Line #23 Webcomic/AliceAndTheNightmare


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6	''[[http://www.aliceandthenightmare.com Alice and the Nightmare]]'' (first page [[http://www.aliceandthenightmare.com/comic/chapter-one-cover here]]) is a fantasy comic heavily based on Lewis Carrol's ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'', updating Tuesdays and Fridays.
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8	In the Wonderland and Looking Glass Territories, energy gathered from dreams of Earth's humans is used to power everything, from magic to {{magitek}}. Collecting this energy are oneironauts, people with magical abilities, sorted into four Suits -- Hearts, Clubs, Spades and Diamonds. To learn how to harvest dreams -- and face Nightmares, AlwaysChaoticEvil creatures inhabiting the dream lands -- people attend Phantasmagoria University. Our hero, Alice Heart, a protege of the Red Queen, is one of those people, and she begins attending the Phanty U intending to become an oneironaut. There is more afoot, however -- a secret concerning Alice herself, one she has no idea about.
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10	The comic had a first run that has now been taken down (essentially a different Chapter 1 with many different details changed, both story-wise and in design -- starting with a much thinner Alice) before being rebooted into the form that is known today. The original Chapter 1 and 2 are available through archive.org for the curious and the nostalgic.
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13	!!''Alice and the Nightmare'' provides examples of:
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15	* AbusiveParents: While flashbacks show that there were genuine moments of happiness in Alice's childhood, Rougina is overall very controlling.
16	* AchillesHeel: Nightmares are only weak to other Nightmares and Vorpal metal.
17	* AdaptationalHeroism: Rougina/The Red Queen... Maybe. See AmbiguouslyEvil bellow. Either way, she's not the AxCrazy bitch she was in the original.
18	* AltText: Rather than for humorous effect, it's used for worldbuilding and passing on additional information about the world.
19	* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Nightmares emerge from the Dream Spring seemingly only to attack people.
20	* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: The Vena twins are identical save for their IdenticalTwinIDTag.
21	* AmbiguouslyHuman: [[spoiler:Alice is strongly implied to not be a Suit like everyone else, with the strongest implication being that she's a human (or jaberwocky) who somehow stabilized. This turns out to not be the case, though she's not a suit either; She's a Queen]].
22	* AmbiguousTimePeriod: On one hand, there are carriages and Victorian fashion. On the other, there are holographic projectors and space-suits. Then again, there's also a mini-fridge.
23	* AmbiguouslyEvil: Rougina. She's definitely hiding something sinister, and her behavior towards Alice certainly raises red flags for anyone who has to deal with manipulative parents. [[spoiler:It turns out that she has made some kind of deal with a Jabberwocky-like being who demands she destroys jaberwocky-repellent trinkets, but it's in return for the safety of Alice, her daughter]].
24	* AnimalMotif: Edith has a hair ribbon that looks like rabbit ears and is easily scared. The author stated clearly that she's the story's equivalent to White Rabbit.
25	* AnotherDimension: Wonderland is another dimension to Earth, with Wonderlanders being capable of entering Earthlings' dreams. Some parts of Earth's culture, like books, go through the barrier from time to time, although they apparently aren't very popular.
26	* ApocalypseMaiden: [[AmbiguouslyHuman Alice]] turns out to be this, [[spoiler:because of her ability to dream, she spawns Nightmares if her emotions get out of control and she's around Dream Sand.]]
27	* ArtificialLimbs: Professor Trevols has been confirmed to have a prosthetic hand. He apparently lost the original after a Nightmare attack.
28	* BackgroundMagicField: Wonderland has a stronger one that Earth, [[spoiler: which can turn humans into Nightmares. Wonder Anchors prevent the same from happening to Suits.]]
29	* BadassArmy: The Jokers, Rougina's honour guard, have this reputation. The Diamonds in the Jokers are the only ones no one will blatantly disrespect.
30	* BadassCape: Crowther Kinnabre wears [[http://www.aliceandthenightmare.com/comic/chapter-3-page-11 quite a cape]] to go with his status as Rougina's military commander.
31	* BerserkButton:
32	** Professor Raphus Trevols doesn't like FantasticRacism against Diamonds. As his ''wife'' is a Diamond, that's to be expected.
33	** Alice goes ballistic when people start to go full FantasticRacism on Edith.
34	** Dark Alice does not take well being accused of not being real.
35	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Alice is nice and sweet, but she clearly has a much more aggressive side.
36	* {{BFS}}: The Vorpal Blade is a claymore almost as big as Rougina.
