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5	''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21368668/chapters/50900053 How You Lived]]'' is a ''VisualNovel/MonsterProm'' fanfiction written by {{Creator/SEGASister}}. It was originally published on November 1, 2019.
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7	Vicky Schmidt has a good life in Monstropolis: a loving mother, great friends, and good grades to boot. However, lately, she’s been having nightmares of a life she barely remembers. This leads her to wonder: was her life like before she came to become her undead self?
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9	On May 30, 2020, a sequel, ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26708668/chapters/65152297 How You Loved]]'', [[https://segasister.tumblr.com/post/619555525809635328/to-people-whove-read-how-you-lived was announced]] (along with the official cover art for the original story), and published on October 1, 2020.
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11	On August 1, 2020, ''[[https://askundeadbluelesbians.tumblr.com/ Ask Undead Blue Lesbians]]'' was announced, serving as a sideblog to the main stories. The blog mainly focuses on Vicky's romantic relationship with Polly after both have graduated from Spooky High and started living together. The first story is alluded to occasionally, while the sequel was teased during one of the Halloween posts.
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13	!!The series contains examples of…
14	* AddedAlliterativeAppeal:
15	** The official ship name for Vicky and Polly is "Double Dead Dames."
16	** The official ship name for [[spoiler: Vicky and Isis]] is "Preserved to Perfection."
17	* HappilyAdopted: Vicky. [[ParentalSubstitute Her adoptive mother]] was the one who reanimated her.
18	* InformedJudaism: Vicky canonically, which is brought over into this canon as the religion Vicky and her mom practice. Polly is also revealed to be half-Jewish on her mother's side.
19	%%* {{Joisey}}: Monstropolis is set here. Considering the source material, this demonstration of the trope best represents Type 3: the WeirdnessMagnet.
20	%%* LikeBrotherAndSister: Brian and Vicky.
21	* SuddenlyEthnicity: While she has a Germanic surname to go with the Frankenstein theme, [[spoiler: her flashbacks and her adoptive mother's recounts reveal she was Hispanic in life. We even meet her birth family in the sequel.]]
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23	!!''How You Lived'' contains examples of…
24	* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Vicky especially, especially since the story is about how she died.
25	* AnArmAndALeg: Type 3. [[spoiler: Vicky's dismembered remains were scattered all over town by her killer.]]
26	* BasedOnATrueStory: In-universe example: The movie that Vicky and her friends decide to watch just so happens to be [[spoiler: directly inspired by her very own murder, complete with characters clearly based on both her and Brian.]]
27	%%* BreakTheCutie: Vicky, oh ''God, Vicky''.
28	* ChainedToABed: [[spoiler: Vicky in her captivity.]]
29	* ChildhoodFriends: Dr. Frances Schmidt, Vicky’s adoptive mother, was Vicky’s best friend in life. [[spoiler: For a while, she was also Brian's.]]
30	* CompositeCharacter:
31	** In-universe example. The movie Vicky and her friends watched [[spoiler: condensed her real-life boyfriend and Brian, as well as her sister and Frances.]]
32	** [[spoiler: Vicky's killer was [[https://askundeadbluelesbians.tumblr.com/post/639084322504196096/so-what-made-you-decide-to-have-vicky-die-the-way loosely inspired by 90s serial killers]], though Jeffrey Dahmer was the main inspiration]].
33	%%* DarkFic: The story's main focus is on a character's death, naturally considering who our lead is, but also the resulting trauma that came of it decades later.
34	* FriendlyZombie: Brian, particularly with his brother-like relationship with Vicky. [[spoiler: He and Vicky also met briefly in life before she died.]]
35	* HistoricalCharactersFictionalRelative: Frances studies the work of her ancestor, Victor Frankenstein, of the novel ''{{Literature/Frankenstein}}'', in order to bring Vicky back to life.
36	* HorrorHunger: [[spoiler: Brian revived with a very specific hunger, beelining toward the man who killed both him and Vicky with his initial primal instinct.]]
37	* JustDesserts: [[spoiler: Vicky's killer likely met his end after a newly-risen Brian (who he had also killed after escaping trial) immediately went off in pursuit of him with the predictable results of being pursued by a zombie.]]
38	%%* MurderersAreRapists: [[spoiler: Vicky’s killer, and it's implied that she wasn't his only victim.]]
39	* OffWithHerHead: [[spoiler: Vicky's head is placed in a trash receptacle outside her dad’s auto shop.]]
40	* OriginalCharacter: Dr. Frances Schmidt, Vicky’s creator and adoptive mother, along with Vicky’s living family and [[spoiler: her killer.]]
41	%%* PastLifeMemories: What ultimately jumpstarts the plot.
42	%%* PromotionToParent: Dr. Schmidt, after reanimating Vicky [[spoiler: and after Vicky's own parents turned her away in grief.]]
43	%%* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler:Vicky's days leading up to her death involve this.]]
44	%%* ShamefulStrip: Vicky [[spoiler: while she was alive]] is made to do this.
45	* TraumaButton: Happens twice in the story. Particular mention goes to Chapter 3, wherein while watching a horror movie with her friends, Vicky becomes physically sick during a scene with a murderer luring a victim to her death, and then blacks out when the murderer attacks a couple. [[spoiler: Brian is angered during the former for reasons he's not initially sure of, and all four of them recognize the "couple" as being nigh-identical to Vicky and Brian themselves.]]
