Fan Fiction
"Falling Into College"
by Richard Lobinske
(RLobinske@aol.com)
Fan Fiction
"Falling Into College"
by Richard Lobinske
(RLobinske@aol.com)
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Year 1:
| Fall
| Spring
| Summer
| Year 2: | Fall | Spring | Summer | Year 3: | Fall | Spring | Summer | Year 4: | Fall | Spring | Summer | |
| Year 1 - Fall |
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| Primer: The Last Summer A summary of events from Daria's months in Lawndale between graduation and her first semester at Raft (as chronicled in the series "The Last Summer"). |
| #1: Boarding the Raft Daria arrives at Raft University and meets her new roommate, Karen Myerson. Will Daria's family scare her off before her classes have a chance to do so? |
| #2: Returning Nightmare While she awaits her mid-year start at Boston Fine Arts College, Jane begins her new job as a temporary teaching assistant for Claire Defoe at Lawndale High. |
| #3: Lindy and the Knight Jane finds Quinn's friend Lindy (from "IICY?") asleep in the living room at Casa Lane. Will she and Quinn find common ground when Lindy and Trent get together? |
| #4: Freshman Spread A small weight gain leads to Daria facing the reason she hides her appearence so much, with Karen's help. |
| #5: Quinn the Tutor When Quinn lets slip the fact that she has been quietly tutoring Tiffany, Helen decides that Quinn should use those skills to build up more extracurricular activities, to make up for no longer being in the Fashion Club. Guess who she gets stuck tutoring? |
| #6: Nineteen in Ninety-Nine Aunt Amy takes Daria out for a night on the town for her nineteenth birthday, with Karen along for the ride. But who are these two goons following them? |
| #7: Home for Thanksgiving Karen's financial problems rise to the surface when she can't afford to go home for Thanksgiving. Daria invites her to spend the weekend with her family as she works on a way to keep her roommate in Boston. |
| #8: Winter's Eve Final exams, as well as her first few dates with a guy named Michael, bring Daria's first semester of college to a close, while Jane bids farewell to her Lawndale High colleagues as she finishes her semester as a teaching assistant. |
| #9: Holiday Breaks Daria's home for the winter break. She meets Lindy, survives Y2K, reunites with some old friends, and helps Jane move in to BFAC. Find out who Jane ends up with at "11 o'clock on move-in day"! |
| Year 1 - Spring |
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| Primer: Year 1 - Fall A summary of events from the fall of Year One. |
| #10: Chosin Fate Daria's new job as a transcriptionist for a history professor brings her into audio contact with her grandfather, "Mad Dog" Morgendorffer, and new insights into what made him what he was. |
| #11: Art Frieze Jane adjusts to dorm life and enters the BFAC winter ice sculpture contest, the "Boston Ice Tea Party." |
| #12: Days of Expression Valentine’s Day gets a little complicated for Daria as she remembers her old feelings toward Trent and Tom, while pondering her new feelings for Michael. |
| #13: Flaming the Fans Daria discovers that her Melody Powers stories have generated quite a following. Unfortunately, one of them, an old acquaintance, has taken things one step too far. "Revenge is a dish best served cold," to quote an old Klingon proverb... and Boston winters are quite cold, indeed. |
| #14: Can This Be Spring? After reviewing her finances, Jane grugingly accepts that spring break in Daytona is out of the question. However, that doesn't mean she can't have a beach party with her friends. |
| #15: The Spirals Are Coming! With Daria's help, Mystik Spiral finally lands a gig in Boston (at Raft's spring concert series). The only question is, will the Tank survive the trip? |
| #16: A Daze at the Races Quinn turns eighteen as Stacy prepares for a big race, and Sandi wants to be friends again after losing her job at the television station. |
| #17: May Day It's spring finals time at Raft as Daria completes her first year of college, and receives an unexpected opportunity that may radically change her future. |
| #18: Prom Quinn Quinn chooses a bad time to distract Jake by implying Daria and Michael are sleeping together, and faces a last choice for a prom date. |
| #19: Seeking Hearts Spring term ends at Raft as Daria looks for a new apartment to share with Karen and Jane, Karen heads home to Georgia for the summer, and Daria and Jane visit Lawndale. Through it all, Daria and Michael try to communicate after their breakup. |
| #20: Shopping For Cars With Boys Daria and Michael continue to patch things up, while Daria, Jane and Trent seek new cars from an unusual source. |
| Year 1 - Summer |
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| Primer: Year 1 - Spring A summary of events from the spring of Year One. |
| #21: Keeping My Friends Close Daria and Jane adjust to living together as summer semester begins at Raft and BFAC and Jane looks for a job. |
| #22: Fashionable Graduation Quinn, the former Fashion Club, and Kevin prepare to graduate from Lawndale High, while Daria, Jane, Jodie and Mack reunite to pass on the Honor Society to the next class. |
| #23: Through Lenses Most Bright An important change in prescription means Daria must face her evolving eyesight. It also means finding a new pair of glasses, with help from an unexpected source. |
| #24: Silver Lining It's Helen and Jake’s 25th wedding anniversary, with all of the extended Barksdale and Morgendorffer family members in town for the celebration. How soon will the family detonation occur? |
| #25: Freedom of Speech On a visit to Michael's home in Detroit for the Fourth of July weekend, Daria struggles with "those three little words" as she tries to find just the right moment -- and the courage -- to say them. |
