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* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Sadako, to a T. She looks innocent enough, but man that girl has some issues. Even after she gets killed in the real world, she still stalks Ellie in dreams to the point of raping her every night as punishment, causing the latter to be DrivenBySuicide.]]

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* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Sadako, to a T. She looks innocent enough, but man that girl has some issues. Even after she gets killed in the real world, she still stalks Ellie in dreams to the point of raping her every night as punishment, causing the latter to be DrivenBySuicide.DrivenToSuicide.]]

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* AwkwardlyGayDream: Fiona has one in Part 1: Issue 3, causing her to fear that she might be gay, as well as worrying how Lia will feel about the dream. [[spoiler:Ellie not so much has them as she has [[MindRape Sadako inflict them on her]].]]



* HomoeroticDream: Fiona has one in Part 1: Issue 3, causing her to fear that she might be gay, as well as worrying how Lia will feel about the dream. [[spoiler:Ellie not so much has them as she has [[MindRape Sadako inflict them on her]].]]

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But then Lia moves in next door and real life seems more interesting with her around. Fiona gains another friend in Jake, a green haired boy she saves from a bunch of bullies who attack him for being gay. Fiona is drawn to him, intrigued by this thing known as "gay". She begins to look at Lia in a whole new light. But what will Lia think of it

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But then Lia moves in next door and real life seems more interesting with her around. Fiona gains another friend in Jake, a green haired boy she saves from a bunch of bullies who attack him for being gay. Fiona is drawn to him, intrigued by this thing known as "gay". She begins to look at Lia in a whole new light. But what will Lia think of itit?



* BilingualBonus: "yume" is Japanese for "dream"

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* BilingualBonus: "yume" is Japanese for "dream""dream", which makes sense since [[spoiler:most of the comic takes place in dreams.]]



* CastFullOfGay: similar to MagneticGirlfriend, [[spoiler:Sarah]] is implied to be not straight as well, since [[spoiler:she kisses Fiona towards the end of act 1. In act 2, the actor that played Sarah in her dream, Lucy, had an early script even said that "Sarah" harbored a secret crush on Fiona in the script.]] [[spoiler:Cass also appears to be involved or have a crush on Sarah, and have a total [[BerserkButton flip out]] towards Fi after she catches them kissing.]] On top of those spoilers, Jake, Don and [[spoiler:Richard]] are all gay as well.
** [[spoiler:Sadako is also gay/bi.]]

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* CastFullOfGay: similar to MagneticGirlfriend, A lot of characters in the comic aren't straight, with the main protagonists Fiona and Lia being lesbians. [[spoiler:Sarah]] is implied to be not straight as well, since [[spoiler:she kisses Fiona towards the end of act 1. In act 2, the actor that played Sarah in her dream, Lucy, had an early script even said that "Sarah" harbored a secret crush on Fiona in the script.]] [[spoiler:Cass also appears to be involved or have a crush on Sarah, and have a total [[BerserkButton flip out]] towards Fi after she catches them kissing.]] On top of those spoilers, Jake, Don and [[spoiler:Richard]] are all gay as well.
** [[spoiler:Sadako
well. Finally,[[spoiler:Sadako is also gay/bi.gay/bi, since she had crushes on two girls back when she was alive.]]



* DramaBomb: Many of these are in Part 1: Issues 1 - 8, but Part 1: Issue 9 definitely takes the cake on this. The ending of this issue is a total drama bomb, which was a WhamEpisode to all, but to some it was ridiculous, to some it was FridgeBrilliance after a few months.

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* DramaBomb: Many of these are in Part 1: Issues 1 - 8, but Part 1: Issue 9 definitely takes the cake on this. this, including [[spoiler:Fiona's gay godfather Richard arriving and telling her about her upbringing, including her mother's suicide due to her father cheating with her stepmother, Fiona admitting to being a lesbian to her stepmother, which gets her grounded (though Richard takes her to the prom anyway), and James getting together with Sadako]]. The ending of this issue issue, which reveals that [[spoiler:everything up to this point was AllJustADream]], is a total drama bomb, which was a WhamEpisode to all, but to some it was ridiculous, to some it was FridgeBrilliance after a few months.



* PhotoComic: Only for a little bit and only to [[spoiler:artistically separate DreamLand and RealLife]].

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* PhotoComic: Only The comic uses real life photographs only for a little bit and only to [[spoiler:artistically separate DreamLand and RealLife]].



** The massive reveal at the end of Part 1 is detailed more in the DramaBomb list, especially the last one. In a nutshell: [[spoiler:Sadako is the BigBad, it's AllJustADream, and Fiona was in a coma induced by a suicide attempt after she learned her mother succeeded at doing the same]].

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** The massive reveal at the end of Part 1 is detailed more in the DramaBomb list, especially the last one. In a nutshell: 1: [[spoiler:Sadako is the BigBad, it's AllJustADream, and Fiona was in a coma induced by a suicide attempt after she learned her mother succeeded at doing the same]].



