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[[Image:Amanda Lane.JPG|thumb|right|240px|Amanda Lane and her two youngest children]] |
[[Image:Amanda Lane.JPG|thumb|right|240px|Amanda Lane and her two youngest children]] |
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'''Amanda Lane''' is |
'''Amanda Lane''' is an artist specialising mainly in ceramic sculptures, wife of [[Vincent Lane]] and the mother of [[Summer Lane|Summer]], [[Wind Lane|Wind]], [[Penny Lane|Penny]], [[Trent Lane|Trent]] and [[Jane Lane]]. |
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==Character overview== |
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Amanda has only two speaking appearances, in episodes "[[Lane Miserables]]" and "[[Art Burn]]", often being absent from |
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The Lanes' attitude towards parenting was described by Jane herself as "benign neglect." |
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[[Lawndale]]. In fact, Vicent and Amanda's constant absence from the Lane household is a recurring theme in ''Daria''. Jane mentions it in passing during some episodes, though she does not seem too upset by it. In one episode, Jane herself describes Amanda and Vicent's parenting as "benign neglect". |
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From her appearance in [[Lane Miserables]], Amanda seems a very mellow and relaxed woman, maintaining a extremely laid back attitude regarding the problems and confusion around her and being somewhat lax in enforcing rules around her house. This behavior eventually turns agaist her in ''Lane Miserables'', as she eventually is overwhelmed by the sudden concentration of the Lane family members in her house and goes in despair to ask help from [[Helen Morgendorffer|Helen]] in ways to get her own house back. |
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Later in the episode, Vincent comments to Wind that Amanda and himself try to work their marriage issues by role-playing and hitting each other with foam rubber bats. |
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==Trivia== |
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Regarding raising children, Amanda seems to like to quote the proverb of holding a butterfly in one's hand as her motto, a proverb which Jane detests. |
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==In Fanfiction== |
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In Daria Fanfiction, Amanda is usually portrayed as an absent mother, similar to her [[Canon|canon]] characterization, with Jane or Trent saying in passing that their mother is somewhere far away from Lawndale (usually outside the USA) or that they do not know his whereabouts at all. |
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Stories or series in which Amanda notably appears or is mentioned include: |
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* The [[John Lane]] series, by [[Richard Lobinske]], starts by Vicent and Amanda being found to be unsuitable parents and relinquish their parental rights to the Morgendorffers, thus setting the premise of the series. Amanda is characterised as being even more aloof than in canon. Amanda appears in [[John]] and [[Retouched Parents]]. |
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* In [[The Last Summer]] and [[Falling into College]], by [[Richard Lobinske]], Amanda makes guest appearances in [[It Was Your Idea]], [[Lane Closure]] and [[Lindy Lane]]. |
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[[Category:Canon Characters|Lane, Amanda]] |
[[Category:Canon Characters|Lane, Amanda]] |