| #26: Boston Baked Band The Spiral arrives in town for their latest gig: performing at the cast party for Daria's theater class play. The world of theater may never be the same again... |
| #27: Lost Eagles Found As the summer semester ends, Daria attempts to hunt down the perfect birthday present for Michael before leaving for Lawndale to help Quinn prepare for Pepperhill. |
| Year 2 - Fall |
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| Primer: Year 1 - Summer A summary of events from the summer of Year One. |
| #28: The Parents Are At Rest As summer ends and fall classes beckon, Quinn says her goodbyes to Lawndale before leaving for Pepperhill, Sandi attempts to collect on an old debt, and Jake and Helen prepare for an empty nest. |
| #29: Back Aboard A first look at Karen's family and background as she prepares for the fall term at Raft and living with Daria and Jane. But before classes start, Jane insists that they all head out for a weekend at the beach. |
| #30: A Part That's Gained Jane has to meet one of the realities of working in a children's hospital, and finds something unexpected along the way. |
| #31: Esteeming Lysistrata On the anniversary of their first meeting in self-esteem class, Daria and Jane's mini-celebration is interrupted by an unexpected visitor. Meanwhile, Quinn seeks her sister's advice when her attempt to do something nice for her roommate Fran does more harm than good, prompting her to teach those responsible a lesson. |
| #32: Bump in the Night BFAC is holding a Halloween Party fundraiser for a trip Jane wants to go on, and not only does Jane convince Daria to go, she wins a bet with her on who chooses the costumes. At Pepperhill, Quinn discovers the effect her renewed dating schedule has had on her grades. |
| #33: The Last Piece Falls Daria is subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury regarding her involvement in the Ultra Cola debacle. That the case involves Angela Li and Leonard Lamm is no surprise, but where does Linda Griffin fit in? And, as if that weren't enough, Upchuck's infatuation with Daria has escalated to something far more dangerous... |
| #34: For This, We're Thankful Since she's being stalked in Lawndale, Daria invites Jake and Helen to join her and her friends in Boston for Thanksgiving, while Quinn visits Fran’s family for the holiday. Dinner, however, is only part of a larger plan to catch Upchuck in the act and take him down for good. |
| #35: A Few Important Details After the one year anniversary of Daria and Michael's first date, they consider taking their relationship to the next level. Daria recalls some of the same doubts she had before on the subject, and also contemplates how things are different. |
| #36: Christmas Melody It's the holiday season again as Quinn returns home (by way of Boston) after her first semester at Pepperhill, and she isn't looking forward to her parents seeing her grades. Daria and Jane, meanwhile, catch up with family and friends, and receive quite a few surprises to ring in the New Year. |
| Year 2 - Spring |
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| Primer: Year 2 - Fall A summary of events from the fall of Year Two. |
| #37: Refrieze To once again enter BFAC's "Boston Ice Tea Party" ice sculpture contest, Jane needs to work around complications from her job at the children's hospital. |
| #38: Lane Closure As Lindy starts preparing for the wedding, she learns that the mortgage to Casa Lane has been paid off. This leads to her learning about Amanda and Vincent's early years and how they bought a commune in 1973. |
| #39: And the Bubble Burst As Daria and company prepare for spring break, Erin takes shelter in Boston and announces her plans to divorce Brian. Daria soon learns that this is merely the tip of the Barksdale family iceberg, which is teetering on the edge of financial ruin thanks to Grandma Tess' ill-advised and ill-timed stock market dealings. |
| #40: I Hope You Didn't Have Plans After spring break, Daria and Karen plan for Jane's birthday. However, things get complicated for Daria when the director of the Raft University Press is promoted and a new director arrives, along with his attitude and work schedule. |
| #41: Run Jane, Run Jane gets ready to compete in the Boston Marathon, with a little help from her friends. Meanwhile, Daria is notified that Upchuck has accepted a plea bargain in the stalking case against him. |
| Year 2 - Summer |
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| Primer: Year 2 - Spring A summary of events from the spring of Year Two. |
| #42: Registering Annoyance With spring term over, Karen heads back to Georgia while Daria and Jane prepare to host Mystik Spiral for another Boston gig. At the same time, Daria's summer registration has vanished somewhere in the Registrar's computer system and she embarks on a quest to retrieve it. |
| #43: Four Friends, Four Winds Quinn says goodbye to Fran for the summer. She returns to Lawndale and catches up with the members of the former Fashion Club, whose lives have gone in very different directions. |
| #44: Apartment for Rent Michael temporarily moves in with Daria when his apartment hunt takes longer than anticipated and he is forced to move out of the Raft dormitory. |
| #45: Lindy Lane Trent and Lindy get ready for their wedding as the wandering Lanes gather for the first time since "Lane Miserables." Quinn and Jane team up for a bachelorette party and Mystik Spiral puts on a bachelor party for the lucky(?) couple. At the wedding, Daria and Quinn wonder if they'll face a repeat of the fiasco with Erin when Lindy's alcoholic mom meets the Lanes. And finally, what is Sandi doing sneaking into the Griffin house? |
