The Nightmare Witch is a Webtoon created by Jules F, set in a world where Imaginary Friends live alongside the children who created them.
But of course, not every kid is going to imagine a friendly yellow bear or a philosophical tiger— a fair few imagine eldritch abominations. Taken to it's logical conclusion, creative children become scary reality warpers and a dangerous threat to society. The government has built facilities to contain and (rehabilitate?) these children.
Basically it's Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends meets the SCP Foundation.
The comic follows, Tangerine, an optimistic girl new to the rehabilitation facility and her frightening, but sweet, imaginary friend Luna.
The comic can be found on Tapas at the link here: https://tapas.io/series/The-Nightmare-Witch/info
The Nightmare Witch contains examples of:
- Aerith and Bob: Some of the characters have normal names like Bo, then there's Tangerine, and Rasher.
- Cyclops: The facility staff are all one eyed creatures. It is unknown whether they are imaginary or something else...
- Extra Normal Institute: The NCF, a facility to teach imaginative kids how to reintegrate into society.
- Good Parents: Despite admitting her into the rehabilitation facility, Tangerine's parents are shown to be loving and supportive. Her dad, upon seeing her monstrous creation Luna, welcomed her into the family.
- Imaginary Enemy: The children refer to these as simply "fears." Tangerine's is an uncontrollable mass of hands that appears from her nightmares.
- Imagine Spot: Tangerine is prone to these. After telling Bo that her parents named her tangerine because her head looked just like one when she was a baby, she proceeds to imagine Bo as a baby with a bow for a head...
- Plucky Girl: Tangerine is nothing but pluck. She cuddles with monsters, and happily chatters to the most angsty kids at the facility. And she's quite sure that if she follows the rules, her and Luna will go back home and live Happily Ever After.
- 20 Minutes into the Future: The setting appears to be this trope. While the clothing styles, architecture, and use of pencil and paper suggest a modern era, there are also space mining colonies and a mention of alien encounters (though this may have been Tangerine's imagination.
- The Virus: The unnamed nightmare mass of hands are able to painfully transform whatever they touch into an extension of themselves.
