Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 30 (click to see context) from:
* ParentsAsPeople: Despite the below trope, Helen still proves herself to be able to relate to Alison in a way Bruce wasn't. She eventually expresses that ''ComicBook/FunHome'' is a story that "must be served" in spite of her or other family members' feelings on it. In the closing moments of the book, Alison states that while "there was a certain thing" she never received from Helen, her mother was still loving in that she gave Alison "the way out" of their family drama.
to:
* ParentsAsPeople: Despite the below trope, Helen still proves herself to be able to relate to Alison in a way Bruce wasn't. She eventually expresses that ''ComicBook/FunHome'' is a story that "must be served" in spite of her or other family members' feelings on it. In the closing moments of the book, Alison states that while "there was a certain thing" she never received from Helen, her mother was still loving in that she gave Alison "the way out" of their family drama.
Changed line(s) 32,34 (click to see context) from:
--> '''[[spoiler:Jocelyn]]''': Do I have to go in with pliers? A lot of what we've done in here has to do with love. I know that you love me.
--> ''Alison feels her own neck and hesitates.''
--> '''Alison''': I... I do. [[PlatonicDeclarationOfLove I love you.]]
--> ''Alison feels her own neck and hesitates.''
--> '''Alison''': I... I do. [[PlatonicDeclarationOfLove I love you.]]
to:
--> '''[[spoiler:Jocelyn]]''': Do I have to go in with pliers? A lot of what we've done in here has to do with love. I know that you love me.
-->me.\\
''Alison feels her own neck and hesitates.''
-->''\\
'''Alison''': I... I do. [[PlatonicDeclarationOfLove I love you.]]
-->
''Alison feels her own neck and hesitates.
-->
'''Alison''': I... I do. [[PlatonicDeclarationOfLove I love you.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Adult Fear is now a disambig
Deleted line(s) 21,24 (click to see context) :
* AdultFear:
** Alison when talking about Winnicot notes how most of his patients were English children sent to the countryside, to escape the London bombings.
** Helen recalls a day when Alison as a baby climbed up the stairs and knocked down a large mirror. Helen ran into the bathroom, convinced that Alison was dead.
** In addition, she tried and failed to breastfeed Alison, and then had to put her on the bottle.
** Alison when talking about Winnicot notes how most of his patients were English children sent to the countryside, to escape the London bombings.
** Helen recalls a day when Alison as a baby climbed up the stairs and knocked down a large mirror. Helen ran into the bathroom, convinced that Alison was dead.
** In addition, she tried and failed to breastfeed Alison, and then had to put her on the bottle.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1,4 (click to see context) from:
[[quoteright:227:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/are_you_my_mother_015_0.jpg]]
''Are You My Mother?'' is a graphic novel by Creator/AlisonBechdel and is a sequel to ''ComicBook/FunHome''. It details Alison's relationship with her mother, in AnachronicOrder.
''Are You My Mother?'' is a graphic novel by Creator/AlisonBechdel and is a sequel to ''ComicBook/FunHome''. It details Alison's relationship with her mother, in AnachronicOrder.
to:
%%Image selected per Image Pickin' thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1648081194012630800
%%Please don't change or remove without starting a new thread.
%%
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.
%%
''Are You My Mother?'' is a graphic novel by Creator/AlisonBechdel and is a sequel to ''ComicBook/FunHome''. It is a memoir that details Alison's relationship with her mother, in
The graphic novel was published in 2012.
----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 3,4 (click to see context) from:
''Are You My Mother?'' is a graphic novel by Creator/AlisonBechdel and is a sequel to ComicBook/FunHome. It details Alison's relationship with her mother, in AnachronicOrder.
to:
''Are You My Mother?'' is a graphic novel by Creator/AlisonBechdel and is a sequel to ComicBook/FunHome.''ComicBook/FunHome''. It details Alison's relationship with her mother, in AnachronicOrder.
Changed line(s) 12 (click to see context) from:
* TheEighties: Helen's widowhood and Alison's young adult years are covered, with Alison reading the bestseller ''The Drama of the Gifted Child'' and she stays up late watching Music/TheTalkingHeads on MTV and starting therapy.
to:
* TheEighties: Helen's widowhood and Alison's young adult years are covered, with Alison reading the bestseller ''The Drama of the Gifted Child'' and she stays up late watching Music/TheTalkingHeads Music/TalkingHeads on MTV and starting therapy.
