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''Misfiled Dreams'' is an [[Alternate Continuity]]/[[Continuation]] [[Fanfic]] series by ShadowDragon8685 based in the ''[[Misfile]]''-verse exploring some of the plot lines and relationships not (yet?) taken or explored in the comic itself and exploring the gaps and logical conclusions left by [[Fridge Logic]].
 
Most [[There Is No Such Thing Asas Notability|notable]] for the volume of [[Lemon]] material that could never show up in a PG-13 webcomic and for taking the tropes used in the comic and turning them [[Up to Eleven]].
 
Starting in September 2004 ([[Webcomic Time|the same period the comic was in at the time]]), Rumisiel has a very strange dream which shows a [[Nightmare Sequence|very different path]] reality could take if the Misfile was resolved. As he dreams, Ash and Emily take their relationship to new levels. This forms the basis of the first (and to date only [[Stand Alone Episode]]) episode ''Rumisiel's Lament''. The rest of the series explores the consequences of the actions and decisions made in that, and skips ahead of the comic to December 2004.
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* [[Beauty, Brains, and Brawn]]: Jenny, Emily, and Ash, respectively, though Emily and Ash are no slouches in the beauty department as well (see pic above).
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Rock, in ''After the Dream''.
* [[Bigger Is Better in Bed]]: {{spoiler|Ash, as a boy before the Misfile, was ''really'' well-endowed. Interestingly, the characters acknowledge how he was [[Blessed Withwith Suck]]. Also interesting is that Ash's endowment has carried over into her new form...}}
* [[The Cameo]]: By many characters, and even some regulars from the ''[[Misfile]]'' fan community.
** There's a cameo of [[Alice and Bob]] in ''Beyond Electric Dreams''
* [[Caught Withwith Your Pants Down]]: In which Emily [[Les Yay|learns as much about herself]] as she does about the other girl.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Subverted with the watch Emily uses to tell if she's dreaming or not. It becomes relevant twice: The first time, she realizes its a dream, but ignores that fact because its a ''sex'' dream. The second time, when its a [[Bad Future]] dream, her subconscious has become clever enough to make the watch broken (and therefore useless for her purposes) in the dream.
* [[Christmas Episode]]: All the stories from ''A Midwinter Night's Dream'' onward are set in the days leading up to Christmas, with snow as a prominent feature of the landscape. So, the majority of the fic as a whole could be considered one giant [[Christmas Episode]], but the actual day occurs during ''Carbon Dreams''.
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* [[Cool Car]]: Many from the original comic, plus a whole new selection of even cooler cars.
* [[Creator Cameo]]: A brief and well-handled one.
* [[A Date Withwith Rosie Palms]]: Jenny Jr. likes to brag about how she's in every fashion magazine worth mentioning. Ash gives her a verbal beatdown by explaining ''exactly'' how boys their age use those magazines.
* [[A Day in Thethe Limelight]]: "Ghosts of his Past". After a dozen books and eight "tales" centered on Ash and Emily, Rumisiel and his past are expanded on. [[Hidden Depths|Turns out]] he's actually {{spoiler|one of the ''nice'' Angels. He became fascinated by Humanity around the Industrial Revolution, and his bosses started sending him to catalog '''war zones''' hoping to [[Scare'Em Straight]]. It backfired - instead of developing a properly divine apathy, he instead developed a ''greater'' respect for humans due to witnessing humans repeatedly and increasingly showing morals and empathy in such situations. Said situations also led to him developing his drug habit. By the end of the story, he's gained closure, self-respect, and an [[Ethical Slut]] girlfriend.}}
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Jenny the Younger.
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Averted in epic style. The author has done an amazing amount of research on virtually all aspects of this fic.
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* [[Open-Minded Parent]]: Mrs. Upton, to the extent that after she discerns the nature of Ash and Emily's relationship, she asks Ash if she needs her to buy any, ah, aids.
* [[Police Brutality]]: Guaranteed to get your blood boiling, and not in the [[Hot-Blooded|good way]].
* [[Porn Withwith Plot]]: It has explicit sex scenes and plot, the holy grail of [[Fanfic]].
** It bears repeating that this thing is over 450 pages long, with the explicit stuff taking up a tenth of it at most. So the fic is primarily romance, car races, character development, fashion shows, struggles with gender identity, legal drama, family bonding, and friendship... with occasional girl-on-girl action.
* [[The Power of Friendship]]: Ash and Emily to Jenny Jr., and Jenny herself towards some of the other models, though it doesn't quite take in the second case.
* [[Put Onon a Bus]]: Ash's father and Emily's mother, though they are contacted by phone several times.
** Well, not really; most of Chapter 3 and everything onwards takes place on Cape Cod, where Ash's mother lives, while her father and Emily's mother are back home in Tempest.
** Also, Missi is mentioned and referenced a number of times, but she's nowhere to be seen, except for a brief sighting during one of Emily's [[Dream Sequence|Dream Sequences]].
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** One of the many:
{{quote| '''Ash:''' [[Starcraft|You called down the thunder, now it's time to reap the whirlwind!]]}}
** Ash [[Half-Life (Video Gameseries)|takes up a crowbar]] when it looks like a fight is going down.
*** Not to mention [[Deus Ex (Video Game)|Deus Ex]], and [[Dwarf Fortress (Video Game)|Dwarf Fortress]]. Both are subtle, and only to players, but still hilarious.
* [[Shower Scene]]: Oh, so many. Many are also [[Shower of Love|Showers Of Love]].
{{quote| '''Emily:''' I guess we should take a shower.<br />
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