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Line 16: ==Personality== It's been said that Amy Barksdale ~~clearly~~ has mild amounts of psychological damage imposed upon her by her family. It becomes obvious from what she says that she was the forgotten baby of the Barksdales, always playing third fiddle against Rita's attractiveness and Helen's overachieving. She was largely ignored by her sisters, who constantly and ostentatiously struggled for attention from their parents. ("You didn't notice my sisters are so busy competing with each other that I don't even register on their radar?" she asks Daria in "I Don't.") Amy's mother, and possibly her father as well, strongly favored Rita under all circumstances and bailed her out of trouble time and again. This caused Helen to become even more of an overachiever, desperate to win the affection she never received. Amy, on the other hand, dropped out of sight. She remained "barricaded" in her bedroom and read "weird Russian novels" to avoid conflicts with her sisters (per Rita in "Aunt Nauseam") and possibly to avoid her parents as well, who paid her little attention and offered no appreciation for her achievements. In this way, she avoided family responsibilities and did whatever she liked (per Helen in the same episode). The situation led, in Amy's own words to "years of bitterness and resentment" between all three siblings. Line 32: [[image:barksdale-sisters2.gif\|right\|frame\|The Barksdale sisters entering full battle mode ("[[Aunt Nauseam]]").]] ==Personal History== Beyond the three episodes in which she appears, we know almost nothing about Amy. That's probably the way she wanted it. She had no desire to share any part of her life with her sisters, except on her own terms.

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