37	* BlingOfWar: Kinnabre's uniform. The armpads alone could poke out an eye, it has puffy sleeves and a cape large enough to cover all the contraband he's confiscating, but ''dear Queen'', isn't is awesome.
38	* BigEntrance: Rougina's entrance at new year's inauguration is so big, she gets [[http://www.aliceandthenightmare.com/comic/chapter-1-page-21 an entire page]] for herself.
39	* BizarreTasteInFood: Inverted with Edith, as Alice points out her choice in desserts is the plainest one there is (yes, vanilla ice cream).
40	* BlatantLies: Azalea tells Alice two truths and one lie when she starts questioning her true nature.
41	* ButForMeItWasTuesday: For Edith the Jokers, especially Azalea and her Alpha Joker team, are an unachievable goal that she'd never dare dream of being in the same room as, let alone a part of, as well as a crush at one point. For Alice, they're people that Rougina's had around occasionally.
42	* CannotDream: Womderlandians reportedly cannot dream, yet Alice appears to dream multiple times, one of multiple things implying that she's not a normal Wonderlandian, if she is one at all.
43	* CatapultNightmare: Alice wakes up like this from her nightmare at the start of the story.
44	* ColorCodedCharacters: Both Suits and Queens are colour-coded and it's visible in both their outfits and details.
45	** Hearts: magenta.
46	** Diamonds: blue.
47	** Spades: yellow.
48	** Clubs: green.
49	** Queen Rougina: red.
50	** Queen Bianchia: yellow/white.
51	** Azalea: purple.
52	** Cinnabar Army: red.
53	** Nightmares are always black.
54	*** They do have two separate varieties based off of eye color, the more common white eyed variant with fixed forms, and the variant form red eyed kind.
55	* ContinuityReboot: After several months of the story, the author decided to scrap it and start all over again, as the previous version was "all over the place, and not in a good way".
56	* ConspiracyTheorist: Elsie, according to the AltText, lurks conspiracy blogs. She believes that Rougina's Vorpal Sword, which the last pieces of are said to still be hidden in Rougina's possession, has been lost completely (especially since Alice has never seen it). Not only that, she believes Rougina isn't as powerful as most would believe, that there's no way she could still be alive without Bianchia, that the moon is fake, that Rougina is actually a collective hallucination everyone's been imagining, and so on.
57	* CreationStory: Professor Murinda Dymond starts her history of Wonderland lesson with this, and even uses the trope name.
58	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Edith has some secret in her backstory that makes her treat people hurting her like it's supposedly no big deal.
59	* DarkIsEvil: Nightmares/Jabberwocky are black demonic beast known to attack everything they see.
60	* DarkIsNotEvil: Nightmare Alice appears to be a Jaberwocky regessed to a sane, tame form and certainly doesn't seem evil. To quote a reviewer:
61	-->'''Aria Johnson''': There's a legend that says, a way to cure a werewolf, is to call to it by name, [[PowerOfLove with love and acceptance]].
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63	-->I'm getting that sort of vibe here.. that Nightmares might not be so dangerous if they weren't FEARED and REJECTED. Recall, Nightmare Alice was ecstatic to see her, and didn't get all snarly and toothy until Alice rejected her and showed fear...
64	* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:It seems Rougina made a deal with a Nightmare to protect Alice, though the details are unknown]].
65	* ADogNamedDog: Rabbits, despite being FunnyAnimals, are only ever referred to as Rabbits.
66	* DownTheRabbitHole: Into the dreams!
67	* DreamWalker: Alice is training to become one, and they're apparently vital in Wonderland, as the realm needs the energy they harvest from human dreams. They're called oneironauts in-universe.
68	* DreamWeaver: The different Suits all have abilities that allow them to manipulate the Dreamscape in different ways.
69	* EmotionControl: Hearts can control the mood and emotions of a dream.
70	* EmotionEater: While the details are not yet known, and they apparently don't actually ''eat'' them, Wonderland depends on the dreams of human beings on Earth.
71	* EnemyMine: The Dream Spring is a cataclysmic event that introduced Nightmares into Wonderland, which then ended the Great War of the Queens, what would've otherwise been an [[ForeverWar eternal battle]] between Bianchia and Rougina if the Dream Spring never happened. Once Nightmares were a threat, Rougina and Bianchia worked together and ruled in peace until the latter's passing.
72	* ExpressiveEars: Queens (and their chessmen) communicate a lot through their ears. Some, like Rougina, have a good deal of control over them, but some emotions can get through.
