800's England to be very accepting, but ''having your head smashed into a window''? Brr. (and if you look closely, one shard of glass has pierced into her stomach...)]] {{Invoked|trope}} The punishment that Sadako deals out to [[spoiler:Ellie, for ''killing'' her -- being raped in her dreams EVERY TIME she tries to sleep.]]
* TheWoobie:
** [[spoiler: It's okay Ellie... it's gonna be okay, alright?]]
** Fiona, Lia, hell, even Sadako qualifies if only for her backstory and true plans. Doesn't make her any less of a [[JerkassWoobie total douche]], though.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Hey, kids! Are you gay, lonely, and miserable? Just [[spoiler: kill yourself and you'll go to a magic world where you can do anything you want, live forever, and meet the love of your life!]]

* CrowningMomentOfFunny - [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=463 Lia sure loves tacos!]] ([[ItMakesSenseInContext It's funnier in context]])

** FridgeBrilliance - The end of Part 1.

* BrokenBase: The word "skleebs" was intended as a joke reference to the forum. Unfortunately, Megan was too busy with the comic to note that some forum-ites had objections to the word being used (as a euphemism for boobs. They were objecting to silly threads that they felt had overtaken serious discussion, and were looked on as the StopHavingFunGuys). The mere inclusion of the word ended up causing Megan more trouble than it was worth.

* EthnicScrappy - Fiona's Consience.
** [[spoiler:Luckily, she's being given some much-needed character development in Part 2, so she may be RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap.]]

* FanNickname - Clandy, eventually makes it [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1562 in-comic]] long after fans have been calling Clandestine by that name.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment - Fiona driving distractedly due to being distressed, with Jake frantically yelling at her that "Suicide is not the answer!" becomes one [[spoiler: when it's revealed that Fiona was in a coma because she attempted vehicular suicide.]]

* IKnewIt - Clandy being [[spoiler:Sadako's conscience]] and Don being the [[spoiler:new King of Nod]] were two EpilepticTrees that turned out to be right. Hardly a case of AscendedFanon, since both facts were foreshadowed much before those theories were ever formed. In Don's case, that foreshadowing dates back to the freaking ''first page of volume two'', 398 pages before the reveal.
* IronWoobie - [[spoiler:Clandestine]] of all people fulfills this role at times.
* MemeticMutation - Someone should turn [douche you hate] into a Gyro!
* MoralEventHorizon - [[spoiler:Just take your pick with Sadako.]]

** Also, Sadako's "punishment" for [[spoiler:trying to kiss Ellie. I mean, she ''is'' being a creepy stalker, and one can't exactly expect mid 1800's England to be very accepting, but ''having your head smashed into a window''? Brr. (and if you look closely, one shard of glass has pierced into her stomach...)]]
*** [[invoked]] The punishment that Sadako deals out to [[spoiler:Ellie, for ''killing'' her -- being raped in her dreams EVERY TIME she tries to sleep.]]
* TheWoobie [[spoiler: It's okay Ellie... it's gonna be okay, alright?]]
** Fiona, Lia, hell, even Sadako qualifies if only for her backstory and true plans.
*** Doesn't make her any less of a [[JerkassWoobie total douche]], though.

* BrokenBase

* UnfortunateImplications / FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Hey, kids! Gay and miserable? Just [[spoiler: kill yourself and you'll go to a magic world where you can do anything you want, live forever, and meet the love of your life!]]

* ChaoticNeutral - [[spoiler:The outright best you can hope for from a human with no conscience.]]

* JumpingTheShark - End of Part 1.
* LawfulEvil: [[spoiler:Sadako.]]

** FridgeBrilliance - The end of Part 1, [[YourMileageMayVary to some]].

* JumpingTheShark - End of Part 1, [[YourMileageMayVary arguably]].

** No Face, particularly [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1019 this page]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CB11ZWSGCM&feature=player_embedded On the subject of No Face...]]

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel - No Face, particularly [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1019 this page]].

*** How about the punishment that Sadako deals out to [[spoiler: Ellie, for ''killing'' her. Being raped in your dreams EVERY TIME you try to sleep? Quite literally HighOctaneNightmareFuel.]]

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* BrokenBase - The number of links to the YourMilageMayVary trope on the main page pretty much says it all.

* TheWoobie [[spoiler: It's okay Ellie... it's gonna be okay, alright?]] Of course, [[YourMileageMayVary your mileage may]]... yeah.

*** Doesn't make her any less of a total bitch though.

* NightmareFuel - No Face, particularly [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1019 this page]].

*** How about the punishment that Sadako deals out to [[spoiler: Ellie, for ''killing'' her. Being raped in your dreams EVERY TIME you try to sleep? Quite literally NightmareFuel.]]

* TheWoobie [[spoiler: It's okay Ellie... it's gonna be okay, alright?]] Of course, [[YourMileageMayVary your mileage may]]... yeah.
** Fiona, Lia, hell, even Sadako qualifies if only for her backstory and true plans.
*** Doesn't make her any less of a total bitch though.