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Line 1: ''Daria'' fandom got a surprise in the very first fan-conducted interview with series creator [[Glenn Eichler]], early in 2005, when it was revealed that [[Jake Morgendorffer]] was supposed to have had an older sister. ''Daria'' fandom got a surprise in the very first fan-conducted interview with series creator Glenn Eichler, early in 2005, when it was revealed that [[Jake Morgendorffer]] was supposed to have had an older sister. Fans of the series were long aware of clues that Jake was not an only child, such as [[Ruth Morgendorffer]]’s comment in “[[Jake of Hearts]]” that [["Mad Dog" Morgendorffer\|her husband]] “gave me fifty dollars a month for my allowance. Allowance! As if keeping his house spotless and raising his children was only worth the price of a couple of girdles!” In ''[[The Daria Diaries]]'' is a photo of [[Helen Morgendorffer\|Helen]], [[Quinn Morgendorffer\|Quinn]], and [[Daria Morgendorffer\|Daria]] dressed to go to the wedding of one of Daria's cousins, but this cannot be the cousin who was married in the episode, "[[I Don't]]," as the Morgendorffers have not yet moved to [[Lawndale]] and are assumed to still be in [[Highland]]. Since [[Erin Chambers]] is the only cousin Daria has on her mother's side, Daria thus has one cousin on her father's side, who would be the child of one of her father's siblings.▼ ▲''Daria'' fandom got a surprise in the very first fan-conducted interview with series creator Glenn Eichler, early in 2005, when it was revealed that [[Jake Morgendorffer]] was supposed to have had an older sister. Fans of the series were long aware of clues that Jake was not an only child, such as [[Ruth Morgendorffer]]’s comment in “[[Jake of Hearts]]”, ~~that~~"raising [["Mad Dog" Morgendorffer\|~~her husband~~his]] ~~“gave me fifty dollars a month for my allowance~~''children''". ~~Allowance! As if keeping his house spotless and raising his children was only worth the price of a couple of girdles!”~~ In ''[[The Daria Diaries]]'' is a photo of [[Helen Morgendorffer\|Helen]], [[Quinn Morgendorffer\|Quinn]], and [[Daria Morgendorffer\|Daria]] dressed to go to the wedding of one of Daria's cousins, ~~but this cannot be~~before the ~~cousin~~events ~~who was married in the episode,~~of "[[I Don't]]," ~~as the Morgendorffers have not yet moved to [[Lawndale]] and are assumed to still be in [[Highland]].~~- ~~Since~~since [[Erin Chambers]] is the only cousin Daria has on her mother's side, Daria thus has (at least) one cousin on her father's side~~, who would be the child of one of her father's siblings~~. Little is known of this unseen individual, though much is speculated. Jake himself never once mentions having a sister, or any other sibling, in [[canon]]. Still, her existence seems clear enough to make her a canon character.▼ ▲Little is known of this unseen individual, though much is speculated. It is interesting that Jake himself never once mentions having a sister, or any other sibling, in [[canon]]. Still, her existence seems clear enough to make her a canon character. ==Examples of Fanfiction Depictions== ====Bruce Morgendorffer==== Prior to the [[Glenn Eichler]] interview, [[Richard Lobinske]] postulated that Jake had an older brother, [[Bruce Morgendorffer]], two years Jake's senior. Background on Bruce appears in "[[Silver Lining]]" in the [[Falling Into College]] series. ====Cindy Morgendorffer==== In [[GlitterShrooms]]' [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=26664 "Phoenix"] (a [[WIP]]), Jake is tormented by memories of his sister, who disappeared years earlier after running away from home. Daria and Quinn, however, have never heard of her before. ===David Morgendorffer=== [[Mike Xeno]]'s "[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1421329/2/Committed Committed]" gave Jake a brawny, bullying older brother, who has contempt for him and claims his bullying is an attempt to toughen Jake up. He physically resembles their father and is a US Marine; this resemblence and uniform briefly caused Jake to think Mad Dog had come back from the dead. ====Joan Morgendorffer==== [[Sleepless]] created a''two'' lost ~~sister~~sisters of Jake's, one named Joan, in his [[serial]] [[WIP]], "[[Broken Connections]]" (see [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9630&p=~~138511~~125004#~~p138511~~p125004 this section] and [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9630&p=~~125004~~138511#~~p125004~~p138511 this one]). ~~Her~~Joan ~~disappearance~~became ~~still~~an ~~haunts~~Army nurse in Vietnam and was wounded by mortar fire. Jake hated her ~~adult~~for being so close to their father, though he barely knew her. He never knew of the other sister, younger than he, whose mother was ~~brother~~Korean. ====Rebecca Morgendorffer==== In [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=23314 "Two Aunts,"] by [[Legendeld]], Jake's sister Rebecca becomes [[slash\|romantically involved]] with a badly injured [[Amy Barksdale]]. Line 26 ⟶ 32: * [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10372&p=133059#p133059 "Time for another plot bunny (this time with bonus info!)"]: Could Darius be Daria's cousin? * [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8415 "Iron Chef: Daria's Half-Siblings on Jake's Side"]: related musings * [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=8174&p=99839#p99839 "Essay topics for the future"]: Could there also be an older brother of Jake's? ('''thread removed''') ====Additional Fanfiction==== * [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7887 "Iron Chef: Jake's sister!"] on [[PPMB]]: discussion and more short fiction worth reading on the subject * [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7875&p=95392#p95392 Brief mention of Jake's "older brother" in a fanfic]('''thread removed''') [[Category: Canon Characters]]