* TeenDrama: given the list of 10 [[DramaBomb drama bombs]] above and that the story's main characters are teens or [[spoiler:at least ''play'' teens in dreams...oh 400 year old Lia]]...it's rather obvious that Part 1 is a total TeenDrama.

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* TeenDrama: given Given the list sheer number of 10 [[DramaBomb drama bombs]] above at the end of Part 1 and that the story's main characters are teens or [[spoiler:at least ''play'' teens in dreams...oh 400 year old Lia]]...it's rather obvious that Part 1 is a total TeenDrama.

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But then Lia moves in next door and real life seems more interesting with her around. Fiona gains another friend in Jake, a green haired boy she saves from a bunch of bullies who attack him for being gay. Fiona is drawn to him, intrigued by this thing known as "gay". She begins to look at Lia in a whole new light. But what will Lia think of it?

Up until the end of issue 9, readers thought this was a case of lesbians living in TeenDrama. Issue 9 dropped a TON of [[DramaBomb drama bombs]].

1. Sarah [[spoiler:kisses Fiona/Cass walks in and gets jealous]]\\
2. Fiona gets grounded for admitting to being a lesbian and can't go to the prom.\\
3. Fiona meets [[spoiler:her gay godfather, Richard]] who her parents have been keeping from her.\\
4. [[spoiler:Richard]] tells Fiona some pretty major things about her family that she didn't know/had amnesia about, such as the fact that [[spoiler: her mother committed suicide by getting into a car accident with little Fiona in the car because her father was cheating, with the WickedStepmother]]\\
5. Fiona decides to go prom and her parental units do not stop her due to #4.\\
6. Fiona faints.\\
7. James has an announcement to make: [[spoiler:Sadako is his new girlfriend]].\\
8. Fiona faints again and wakes to [[spoiler:Sadako and Lia fighting]].\\
9. '''The Big One.''' At Fiona's questioning of what's going on, [[spoiler:Sadako]], Lia, and Don tell her that [[spoiler:everything up until this point was AllJustADream and Lia, Jake, Don, etc have all been actors, though Lia gets in that her feelings for Fiona were real]].\\
10. Fiona [[spoiler:wakes up from a coma, that we find out she caused by trying to commit suicide upon learning that her own mother tried to kill her]].

Part Two begins with more of an explanation and then Fiona [[spoiler:finds a way back to DreamLand to search for Lia]].

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But then Lia moves in next door and real life seems more interesting with her around. Fiona gains another friend in Jake, a green haired boy she saves from a bunch of bullies who attack him for being gay. Fiona is drawn to him, intrigued by this thing known as "gay". She begins to look at Lia in a whole new light. But what will Lia think of it?

Up until the end of issue 9, readers thought this was a case of lesbians living in TeenDrama. Issue 9 dropped a TON of [[DramaBomb drama bombs]].

1. Sarah [[spoiler:kisses Fiona/Cass walks in and gets jealous]]\\
2. Fiona gets grounded for admitting to being a lesbian and can't go to the prom.\\
3. Fiona meets [[spoiler:her gay godfather, Richard]] who her parents have been keeping from her.\\
4. [[spoiler:Richard]] tells Fiona some pretty major things about her family that she didn't know/had amnesia about, such as the fact that [[spoiler: her mother committed suicide by getting into a car accident with little Fiona in the car because her father was cheating, with the WickedStepmother]]\\
5. Fiona decides to go prom and her parental units do not stop her due to #4.\\
6. Fiona faints.\\
7. James has an announcement to make: [[spoiler:Sadako is his new girlfriend]].\\
8. Fiona faints again and wakes to [[spoiler:Sadako and Lia fighting]].\\
9. '''The Big One.''' At Fiona's questioning of what's going on, [[spoiler:Sadako]], Lia, and Don tell her that [[spoiler:everything up until this point was AllJustADream and Lia, Jake, Don, etc have all been actors, though Lia gets in that her feelings for Fiona were real]].\\
10. Fiona [[spoiler:wakes up from a coma, that we find out she caused by trying to commit suicide upon learning that her own mother tried to kill her]].

Part Two begins with more of an explanation and then Fiona [[spoiler:finds a way back to DreamLand to search for Lia]].
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* ReincarnationRomance [[spoiler:When Fiona and Lia decide to leave Nod, they realize that both of them are dead in the real world, so Don finds a loop hole that technically "kills" them in Nod, but sends their souls back to Earth, where they can reincarnate and find each other.]]
** [[spoiler:The second to last page shows that though they haven't met up in the real world in their new lives yet, they can still see each in Nod until they do.]]
*** [[spoiler:As of the last page, TheyDo]]

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* ReincarnationRomance [[spoiler:When Fiona and Lia decide to leave Nod, they realize that both of them are dead in the real world, so Don finds a loop hole that technically "kills" them in Nod, but sends their souls back to Earth, where they can reincarnate and find each other.]]
** [[spoiler:The second to last page shows that though
However, they haven't met don't meet up in the real world in their new lives yet, they can still see each in Nod until they do.]]
*** [[spoiler:As of
the last page, TheyDo]]page.]]

