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Related to the Saint Amy theme is '''Maternal Amy''', in which she either has a baby or else acts ''in loco parentis'' for Daria because Jake and Helen are either dead, absent, or otherwise unable or unwilling to raise her. The best example is the Amy Barksdale of [[Kara Wild]]'s [[Driven Wild Universe]], who has a baby with her live-in boyfriend, [[Joel Silverman]]. Amy proves herself a good if occasionally exasperated mother. Perhaps the best Maternal Amy story in this [[series]] is Ms. Wild's "[[Mother's Milk]]."
In this same vein, Amy gets married to a wealthy Air National Guard pilot, [[Maurice 'Reese' Wyatt]], in [[Brother Grimace]]'s "[[A Path of Roses and Thorns]]," a [[Dariaverse crossover]] with [[Richard Lobinske]]'s [[Falling into College]] series. Amy inherits twin girls from Wyatt's previous marriage and becomes a beloved stepmother to them both. (She is more than a bit of the Saint Amy here.) Amy gets married and has children in [[Richard Lobinske]]'s "[[Alien Legacy]]."
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
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]]; the amusingly offbeat "[[Big Jake's Harley-Davidson]]," by [[Ranger Thorne]]; or the [[angst]]y "[[Surprises]]," by [[Legendeld]]. A number of fanfics have people mistake Daria for Amy's child (e.g., "[[It Stays in the Family]]" again, and [[Thomas]]'s "[[It's a Wonderful Life, Not]]," in which Jake and Amy once again get married).
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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