Bianca Fortune's life was listless before an accident stranded her amongst the ghosts in her haunted home. In the struggle to return to her still-living body, Bianca is confronted with other lost spirits, a demonic entity, and the importance of moving on.
'Lapse' is a supernatural drama/horror. Recommended for ages 14+, other discretion advised.
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This webcomic contains examples of
- Amnesiacs are Innocent: The Girl in White comes off this way. Her passionate love declarations only add to her childishness.
- Barred from the Afterlife: The ghosts in Bean's house are just hanging around, apparently unable to move on.
- Cassandra Truth: No one believes Bean is living in a haunted house, not even her mother, despite also living there.
- Cats Are Mean: "You've always disappointed Mommy, Walter."
- Creepy Long Fingers: The shadow demon/ghost sports some nightmarish fingers, not to mention legs.
- Forgetful Jones: At first the way Eli seems to randomly forget and remember certain things is kinda funny. Not so funny when Bean bluntly reminds him that his house is her house now… While this applies to Eli mostly, all the ghosts in the in-between have a looping form of amnesia.
- Gentleman Snarker: Eli, the first human ghost Bean encounters, has shades of this.
- Ghost Amnesia: Eli claims he remembers everything, but his demonstration is less than convincing. [1]
- Ghostly Chill
- Haunted House: Where the story takes place.
- Hell Is That Noise
- House Amnesia: Although, instead of wanting to kick her out, Eli invites Bean to stay at his house, which is now Bean's.
- Ironic Name: Bean's last name is Fortune. [2]
- Incurable Cough of Death: Eli still has one AFTER death.
- I See Dead People: Bianca is unfortunately plagued with this gift, even though no one believes her.
- I Will Wait for You: The Girl in White is still waiting for her boyfriend to get home from the war.
- Living Shadow: Whatever the hell comes into Bean's room at night.
- Love Letter: Bean is treated to a reading of one. She's less than impressed.
- Near-Death Experience: Bean falls down the stairs, but is not quite dead
- Ominous Fog: When Bean explores the outdoors after the accident.
- Our Ghosts Are Different: Some look like normal people,
others look… - Person with the Clothing: The Girl in White, as the name implies, is sporting an all-white ensemble.
- Staircase Tumble
- Tough Love: Sylvia to Bean. She's not really so much antagonistic as just not overly affectionate.
- Troubled Fetal Position: Two so far, [3] and [4]
- Unfinished Business: Whether this is truly the case is uncertain as no one can remember. [5]
- Void Between the Worlds: Wherever Bean and the other ghosts exist.
- Wide-Eyed Idealist: The Girl in White, and she'll get on your case if you hint that she's being naive.