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* AbusiveParents: Of the WickedStepmother variety
* AbhorrentAdmirer: James
* AgeAppropriateAngst: Young Fiona

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* AbusiveParents: Of the WickedStepmother variety
variety; see that trope for info
* AbhorrentAdmirer: James
James. Fiona doesn't want to date him because she's a lesbian, but James doesn't realize that, and he becomes ruder and vengeful once he's rejected.
* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:How Sadako died; A man, possibly Ellie's father, tried to get Sadako away from her, but she was tripped by accident and crashed backwards into a window, embedding glass in her right eye and stomach, killing her.]]
* AgeAppropriateAngst: Young FionaFiona was traumatized by [[spoiler:her mother's suicide which also aimed to kill her]], and as such grew up isolated from others and didn't befriend people until she met Jake, Dominic, and Lia [[spoiler:in her dreams because once she rediscovered the truth behind her mother, she attempted to commit suicide too, but instead fell into a coma]].



* AlphaBitch: Sarah and Cass

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* AlphaBitch: Sarah and CassCass, the popular girls who constantly tease and pick on Fiona, especially Sarah since she constantly blames things on Fiona.



* ArtShift: Constantly. After TheReveal far more so, but even before then there were quite a few different styles on display.

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* ArtShift: Constantly. The first part of the comic was generally somewhat {{Animesque}}, but after TheReveal, the art shifts became much more frequent:
** The first true signs of Art Shift were when [[spoiler: Fiona wakes up, changing the style to a PhotoComic for her real-world portions]].
**
After TheReveal far more so, but even before then there were quite a few different [[spoiler:Fiona begins dreaming again]], the art styles on display.constantly change, including a Disney-esque artstyle, an artstyle with a lack of borders, and even claymation.
** [[spoiler:Lia's backstory has an artstyle that harkens to back to the 40s and 50s.]]
** [[spoiler:Sadako's real-world backstory is evocative of manga, being fully {{Animesque}} and black and white, at a time when the comic had shifted to full color.]]



* BearsAreBadNews

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* BearsAreBadNewsBearsAreBadNews: [[spoiler: Sadako's castle]] has bear guards, who are in charge of throwing people in jail cells and making them get out for whatever reason.



* BloodyHandprint

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* BloodyHandprintTheBlank: Slighty subverted with [[spoiler:No Face]]. At first, it appears he has no facial features at all, only to reveal that he has [[spoiler:a mouth - with a set of razor sharp teeth in it]].
* BloodyHandprint: Used as a GoryDiscretionShot - we are made to expect that a group are all dead, then someone goes to find out and all we see is the handprint.



* CastFullOfGay: similar to MagneticGirlfriend, [[spoiler:Sarah]] is implied to be not straight as well, since [[spoiler:they kiss towards the end of act 1. In act 2, the actor that played Sarah in her dream, Lucy, had an early script even said that "Sarah" harbored a secret crush on Fiona in the script.]] [[spoiler:Cass also appears to be involved or have a crush on Sarah, and have a total [[BerserkButton flip out]] towards Fi after she catches them kissing.]] On top of those spoilers, Jake, Don and [[spoiler:Richard]] are all gay as well.

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* CastFullOfGay: similar to MagneticGirlfriend, [[spoiler:Sarah]] is implied to be not straight as well, since [[spoiler:they kiss [[spoiler:she kisses Fiona towards the end of act 1. In act 2, the actor that played Sarah in her dream, Lucy, had an early script even said that "Sarah" harbored a secret crush on Fiona in the script.]] [[spoiler:Cass also appears to be involved or have a crush on Sarah, and have a total [[BerserkButton flip out]] towards Fi after she catches them kissing.]] On top of those spoilers, Jake, Don and [[spoiler:Richard]] are all gay as well.



* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: [[spoiler:Clandestine Jones. This is later revealed to be because she used to be Sadako's conscience. But Sadako ''banished'' her for, basically, not letting her have her [[RapeAsDrama "fun"]] with Ellie.]]
* ComingOutStory: [[spoiler:A theme in Part 1]]
** Subverted by the end of Part 1. See the Drama Bomb.
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Sadako. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because Nod won't let her die without a suitable replacement.]]
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:No-Face.]]