Changed line(s) 39 (click to see context) from:
* WellDoneSonGuy: Alison tried to please both her parents, but failed on that front. She acknowledges it can be ridiculous to try and do so.
to:
* WellDoneSonGuy: Alison tried to please both her parents, but failed on that front. She acknowledges it can be ridiculous to try and do so.so.
----
----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ButchLesbian: Not only Alison, but many of her partners featured in the book.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ParentsAsPeople: Despite the below trope, Helen still proves herself to be able to relate to Alison in a way Bruce wasn't. She eventually expresses that ''ComicBook/FunHome'' is a story that "must be served" in spite of her or other family members' feelings on it. In the closing moments of the book, Alison states that while "there was a certain thing" she never received from Helen, her mother was still loving in that she gave Alison "the way out" of their family drama.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 29 (click to see context) from:
--> '''Alison''': I... I do. I love you.
to:
--> '''Alison''': I... I do. [[PlatonicDeclarationOfLove I love you.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
--> ''Alison feels her own neck and hesitates.''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 27,28 (click to see context) from:
---> [[spoiler:Jocelyn]]: Do I have to go in with pliers? A lot of what we've done in here has to do with love. I know that you love me.
---> Alison: I... I do. I love you.
---> Alison: I... I do. I love you.
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ColorContrast: When compared to the previous book ''ComicBook/FunHome'', which featured particularly gray-ish tones of blue at most, this book deploys vivid shades of red as it finds appropriate. [[RedIndexBlueIndex Together,]] the colors illustrate the RedOniBlueOni contrast between Alison's parents: her impassioned yet neglectful and mercurial father, and her consistent yet exhausted and aloof mother.
Added DiffLines:
* ParentalSubstitute: Alison's [[spoiler:psychiatrist Jocelyn]] eventually provides her the explicit caring, parental love and emotional availability neither her father nor mother were ever truly able to provide. Alison compares this to Winnicott's paternal care for many of his child patients. This to the following exchange:
---> [[spoiler:Jocelyn]]: Do I have to go in with pliers? A lot of what we've done in here has to do with love. I know that you love me.
---> Alison: I... I do. I love you.
---> [[spoiler:Jocelyn]]: Do I have to go in with pliers? A lot of what we've done in here has to do with love. I know that you love me.
---> Alison: I... I do. I love you.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 21 (click to see context) from:
* DowngradedToExtra: Bruce, the focus of ''ComicBook/FunHome'', features much less prominently in this book. He still appears occasionally, but only in ways important to Helen's own life.
to:
* DowngradedToExtra: DemotedToExtra: Bruce, the focus of ''ComicBook/FunHome'', features much less prominently in this book. He still appears occasionally, but only in ways important to Helen's own life.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* DowngradedToExtra: Bruce, the focus of ''ComicBook/FunHome'', features much less prominently in this book. He still appears occasionally, but only in ways important to Helen's own life.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
[[quoteright:227:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/are_you_my_mother_015_0.jpg]]
Deleted line(s) 3,4 (click to see context) :
[[quoteright:227:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/are_you_my_mother_015_0.jpg]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
[[quoteright:227:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/are_you_my_mother_015_0.jpg]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
No longer a trope.
Changed line(s) 29,30 (click to see context) from:
* WellDoneSonGuy: Alison tried to please both her parents, but failed on that front. She acknowledges it can be ridiculous to try and do so.
* YourCheatingHeart: Alison and Eloise cheat on each other, at various points in their life.
* YourCheatingHeart: Alison and Eloise cheat on each other, at various points in their life.
to:
* WellDoneSonGuy: Alison tried to please both her parents, but failed on that front. She acknowledges it can be ridiculous to try and do so.
* YourCheatingHeart: Alison and Eloise cheat on each other, at various points in their life.so.
* YourCheatingHeart: Alison and Eloise cheat on each other, at various points in their life.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* TheThirties: Helen's early childhood years.
* TheForties: Helen's childhood teen years take place in this decade and there is a scene where her brothers are making model planes of real life World War II planes on the kitchen table.
* TheFifties: Helen's and Bruce's young adult years, their courtship, and wedding take place.