73	* ExoticEyeDesigns: Alice's Wonder Anchor is her heart-shaped pupils, a unique case.
74	* ExtranormalInstitute: The Phantasmagoria University trains oneironauts, people who enter dreams and use magic there.
75	* EyesDoNotBelongThere: Nightmares have eyes all over their bodies.
76	* FantasticCasteSystem: Wonderlandians are divided into four suits, Spades, Hearts, Clubs and Diamonds, with their ranks in this order. Suit clearly determines social standing and profession - Spades are bureaucrats, politicians, and diplomats, Hearts are clergy, teachers and scholars, Clubs are farmers and hunters, Diamonds are manufacturers, artisans, and traders.
77	* FantasticRacism: When Alice arrives at school, three girls tell her that hanging out with a Diamond will ruin her reputation as a Heart. It's clearly visible many times that Diamonds are the lowest on the totem pole.
78	* FatAndSkinny:
79	** The chubby Alice and the slender Edith makes a pairing of this kind.
80	** The Queens too, with the plump Bianchia and the slim Rougina.
81	* FinishingEachOthersSentences: Dee and Dum do this all the time to each other.
82	* FlatWorld: Wonderland and the Looking Glass Territories sit in a ocean on a flat plain. The alt text for the page that reveals this hints that there's something on the other side.
83	* FlintstoneTheming: Sayings and naming system in Wonderland is based around cards. To give an example, "deck" is a team of four Suits.
84	* FriendToAllChildren: Dee and Dum claim that they took up job at Phanty U because they love working with kids. Alt text suggests it was more about aggravating their ex-teachers.
85	* ForeverWar: The Red Queen and the White Queen spent centuries fighting each other, for reason that's not really well-explained.
86	* FourthWallMailSlot: Chapter two ends with three pages of Q&A session with in-universe characters.
87	* FunnyAnimals: The rabbits serving Rougina talk, dress and act like people, while being fluffy, adorable and reaching roughly Alice's knee.
88	* FriendlessBackground:
89	** Alice was left alone with the queen and rabbits for years and as a result knows no-one but them.
90	** While most people apparently attend Phanty U with friends they've known for years, Edith is pretty much alone. She does have siblings working at the uni, though.
91	* GirlPosse: Elsie, Tillie, and Lacie are of the "mean girl" variety, being overbearing to Alice and practicing FantasticRacism against Diamonds semi-openly.
92	* GilliganCut: Alice resolves to [[https://www.aliceandthenightmare.com/comic/chapter-6-page-37 stay awake to avoid her visions]]. Next panel...
93	* GlowingEyesOfDoom:
94	** When Alice's SuperpoweredEvilSide tries to emerge, her eyes start to glow red.
95	** Jabberwocky have multitute of glowing white eyes.
96	* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: More implied than stated outright, but Rougina is manipulating Alice for some unknown purpose, looks down on commoners, and has an ObviouslyEvil demeanor. Also see AmbiguouslyEvil above.
97	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Alice has blonde hair and is probably the sweetest person in Wonderland.
98	* HammyHerald: The President sure ramps it up when introducing Rougina at her inaugural speech.
99	* HeartbeatSoundtrack: Done via written sound effects when Alice tries to calm down after a nightmare.
100	* TheHeartless: Jabberwocky/Nightmares are born from negative human emotions, and some are even humans who were overtaken completely after falling into Wonderland.
101	* HighlyConspicuousUniform: The Cinnabar Army's uniforms are bright red, and eye-visors - which cover the one part of your body you ''[[EyeScream really]]'' don't want to get shot in - are even brighter.
102	* HolyBurnsEvil: [[spoiler:Something, implied to have to do with the black markings infecting her, causes Rougina's vorpal blade to burn her]].
103	* HornedHumanoid: Rougina, and her sister Bianchia as well. Rougina's are deer style, made of Cinnabar, and Bianchia's are moose style, made of Sepiolite.
104	* HollywoodGenetics: A child of two different Suits will never be of mixed suit, only inheriting one or the other, and neither Suit seems to be dominant. As a result of this, it's impossible to guess at first sight that people like [[spoiler:Edith and Dee & Dum]] are related. Subverted, as [[spoiler: Dee & Dum]] are adopted.
105	* HorseOfADifferentColor: The Cinnabar Army's mounts are oversized riding dogs.
106	* HouseOfBrokenMirrors: Rougina's suite has a broken mirror in it, and Rougina's [[spoiler:more than implied to have deeper connection with Jabberwocky than she should.]]