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: [[spoiler:Clandestine Jones.Jones nearly always has a strange way of acting, such as looking at a dangerous creature in awe or thinking that a journal was [[LiteralMinded literally "planted" from a plant]]. This is later revealed to be because she used to be Sadako's conscience. But Sadako ''banished'' her for, basically, not letting her have her [[RapeAsDrama "fun"]] with Ellie.]]
* ComingOutStory: [[spoiler:A theme in Part 1]]
** Subverted
1, where Fiona discovers that she is a lesbian when she gains feelings for Lia.]] This is subverted by the end of Part 1. See the Drama Bomb.
1, though, since [[spoiler:it was AllJustADream.]]
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Sadako. Having spent so much time in Nod, she just wants to move on into the next life. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because Nod won't let her die without a suitable replacement.]]
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale: Also subverted. [[spoiler:Sadako believes she is justified in what she does to Ellie, but the consequences for both Ellie and Sadako are fairly unforgiving.]]
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:No-Face.[[spoiler:No-Face, the blank-faced man who tormented Fiona's dreams, serves as Sadako's right-hand man. He is sent by her to bring the dreamer with the strongest heart to kill her.]]



** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=917 here (WARNING: Mega Spoiler!)]]

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** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=917 here (WARNING: Mega Spoiler!)]]Spoiler!)]] The drama bomb is represented as a ''literal bomb''.



* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Fiona's mom]], [[spoiler:Fiona]], [[spoiler:Ellie]], [[spoiler:the King of Nod]], [[spoiler:Sadako]] and [[spoiler:Lia, although she wasn't really so much "driven" as semi-murdered]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext (it's complicated)]]. And then [[spoiler: Fiona and Lia again, but in a [[ReincarnationRomance happier tone]].]] This story seems to love this trope.
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale: Also subverted. [[spoiler:Sadako believes she is justified in what she does to Ellie, but the consequences for both Ellie and Sadako are fairly unforgiving.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:No Face.]] Even [[WordOfGod the author themself]] comments on [[spoiler:how anticlimactic that death was]]. Done to avoid WhatHappenedToTheMouse.[[invoked]]
* DyingDream: [[spoiler:Fiona questions whether everything is a dying dream to her during part 2. Candy asks her if it would make a difference or make it any less real.]]
* EasyRoadToHell: Sister Mary routinely informs the students of things that will send them to hell. These include jumping on the bed, wearing striped socks to school, and running red lights.
* ExecutiveMeddling: an in-universe example revealed in flashback wherein [[spoiler:conscience management have concluded Fiona will react better to her conscience if she acts like an ethnic stereotype. Cue hilarious scenes where said conscience struggles to understand Ebonics and complains about her outfit]].
* EyeScream: [[spoiler: The story behind Sadako's eye.]]

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* DrivenToSuicide: DreamWithinADream: [[spoiler:Fiona's mom]], [[spoiler:Fiona]], [[spoiler:Ellie]], [[spoiler:the King of Nod]], [[spoiler:Sadako]] and [[spoiler:Lia, although dreams in Part 1 were this since she wasn't really so much "driven" as semi-murdered]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext (it's complicated)]]. And then [[spoiler: Fiona and Lia again, but was in a [[ReincarnationRomance happier tone]].]] dream the whole time. She later has more dreams when dreaming again in Part 2, though this time she's aware that she's in the dream world.]]
* DrivenToSuicide:
This story seems to love this trope.
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale: Also subverted.
trope:
** [[spoiler:Fiona's mom was the first case of this. After her life fell apart, she wrote a suicide note and drove with Fiona into an oncoming car, attempting to take her daughter's life with her own. Fiona survived, but she didn't.]]
** [[spoiler:Fiona attempted suicide herself after finding her mother's suicide note; wanting to finish what her mom started, she drove her car into a tree. Fiona didn't die, but she entered a coma where Part 1 took place.]]
** [[spoiler:After having enough of Sadako raping her in the dream world, Ellie committed suicide to get away from the pain.]]
** [[spoiler:Implied with the King of Nod; we don't see anything happen to him, but it's inferred that he's been king for so long that he is tired of life and wants someone to kill him so he can pass on.]]
**
[[spoiler:Sadako believes fell on the same trajectory as the King of Nod; since she's lived in Nod for such a long time, she is justified in what just wants to die so she does can find peace.]]
** [[spoiler:Lia didn't want
to Ellie, but live without her love George, who was killed in the consequences for both Ellie and war. When she meets him [[ItMakesSenseInContext (actually Sadako are fairly unforgiving.in disguise)]] in her dreams, Lia thinks that she's in the afterlife and wants to stay with George, so she bricks up the wall to reality; however, this can also be classified as an indirect somewhat-murder due to Lia being unaware of "George"'s identity in Nod.]]
** [[spoiler:Finally, in the end, Fiona and Lia, hoping to reunite in the real world, jump through a portal which kills their dream versions but allows their souls to be reborn in reality. Unlike the other cases, this one has a [[ReincarnationRomance much happier tone]].
]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:No Face. His neck is snapped in the background of a panel by Lia, under her "Mara" persona.]] Even [[WordOfGod the author themself]] comments on [[spoiler:how anticlimactic that death was]]. Done to avoid WhatHappenedToTheMouse.[[invoked]]
* DyingDream: [[spoiler:Fiona questions whether everything is a dying dream to her during part 2. Candy Clandy asks her if it would make a difference or make it any less real.]]
* EasyRoadToHell: Sister Mary routinely informs the students of things that will send them to hell. These include jumping on the bed, wearing striped socks to school, and running red lights.
lights.
* ExecutiveMeddling: an An in-universe example revealed in flashback wherein [[spoiler:conscience management have concluded Fiona will react better to her conscience if she acts like an ethnic stereotype. Cue hilarious scenes where said conscience struggles to understand Ebonics and complains about her outfit]].
* EyeScream: [[spoiler: The story behind Sadako's eye.eye; it was punctured by a shard of glass in the real world, with a spiral taking its place in the dream world.]]