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47	!!''How You Loved'' contains examples of…
48	%%* AWizardDidIt: [[spoiler: How Polly and Vicky explain their sudden temporary revivals to their respective families. Which isn't far from the truth, to be honest.]]
49	* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Vicky and Polly convince the Coven to cast a spell on them giving them temporary living bodies so the former can reunite with her original family, on a temporary basis.]]
50	%%* {{Calacas}}: The story is set during Dia de Los Muertos, so these end up factoring in significantly. Both the artistic and literal types as well, including Vicky's own grandparents, [[spoiler: as well as her past self.]]
51	* ExactWords: The Coven says that the spell lasts seventy-two hours. [[spoiler: Daylight Savings ends on the final day of the spell. So while it seems that the spell’s effects wore off an hour early, the spell did indeed last seventy-two hours.]]
52	* GratuitousSpanish: It doesn't happen often, but it usually occurs with Vicky's birth parents speaking to each other and their children. It even appears in the final scene with the family; [[spoiler: when the time comes for Vicky and Polly to return home, the conversation she has with her parents almost [[MeaningfulEcho mirrors the last time she spoke with them when she was alive]].]]
53	-->'''Elísa:''' You have your cell phone in case anything happens, right?
54	-->'''Vicky:''' Yes, ''Mamá.''
55	-->'''Carlos:''' [while hugging his daughter] ''Mantente a salvo, Princesa.''
56	-->'''Vicky:''' ''Te queiro, Papá…''
57	%%* LighterAndSofter: Also longer. This sequel seldom has any of the darker elements of the first story and focuses more on Vicky's relationship with Polly and her birth family, as well as getting closure. It's also ten chapters long, double the length of the original story.
58	* OurSoulsAreDifferent: Vicky's identity in life, Vickí, gains its own soul and self-awareness in the afterlife. The two even have a conversation.
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60	!!''Ask Undead Blue Lesbians'' contains examples of…
61	* ADayInTheLimelight: The other couples get to answer some questions in June's batch of posts.
62	* AffectionateNickname: Vicky calls Polly "Honey-Bunny," and Polly calls Vicky "Kitten."
63	* AmicableExes: Polly used to date Oz and Vicky used to date Damien. Both relationships didn't work out and at first, Damien was a bit jealous when Polly and Vicky got together. Oz and Damien eventually got together and often visit Polly and Vicky for game night.
64	* ArtEvolution: After the original artist left in July of 2021, the blog got a new artist and, subsequently, a new, stylized, art style starting in August of that year.
65	* CallBack: The main ending this series stems from is the LOCKET ending. However, the Crime App, Furry King, Sun Punch, and Prom King/Queen endings have all been referenced as well. There's also a visual callback to the Reverse Romanian Wilkinson ending.
66	** [[spoiler: And [[https://askundeadbluelesbians.tumblr.com/post/669321841200005120/wait-vicky-if-you-and-polly-hadnt-become Ask 100]] alludes to the Co-Op ending from Camp in a potential What-If scenario.]]
67	* CuteKitten: Polly and Vicky have a pet cat named Shelley, who often shows up in asks. She's been Vicky's pet since she was alive.
68	* DisproportionateRetribution: Vera was going to have Vicky assassinated (by [[spoiler:Mr. Pheel the Eel]] no less) before Polly convinced her not to.
69	* FlirtatiousSmackOnTheAss: Vicky [[https://askundeadbluelesbians.tumblr.com/post/628105879897686016/how-was-your-first-date receives one]], courtesy of Polly.
70	* LuminescentBlush: Polly causes this to happen to Vicky [[https://askundeadbluelesbians.tumblr.com/post/630721874244009984/soooooooo-what-makes-vicky-blush once]], Vicky returns the favor a [[https://askundeadbluelesbians.tumblr.com/post/633507832604540930/vicky-seems-to-be-the-one-who-gets-flustered-more different time]].
71	* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Vicky is this to [[MadScientist Dr. Frances Schmidt]], [[SilverVixen who isn’t too bad looking herself]], [[https://askundeadbluelesbians.tumblr.com/post/636263386542440448/me-sees-doc-schmidt-might-i-say-milf-i according to one user]].
72	* OfficialCouple:
73	** Polly and Vicky, who are dating and live together, are the main focus, but there's also
74	** Brian and Scott
75	** Oz and Damien
76	** Amira and Vera
77	** Dahlia and Aaravi, [[spoiler:though both have since broken up and gotten with Susanne and Sawyer, respectively]].
78	** Liam and Miranda, [[spoiler: though it's been revealed that they broke up.]]
79	** Abdu and Sadie
80	** Noodles and Batniss
81	** Valerie and Riona
82	** Zoe and Jun-Seo
83	** Blobert and Abby
84	** A rare platonic example with Kale and Calculester
85	* {{Polyamory}}: During the October 2021 question batch, it's revealed that [[spoiler: Polly and Vicky]] invited a third person to their relationship.
86	* RejectedMarriageProposal: When [[spoiler: Polly proposes to Vicky,]] they offer to let [[spoiler:Isis]] marry in as well, but she turns them down, feeling it is too soon and too fast.
87	* SexForServices: Polly mentions in one [[https://www.tumblr.com/askundeadbluelesbians/685784089136136193/sooooo-what-got-you-two-evicted?source=share post]] that she was sleeping with her landlord to live there rent-free, and that she and Vicky were evicted after she stopped.
88	* SliceOfLife: The blog's main focus is Polly and Vicky's relationship and their daily lives after graduating Spooky High.

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