107	* HumanAliens: Aside from Wonder Anchors (which stabilize the Suit's magic), humans and Suits are biologically identical.
108	* HumanResources: [[spoiler:The medicine Alice takes every morning has Rougina's blood as its primary ingredient.]]
109	* HumansAreCthulhu: Wonderland citizens (called suits) consider humans to be extremely powerful, as their soul power is so intense that the runoff that is produced while dreaming (called Dust) powers Wonderland's entire civilization and superpowers. Unfortunately, this has put Wonderland into a "kill all invading humans" mindset because most humans that accidentally enter Wonderland are expected to mutate into nether demons shortly after panicking and inadvertently reality warping themselves from negative emotions.
110	* HumansAreSpecial: A book Alice reads in the library describes Earth humans as such, while also explaining how that same power comes back to bite them if they fall into Wonderland...
111	* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Vena twins have three:
112	** Dee has a scar on their cheek and Dum has a scar cutting over their mouth.
113	** Dee always has their right eye shut and Dum always has their left eye shut.
114	** Dee has their Wonder Anchor on their right hand, Dum on their left hand.
115	* IfItTastesBadItMustBeGoodForYou: When Edith has a taste of Alice's medicine, she actually vomits, but Alice seems to consider it a necessary part of her life.
116	* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: Both Diamonds and Spades can alter dream reality at will. Spades form the "architecture" of the dream world, while Diamonds can create objects and tools, although they have to focus on it heavily.
117	* InfinityPlusOneSword: Rougina's weapon, Vorpal Blade, seems to be this.
118	* InstantCostumeChange: Underplayed, but Rougina manages to get to the Phanty U's back entrance, get out of her usual garb, remake her hair, put on make-up and get into this wonderful dress in the time it gets Alice to reach the main hall, find a sit and open the uni flyer.
119	* InTheBlood: A Heart couple will have children that are Hearts, et cetera. If the parents are two different suits, then the child will take after one of the parents.
120	* InUniverseNickname: Students commonly call Phantasmagoria University "Phanty U", presumably for convenience.
121	* TakesOneToKillOne: Besides a Vorpal weapon, only another Nightmare can kill a Nightmare.
122	* ItWasAGift: When Alice leaves to Phanty U, Rougina gives her a collar-like necklace with a mirror, telling her that with this, her strength with be Alice's strength.
123	* LastOfTheirKind: Alice wonders this about the cat that showed up at Phanty U, as apparently the cats in Wonderland started to vanish after Bianchia was lost in the invasion.
124	* LectureAsExposition: Chapter Two has two lectures and one training session to introduce us fully to magic system and Wonderland itself.
125	* LetterMotif: The GirlPosse all has names ending in "-ie".
126	* LipstickLesbian: WordofGod confirms Edith is a lesbian.
127	* LittleBitBeastly: The Cinnabar Army has deer ears and lion tails.
128	* LockedAwayInAMonastery: According to the cast page, Alice has spent her entire life so far in a place called Heart Church.
129	* LostTechnology: The art of forging Vorpal weaponry was lost some time ago.
130	* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Bianchia's Vorpal weapon is a shield.
131	* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Rougina reveals that she is Alice's mother, and Nightmare Alice is Alice's twin sister]]
132	* MagicIsAMonsterMagnet: Apparently Trinkets can attract Nightmares, hence why they're banned. [[spoiler:At least, that's the story Rougina tells...]]
133	* {{Magitek}}: Everything in Wonderland, from fridges to virtual reality machines, is powered by dream energy.
134	* MeaningfulName: ''Everyone''.
135	** People's names come from their Suits - there are people called Hearts or Herz, Diamonts called Diamant or Dymond, or a Club called Trevols (Catalonyan for clover).
136	** Rougina is a {{Portmanteau}} of Rouge and Regina, Red Queen.
137	** Bianchia comes either from Blanche or Bianca, both of which come from "white".
138	** Azalea has a purple ColorMotif and is named after a purple flower.
139	** Edith is a clever one - the name means "rich, wealthy", and in Italian deck, Diamond is called Coins.
140	** Alice is, of course, the chief AliceAllusion in a story full of them.
141	** Crowther ''Kinnabre'' commands ''Cinnabar'' Army.
142	** Raphus' first name is the Latin genus name for the dodo bird. Guess which ''Alice in Wonderland'' character he represents.
143	** Elsie, Tillie and Lacie are the names of three characters in a story the Dormouse told in Literature/AliceInWonderland: three little girls who lived at the bottom of a treacle well.