* GenreShift: Between Part 1 and Part 2

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* GenreShift: Between Part 1 and Part 22; part 1 is a lesbian TeenDrama, whereas part 2 is [[spoiler:an adventure through a DreamLand where Fiona's main goal is to find Lia.]]



* GildedCage: The place where [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1845 Sadako imprisons Lia]] is pretty much one.
* GirlsLove: Fiona and Lia, arguably [[spoiler:Sarah and Cass]] given their behaviors.
* GoodAngelBadAngel: Conscience

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* GildedCage: The place where [[http://rosalarian.[[spoiler:[[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1845 Sadako imprisons Lia]] is pretty much one.
Lia]]]]: a luxurious-looking jail cell with a fancy bed, tea, a box TV, and even a pool.
* GirlsLove: GoodAngelBadAngel:
** Downplayed with Fiona's Conscience; she appears as an angel who gives
Fiona and Lia, arguably [[spoiler:Sarah and Cass]] given their behaviors.
* GoodAngelBadAngel: Conscience
advice, but there is no devil counterpart for her.
** Lia also has an angellike conscience, once again without a devil counterpart.



* InnocentInnuendo --"[[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=308 Do you want my cherry?]]"
* INeverGotAnyLetters

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* InnocentInnuendo --"[[http://rosalarian.InnocentInnuendo: When Lia asks [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=308 Do "Do you want my cherry?]]"
cherry?"]] in one strip, Fiona does a SpitTake, thinking that she's talking about the ''other'' kind of cherry. However, it turns out she meant an actual cherry.
* INeverGotAnyLettersINeverGotAnyLetters: It's revealed that Fiona's godfather has been writing to her but her stepmother throws his letters away. At first, it's implied that this is because he's gay, then [[spoiler: it turns out that it's because her father and stepmother have been keeping hidden the fact that her mother committed suicide with young Fiona in the car, which her godfather tells her about]].



* JerkAss: [[spoiler:Sebastian, the guy who played Jake.]]
* JiveTurkey: Oddly enough, Fiona's conscience, in the Part 1: Issue 1. By Issue 2, she still speaks in ebonics, but noticeably toned down.
** Later explained and subverted [[spoiler:because her conscious was being told to act that way by her boss]].
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler:Lia when she lost her conscience, especially compared to Sadako's relatively benign reaction to losing her conscience. Granted, [[LoveMakesYouEvil Sadako wasn't exactly a paragon to begin with]], but she never fell near as far as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Terrible Mara]].]]

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* JerkAss: [[spoiler:Sebastian, the guy who played Jake.Jake, is nothing like the character he plays, caring more about fame and fortune than anything else..]]
* JiveTurkey: Oddly enough, Fiona's conscience, conscience speaks in the ebonics in Part 1: Issue 1. By Issue 2, she still speaks in ebonics, does so, but it's noticeably toned down.
** Later explained and subverted [[spoiler:because her conscious was being told to act that way by her boss]].
boss. As a result, she drops this in Part 2.]]
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler:Lia when she lost her conscience, especially compared to Sadako's relatively benign reaction to losing her conscience. Granted, [[LoveMakesYouEvil Sadako wasn't exactly a paragon to begin with]], but she never fell near as far as the mass murderer known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Terrible Mara]].]]



* LampshadeHanging[=/=]LeaningOnTheFourthWall: [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=670 "Oh, I thought you were trying to look like some comic book character."]]

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* LampshadeHanging[=/=]LeaningOnTheFourthWall: [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=670 Sarah saying "Oh, I thought you were trying to look like some comic book character."]]"]] to Fiona when she finds out the origin of the white part of her bangs. They are quite literally in a comic.



* LipstickLesbian: both Fiona and Lia
* LoveHurts: see DramaBomb list above
* LoveMakesYouEvil: it is hinted that [[spoiler:Sadako impersonated Lia's dead lover and tricked her into staying forever in the DreamLand, at least partly because she couldn't stand to see her so upset at his death.]]
** [[spoiler: Sadako could count when she first became Queen of Dreams and started abusing her power to have Ellie "make things up" to her for causing her death.[[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=2145 See what I mean]]?]]

