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Amy takes Daria directly under her wing in a number of stories. In [[Richard Lobinske]]'s "[[Misery's End]]," Daria's parents and sister perish after ingesting the "glitter berries" in "[[The Teachings of Don Jake]]." Amy moves into the Morgendorffers' home and acts as guardian for her niece. A similar situation unfolds in "[[Quinnts]]," with Daria often staying with her aunt in an apartment. In this case, however, Daria's parents are overly concerned with their world-famous quintuplet Quinns, who have successfully pushed Daria out of the nest and cut off the attention their parents might have given Daria.
Further afield we have a group of stories in which Amy actually becomes Daria's stepmother by marrying (gasp!) Jake Morgendorffer. The champion of this class of tales is either the startling "[[It Stays in the Family]]," by [[BlackWolfhound]]
A trope-breaking version of this appears in "[[It Slipped Through My Hands, Like a Shadow, Like a Dream]]," in which Amy eventually becomes overwhelmed dealing with a mentally retarded Daria who has received little love and affection from her parents or sister.
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