144	* MostWritersAreAdults: Averted. Sometime in chapter 4, we see Alice when she was just a child. While there's a few shades of her ''attempting'' to be an AdorablyPrecociousChild, she acts very much like any normal kid would.
145	* MundaneUtility: Rougina uses magic to do her hair.
146	* MyBelovedSmother: To the reader, it's ''very'' clear that Rougina is using all the classic manipulation tactics ("What would you do without me?" "I only do this because I love you!") to keep Alice dancing to her tune.
147	* NameAndName: Alice and the Nightmare.
148	* NighInvulnerable: Nightmares are reportedly immune to damage from everything save Vorpal metal and other Nightmares.
149	* NumberTwo: Azalea and President Spade are both aides to Rougina.
150	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: While Dee and Dum do give their full names, they're pretty much never used afterwards. Justified, as Deetran and Dumquil are a mouthful.
151	* PerformanceAnxiety: Underplayed, but for all the facade she puts, Rougina doesn't feel very comfortable with public speaking.
152	* PinkMeansFeminine: Alice and the rest of Hearts' color. They are described as the "hearts" and are associated with emotions. Somewhat subverted in that even male hearts wear pink.
153	* PlayingCardMotifs: Social castes, sayings and organizations are all named after card terms, mainly suits.
154	* PowerSource: The Dream Spring, from which the dream sand comes and through which one can enter dream space.
155	* PowerTattoo: For people with magic, Wonder Anchors denote what kind of power they have. They also regulate the Suit's magic so Wonderland's higher magic levels aren't a problem like they are for normal humans.
156	* PsychoKnifeNut: The Jokers wield Vorpal daggers, defending oneironauts from Nightmares in the Dreamscape.
157	* PurpleIsPowerful: Jokers are the most powerful Suits, and ones no-one mocks their Diamonds. Their leader Azalea's ColorMotif is purple.
158	* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Azalea is leader of the Jokers and Rougina's assistant. She's also considered the most powerful Suit in Wonderland.
159	* RavenHairIvorySkin: Edith has pale skin and black hair.
160	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Nightmares come in two varieties, one with white eyes, one with red. Though all start out as red, few stay that way very long, which is good, since red-eyed Nightmares can freely change their form while white-eyed Nightmares have a fixed form.
161	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Rougina, despite looking like early thirties, is almost as old as Wonderland itself, which translates to several thousand years. Ditto for Bianchia, although her status is unclear.
162	* RescueRomance: The case with Professor Raphus Trevols and Professor Murinda Dymond. Murinda Dymond saved Trevols' life when he was attacked by a nightmare back in the day, so naturally he married her.
163	* RetiredBadass: Trevols - and, by extension, Dymond - are said to be retired oneironauts, meaning they used to face nightmares on daily basis and made it through.
164	* RuggedScar:
165	** Vena twins' IdenticalTwinIDTag - Dee has one on their cheek, while Dum's cuts across their mouth.
166	** Crowther has a scar across his entire face, going from above left eye to his right cheek.
167	* SceneryPorn: In [[http://www.aliceandthenightmare.com/comic/chapter-4-page-40 Chapter 4, Page 40]], we get a ''gorgeous'' view of the Royal Gardens.
168	* SchizoTech: Technology levels in Wonderland seem to fluctuate more than a bit.
169	* ShoutOut: Regarding dream center creatures in [[https://www.aliceandthenightmare.com/comic/chapter-4-page-26 this comic]], Alice asks, "Oohhh why in the world are the '''[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog hedgehogs]]''' so '''fast'''??"
170	* SiblingYinYang: Edith and her older twin siblings. She's quiet and timid, while they're very much {{Genki\|Girl}}.
171	* SingleMindedTwins: Dee and Dum seem to be this - they finish each other's sentences, express the same emotions and sometimes speak together.
172	* SinkOrSwimMentor: Dee and Dum give this vibe at first, what with [[spoiler:pushing Alice right into a good ten metre's drop.]] Subverted quickly, though, [[spoiler:as it turns out that the fall is perfectly safe.]]
173	* SociallyAwkwardHero:
174	** Alice haven't had much contact with others before her arrival in Phanty U, and sometimes it shows - especially when the GirlPosse latches onto her.
175	** Edith is downright terrified of people. Considering the FantasticRacism she has to put up with on daily basis, it's not very surprising.
176	%% * SpoiledSweet: Alice is the queen's protege and has been raised with no friends, but all provided, yet is extremely nice to everyone and completely ignores FantasticRacism.