| #46: Family Collision During their Fourth of July vacation, Michael's parents and sister drive to Boston to visit him and Daria. When they all head to Lawndale to meet Jake, Helen and Quinn, Tess Barksdale finds out and decides to join in on the fun. The gathering of the Fulton, Morgendorffer, and Barksdale clans is an impending disaster of Biblical proportions... |
| #47: Melody of Life Daria learns that her planned "final" Melody Powers story has been accepted. While making editorial revisions to her story, she deals with the mystery of a missing manuscript that she needs to find if she wants to keep her job. |
| #48: Dividing Spiral Nick's little girl is about to start first grade, forcing him to come to a sobering realization: if he's to do right by her, he's going to have to get a real job... and leave Mystik Spiral. Meanwhile, Quinn returns to her new sorority in California, which she now considers home, and realizes that though they may keep in touch with each other, the former Fashion Club has finally drifted apart for good. |
| #49: Past Influences Summer draws to a close as Daria, Jane and Karen get ready to start their junior year of college. Daria and Jane are surprised when Elsie Sloane stops by to visit on her way to college... and even moreso when she tells them that she isn't going to the Sloane alma mater, Bromwell. |
| Year 3 - Fall |
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| Primer: Year 2 - Summer A summary of events from the summer of Year Two. |
| #50: A Matter of Priorities The inevitable finally happens: the Monday after Amy's wedding, Helen suffers a stroke at work. Daria, Michael, Tess and Rita join Jake at the hospital, while Quinn must wait for a flight back from Pepperhill. |
| #51: Mirrors With the support of Jake and her family, Helen begins her long recovery from her stroke. Seeing what her mother went through, a worried Daria decides to get herself checked out, and the results from her physical aren't exactly a cause for celebration. |
| #52: Girl: Lost and Found A former columnist from "Val" magazine, determined to write "the real story of 'D,'" tracks down Daria in order to get her side of the story. Old grudges die hard, however, and when Val (who's sharper -- and a LOT more ruthless -- than she lets on) gets wind of what's happening, she decides to thwart her former employee by any means necessary... ethical or otherwise. |
| #53: Daria Went Down to Georgia It's a travelling Thanksgiving for everyone as Daria, Michael, and Derek go to Georgia to spend the holiday with Karen's family, Jake and Helen fly to California to visit Quinn, and Jane spends the weekend with both the MacKenzies and her own family. |
| #54: Another Day in Paradise A look at Michael's daily life after he returns from the Thanksgiving trip and prepares for the second anniversary of Daria first agreeing to go out with him... and a second try at asking her to marry him. If only Murphy and his damn annoying Law had just taken the day off... |
| Year 3 - Spring |
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| Primer: Year 3 - Fall A summary of events from the fall of Year Three. |
| #55: Emerald Season As both Daria and Michael head out to visit their families in order to break the news of their engagement, Quinn meets someone... interesting... on the long flight from California. |
| #56: Between the Lines As a new semester begins, Daria starts her student teaching internship while the rivalry between Dr. Findlay and Dr. Killarny grows to a new level, with both trying to use Daria against the other. |
| #57: A Star for the Window Derek’s National Guard unit is activated and he prepares to go overseas. In turn, Daria and Jane prepare to help Karen deal with her fear about possibly losing Derek, while Jane and Nell once again compete in the BFAC Ice Tea Party. |
| #58: California Roll It's Spring Break for Raft and Pepperhill. In California, Quinn's not-quite boyfriend Quinn returns to visit and take her on their first real date. For his new job, Michael visits Bromwell during break and Daria comes along, where they again encounter Tom Sloane and his girlfriend, Jessica. |
| #59: Link with the Past Still without a job, Daria is talked into trying out for another theater production. Meanwhile, Link contacts Daria, seeking advice on asking a girl out, and Lindy learns that she's pregnant. |
| #60: History and Theater As the spring semester comes to a close, Daria is deep in rehearsals for her new play and Michael is busy with a history project with a fellow history major, Clarice. Busy schedules, separation and worry take their toll on Daria's, Jane’s and Karen’s relationships. |
| Year 3 - Summer |
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| #61: Latitudes The summer of 2002 begins with everyone preparing to go off onto their own paths. When one of Jake's accounts offers a block of six cabins on a Caribbean cruise, he and Helen realize that it's their last chance for a family vacation (and for them to make up for the one that they canceled years earlier). They also see it as a chance to know their childrens' friends, so Michael, Jane, Mack, Karen, Q, Fran, Tammy and Grace are included in the invitation. |
| Year 4 - Fall |
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| #62: Run It Up the Mast With classes starting once again, Daria applies for a job as a copy editor for Raft's college newspaper, "The Mast"; CC and Nell help Jane through the initial stages of her recovery from her breakup with Mack; and Michael tries to find a way to stay friends with Clarice. |
| #63: Broken Star When Derek becomes a casualty of the war in Afghanistan, Karen must make some tough decisions and Daria finds she needs to support a friend like never before. |