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* LipstickLesbian: both Both Fiona and Lia
Lia; they're generally feminine and are in love with each other.
* LoveHurts: see While Lia and Fiona don't have any easy time at first, this is nothing compared to when the major DramaBomb list above
hits. This seems to be intentional, as the author/artist explains [[https://web.archive.org/web/20100113203930/http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=941 here]].
* LoveMakesYouEvil: it It is hinted that [[spoiler:Sadako impersonated Lia's dead lover and tricked her into staying forever in the DreamLand, at least partly because she couldn't stand to see her so upset at his death.]]
** [[spoiler: Sadako could count when she first became Queen of Dreams and started abusing her power to have Ellie "make things up" to her for causing her death. This eventually proves too much for Ellie [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=2145 See what I mean]]?]]and she commits suicide.]]]]



* [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]]: [[spoiler: Sadako]]

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* [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]]: [[spoiler: Sadako]]Sadako. As ruler of Nod, she gets to manipulate her subjects the way she wants to, such as forcing Lucy to spy on the protagonists.]]



* MindScrew: We can see the writing on the wall in the ending of Part 1: Issue 9, but from Part 2: Issue 1 onward, Yu+Me is ''absolutely insane''.

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* MindScrew: We can see the writing on the wall in the ending of Part 1: Issue 9, 9 ([[spoiler:when reality appears to break apart as a result of it all being a dream]]), but from Part 2: Issue 1 onward, Yu+Me is ''absolutely insane''.insane'', including random {{Art Shift}}s, characters with crazy traits, and more, which is justified since [[spoiler:it takes place in the dream world, but in a more fantastical setting compared to the normal settings from Part 1, and Fiona is aware she's dreaming this time]].



* TheMole: [[spoiler:Sadako]] and [[spoiler:Lucy, who was made sympathetic by having been coerced into it and by trying to act as a DoubleAgent in favor of the protagonists]].

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* TheMole: [[spoiler:Sadako]] The first part has [[spoiler:Sadako, who turns out to be the ruler of the Dream World and sends Fiona out of her dream.]] The second part has [[spoiler:Lucy, who was made sympathetic by having been coerced into it and by trying to act as a DoubleAgent in favor of the protagonists]].



* NothingIsScarier: No Face has no face. And when he smiles...
* OverlyLongName: While we knew him as Jake, it is later revealed that his name is a lot longer than we thought [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1378 (spoiler warning)]]. Briefly parodied [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1208 here]] as well.
* OutOfClothesExperience: Fiona naked when [[spoiler: she first returns to the dream world]]. This could be a CMOF since she didn't realize until some guy pointed out much to her embarrassment. And that her conscience told her she didn't have to be naked.
---> '''Fiona''': "Geez! I'm naked?! Stupid symbolic nudity!"

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* NothingIsScarier: [[spoiler: No Face Face]] has no face. And when he smiles...
* OverlyLongName: OverlyLongName:
**
While we knew him as Jake, it is later revealed that his name is a lot longer than we thought in [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1378 this comic (spoiler warning)]]. warning)]]: [[spoiler: Sebstaian Beauregard Constantine II]].
**
Briefly parodied [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=1208 here]] as well.
well, after [[spoiler:Lucy]]'s name is revealed.
---> '''[[spoiler:Lucy]]''': "What were you expecting? Mariella Xylophone Lucia Sassifrass Van Gogh the Third?"
* OutOfClothesExperience: Fiona is suddenly naked when [[spoiler: she first returns to the dream world]]. This could be a CMOF since she didn't realize until some guy pointed out much to her embarrassment. And that her Her conscience told tells her she didn't doesn't have to be naked.
---> '''Fiona''': "Geez! I'm naked?! Stupid symbolic nudity!"
naked, so she [[spoiler:imagines herself]] wearing clothes.



* PungeonMaster: Just ''look'' at that title! Painful on ''so'' many levels, especially following the DramaBomb. And then there's one of the old taglines "[[spoiler:Fiona has found the girl of her dreams...]]"
* RealityWarper: [[spoiler:Dreamers.]]

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* PungeonMaster: PunBasedTitle: Just ''look'' at that title! Painful on ''so'' many levels, especially following the DramaBomb. And then there's one of the old taglines taglines: "[[spoiler:Fiona has found the girl of her dreams...]]"
* RealityWarper: [[spoiler:Dreamers.[[spoiler:Dreamers, who can manipulate their environments since they're in a dream.]]



* {{Retraux}}: Let's just say that Megan's affinity for the 40s and 50s is not limited to [[Webcomic/IWasKidnappedByLesbianPiratesFromOuterSpace their other comic]].
* TheReveal: consider the DramaBomb list, especially the last one.
* SadistTeacher: Nuns, technically.