177	* SubordinateExcuse: Azalea is described in her character page entry as Rougina's closest friend and her assistant, but their interactions near the end of chapter three imply that their relationship is more than platonic friendship.
178	* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Alice seems to have something like his - whenever she's angry, she gets wide-eyed and starts spilling red dust around. It's implied that medicine she takes daily keeps it at bay. [[spoiler:Learning more about Nightmares hints at a further connection]].
179	* SuperSoldier: The Chessmen are the armies the Queens created to fight against each other.
180	* SwirlingDust: Exploited, as Wonder ability entails manipulating dream dust.
181	* TattooAsCharacterType: Wonder Anchors, while not tattoos exactly, show what Suit a Wonderlander is, and thus what power they have in the Dreamscape. They appear the moment a child's abilities are sealed after they are tested for whether or not they can become an oneironaut.
182	* TeleportationMisfire: After falling into the teleporter, Alice has a moment when she appears to be in dreamlands and something that looks like her evil twin is almost ''giddy'' at her arrival. She freaks out, but after a moment she returns to the Dreaming Dome, and no-one else has seen a thing.
183	* TheDarknessGazesBack: Jabberwocky's aesthetic - darkness with multitude of eyes.
184	* TheGhost: Implied in an alt text:
185	-->''President Spade is usually cooped up in his office and only makes brief appearances as formalities, but otherwise he's a rarely-seen dude.''
186	* TheInspectorIsComing: The second day of school starts with a surprise inspection conducted by the ''military''.
187	* TheGoodKingdom: Wonderland seems to be this. People are happy, the world in advanced and while the Queen's the ruler, there's also a president. The only problems are authorities-discouraged FantasticRacism and possible evilness of Rougina.
188	* ThemeTwinNaming: The Vena twins are both named D[xxyyyy] "D[xx]" T. Vena.
189	* TransformationTrinket: Rougina's horns were apparently this for her, as she lost her ability to transform when they broke off.
190	* TronLines: The oneironautic suits are white with glowy lights in Suits' colours.
191	* TrueBlueFemininity: Edith Diamant wears blue and is introduced as gentle and kind. She has a very feminine appearance.
192	* UnsoundEffect: When Alice discovers the fridge in her room, there's a sound effect "mini-fridge!" accompanying her joy.
193	* VirtualTrainingSimulation: The Dreaming Domes are used to train future oneironauts in safe environment and have part of Dream Spring's output siphoned to them to emulate dreams.
194	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Nightmares / Jabberwocky with red eyes can alter their form at will.
195	* WasOnceAMan: Some red eyed Nightmares were humans that fell into Wonderland and changed.
196	* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: Oh boy. In Chapter 6 Page 41, during the Dream Sim Midterm, Alice's (sleep deprived) strive to not fail in fear of returning to the Heart Church forever, leads her into catching but distressing and popping the dream center. In Page 42, her actions are implied to have caused a Nightmare to spawn in Page 43 right under Edith, putting her in danger. However, the Nightmare fixates on Alice in Page 44 and guns for her. Mabel tries to pull a BigDamnHeroes moment in Page 45 but gets bitten while attempting such. In Page 46, despite Mabel blasting the Nightmare, she got bitten directly on her Wonder Anchor and [[{{Foreshadowing}} as Edith's mother said back in Chapter 5]] and the AltText says for Ch 6 Page 46 specifically, once the infection hits a Wonderlandian's Wonder Anchor they can’t be helped anymore and it's all downhill from there, as we see from Mabel's PainfulTransformation.]]
197	** Also chapter 9, where we learn that Yes, [[spoiler:Alice is the one creating the nightmares, making her a full on ApocalypseMaiden]], possibly related to that, we learn she was also [[spoiler:experimented on as a child, possibly to avoid such a problem in the future.]]
198	** [[spoiler:And at the end of Chapter 9 it turns out she's ''the crown princess''. She was forced into a ''long'' medical coma after the Jabberwocky invasion two centuries ago forced her to ''eat her sister''.]]
199	* WonderTwinPowers: Dee and Dum’s powers are only half as effective when they are separated. This is why Dum keeps turning down Joker membership.[[spoiler:It's because Dee is secretly a Reversal, whose powers are opposite those of a regular Suit]].
200	* WreckedWeapon: Rougina's Vorpal Blade was damaged during the invasion, she kept the blade but lost the hilt.
201	* YouMeanXmas: Wonderland has a lights festival, when they celebrate the ancient Suit Tribes getting together. It happens in winter and is accompanied by exchange of gifts.

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