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<b>Serenity</b> is a hippie friend of [[Helen]] and [[Jake]] in [[C.E. Forman]]'s [[The Lost Seasons]] series, making her first appearance in "[[Fireworks]]." Incredibly shrill and paranoid, Serenity
In 1968/9, she was part of the group that took over the dean's office in a successful protest against [[Middleton College]]'s segregationist policies.
In "[[The Age of Cynicism]]," [[Kara Wild]] indicated that by 1980, Serenity was going by her given name, Vanessa. Although Helen criticizes her for having "sold out," it is clear that Vanessa has not lost her touch, worrying about the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_winter nuclear winter]" that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan President Reagan] might unleash and imagining that her son is drawing bombs instead of clouds. It is also mentioned that Vanessa wound up marrying [[Keenak]], who is now known by his first name, Calvin.▼
When Jake and Helen left the commune, Serenity warned them that the system would change them -
In [[Brother Grimace]]'s "[[The Winters of Those Gone Before]]," Serenity has a somewhat different life-path. Helen recalls how Serenity (in this reality, her real name is [[Paige Turner]], and she is a pre-law student like Helen) met a young woman named Forbes Carlyle, an art history major and uber-wealthy heiress, and overnight all but fell away from the fiery, outspoken persona she had as she began a relationship with Forbes. It is also mentioned how Paige and Forbes are still a couple and living together in a ultra-wealthy suburb of Denver, Colorado, where Forbes is a wealthy international antiques broker while Paige was appointed to the bench as a Federal appellate judge. ▼
==In other fanfiction==
▲In "[[The Age of Cynicism]]," [[Kara Wild]] indicated that by 1980, Serenity was going by her given name, Vanessa. Although Helen criticizes her for having "sold out," it is clear that Vanessa has not lost her touch, worrying about the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_winter nuclear winter]" that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan President Reagan] might unleash and imagining that her son is drawing bombs instead of clouds. It is also mentioned that Vanessa wound up marrying [[Keenak]], who is now known by his first name, Calvin.
▲In [[Brother Grimace]]'s "[[The Winters of Those Gone Before]],"
The "red onionskin" lingerie that Helen wears in "[[It's All About Respect]]" was picked out for Helen by Serenity (Paige) as a gift when they, along with Forbes, were in Amsterdam as part of a summer vacation trip across Europe.▼
▲The "red onionskin" lingerie that Helen wears in "[[It's All About Respect]]" was picked out for Helen by Serenity (Paige) as a gift when they, along with Forbes, were in Amsterdam as part of a summer vacation trip across Europe.
A second version of Serenity/Paige also exists in the [[Legion of Lawndale Heroes]] universe, whereshe has been the longtime domestic partner of [[Forbes Carlyle]] and the adoptive parent of [[Julia Carlyle]], who fondly addresses her either as 'Mommy Paige' or 'Mommy'. This Serenity/Paige has an nearly identical life as her counterpart, but in the ''LLH'' universe, Jake was not driven by jealousy to force an end to Helen's friendship with Paige and Forbes.
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