* TheSixties: Alison's childhood and Helen's depression are covered here.
* TheSeventies: Alison's teen years and Helen's entry into community theater are featured; also Helen goes to Washington D.C. to protest the just recently legalized abortion.
* TheEighties: Helen's widowhood and Alison's young adult years are covered, with Alison reading the bestseller ''The Drama of the Gifted Child'' and she stays up late watching Music/TheTalkingHeads on MTV and starting therapy.
* TheNineties: Alison's 2nd relationship is covered, where she and her partner attend her mother's theatrical production.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* BigBeautifulWoman: Alison's partner Eloise is an attractive and full-figured woman whose nude curves are lovingly depicted in-universe and by Alison in the present-day.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* WellDoneSonGuy: Alison tried to please both her parents, but failed on that front. She acknowledges it can be ridiculous to try and do so.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* TheUnfavorite: Despite the relationship Alison had with her mother, she noted that her mother favored her brothers over her. Helen reveals that ''her'' mother implicitly taught her that boys were better than girls.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Alison's different therapists try to impress this into her during their sessions, namely in that she is adorable and a good person.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Alison's different therapists try to impress this into her during their sessions, namely in that she is adorable and a good person.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
''Are You My Mother?'' is a graphic novel by Creator/AlisonBechdel and is a sequel to ComicBook/FunHome. It details Alison's relationship with her mother, in AnachronicOrder.
!! Tropes include
* AdultFear:
** Alison when talking about Winnicot notes how most of his patients were English children sent to the countryside, to escape the London bombings.
** Helen recalls a day when Alison as a baby climbed up the stairs and knocked down a large mirror. Helen ran into the bathroom, convinced that Alison was dead.
** In addition, she tried and failed to breastfeed Alison, and then had to put her on the bottle.
* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: Averted. Alison refers to the works of Donald Winnicott and Alice Miller.
* ArtEvolution: Alison's style is much more detailed, dropping the DeliberateMonochrome from the previous book and incorporating varying shades of red.
* DramaticNecklaceRemoval: As a child, Helen mimicked a heroine from a movie doing this, only to break her necklace by accident.
* ICouldaBeenAContender: Helen says that if she hadn't had children she could've been an academic like Adrienne Rich.
* InTheBlood: Like her father, Alison has some rather interesting experiences with her various partners. She also inherits his bad temper, or at least his ability to make damages to the house.
* TheShrink: Alison sees several, many whom are getting certified in psychoanalysis.
* ShoutOut:
** The book's title comes from the picture book "Are You My Mother?"
** Alison quotes ''Winnie the Pooh'' and refers to the Narnia books, in how the children were sent to the countryside.
* StrayingBaby: Alison as a toddler wandered out of Helen's eyesight and knocked down a large mirror.
* YourCheatingHeart: Alison and Eloise cheat on each other, at various points in their life.
!! Tropes include
* AdultFear:
** Alison when talking about Winnicot notes how most of his patients were English children sent to the countryside, to escape the London bombings.
** Helen recalls a day when Alison as a baby climbed up the stairs and knocked down a large mirror. Helen ran into the bathroom, convinced that Alison was dead.
** In addition, she tried and failed to breastfeed Alison, and then had to put her on the bottle.
* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: Averted. Alison refers to the works of Donald Winnicott and Alice Miller.
* ArtEvolution: Alison's style is much more detailed, dropping the DeliberateMonochrome from the previous book and incorporating varying shades of red.
* DramaticNecklaceRemoval: As a child, Helen mimicked a heroine from a movie doing this, only to break her necklace by accident.
* ICouldaBeenAContender: Helen says that if she hadn't had children she could've been an academic like Adrienne Rich.
* InTheBlood: Like her father, Alison has some rather interesting experiences with her various partners. She also inherits his bad temper, or at least his ability to make damages to the house.
* TheShrink: Alison sees several, many whom are getting certified in psychoanalysis.
* ShoutOut:
** The book's title comes from the picture book "Are You My Mother?"
** Alison quotes ''Winnie the Pooh'' and refers to the Narnia books, in how the children were sent to the countryside.
* StrayingBaby: Alison as a toddler wandered out of Helen's eyesight and knocked down a large mirror.
* YourCheatingHeart: Alison and Eloise cheat on each other, at various points in their life.
