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===Sapphic Helen===
PerhapsSeveral thefanfics mosthave unusual portrayal of Helen is in those fics that depictdepicted her as having, or having had, same-sex inclinations and/or relationships. These stories almost always center around Helen's time in college, where the 'free love' motif of the 1960's and 1970's comes into play.
The most notable works that touch upon this sensitive topic are the [[Writes of Passage]] episode [[Tie Died, My Darling]] by [[Deref]], where Helen reveals that she had a serious relationship with a woman while in college (which began, before she met Jake), and [[Brother Grimace]]'s sequel to [[Night of the Storm]], [[The Winters of Those Gone Before]], in which Helen's repressed same-sex inclinations are explored with nightmarish repercussions that nearly destroy her family.
Brother Grimace has also mentioned the failed fanfic [[Moonflower]] as part of the source material for 'Winters'; that failed work (soon to be posted at [[Lawndale Leftovers]]), was a time-travel story with a Helen/[[Stacy Rowe]] shipping as the crux of the work. The fic would have involved an older Stacy (nentioned in passing as involved in post-doctoral work in high-energy physics) who meets Helen during the Fourth of July weekend during the summer between her first and second years at Middleton College, and their engaging in a passionate (albeit short-lived) affair that begun with a crush that Stacy had developed on Helen as a teenager. (The fic pre-supposed that Helen was at least a year older than Jake, and started school a little later still (because of her birthday being in late June to late July, as mentioned in [[The Daria Diaries]]). He has since used this idea in another fic, '[[Movies and Moonflower]]'. The unrated (and unreleased) version of 'Winters' also depicts the beginning of an intimate relationship between Helen and Stacy, one that occurs after Stacy begins college (and could be seen as the beginning/a continuation of the events depicted in 'Movies and Moonflower'.
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