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* {{Retraux}}: Let's just say that Megan's affinity for the 40s and 50s is not limited to [[Webcomic/IWasKidnappedByLesbianPiratesFromOuterSpace their other comic]].
comic]]. [[spoiler:Lia's past is presented in black & white with a style evocative of those two decades, which makes sense since she lived during World War II.]]
* TheReveal: consider TheReveal:
** The massive reveal at the end of Part 1 is detailed more in
the DramaBomb list, especially the last one.
one. In a nutshell: [[spoiler:Sadako is the BigBad, it's AllJustADream, and Fiona was in a coma induced by a suicide attempt after she learned her mother succeeded at doing the same]].
** There are some more reveals in Part 2, such as [[spoiler:Sadako and Lia being long-dead in the real world and being trapped in Nod, Lucy being forced to spy on Fiona and her group by Sadako, Clandestine being Sadako's former conscience, Himitsu, and much of the plot being a plan for Sadako to commit suicide]].
* SadistTeacher: Nuns, technically. Sister Mary often gives out punishments to Fiona, but most of the time, it was either based on her beliefs or Fiona was framed by Sarah.



* ShaggyDogStory: The end of part one arguably turns the comic into this, for some

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* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: The end of part one arguably turns the comic into this, for somesome, as it renders much of the actions and events beforehand moot due to it being AllJustADream.]]



* SoHappyTogether: Fiona goes to prom and is very happy because she gets to be with Lia when a DramaBomb goes off...
* TeenDrama: given the list of 10 [[DramaBomb drama bombs]] above and that the story's main characters are teens or [[spoiler:at least ''play'' teens in dreams...oh 400 year old Lia]]...it's rather obvious that Part 1 is a total TeenDrama
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Don on page [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=605 283]].

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* SoHappyTogether: Fiona goes to prom and is very happy because she gets to be with Lia Lia, at least until [[spoiler:it's revealed to be AllJustADream, which separates the two.]] Thankfully, it's subverted when a DramaBomb goes off...
[[spoiler:Fiona and Lia get together again in the dream world, ultimately meeting up with each other as reincarnations in real life and presumably starting another relationship]].
* TeenDrama: given the list of 10 [[DramaBomb drama bombs]] above and that the story's main characters are teens or [[spoiler:at least ''play'' teens in dreams...oh 400 year old Lia]]...it's rather obvious that Part 1 is a total TeenDrama
TeenDrama.
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Don on page [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=605 283]].283]] when he says that Fiona and Lia have drama-filled lives.



* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler:Part One is AllJustADream]]
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: not entirely trauma induced, but Fiona doesn't remember certain things about her past until [[spoiler:Richard]] starts telling her how her mother died.

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* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler:Part One is AllJustADream]]
AllJustADream, and all of the characters except Fiona know it.]]
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: not Not entirely trauma induced, but Fiona doesn't remember certain things about her past until [[spoiler:Richard]] starts telling her how her mother died.



* WasItAllALie: I hate to keep referring to it, but see #9 of the DramaBomb list.
* WhamEpisode: Part 1: Issue 9.

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* WasItAllALie: I hate to keep referring to it, but see #9 of Fiona wonders something along the DramaBomb list.
lines of this after it's revealed that [[spoiler:Lia was just a character in her dream. Thankfully, Lia gets to tell Fiona that while she is not real, her feelings for Fiona are]].
* WhamEpisode: Part 1: Issue 9. ''Everything'' changes when it's revealed that [[spoiler:everything up to this point was in Fiona's dream, and she was in a coma in the real world]]. It also marks the GenreShift for the second part.



* WickedStepmother: Fiona has one [[spoiler:According to the [[WordOfGod author]], she's [[InvertedTrope actually not that bad; Fiona just perceives her as "wicked"]]]]. [[invoked]]
* WoundedGazelleGambit: "[[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=42 *puts gum in her hair* Sister Mary! Fiona spit gum into my hair! *whine*]]"
* Yandere: [[spoiler:Sadako, to a T. She looks innocent enough, but man that girl has some issues.]]
* YoureJustJealous: [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=2120 literally]].
* YuriFan: Mr. Bun, at least in one of [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=409 Fiona's dreams]].

