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===Darth Jake===

There are a number of stories which postulate that the emotional trauma Jake suffered through as a child would have serious future ramifications in his future. "Darth Jake" stories almost always characterize Jake as horrifying, vicious, cruel, and acting out a pathological desire to show that he's a better father than [["Mad Dog" Morgendorffer]]. Examples of this type include [[The Angst Guy]]'s "[[Darius]]," [[LyinTamer]]'s "[[Night of the Storm]]," and [[Scissors MacGillicutty]]'s "[[Where's Mary Sue When You Need Her?]]."

There are a number of stories which postulate that the emotional trauma Jake suffered through as a child would have serious future ramifications in his future. "Darth Jake" stories almost always characterize Jake as horrifying, vicious, cruel, and acting out a pathological desire to show that he's a better father than [["Mad Dog" Morgendorffer]]. Examples of this type include [[The Angst Guy]]'s "[[Darius]]," [[LyinTamer]]'s "[[Night of the Storm]]," and [[Scissors MacGillicutty]]'s "[[Where's Mary Sue When You Need Her?]]." These are usually [[alternate universe]] fanfics.

A fic that subverts this variation is "[[Chosin Fate]]," where Daria finds audio tapes of her grandfather before and after the wartime events that transformed him into the "Mad Dog." In the fic, listening to those tapes has a cathartic effect on Jake; he muses on how that was the first time he had ever heard his father say that he loved his son, and considers how his father was a damaged soul who wasn't trying to abuse him, but to toughen him up for the dangers of the world. We also see this in "[[It's All About Respect]]," where Jake and [[Lauriel de la Ribas]] speak about "Mad Dog's" service time, and how it affected Jake's father and the people around him.

===Failure Jake===

A combination of the first two: this flags up Jake's blatant failures as a father, husband, and individual, treating them straight and without allowing humour or good intentions to mitigate them. Examples include the background of "[[Assistant Living]]", where [[Marianne]] - who only sees Jake briefly - considers him a selfish man-child who makes Helen's life worse.

===Good Jake===