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''Note: For the article about the Daria fan magazine, see [[The Padded Walls]].''

''Note: For the article about the ''Daria'' fan magazine, see [[The Padded Walls]].''

'''Padded Walls''' is a story by [[Angelinhel]] providing an usual ~~explination~~ for why [[Quinn Morgendorffer|Quinn]] is ~~obessed~~ with ~~dtating~~ yet cannot remember [[Jamie White|Jamie's]] name. Padded Walls Part One was Angelinhel's first non-Iron Chef Daria fanfic. Some ~~representitive~~ ~~dailouge~~ for Quinn's inability to call Jamie by the correct name were taken from the canon episodes "[["The Invitation]]", "[[Monster]]" and "[[Sappy Anniversary]]".

'''Padded Walls''' is a story by [[Angelinhel]] providing an usual explanation for why [[Quinn Morgendorffer|Quinn]] is obsessed with dating yet cannot remember [[Jamie White|Jamie's]] name. Padded Walls Part One was Angelinhel's first non-Iron Chef Daria fanfic. Some representative dialogue for Quinn's inability to call Jamie by the correct name were taken from the canon episodes "[[The Invitation]]," "[[Monster]]," and "[[Sappy Anniversary]]".

Part Two begins just after the accident in the canon episode "[[Boxing Daria]]" and was a response to an Iron Chef wherein: in "Boxing Daria" she hits her head during a car accident, and when she comes to, things have changed. It seemed a reasonable connection to Part One.

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Though Quinn had testified ~~aginst~~ her stepfather, the psychological damage was too much for her. She withdrew from friends and activities until one day her ~~physchologist~~ asked Helen about her new friends and the Fashion Club of which she had become vice president.

Though Quinn had testified against her stepfather, the psychological damage was too much for her. She withdrew from friends and activities until one day her psychologist asked Helen about her new friends and the Fashion Club of which she had become vice president.

To Helen's shock and dismay, it became clear Quinn had begun to create a separate world in her own mind, similar to the real world, but where her real father was still ~~alaive~~ and she was in full control of all the males around her. Two of the three most ardent admirers, who even fought one another for her attentions, were named after her abuser (Joey and Jeffy). Dr. Griffin supposes Quinn created Jamie as another male to dominate, but since he was not directly linked to her abuser, had difficulty recalling his name.

To Helen's shock and dismay, it became clear Quinn had begun to create a separate world in her own mind, similar to the real world, but where her real father was still alive and she was in full control of all the males around her. Two of the three most ardent admirers, who even fought one another for her attentions, were named after her abuser (Joey and Jeffy). Dr. Griffin supposes Quinn created Jamie as another male to dominate, but since he was not directly linked to her abuser, had difficulty recalling his name.

The other 'people' in Quinn's world are representations of the various parts of her psyche:

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*Daria- Quinn's 'sister' she is the personality developed after the abuse who was better able to handle her emotions. Quinn won't admit she's her sister, most likely because of the guilt she allowed the abuse to happen.

*Quinn- The mind-Quinn is ~~almosy~~ solely manifestations of qualities Quinn believed might have saved her from the abuse or drawn attention to it.

*Quinn- The mind-Quinn is almost solely manifestations of qualities Quinn believed might have saved her from the abuse or drawn attention to it.

Quinn occasionally 'becomes' Daria when she speaks and the doctors have been following this personality's life as well, which shows promise psychologically since she has more normal attitudes about friends and has even developed romantic feelings for another male personality she's created.

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Daria wakes up in the hospital, thinking she's had a car accident. To her dismay, she cannot understand why her mother calls her 'Quinn'.

To the consternation of Helen and the doctors, Quinn has come out of her mind-world, only as her new personality 'Daria' and has no recollection of the real world, thinking her mind-world was real. Unsure of how Daria would take the destruction of her carefully crafted world and the people she had created and become attached to, the doctor gives her a ~~seditive~~ while she consults her team to decide how to proceed.

To the consternation of Helen and the doctors, Quinn has come out of her mind-world, only as her new personality 'Daria' and has no recollection of the real world, thinking her mind-world was real. Unsure of how Daria would take the destruction of her carefully crafted world and the people she had created and become attached to, the doctor gives her a sedative while she consults her team to decide how to proceed.

Once asleep, Daria reenters the mind-world, thinking the real world was merely a dream. She speaks with Jane, her mind-world best friend, and reassures herself she knows what's going on. She goes to sleep but wakes up back in the real world. Panicked, she calls for her mother.

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Dr. Griffin appears, having decided to tell Daria the truth and hoping it won't destroy her fragile mental state. Helen arrives and sees her daughter awake. Hopeful now her daughter knows the truth, they can begin healing and become a family again, she embraces her daughter.

Daria, faced with the knowledge she has lost the people she loves in her mind-world, to ~~bereplaced~~ by memories of fear, pain, and humiliation, chooses to return to her mind and abandon her mother and the ~~concious~~ (real) world. Seeing her daughter choose the catatonic state and mind-reality, Helen breaks down.

Daria, faced with the knowledge she has lost the people she loves in her mind-world, to be replaced by memories of fear, pain, and humiliation, chooses to return to her mind and abandon her mother and the conscious (real) world. Seeing her daughter choose the catatonic state and mind-reality, Helen breaks down.

The story ends with Daria greeting Jane with the words, "I had the strangest dream..."