Changeling: The Dreaming/YMMV

Fridge Horror: Yeah, it's a lighter game then Changeling: The Lost, isn't it? There, you play someone who escaped Mind Rape at the hands of alien gods, while you're fighting to restore wonder and hope...and will explicitly lose due to metaplot saying so, and you won't live beyond your thirties unless you go Dauntain. Hence, why a lot of players think Lost is actually the more hopeful game.
Fridge Logic: Banality brings about a lot of this. Why, for instance, are scientists Banal, when they are often noted as some of the most imaginative and creative people around in Real Life? Why does growing up rob you of Glamour, when people not suffering clinical depression have been repeatedly noted to retain their dreams and hope throughout life, as noted in psychology?