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* WickedStepmother: Fiona has one one, whom we realize is rather wicked once we learn that [[spoiler: her affair with her now-husband is what caused Fiona's real mother to be Driven to Suicide]]. [[spoiler:According to the [[WordOfGod author]], she's [[InvertedTrope actually not that bad; Fiona just perceives her as "wicked"]]]]. [[invoked]]
* WoundedGazelleGambit: "[[http://rosalarian.[[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=42 *puts Sarah putting gum in her hair* Sister Mary! hair]] and, in a way to get Fiona spit gum into my hair! *whine*]]"
in trouble, claiming that the latter put it there.
* Yandere: {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Sadako, to a T. She looks innocent enough, but man that girl has some issues. Even after she gets killed in the real world, she still stalks Ellie in dreams to the point of raping her every night as punishment, causing the latter to be DrivenBySuicide.]]
* YoureJustJealous: How [[spoiler:Sadako [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=2120 literally]].
responds]] to her conscience objecting to her actions, claiming that she's just jealous that someone loves her.]]
* YuriFan: Mr. Bun, Bun saying he wants to watch Fiona and Lia's romance, at least in one of [[http://rosalarian.com/yume/?p=409 Fiona's dreams]].
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* FreudianExcuse: Subverted. [[spoiler:Sadako]] gets set up for this the second her story/issue starts, since we know that [[spoiler:humans go all ChaoticEvil when separated from their consciences]]. Then it turns out [[spoiler:she ''shunned'' her conscience because the poor girl was trying to keep her from having "fun" (read: random acts of manipulation and [[JerkAss jerkassery]]).]] [[invoked]]

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* FreudianExcuse: Subverted. [[spoiler:Sadako]] gets set up for this the second her story/issue starts, since we know that [[spoiler:humans go all ChaoticEvil become evil when separated from their consciences]]. Then it turns out [[spoiler:she ''shunned'' her conscience because the poor girl was trying to keep her from having "fun" (read: random acts of manipulation and [[JerkAss jerkassery]]).]] [[invoked]]

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* YanDere: [[spoiler:Sadako, to a T. She looks innocent enough, but man that girl has some issues.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Jake has green hair, Sadako's hair is purple-ish, Fiona's hair is naturally two-toned, Don's hair is just... funky [[spoiler:because he's of a humanoid race who's hair changes every day, Lucy can change heads so it's inevitable for her, Clandestine/Himitsu ''was'' brunette but losing Sadako drove her insane and made it turn blue, and Fiona's disguises consisted of brown-green hair and pink-purple hair. This series likes this trope a lot.]]

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* YanDere: Yandere: [[spoiler:Sadako, to a T. She looks innocent enough, but man that girl has some issues.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Jake has green hair, Sadako's hair is purple-ish, Fiona's hair is naturally two-toned, Don's hair is just... funky [[spoiler:because he's of a humanoid race who's hair changes every day, Lucy can change heads so it's inevitable for her, Clandestine/Himitsu ''was'' brunette but losing Sadako drove her insane and made it turn blue, and Fiona's disguises consisted of brown-green hair and pink-purple hair. This series likes this trope a lot.
]]



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Romantic Two Girl Friendship has been renamed to Pseudo Romantic Friendship. All misuse and ZC Es will be deleted and all other examples will be changed to the correct trope.


* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Hinted at several times in later issues of Part 1 with [[spoiler:Sarah and Cass]].

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Up until the end of issue 9, readers thought this was a case of SchoolgirlLesbians living in TeenDrama. Issue 9 dropped a TON of [[DramaBomb drama bombs]].

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Up until the end of issue 9, readers thought this was a case of SchoolgirlLesbians lesbians living in TeenDrama. Issue 9 dropped a TON of [[DramaBomb drama bombs]].



* SchoolgirlLesbians: Fiona and Lia
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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Fiona's decision to [[spoiler:attempt to go back into the DreamWorld to find Lia]]

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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Fiona's decision to [[spoiler:attempt to go back into the DreamWorld DreamLand to find Lia]]



* BigBad: [[spoiler:Sadako, who turns out to be the queen of dreams. Originally, it seemed that she was NOT happy at Lia for ruining her endeavor. The end of Part 2: Issue 11 revealed that Sadako was planning on using Lia as a trap to lure Fiona into the DreamWorld for quite some time.]]

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* BigBad: [[spoiler:Sadako, who turns out to be the queen of dreams. Originally, it seemed that she was NOT happy at Lia for ruining her endeavor. The end of Part 2: Issue 11 revealed that Sadako was planning on using Lia as a trap to lure Fiona into the DreamWorld DreamLand for quite some time.]]



* LoveMakesYouEvil: it is hinted that [[spoiler:Sadako impersonated Lia's dead lover and tricked her into staying forever in the DreamWorld, at least partly because she couldn't stand to see her so upset at his death.]]

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* LoveMakesYouEvil: it is hinted that [[spoiler:Sadako impersonated Lia's dead lover and tricked her into staying forever in the DreamWorld, DreamLand, at least partly because she couldn't stand to see her so upset at his death.]]



* ThePowerOfLove: Fiona's decision to [[spoiler:attempt to go back into the DreamWorld to find Lia]], especially considering [[spoiler:Sadako had banned Fiona from the DreamLand]].

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* ThePowerOfLove: Fiona's decision to [[spoiler:attempt to go back into the DreamWorld DreamLand to find Lia]], especially considering [[spoiler:Sadako had banned Fiona from the DreamLand]].

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