Line #18 Fanfic/Somnium


1	''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/374792/chapters/611270 Somnium]]'' is a 15-chapter Disney fanfic by Creator/{{afterandalasia}}. It's a dark crossover between various ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'' films, as well as ''Film/{{Enchanted}}''.
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3	Aurora's life didn't change for the better after she was woken by TrueLovesKiss and Giselle didn't arrive in New York City after being pushed down a well. Instead, Phillip died in Aurora's arms while Giselle was transported into a far less-harmonious world than her own. Since she was saved by Phillip, Aurora has been plagued by [[{{Seers}} prophetic]] nightmares. Giselle, too, suddenly has powers that she didn't prior to her encounter with Narcissa.
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5	By the start of the story, several years have passed and the two women have united on a shared cause, with Mulan in tow. The three set out to the city-state of Agrabah together.
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8	!!''Somnium'' provides examples of:
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10	* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Mulan's gender is written in a way that's up to the viewer's interpretation. She's either bigender or she has two personas. When her hair is worn up, she's Ping and is referred to with he/him pronouns, but she's also Mulan whenever her hair is down.
11	* {{Crossover}}: Several films get mentioned but the story predominantly crosses-over ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty''.
12	* CultureClash: Giselle comes from a land where animals talk and bad things rarely happen. It's a culture shock when she arrives in a more real life world. The idea that winter could be [[SnowMeansDeath dangerous, even deadly]], was foreign to her.
13	* CrossoverCouple: Aurora and Giselle have fallen in love by the start of the fic, but they're in a state of WillTheyOrWontThey until the final chapters.
14	* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Aladdin]] and [[spoiler:Jafar]] have been dead for six years. It's only [[spoiler:Jasmine's dark magic that keeps their bodies intact]].
15	* DeathByAdaptation:
16	** Phillip died after kissing Aurora.
17	** Jasmine's father died prior to the story.
18	** [[spoiler:Aladdin]] and [[spoiler:Jafar]] are DeadAllAlong.
19	* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Agrabah has different rules and laws than the places where Giselle, Aurora, and Mulan come from. Women are expected to be demure and subservient to men.
20	* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Aurora's visions come to her in nightmares.
21	* FusionFic: ''Somnium'' is a fusion of ''Literature/ThePrincessSeries'' with ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'' (with a bit of ''Fanfic/TwistedPrincess'' inspiration). It features Disney characters but takes influence from ''The Princess Series''' story.
22	* MysteriousPast: Unlike Aurora or Giselle, Mulan's backstory is not given in-depth. It presumably started like it did in her film, but something changed. Mulan now has a sword with Mushu's powers and she's left her land, but that's all that's told.
23	* NamedByTheAdaptation: Snow White's prince goes by his fanon name, Ferdinand.
24	* PatchworkFic: The story takes some elements from the fairy-tales as well as their Disney adaptations. For example, Aurora's castle fell into a sleep alongside her, which happens in some incarnations of ''Literature/SleepingBeauty''.
25	* ParentalAbandonment: Giselle's mother died when she was very young and her father died when he left for a hunt but never returned.
26	* {{Seers}}: Aurora has the ability to dream of future events.

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